Star Sea Lord

() On the resplendent arc-shaped dome, gorgeous classical palace lanterns are hung high, and the bright and soft lights are cast down, shining on the crystal carved railings to inspire magnificent and blurred light and shadows.

The Zhou Meng sisters each held a glass of red wine, leaning against the railing, quietly watching the crowds in the noisy hall.

"Why do you do this?" Zhou Meng asked without raising her head, staring at the crystal wine glass in her hand.

"You mean this?" Zhou Yun shook her left hand and said with a disapproving smile:

"If I don't wear this ring, wouldn't it be easy for him to see the difference between us? The next plan will be difficult!"

Zhou Meng smiled coldly, and said with a little sarcasm: "I thought so too at first, but now I realize that this is just a nice excuse! My good sister, what do you think in your heart? Can you hide it from me, who is a big sister?"

"I just don't know when did you start thinking about him?"

Regarding the accusation from her compatriot sister, Zhou Yun said calmly: "Yes, I really think so! And don't be too busy getting angry, I just ask you one thing: between the family and him, if you can only choose one side, What would you do?"

Zhou Meng's face was slightly stagnant, and she was silent for a while before saying: "Can't we take care of both?"

"Impossible!" Zhou Yun said decisively,

"Although I have known him for a shorter time than you, people have already noticed this problem. He is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to cling to the power of a wealthy family! He wasn't in the past, he isn't in the present, and he won't be in the future! Otherwise, why would he explain it? The relationship between you and him has not progressed for a long time?"

Zhou Meng was silent, she understood that her sister was right, and the reason why Xiao Junling refused to give her a title was because there was no solution to this question.

But the high-level family will not give up this huge benefit easily, and it is difficult for her, who always puts the family first, to convince herself to let go of everything and follow him.So now the two sides are deadlocked like this.

Zhou Yun looked at her sister's expression, and continued: "If I don't join, your relationship will not change substantially even in ten years! And as he grows up, the outstanding women he meets There will only be more and more, when he finally loses patience and gets together with other women, what can you do?"

"Sister, he is a piece of rough jade that you discovered with your own hands, but with your current state, you can no longer hold him in your hands! If you want to have it both ways, you will end up with nothing!"

"As for me, I don't have so many complicated thoughts! All I need is to get my own happiness. As for the rest, I don't want to care about it, and I can't care about it at all!"

Zhou Meng said angrily: "Don't you just care about yourself and don't care about the interests of the family? Don't forget that you can achieve what you are now, it is the resources invested by the family that made you!"

The family gave you rich clothes and fine food, and spent huge high-quality resources to train you. Naturally, you have to repay the family, and always put the interests of the family first!This is the idea that she has been instilled since she was a child, and it is also the creed she has always pursued.

But my sister's words clearly violated this crucial family rule, so it was naturally unacceptable to her.

"How much the family spends on me, I will naturally repay the family in the future, and even more!" Zhou Yun said calmly,

"But I never think that the family has the right to interfere with my personal happiness! Sister, you care about the interests of the family and the feelings of those old guys so much, but why did they care about our feelings?"

She pointed to the crowd in the hall below, with a cold smile on her pretty face: "In the eyes of those old guys, we are nothing more than beautifully packaged goods, or fattened pigs. Now, it can finally be sold! And this place is the trading place in their eyes!"

"The so-called family interests are the most important thing. To put it bluntly, we want to sell us for a good price. Whoever offers a high price will sell us to whoever! It doesn't matter whether the person who will be on us in the future is a human, a ghost, or something else. Disgusting thing! Whether we live a good life or not is not among the issues they consider at all!"

"No...it's not like that, sister..." Zhou Meng tried to refute her words, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that she couldn't come up with any strong arguments to overthrow her sister's point of view.

Zhou Yun's words were indeed unpleasant, but they pointed out the essence of the problem!These women who came from a wealthy family and had a great reputation are just meat on the chopping board, waiting for someone in the future to give enough price to buy them away like goods.

Zhou Yun sneered and said, "Did you forget our cousin Zhou Qinghui? Back then, she was not inferior to us in appearance and talent, but was pointed out by our amiable and respectable patriarch grandpa to a woman who only knew how to eat, drink, play, He is also a perverted and perverted rogue, just because his father is the Minister of Energy of the Empire! As a result, he was tortured to death within a few years, and he did not even leave a single heir!"

"There is also that aunt who is not a few years older than us, who was actually accused of being handed over to an old and ugly scum, just because that bastard held a few rich overseas territories in his hands, but she was Ling, Not to mention the shame, he was sent by that bastard to be played by those big shots in exchange for the benefits he wanted!"

"I'd rather have nothing than be sold around like the cheapest bitch!"

"..." Zhou Meng's face was pale, she bit her lower lip tightly and did not speak.

Zhou Yun paused, and threw out another piece of news that almost broke her down:

"Do you know? The old and perverted emperor of Fusang Kingdom is about to die! So that little pervert and pervert came to di du recently, intending to choose a wealthy woman to go back to be his so-called queen. Your sister and I are very unfortunate. Got caught by that disgusting guy!"

