The next morning, when Fang Lang got up and opened the door, he saw Audrey Hepburn sitting on the sofa in the living room outside the room, seemingly staring at Fang Lang's door.
Seeing Fang Lang coming out, he quickly stood up and jumped to Fang Lang's side, holding Fang Lang's arm and said:
"Lang, do you have any plans for today?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang scratched her nose with amusement.
"What's wrong? Don't you have to go to school today?"
Audrey Hepburn's face turned slightly bitter when she heard this, and she said with a hint of anger:
"I have a performance tonight, so I have to rehearse this afternoon, but I'm free in the morning!"
Fang Lang thought about his arrangements, then smiled and patted the other person's arm that was around his.
"Rienhardt may come to me today to do a vehicle test. Since you have a morning off, I will make an appointment with him in the afternoon! How about you take me to London for a good tour this morning?"
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Upon hearing this, Audrey Hepburn immediately became happy, hugged Fang Lang's arm and nodded continuously:
"Okay! Okay! Then I'll go change my clothes now."
After saying that, she skipped and ran towards her room. Fang Lang smiled slightly when he saw her, thinking that the little girl was still cute.
After washing up, Fang Lang went downstairs first and came to the living room on the first floor. He saw Qi Qingshan already waiting downstairs.
Seeing Fang Lang coming down, Qi Qingshan took two quick steps, came to Fang Lang's side and reported in a low voice:
"Boss, the Second Section of the Logistics Department conducted an overnight investigation last night and found that there seems to be a Labor Party behind this Colonel Marcelino Orlando!"
Hearing this, Fang Lang frowned, glanced at Qi Qingshan and said:
"Labor Party? Political parties cannot interfere in military affairs. What do they mean by this?"
"It seems that the Labor Party promised the other party that as long as they support them to take power, they can support them to form an aircraft carrier fleet in the future, forming an aircraft carrier fleet in the north and south."
After hearing this, Fang Lang finally understood what was going on. He smiled awkwardly and said:
"It seems that our President Vargas has already started planning for future elections! He only approached Colonel Marcelino Orlando but not me. Does he look down on me?"
After hearing Fang Lang's words, Qi Qingshan couldn't figure out the other party's intention for a moment, so he could only shrug and say:
"Maybe they think you are President Dutra's man and can't be won over!"
Fang Lang smiled and did not dwell on this question. Instead, he asked:
"Has this news been told to our Secretary of the Navy?"
"Not yet. If you request, we can inform the other party of the situation."
After all, this was the result of an investigation by Fang Lang's own intelligence agency and would not be copied to the Minister of the Navy.
Fang Lang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"No need. We have already informed General Crook that someone from the Brazilian Navy is coming to the UK to discuss the purchase of an aircraft carrier. I believe General Crook will investigate it himself, so there is no need for us to do anything unnecessary.
Given General Crook's character, those Brazilian officers who bypassed him and privately contacted foreign militaries to negotiate the purchase of aircraft carriers might suffer.
We just need to wait quietly and watch the fun.
Oh, and have the Second Section of the Logistics Department keep an eye on these guys. Don’t let them organize themselves and stage a mutiny or something. It would be troublesome if we don’t know about it.”
Hearing Fang Lang's words, Qi Qingshan nodded slightly. Since they could find out what they had found out, General Crook would certainly be able to find out as well. After learning about the situation, General Crook should take some actions. As for what specific actions they would take, he didn't care too much.
When he heard that Fang Lang was worried that the other side would mutiny, he was really surprised.
"They shouldn't be so bold!"
Fang Lang heard this, smiled and said without comment:
"What's impossible? You know, Mr. Vargas has a criminal record."
It is indeed as Fang Lang said, President Vargas initially relied on the support of the military lieutenants and became the president of Brazil through a mutiny.
However, his success was due to the mutiny, and his failure was also due to the mutiny, because his downfall was also due to the mutiny.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, Qi Qingshan's expression also tensed up, and he nodded quickly and said seriously:
"If that's the case, we really need to be on guard. It's unlikely that the navy will mutiny and overthrow the government, after all, they don't have the Marine Corps.
But it's hard to say about the army. Maybe they will contact the army while contacting the navy! It seems necessary to let the Second Section of the Logistics Department keep an eye on the Labor Party. "
Fang Lang certainly did not comment on this. He smiled and nodded.
"Then let them send some intelligence agents to the Labor Party, preferably to infiltrate Mr. Vargas so that we can grasp the latest developments."
"Yes, boss."
Just when the two wanted to say a few more words, Audrey Hepburn had already walked down from upstairs quickly. The girl had changed into a floral dress and looked full of youthfulness.
Seeing Fang Lang talking to Qi Qingshan, she stopped just as she was about to call Fang Lang.
But her movement downstairs had already been noticed by Fang Lang and the others. When Fang Lang saw her standing on the stairs, seemingly hesitant, he smiled and waved at her, motioning her to come over, and then said to Qi Qingshan beside him:
"Please inform Reinhardt for me. I will go for the test drive this afternoon. By the way, please arrange for me to accompany Audrey to visit London in the morning."
Qi Qingshan smiled and nodded at Audrey Hepburn, then said to Fang Lang:
"Yes, Boss! Do you need a car?"
