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But just before departure, he received a call from Candice.

"Hey! How are you doing lately?"

I haven't had a good chat for a while, Candice's attitude towards Jin Muchen seemed a little unfamiliar, which made Jin Muchen feel a little uncomfortable.

"It's still the same. I help you at Fang Bo's antique shop every day, and go to Manhattan on weekends. What about you? Do you feel better?"

"Well, it's much better... I'm sorry... I'm really busy lately..."

Candice's words made Jin Muchen a little happy. It seemed that she had gradually emerged from her previous state.

In fact, Candice was so cold to him some time ago, and he fully understood that once Helen made a move, Candice was likely to have misunderstood the relationship between him and Candice.

Then before I could explain to her, I encountered the incident of her being kidnapped by Joey, and I experienced such thrilling scenes. I saw the murder on the spot, and it was her cousin. Although the purpose was to save her, such a thing would probably be difficult to digest and accept as soon as a girl like her who was not well-educated in the world.

Jin Muchen was a little surprised that she could call today, and now she even apologized to herself, which shows that there was a turning point between the two. Candice was still willing to continue with herself...

"Nothing? I can understand that at this time last year, I was also very busy. How about it? The exam has been completed, is it on holiday?"

This period before Christmas every year is the busiest time for all college students in the United States, because they will have an exam during this period.

After the exam, everyone will have a short vacation ranging from two to three weeks, specifically for reunion with their families for Christmas and New Year's Day.

"Well, I just finished the exam yesterday and started the holiday today. By the way, what are you going to do today?"

Hearing Candice's question, Jin Muchen felt even happier. It seemed that she was planning to ask him out, but at this time he was already sitting in the car. He turned his head and looked at the luggage behind the car, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

"I've really got something wrong these days!"

Jin Muchen laughed secretly and said on the phone on purpose. When Candice over there heard him say this, his voice became obviously depressed.

"Oh? Is that true?"

"Don't worry Candice, it's actually like that. I happened to go to Washington today. I was thinking just now that you're on holiday today. How about we go on a winter trip to Washington together? I'll have all the food and accommodation."

Jin Muchen invited Candice, but in fact he felt a little upset at this time.

Sure enough, Candice did not rush to answer after hearing this. He could only hear her breathing from the receiver. After a while, Candice replied.

"Yeah... OK..."

yes! Jin Muchen waved his fist hard in the car.

"Okay, you clean up and I'll pick you up."

After saying that, before Candice answered, Jin Muchen hung up the phone. He knew that he had to be more determined at this time, so as not to shake the girl over time.

This is also a trick to pick up girls taught by his predecessors. When you and the girl are hesitant about certain things, you must be firm at this time, so that you will appear to be more independent, and girls often will not reject your actions of helping make decisions.

He drove to the main entrance of the delicious bakery. It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning and the bakery was not open yet. However, Aunt Mary of Candice was already busy in the store. Seeing his car stop at the door, he even asked him to go in and sit down, and brought him a fresh shrimp roll and a cup of espresso.

After a while, Candice came downstairs, with only a small suitcase and a backpack in her hand. Jin Muchen quickly greeted her with a smile and took the luggage in her hand.

Aunt Mary was a little surprised to see Candice's outfit, but after Candice whispered a few words to her, the old lady smiled.

"Hey! Boy, be kind to my baby, otherwise I won't let you go."

"Don't worry, Mary, I will!"

Jin Muchen replied with a smile, then took Candice out and got into the car.

As Christmas is approaching, traffic on the road begins to increase, especially in big cities like New York, where more and more cars are leaving the city.

The car stopped and stopped in New York City for a long time before leaving New York City. Such traffic conditions reminded Jin Muchen of the Spring Festival travel rush in China.

In fact, the situation on both sides is really similar. Christmas is similar to the Chinese Spring Festival for Americans, so every time it comes, people choose to go back to their hometown to reunite with their families.

