Chapter 96
[I never said that QAQ He admitted it ahhhh he admitted that he wanted to control her ahhhh! ]
[That’s how it is. After so many years, how could there be no feelings at all? (tears) It’s all because Chief of Staff Zhou kept it a secret.]
[Now Chief of Staff Sheng still hasn't given up (cry). She still calls him senior brother in private, and says it's a pity that senior brother doesn't want to care about me anymore. If you ignore their current identities, this sentence is just acting like a spoiled child, just wanting him to answer without these two words, these two people! ]
How can you still cause such a fuss even though you have parted ways and are no longer together?!
Zhou Xingjian said that it’s not that he doesn’t want to take care of it.
As expected, Sheng Shu stopped where he was and smiled faintly.
When she entered, Zhou Xingjian waited for her for a while:
Of course he remembered that he did not receive the news of her serious illness in time in the video, and that other people followed his negligence and contempt, looked down on her and did not pay special attention to her transmission of military intelligence.
He would never refuse her request for a meeting, because he knew she was not the type to neglect her duties. The refusal could only have been made by his subordinates. They had filtered out her military intelligence in advance.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xingjian, who was sitting next to her, glanced at his adjutant.
The adjutant felt a chill down his spine: .? Did he do something he shouldn't have done again? No?
Shuxing actually came in together, and the fans on the barrage made a small commotion, and then each domain continued the first overall liquidation after the overthrow of the conference court.
The purge even included more than just the Council of Ministers, but also other generals who were hiding under the Council of Ministers for their own personal gain.
Because the limit is set for generals of five stars and above, instead of the highest council of the conference court, some people who are favored by the conference court can enter the meeting by virtue of their positions in the conference court even if their military ranks are not high. Therefore, today's meeting was gentle, peaceful and orderly.
Barrage: [Ah, I can tell at a glance that this is our Nebula’s top group! QAQ]
[Really, the generals were all so calm, and spoke softly. It felt like the “New Year” edited by the great director, where everyone gathered together to celebrate a great event. If I hadn’t seen the title, I would have thought it was Chinese New Year.]
If some unstable factors in power were abandoned, the Nebula would indeed be much more harmonious and stable. And because everyone was a general, they had fought and died on the front lines, and they cared deeply about their compatriots.
Just like the people around Sheng Shu. Their military rank is the same as that of marshal, with Ying, Pei, and Zhu on the left, and the old generals on the right who used to hold high positions but are now only serving as assistants to the chief of staff.
The person on Sheng Shu's right was named Ren. He had been appointed to the Northern Territory in times of crisis and served as the Left Chief of Staff for a period of time. She spoke in a gentle voice: "Is the Left Territory very tired?"
After discussing the business, the generals drank tea and chatted. I just don't know why Jingwei didn't turn off the live broadcast.
Sheng Shu: "Not bad. I got a little familiar with it when I first took over, and now I can get the hang of it."
Chief of Staff Ren smiled and said, "I still believe that the person Yan Xun picked has the ability. Just don't be too tired."
She had been in this position before, and knew how difficult it was to be young and without a family to rely on. It was right to seek progress while maintaining stability at this time, but she was afraid that Sheng Shu would not be able to break free, but would be dragged down by those people.
"Thank you, Chief of Staff Ren. But Chief of Staff Yan and Chief of Staff Zhou have helped me a lot. Even though I lack experience, I will study hard and try my best not to let the hard work of my predecessors go to waste."
Chief of Staff Ren was slightly surprised, looked at Zhou Xingjian, and nodded with a smile. Zhou Xingjian was signing, his fingers pressed on the paper for only a moment, and then he picked it up and gave it to the adjutant.
Zhou Xingjian: "Tell Lin Zhi as soon as possible."
After Sheng Shu and Chief of Staff Ren finished talking, they looked at Zhou Xingjian and asked, "Brother, are you angry?" He said this in a low voice.
Zhou Xingjian was still signing, and he didn't look away. His expression didn't show any signs of hearing those words. "It's just a trivial matter. What's there to be angry about?"
But he wanted to distance himself from her, but she kept telling others that he was the one who helped her. The ink spread a little, and Zhou Xingjian closed the pen without saying to change another one: "Put it away first."
Sheng Shu smiled.
