CHAPTER XXXIX
An Nianrong knew why her relationship with Chu Jiangnan was always lukewarm.
She likes Chu Jiangnan because reason tells her that if she needs a family, then Chu Jiangnan will definitely be a good husband, but she still has doubts. Chu Jiangnan is a man after all, and his family background and the ambitions in a man's unique and 'sexual' personality are destined that he will not be willing to sacrifice his youth 'Chun' so plainly, although he once said that he is willing to give up these for An Nianrong's sake.
But feelings don't change forever because of anyone's vows, and if feelings do deteriorate, it is a change that cannot be reversed by any effort. For everyone, time is not the enemy, "forever" is.
At the same time, she is not sure when she will give up her enthusiasm for work, when she will be able to "worry" about everything in front of her like ordinary 'women', and regard her family as the center of her life. If she can't do this all the time, then it won't be fair to anyone who is willing to live with her, especially Chu Jiangnan.
Marriage is different from falling in love, especially for An Nianrong. Her family was a tragedy, and she didn't want to repeat it. People often say that it is often on the way to avoid fate that they will meet "fate" unexpectedly, but An Nianrong insists on her choice, what she needs is a happy family, not to get along and run in fear, she put all her 'essence' on her work, and did not leave a little to deal with her love life, so she should be more cautious. At least that's what she thinks herself.
The two bodyguards in the front seat vigilantly observed the surrounding situation, and during the drive, there was no 'exchange' between them, except for the necessary instructions to each other. It seems a bit overkill to have these two people do this job. An Nianrong hopes that they can play a greater role in addition to being their own guards.
The "European Star Project" will be tricky, and intuitively, she believes that this is a collaboration between the "oracle" and the Americans, and not a random accident at work. Sophie's identity is suspicious, and if she wasn't an agent sent by the Americans or the French, then things would have turned too dramatically. In Europe, there are many "private" organizations engaged in intelligence work, and maybe the death of the old "Sophie" has something to do with them, or maybe it is the illusion that the Americans and the French want to create, so all the official intelligence agencies are silent to show that they know nothing about it.
But if Sophie is really her own person, then the rest of the job is much simpler. An Nianrong hopes that she will be able to pass all the tests so that she can make things easier. But the problem now is that her office is seriously lacking in technical strength, and after the new command center is built, some additional personnel may be added, but she cannot get the same 'fine' division of labor and huge technical support as the General Staff or the Ministry of Security, which is her Achilles' heel, and it is also the reason why she has to rely on the above two departments to carry out her work, so she has to wait for the test of Sophie.
Or maybe she'll have to rely on the resources she has now.
There are not many people in her command center, and there will be no more than twenty people who have not yet arrived at their posts, but the good news is that these people are now tempered in the army, and they are multi-skilled, and what makes her especially happy is that she still has half of the A team in her hands, which makes her and the "oracle" not suffer too much in the armed struggle, and she has the support of secret agents like Sasha, and she does not have to be afraid of the overseas corps that the "oracle" may have.
News from the United States that former CIA Deputy Director Robert James will soon step down and will be replaced by Jack Black, all the information indicates that this is a very ambitious figure, and if he takes over the "oracle", he will definitely make good use of the "oracle" during his tenure. If so, then this is good news for An Nianrong, even if Jack Black does not know that there is an "oracle", An Nianrong will convey this information to him, as long as the frequency of the "oracle's" activities increases, the General Staff will reconsider their opinions on this matter.
Now she also needs the information that Luo 'Men' has, but he still has no news. It's very simple to let Luo 'Men' join the 13th Office, but An Nianrong is worried that Luo 'Men' is unwilling to accept her command, she doesn't like someone in her own 'Gate' to be a maverick, and there is no information to convey within a few days like this, so how can her work continue?
Cars are driving on the road, and from time to time they will slow down because of bad road conditions, and it seems that there is no road in the urban area of Beijing that is not congested at any time, An Nianrong does not care much about time because she has work to think, and Yang Falcon and Shi Bao always have to maintain a high degree of vigilance, so they are easily fatigued.
The Chu family had already prepared a table of meals and was waiting for their future daughter-in-law.
An Nianrong's injuries are not completely healed, so the table is full of light southern dishes, only Chu Yifeng has an extra bowl of braised 'meat' with 'color' and fragrance in front of him, which makes people's appetite move. An Nianrong really liked the taste of the Chu family's food, and made an exception to eat half a bowl of rice, and Chu Jiangnan asked her a few more words because of this, but she just smiled and said nothing.