Fang Lang was not familiar with London, and did not know where Audrey Hepburn wanted to go. He could only look at Audrey Hepburn and say:
"Audrey, where are you going to take me? Do we need to drive?"
Seeing Fang Lang waving at her, Audrey Hepburn walked down the stairs. Maybe it was because of Qi Qingshan's presence, but she felt a little reserved and just stood obediently beside Fang Lang.
After hearing Fang Lang's question, he waved his hands and said:
"No, no, it's not safe outside, we can just walk around the neighborhood."
Fang Lang didn't mind whether the surroundings were safe or not. With his guards around, any unsafe factors would disappear without a trace.
But since Audrey was planning to walk around, he didn't say much, just nodded and said:
"Then let's go!"
Next, Fang Lang accompanied Audrey Hepburn in the park in front of the house, walking and chatting. During the whole time, Audrey Hepburn held Fang Lang's arm and smiled brightly. Obviously, this was the daily routine he had been looking forward to for a long time.
The area where they live is a high-end residential area in London, surrounded by people of status, so the police patrol this area intensively.
There were no dangerous factors such as homeless people in the park, which made Audrey Hepburn feel very relaxed.
After crossing the park, Audrey Hepburn brought Fang Lang to a fairly busy street. There were all kinds of shops on both sides, with a wide variety of goods, including beautiful clothes, high-end leather goods, and so on.
But Audrey Hepburn did not stop at these stores. Instead, she took Fang Lang to a pet shop and pointed at the various animals inside and said:
"Lang, do you like small animals?"
When a child asks you if you like something, it often means that she likes it very much. Fang Lang looked at Audrey Hepburn's expectant eyes and smiled:
"I like everything you like!"
Audrey Hepburn laughed even more happily after hearing this. She hugged Fang Lang's arm and pointed at a Schnauzer in the pet shop and said:
"Look how cute it is. I like it very much. Whenever I have time, I will come to the store to see it."
Following the direction of Audrey's finger, Fang Lang noticed that it was a very small Schnauzer pup. It had gray and white fur and a cute body. It looked very cute indeed.
"Since you like him, just take him back and keep him by your side!"
Hearing this, Audrey shook her head and said:
"No, my mother doesn't like small animals."
As far as Fang Lang knew, Audrey Hepburn seemed to really like keeping pets, and even kept a sika deer. He thought she brought him here to ask him to buy her a pet.
But looking at the current situation, it is obviously not the case. This should be Audrey Hepburn sharing her favorite things with him.
"Oh! Why doesn't Auntie like small animals?"
Audrey Hepburn shook her head a little aggrieved and said:
"I didn't know that either. She used to like animals very much. When she was in Belgium, she had a pet dog.
But now, for some reason, he says he doesn’t like animals anymore and won’t let me keep any.”
Fang Lang's heart moved when he heard this, and he vaguely understood that Hepburn's mother didn't dislike small animals, but after experiencing the hard life during the war, she was unwilling to continue feeding small animals.
"Oh! I see. I'll talk to Auntie when I get back. If she agrees that you can keep a pet, I'll buy this Schnauzer for you. What do you think?"
Audrey Hepburn looked at Fang Lang in surprise and said:
"Really?"
Then he hugged Fang Lang with a look of surprise and kissed him hard on the face.
"Lang, I love you!"
Hearing the little girl's confession, Fang Lang smiled and put his arm around her waist and said:
"I love you too!"
Then the two of them no longer had the heart to continue shopping and hurried home.
After Fang Lang talked with Hepburn's mother, it turned out to be just as Fang Lang expected. Hepburn's mother did not dislike small animals, but she felt that it was a waste to use precious food to feed small animals when even people were extremely short of food.
Fang Lang felt relieved after getting this answer. He couldn't offend his mother-in-law just to please the little girl! Since his mother-in-law didn't hate small animals, then everything was not a problem.
Fang Lang directly arranged for someone to go back to the pet shop and buy back the Schnauzer.
But when Fang Lang carried the Schnauzer into Audrey Hepburn's room and handed it to her personally, the little girl was so excited that she almost flew up. She hugged Fang Lang and kissed him fiercely.
After that, Fang Lang did not go out again. He just sat in the room and watched Audrey play with the puppy.
Shortly after lunch, Reinhardt knocked on Fang Lang's door and invited Fang Lang to test the off-road performance of the Aston Martin off-road vehicle.
There were a lot of unpaved roads in the suburbs of London during this period, so it was not too easy to test the off-road performance of the vehicle. But since Fang Lang planned to use this vehicle as a military vehicle in the future, he would certainly not be satisfied with its off-road capabilities on unpaved roads.
After communicating with Reinhardt, the two men directly found an undeveloped wilderness and drove the vehicle directly into the sparse woods, looking for some difficult steep slopes, cross axles, shell craters and other bad roads for violent driving.
As a result, one of the five off-road vehicles participating in the test was stuck directly in the mud of a small ditch. The swamp-like environment made it impossible for the vehicle to escape on its own.
But apart from this accident, the whole testing process went smoothly. This mid-size off-road vehicle, which was upgraded based on the Willys Jeep, won Fang Lang's approval.
It performs well in special off-road conditions such as shell craters and cross axles, and the mechanical central differential lock provides the vehicle with excellent four-wheel drive off-road capabilities.
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