hope for redemption

The man in the mirror was wearing a well-crafted and well-cut black and gold uniform. The collar of the shirt inside was buttoned up to the top in an orderly manner, and the slightly protruding Adam's apple was half hidden.The newly done jet-black neck-and-neck perm made his facial features more profound, and each of the newly trimmed eyebrows was ironed in its proper position, and just raising his eyes could fascinate all living beings.

Jiang Xi looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar self in the mirror, feeling a little dazed for a while.

It's not just because of the new hairstyle, his whole personality and aura are changing, slowly changing towards the cold-blooded and ruthless ALS that he was a year ago, making him feel so strange.

He raised his hand and touched the badge on his left chest, which marked: LSD-ViceministerA.LS

He raised his hand to lift the hair next to his ear, and touched the black gemstone earring on the lobe of his left ear.

Thoughts tugged, and the soul was split in two.

Jiang Xi felt half alive now, the Jiang Xi who liked to nest in Lin Wang's arms and act like a baby.And his other half is cold, the calm and rational ALS who is also ruthless and indifferent.

Both of them exist in the body at the same time, each occupying one side.Although it is peaceful now, everyone knows the truth that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and Jiang Xi is not sure who will win.

This indecision and uncertainty frightened him.

'Dong dong', the sound of knocking on the door interrupted his wandering thoughts.

An Sheng leaned against the door and asked, "Are you ready?"

Jiang Xi immediately came back to his senses, quickly blinked to hide his emotions, loaded the gun and turned back, "Okay."

"I remember I put an enhanced Colt in your arsenal," An Sheng frowned unhappily when he saw the pistol he was carrying.

Jiang Xi's gun today is an old-fashioned P229, and the muzzle velocity and effective range are still at the level of several years ago. Now the world's weapons are being updated at a monthly rate, such a pistol is naturally considered an antique.

But Jiang Xi just wanted to choose it, for no other reason, the only pistol in the arsenal in his room was bought by himself.

He didn't want to use An Sheng's stuff.

"I'm going to work, not on a mission." Jiang Xi replied coldly.

"Noah's Ark is not peaceful recently," An Sheng replied, walked into the room with an irresistible attitude, and ran towards the arsenal, "Change that one, I'll find someone to correct the recoil for you, it won't be too bad fierce."

Jiang Xi replied irritably: "Do you never care about what I want?"

"Jiaojiao," An Sheng picked out the corresponding bullets, loaded and loaded the magazine in one go, stared at Jiang Xi and asked, "What do you think you look like now? A child who came to confront parents in adolescence. Are you still young?"

"If I let you bring that P229 over there today, can you guarantee that when a riot breaks out, your reaction is fast enough to make up for the old pistol's ejection speed?"

The answer is definitely no, even Jiang Xi couldn't meet this requirement when he was at the peak of his training performance, let alone after a year of gentle life.

He was speechless when questioned by An Sheng, and at the same time he slapped himself hard on the face.

That's right, he is now like that adolescent kid who confronts his parents, he doesn't care about anything, he only thinks about how to make troubles, and he doesn't think about his own safety at all.

Seeing Jiang Xi's dazed look, An Sheng felt unspeakably annoyed, and ordered: "Change the gun."

Jiang Xi put the P229 on his waist back into the safe, and replaced it with the strengthened Colt.

"Do you still remember how to shoot?" An Sheng asked.

"Remember." Jiang Xi tidied up his uniform.

An Sheng responded, took the dark purple gift box on the glass booth, opened it, and handed it to Jiang Xi: "I brought it back for you, no matter when, I will not let my little prince fall into To the point of buying gems."

Jiang Xi knew who she was insinuating. If a few days ago he still had the strength and courage to argue with her, but now he is not in that mood anymore.

Jiang Xi pursed his lips and said nothing, took the gift box containing Devil'seye directly from her hand, put it in the display cabinet of his gems, and followed An Sheng out of the room.

"Your assets in Citigroup, Paris, and Swiss banks are still there, so don't worry about money." An Sheng walked in front, her highlighted hair neatly curled up, revealing her slender and beautiful neck, she stopped and turned slightly said the head, "I will never let my little prince worry about money."

"Is it interesting?" Jiang Xi suppressed the sudden rising anger, and asked in a deep voice.

"Interesting," An Sheng replied quietly, turned his head and continued to walk forward, the high-heeled shoes knocked on the marble floor with a crisp sound.

Jiang Xi followed her and her temples twitched, not only because she insinuated Lin Wang repeatedly, but also because she returned all her assets so magnanimously and unscrupulously. laughed at his own incompetence.

Jiang Xi is very clear about the amount of assets in his bank. The salary of working in Noah's Ark for the past four years, the extra money he earned from going out with An Sheng, and the private work he has done in private all add up. There are always hundreds of millions or tens of millions.

But it's tens of millions like this, but he can't even buy a few thousand yuan air ticket to return to China. It's funny if you say it.

What a fucking fuck.

Jiang Xi went downstairs to have breakfast early in the morning with a stomach full of wretched anger, and he was not in the mood to care about what he ate, so he just ate a few bites to feed himself.

