Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

There was nothing wrong with this sentence at first glance, but Elide still felt that there was a bit of hesitation in Hodge's voice and expression.

...Why did you say that you followed Hodge to pick up his son? It sounded like a subtle feeling of following him to meet the "parents"? ? ?

Elide tilted her head slightly, stared at Hodge with a frozen expression for three seconds, and waited until a frustrated expression called "disappointment" gradually formed on the other's face, she nodded abruptly, with a smile reaching her eyes .

"Are you sure it's right for me to go? If you insist—then let's go together!"

Elide added a pause in her words full of wickedness, and at the moment when the disappointment on Hodge's face was about to emerge, she slowly added the last half of the sentence.The man immediately showed a look as if he was choked, his eyes were somewhat condemning, he pursed his lips and looked over helplessly, after a while, he smiled and shook his head, with a look of "I don't want to talk to children Care about" tolerance.

Under Elide's fierce stare, Hodge picked up the knife again, and knocked on the salad bowl in front of Elide with a gesture that was very unsuitable for dining etiquette:

"Then you'd better eat quickly, I don't want to be late to pick up Jack."

Eventually, the two headed out half an hour later and drove to Jessica's house.Of course, the memory of adults is much stronger than that of children. Jack can only remember Elide's face after she has tied up her hair. Jessica was only surprised for a moment, and quickly accepted the fact that Elide appeared here ——Although the expression on her face is still very subtle.

It's no wonder that Elide can't help but secretly slander, probably in Jessica's heart, her behavior of going to Hailey's grave to pay homage, no matter how you look at it, she is a bit ostentatious or malicious.After all, the relationship and disputes between the current girlfriend and the dead ex-wife can really be written as a family ethics story with dozens of pages.

However, Jessica's reaction was quick. Her face, which resembled Hailey's, burst into a [-]% bright smile:

"Surely you are Mr. Pennyworth's...granddaughter? His cooking skills are amazing, and I still can't forget the dinner a few days ago!"

When Elied introduced herself, of course, she only called herself "Elied Pennyworth". Neither she nor Hodge mentioned her identity enough to become the focus of gossip tabloids. See Jessica's reaction now. Presumably there is not much to say.

...Well, considering the fact that Bruce was pretty much brought up by Alfred, it doesn't seem wrong to think of her as Alfred's granddaughter.

Jack fell asleep on the way back, and Hodge took Ellie back to her house first-in fact, the two of them lived not too far apart, probably only a few blocks away, both in Washington DC It's a quiet and peaceful mid-to-high-end residential area - after Elide got off the car, Hodge also opened the car door and got out.

The man still in a suit put his arms around Elide's shoulders, and on his normally serious face was a gentler smile than a warm yellow street lamp.

He bowed his head and kissed Elide, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his voice:

"It's my turn to say good night this time, Elide, and remember to drink your honey milk."

>>>>>

After this case, bau had a two-day vacation. On the third day, Elliott and Hodge stepped into the office one after another. He turned his head and looked at——Irid with piercing eyes.

Nonsense, even the elites of the FBI will do some "bullying" things. Compared with the boss who always has a stern face, Elide, who is still an intern, looks a little softer and more bullying.

Although everyone knows that he has "bullied" Elide at this moment, he has to be careful in any fighting training class later.

Elide, who had been prepared for a long time, calmly opened her brand-name bag that claimed to be able to hold the universe, and took out a well-packed paper box from it without saying a word.

As soon as it was taken out, before it was opened, a strong sweet scent wafted through the entire office.Her colleagues who wanted to gossip immediately opened their eyes wide, and their attention was instantly distracted by the delicious food in front of them.

"This is something you can't even eat at the reception held by Bruce. To be precise, only the guests who can visit Bruce Wayne and not make him bored can eat Alfred's unique food. Awesome baked cookies - I took them straight out of the oven before I left the house today, do you want to try them?"

That's right, it's a rare two-day vacation. Of course, Ellie took the time to go back to Gotham for a meal, and by the way, watched and helped her adoptive father carry out some illegal night activities. Anyway, the Wayne Group just bought shares in two airlines. Private flying is not for nothing!

