The Arctic State is a constitutional monarchy that, like other similar countries, has a parliament and a prime minister. However, the parliament of the Arctic Kingdom is very strange, divided into two parts: the national parliament and the royal house.

The members of the National Assembly, which account for 80 per cent of the total number of members, are elected by law and have a fixed number of 30 upper members, most of whom are chairmen or vice-chairmen of various committees under the parliament, and some of them, like Iguanka, who are only members.

The other 20% is the Royal House, which is elected by members of the royal family to participate in the affairs of Parliament. By law, any member of the royal family, except for the king and queen, can become a member of the royal house. The Royal House is a product of the unique national conditions of the Arctic Nation, and although it is smaller in number, it enjoys the same powers as ordinary members.

Whether it is the House of Parliament or the Royal House, the Upper House is a high-profile existence. They play a pivotal role in Parliament, and every word they say is noticed by the outside world, and their status is second only to that of the Prime Minister. It can be said that every Senator is a strong contender for the next Prime Minister.

However, for Rolov, he did not care about any parliamentarians. The thought of Iguanka delaying his scheduled trip brought his unhappiness to his head.

*****

The convoy passed through the ring road and returned to the municipality from the south. Ten minutes later, Rolov and Iguoanka, with their respective secretaries, took their seats in the meeting room, while the others remained in other rooms. This is not a formal meeting between the two sides, and it does not require so many people to attend.

"The Senator is coming here again this time, what's the big deal?"

As soon as he sat down, Rolov didn't even say a word of greeting and went straight to the point. Igouanka kept smiling, didn't answer directly, and used his usual way of tossing a thousand pounds.

"Mr. Rolouf is really cheerful and outspoken. It's okay, let's get down to business. ”

"Please."

"I'm here to discuss the issue of this year's parliament in both houses, and I would like to hear your suggestions."

Rolov sneered: "Whether the Sentors are in the House of Nations or the Royal House, they are all running around and calling for wind and rain, when will it be my turn to give you ideas as an old man?" ”

"Mr. Rolov is too modest, you are in your old age, and you still sit firmly on the throne of the mayor of Akiyama, and control the largest trade center in our country, no, you are simply holding a lifeblood of the country. There are many mysteries in it, which are worth learning from younger generations. ”

After a few words, both of them laughed. After laughing, Rolov stilted Erlang's legs and tilted his head slightly.

"You don't have to tell me that, Igouanka. To tell you the truth, I put on an important event to welcome you today, and I'm not in a good mood right now. I hope your 'business' is important enough for me to feel worthwhile. ”

"No problem, I'm sure this will be a big deal for Mr. Rolov." Actually, it is about the redivision of the urban privileges proposed by the National Assembly some time ago......"

"Ah, it's over, it's not worth it, it's not worth it!"

Before Iguoanka could finish speaking, Rolov interrupted him with a wave of his hand, patted his thigh and shook his head, sighing to himself.

"But you go on."

"Mr. Rolov, I know you have a lot of opinions about this proposal, but I want you to hear me."

After the other party's exaggerated performance, Iguoanka's tone of voice, who felt teased, wavered, and the temper he had been holding showed a little.

"Say, I'll listen."

"The redistribution of privileges, this is what everyone wants. As a stronghold, Akiyama is a trading center with all the exclusive rights granted by the state, and its take-off is obvious to all, and its annual GDP contribution is almost equal to that of a prefecture. That's why the state has to be restrictive. ”

"It's the first time I've heard of that. Why, I make money for the state, and the state thinks I'm an eyesore? ”

"It's not an eyesore, it's just that feng shui takes turns. The state has supported you Akiyama City for so long, it's time to move your interests closer to other cities with conditions. ”

Rolov smiled: "Do you think that Akiyama City only relies on national policies to eat?" This place can have today, that is also the result of my accumulation of little things year by year, do you want me to say let go and let go? ”

"Did Mr. Roloff misunderstand? This is a trend in national policy. ”

"Joke!" Rolov raised his voice an octave, "I can support the country's policy, don't you have any intention in doing this, think I don't know?" ”

Iguanka didn't back down either. "Mr. Rolov, do you really want to treat this Emperor of the Earth to the end?"

"You're saying that I made Akiyama City my own territory?"

"Hmph, even if it's a legitimate election, it won't change the fact that you're entrenched in Akiyama City. The outside world is not unaware of the fact that you are here to cover the sky, manipulate the media, and strictly control the news. The bombing of the University of Ceylon a few days ago is not as simple as a terrorist attack, right? Your background is getting more and more curious. ”

Rolov laughed, as if listening to a very ridiculous joke, and bent over with laughter. He straightened up and finished laughing before continuing to speak.

