Minister Duan said resentfully, "You still feel proud? Have you ever thought about what would happen to your family if something happened to you in such a dangerous situation?"
Children need to be disciplined. This girl doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. He is an elder and must educate her in time.
Su Xiaotian found the sudden scolding quite novel.
After all, she had hardly been reprimanded by anyone since she grew up.
She was a disciplined child in all aspects, and while she couldn't guarantee perfection at all times, she was always close to it.
Seeing Su Xiaotian looking at him blankly, Minister Duan was instantly at a loss for words.
"Come to my room. Vice Minister Wei, you too!"
Minister Duan had made up his mind. He had to let this child know the consequences today, lest she get into trouble again in the future.
Su Xiaotian, feeling utterly speechless, followed the minister and vice minister to Minister Duan's room.
Wu Menglan was stunned when she saw Su Xiaotian enter the room unharmed. What was going on?
Shouldn't Su Xiaotian have been in trouble?
Why did she return safe and sound?
This was impossible; she must have seen it wrong.
But Wu Menglan could only be disappointed. Su Xiaotian had indeed returned.
She had returned completely unharmed.
As for the others, they were all relieved to see Su Xiaotian return.
Relaxed, everyone decided to tidy up briefly and then head down to the dining hall for dinner.
Then, they would rest early, as they had a busy day tomorrow and couldn't waste time.
Everyone dispersed quickly, leaving only Wu Menglan and Li Jianjun behind.
With almost everyone gone, Wu Menglan's expression finally became uncontrollable.
"Menglan, are you unhappy?" Li Jianjun asked tentatively.
"Happy, how could I not be happy?"
Wu Menglan said she was happy, but her gritted teeth showed no sign of happiness at all.
In fact, Li Jianjun could hear the hatred in her words, as if she wished she could devour Su Xiaotian alive.
However, Wu Menglan quickly regained her composure and suppressed her distorted expression.
"I'm fine, Brother Jianjun. You should tidy up too and go down for dinner soon!"
Li Jianjun said, "I'll wait for you to go down together!"
What was the point of eating alone? It was better to have a young lady accompany him!
He had been single for so long and had always wanted to find a girl he liked.
But in recent years, the girls he fancied didn't fancy him.
And the ones who fancied him, he didn't fancy.
This time, seeing Wu Menglan, he felt his heart stir.
He secretly thought that he must win over Wu Menglan this time and make her willingly become his wife.
Wu Menglan found Li Jianjun somewhat disagreeable, for no other reason than that while his work and abilities were good, his appearance was truly rather disappointing.
Wu Menglan was a beauty in the making and also a lookist, preferring handsome men.
Li Jianjun, like his name, was rather rustic, and not at all to her liking.
But she also knew very well that Li Jianjun came from a good family.
If she maintained a good relationship with Li Jianjun, it would definitely bring her many benefits.
Wu Menglan, who had always been self-serving, did not want to easily let go of Li Jianjun, this best helper.
"Okay, wait for me for a moment, and we'll go down for dinner together!"
Hearing that Wu Menglan was willing to go down for dinner with him, Li Jianjun was overjoyed.
Having secured a date with the woman he liked, Li Jianjun felt that eating the standard meal would be meaningless.
Their meals were standardized; not bad, but not particularly good either.
"Why don't we have something good tonight? We shouldn't shortchange ourselves just because we're abroad," Li Jianjun said immediately.
Wu Menglan hadn't expected Li Jianjun to be so considerate, and her smile became a little more genuine.
"Okay, then wait for me, Brother Jianjun~~~"
Her words were delivered with such a twist and turn, such a sweet tone, that any man would be captivated.
Li Jianjun, of course, was no exception.
However, Li Jianjun did not realize at this moment that the woman he longed for was preparing to plot against him.
Su Xiaotian was lectured by Minister Duan and Wei Junwu for half an hour.
Both of them were genuinely worried that the young girl Su Xiaotian might do something rash and unexpected again.
"Let's leave it at that for now! Let's go eat."
Finally, just as Su Xiaotian felt her head was about to explode, she was released.
"Minister Duan, let's go eat together. It's this late, if we don't go down, the food will be gone!"
Wei Junwu checked the time and invited Minister Duan to go down for a meal together.
Su Xiaotian was eager to escape the two of them, lest she have to sit at the same table and be lectured again.
But things didn't go as she wished, as everyone else had already eaten, so the three of them dined at the same table.
Su Xiaotian, trembling with fear of being lectured again, didn't expect Minister Duan to not mention it at all. Instead, he spoke in a relaxed tone about other matters.
"Don't worry, Minister Duan, once he says it's over, he won't bring it up again. However, this is conditional. If you make the same mistake again, it will be cumulative."
Wei Junwu lowered his voice to reassure Su Xiaotian.
Su Xiaotian could finally eat with peace of mind.
Su Xiaotian wasn't particularly interested in the cuisine of Country L. She felt that she truly had a Chinese stomach.
The night passed without incident.
Su Xiaotian slept quite comfortably on her first night in Country L.
She slept until morning, tidied up briefly, and then went downstairs for breakfast.
As there were fewer female comrades among the traveling group this time, Su Xiaotian decided to eat alone.
When she reached the dining hall, she heard several guests discussing the robbery at the mall yesterday.
Su Xiaotian listened intently and finally understood.
It turned out that there was a reporter at the scene yesterday who had actually filmed the situation and published the photos in today's newspaper.
And many people were curious precisely because they had seen the newspaper.
"This is real Eastern Kung Fu. My God, is Eastern Kung Fu real?"
"Could it be staged? How can I believe that a young girl could defeat three robbers?"
"It's real. I was there at the time. Although I didn't see how the beautiful Eastern girl subdued the three robbers, the incident is real!"
The crowd chattered, and Su Xiaotian realized for the first time that people in Country L were also so gossipy.
Su Xiaotian heard that many of them had seen it in the newspaper, and especially heard about photos, she instinctively felt that the situation was more complicated than she had imagined.
Yesterday, she really hadn't noticed any reporters at the scene.
And this reporter was quite brave to dare to film in such a situation.
But regardless, Su Xiaotian instinctively felt that it would bring her danger.
At this moment, Su Xiaotian had a feeling that the criticism from Minister Duan and Vice Minister Wei yesterday was not enough.