While speaking, Elide had already opened the carton and placed it on Rhett's desk.Not to mention the taste, just looking at the round and lovely shape of those cookies, the brilliant golden color, and the slightly caramel color on the edges, everyone knows that this dessert is enough to beat the ones sold in the Quantico staff cafe Dim Sum Thirty Street.

"To tell you the truth, I thought that even your baked cookies should be marked with the Wayne family crest!" Garcia said, already twisting a piece of cookie excitedly, and looked at it over and over again. For a long time, he looked as if he wanted to analyze all the raw materials with the naked eye, "I still remember Afu, he is really a handsome and unforgettable gentleman, I didn't expect his cooking skills to be so good!"

"A person like Mr. Pennyworth is the most authentic British butler, and his annual salary is probably higher than the sum of all the people in our group——God, this is really delicious!" Emily and Garcia on the side Ya is different, she is a practical person, she already took a bite of a cookie when she was talking, and immediately praised her.

As for Rhett and Morgan?They didn't have time to chat. After eating the first cookie, both of them glanced at the coffee cups in their hands, with similar expressions of regret on their faces--a comparison like Quantico. It's a waste of money to pair such a delicious dessert with unpalatable coffee!

A group of people were busily vying for breakfast snacks. Rossi followed Hodge and walked over from the upper office.The elegant Italian stretched out his hand to twirl a piece of cookie very familiarly, and glanced at Elide with a half-smile, his facial expression was definitely meaningful.

Elide swears to God, she at least saw the obsessive appreciation such as "Oh, I really underestimated you, so I quickly put Hodge to sleep", "Oh, this is raw rice and cooked rice, I finally don't have to worry about it." Huo Qi's personal feelings are alive", mixed with a bit of "Oh, you still know how to block everyone's mouths with delicious food, you look like a person with a barrier to expressing emotions!" Disgusted...

However, Rossi didn't resort to all kinds of slander and complaints. He just ate the cookie in his hand with restraint, nodded and praised a few words, and slapped Hodge away without hesitation. hand.

"Aaron, anyway, you have a lot of chances to eat this, so let us have your share."

The group of people were stunned for a moment, and after a while, everyone—except Elied and Hodge—covered their faces, mouths, and heads, and started laughing.

As for the two who didn't smile, they both had a blank expression on their faces, and they really looked like...

There are so many sweethearts.

>>>>>

I don't know if it's Elide's cookies or Rosie's joke, or it's just the sincere blessing and trust of everyone in the bau for their team leader, or it's just that Elide knows how to measure, she really has nothing to do with Hodge affect bau's work in the case...

Even if the "secret relationship" between Elied and Hodge is simply a "secret" that everyone in bau knows, other people have never criticized the relationship between the two. Not only that, except for a few jokes occasionally, everyone Very supportive of them all.

Probably, indeed, as Rossi said in Central City, it is too difficult for people like them to find a like-minded partner with similar work/rest time and mutual understanding, as long as they don’t violate some unspoken rules , No one would take the initiative to object to such a personal relationship.

Time passed day by day, and Bau's life was the same as before. In addition to dealing with all kinds of perverts, they also encountered many more unimaginable days...

There is joy in this, for example, their former media officer, Jennifer Garou with the nickname ** returned to bau;

There is sadness in this, for example, Emily was involved in an old case and was killed by her former enemy;

There are surprises and surprises in this, for example, Emily actually escaped by feigning death, Hodge and Jennifer kept this matter a secret, except for Elide in the bau, even Rosie didn't know.

Of course, among all these things, there was one thing that made Elide extremely unhappy...

Due to the pressure from her superiors, Bau was forced to lay off her staff. She, an intern who is about to end her internship, is fine. Their team leader and her male ticket were packed up and sent to Pakistan to deal with some terrorists. Fortunately, Hodge didn't go to Tibet or Nandarbat, so most likely he would never return.

Regarding the cheating arrangement of the fbi superiors, Elide finally agreed with Bruce's consistent point of view wholeheartedly: the fbi (except their bau) is indeed synonymous with stubbornness, stupidity, dogma, and rigid system!

——And they are all members of the fff regiment holding torches!

Fortunately, in the end Hodge returned home safely, and even Emily "resurrected from the dead". The bau team also passed the internal review after the incident of chasing Doyle. One more intern!

