The guard was not nervous and asked with a smile: "Master Archer, is there anything else?"
Xu Cheng said: "You haven't told me the password to open the door, and you want to leave?"
The guard did not expect Xu Cheng to react so quickly, so he could only say: "Everyone's password is different. If you want the password to open the door, you can only ask the acting minister."
Xu Cheng put his arm around his shoulders and said, "That's too troublesome, so you might as well lend me your password."
Although Evelin promised Xu Cheng to work in the intelligence department last night, she also said that only those with ability can gain a foothold in it. This is clearly to test him - if he is kicked out without ability, then he cannot be blamed Auntie doesn't help.
Xu Cheng didn't have the password to open the door. If he couldn't get the password today, wouldn't he be locked out tomorrow?
Hearing Xu Cheng's invitation, the guard looked embarrassed: "Sorry, according to regulations, the password cannot be lent to others."
"If you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, who will know?"
Xu Cheng's hand tightened slightly: "If I can't stay in the intelligence department, I'll go somewhere else at most, but I'll be finished. You will always be hated by me. Do you think it's worth it?"
While speaking, Xu Cheng used his natural ability: The King of Passion, and began to arouse the guard's fear and break down his psychological defense.
The guard felt that his shoulders were about to be crushed, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Miss Evelin had already told him this morning that if Xu Cheng asked for the password, he should try his best not to give it to him. In the end, he couldn't hold on and gave it to him again.
The guard thought that he could completely resist the coercion and inducement, but he didn't expect that he would give up after Xu Cheng said a few words.
Sorry, madam, I am not a qualified guard.
With shame and grief, the guard told Xu Cheng the password, and then left in despair.
After successfully obtaining the password, Xu Cheng returned to the office door, entered the password, opened the password lock again, and then pushed the door open.
Inside the gate is a very spacious office area, with dozens of employees busy inside.
The sound of the door being pushed was very clear. At least more than half of the employees heard the sound, but no one looked up. They were all immersed in their own work, showing excellent work efficiency and quality.
No one came to entertain him, and Xu Cheng didn't have any stage fright. He walked around and soon found the supervisor's office and pushed in the door.
A woman with sharp and heroic features was working behind a desk.
She is now the acting secretary of intelligence: Theresa Nelson.
When she heard the door open, Teresa said without raising her head: "What's the matter?"
When she didn't hear an answer, she raised her head dissatisfiedly. When she saw Xu Cheng, she didn't show any surprise. She just looked him up and down.
"Archer V.T. Grant, in the intelligence department there is no line or direct line, there is only a superior-subordinate relationship. From today on, you are an ordinary employee of the department. This is your work badge. Find a seat outside. Next, someone will arrange a job for you."
Teresa put a work card that had been prepared on the table and pushed it over, then motioned for him to leave the office: "Please close the door for me on the way out."
Xu Cheng did not go to pick up the work permit, which was a typical example of getting a head start.
If you were a person without any opinion, you would easily be fooled by her and go out to work stupidly.
Xu Cheng came to the intelligence department to use Evelin's power, not to be a social beast for her.
If Xu Cheng did some ordinary work here, I'm afraid even Evelin would be disappointed, because what she needs is a confidant who can help manage the intelligence department, not an ordinary employee.
Xu Cheng walked to the desk and sat down, crossing his legs.
Teresa stared at him coldly: "Arch, this is not the place for you to act like a young master."
Xu Cheng used the King of Lust to stir up Teresa's emotions, and then said slowly: "If I tell Evelin that you are unreliable and there is a risk of betrayal, what will you do?"
Teresa sneered: "Absurd, the eldest lady will not believe such nonsense."
"No, she'll believe it."
Xu Cheng raised his finger and shook it: "Wayne, who has served the family conscientiously for decades, betrayed me. To Evelin, everyone has the possibility of betrayal, including you and me. There is a saying called loyalty, just because The bargaining chip of betrayal is not enough, Evelin now believes in this sentence very much.”
Putting down his legs, he stood up slowly, put his hands on the table, and looked down into Teresa's eyes, which put great psychological pressure on her.
