CHAPTER XVI

"What is the 'European Star Project'?"

An Nianrong's physical fitness is very good, so she recovered quite quickly, and her pale face 'color' has begun to become ruddy. It's a good sign that they can get out of here as quickly as possible, when in fact, they can leave right now if they don't think about flying. Jafari's children are still safe, and Abbas is not often seen at their residence, so it is not known whether he was cautious or timid. Ro'men was very interested in his performance: perhaps Abbas thought that Jafari's children had a better place to go.

When they started to play poker every day again, An Nianrong suddenly asked Luo 'Men'. In order not to make An Nianrong, who can only lie on the 'bed', feel irritated, they will invite An Nianrong to watch when they play poker, although the final winner is always ACE This makes everyone feel bored, but there is really nothing else to do.

LUO 'MEN' GLANCED AT ACE, AND ACE PRETENDED TO BE NONCHALANT, HOLDING UP THE PLAYING CARDS IN FRONT OF HIS FACE, BLOCKING 'RO'S GAZE.

"To put it simply, the 'Eurostar Project' is six names, and each name represents an intelligence system. The project was originally conceived to integrate intelligence processing across Europe, but where it came was top secret to me, and I was only involved in the initial phase. ”

Rommon replied as he hesitated to give up his cards. Today they were playing Texas Hold'em, and now they had a pair of kings, an 8 and 9 of spades, and a community card that had not been dealt, and if they were lucky, they could make up to two pairs of cards in Roma's hand, and now that Ace had started to raise, looking at his appearance, Roma' thought he had at least one pair in his hand.

"Sounds like an ambitious plan." An Nianrong patted Luo 'door' lightly and motioned for him to show the cards to herself. "I dare say they were first asked by you to be the liaison to the system, and then they transferred you out of Europe after the Iraq war. FOLLOW ALONG, ACE WANTS TO SCARE YOU AWAY, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY BIG CARDS IN HIS HAND. ”

Luo 'Gate' glanced at ACE and suddenly smiled. "Can you see his flaws?"

An Nianrong smiled. "I think I can."

ACE glanced at An Nianrong vigilantly, making sure that she couldn't see the cards in her hand in her position. "I don't need to bluff against you rookies, a player who is good at skill has no flaws."

An Nianrong leaned on the pillow, put a pair of black-rimmed glasses on her eyes and compared, and then looked at ACE mischievously.

"I see you don't have an ace in your hand, so you don't have more chances than Ro'mon, and when the river comes out you'll find yourself finished. If I am a lawyer, I will put my pants on as well. That's what your jargon says, right? ”

ACE looked at Ro'Mon. "Don't listen to 'women' at the poker table. Do you know why everyone calls me ACE? It's because I can always get an ace when you can't imagine it, and if you believe her, you'll be miserable. ”

Luo 'Gate' gently shaved the beard on his chin with a playing card and squinted at ACE.

Ace put the cards on the table, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and looked at Luo 'Men' and smiled.

"Know why the last card is called the river? Because this card will make people like you who can't swim die miserably, and you won't be able to get up if you fall into it. Young man, the sea of bitterness is boundless, and turning back is the shore. ”

Rom took the small piece of paper in front of him as gambling money, wrote a number on it, and threw it in the middle of the table.

ACE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS ON THE PAPER AND SHOOK HIS HEAD. "You can write the numbers casually, but you will have trouble when paying, so I advise you not to be too 'excited', tell you again, and don't believe the words of the 'woman'."

"I'm already miserable anyway, I don't care if it's any worse." Ro' smiled. "Turn it over or it's over."

An Nianrong almost laughed out loud. "ACE, what are you nervous about?"

ACE SNORTED FROM HIS NOSE AND GLANCED AT MAXI XIBEI. "To be fair, you'll deal the next card."

The last river card finally appeared.

2 of spades.

Ace picked up his card and kissed it.

"Luck is like that, when you're looking forward to making big hands, it's often the little chaff that comes, so at all times, ace and king are my favorites, so that you can win money when you have a bad hand."

He turned his cards over, an ace of spades and a king of hearts.

"Even though you pretend to have a pair, I know you have a king, but since the ace of spades is in my hand, I'm going to make a bet with you that you won't make a pair. Luo 'Gate', I've 'touched' your style of play these days, so you can't hide it from me. Still, your progress is pretty fast. ”

Luo 'Men' smiled and slowly turned over the two cards in his hand. Sure enough, as ACE said, it was another King of spades, but immediately after, ACE's face 'color' became difficult to see, and below the K of spades was the 5 of spades.

"If Director An hadn't given me courage, then I wouldn't have thought of winning a spade. Of course, if I lose this one again, I won't have to play, so the long pain is better than the short pain, either hit it with one hit, or play it completely. "Luo 'Men' took back the piece of paper he threw in at the end and slowly shredded it." Thankfully, the mourners will win, ACE, and I have saved the last bit of my possessions. ”

ACE looked at Ro' 'Gate' solemnly. "You're ***, not a game."