"Iguanka, say that I, Rolov, is the emperor of the soil, and you are not the first. I might as well tell you that even if you check my background, you can't find it out. But your background, I know very well. ”

"What?"

"Reassignment of privileges? For the benefit of other cities? Ha, you're just trying to fatten your two pigs in Derbya! ”

As Rolov spoke, he pointed at Igouanka fiercely, which was like a point in the air, making Iguoanka's body tremble.

"What's the matter with Derbia?"

"Garlic!" Rolov changed his legs and continued, "Derbia is the largest port in the south. Two of the shipping companies, Red Belt Group and Haile Group, have your shares, and even Haile Group, you are still the de facto chairman! Am I right? ”

These facts hit the nail on the head of Igouanka, and his initial composure began to crumble.

"Why?"

"You just have to know what to do. These two companies, the Red Belt Group, have not been doing well in recent years, with a decrease of about 4% per year. From June last year to January this year, Haile Group negotiated a total of four projects. You now want to pave the way for these two businesses, so you urgently need the state to help you do two things: lower tax privileges, and increase the annual state grant to the base cities for projects.

"The reason why you have ulterior motives against me is because Scandia (one of the stronghold cities) is the second largest port in the south, and the interests are the same, and you can use it to cover up your own purposes; And Kogani (one of the stronghold cities) is a gold storage base, which is directly managed by the state, and it is too troublesome to move; As for Arandel, I forgive you for not daring to touch it at all, so you will hit the abacus to Akiyama City. According to my calculations, you will ask for a reduction of at least 5% in tariffs and an increase in subsidies by at least 4 billion, about the same? ”

Igouanka's defense began to crumble, and Rolov's last few words almost completely guessed his thoughts, which few people knew.

"Nothing, what about the evidence?"

"Ha, asking this means that you have a weak heart, boy!"

Rolov said, grabbing a pack of cigarettes, pulling out one and lighting it.

"You said that I was the emperor of the soil, and last year some people said that you bribed the election, neither of us is a clean person. Even if not, you, as a member of the Lord, control the two major transportation companies, this is also a prison sentence. So, before talking about others, remember to wipe yourself clean first, so as to save shame. ”

After the final word, there was silence in the room. Igouanka smiled reluctantly and stood up on her legs.

"Thank you, Mr. Rolov, and I know that this issue will be opposed by a lot of people, but I will definitely push it forward. I'm going to take my leave today. ”

"Please. Christie, send-off. ”

Christie, who was sitting next to Rolove, hurriedly walked out of the meeting room with Igouanka, looking at Igouanka's somewhat unwilling expression, Rolov shrugged his shoulders and sneered.

"Little brat, with a little capital, run away from me."

Seeing off Igouanka, Christie trotted all the way back to the meeting room, the drug-smelling conversation between the two sides just now worried her, no matter how she said it, Rolov's words were too straightforward.

"Mayor, is this all right?"

"Whatever, you don't need to be soft on this kind of person. I'm still a little concerned, though. ”

"What's wrong?"

"If it's just about talking about the topic, there's no need to pay a surprise visit, I always feel like he is hiding something else, you have to pay more attention."

"Yes, Lord Mayor."

*****

It was Sylvie's first happy day in a long time. The new school, the new environment, the new classmates put aside their paranoia, and everyone got along very well. The injustices of the past have been downplayed. If it weren't for the fact that the dormitory would have taken two days to be arranged, she would have chatted with her classmates more.

At around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Andora and Sylvie chatted and walked after class, and unconsciously came to the school gate from the teaching building. Sylvie came all the way with a smile, and she was deeply impressed by this funny and humorous associate professor. Sylvie was glad that she had met such a good teacher, but when the good teacher wanted to drive her back to the hotel, she politely declined out of the girl's reserve.

"I'll wait for a taxi on the road, see you tomorrow, Professor."

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Sylvie."

Suddenly, the sudden sound of brakes interrupted the farewell of the two. A sedan struck outside the school gate, roughly blocking Sylvie's path.

A man wearing sunglasses got out of the co-pilot, and he wanted to go over and open the rear door, but the back door couldn't wait to open itself, and out of it was Iguanka.

Sylvie's face changed instantly, and she turned around to go back to the campus, but the man in sunglasses caught up with her in a few steps and stopped her.

"What for!"

Sylvie screamed, trying to bypass the man in sunglasses, but the other party stopped her. The same worker, Igouanka, came over and grabbed Sylvie's arm, and Sylvie shook it off.

"Let go!"

"Sylvie, you transferred schools without even saying hello, who allowed you to do that?"

Eguka's rebuke provoked Sylvie's antagonism: "It's my freedom where I go to college, and it's not up to you, Dad, to decide. ”

"So you just left Langley University and came here?"

