90. The Goldfish of the British Empire[21]
"Are you really surprised?" Gu Qing turned his head to look at his friend Benjamin, he didn't specify what it was, it was an attempted threesome, or knew that it was him who sent out the threesome invitation at that time, but Benjamin understood, and he snorted.
At the beginning in Palermo, Italy, as Bond's quartermaster, the information would be compiled at his hands, and when Bond mentioned suspicious characters, Benjamin focused on the previous perfect fake identity, and then there was a prototype of doubt in his heart, but then Bond completed the task in a Bond-like way, and there were no "suspicious characters" to come out to "make trouble", Benjamin was not sure, but now he is sure. Then he keenly grasped a key point, "Who is the other person?" A lady? β
Gu Qing blinked: "Are you really a little surprised this time?" β
Benjamin said bluntly, "I thought you were gay, or asexual, or some other particular sexuality." β
In this regard, Gu Qing looked confused: "I thought what I said to you was enough for you to be sure." β
Benjamin's eyes widened, didn't he get right? When he was in Cambridge, Gu Qing was not yet an adult, and he himself seemed younger than his actual age, and at first glance he was a harmless babyβ which Benjamin saw through the day after he became friends. As for sexual upliftment......
Obviously the one with a gun and a "walking hormone", but the completely ignored Bond cleared his throat.
Benjamin took his mind off Gu Qing's sexuality and looked up at Bond, who tried to be friendly, and said, "Aren't you going to introduce it, Q?" β
"Q, of course it's Q." Gu Qing almost said this in a breathless voice, Benjamin would not miss the smug look of "I'm right again" flashing on his face, Benjamin hated in his heart and thought that it would be better to let Bond give him a shot, anyway, Bond has a license to kill. However, such a cute idea can only be thought of.
Gu Qingbian flattened his mouth: "Q, I thought you still loved me." β
Not again! Benjamin gritted his teeth and squeezed out a "**".
After Gu Qing finished teasing his friend, he looked at Bond again, and said slowly: "I thought you had taken advantage of the authority of Mrs. M, the head of your department, and saw some information that was recorded, given that you were at a disadvantage when you fought with me, Mr. Bond." β
Bond still didn't put his pistol down, and he glanced at Benjamin, "So you know who he is, q?" β
Benjamin frowned at Bond's distrust, and he was about to speak, when he heard Gu Qing say in surprise: "He thinks that we are lovers, and you have been carried away by love, and lack loyalty to MI6, this is very logical reasoning, given that the woman in your rare serious relationship before this has done the same." Gu Qing accentuated some syllables on the "woman", which was not very obvious.
"Strict sΓΉ point!" Benjamin originally wanted Bond to give Gu Qing a shot, it was really just a cute idea, just think about it, he didn't want this kind of thing to really happen! God knows, if M will be able to exonerate Bond then, and he doesn't want his apartment to be stained with blood, it will be difficult to clean up.
Gu Qing was extremely aggrieved: "Obviously, Mr. Bond is pointing a gun at me." β
"You deserve it." Benjamin glared at him fiercely, and when he looked at Bond again, he didn't say angrily, "He's my college boy, my friend." He said with some reluctance in the second half of the sentence, "And 007, I thought you were on vacation right now, maybe you should explain why you broke into my apartment instead of questioning me?" β
"I thought this wasn't Mr. Bond's first visit to your apartment." Gu Qing interjected.
"Shut up!" Benjamin lowered his voice and accentuated the syllables, and he was a little annoyed.
Gu Qing didn't know how to be kicked out by his friends and stopped talking, he just ignored Bond's Walter as nothing, left from his pistol, and sat on Benjamin's sofa very casually and naturally. God knows, today is his first time.
Bond looked at Benjamin and slowly put the gun down. "You've always been in touch?" Under normal circumstances, after joining MI6, Benjamin will have a fake identity on the surface, and many times their families will not know or know exactly what they are doing, with the exception of Bond because he himself is an orphan. But now, Benjamin would tell his friend, a young man who does a job similar to Bond himself, but belongs to a non-governmental sector, is clearly beyond the scope of a friend.
