Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1265

Chapter 1265: Chapter 1137: Interested in Taking a Mission?

People always say the palm and the back of the hand are both flesh.

In Zhou Jiao’s heart, her three sons are undoubtedly all her precious treasures.

And as they grew up, their respective personalities and preferences became clearly distinct.

Take Ping’an for example: from the green tones he’d loved since childhood—hard to imagine that a boy who’s set his sights on becoming a soldier—has now become stubbornly partial to white.

People who like white are standard perfectionists.

No matter how deeply her son hides it, no matter how he props up that "gentleman as warm as jade" persona, she knows this boy is quite seriously narcissistic, always carrying a slightly critical gaze toward the people, events, and things around him.

Then there’s May 1st.

He’s practically the polar opposite of his big brother.

This brat has gone from loving bright red the most to wishing he could turn his entire bedroom into black tones, not to mention that row of black sweaters and long johns.

Boys obsessed with black are the hardest type to figure out. And her youngest son is even more like a blackened narcissus.

All blossom and show, but the fragrance he reveals to people carries poison.

Even if this child faces the world with a smile, it still can’t cover up the innate arrogance, the self-righteousness, and that very domineering streak.

It’s her Liu Yi who’s the exception.

Other people say the second child gets the worst of it—stuck in the middle between brothers, neither up nor down, and most easily overlooked.

But she’d personally experienced that in her previous life; how could she bear to let Liu Yi be wronged? She’d even spent the most effort on him, ever since he was little.

She doesn’t know whether she’s had the deepest influence on him; among the three sons, only his temperament most closely resembles her own.

Aside from the three brothers sharing similar features, in other aspects he’s neither like his older nor younger brother, but instead has inherited all of her bad habits.

Privately, she doesn’t want her children to be as cold in feelings as she is, but this time she still couldn’t help guiding him that way. As a mother, perhaps she’s a failure?

Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head in disagreement. "No! This time, out of the three kids, he’s the only one truly unscathed. In that sense he’s the best. To be able to stay calm all the way through—he’s the most suited to join a unit."

"That’s good then."

Zhou Xiaozheng avoided the question without commenting further. His Liu Yi is the one who’ll inherit the Zhou Family; if he truly harbors the softness of a woman’s heart, then that’s when they ought to be worried.

When early spring arrived, as the weather warmed and flowers bloomed, all things revived and grasses grew, orioles flew. Nothing is more delightful than seeing a sea of blossoms.

The four of them, father and sons, who had returned from the front, were already going back to school as they should, and Zhang Guoqing, whose steps had been busy and nonstop, also began to slow down.

Life returned to its normal track again.

In her spare time, with her mood relaxed, Zhou Jiao started thinking about her own job.

With her dad in a high position, plus Zhang Guoqing having gone to be a newly minted vice-level minister, she knew that for the sake of balancing all sides’ power, her own room for further advancement would be rather limited.

At that moment, just as she was deep in thought, Shi Dashen happened to summon her.

Zhou Jiao went whenever she was called and immediately rushed to that mysterious compound.

Heaven favors the honest and foolish; she knew her chance had come.

"Interested in taking on a mission?"

Zhou Jiao froze awkwardly at his words. Asking that the moment she walked in—shouldn’t he circle around a bit instead of being so blunt? She’d even wanted to fish for some useful information first.

"You just give the word."

Shi Dashen decisively picked up a file from the desk and handed it to her. "Read it first; we’ll deal with any difficulties as they come."

Zhou Jiao accepted it solemnly. When it involves a classified mission, even if there are difficulties, they have to be turned into no difficulties. Of course, if she completes it smoothly, she can bring up one small request when the commendations come.

After her eyes swept over the file, Zhou Jiao replied immediately, "No big issues. On the unit’s side I’ll still need you to help negotiate."

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