"If I keep saying in front of Evelin that you will betray, even if she doesn't believe it now, the seeds of doubt have been planted. Can you guarantee that your work will never go wrong? As long as you make the slightest mistake, she will Thinking of my words, the seeds of doubt will blossom and bear fruit. When the time comes, for safety reasons, do you think she would rather kill the wrong person than let him go?"
Teresa didn't realize that her emotions were being affected. After hearing Xu Cheng's words, she was shocked.
Wayne's betrayal did have a huge impact and also left a thorn in Evelin's heart.
She no longer trusts the employees of the intelligence department. The former minister and many cadres were purged because of their involvement with Wayne. The number of employees in the entire intelligence department has been reduced by one-third.
Theresa was quickly promoted to Acting Minister because she did not join in the conspiracy.
She is now working conscientiously and hard just to get rid of the word agent as soon as possible.
But if there is a villain like Xu Cheng standing in the way, and given Wayne's past experience, will Miss Evelin really trust her unconditionally?
The slightest doubt would be her doom.
Teresa was frightened and realized how powerful the wind was on her pillow. She suppressed her fear of the future and said, "What do you want? My current position?"
"No, I don't have any interest in acting minister."
Xu Cheng said his purpose of coming here: "You are still the acting minister, but you have to help me investigate a few things. After the investigation is completed, I will leave here."
After hearing such a simple request, Teresa breathed a sigh of relief, but also wondered: "For such a simple thing, can't you just ask Miss?"
Why come here to scare me?
Xu Cheng shook his head: "You are wrong. What I want you to investigate is not simple at all."
Evelin is now facing competition from two other candidates for the clan leader. The intelligence department is very important to her and is unlikely to be lent to Xu Cheng to investigate private matters, so he can only do it himself.
"It's not a simple matter..."
Theresa declined politely: "The intelligence department currently has insufficient manpower. If it is too troublesome, we cannot help you."
After the intelligence department was purged by Evelin, the remaining manpower was severely lacking.
Xu Cheng sat down again: "Don't worry, I will help you and won't delay Evelin's business."
Theresa stared at him suspiciously: "You?!"
It's not that she doesn't believe it, but intelligence work is highly professional and ordinary employees need to be trained after joining the company.
Xu Cheng pinned his work badge to his chest and said with a smile, "Yes, it's me. Do you want to make a bet?"
Looking at his smile, Teresa suddenly felt a chill for some reason and quickly shook her head in rejection.
"Forget the bet, what do you want me to help you investigate?"
"Help me check whether any direct blood descendants left Europe during the beginning of this year and brought people back."
Rika Ito is a high-level assassin with impressive fighting prowess. In the Violet family, only direct blood descendants can capture her alive.
Direct blood descendants need to report when they leave the family territory. You can start from this aspect and check who has left the territory in the first place.
Upon hearing this, Teresa realized that this was indeed not a simple matter.
Although direct blood descendants need to report when they leave the family territory, this system has long existed in name only. Many direct blood descendants will sneak out privately, but there is no record of it on the surface.
Trouble is trouble, Theresa did not refuse in the end, but nodded and agreed to help him investigate.
…
When Evelin returned to the manor at night, she was stunned when she received a report from Teresa.
She agreed with Xu Cheng to work in the intelligence department, but she actually wanted to make him hit a wall - without Evelin's support, it was not easy to gain a foothold in an exclusive new department.
After he is hit and realizes how difficult his job is, he will probably come back to study honestly.
Unexpectedly, Xu Cheng actually solved the problem and even threatened Teresa to work for him.
Evelin couldn't help but stare at the restless Theresa in front of her: "His threats are very ordinary, why did you give in?"
Evelin was not someone who was suspected of being seriously ill. Unless there was genuine evidence, it would be ineffective for Xu Cheng to come to her and make a report.
Teresa lowered her head and said in shame: "I came to my senses afterwards, but when I faced him, I felt an inexplicable feeling of fear in my heart."