The quarrel soon attracted onlookers, and students passing by gathered around. Iguanka's words left some people with a question mark in their hearts. Langley University in the capital of Newer is a top university in the Arctic Kingdom and even the world, and every major in each college is excellent, which is not comparable to the University of Ceylon.

"You don't have to worry about it. I paid the tuition myself, and I live well here alone, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"There's a limit to messing around! I don't care about you, who cares about you? ”

As the onlookers gathered, they recognized Igouanka and learned of Sylvie's identity from the conversation, and some not-so-pleasant voices began to pour out. Andora, who was outside, squeezed hard into the crowd, and inside, the father and daughter became more and more arguing.

"I'm here to look for you this time," said Iguanka, "I'll stay in Akiyama City for a few days this time, and you should hurry up and go through the withdrawal procedures, and come with me to the hotel, and we'll go back in two days." ”

"I'm not going back, I don't have anything to do with you anymore!"

"Sylvie, don't be willful......"

"I don't have a dad like you! Leave me alone! ”

Sylvie almost screamed at the words, and Igouanka didn't know how to answer. There were too many people around, and it was not easy to forcibly take Sylvie away. In a dilemma, Andora struggled to squeeze in from the outside.

"Okay, okay, everyone disperses, don't surround it, just look far away, okay?"

Few of the students in Ceylon did not know Andora, and as the encirclement gradually dispersed, Sylvie took the opportunity to slip through the crowd and into the campus. Igouanka hurriedly chased after him, and Andora stood in front of him.

"Please stay."

"Who are you? Move. ”

Andora Kerpov is Sylvie's homeroom teacher and an associate professor at the School of History. Mr. Gianger, our school is a semi-closed school, and outsiders are not registered and cannot enter at will. ”

"My daughter is here, can't I go in?"

"The school has its own rules, and it won't do you any good to break into the school. I guess you're not going to make people talk about it in public, are you? I know a little bit about Sylvie. You can go through the formalities to go in and find her, but if you believe me, please let me, the head teacher, speak for you, and I will persuade her. ”

Iguanka sighed. He's a politician, and even if there's no media around, he can't lose his demeanor. Besides, he knows his daughter's temper, and at this time, she can't listen to what she says.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little excited, so I'll trouble you."

Iguanka's car left the school, and Andora breathed a sigh of relief, she had just said those words, and she was a little afraid that Iguanka would let herself evaporate from the world. But it's important to enlighten Sylvie now.

Escaping Sylvie, who didn't know where to go, wandered around the campus and unknowingly stood in front of the library. She wondered if she should go in and read a book to relieve her mood. But my heart is too chaotic, and I'm afraid I can't calm down and read.

"What are you doing?" Andora, who caught up, said.

"Professor, I'm ......"

"Don't be so arrogant with your father, if you have something to say."

"But he doesn't care about my mood at all! In the past, he was like this, he was only thinking about how to get promoted, how to keep his status, how to expand his influence, if it weren't for this, his mother wouldn't have divorced him! ”

"Really......"

"They got divorced when I was 10 years old. I wanted to be with my mom, but he said hello to the court, and the court awarded me to him! For so many years, he has ignored me at all, such a father, I don't want to see him again! ”

Sylvie said, tears falling from her eyes. Andora didn't know what to do for a while. The conflict between the father and daughter has been going on for a long time, and it is not easy for an outsider to get in the way, so they may only be able to keep their distance and calm each other down for a while.

"Go back first, Sylvie, your father probably won't be looking for you again today. But I want you to think about what to do. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Stay here, or go back with my father."

Sylvie shook her head in confusion: "There's no need to think about it, Professor, of course I have to stay, there's no reason to go back." ”

"No, you must think," Andora said categorically, "that this is the homework I have given you. ”

"But ......"

"I'm a history professor, and I often tell my students that we should look at things dialectically, neutrally, objectively, and that there are two sides to everything. There must be different reasons for staying in Akiyama or returning to Noor. If you can't find a reason to go back, it only means that your reason for staying here is pure and thoughtless. I hope you take it seriously and don't make decisions that you regret yourself. ”

Sylvie was silent for a moment, she didn't quite understand what Andora meant, but decided to listen to Andora anyway.

"I see, Professor."

"Good, see you tomorrow."

"Hmm."

Out of the school gate, Sylvie quickly got into a taxi. On the way back, she kept thinking about the reasons for returning to her old university and her father. But the more she thought about it, the more unreasonable she felt, she didn't understand why Andora would say this, and she didn't understand why she thought Andora was still reasonable.

The car drove for almost half an hour, slowing down in front of a hotel. The driver wanted to stop in front of the door, but it was occupied by a black car, so he had to pull forward. Sylvie paid the money and hurried out of the car and into the hotel.

Of course, she didn't notice that the driver in the black car, wearing a peaked cap, was staring at her all the time.

