Chapter 39
The Capital Port is the busiest and largest port in the entire galaxy, bar none. The daily passenger throughput alone can reach an astonishing number.
Industrial ships, passenger ships, transport ships, private ships...all types of ships in service can be found here.
They originate from various galaxies in the universe, travel through the torrent of the sea of stars, and eventually turn into countless scarlet spots of light on the information star map.
Agatha May stood with her hands behind her back in front of the huge star map. She couldn't help but smile as she watched the light representing the Salvation getting closer and closer to the port.
"You seem to be in a good mood today," Miyazawa's voice sounded from behind her, "Director Agatha."
Agatha's smile faded slightly. "I didn't expect to see you at the port today, Councillor." She turned to face Miyazawa. "I'm here to greet my lovely nephews. What about you?"
Miyazawa said calmly, "I have official business to discuss with Foreign Minister Jiang."
"What kind of official business requires you to come to the port in person to discuss matters with Foreign Minister Jiang the moment he lands?" Agatha, also an Alpha, naturally wouldn't believe their lies. "I know that the Alphas in various government departments are getting restless again because of the exposure of Colonel Lu's last words. But I never expected you to be one of them, Speaker Gong."
Miyazawa had never formally pursued Jiang Yun. This was the first time he hadn't publicly denied his feelings for Jiang Yun: "It's just a fair competition between Alphas."
"'Fair play,'" Agatha repeated the words with a sneer. "Seventeen years have passed since Colonel Lu died in the line of duty, and yet Speaker Gong hasn't even dared to claim a suitor's number. Even Lieutenant Colonel Morris is better than you in this regard; at least he dared to confess his feelings face to face. Now that the will confirms that the relationship between Colonel Lu and Foreign Minister Jiang wasn't as deep as you thought, you're finally taking a few more steps. Just how much do you think Speaker Gong thinks you're inferior to Colonel Lu back then?"
Every word Agatha spoke challenged the competitive and predatory nature of an Alpha. Even though Miyazawa was known for his gentle nature, his expression changed subtly.
Agatha knew very well that any Alpha would never be gentle in temperament, and Miyazawa was just pretending in front of Jiang Yun.
Isn't that the case with her brother who recently came back from the dead?
Only Lu Huai himself knew how much he had trampled on the Alpha's self-esteem in order to be able to control the overall situation in front of Jiang Yun with ease.
"You and I are both supporters of Foreign Minister Jiang. Instead of arguing here, why not consider Foreign Minister Jiang's current situation?" Miyazawa said. "During this operation on Ice Desolate Planet, Jiang Yun repeatedly disregarded procedures to achieve his goals, repeatedly disregarded procedures to mobilize troops, bypassed superiors to access agent files, obtained confidential components from the Academy of Sciences through informal channels, and instructed the Ministry of Energy to bring the components to Ice Desolate Planet... And before doing all this, Jiang Yun never once consulted the Presidential Office."
This was a blatant statement to the Presidential Office that Jiang Yun's power was already deeply entrenched at least in the military, the Intelligence Bureau, the Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Energy.
"By the end of the operation, Jiang Yun hadn't even bothered to report to the Presidential Office in person. He handed all direct communications with the office to his senior, Yi Laizhe." Miyazawa's expression gradually grew serious. "The Presidential Office had serious complaints about his actions, and quite a few members of Congress wanted to impeach him."
Speaking of this, no matter how much Agatha dislikes the Alpha in front of her wearing gold-rimmed glasses, she will stand on the same front with him for Jiang Yun.
"I understand what you mean." Agatha nodded. "If nothing else, seeing that Jiang Yun returned today and Deputy Foreign Minister Simpson didn't even say anything, I know what those people are up to."
But when it comes to worrying about Jiang Yun, she is not really that worried.
She believed that Jiang Yun could easily handle this not-so-small trouble. The final outcome would depend on what Jiang Yun thought.
After all, the person sitting in the Presidential Palace... was once the mentor who trained Jiang Yun and Yi Laizhe, two great diplomats.
Jiang Yun may not be willing to become enemies with the Presidential Office.
"S.TOP-006's dedicated ship station is ready, path authority is locked, please dock in the Rescue."
A mechanical announcement sounded, and Agatha and Miyazawa raised their eyes at the same time, watching the light symbolizing the Rescue slowly overlap with the port. The two Alphas straightened their backs at the same time.
——Jiang Yun is finally back.
——Lu Huai is finally back.
Back at the capital port, everyone on the Rescue was excited.
Although the conditions on the Rescue are very good, people always need to go to places without ceilings more often to fully relax.
Having been eating, drinking, having fun and doing homework on the spaceship lately, the twins missed Maggie's home-cooked meals very much.
The only thing that was frustrating was that winter had just arrived on the capital planet, and the snowy season was about to begin. They had just left the icy and snowy world, but they had to go through another winter before they could see the warm sunshine of spring.
After the spacecraft landed, Jiang Yun immediately disbanded the team and let everyone go home to reunite with their families.
Jiang Yun intended to keep his return low-key, having issued a pre-emptive order prohibiting airport pickups. However, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Director of the Intelligence Bureau personally came to greet him. Even with just two people, their car parked at the port was enough to attract attention.