Although the intern's internship period is about to end, now she has to start tossing about her internship report, internship appraisal, and job application.

"...although I feel like they've acquiesced, I'm definitely going to stay at bau."

"That's because you've behaved so well that they all want you to stay, Elied."

When Elide spoke, she was sitting on the high-backed oak chair upside down, holding the back of the chair with both hands, and resting her chin on it by the way.She was shaking the chair repeatedly in a gesture of Afu's disgust, staring expectantly at the tall and straight back of the other party.

The cupcakes have been baked and cooled, and Alfred is now doing the final framing, and even as he says that, his hands are still moving smoothly, looking extraordinarily chic.

——Sure enough, Afu who is cooking delicious food is the greatest existence no matter what time of day it is!

After finishing the internal review, Hodge naturally gave everyone a vacation. Just like before, Elide spent a day off with Hodge, went out with Jack, had a big meal, and turned Jack After Xiaozheng coaxed her to bed, the two enjoyed a wonderful night without being disturbed.

And on the second day, it's their respective family time, Hodge will be with Jack, and Elid will of course fly back to Gotham.

At the moment, she is in Bruce Wayne's famous "lake view villa". Every time she sees the glass exterior with a 360-degree panoramic view of the house, Elide feels a toothache.

Bruce, this guy is really getting more and more careless about the matter of "disguising himself as a playboy". Judging from the news she dug out from the various gossip newspapers in Gotham, Bruce used to "drive a supercar" The "spice girl, spend a lot of money and throw money like crazy" has reached the extreme.

Why take out a checkbook to buy a hotel when there is a disagreement, why take the entire Russian ballet troupe to the sea to hold a party... There are so many things, how extravagant and free-spirited, that kind of grace is simply breathtaking Infinite fascination!

As a result, when she grew up enough to watch the "Son of Gotham" in person, he was left with the simple and crude trick of sleeping with girls in the all-glass lake view room. It's really...

Thinking of this, Elide couldn't help but let out another long sigh.

But her little mood didn't last long, and Afu had already placed the first batch of cupcakes in front of her, and even brewed the black tea.The young woman happily grabbed one of the creamy ones, and stuffed half of it into her mouth in one gulp.

"Hey, this is the real dessert. The donuts at Quantico Cafe are the worst I've ever tasted..." Elide mumbled, picked up the mug on the table and drank it. A big sip of black tea.

"For government agencies, of course they don't consider the appetites of the clerks." Afu remained calm and calm. He picked out two cupcakes with different flavors, and prepared black tea and orange juice , and arrange them neatly on a silver tray.

Seeing that Afu was ready, Elide stood up immediately and reached for the silver tray.

"I just have something to tell Bruce, let me take it down for you."

It was still afternoon tea time, and Bruce Batman Wayne, who had just woken up at night, was nestling in the secret base under this house, doing "business" belonging to the Dark Knight.Elide went through various security measures familiarly, all the way down to the bottom of the Batcave.

Bruce was not in front of the workbench, which was full of computer screens. Elide thought for a second, turned around and turned a corner, and she saw Bruce at the arsenal.

He was standing counting his gear, stuffing his belt with all sorts of useful gadgets. He must have been aware of Elide's presence, but he didn't turn his head until Elide knocked the tray onto the wide workbench in front of him. Look at it, with a smile on his face.

To be honest, if I didn't know Bruce well enough, Elide really didn't think his smile was sincere... plus it was gentle and brilliant.So many harsh years have left deep marks on Bruce's body and soul, and there is always an unrelieved pain between his brows. When he was not "Baby Bruce", Bruce had already It's becoming more and more similar to Batman, almost blending into one.

"The cupcakes prepared by Alfred," Ellie reached out and picked up one of them without hesitation while speaking, "I know you want to control your body fat content, so let me eat this one for you."

Bruce glared at Elied with a Batman-like gloomy look, moved like a ghost, and immediately picked up the other cake.

Unlike Elide, Bruce ate very gracefully and slowly, with the attitude of savoring every bite with heart.While nibbling on the cake slowly, he pretended to ask casually: "Your internship is coming to an end, do you really want to stay in the fbi?"

