My Shorts are Torn

Mu Jian-Feng left and Xia Xue went back to her campus. Long Bing cleared the empty dishes on the table, an apron tied around her waist. Xia Lei sat and mulled over what Mu Jian-Feng had said before he left.

Mu Jian-Feng meant for him to go to Germany to observe and study the lathes.

Germany’s manufacturing industry was not weaker than America’s - it was even better in some areas. There was also an advantage in going to Germany to examine the latest high-precision lathes, and it was safety. It would be much safer to go to Germany as Germany was not as guarded against China and had no opposing ideologies between them. Internet news reported cases of Chinese businessmen being caught stealing American classified information by the Americans from time to time but reports like this were rare from Germany. That was why Germany was the best choice.

Long Bing cleared the cutlery and walked over to sit opposite Xia Lei. She looked at him, “You’ll be going to Germany soon. What do you know about...