"Let's go, the helicopter is waiting outside." Jiang Xu said, wiping his hands.

Jiang Xi took the mints from the butler, held them in his mouth, and followed them to the lawn outside the manor, where the familiar helicopter was still parked.

Yes, they have to take a helicopter from the manor to Noah's Ark.

It doesn't mean how far the manor is from Noah's Ark, but because of the location of the headquarters of Noah's Ark, the surrounding terrain is steep and surrounded by tall and regularly arranged forests, just like the bamboo forest array in martial arts novels. Just like the law, people who don't know the layout rules can't go up at all.

Coupled with the outermost guards and various high-tech blindfolds and detection tools, An Sheng directly gave up the idea of ​​going up from the bottom, and took the helicopter directly to the top floor every day. Anyway, high-level people like them do not need to pass the inspection.

Every time Jiang Xi feels a little uncomfortable when he takes the helicopter, the housekeeper will prepare mints for him to suck on the way, and it will be there when he melts.

The parking area on the top floor of the headquarters is quite large. When Jiang Xi and the others arrived, there were already several small helicopters parked beside them. At a glance, they were all acquaintances, the ministers, deputy departments or their confidantes of various departments.

They didn't show anything about Jiang Xi's return, but they still couldn't hide the surprise in their eyes. After looking at them, they all ordered their subordinates to investigate.

Jiang Xi was not worried about this, because he knew that An Sheng would not let them find out anything.

His return can only be strong, not weak.

As the elevator descended, light and shadow swirled and hit Jiang Xi's bridge of nose one after another.At this moment, there were only the three of them in the elevator, and no one spoke.

Finally, the sound of the elevator arriving at the floor broke the silence.

"No need to wait at noon, see you at the manor tonight." An Sheng tilted his head and gave Jiang Xu a kiss.

Jiang Xu pecked at the corner of An Sheng's mouth and said hello lightly, without asking what she was doing.

An Sheng smiled at him, turned his head to Jiang Xi and said, "Follow me."

The floor layout of the headquarters is based on the level of departmental power. The higher the power, the higher the level of the department.

As the second-in-command of the language sense department, the floor must be higher than the prediction department, on the 42nd floor.Jiang Xu's prediction department is on the 35th floor.

Jiang Xi closed his eyes and calmly adjusted his breathing. It is impossible for him not to be nervous or afraid. After all, he has been away for a year. During this year, his life is really stable. The whole People are addicted to tenderness and can't extricate themselves. It only takes a few days for him to come out of the comfortable and comfortable life in the past, and he really doesn't have the confidence to change to this kind of intrigue and highly tense environment.

But this is not up to him to choose, no matter how emboldened and confident he is, he has to pretend to be confident and everything is under control.

Layers and layers of camouflage are what he's good at.

Almost as soon as he opened his eyes, Jiang Xi's aura changed, becoming fierce and aggressive.

The little prince of language sense department, ALS, he is back.

It was still a familiar scene, the polished and bright floor-to-ceiling glass, the simple and clean arrangement of white tables and chairs, the staff who shuttled through the crowd with documents, and Niko rushing towards them with a tablet.

"Ann, nine o'clock..."

"Wait a minute," An Sheng waved her hand and interrupted her, "Jiaojiao, come to my office."

Jiang Xi reversed her pace of going back to her office and followed An Sheng to her office.

Along the way, the members who came and went would stop and say hello respectfully and in their native languages ​​when they saw them, and Jiang Xi also received the baptism of many surprised eyes.

In the Language Sense Department, there is no mandatory requirement which language you must speak, because learning five languages ​​is the foundation, you can basically understand whichever you speak, and you can use your ability to transfer to the same language. language to understand.

Of course, this is in the language sense department. When communicating with people in other departments, we still need to use the world's common language, English.

Jiang Xi walked at a leisurely pace, with a straight waist, and a well-tailored uniform set him off with wider shoulders and longer legs. When he walked, there was still a faint scent of cold sandalwood, like a king wearing a crown. The road to coronation.

An Sheng's office was no different from before he left, Jiang Xi walked towards the L-shaped soft leather sofa very skillfully, and sat on the corner single seat.

"What to drink?" An Sheng asked while pressing the communication button on the wall.

Jiang Xi thought for a while and replied, "Iced coffee."

Of course, An Sheng did not do this kind of thing herself, she was only responsible for asking, and Niko would do the rest.

Niko was already proficient in doing this kind of thing, and soon a glass of iced coffee and a glass of half-decorated red wine were served on the coffee table.

Jiang Xi took a few sips from the cup, there was nothing wrong with it, the brew was perfect.

"Your office hasn't been touched, and someone will come in and clean it every day." An Sheng leaned on the back of the sofa and said with his face propped up.

Jiang Xi had expected this a long time ago, and there was nothing unexpected, so he hummed lazily.

"Bo Ming went to the branch." An Sheng said.

This news made Jiang Xi frowned subconsciously, and soon he realized what An Sheng wanted to express. His brain reflexively analyzed the words, and after the analysis, he began to run rapidly to come up with countermeasures.

"I want to recall Alps." Jiang Xi replied immediately.