"It depends. I haven't decided yet—but you're not going to stop me, are you?"

Bruce didn't say anything, and Elide directly gave him the big hat of "I knew you were an enlightened dad". The one who was detained stared at Elide for three seconds , and then looked away flatly, not even leaving Elide with a "hmph".

"Oh yeah, Bruce, I have something to tell you—"

Elide ate the cake in two bites, licked her fingertips, and said casually:

"I want to introduce someone to you, well, it's my current boyfriend."

Bruce, who was about to reach for the mug, suddenly froze. He slowly turned his head to look at Elide, his movements were as stiff as a machine that had never been oiled.

After a while, he blinked slowly, and coughed extra heavily:

"...Boyfriend? Who?"

Regardless of whether it is Dick or Elied, Bruce is only a "parent" who became a monk halfway to them, so when it comes to the relationship between his son and daughter, no matter how curious, how caring, how much he wants to intervene, he can only secretly Rubbing and suffocating.

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The author has something to say: In addition to hinting to Dick a few words "don't cause troubles such as human life", he has always had an awkward mentality that he wants to say everything but can't say anything about Elide. .

At this moment, Elide dropped a bomb on Bruce unexpectedly. Even the son of Gotham, the Dark Knight, was in a dazed state for a while.

"You have met before, our bau team leader, Aaron Hotchner."

"Oh, it turned out to be—what?! Who?! Say it again?!"

In this chapter, the part where Elide complains about Bruce's love for girls is my complaint about the master in bvs 233

No bragging, the part in Mystery of Heroes where Brussie goes off after Averti's point is simply a textbook-like flirtatious dandy, unrivaled 233

Although the master who sleeps in the 360-degree all-glass lake-view room in bvs is also a different level of boring, but looking at it is not exciting enough hhh

And many of you, who say that I can't drive, don't just leave messages when I'm driving, I can see through you, huh!

In the future, if I have time, I will use the replacement method to prevent theft, because the number of words after the replacement of the Jinjiang V chapter must be more than that before the replacement, so don’t worry about losing money~

39 Chapter 39

Bruce raised his voice in an instant, and the thin smile on his face was immediately replaced by shock. His eyes widened, bright like bat lights in the dark night, and they fixed on Elied without blinking.

A black cat with its tail trampled on would not look more exaggerated than it is now.

"When we came to Gotham before, the one you met, Aaron Hotchner, the team leader of bau."

"I know he-how-why him?!"

Even in the hail of bullets, the Gotham Knights, who were in danger, showed an extremely rare and exaggerated panic, which completely caught Elied off guard.The young woman blinked her blue eyes, which were very similar to Bruce and Dick, and hesitated for a moment before making a hesitant "Huh?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"Of course—God—you actually—!" Bruce still looked like he hadn't recovered from the shock. Seeing this, Elide reached out to pick up the mug with the word "bruce" on the table, It was presented to him innocently, with a concerned smile on his face.

"...Do you need a drink first?"

Faced with such "intimate filial respect" from his daughter, Bruce still looked stiff. He slowly shifted his gaze to the mug in Elide's hand, and after a few seconds, he suddenly took a deep breath and his face calmed down. Not a lot.

After taking the mug and taking a big sip of black tea, Bruce seemed to have finally returned to his previous appearance, his eyes were calm and calm, and there was a bit of seriousness between his brows.

"Agent Hotchner," Bruce read the name word by word, gnashing his teeth conspicuously, as if he wanted to slowly chew up the name and the person it represented, "the last time the poison I already knew about the Fuji girl, hmph... how long has it been?"

"About a few months?" Elide didn't think about the time carefully, but just said it casually. After all, her internship period has not ended yet, and it will not exceed half a year anyway. It sounds more reliable to say it vaguely.

Her little thoughts did not hide from Bruce, the man chuckled twice, and covered most of his eyes with his slightly closed eyes, but instead brought a touch of unrestrained and cynical that belonged to Brucey's baby, full of famous For the surging emotions of "sarcasm".

"...Agent Hotchner is very good at falling in love with his subordinates!"

The mocking emotion finally turned into a verbal entity, spewing out from Bruce's mouth.Elide didn't say anything at the moment, she just quietly stood in front of Bruce with her hands down, and blinked innocently.