Zhou Xingjian found that she seemed to like to laugh. Yan Xun had worked with him for many years, and he originally thought that a chief of staff with such a temperament would make her relax a little, but he didn't expect that the more cunning Yan Xun was, the more serious she became.
Seeing that she was becoming less and less talkative day by day, he actually never thought of asking her to come back. Forget it.
Zhou Xingjian changed his pen and continued to review. She could relax a little, which at least showed that he was right not to admit that he didn't want to care about her.
He shouldn't have said something insincere. She was so smart that she would understand what he meant. Why did he have to make things so hostile?
They could also just pretend to confront each other like Ying Pei did, but what would happen next? Zhou Xingjian paused again.
Sheng Shu saw that he hadn't written anything: "Brother, is your pen broken again?"
She actually gave him a fountain pen. In the Nebula Era, such items were hard to find. The ink was extracted from the ore she had borrowed from the border guards at the time. It was unique in the world, and there was no other like it. But he had never used it.
But she was already satisfied that he could say these words today. "Is the filter clogged?"
The adjutant took the pen and returned as usual, the same pen in a different casing.
He thought that putting it away meant putting away the documents, because the chief of staff had never changed the pen inside for all these years.
"Chief of Staff, it's ready."
Sheng Shu glanced at the pen.
Zhou Xingjian paused. She was so perceptive that she must have noticed it now. However, he was not used to using a makeshift pen, so he took it without changing his expression. When he was about to sign, he heard her whisper:
".I thought Senior Brother didn't like it."
[Ah, I like it! How could he not like it! I searched for pictures of conference live broadcasts over the years. He has been using this fountain pen since he got it! I just don’t know what’s wrong with it and he has to put it in a case ==]
Chu Zhao is always at the forefront of eating melons and keeping up with all kinds of sugar:
[And I also discovered a brilliant point. Before this pen appeared, Chief of Staff Zhou Xingjian could also use the holographic screen to approve military affairs, but later he changed to handwriting. Many people said that he changed to handwriting because he was afraid that military affairs would be leaked to Zuo Yu. But in fact, he had previously proposed to make the best use of the holographic function. He changed his mind after he got the pen. Isn't it because of this pen that he got used to handwriting? ]
[Smart, guess which is more risky, direct offline approval or using a pen given by someone else to approve? ]
He knew everything! But he still used the pen she gave him! And he never let her know!
[Ahh, I give up! Chief of Staff Zhou is really good at hiding! ]
[This is simply the ultimate in secret love, and since Chief of Staff Sheng Shu said he liked him, he was able to hold back (Oh my God)]
[In fact, you can understand it by putting the pen in his place. If he did not cover up the characteristics of the pen and used it to approve the reply, soon there would be more public opinion saying that Chief of Staff Sheng Shu had ulterior motives in sending a surveillance pen to spy on military affairs. I am afraid there would be people urging him to send a similar surveillance pen back. This would be endless. This is more like protection than concealment.]
[Yes! QAQ Even though he knew it would cause trouble, he still kept the pen. Isn't it just like knowing that he likes her but holding back and not showing it at all! He just avoided her because he knew he liked her! ]
Otherwise, he would be frank. No matter how others interpret it, he knew that he would not delay her, right?
[綜綜生烟]: This couple, Suxing, really gave me the same feeling as when I first chased the top CP. Being open and honest is friendship, while being secretive and carefully avoiding all kinds of suspicion is love!
【Ahhhhh, that's right! Walking is love! 】
Chu Zhao pretended to sigh and took back what he said: [Okay, maybe I saw it wrong. It’s not impossible for them to be in love with each other (doge)]
Old fans are already familiar with Chu Zhao's routine. This person just deliberately followed the words of the other party and cut it according to the mode of mutual secret love. Only new fans and the other party feel that she was trapped by these trivial details.
New fans who don’t understand: [Ahhh this is so great! ]
The pissed-off fans: [Ahhh, are you sick? Why don’t you just say what you like? You made us think you have a grudge against each other! You are sick! ]
Onlookers: [Hahahahahahahahahahahaha this is too funny! ] More of the fans of the only couple breaking their defense, after all, what the master said is right, the fans of the only couple only break their defense when they are real couples!
