Cai Songyin forced a smile at her daughter's shocked expression and patted her on the shoulder. "Ok, go to sleep early. Mommy will take you to see Auntie Sun tomorrow."
Tan Guiren nodded obediently and stood up. "Mommy, you should sleep early too. You'll be able to sleep beautifully tomorrow!"
"I know you're a good girl." Cai Songyin kissed Tan Guiren's forehead and watched her leave.
Cai Songyin's smile finally crumbled after Tan Guiren's silhouette disappeared through the door.
She rubbed her phone and hesitated for a long time before unlocking it and opening her contact list. She found Sun Yuerong's number and dialed it.
When her phone rang, Sun Yuerong had just finished applying a facial mask at her vanity.
She looked at the display on her phone and saw that it was Cai Songyin calling. She hesitated for a while and didn't answer.
Soon, Cai Songyin's call went to voicemail.
Sun Yuerong quickly finished applying her facial mask and went to the study. She told her husband, Hong Kangquan, who was still working overtime, "Old Hong, Cai Songyin just called me."
Hong Kangquan, who was wearing glasses, looked up from his computer and asked expressionlessly, "It's so late. Why did she call me?"
Calls in the middle of the night were usually either good news or bad news. There was no middle ground.
"I didn't answer," Sun Yuerong said carefully. "Will I cause you trouble?"
Hong Kangquan took off his glasses and stepped on the lenses with a cloth. He didn't speak for a long time.
Sun Yuerong sat down and said worriedly, "I really didn't expect that they would still make such a fuss after being elected Prime Minister. I'm best friends with Songyin. I can ignore her call tonight, but I can't ignore her call tomorrow. "
Hong Kangquan put on his glasses and looked back at the computer. After a while, he said, "Cai Songyin is your best friend. Many people know that, so just do what you should do. It's not good to deliberately alienate her. If people see it, they'll say you're too snobbish. "
"Oh, then I'll call her back tomorrow." Sun Yuerong immediately nodded, but then asked, "… It won't affect you in any way, right?"
"How would your business affect me?" Hong Kangquan didn't care. "Cai Songyin isn't an idiot. She wouldn't go overboard."
"But …" Sun Yuerong hesitated and said uneasily, "Prime Minister Tan's public image has been terrible recently. He hasn't reflected on himself properly and has sent people to the Senate to cause trouble. He's offending both the Senate and the Dollar … Old Hong, is it really okay for us to continue to maintain a close relationship with them?"
Hong Kangquan's heart warmed when he saw that his wife was being considerate of him. He looked up at her worried face, and his attitude softened a lot. "It's okay. The more you treated Cai Songyin the same way as before, the more people would look up to you. Think about it, these higher-ups aren't fools. Everyone had their ups and downs. Adding icing on the cake wasn't surprising, but providing timely help was something that would be remembered in one's heart. Not only is Cai Songyin grateful for what you're doing right now, but everyone else is also seeing it. "
Only then did Sun Yuerong feel relieved. She smiled and said, "Old Hong, you have good foresight and magnanimity."
After a pause, she whispered, "Actually, you're the one who deserves to be the head of the Special Operations Forces. You're only the director of the Secret Service because we don't have any backing. Huo Shaoheng isn't even 30 years old yet. What right does he have to be the head of the Special Operations Forces and the Deputy Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the Military Supreme Council? "
Hong Kangquan's expression darkened instantly, and he shouted, "What do you know?! Ignorant woman, no one will think you're mute if you don't speak! Get out of here! "
He grabbed a thick Oxford dictionary from the desk and threw it at Sun Yuerong.
Sun Yuerong screamed from the impact and jumped up from the sofa. She said angrily, "Old Hong! Why are you hitting me?! "
"Why aren't you getting out?! Do you want to eat my belt?! "As Hong Kangquan spoke, he took the belt off the back of his chair and shook it at Sun Yuerong.
Sun Yuerong screamed and ran out in a hurry.
After closing the door to Hong Kangquan's study, Sun Yuerong patted her chest and swallowed her anger.
Hong Kangquan was a retired soldier. When she married him, he wasn't like this.
Now, as the status of the Special Operations Forces in the country increased, not only did they surpass the Cabinet's Secret Service in foreign countries, but they were also able to intervene in domestic affairs. Hong Kangquan's temper was getting worse and worse.