Benjamin deciphered what Bond meant, his expression was subtle, and then he sighed and said, "Actually, he did it when I was first taken by MI6. β
Bond remembered that in Valentine's office, Gu Qing could see that his fingers could move, and that he had accurately stated what he had done and what he had thought just now. If he can get his hands on MI6's writing, or if his organization that is not affiliated with the government department has his writing, it would not be surprising that he knew about him. But to be able to accurately say what he was thinking, it would be impossible to do it through guΓ² reading the text, but if he really saw it from his body language and behavior? Bond intellectually told him that it was impossible, but his quartermaster apparently wasn't lying, and he wasn't much surprised by it. "He ......"
Benjamin nodded, and said with some helplessness, "I used to suspect that he had mind reading, or something. That being said, there was no disgust in his tone, although many times he would be furious.
βQγβ Gu Qing called him in an aria.
Benjamin rolled his eyes: "You can just call me by my name." He didn't know where this sentence hit Gu Qing's reflex nerves, so he watched Gu Qing bounce up from the sofa and turn around, looking at him with that kind of "I see through you" gaze, but he didn't say anything shocking, just blinked his eyes and said, "I miss the Earl Grey tea you made, my friend." β
Benjamin snorted, "Do you still want a few cookies?" β
Gu Qing couldn't hear his friend's ridicule at all, and said with a bright smile: "That's really good." β
Benjamin squirmed his lower lips, as if he wanted to say something to this cheeky guy, but in the end, he only moved his lips, stared at Gu Qing for a while, and finally compromised, and warned him before going to the kitchen: "I'm going to soak now, but don't provoke him." β
"Who's the one with the gun?" Gu Qing pretended to be stunned and said, Benjamin glared at him again, Gu Qing raised his hand and surrendered: "I know." β
Benjamin walked to the kitchen, Bond put the gun back in the holster, he and Gu Qing glanced at each other, Gu Qing's original vigilant gaze narrowed a lot, "Please take a seat, Mr. Bond." He politely said, "Oh, I'm making you feel bad about that?" If yes, I'm sorry. β
"I don't see any apologies on your part." Bond was indeed a little unhappy, and he observed that between him and Gu Qing, the young quartermaster preferred whoever he preferred in his behavior or tone. He wouldn't forget it so quickly, Gu Qing originally said "I thought you still loved me", he hadn't aged enough yet. Also, he could sense that the young man who was too clever - Bond was still in the stage of suspicion, and Bond felt that he was more of a freak or a psychopath - was hostile to him......
Thinking about it, Bond sat down anyway, and he could hear the sound of the cupboard being opened from the kitchen not far away, and he knew that it was the young quartermaster who had taken the tea jar from the cupboard, which he had searched when he first came.
Gu Qing didn't speak, he didn't seem to be willing to maintain polite exchanges with Bond in places that Benjamin couldn't see, which sounded very childish. Bond looked at him carefully, he was really very young, but Bond would not despise him anymore. Before Gu Qing, he had some unpleasantness with Q over age, which doesn't mean that he is arrogant to young people just because of his age, but for the position Q is in now, he is really too young. Of course, now Bond doesn't think that way anymore, he has realized that the young quartermaster has that kind of capital.
"Does M know about your relationship with Q?" Bond took the initiative to speak, since Gu Qing deliberately separated Q, he naturally wanted to say something to him one-on-one, since he didn't open his mouth now, then Bond felt that he had to say something.
"What do you think?" Gu Qing leaned forward and stared into Bond's eyes, "Are you worried that my relationship with Q will affect his future in MI6?" Or do you also want to know what the relationship between me and Q is? Mr. Bond, I care more about Q than you think, and I see far more from both of you than you think I know. Okay, let me be blunt, you have an interest in Q that goes beyond a colleague relationship at work, and that's not all, you want to have a further relationship, so that's why I mentioned the woman in your last relationship that you wanted to take seriously, no offense. β
Bond frowned, but he didn't say anything.
Gu Qing leaned back and leaned on the back of the sofa, "Of course, these are not my concerns, you and I have almost no conflict of interest except for our overlapping tasks." I certainly wouldn't attribute the reason why it took me more days than expected to complete my last mission to the fact that you killed that Mr. Captain. β
Bond: "......" was speechless, but Bond was still keenly aware of the meaning of Gu Qing's words, they did have more than one overlapping mission, and each time Bond successfully completed the task, that is to say, there was no task leakage, and the other party really did not intend to work against him and the MI6 behind him. The latter point, Bond had noticed it long before, after all, he did use M's authority to check the mission related to Valentine, who made M not plan to pursue more third parties who appeared halfway.
