So just before Chen Rou's fists clenched so tightly they were cracking, almost ready to swing, Nie Zhao said, "This morning, I had a phone call with Commander Wang. We had a brief discussion about Song Zai's matter."

Chen Rou saw the maid arranging the flowers look surprised, so she withdrew her hand and lowered her voice: "You asked the commander personally for people, and you even kept Song Yuanchao here?"

Nie Zhao knew how to keep people in suspense. After the servants brought over tea and snacks, he tasted the sea cucumber before pushing it to Chen Rou, saying gently, "Eat it."

Then he added, "That was just a small matter."

Chen Rou doesn't like eating sea cucumbers; in her opinion, they taste almost like plastic.

But after taking a sip and thinking for a moment, she said, "Then what about the important matter? What is the important matter you're discussing?"

Nie Zhao said, "As you know, they are forming a unit over there in preparation for coming over in '97. Although the number of special police officers is not large, the number of positions in that special unit is quite large. Moreover, they only need to train right now and have no missions."

Chen Rou has always been an executor, not a planner or decision-maker. Naturally, she is unable to consider things from the perspective of a decision-maker. Of course, although she wants it, she is not sure if the leaders will agree.

Nie Zhao then said, "I told Commander Wang that the handover will happen sooner or later, and the rule of law and public security in society need to be maintained by both sides. As long as he agrees, I will help him talk to the police station to introduce special police to jointly solve the case and protect the safety of citizens in both places. Those people can be in the military, but they will work with the special police. So, as long as Hong Kong agrees, they can find out the situation here as soon as possible, and the work after the handover can proceed smoothly."

Chen Rou understood that the forty-odd people who were about to be transferred to civilian jobs could all be moved to the Hong Kong-based military unit with a larger number of positions. As long as the police here were willing, they could come over at any time to assist in their duties.

That would be great, but is it possible? Chen Rou thought it would be difficult to do.

Even Nie Zhao, with his own strength, could not have accomplished it.

As expected, Chen Rou asked, "So, you can get the royal family to agree to this?"

Nie Zhao shook his head: "Of course it's impossible. After all, they are the Royal Police and 30% of them are foreigners. Not to mention that the municipal government and the governor's office can't agree to it, they can't agree to it even if there's a vote."

That's right, even Huo Qi, the police officer, is very resistant to returning.

If all police officers agree to cooperate with the mainland authorities in handling cases, then the chaos before the handover in the previous life will not occur.

However, as Chen Rou thought about it, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she slapped the table: "But, I think I can give it a try."

Nie Zhao said with a smile, "Commander Wang also told me that this matter would be difficult to handle, but I told him that my wife could do it."

In all of Hong Kong, if there is one person who can make the Hong Kong police back down, it is really only Chen Rou.

Because she has two old men behind her who, after years of fighting, now control the entire Kowloon. Kowloon was not originally a concession, but a strategic buffer zone between Hong Kong Island and the mainland. It took the Hong Kong police many years to get in, but their power is far less than that of the two old men.

If the two old men reach a tacit understanding and agree to let the mainland police cooperate in solving the case, then just one or two protests and disturbances will be enough to make the Hong Kong police have no choice but to bow their heads and agree, even if they disagree.

There's another advantage to this: it can help Master Er and Master Dong accumulate more merit points, making it a win-win situation.

Moreover, as long as this matter can be carried out, then Chen Ke and his group can at least openly travel to Kowloon for official business.

Even if they can't come to the island, there's only a tunnel separating them, so it will be easier for Li Xia and Chen Ke to meet in the future.

Furthermore, if all the troops are transferred to the Hong Kong-based forces, then they will be the first to land on the island in the future.

Nie Zhao is an interesting person; it seems he can guess what Chen Rou is thinking and worrying about.

Moreover, he is virtuous in that he doesn't boast. Whenever he talks about something, he has basically accomplished 99% of it and it's a done deal.

It's a bit of a shame that Song Yuanchao, who had already set off to visit his family, was probably still thinking about starting a bodyguard company. But when he came back, he found that he wouldn't be able to be the boss and would have to continue serving in the military.

Nie Zhao managed to resolve the matter with ease, and the unease in Chen Rou's chest vanished instantly.

She was sick for two days, but she's much better now.

It wasn't even dinner time yet. She was feeling unwell after lying in bed for two days. She smiled and pushed her bowl away, saying, "Since you're free, why don't you come for a run with me? I don't exercise much, so I'll just run ten kilometers."

Others might run ten kilometers a day at most, but for her, who was pregnant, ten kilometers was just the minimum.

Nie Zhao still didn't want his wife to do too much strenuous exercise. Besides, it was so nice to sit and chat with his wife facing the sea. If he went out, he would be surrounded by onlookers, and many people would want to say hello to him. Out of politeness, he would have to say hello as well. Moreover, he only had two healthy bodyguards left, and he also had to consider his own safety.

Of course, he wouldn't refuse outright and upset his wife.

He took a sip of the ginseng soup, but subtly changed the subject: "This morning, Jiayu and Jiajun went to bother you, didn't they? Miss Cai, she's just a little girl. If her brother came, he would just be an employee of the company. What they need to do is not to win her over or curry favor, but to change Miss Cai's stereotypes about Hong Kong and the mainland. But it's been so long, and the two of them still can't come up with a solution."

Ms. Cai grew up in the West, and traditionally people call them "bananas" (meaning people who are culturally Westernized and lack cultural connection to the West).

To change the girl's preconceived notions about Hong Kong and the mainland, Chen Rou had a more righteous idea. She thought that she would arrange for Jia Yu and Jia Jun to accompany her to Shenzhen to visit museums, ordinary farmers' markets, and cultural sites, so that the girl could feel the safety of the city and the cultural heritage of her motherland. That would basically do the trick.

Of course, although she hasn't said it yet, she will be more than three months pregnant by then, and the pregnancy will be stable. She will accompany the Nie brothers and bring the girl with her. Chen Rou has always been a womanizer, and she doesn't believe she can't win over that little sister.

But clearly, Nie Zhao also had his own thoughts on this.

He said, "A few idiots. I've always given them open-book exams, with the answers etched on their foreheads, but they're like blind men, completely oblivious to it."

Chen Rou paused for a moment, then asked, "The answer you're referring to... isn't it... Nie Yao?"