Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1352

Maggie's statement and brief introduction to her research took over half an hour to deliver. While she was speaking, Addison didn't interrupt her. He only uttered the odd "hmm" once in a while to indicate that he was listening to her carefully. Seeing no emotion on his calmly composed face, Maggie felt a bit nervous. Without thinking she drank some of the orange juice to relieve her dry mouth. It seemed that, despite her preconceptions, she didn't view the person in front of her as a child at all. Instead, he had become more like an examiner in her eyes.

"Aunt Maggie, your analysis is quite precise, and you've even taken almost all of the problems involved in the change in ballistic curvature into consideration," Addison commented seriously after she finished speaking. His words sounded objective, neither flattering her nor belittling her. "But have you considered that maybe your strategy is still too conservative and that you might encounter a bottleneck which you could not overcome without a breakthrough?" He regarded her with the wisdom of a soul well beyond his tender years.

Hearing Addison's question, Maggie pursed her lips to conceal her astonishment. Although she felt a little embarrassed to be negatively reviewed by a child, she had to admit that he went straight to the heart of the matter. What he had identified with his question was exactly her weak spot. Perhaps she would have received an unexpected result in her research if she hadn't been so hesitant in the end. Therefore, she decided to face up to her own short comings despite the embarrassment she felt.

While nodding in answer of Addison's question, Maggie tightened the grip of her hand on the glass of juice. In a slightly sulky tone, she agreed, "Maybe it is because I'm getting older that I've considered too many factors. I have thought that maybe I would have made a breakthrough if I had faced the same problem a few years ago. However, things are different now. It seems that I always try to be steady in spite of myself."

"That's quite normal," Addison said with a smile. "We all tend to become increasingly steady as time goes by and due to the influence of our environment." Then he paused briefly. After taking a look at the wall clock to check the time, he asked, "Aunt Maggie, would you like to accompany me to the shooting range?"

Maggie raised her eyebrows in surprise. She first looked at Addison and then nodded to him.

At the same time, Wyatt politely knocked at the door before pushing it open and entering the office. With a slight bow to Addison, he said respectfully, "Young Master, everything is ready."

"Hmm," Addison acknowledged, standing up. He turned to look at Maggie, his eyes containing a hint of excitement and encouragement. Then the two of them left the office together.

In the corridor of the building, they came across quite a few office employees of the National Congress. As soon as they saw Addison, they all gave way to him and bowed slightly in respect until he had passed them.

Maggie felt like she was accompanying a king to make an inspection tour. With this awkward feeling, she walked into the elevator with him. She could not help but sigh silently in her heart. Finally, she understood why every member of the Long Family had such a domineering aura. Living in such an environment, they had to always keep their countenance and treat everything with indifference. As time went on, the domineering aura this formed would become their natural way of being. Their imposing presence was not a show of pretence. Instead, it was part of their heart and soul as a result of every detail of their life experience.

Together with Addison, Maggie went to a shooting range located behind the National Congress. The shooting range didn't comprise a very large area. According to her brief visual inspection, the longest distance was about one kilometre. Electronic targets were placed ahead, and protective screening was all around.

After looking around, Maggie's eyes fell on the guns at the shooting range. Arranged in a high gloss cabinet there were Barrett M107, M99, ZWP, AS50 with running firing of five bullets… It seemed that the range provided every type of gun that Maggie could have expected to find. However, she frowned slightly in confusion. Even if the shooting range could provide an effective distance of one kilometre, these guns would not be used to full capacity.

"There is monitoring instrument here and all the guns have been refitted," Addison explained with a smile when he saw the confusion on Maggie's face. "Though it seems that the effective distance is not enough, in fact it exceeds the requirement. The effective distance is at least three kilometres on this range."