[007]Miss M

two months later.

M sat in front of the computer, typed a few words, paused and hit the back button, and then continued again. After going through this cycle several times, she finally stopped.

"Do you still think Bond is still alive?" M turned the computer screen to Scarlett, "Do you think I should send this thing?"

M drafted an obituary announcing that Bond had died in the line of duty.

"Two months..."

It has been two months since Bond was shot, and until now, there is no news about Bond or the hard drive that was stolen.

"You still believe that Bond is still alive?" Q saw the announcement from M, "But M is going to..."

"According to the rules of MI[-], Bond's residence will be auctioned off, including all his personal belongings. Whishaw, I want to ask you to help me buy all his things, including the apartment."

"and then?"

"What?" Scarlett didn't understand Whishaw's meaning.

"I mean, after you buy it? Are you going to live in it?"

"I live with M now."

live in?How can it be.

Since the stronghold in Istanbul lost the hard drive and Bond was shot and disappeared, Scarlett moved to M's house.Although the houses of the two were originally connected, but only a few minutes away, M considered that Bond died in the line of duty, and she insisted that Scarlett live with her.

As a daughter of hers, everything was suppressed in her heart, and then she was suppressed to the brink of collapse before she broke out.Just like her complaints about her, her remorse for her father, how much affection she used for Bond, no one in the world should know better than her mother.Although--

Except for her husband who has passed away, no one thinks that she cares about this daughter.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. She never thought that there would be a daughter in her life, and she always felt that children are a burden to those who do intelligence.She really didn't care about her daughter, but at that time, she would still have a group photo of the family at home, and put a photo of her daughter in her wallet, and later, someone stole that photo from her, found her daughter.

She can't do such a thing as exchanging ten agents for her daughter.So decisively, she chose to give up.

When she said "do not accept the conditions proposed by the other party", she only felt a severe pain in her heart. At that moment, she realized that her daughter was different from those orphan agents.The same blood flowed on their bodies, and they spent ten months together all the time. She endured so much pain to let her be born, and watched her slowly babble and toddle from a crying child. Toddler, when she gets home, she will throw herself into her arms and call her mother sweetly.

"She is your daughter, so you just gave up on her? Is her worth ten agents can measure? Even if it is, then find those with poor qualifications. The other party didn't name them. Let's just give them ten people." It can be exchanged for Scarlett."

M remembers that, at the time, Thiago was the first to question her decision.

Ten lives, one for one.She can't make such a decision.

"Then I'll save her. You obviously care about her so much, why did you give up on her?"

M didn't want to give up her daughter, but she had to make such a choice.

Later, it was Thiago who rescued Scarlet with people.

At that time, Thiago was her most capable subordinate, and he was not good at field work, but that time, he found Scarlett and led someone to rescue her.

The moment he saw his daughter, M had never hugged that small body so uncontrollably.Because of the abuse, her whole body was as cold as ice, and her eyes were numb, unable to focus. Fortunately, although the kidnapping left her with a physical disease, she stood up again. up.

M destroyed all the pictures of Scarlett, secretly told Thiago to teach her skills, and ordered her to never call her mother, but MADAM, or——M.

The husband saw M's indifference and sternness towards his daughter, and he only loved Scarlett more. She could see all this, including her daughter's hard work to find her own approval, and her complaints about herself. She always knew, but She can give her nothing but unconditional trust.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, M followed the sound and looked towards the door. Scarlett was changing shoes in the hallway.

"I thought you would be back late after having dinner with Q." She put away the box in her hand, took a deep breath, eased her unnatural look, and locked the box in the safe.There are some baby items inside, all left behind by her husband, "I sent out the obituary."

"I see," Scarlett sent a message telling Whishaw that she had arrived home safely, "When will his house be auctioned?"

"Are you planning to buy it?" M knew that her husband had given all the property to her daughter, so she guessed Scarlett's intention in just one sentence.

Scarlett didn't deny it: "Whishaw knows a lot of friends, I asked him to ask friends to help me take pictures."

"Scarlett, it's been two months, and he's dead."

"I know." Hearing the word death, her expression was unwavering, as calm as ever, "I just don't want him to have no trace of living in this world. It's like... If it was me who was shot, would you Will my house be auctioned off?"

M stared at Scarlett, silent for a long time: "I will."

Scarlett's expression froze for a moment, she stared at M, trying to see a reason from her, but M turned around and avoided her gaze.

After pouring a glass of water, M took a sip and said casually: "According to the regulations of MI[-], I will auction your house, but I will buy it."

After finishing speaking, she went back to the room and closed the door.

But that night, M did not fall asleep, and tossed and turned on the bed for a long time. She got up and put on her nightgown and poured a glass of warm water again, but when she passed by Scarlett's room, she stopped in her tracks.

Suddenly, she turned the doorknob slightly and opened her door.

"Who!" Almost at the same time as she heard the sound of the door being pushed open, Scarlett reflexively took out a gun from under the pillow, and a carp sat up straight.After seeing that it was M, she put the gun away again, "Why did you come to my room?"

M didn't speak, she never knew that Scarlett's sleep was so shallow: "Did you fall asleep?"

Shaking her head, Scarlett didn't turn on the light.

M noticed that there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Sleep with me today!"

Scarlett's reaction today made her suddenly realize that the mother-daughter relationship between them needs to be mended.Especially, the current Scarlett, besides protecting herself enough, can also protect her.

"YES, M."

Scarlett never called M MADAM, because M can have many representatives, one of which is MUM, and MADAM has only one meaning—it has nothing to do with MUM.

"Have you been sleeping so lightly?" M knew that Bond and the others had to be extremely alert even when they were sleeping, but in a situation like Scarlett's today, which could be woken up by just a slight rubbing of the carpet, it was rare.

Sighing, Scarlett put the gun under the pillow: "I discussed it with Whishaw, and we agreed that this incident was aimed at you."

"No," M shook her head, "It's not just that, Scarlett, you already have someone to suspect, right?"

Confirming from M's eyes that this is not a temptation, but an affirmation, Scarlett chose to admit: "Yes."

"Your suspect is Thiago Rodriguez."

"……Yes."

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