Bruce looked as if he was choking. He put the cup he had been holding back on the workbench, and paced around in a distracted manner, as if calming down the irritability that had surged up again. After three laps, he raised his head to look at Elide, with a somewhat frustrated expression, more helpless.

"I have to say, I did imagine what kind of person you would bring back—of course, I also imagined Dick's taste. In my mind, there is no difference between you. However, an FBI agent who is older than me , divorced and widowed with a child..."

There was so much emphasis on Bruce's last sentence that it sounded vicious throughout.

"You know it really well." Hearing this, Elide couldn't help folding her arms and looking at Bruce, squinting at him without saying anything, and sighed in a melodious tone, "As expected of the Mr. B we all know. "

The teasing and sarcasm in Elide's words was too obvious, "the Mr. B that everyone knows" couldn't help shaking the corners of his mouth a little uncomfortably.

He looks like any American dad whose daughter is just starting to date, and if he had a gun in his hand - and of course there are countless more deadly weapons in his hand - he would be willing to stand with it. Wait at the door for the bastard to take his daughter home, or take a selfie with a gun and send it to the bastard who pestered his daughter for a photo.

Oh, no, Aaron Hotchner is not the kind of stunned young bastard with no hair on his head!That guy was even older than him, and Elid probably wasn't even born when that guy was courting his wife!Elide was 8 years old when they first met!And Hodge is 27 years old!

Realizing that Hodge has known Elide for longer than he has known Elide, Bruce's expression turned even worse.He stood there, meeting Elide's eyes, both of them showed a very similar arrogance and persistence, but after a few seconds, Bruce, who was the "father", backed down first.

"Are you sure? I don't mean to doubt your view of love, Elied, but we all know that you treat him..." The man who could even talk to Afu on weekdays showed a lack of words at this moment He seemed to weigh it over and over again for a long time before finding a barely suitable statement, "...a bit of idolatry."

"Love, admiration, admiration, protection...these are all different kinds of emotions, Bruce, I can tell the difference between them. I love you and Dick and Alfred, we are family. I love Aaron, I want him to be my family too - that's all."

Elide looked at Bruce, her voice was calm, and there was a faint smile on her face. She was relaxed and comfortable in every gesture, but she strongly expressed a "I'm serious" attitude, by the way It also revealed a threatening meaning of "If you disagree, I will cry for you".

Bruce didn't speak for a while, he just stared at Elide fixedly, after a while, he turned his head with a somewhat frustrated look, avoiding Elide's gaze, and said with an unhappy face:

"It's up to you, but I don't have time recently, if you want to meet - we'll talk about it later!"

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-Bau Office, Quantico, Virginia-

The first working day after vacation is always like this, the whole office is full of gloom and mist, and everyone's face is full of half-dead pain.

After all, to rush over from Gotham, Elide came late, except for Jennifer, everyone else in the bau had already arrived.

Just like before, Elie brought the snacks made by Afu this time. When a group of people saw her coming in, their eyes lit up. After she put the things on Rhett's table, Emily took the lead to open the carton. .After chatting with everyone with a smile and sharing the knowledge of the holiday, Elide turned around and went to the small kitchen in the office to pour coffee, and when she was adding sugar cubes to the cup, she felt a familiar breath appearing in the behind her.

It's Hodge.

"Good morning, how were you and Jack yesterday?" Elliott turned her head and smiled at Hodge. After all, they were in the office, and the two of them didn't make any intimate gestures. .

"It's not bad. We went to the insect exhibition at the Washington Botanical Garden. I feel that he is going to develop a new hobby." Hodge also had a smile on his face. Any father who is competent and loves his children, talking about When I was a child, I always showed that kind of silly smile with complacency.

Elide turned slightly to the side in a tacit understanding, and Hodge stuffed the cup in his hand under the coffee machine, and pressed the button for clearing the coffee at the same time: "What about you? You can tell by the snacks you brought, you Must have enjoyed another great meal yesterday."

The whole suit Hodge wore today, including the tie and shirt, was chosen by Ellie before. She didn't have much experience in matching men's clothing, but there was a man named Alfred Pennyworth in her family. Elder, she can easily pick the most suitable combination for Hodge - then again, Afu already knew about her and Hodge's affairs, and she was able to hide the truth from Bruce... As expected He is the man at the top of the Wayne family.

