As he gazed at the indistinct reflection of his facial features in the gla.s.s window, Fu Huai"an"s gaze turned even deeper.
After a long while, he lowered his gaze and retrieved a pack of cigarettes from his office desk, then shook one out and bit it before lighting it up.
"I don"t know why you suddenly appeared on Lin Nuan"s show, but this show was too widely viewed. Even I, who am overseas, know about it! You can be unafraid of May Myint Yady, but once she sees this and finds out that Lin Nuan is your weak spot, things will get tricky. You"ve been in contact with that woman for so many years, so you know her means and methods more clearly than I do…"
Gu Qingcheng had called because of this high-profile show, and Tang Xi had previously sent Fu Huai"an a letter stating that Xie Jingqiu had obtained news that America wanted to exchange for the related personnel who were involved in Fu Huai"an"s undercover operation back then.
Fu Huai"an turned his body sideways and pulled over the ashtray lying on the desk. He tapped the cigarette ash into it, still not saying a word.
Fu Huai"an had concealed those memories in the depths of his mind… The images of his undercover days replayed in his head…
After he had Lin Nuan by his side, Fu Huai"an led too comfortable a life. Those memories were now like a distant past, seeming like they had happened in a previous lifetime.
Fu Huai"an narrowed his eyes. "Once May Myint Yady obtains a new ident.i.ty, perhaps the first thing she"ll do is go to the place where her older brother died. You can send a team there first. She"s but one person. No matter how terrific she is, she doesn"t have the power to carry out her revenge. She"ll likely go to Mexico to look for her ex-lover, Marius. You can also send a team there!"
"I"ve already done so!" Gu Qingcheng"s breathing was heavy. "I plan to get another three teams to protect you here in the country. We can opt not to take on any business, as your safety is what matters most!"
Fu Huai"an didn"t reject this time.
Gu Qingcheng had already sent the most elite of elites to Li Muyang"s side in America in order to control him!
They had to protect Lin Nuan and Yun Liuli, and they also had to guard against Li Muyang, for America was his territory, and Gu Qingcheng had to be extra cautious about that. Also, they had to get people to go to America to find out where the US Government had hidden May Myint Yady, plus send out other people to the place where May Myint Yady"s older brother died and also to Mexico to keep tabs on Marius…
Gu Qingcheng felt like he lacked manpower for the first time ever! His men were too widely dispersed!
It wasn"t that they didn"t have enough people, but they had too few elites!
The elite team that Fu Huai"an groomed had fierce combat power, and the selection of the elite team members was extremely stringent. However, it was precisely because such teams were so elite that they couldn"t simply make do just to make up the numbers!
Regardless of rank, each team member is the soul of the team, and they needed to have absolute chemistry when working with each other. They were groomed since they were newbies, like pieces of white paper. This was also why when one team member died, it was as good as the entire team being gone. Newcomers couldn"t join to replace the deceased ex-team member!
The newcomer would be different from the team member who had sacrificed, having entirely different habits. The other team members would be used to the patterns and movements of their ex-teammate. Hence, if the newcomer couldn"t replace them, during a mission… since the team members needed to cooperate with each other, it could easily result in fatal mistakes.
That was why there was a critical shortage of elite teams.
"Old Fu, make some preparations!" Gu Qingcheng reminded Fu Huai"an. "At least teach Lin Nuan some self-defense tactics. That way, if everyone around her dies or is injured, she"ll at least have a ray of hope. The Lin Nuan who doesn"t know anything is doomed in such a scenario!"
Gu Qingcheng was preparing for the worst-case scenario. Over this period of time, Gu Qingcheng kept feeling a sense of impending danger.
It wasn"t that Gu Qingcheng feared May Myint Yady, it was just that with her acting in the dark, Gu Qingcheng had to be guarded.
"Recently, Xiao Nuan learned some things from You Nainai!" Fu Huai"an gazed outside the window at the dark night. "Don"t worry!"
"I plan to send Liuli back to the country. This way, we can decrease the magnitude of how the teams are so widely dispersed!"
Gu Qingcheng was sending Yun Liuli to Fu Huai"an. Once one team came over with Yun Liuli, Fu Huai"an would have more men he could deploy!
Fu Huai"an agreed to help Gu Qingcheng take good care of Yun Liuli.
After hanging up the call, Fu Huai"an fell into a daze as he stared at his indistinct reflection in the windows.
He had initially wanted to give Lin Nuan a peaceful life, but he didn"t know how long he could maintain such a life.
The sound of the wind howling outside wasn"t loud, butFu Huai"an could still see the tree branches shaking in the wind through the windows.
A man with a past like Fu Huai"an"s shouldn"t be antic.i.p.ating such a… blissful life with Lin Nuan by his side!
His past was like a time bomb that could go off at any moment. No one knew when it would go off and hurt those around him.
Lin Nuan was Fu Huai"an"s wife, the closest person to him in the world. Therefore, she would naturally suffer the brunt of it.
In Fu Huai"an"s mind…
Was the image of the first time he had met Lin Nuan. She was carrying a baby in her arms, maniacally trying to fire a safety locked gun with her eyes closed.
Lin Nuan had held the baby in her arms and honestly said that her legs were weak and that she couldn"t stand properly. Her fair and pet.i.te face looked disheveled, revealing only a pair of clear and bright eyes under all the filth.
She had resolutely told Fu Huai"an that he needed the bullet vest more than she did…
Fu Huai"an exhaled a thin layer of white smoke, blurring his reflection in the gla.s.s windows. Recalling Lin Nuan"s reminders not to smoke, he turned his head sideways and extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray.
What Fu Huai"an regretted most in this lifetime was his inability to protect Jiang Ming"an and Lu Xiangsi!
Lin Nuan… He wouldn"t let any mishap happen to her.
"Thud thud thud…"
Someone knocked on the door. Fu Huai"an straightened his body and opened the windows a little, wanting to dissipate the faint smell of cigarettes in the study room, before speaking. "Enter…"
The door to the study opened. Lin Nuan first stuck her head in to peek. Seeing that Fu Huai"an wasn"t busy with work, she entered and closed the door behind her. She gripped her phone in her hands and said to Fu Huai"an, "Lin Ran called to say that Brother"s surgery was a success!"
Lin Nuan lightly laughed out loud after she finished her words. She wasn"t able to hold back her tears, her voice sounding choked as she said, "Brother"s surgery was a success! He"s fine now… The tumor was a benign one! Dr. Guan said that the position was alright!"
Fu Huai"an smiled too and waved at Lin Nuan.
Lin Nuan quickened her steps towards Fu Huai"an, gazing at him with her reddened and teary eyes. She couldn"t resist… burying her head in Fu Huai"an"s chest, tightly holding him by his waist and saying softly, "Brother is fine now…"
"It"s a good thing that the surgery was a success!" Fu Huai"an comforted Lin Nuan in a low voice, his warm and large hand caressing her back.
Lin Nuan held Fu Huai"an even more tightly now. She turned her head to look at the pitch-black night outside the windows. "I was worried sick! I kept wondering… if something should happen to Brother during surgery, how am I going to tell my Lin parents about this matter, how am I going to tell them so that they won"t be in so much despair!"
Inside the quiet study, Fu Huai"an said nothing, merely lowering his head and kissing Lin Nuan on the top of her head.