"It seems that Nian Rong really likes the taste of our family." Mother Chu smiled from ear to ear and looked at An Nianrong with relief. "When you live here, I'll cook for you every day."
"Then how can it be, Auntie, it should be us juniors who do more housework." An Nianrong blushed when she said this, and then looked at Chu Jiangnan. "Jiangnan, did you say?"
Chu Jiangnan rolled his eyes helplessly. "That's right, we're going to live here in the future, and I'll cook every day."
Chu's mother glanced at her son. "You are all people with careers, this kind of housework, let me handle it, otherwise, I don't have to worry about any of you doing it. In our family, your father can say whatever he wants, but in the kitchen, you all have to listen to me. ”
Chu Yifeng nodded. "Everyone wants to live a good life, (update the fastest //ap.) You can't oppose your mom in the kitchen. ”
An Nianrong understands Chu's mother's thoughts, and she is unwilling to let her son serve his wife, but she may not have time to serve Chu Jiangnan, so the best way is that they will not live together in the future. However, now is not the time to discuss these issues, so she 'exchanged' with Chu Jiangnan and changed her eyes and smiled.
At this time, someone suddenly called, Chu's mother went to the living room to answer the phone, and looked at An Nianrong happily when she came back.
"Nian Rong, it's your father, he knows that you are here, and he is about to rush over and say that he has something to talk to you about."
An Nianrong immediately frowned. She didn't want to discuss any issues with her father at this time, but although An Jiaqing couldn't control her, she could control Chu Yifeng, and she didn't want the contradiction between herself and her father to look so obvious, so she had to smile and nod.
"Your father must have something urgent to see you. He's been busy lately. So you have to be considerate of him. "Chu Yifeng understands the problems between this father and daughter, so he carefully reminds her." Don't keep choking on him, it's your father after all, right? ”
An Nianrong smiled. "No, I'll be mindful of my proportions."
An Jiaqing, who was not tall, walked like a gust of wind, and when he walked into Chu Yifeng's living room, he almost brought a few pieces of paper on the coffee table to the ground. An Nianrong and the Chu family had already eaten, and they were sitting in the living room talking about some homely things, because they had eaten too much, An Nianrong leaned on Chu Jiangnan's shoulder and fell asleep a little drowsy, and she didn't open her eyes until her father sat in front of her.
An Jiaqing exchanged a few words with Chu Yifeng and turned to An Nianrong.
"How's your injury?"
An Nianrong smiled reluctantly. "How many people still know about my injuries?"
"No matter how many people know, I'm probably the last one to know." An Jiaqing's eyes were full of reproach. "I don't know this kind of thing until someone else, and it makes me feel bad."
"When I'm abroad, it's not convenient for me to call you, and when I come back from abroad, I've been busy with my own work, so I didn't think to inform others." An Nianrong looked at An Jiaqing's eyes. "I don't think you've ever cared about that, so I didn't bother you."
An Jiaqing shook his body and looked at An Nianrong dissatisfied.
"Go home and sleep today, I'm here to pick you up, we need to talk."
"I'm flying back to Hong Kong in two hours, I'm afraid I won't find time to talk to you about my family." An Nianrong looked at An Jiaqing with a somewhat gloating expression. "You should be happy, now I understand a little bit of what it's like to be too busy to take care of my family."
An Jiaqing frowned, and then looked at Chu Yifeng.
"I'm sorry, Lao Chu, I want to borrow a place to say a few words to Nian Rong."
Chu Yifeng looked at An Nianrong and nodded hesitantly. "Then you can go to Jiangnan's room, Jiaqing, don't be in a hurry."
Chu Jiangnan took the father and daughter to his room, and then gently closed the room' door.
"Nian Rong, leave that thirteen office, and then go to work in a place that is more suitable for you, or you don't have to work, but go to your brother, no matter what, don't do it in that thirteen office again." An Jiaqing said earnestly to An Nianrong, the sincerity of his tone was actually the first time in this decade. "Dad promised you that you can do whatever you want, but just don't stay in this thirteenth office."
"Why?" An Nianrong clasped her hands in front of her 'chest' and looked at her father coldly.
"Because it's dangerous." It can be seen that An Jiaqing is very impatient, but he still makes a pleasant appearance. "Believe me, kid, I'm not going to say anything at this time."