Elide couldn't help but light a wax for Bruce in her heart.

"Because I ate too much, I was kicked out to do sports at night. This is not a pleasant memory..." Elide thought about the results of the duel with Bruce last night. After so many years, she is still one-sided. The fiasco is really a frustrating thing.

Thinking of this, her emotions inevitably brought out some melancholy, and Hodge immediately laughed loudly:

"Why, does exercising at night make you so unhappy? Then it seems that I don't need to ask what I think."

"What do you want to ask?" Elide asked as she stirred the coffee with a spoon, "Is it about exercise?"

"Oh, it's more than that. There will be a triathlon competition in a while, and I'm going to participate. I want to ask if you are interested in practicing with me—or even participating in the competition together?"

Hodge looked very expectant, and Elide couldn't help but pouted and thought.The FBI holds a lot of sports competitions every year. Hodge said the triathlon competition should be three months later. Ellie had already seen the promotional posters in the small restaurant downstairs.

In terms of the amount of exercise she has had, just a little training is enough to successfully complete a standard triathlon. From the perspective of sports alone, Ellie is not afraid to participate in this kind of competition, let alone this is a follow-up competition. The opportunity to train with Hodge, the triathlon includes running, cycling and -- swimming!It's an interesting thing to think about!

"I'm fine—as long as you're not afraid of not being as good as me in the competition!" Elied smiled smugly, and gave Hodge a triumphant wink as she spoke.

Hodge ignored her, and just pursed his lips in a serious manner, but the upturned corners of his mouth still revealed his heart, and there was a deep smile in his brown eyes.

"By the way, I have something else to discuss with you. I want to introduce you to Bruce—I mean, 'officially'. . . are you okay?"

Before Elide finished speaking, Hodge's body froze suddenly, and his face looked very strange, and the woman couldn't help adding the last half of the sentence.

"...Of course I have no objection," Hodge immediately expressed his gesture, but his voice still sounded dry, "Just these few days?"

"That's not necessarily the case. Bruce is very busy. Besides Wayne Group's business, he has to deal with a lot of people!" Every time Elide talks about Bruce, she can't help but make a pun Of course, Hodge couldn't understand a few words, and she said this just to comfort herself, "I'm not lying".

Hodge's expression was still weird, but Elide knew it well but didn't point it out. She just reached out and patted his shoulder, and went out with her coffee cup.Within a few seconds, Rossi walked over slowly, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding up a cup that was completely used as a cover. Before he could speak, the playful teasing in his eyes betrayed his heart.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about, your expression is so ugly—could it be that Elide is pregnant?"

Hearing Rossi's words, Hodge almost didn't bring it up. After taking a deep breath and suppressing his urge to do something, Hodge glared at Rossi viciously and squeezed through his teeth. He said "Shut up", and by the way, said "We have taken protective measures".

"Life is always full of surprises~" Rossi still had a rather unscrupulous smile on his face, "Seriously, what are you talking about? Do you need some advice from me?"

"...Eliad wants to introduce me to Bruce, you know what that means—can you give me any advice?"

Although Hodge was asking a question, the sense of self-abandonment in his emotions was particularly obvious, making it clear that he didn't expect Rossi to give any reliable answers.

"Tsk, it's hard for me to say, even if I have been married three times, only the first time I seriously 'visited' my father-in-law-the last two times I even lost my father-in-law. Then again Come back, you haven't seen Hai Li's father, can you stop acting like a silly boy in his early 20s?"

"It's not the same, David, Hailey's dad's last name is not Wayne, and he's older than me." The man's voice was almost dejected, "I checked Wikipedia, and Bruce is older than me." Two years younger, and—"

And all the content that Hai Li's father questioned back then, what kind of job, income, future... In today's situation, there is no reference value!Bruce Wayne is notorious for hating the FBI, and the last time the two of them met was quite unpleasant, plus... don't talk about Bruce, probably even Elide's current wealth is much higher than him, Huo Qi really didn't know what kind of expression and mood he should have when he met his cheap father-in-law.