"Why did you come?" Jiang Yun asked Agatha, "Don't you think my troubles are big enough?"
Agatha teased, "Ha, now you know you're in trouble? Why didn't you consider the possible consequences when you were 'abusing your power'?"
Jiang Yun said calmly: "Because I don't want to think about it."
A strange color flashed quickly in Miyazawa's eyes.
Jiang Yun has always been strong in fighting for the interests of the alliance, but this is the first time he has used such unscrupulous means.
What makes Jiang Yun do whatever it takes: energy, garrison rights, or Lu Huai's body?
Judging from the results, Jiang Yun did not bring Lu Huai's body back to the capital star in the end.
Everything Jiang Yun did on Binghuang Star was to squeeze out as much value as possible from Lu Huai's body - this was also one of the reasons why many Alphas judged that Jiang Yun had no feelings for Lu Huai.
But Gong Ze always believed that Jiang Yun would not go to the point of "not wanting to consider" anything for the crystal core.
"Don't worry, I'm here to pick you up in a private capacity. There's no constitutional provision that says an aunt can't pick up her nephews, right?" Agatha was talking to Jiang Yun, holding a little nephew in her arms, but her eyes were on the two Alphas behind Jiang Yun. "Also, thank you for your hard work on this mission, my lovely and charming agents."
Lu Chao rolled his eyes under Agatha's strong arms: "Save...save me..."
Jiang Mu managed to utter a complete sentence: "Aunt, you are strangling us to death."
Seeing her brother again in person after seventeen years, Agatha took some effort to restrain herself from paying too much attention to Lu Huai.
But Lu Huai was different. Not only did he not even look at her, he even spent more time looking at Gong Ze than at her, his sister.
Gu Xingzhou sat in a wheelchair, struggling desperately, "Director, are you really not going to reconsider my promotion decision? Look how miserable I am. I almost lost my first kiss. A mere lieutenant colonel isn't enough to soothe my wounded heart."
"Sure, sure," Agatha said with a smile. "As long as you stop talking so much, I'll apply for your promotion to colonel right away. How's that?"
So Gu Xingzhou's mouth and brain began to fight each other: "I...you...this...can't be like this!"
"You don't have any personal reasons for coming to pick me up, Speaker Gong." Jiang Yun looked at Gong Ze and asked directly, "Is there something?"
Miyazawa calmly swallowed his prepared greeting and said, "The President asked me to take you to see him—immediately."
The invitation was expected, but it came faster than expected.
"Got it." Jiang Yun didn't look back at her husband behind her. She only said to Cheng Chi, "Send the twins home for me."
The twins were finally freed from their aunt's vicious clutches. Jiang Mu rubbed his shoulders and asked, "Dad, are you coming home for dinner today?"
Jiang Yun said, "Eat, don't wait for me."
The twins were taken away by Cheng Chi. Agatha stood with the remaining two male Alphas, watching Gong Ze invite Jiang Yun into the car. She said jokingly, "As soon as I got back, I could only watch my wife get into another Alpha's car. How are you feeling now, Colonel Lu?"
Lu Huai smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. "It's boring to say that, Ms. Agatha. I won't restrict my Omega from normal contact with Alphas at work, and you can't win an argument with me."
Agatha laughed in anger. "Don't forget, [Lover] is affiliated with the Intelligence Bureau. You are my subordinate now. If you talk to your superior like that, I will deduct your allowance."
Lu Huai raised his eyebrows slightly, "Sorry, my susceptible period is coming soon, and I'm in a bad mood. Please understand."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two Alphas immediately distanced themselves from Lu Huai. Poor Lieutenant Colonel Gu's wheelchair was rolling so hard that afterimages appeared.
The susceptible period of top Alphas is no joke, okay? They really try to stay as far away from them as possible.
Gu Xingzhou asked with a vigilant look on his face: "When is your susceptible period?"
Lu Huai looked at the huge advertisement about Jinmastu Island above the harbor and said nonchalantly, "About two or three hours later?"
"...The susceptible period will end in two or three hours, and you can still pretend like this?" Gu Xingzhou took a deep breath and gave Lu Huai a trembling thumbs-up. "I'm impressed."
"But I'm afraid Jiang Yun's situation won't be resolved anytime soon," Agatha said. "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I haven't decided yet." Lu Huai said indifferently, "Anyway, let's go to Cynthia's sanatorium first."
Before getting in the car, Lu Huai suddenly chuckled as he thought of something else, "Gong Ze...Chairman Gong?"
Agatha and Gu Xingzhou exchanged a glance. At this moment, the two Alphas were thinking the same thing.
I wonder how Colonel Lu would react when he saw the Alphas excited about his wife just because of his last words.
They were really looking forward to seeing Colonel Lu return to the capital planet and join the power struggle again under an assumed name.
Without Colonel Lu's halo, how can Agent [Lover] monopolize his Omega by stepping on the dignity of other Alphas?
We would like to help you, but we are sorry that you have to repay the debt you owe yourself.
No matter what—
Welcome back to the Alpha arena, Colonel Lu.
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