Chapter XXVII: Temptation
Now that she had appeared, Melinda stopped hiding it, closed the car door, and walked directly in the direction of the store.
Walking across the street and walking to the pharmacy, Melinda turned to Ling Xiao, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Since you know Coulson, you must know me even more?" ”
Ling Xiao looked at the Asian woman in the same dark suit as Coulson in front of him, how could he not guess who the person in front of him was, so he could only say with a wry smile: "Of course, hello, Miss Melinda." ”
Although he saw Melinda, Ling Xiao was not worried that his lie would be exposed, and now the only person in the world who could uncover all this was lying on the hospital bed full of pain, and even speaking became a problem, how could he come to expose all this. And he can't be considered a complete lie.
"Won't you invite me in and sit down?" Hearing Ling Xiao say this, Melinda said with a very calm smile.
"Please come in, please come in!" Ling Xiao hurriedly turned around and opened the door of the pharmacy and invited Melinda into the pharmacy.
Melinda entered the pharmacy and nodded at Coulson, then looked around inside the pharmacy.
Ling Xiao smiled at Gan Jing, who was worried on the counter, and said, "It's okay." Gan Jing, oh, by the way, this is Miss Melinda May, and that one over there is Mr. Phil Coulson. ”
"Hello, Miss Melinda!" Gan Jing nodded at Melinda with some curiosity, which was considered to be a greeting, and then she looked at Coulson who was sitting at the tea party, and greeted again: "Hello, Mr. Coulson!" ”
After speaking, the corners of Gan Jing's mouth twitched slightly, and she lowered her eyes to look at the name recorded on the medicine list just now, which was obviously not the name Phil Coulson.
Of course, Coulson knew the meaning of Gan Jing's action, and at this time, he also said a little embarrassed: "Hello, Miss Gan Jing, it was a last resort to do that just now." ”
"It's okay!" Gan Jing shook her head slightly, she didn't take these things to heart, she could see that Coulson and Melinda were good people.
Melinda saw every scene last time, and at this time she couldn't help but chuckle and walked towards the teahouse.
Ling Xiao sat on the main seat, took out a cup with a tea clip and put it on the tray, then lifted the purple clay pot and poured a cup of Mao Feng for Melinda, and refilled a cup for Coulson, bowed slightly, and said, "Please!" ”
"Thank you!" Melinda said thank you, and then picked up the teacup in her hand, her movements were much more elegant than Coulson's, one hand held the bottom of the cup, the other hand held the mouth of the cup, after a gentle sip, full of aftertaste said: "Yes, the aroma is fresh, the taste is mellow, luscious and pleasant, elegant and delicious, and the charm is profound." Your tea is good, and your tea art skills are also good! ”
"Thanks for the compliment!" Melinda's praise, Ling Xiao accepted it calmly, there are not many people in this world who can be worthy of him pouring tea with his own hands.
Seeing the two communicate like this, Coulson smiled helplessly, he picked up the tea in his hand with one hand and took a gentle sip in Melinda's appearance, except for feeling the bitterness of the tea soup, there was no other feeling, but he still said against his will: "Yes, it's good tea." ”
Ling Xiao and Melinda could see that Coulson's words were insincere, and they smiled lightly and didn't say anything more.
Ling Xiao picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup, and asked Melinda at the same time: "Miss Melinda, do you know how Ms. Carter is doing, the last time I heard from her, it was that she had gone to England for treatment, how is her condition now?" ”
"I don't know the specifics." At the mention of Peggy Carter, Melinda's expression also had some melancholy, she picked up the teacup, took another sip of tea soup, and whispered: "The root cause of Ms. Carter's illness is because she is too old, and the current medical treatment can only maintain her vitality for a few years, and it will be a few years ......."
Saying that, Melinda's words were a little unspeakable. Ling Xiao sighed slightly, not knowing what to say, and after a long time, he looked at the mouth and said, "When I first met Ms. Carter, she was still very young, but at that time, her hair was already completely white. All of this is predictable. By the way, Miss Melinda, you S.H.I.E.L.D. should have a lot of advanced methods in terms of medical skills, why not use it on Ms. Carter. I'm sure if you could do your best, Ms. Carter wouldn't be what she is now. ”
"All the means that S.H.I.E.L.D. can use have been used, after all, Ms. Carter is very old, and many medical methods have scruples, and a little more drastic means may lead to Ms. Carter's death, so we can't do anything about it." Coulson looked at Ling Xiao with some apologies.
"Really?" Ling Xiao made it clear that he didn't believe anything about what Coulson said, and he looked at Melinda with a puzzled expression.
Melinda barely managed to squeeze out some smiles on her face, but didn't say much. In fact, in this regard, she also has a lot of complaints in her heart.
Of course, Ling Xiao knew that Coulson was lying, and he could be saved even if he was dead, let alone Carter was still alive. Of course, there are people within S.H.I.E.L.D. who don't want Carter to live anymore.
Carter, Stark, Pym, these characters who have contributed a lot to the history of S.H.I.E.L.D., did not end well, and they were all kicked out of S.H.I.E.L.D. Stark had the worst end, as he was killed by the Winter Soldier along with his wife. Carter was dying of old age and would not live for a few days. Only Pym is lucky, although he was also kicked out of S.H.I.E.L.D., at least he is alive and well now, and he will have the energy to train the next generation of Ant-Man to succeed him in the future.
So, mix in this world, go and don't be an ordinary person. You don't have to look at Tony Stark in an Iron Man outfit to be cool and cool, but everyone knows that a bullet can kill him, so he is the most attacked of all people.
Not for anything else, because he better kill. Several of the villains in the movie want to defeat Stark head-on, leaving him with a chance to turn the tables, but if you think about it, if Stark is targeted by characters like the Winter Soldier and the Punisher, a sniper bullet can kill him if he is negligent.
"Alright, it's not too early, we should go back too!" Melinda suddenly felt a little tasteless, from Ling Xiao's words, she could hear that he didn't trust S.H.I.E.L.D., Melinda didn't know why, but she knew that it was not so easy to recruit Ling Xiao.
"yes, it's time for us to take our leave!" Coulson glanced at Melinda, didn't say anything, then stood up and said goodbye.
"Well, welcome both of you to come back later!" Ling Xiao got up from the main seat and sent Coulson and Melinda to the door of the pharmacy, and Gan Jing followed behind him, watching the two walk to the car across the street from the pharmacy, and left Chinatown not long after.
"Let's go, let's go back." Ling Xiao turned around, smiled at Gan Jing, and nudged her back back into the pharmacy.
Melinda drove the car, there was some silence along the way, and Coulson couldn't help but ask, "May, what do you think of him?" ”
"Good skills." Melinda glanced back at Coulson and said calmly, "Much better than you." ”
Hearing Melinda say this, Coulson could only smile bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said, "You know that's not what I'm talking about. ”
Melinda was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Nine truths and one falsehood, no one will tell the truth when they meet a stranger for the first time, but I don't know what he said about it." By the way, Coulson, what do you think of the incident you told him, not the Ms. Carter incident. ”
Coulson knew what Melinda was talking about, his face immediately sank, and he squinted his eyes and said, "I'll investigate the matter when I go back." ”
"Okay, then I don't care about that." Melinda stared at the front of the car, and after a little silence, she spoke: "After I go back, I will apply to be transferred to the Los Angeles branch as a clerical position, I don't want to stay in the Sanquyi headquarters." ”
"Good!" Coulson didn't say much, maybe a change of environment would be a good thing for Melinda, and he vaguely felt that this decision would change her future.