Thinking like this, Bond's expression softened slightly.
Gu Qing half-narrowed his eyes, Bond subconsciously became vigilant, Gu Qing didn't seem to care much about his subconscious actions, he just said in a tone completely different from the sense of danger in his eyes: "What I care about is Ben, oh, he allowed me to call his name in front of outsiders, it's quite surprising, isn't it?" β
The last time he met Benjamin, he didn't realize that Bond was interested in him, and he didn't even realize that he had a crush on Bond after a while, and he even allowed Bond to know his original name. Well, this is going too fast, and even if Bond is aesthetically pleasing, it's not very good to say otherwise.
Of course, Bond doesn't like Gu Qing to classify him as an "outsider", as well as the intimacy between him and Q in his words, but he will not ignore the implication of Gu Qing's words, Q has a good impression of him? Bond couldn't help but look at Gu Qing, wanting him to speak more clearly, or to get further confirmation from him, but how could Gu Qing get his wish.
Gu Qing put on a posture of "I am the best friend in the world", "I respect his **, Mr. Bond." β
Bond: "......" you still know the word "**"! When you violated my ** rights, why didn't you think about how to write **? Also, Bond doesn't think that Gu Qing really has the best respect for Q.
At this moment, Benjamin's footsteps came, he was holding a mug in one hand and a plate containing biscuits in the other, and walked over and put it in front of Gu Qing: "The tea and biscuits for you, get out after eating." After he finished "speaking ill of Gu Qing", he went back to the kitchen and brought two cups of tea, gave Bond a cup, and sat on another chair with his mug.
Bond looked at the three cups of tea and didn't speak, but listened to Gu Qing say upside down: "I chatted with Bond very happily, even more pleasant than I imagined." β
Bond pulled the corners of his mouth, Benjamin didn't need to look at Bond at all, just based on his understanding of Gu Qing, he knew that this guy was not telling the truth, he still asked with some curiosity: "Oh?" So what did you all say? β
"I'm talking about the mission that the threesome invitation didn't make."
Benjamin took a sip of tea and said, "It's unusual that your recent missions have a high rate of overlap. β
"I've also reported this to my prefect on this issue, and I seriously suspect that he still has no feelings for Bond." Gu Qing said in a helpless tone, "As I once said, blonde hair and blue eyes are classics. β
Bond pretended to look at the young quartermaster casually, and asked sarcastically, "Are you complimenting me on my good looks?" β
Benjamin was a little annoyed, he shouldn't have believed the boundless words that came out of this guy's mouth, and now he didn't even plan to let Gu Qing eat the earl grey tea and small biscuits he made.
Gu Qingyan quickly moved the plate out of Benjamin's reach, and pretended to be pitiful and said, "Don't be so ruthless, my friend, I was kicked out by my chief and had nowhere to go, but to come to you." β
Benjamin said for a moment, "What did you do again?" β
Gu Qing blinked and said, "When I finish drinking tea and eating cookies, I'll sue you." Until then, maybe you'd rather talk to Bond about something you haven't finished talking about, and the friendly reminder that he hasn't answered you yet, why did he sneak into your apartment? β
Bond: What about the respect that "......" said was good?
Benjamin said stiffly, "I'll talk to him, but after you've finished your tea and eaten the cookies and left my apartment." β
βFine.β Gu Qing said that if you respect your good friend, then you will do what you say.
He was enjoying Benjamin's Earl Grey tea, and Bond was not at ease at all, he looked at the young quartermaster, who was drinking tea with his head down, and couldn't see his expression. Bond had to admit that Gu Qing was completely right about what he thought about Q, of course he wouldn't admit it in front of Gu Qing, but he wasn't quite sure what Q thought of him. Bond smiled bitterly in his heart, he had warned himself to quit his relationship after what happened to Vespa. The ins and outs of this matter, Q, who is now a quartermaster, has the authority to check it, and it hasn't been long since this incident happened.