"The numbers on this are genuine." Ro'mon held up a piece of paper and shook it. "What's the difference between *** and a game? Although I don't know as much about the 'door' as you do, I know that I should bet heavily when it's time to make a heavy bet, and I will never be able to earn myself dignity when I suffer from gains and losses. ”

ACE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT. "So you've been trying to give me the impression of 'gains and losses' these days?"

Ro'men sighed. "It's a pity that I was killed too hard by you at the beginning, so I didn't cheat you out of your money."

ACE nodded solemnly. "You remind me to pay attention to your performance from the beginning next time."

"There's no next time." Rommon laughed and threw the cards into the center of the table. "That's all I have, if I don't succeed this time, I'll be seen through it again."

ACE looked straight at Ro'mon. "That is, when you agree to play, you're actually playing with my idea?"

Ro' smiled. "You don't plan to just 'play' with us, you don't have any mercy when you pick up real money."

That's right, neither of us should try to deceive anyone. Although the two people who looked at each other were smiling, each could see the hostility in the other's eyes.

Men are like that, whenever they can express themselves, if a competitor appears, they will 'show' the edge that they try to hide as much as possible, and they will not hesitate or be unceremonious when dealing with competitors. Although she didn't know what happened between the two of them, she could see that the relationship between the two comrades-in-arms was definitely not intimate, no matter how quiet the two of them were on the surface.

"Let's talk about the 'European Star Project', they definitely don't contact you because they have nothing to do." An Nianrong reminded Luo 'Men'. "You haven't heard back from there?"

ACE packed up the playing cards on the table and left An Nianrong's room with Ma Xibei, and squeezed his eyes at Luo 'Men' as he left. It seems that his existence is to ensure that he can work closely with An Nianrong, and it is obvious that Xu Chenglong wants An Nianrong and not himself to play a dominant role in this partnership.

"If they really had a problem, they wouldn't be able to sit in front of a computer all day waiting like we do." Ro'men rubbed his hands together irritably. "After only being able to get some wind in the yard for a few days, I felt like I was starting to gain weight."

"If you tell me the specifics, I can consider checking with another source what the message you received means, so you don't have to fidget." An Nianrong looked at Luo 'Men' from her glasses. Perhaps out of vanity, An Nianrong never put her glasses on properly, but just used them in her hand like a magnifying glass.

Her hair was scattered next to her slightly pale cheeks, and she looked more delicate and delicate, which was completely different from her previous cold and "glamorous" grace. I don't know why, this reminded Luo 'Men' of the unforgettable white skin he saw when he cut open her clothes that day, and the flat abdomen and the well-balanced flesh lines suddenly appeared deeply in the depths of his thoughts.

"To be honest, I'm not fidgeting." Luo 'Men' thought about it seriously. "This plan is a reorganization of the former European intelligence work, and the appearance of the 'oracle' is a huge threat to the 'European Star Project'." 'Eurostar' refers to the effective intelligence agents who have created the 'Eurostar Project' for their safety, but this project has nothing to do with me anymore, and I haven't accepted any work assignments for three years. I reached out to them just to see how I could help. ”

"Why do they think you're able to help? I mean the 'European stars'? An Nianrong looked at Luo 'Men' with interest. They should turn to a higher level for help. ”

"Maybe it's because I'm the only one outside the system who knows about the 'European Star Project'?" Luo 'Men' looked at An Nianrong.

"Maybe you're the only one outside the system who understands the plan and is alive." An Nianrong moved her position slightly. Putting down the glasses in her hand, now she has changed back to the An Nianrong she was when they first met. "Otherwise, they wouldn't break the rules of silence for no reason, it's a matter of life and death."

"Maybe so, but that's not what I do." Ro'men let out a sigh of relief. "I can't help, Europe is too far away."

An Nianrong didn't speak, but looked at Luo 'Men' with a smile.

"What?" Ro'mon looked at her unnaturally.

"My feeling tells me that you actually care a lot about this 'European Star Project'." An Nianrong fiddled with her glasses in her hand, and not smoking for many days made her a little anxious. "But you don't want to admit it."

"Now you're an expert in 'spirit' analysis?" Ro' smiled.

"Now you doubt your faith?" An Nianrong's smile seemed to have thorns shining in it.

"I wouldn't be here if I doubted my faith." Ro'mon leaned back in his chair. "Don't come with me like this, Director An, we all know what faith is, and we all know what we're doing, so let's keep it simple between us, just say what you have to say."

"Then let me say this, you used to hate Zhong Qianmo, and now you hate Xu Chenglong again. The attitude towards these two people made you decide to distance yourself from them, or at least also to distance yourself from them, including from their affairs, so you turned to support me. An Nianrong looked at him calmly. You feel like they've all betrayed you. ”

Romon wanted to say something, but kept his mouth shut.

"You're too people, Ro'mon." An Nianrong pointed out this unceremoniously. "You only care about your feelings, so you don't know that your attitude has changed."