While Liu Zhan and Ren Lian were preparing for their plans, Zhu Yuting was not idle.

On Tuesday, Ms. Zhu woke up early, worried that she would not be able to keep her job.

Thinking about yesterday, she said, "I'm quitting. But she was angry then, and today, she's pretty sure she doesn't want to leave the FBI.

She didn't want to spend her life defending criminals instead of going to jail, which would be painful for her, and then she changed her mind, but would it be too late? Last night, she left a note on Zhu Wu's desk, will he accept her apology, or will he insist that she resign?

Daddy came back at six o'clock in the morning, Zhu Yuting warmed up some pho, and then, she put on the best looking professional attire, a dark blue Armani suit, with a short skirt and black shiny stockings, which made her look smart, authoritative, and sexy when the work was going well.

Even if they are fired, they must be dressed up beautifully, so that they are reluctant.

On the drive to the precinct, she was nervous, her body tensed, she parked her car in the underground parking lot of the Federal Building, took the elevator up to the floor where the FBI was, and then she went straight to the office of the Secret Service Director.

Zhu Wu was sitting behind his large desk, wearing a white shirt and red suspenders. He looked up and looked at her. "Good morning. He said coldly.

"Morning," she swallowed with a dry mouth, and spoke again, "Good morning, Zhu Wu, did you see my note?"

"Well, I saw that. ”

Obviously, he wouldn't let her go so easily, she didn't know what to say, so she just stood there and waited.

Eventually, he said, "Your apology was accepted. ”

She breathed a sigh of relief and felt a burst of collapse: "Thank you." ”

"You can pack up your things and move to the office of the domestic terrorism task force. ”

"Okay. Things were good now, she thought, and there were a few more people in that task force that she liked.

She began to relax.

Pete said: "You immediately start investigating the case of the Earth House. We need to make a case to the governor. ”

Zhu Yuting was taken aback and said, "You are going to see the governor?"

"To see his cabinet secretary. He looked at the memo on his desk, "One is Mr. Ambanier. ”

"I've heard of him. Ambaniel is the governor's right-hand man, and Zhu Yuting realizes that the case has alarmed the top brass.

"Send me a report by tomorrow night. ”

She wasn't given time to investigate, and there were so few leads, tomorrow Wednesday, but the deadline was Friday.

The meeting with Ambaniel was held on Thursday.

"I'll give you something substantial when the time comes, so you can give him an account. ”

"You can give it to him yourself, Mr. Ambanier insisted on seeing the person directly in charge, to the governor's office at twelve o'clock at noon. ”

"Wow, okay. ”

"Still have questions?"

She shook her head and said, "I'll start investigating right away." ”

When she left, on the one hand, she was happy that she had kept her job, and on the other hand, she was distressed that she had to report to the governor's deputy, and it was impossible to catch the culprit behind the threat in just two days, so her report was doomed.

She emptied her desk in the Asian Gang Crime Task Force and moved her things to the office hallway of the Domestic Terrorism Task Force.

Her new boss, Pete, assigns her a desk.

She knew all the agents in the task force, and they congratulated her on her success in the Chen brothers' case, but her tone was slightly restrained, and everyone knew that she had a big fight with Zhu Wu yesterday.

Pete sends her a young agent to take charge of the Earth House case.

The agent's name was Krahan, and he was a fast-talking Indian, MBA, and twenty-six years old. Zhu Yuting is very satisfied, although he lacks experience, he is very smart and sharp.

She gave him a brief explanation of the case, and then sent him to confirm the situation with the Green California Movement.

"You're welcome. "Tell them that we don't believe they're involved, but we have to rule out the suspicion first." ”

"Who am I looking for?" `

"A man and a woman: the man is a blue-collar worker, about forty-five years old, probably illiterate, and the woman is educated, about thirty years old, probably dominated by men, but I think you can't find them there, otherwise the case would be too simple. ”

"What if you can't find it?"

"If you can't find it, the best thing to do is to get a list of all the members of that organization, whether it's full-time or volunteer. And then we compare the database on our computer to see if any of these members are at risk or have a criminal record. ”

"Understood. "What about you?"

"I went to learn something about earthquakes.

Zhu Yuting experienced a major earthquake. In Virginia, the earthquake caused $6 million in damage, which was modest and the earthquake covered a relatively small area of 12,000 square kilometers.

At that time, Zhu Yuting was in first grade, and she now knows that the earthquake was actually just a mild tremor, but at that time, she was only six years old, and it felt like the sky was about to fall.

At first, she heard a noise like the sound of a train, but it was really close. She soon woke up, looked around the bedroom, searched for the source of the sound in the morning light, and was half frightened.

Then the house began to shake, the pink fringed chandelier on the ceiling swayed from side to side, and on the bedside table, the fairy tale book flew into the air like a magic book.

Her hairbrushes and toys danced on the plastic veneers of the dresser, the wooden horse, though no one rode it, swayed desperately, and a row of dolls fell off the shelves and plunged headlong into the rug.