- Well, in fact, Benjamin knew that before he became a quartermaster, after all, there was still Gu Qing with a humanoid X-ray machine, and he had performed it for Benjamin when he sensed the signs before.
Gu Qing put down the mug, Ben Jie showed him the direction of the next door, Gu Qing's eyes widened: "But I haven't answered your question yet." β
Benjamin put down his glass and stood up as if he was about to see off the guest, smirked at his friend's accusation, and said, "I don't want to listen to what stupid things you've done, and if you really want to answer something, why don't you answer my question about the lady in the threesome." β
Gu Qing laughed: "Ben, my friend, you have learned badly. β
Benjamin twitched the corners of his mouth: "Don't talk about me in a tone that you are bigger than me, don't rub it in." β
Gu Qing stood up in pain, and Benjamin ignored him. When passing by Bond's side, Gu Qing said politely: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bond, and I sincerely hope that we will have a better time next time we meet." β
For some reason, Bond understood why Gu Qing was hostile to him, this young man younger than Q did care about Q very much, and he was very protective of him, he now looked like an older brother who saw his underage sister have a boyfriend and felt that his territory was invaded. Although this analogy is not very appropriate, after all, Q is an adult man, and he has not yet become Q's boyfriend, but this explanation is really, damn reasonable.
Thinking like this, Bond put down the teacup and stood up, returned to his usual calm and charming posture, and stretched out his hand towards Gu Qing: "Me too." β
Benjamin was about to explain that Gu Qing was not used to shaking hands with others, but Gu Qing had already shaken hands, and he stared at Bond's eyes tightly: "I'll wait and see." β
Benjamin looked at the two of them a little dazedly, and before he could figure it out, Gu Qing quickly let go of Bond's hand, then turned around and said "goodbye" and left, not as reluctant as before, leaving the space to Bond and Benjamin inside, Bond may not be as unbearable as he is, as a partner.
Gu Qing, who was kicked out by Merlin and kicked out by his good friends, decided to go back to the royal gentleman's base after thinking about it, and on the way back, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message: [I almost became a bastard like Mycroft. According to his original thoughts, he would probably find out what they liked each other, and then rationally analyze that if he chose to be with Bond, there was a 100% chance that he would be hurt, so in order to avoid this, it was best not to try.
Fortunately, the aroma of Earl Grey tea brought back his very McCroft-like thinking, and he reflected on himself, and finally chose to wait and see.
[In a meeting.] - A] Miss Secretary felt that she should apply for triple wages, and in addition to being a secretary to the British government, she also worked part-time as a nanny for her boss's two younger brothers. Oh, the one on Baker Street now has found herself an assistant to make her feel a lot easier all of a sudden, but isn't there a little Sherlock Holmes who is usually very worry-free, but the bear is not an ordinary bear?
Miss Secretary thought about it and sent a text message resignedly: [Aren't you focused on the topic of achieving #SuperGoldfish#?] How did you remember that the boss was coming? ββA] Where did the boss recruit you and provoke you again?
[I just warned someone who has a crush on my friend, the attempt.] ββPH]
Miss Secretary: There are too many slots in the sentence "......", first of all, "attempt" is followed by an uncertain tone, which seems to be a real warning; Secondly, it is indeed very similar to the style of your own boss; And finally [don't you need me to do anything?] - A] For example, signing a non-disclosure agreement, or erasing traces or something.
[See how it goes, greet Mycroft for me.] - PH] If Bond really does something to hurt Benjamin in the future, Gu Qing will naturally not sit idly by.
Miss Secretary: "......" You have already greeted the boss, and after the meeting, she has to go and turn out the CCTV and prepare it to present to the boss, by the way, once again mourn for this month's bonus.
β¦β¦ Perhaps it's the reason why spring is coming, there is a pair of Bond and Q who have a good impression of each other, and there is a new atmosphere in the royal gentleman.
Gu Qing met a listless and impatient husky in the restaurant, no, it was an egg boy. "Oh, Eggsie."
Eggsy: "...... Don't you want to ask me what's wrong? β
Gu Qing glanced at him, and his smile became brighter: "Congratulations on finally making sure you're bent." β
Eggsy: "......"