Especially with the national surveillance of the interim general election this time, General Ji and Speaker Long had both chosen Huo Shaoheng's Special Operations Forces instead of the more legitimate Secret Service!
Hong Kangquan had been fuming for a long time now.
"Hmph! You only know how to be rude to me! You still have to pretend when you go out! "Sun Yuerong pouted in disdain and returned to her room.
After the door to the study was closed, Hong Kangquan threw away the belt in his hand and looked at the ceiling with a long sigh.
He had never expected that the Special Operations Forces, which he had looked down on in the past, would have such a large scale and sphere of influence today …
Ten years ago, General Ji had originally wanted Hong Kangquan to lead a new department in the military, which was the Special Operations Forces.
This department had been developed from the previous Second Division of the military. It had continued the Second Division's manpower and functions, but had its own unique direction of development.
At that time, he felt that the department had no future, and with the Secret Service in foreign countries, he would only be cannon fodder for others if he went out. Therefore, he used his wife's poor health as an excuse to resign from the military.
After being discharged from the military, he naturally landed in the Secret Service and became a senior official. Seven years ago, he became the head of the Secret Service.
After he left, General Ji had no one else to use in the military intelligence department, which gave Huo Shaoheng the opportunity to make a name for himself.
In the past ten years, Huo Shaoheng had been entrusted with the task in the face of danger and expanded the Special Operations Forces from a small base to a point where the entire Huaxia Empire couldn't be ignored. It was said that one division was equivalent to an entire military region, and it was famous among the upper echelons of the Empire.
Hong Kangquan would never admit that he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. He only knew that there could only be one special organization like this in the Huaxia Empire, and that was their long-established Secret Service!
Not a Special Operations Forces with little to no history!
After spacing out in his seat for a while, Hong Kangquan took out his personal phone and hesitated for a long time before dialing a number that he had memorized by heart.
If anyone saw this number, they would definitely be surprised that this kind of number could be called.
This was because this number was completely different from the standard phone number format of the Blue Planet.
It rang many times, but no one picked up.
Hong Kangquan wasn't surprised, but he was still slightly disappointed.
…
Tan Guiren returned to her bedroom and paced around the room excitedly before dialing Gu Nianzhi's number.
Unexpectedly, Gu Nianzhi didn't pick up.
Tan Guiren didn't give up and called a few more times, but it was all voicemail.
Tan Guiren believed that it was inconvenient for Gu Nianzhi to pick up the phone, so she sent her a text instead.
"Miss Gu, the person who recommended Major General Huo to my mom was Sun Yuerong, the wife of the Director of the Secret Service. I've done everything you asked of me. Shouldn't you drop the charges? "
Gu Nianzhi intentionally didn't pick up Tan Guiren's call.
She didn't want to be monitored.
Unexpectedly, Tan Guiren texted again.
Gu Nianzhi glanced at it and froze.
The wife of the Director of the Secret Service was the person who made the recommendation?
Didn't that mean the person behind it was the Director of the Secret Service?!
Because of Bai Yusheng, Gu Nianzhi didn't have a good impression of the Secret Service.
Bai Yusheng used to be the Deputy Director of the Secret Service, and the Secret Service also had Deputy Director Feng, who was the one who introduced Gu Yanran to Huo Shaoheng …
It seemed like she really didn't get along with the Secret Service.
Gu Nianzhi thought about it for a while and still decided to call Huo Shaoheng.
At this time, Huo Shaoheng was still monitoring the election in the Senate building.
This time, he didn't use the central control room of the Special Operations Forces headquarters. Instead, he set up a monitoring center in the Senate building, with Speaker Long as the leader and Yin Shixiong as the deputy. Huo Shaoheng was only a consultant to monitor from the side.
Because the election was too tight, and the monitoring needed to cover all the constituencies in the country, the Special Operations Forces cooperated with the Secret Service to temporarily borrow personnel from the Secret Service in each province to establish a connection.
This involved the cooperation of two departments, and Yin Shixiong couldn't control the situation alone. Therefore, Huo Shaoheng needed to be there to hold the fort until all the monitoring was completed before the election.
There was less than a week until the election, so Huo Shaoheng and the others worked 24 hours a day.
When Gu Nianzhi called, Huo Shaoheng had just come out of the monitoring room.
Hearing that it was Gu Nianzhi's personal ringtone, Huo Shaoheng was slightly surprised.
This was because Gu Nianzhi hadn't taken the initiative to call him this late in a long time.
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