The generals were still talking. Sheng Shu had been looking at Zhou Xingjian while he was reviewing the documents. He paused for a moment and put down his pen. He wanted to stand up directly, but he remembered something and turned his head.
The two people looked at each other.
Zhou Xingjian: "I'm leaving first."
Sheng Shu: "I'll see you off, Senior Brother."
She saw him pause, then smiled: "I was joking, but brother, the filter of the fountain pen was customized by me in the laboratory of the Northern Territory. If you use it for a long time, you don't need to change the ink."
She spoke softly, but Zhou Xingjian did not speak. However, the adjutant was always troubled by Zhou Xingjian's filter clogging, so he instinctively answered "OK" when he heard it, and only reacted after he finished answering.
Wait, wait, wait, so the pen that the Chief of Staff has never replaced was given by Chief of Staff Sheng? Didn’t they say they broke up? Even after the breakup, he still kept the pen?
Shouldn't it be thrown away?
The adjutant's eyes widened into bells.
Zhou Xingjian picked up his coat and walked out. After a few steps, he found that although Sheng Shu did not follow him to see him off, he really kept watching him until he turned around.
His mental strength rose and fell slightly. He stood there, wondering if she must be bothered by his indifference, even if it was just on the surface? And if they had to get along like they used to, so that her weakness under his influence would not be exposed to everyone.
But he really couldn't make up his mind. He just wanted her to live well, to become the person she wanted to be, just like the first place in the league and the rank of marshal she had dreamed about.
He walked out.
Sheng Shu suddenly said, still in a normal voice so that everyone could hear: "Chief of Staff Zhou, I refuse your offer of support."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you."
Zhou Xingjian paused. She was talking about the time he voted against her succession to Yan Xun. He wanted to promote her to be the marshal. No, he had not told her that.
Zhou Xingjian turned his head.
Sheng Shu had indeed not received his explanation, but she still hoped that her senior brother would not be misunderstood by so many people, even if he opposed her succession for other reasons and not out of consideration for her.
"Chief of Staff Zhou wanted to recommend me for the position of Marshal of the Northern Territory, and I am very grateful. But I refused for no other reason. I just felt that I still wanted to work with Chief of Staff Zhou and continue to learn from him."
By saying this, she had put his opposition to her succession on the table, and no one could use Zhou Xingjian to suppress the younger generation in the future. However, she also stood on an equal footing with him and told him.
Brother, I won’t listen to you on everything.
I also have things I want to do. I want to be close to people.
Zhou Xingjian stood there for a long time, until Zuo Yu almost thought that Zhou Xingjian was going to reject Chief of Staff Zuo's overtures, then he said slowly: "It is my honor to work with Chief of Staff Sheng."
The subordinates in the left and right domains all had different expressions. Zhou Xingjian nodded first and left the meeting room. But not long after he walked out, he pressed his eyebrows, seeming to be troubled by something.
Adjutant: ".Marshal."
Zhou Xingjian looked out the corridor and said calmly: "I shouldn't have come."
The live broadcast continued until here. He didn't finish the next sentence. But Chu Zhao helped him complete it:
[Smoke curling up]: You shouldn't have come, because once you met her, you forgot to suppress your emotions, right? Fine, fine, I said that even gods can't resist the urge of someone they like chasing after them, but you can only resist because you've been too far away from her, can you still deceive yourself?
[Smoke curling up]: You lost your composure as soon as she spoke, right? Fine, fine. Who said Sheng Shu was the only pure love warrior? You are also a pure love warrior! You have already dug out so much from us after just the first meeting. If you continue to see me, I don't believe you can't be together!
Jingwei, who was silently taking notes, tilted her head in confusion: What is a pure love warrior?
But it knows that if they continue to meet, there will be a happy ending (note: happy ending refers to the perfect ending preferred by humans).
Then just continue to rewrite the program to facilitate their meeting?
Jingwei tilted his head to look at Xu Su. He was now a tin robot, and this tilted head looked a little cute. But Xu Su actually wanted to contact the woman with the smoke and ask her to change the image of the robot in the video.
In Qingli's mode, the robot arm was really cold. He had to explain to Him that he was not trembling because of fear, but because His body temperature was too low. He trembled instinctively.
[But cryogenic shivering was also part of the research experiment.]
Xu Su whispered: "Qingli can temporarily not study this part."
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