It was an embarrassing scene no matter how you thought about it.

"I don't think Bruce can play 'Romeo and Juliet'. He has done a lot of ridiculous things. If the tabloids really want to write a summary, they will probably publish a special issue. Anyway, this is you and Yi Regarding Lide, I don't think she is the type who will be obedient."

"But...if something really happens, I don't want Elide to choose between me and Bruce. Family is also very important to her, and I don't want to force her to change her living habits."

As Hodge spoke, he raised his eyes and looked outside. Elide had already walked to Rhett's table, holding a biscuit in his hand, chatting and laughing with the others.As she gets more and more familiar with everyone, she is no longer the cold and inexpressive appearance she was before.She looks perfectly normal now, you don't see that she was traumatized as a child, and you don't see that she was involved in many dangerous secret missions before,

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Even though he knew Rossi was unreliable, Hodge was still willing to believe that the founder of bau, their respected expert in criminal psychology, and the person in bau who was like a magic needle in bau, could give him A good tip that turns into gold.

But after a few seconds, Hodge realized helplessly...he really thought too much.Probably because Rossi is full of confidence and seniority in bau, he doesn't have any psychological pressure to talk nonsense, even facing the team leader without fear.

"Since Elide brought up this matter on her own initiative, you should trust her and let her solve it by herself."

Hodge immediately showed an expression of "I knew you were kidding me", and stared at Rossi reproachfully.

"Don't look at me like that, Aaron, I'm giving you advice from the bottom of my heart! She knows Bruce better than you, so just trust her."

Rossi's words sounded full of gibberish, but in a sense they were flawless. Hozzie stared at him for three seconds with pursed lips and frowning, and finally picked up the mug and took a sip of coffee.

"My God, that's awful - you've got a point, I'll think about it."

"Another very effective suggestion," Rosie smiled more kindly now, "don't always think about it for yourself, and communicate with Elide more about your views. Lack of communication will cause many problems... I miss you As clear as I am."

After throwing this sentence, Rossi pushed Hodge forward, put his coffee cup, which looked like a cover, in the coffee machine, reached out and ordered a "latte", as if noticing that Hodge With a speechless expression on his face, he raised his eyebrows triumphantly:

"Why, an aspiring Italian wouldn't drink Americano coffee on such a coffee machine! Do you have any opinion?"

Before Hodge had time to express any opinions, ridicule or complain, there was a very familiar light cough outside the small kitchen, it was Elied.

The coffee cup in the woman's hand was nowhere to be seen, and she was propping up the wall with one hand, with that gloomy look in her eyes and serious expression, she almost wrote "We have another case" on her face.

Oh, if it's just that there is a case, Elied won't show this expression, it's simply "we have a very urgent and difficult case"!

"Hey guys, forget about the bad coffee, we have a new case, Amber Alert."

"what's the situation?"

"Robbery and homicide, the body was found an hour and a half ago, and the time of death is presumed to be six hours ago. A family of four, parents were killed, a nine-year-old daughter was kidnapped, and a one-year-old son was left at home It is said that the neighbors found out when they heard the baby crying and felt that something was wrong.

Anyone with relevant knowledge knows that in any child kidnapping case, the survival rate of the child will be greatly reduced 24 hours after the incident, and it is nearly eight hours since the incident, so the time is urgent and urgent.

"Where are the others?" Hodge said as he poured the whole cup of coffee he had just taken a few sips into the sink, "Inform them, we're leaving right away—if JJ can make it, tell her to go directly to the airport."

After Hodge finished speaking, he rushed straight out of the small kitchen. Elide turned sideways to let him go out and looked at the coffee cup in Rossi's hand, then exchanged glances with him, showing a weird smile full of disgust:

"By the way, David, this coffee machine just got a new milk powder, and the latte tastes worse than before. I think you can throw this thing away without feeling sorry."

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Ordinary people may never encounter any perverts, killers, or perverted killers in their entire lives, but for people in bau, dealing with these psychopaths is almost their daily routine.

The "Amber Alert" was hanging over their heads, and a group of people quickly packed up their things and rushed directly to the airport. Jennifer drove all the way, and hurriedly caught up with them before the plane took off.Now she's sitting in her seat panting