Evelin fell into deep thought, and the guard who was forced by Xu Cheng to hand over the password also answered in the same way.
Is this some kind of special ability?
Teresa continued to report on today's events. Because the intelligence department was seriously short of manpower, if they wanted to mobilize a group of people to help Xu Cheng, there would be a lot of work that would be left unattended.
So Xu Cheng stayed in the intelligence department all day today to help with the work.
When talking about this matter, Teresa showed an expression of excitement similar to that of Teacher Sarah: "Master Archer is definitely a super genius in the field of intelligence. Any complicated work in his hands becomes like eating and drinking. Just as easy."
Xu Cheng was very rusty at first and kept making mistakes, but it didn't take long for him to quickly get the hang of it and show his terrifying talent.
In the end, one person easily did the work of more than a dozen people, solving the problem of shortage of manpower.
"Miss, such a talent must stay in our department. His talent cannot be wasted in vain."
"What nonsense?"
Evelin scolded, this was her nephew, and he had to do management work, not be a social animal.
Teresa also realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she quickly bowed her head and apologized, and then asked: "Miss, do you want to continue to help Master Archer with his investigation?"
Evelin muttered: "As long as it does not affect normal work, help him investigate, but the investigation content must be sent to me first."
She was also curious as to why Xu Cheng wanted to investigate the whereabouts of his direct blood descendants.
…
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
The little leather boots made a crisp sound when they stepped on the floor.
Dinah held up the hem of her skirt with both hands and ran quickly in the deserted corridor. The little maid followed far behind her, constantly calling her to slow down.
After running all the way to the end of the corridor and arriving in front of a heavy door, Dinah stopped running.
She took several deep breaths in succession, prepared herself mentally, tried her best to put back the impatient expression on her face, and became reserved.
Then he pushed the door open hard: "Archie, aunt is here... um..."
Dinah's reserved voice stopped abruptly. There was no one in the bedroom, and the bedding was neatly stacked. It was obvious that the owner of the room had already gotten up.
"Not here again! Where did you go?"
Dinah pouted and stomped her little leather boots on the ground. She had been running to Xu Cheng to play in the past two days, but she always came late.
This guy can't see anyone all day now, and even if he asks the servants, they don't know where he has gone.
"Miss!"
The little maid followed up panting and glanced into the bedroom: "Master Archer isn't here? Let's go back then."
"Go back? Huh, I won't."
Dinah walked into the bedroom, looked around a few times, and then started rummaging through the cabinets.
The little maid froze on the spot: "Miss, do you want to be a thief?"
"Why be a thief?"
Dinah said without looking back: "I want to find some excuse for Archer so that he can respect me as an aunt. Why are you standing there in a daze? Come and help."
The master and servant completely turned Xu Cheng's room upside down, but found nothing.
Looking at the room that looked like a typhoon passing through, the little maid was a little scared and urged Dinah to leave.
But Dinah lay down on the bed and refused to leave without saying anything.
She will stay here today, waiting for Xu Cheng to come back, and prepare to question this nephew, why did he leave his aunt and run out to play alone?
Let him know that his aunt is very angry and the consequences will be serious.
After waiting for several hours, when Dinah was drowsy, she vaguely heard her little maid talking to someone else.
"Someone came to the manor to see Master Archer?"
"A young and beautiful girl?"
"What?!"
Dinah, who was drowsy, sat up from the bed in an instant: "Which girl is looking for Archer?"
The two maids were startled. Dinah had jumped out of bed and came to them: "Tell me, which girl is here to see Archer? How old is she?"
The maid quickly lowered her head and reported: "It's Maria, a trainee nurse from the clinic. She is about fifteen or sixteen years old. She said she was friends with Master Archer, and the guard let her in. She is waiting in the living room."
"Maria from the clinic?"
Dinah frowned and thought. She only knew Dr. Gerald from the clinic and had no impression of the nurse at all.
But since he dared to come to his door, he must have a close relationship with Archer.
Dinah felt very bad for a moment, and even her voice became cold unconsciously: "Take me to have a look."
(End of chapter)