New York is a huge immigrant city, with migrant workers from all over the world, and of course more are migrant workers from all over the United States. On Christmas Eve, many people choose to leave for a few days early and go home to reunite with their families.

So during this period, the road seemed very congested, but Candice, who was more familiar with the situation in the United States than Jin Muchen, told him that it was not the most traffic jam.

The most traffic jam should be the Boxing Day after Christmas. Many shopping malls will offer discounts and promotions on Boxing Day, so traffic in the city will be jammed that day.

After the Boxing Day, because many people choose to travel with their whole family, there will be an outsized situation when they leave the city and the expressways outside the city during that period.

Because this period happens to be the season when blizzards in the United States, at this time of year, when the cold air from the north passes through the Great Lakes, it will bring very humid air. When it encounters the warm current from the Gulf of Mexico, it will bring a lot of rain and snow to the East Coast of the United States, so this period is often a period of frequent highway conditions on the East Coast of the United States.

After hearing Candice's words, Jin Muchen drove very carefully all the way, because just yesterday, there was a blizzard on the East Coast, and a lot of snow on the highway was not even time to clear it.

Although his car was driving very slowly, he began to see many accident scenes along the way.

The distance from New York to Washington is 230 miles, about 300 kilometers, and it usually takes six hours to drive by yourself. However, due to heavy snow, Jin Muchen drove very slowly and walked for three hours before he arrived in Philadelphia.

When he got here, Jin Muchen planned to take a break, so he found a roadside restaurant and took Candice to have lunch.

"Candice, what you saw between Helen and me that day was a misunderstanding. Helen deliberately tricked me..."

After coming out of the city, Candice didn't say much. During the three-hour journey, the atmosphere between the two was a little awkward, so Jin Muchen decided to explain to Candice first.

"I know, Helen did it on purpose..."

Candice smiled softly, but the smile on her face was a little bitter. Jin Muchen was stunned. Then, she couldn't help but feel curious, so she asked Candice.

"When Candice was in school, I often saw you and Helen being together. At that time, you seemed to be very close friends, but what happened between you? How did it become like this? Well... I know that asking this is a bit pretentious. If you don't want to tell me, you can not tell me."

Candice lowered her head and played with the fries in her hand for a while, then looked up at Jin Muchen and sighed.

"Okay, there's nothing to say. Candice and I actually knew each other when we were young. At that time, my father was still in the army. I don't know how he met Candice's father, but their relationship was pretty good. Later, our family moved to New Hampshire, but Candice and I have always had a connection. Later, my father opened a security company and received a lot of contracts in the Middle East through his friends in Washington..."

When Candice said this, his tone was a little hesitant, but he became firm afterwards. Obviously, she also knew what kind of business her father was involved in.

Jin Muchen was shocked this time. He really didn't expect that the person sitting in front of him was the daughter of the legendary contractor in the Middle East.

Those contractors are all famous, such as Blackwater, Halliburton, etc. In addition to these large contractors, there are many hundreds of small and medium-sized contractors.

They did work that even the US military was unwilling to do, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were born and die.

Of course, they also received generous rewards from the US Department of Defense. It is said that more than 40% of the US spending trillions of military spending in the Middle East flowed into the pockets of these contractors.

I really didn't expect that Candice's father actually did this, and Jin Muchen felt that his brain was a little bit shocked.

"About a few months ago, my father's company received a contract to participate in an escort operation in Iraq. The military also sent a representative. The representative was Martin Harber, who also came to a big family in New York. But more importantly, he was still the object of Helen's crush..."

When Candice said this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look out the window. Jin Muchen felt that there must have been something between her and Martin. When he thought of this, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Unfortunately, this escort failed and Martin disappeared, and the matter was very big. As a result, my father's company was charged a huge fine for failing to fulfill the contract and eventually went bankrupt. My father... and after that incident, Helen's temperament changed drastically and became enemies with me!"
Chapter completed!