Zhu Yuting felt as if they had come to life, just like toys in a fable, she finally came back to her senses and screamed, "Dad!"

She heard her father yelling in the next room, followed by the muffled sound of him getting out of bed.

The tremors grew louder and louder, and she heard her mother screaming.

Dad came to Zhu Yuting's room and twisted the handle, but he couldn't open the door.

She heard another muffled sound, and it was him banging on the shoulder, but the door was stuck.

The earthquake shook so hard that it shattered the glass of the windows, and shards of glass flew into the room and fell onto chairs.

The Trojan shook so hard that it fell off the shelf above the doll's house, smashing the roof of the doll's house, and Zhu Yuting knew that the roof of her room could also be easily shattered.

A framed photograph of a blushing Mexican boy fell off a hook on the wall, flew through the air, and hit her in the head.

She screamed in pain. Then her chest of drawers trembled and moved.

It was an old bow-shaped pine cabinet that her mother had bought from a thrift store, painted white on the outside, with three drawers inside, with short legs and a bottom that felt like a lion's claw.

At first, it looked like it was dancing in place, on all fours, then it dragged its feet from side to side, as if it was wandering nervously in the doorway, and eventually, it began to approach her.

She screamed again.

Little by little, the chest of drawers approached her, hoping that the rug would hold it back, but the chest of drawers seemed to be pushing the rug forward with its lion's claws.

Her bed shook so badly that it threw her to the floor.

The chest of drawers stopped just a stone's throw away from her, and the middle drawer popped out, like a bloody mouth, trying to swallow her, and she screamed with all her strength.

The door was slammed open, and Daddy rushed in.

Then, the tremor stopped.

Thirty years later, the fear of the sky still falling is still fresh in her memory.

For years, she was afraid to close the bedroom door, and she was still afraid of earthquakes.

Slight ground tremors were common in California, but she was never completely used to it.

Whenever she felt the ground shake, and when Ant Xiang saw the collapse of the building on television, fear permeated the vessel like a drug, and she was not afraid of being stoned or burned to death, but reflexively felt the blind panic of the sudden collapse of the world as a child.

That night, when she went to her appointment, she was still restless.

She wore a black straight-silk tight skirt and wore a pearl necklace given to her by William Wong on Christmas before the breakup.

William Huang ordered a white Burgundy wine, which was called Cochic Colden-Charlemagne Garden Dry White Wine.

He drank most of it, and Zhu Yuting liked its nutty taste, but she couldn't drink safely, because she had a semi-automatic pistol with nine-millimeter bullets stuffed in her black patent leather handbag.

She told Huang that Zhu accepted her apology and allowed her to withdraw her resignation.

"He can't do that. William Wong said, "Refusing is tantamount to firing you." He had only lost one of his best agents on his first day as acting head of agents, so he wouldn't have been so ignorant. “

"Maybe you're right. Zhu Yuting said, but she thought to herself, of course it is easy for William Huang to say this now.

"That's for sure. ”

"Don't forget, Zhu Wuke is a KMA. "

This usually means that a person is already eligible for generous pension benefits and can retire comfortably at any time, whenever they want.

"Well, he has his self-esteem too. ”

Huh. William Huang shook his head, "If Zhu Wu refuses to accept your apology, it will appear that he is cowardly. ”

"I think so. ”

"Anyway, I'm really glad you didn't leave, and we might be able to work together again soon. He raised his glass, "Cheers to the bright future of the duo of William Huang and Zhu Yuting." ”

She clinked glasses with him and took a sip of wine.

As they ate, they talked about the case, remembering the mistakes they had made, the surprise attacks they had launched against the defense attorneys, and the moments of tension and triumph.

William Huang said, "Do you miss me?"

Zhu Yuting frowned, if she didn't, it would look cruel, and it wasn't true, but she didn't want him to have wrong expectations.

"There are some places that I still want to think. She said, "I like your funny and witty looks. She also missed the days when someone was warming her bed, but she wouldn't say that to him.

He said: "I miss the time when we talked about work together. ”

"I'm talking to my dad about work now. ”

"I miss him too. ”

"He likes you very much, and he thinks you're an ideal husband. ”

"Yes, I can do it!"

"For people in the law enforcement system. William Huang shrugged: "I will work in this direction." ”

Zhu Yuting grinned: "Maybe you should marry my father." ”

"Haha. He paid the bill, "Zhu Yuting, there is something I want to tell you. “

"I'm listening. ”

"I feel like I'm ready to be a father. ”

For some reason, the phrase irritated her, "Is it the kind of reaction that should have been shouted and then spread out?"

He was visibly frightened: "I mean, I feel like you need to commit. ”

"Promise? William Wong, all I have to ask you to do is not mess around with the secretary, but you can't even do that!"

He petrified and said, "Okay, don't be angry. I just want to say, I've changed, Zhu Yuting, then should I come back to you as if nothing happened?"