Xu Boming was Jiang Xi's former assistant in Noah's Ark, so he was not a confidant. Jiang Xi couldn't trust anyone except An Sheng and Jiang Xu, but the relationship was very good, because Xu Boming was very capable and knew how to advance and retreat. At least he followed I didn't make any mistakes or betrayal when I was alone.

Now that he has gone to the branch, it means that there is a vacancy in the position of the first special assistant next to Jiang Xi. This is a good time to install someone. It is impossible for Jiang Xi to let An Sheng take advantage of it.

This person must be both capable and trustworthy, and now there is no other person except Alps Jiang Xi.

As expected, An Sheng immediately rebuffed: "He is not in the language department, we have no right to recall him."

"Really?" Jiang Xi sneered mockingly, and said, "When I asked Tesco to check him, I marked him with the code name of the Language Sense Department."

If you are not in the language sense department, who are you kidding?

An Sheng didn't change his face when he was exposed, and continued: "His language sense ability is only relative, and he is not worthy of the position of the first special assistant."

"But it's fine as long as you have enough ability." Jiang Xi hooked the corner of his mouth, "Or are you questioning the ability of the former head of the perception department?"

An Sheng narrowed his eyes, and there was a trace of sarcasm in his eyes: "I doubt his ability. His current perception field can be oppressed by a small member to the point of peripheral pain. Do you think his ability is enough? .”

"you.."

"Jiaojiao, he has been exiled for too long," An Sheng knocked on the sofa, "I think Niko is pretty good, she comes..."

"No!" Jiang Xi rebuffed straight away, "How many people do you want to put by my side?"

"Ann, I'm leaving..."

An Sheng waved his hand and interrupted Niko, stared at Jiang Xi and shrugged: "It's not about placement, it's about protection."

"There are too many who can protect me, the Ministry..."

"Which person with absolute ability is willing to sacrifice his life for you." An Sheng exposed the fact mercilessly, "After you left without a trace for a year, who can you find?"

Yes, Jiang Xi can find someone now.

They are all people with absolute ability, why do you disappear for no reason for a year, and then you can sit in the position of deputy department again as soon as you come back? Just a team leader or a member.

No matter how strong Jiang Xi's ability was before, no matter how high the ranking on the intranet list is, who knows if your ability has deteriorated or your sense of language has weakened in the year you left.

For all these things, it’s fine if he didn’t come to secretly trip you up, frame you up and kill you, but you still think that he will work hard for you, it’s simply fantastic.

If Jiang Xi wants to find a special assistant now, besides the people he knows and trusts, the people from An Sheng are the best candidates. They are loyal to An Sheng, and because of this, they will not attack Jiang Xi, but they also Will never be Jiang Xi's person.

At this moment, Jiang Xi also discovered his biggest failure in Noah's Ark for so many years. He never thought of recruiting his own people, which also led to the situation where he can only succumb now.

This fact is cruel and humiliating, but this is what Jiang Xi wants to repay, to repay his previous innocence, thinking that An Sheng is trustworthy.

Jiang Xi's heart sank inch by inch, he could even feel its beating when it sank, closed his eyes to hide his resignation, and said hello awkwardly.

But Jiang Xi agreed, which doesn't mean the other party also agreed. Niko, who usually followed An Sheng's instructions, unexpectedly refused this time: "Ann, I don't want to go, I'm going to take care of your business. .”

"I have my own arrangements," An Sheng raised his eyebrows in astonishment, then said soothingly after a pause, "It won't be long, I will call Bo Ming back as soon as possible."

This is the greatest tolerance that An Sheng can give, even if Niko is reluctant to do this, if she disagrees, then she is out of control.

But how can someone who can be with An Sheng be like this, Niko almost perfectly concealed the emotion in his eyes, bowed slightly to An Sheng, and stood beside Jiang Xi, representing that she is now working for Jiang Xi.

"I still.."

Just as An Sheng was about to speak, she was interrupted by a knock on the door. She smiled inexplicably and shouted, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a tall, aggressive-looking woman with big curly hair walked in.

Almost from the first time he saw her, Jiang Xi knew that no part of this woman's face was real, and all of them had been knifed.In the next second, Jiang Xi was puzzled. This person was wearing a Noah's Ark uniform with the emblem of the Language Department, and the badge also had the abbreviation of the Language Department, but Jiang Xi had never seen this person in the Language Department. , but... this person always gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, especially those eyes, those light brown pupils.

But before Jiang Xi could think about the inexplicable familiarity, he saw the man following the woman, Jiang Xi's pupils suddenly shrank, and he froze in place.

The scene from a year ago immediately reappeared.

The noise of the crowd was mixed with exclamations that were neither high nor low, and the interlaced light and shadow of cold white and yellow cast a layer of tulle on the scene in front of him, but it couldn't hide the resentful, vicious but mocking eyes of the man.

Even though the armed man wrung his hands back and clasped his hands, the man still endured the pain and yelled desperately.

"Jiang Xi, do you think An Sheng really loves you that much? Let me tell you, she asked me to do it when you were almost raped, and she set up a trap for me to take you there. You should hate it, The person who should take revenge is not me, Yang Jue, but your good sister, An Sheng!"