"But it's a pity that because you haven't allowed Xiao Junling to enter the family for a long time, our Patriarch changed his mind and planned to sell you! Then I went to associate with Xiao Junling, anyway, the result is the same."

"...Is what you said true?" Zhou Meng's delicate body trembled uncontrollably.

Zhou Yun gave her a sympathetic look: "The dowry that guy brought is the permanent ownership of five first-level resource star fields, 30 tons of rare metal minerals, [-] large deep-space transport ships, and one secondary Artifact. Look! Your flesh is still very valuable!"

"Crack!"

The wine glass in Zhou Meng's hand shattered into pieces, Ruxue's skin was cut, and the dark red blood mixed with the wine flowed down, staining the snow-white carpet under her feet red.

Zhou Yun looked at her sister's distraught look, sighed faintly, hugged her gently and said:

"You understand? Xiao Junling's actions are not wrong at all! It's you and the family who are wrong! If you want to control your own happiness, you can't rely on the conscience of those old guys to find out!"

"Now, are you sure how to choose?"

……

"...for what happened last time, my father asked me to thank you on his behalf," Wei Qinghao said to Xiao Junling while gulping down wine,

"If you hadn't been kidnapped by that princess, giving us an excuse to make trouble and forcing that empress to make concessions, the alliance negotiations between the two countries might come to an end without any results!"

"It's a pity that you came back intact. If you can get some injuries, maybe we can get more benefits from that His Majesty!"

Xiao Junling couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, what does this guy think of himself?It's quite straightforward!

"Very depressed?" Zhao Zihan, who was sitting next to him, grabbed his hand, rubbed it in his own, and said with a sweet smile:

"Don't be surprised, these are the original words of his old man, those high-ranking old bastards! It's such a mercenary virtue, just get used to it!"

Wei Qinghao nodded vigorously, and hurriedly said: "That's right, that's how it is, and I also want to tell you a piece of news: Qingqiu Empire has received a secret order from the intelligence network in di du to keep an eye on your whereabouts. Opportunity, I still have to try to get you back to the Qingqiu Empire!"

"So, be careful when you go out in the future! Although the Jixing Temple will definitely send capable people to protect you, it is always better to be cautious in everything."

Regarding this point, although Xiao Junling was a little surprised, it was not difficult to understand.

After this incident passed, I must have been registered in the top-secret database of this superpower, and belonged to the group of people who deserved the most attention.

For these high-value talents, the other party will inevitably try every means to buy, lure, win over, even violently coerce or even kidnap them, and get them to the Qingqiu Empire.If it doesn't work, it will be killed, so as not to threaten the interests of the empire in the future.

Of course, having said that, almost all the security departments of major countries have done such things, including the Chinese Empire is no exception.

National interests come first, and all overt and covert means may be used.

Wei Qinghao took out a box and threw it over: "What my dead ghost daddy means is, no matter what, you have made a contribution to the empire, so this is a reward for you."

He took it over and opened it, and inside was a beautifully crafted dark red identity information card, which was heavy in his hand, and seemed to be made of unknown precious metal, with a striking black dragon head emblem on it , the corner of the card also has the autograph of the Grand Consul.

"This is the S+-level shadow agent identity card issued by the Imperial Security Council," he explained solemnly,

"With this thing, any actions you take in the empire in the future will be protected and supported by the empire's security system. Even if there are some acts that exceed the law, it must be decided by my dead ghost father himself. deal with!"

"When your personal safety is threatened, you can ask the empire's security defense forces to provide sufficient support anytime and anywhere. Even if you are abroad, if necessary, you also have the right to mobilize the local secret intelligence forces belonging to the empire for your use!"

Xiao Junling couldn't help being awed by it. This special identity card has great authority. With it, it is equivalent to having the strong backing of the Imperial Security Committee. When necessary, he can completely mobilize the huge human and material resources of the security department for his own use. .

The specific rights, obligations and various corresponding restrictions are all in the optical brain chip attached to the identity card, so there is no need to repeat them one by one.

Zhao Zihan said enviously: "This thing is extremely difficult to get, even we can't have it! Your sister Zhou Meng once wanted to apply for one, and Zhou Jiyuan personally came forward to intercede with the Grand Consul. They didn’t even pass! Luckily for you, you were kidnapped once, and you got it so easily!”

"Thank you!" He said to Wei Qinghao sincerely, and put away the card carefully.

This kind of identity card with amazing authority, even in his previous life, he barely met the threshold of application requirements. He has dedicated to the empire for decades, and the ace agents with outstanding achievements may not be able to have it. Empire, but this is just a cover to block the voices of opposition from all sides. The Grand Consul is willing to give himself this, in fact, he is giving him a big favor.

"I don't know what your father needs me to do?" He asked Wei Qinghao, "As long as it is something within our ability, just say it!"