*****

When she arrived at school the next day, Sylvie returned to her usual state, attending classes, studying, and chatting with her classmates. But the surrounding environment has changed slightly.

Especially in the cafeteria and library, Sylvie clearly noticed that some students looked at her strangely, and others were whispering, feeling as uncomfortable as insects crawling on her body.

Sylvie had a depressing day, and perhaps to relieve herself, she accepted Andora's suggestion to send her back to the hotel. When the car arrived, Sylvie got out of the car, and Andora left.

The hotel has only four floors and has a small elevator. When the elevator doors opened in front of Sylvie, she saw two men standing inside, but neither of them got off the elevator. Confused, Sylvie didn't think much of it, and stepped into the elevator.

As soon as the door closed, a man behind her quickly grabbed Sylvie's arms, and the other covered her mouth and nose with a towel before she could scream.

The sweetness of the * makes Sylvie groggy and soft. The two of them held her up, and then walked out of the elevator with her. In the eyes of outsiders, this is also a girl who is seriously ill, and the two of them accompany her to see a doctor.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two men left the hotel, they bumped into Andora. It turned out that when Sylvie got out of the car, she left her phone on the car seat, and Andora was here to return something. The sight in front of him made him stunned, but he immediately thought that these two people were sent by Iguanka.

"You ...... this"

Before he finished speaking, a man put down Sylvie and rushed up to punch Andora in the stomach, Andora bent down in pain, and before she could shout, a towel covered his face, and he struggled a few times and passed out.

Cleaning up the accident, the two quickly lifted Andora and Sylvie into a black car. A few people were passing by, but no one was paying attention to them. A few minutes later, the car disappeared without a trace.

*****

Igouanka and Rolov had another confrontation in the morning, and the two sides still had their own reasons. Maybe it was Sylvie's affair that made him hold back his strength, and his words today were not as good as yesterday, and the result was of course unhappy.

In the afternoon, Igouanka, who was in an irritable mood, drove alone and wandered aimlessly through the streets. In the evening, he thought of Sylvie again, and he couldn't let go, and planned to go see his daughter. But I was worried that it would be a quarrel when I went, so I had to give up.

Returning to the hotel, Iguoanka had nothing to do, he took out the new topic plan he had brought, looked at it a few times, and then threw it aside, his mind full of what Sylvie had to say.

"I don't have a dad like you! Leave me alone! ”

What really made him give up was not Andora's persuasion, but Sylvie's last words. Igouanka felt that everything he had done had been denied, and he had been beaten in the head, he didn't expect Sylvie to leave him like this.

Divorce from his wife seems to be inevitable. He is accustomed to the intrigues in the political world, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are all dirty. His wife was disgusted by what he had done earlier than Sylvie. He tried to keep it, and then failed. So he thought that he wanted to keep his daughter no matter what, so he did not hesitate to use his usual methods to manipulate the verdict behind his back.

He knew that Sylvie hated him, and he knew that Sylvie had gone behind his back to meet his wife countless times, but he didn't care. As long as my daughter is around, the whole world is here. His daughter is the fundamental motivation that has been able to pursue his political ideas despite all odds, and this is known only to him.

The phone rang.

Iguanka lazily picked up the mobile phone, it was a call that could not be displayed by a number, presumably it was malicious harassment by some people, and he didn't know how many calls he answered. I was about to press it off, but after thinking about it, I picked it up again.

"Who?"

"Is it Senator Igouanka Brin Giangar, please?" It was a young man's voice.

"It's me, who are you? Are you here to harass again? Igouanka said impatiently.

"I understand what you say, but please listen to me carefully, because your daughter is with me."

Iguanka stood up.

"What are you talking nonsense......"

"Then you can listen to it."

After a murmur, a voice that made Igouanka's heart wreak was heard.

"You let go! Let it go! Don't touch me! ”

Sylvie's voice shattered Igouanka like a thunderbolt from the blue. He stayed for a long time, and heard his daughter's voice go away, replaced by the man's voice.

"Now you believe it?"

"Brute!" Igouanka had never been so angry, "What are you going to do!? Asking for money, right? Here you go! ”

"Mr. Councillor, don't worry, we don't want your money," the man said unhurriedly, "and we'll call you again in 40 minutes." As long as you do what we ask, I guarantee that your daughter is safe and sound. But remember, today, your shady and secret will be made public, and the world will know about your greed and ugliness. ”

The phone hung up.

The last sentence made Iguanka angry, but also puzzled and uneasy, and the chaotic thoughts flew around in her mind, and the hand holding the phone hung down weakly, and her body collapsed on the chair. He covered his face and thought bitterly for a while, and finally made a decision - to ask Rolov for help.

It was 6:40 p.m.