CHAPTER 813: CHAPTER 672: MR. AOYAMA: NO ONE LOVES THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN I DO

Throughout the entire gathering, Aoyama Xiu Xin did not refuse anyone who came to toast, and could sing loudly with his arm around anyone’s shoulder, displaying no airs.

These gatherings were quite dull, as Aoyama Xiu Xin had organized and participated in so many, but he never showed any impatience, always greeting people with a smile.

Only after the gathering ended and he left the venue would he restrain his smile, showing an expression of irritation and letting out a weary sigh.

Today was no different.

In the early hours, pretending to be drunk, he was helped into the car by Kudaka Tarou, "Take it slow, Minister, watch your head."

After closing the car door, Kudaka Tarou stood at attention and saluted, watching the car leave before turning back.

"Phew—" Inside the car, Aoyama Xiu Xin loosened his somewhat tight tie, exhaled, rubbed his temples, and closed his eyes to rest, "Drive slowly, let me sleep for a while."

"Right!" Jin Yucheng couldn’t quite understand, watching this scene from the rearview mirror, why Aoyama Xiu Xin, who seemingly lacked nothing, would exhaust himself taking such great risks contemplating a coup.

As his driver and personal bodyguard, he was perhaps the person most aware of Aoyama Xiu Xin’s plot for a coup.

He racked his brain and eventually came up with a reason: some people are inherently bad, they just want to do bad things.

Undoubtedly, his boss was that kind of person.

After arriving home, Aoyama Xiu Xin walked into the living room to find Annie already asleep on the sofa, her body gracefully curving in a black suit.

Her slender and fair legs, clad in black stockings, were crossed under her skirt. Perhaps due to her height, her feet were larger than those of an average woman, but they were well-shaped, and even through a thin layer of stockings, their fairness and fullness could be sensed.

A golden-haired Western beauty, Aoyama Xiu Xin, who had had quite a few drinks and was feeling somewhat warm and restless, found the mere sight of those graceful curves elicited a reaction.

Suddenly, Annie’s eyelashes fluttered, and she sat up, looking at Aoyama Xiu Xin with mingled anger and annoyance, "Do you really not understand what respect means?"

He had made her wait here all night!

"The hardness of my body represents the level of respect I have for you," Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a sly smile.

Instinctively, Annie’s gaze dropped, and she muttered a curse softly before leaning back and closing her eyes, saying with the resignation of a dead fish, "Go ahead then, I’m ready."

"No, you come here," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, sitting down with a nonchalant air, "Johnson said you have a good work attitude, let me see how good it is."

Annie’s face turned pale with anger; it was disgusting enough that she had to use her body to please Aoyama Xiu Xin, and now she had to be the active one throughout. Wasn’t this asking for her life?

"It seems you’re not patriotic enough," Aoyama Xiu Xin shook his head, accusingly above reproach, "Even I, a Japanese, can betray my own country for the sake of the United States, yet you, an American, are unwilling to sell your body for the United States. Clearly, you’re less patriotic than I am, Annie. Frankly, you don’t deserve to be an American! Emigrate; you disgrace this identity and betray your nation’s nurturing..."

"Damn it! Enough! Shut up!" Annie never thought a day would come when a Japanese would question her love for America. Enraged, she sat up, stared at Aoyama Xiu Xin for a while, then pounced on him, clenching her eyes shut in disgust as she moved forward to kiss him.

Aoyama Xiu Xin watched her through open eyes, smiling wryly as Annie kissed him with an expression of distaste and loathing, her hands moving to unbutton his shirt.

Even when kneeling to eat a buffet, Annie would occasionally lift her head to look at Aoyama Xiu Xin with a sickened gaze, a face full of disdain as she chewed slowly.

"I misunderstood you; you do know how to flirt."

Aoyama Xiu Xin said, his face reddened with excitement.

"Bastard, shut up!" Annie was infuriated; she wasn’t flirting. She was genuinely disgusted and disdainful of this traitor, yet had no choice but to endure him.

Yet, truth be told, she felt Aoyama Xiu Xin could live well even if he didn’t betray his country, by selling his body instead.

Wealthy, endowed, and enduring.

Even she couldn’t handle it.

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In the morning, Annie was already awake but continued to pretend to sleep, feeling too embarrassed to open her eyes.

During their intense activity last night, Aoyama Xiu Xin forced her to say many shameful things, such as "American dog wants to blah blah..." and other arousing phrases.

She still looked down on Aoyama Xiu Xin, the traitor, but had to admit that last night was quite satisfying.

"Annie, we’re in a cooperative relationship, mutually beneficial; if I’m doing well, you’ll do well too, so there’s no need for you to harbor too much hostility towards me," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, knowing she was awake, as he dressed.

Annie couldn’t keep up the pretense any longer, getting up and pulling the quilt over her much-abused body, "I have no hostility towards you, and am willing to cooperate with you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come last night, and wouldn’t have let you have your way."

"That’s for the best," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, turning to grip her chin, "I know that in your heart, someone like me, who sells out their own country’s interests, doesn’t deserve your respect. But I don’t care. I only hope you don’t let personal emotions affect your work. If so, not only will I suffer losses, but you and your country will too."

"I don’t need you to teach me about protecting my country’s interests," Annie snorted coldly.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled slightly, releasing her, and shrugged, "That, I truly can’t argue with."

His candidness left Annie speechless.

"Let’s have a child," Aoyama Xiu Xin said.

Annie was momentarily stunned, frowning.

Aoyama Xiu Xin said, "Having a child would be more advantageous for you to influence and control me, wouldn’t it?"

Annie remained silent, confident that her superiors would likely support such a move, as numerous female CIA agents used this method to control their targets.

But she couldn’t understand why Aoyama Xiu Xin proposed this. What benefit would it have for him?

"With a child, you’d feel more assured about me, wouldn’t you?" Aoyama Xiu Xin noticed her confusion.

Of course, the real intention was his wish to control Annie through the child. Currently, her mind was filled entirely with national interests, but a woman is a woman, and a mother is a mother. Once she had a child, perhaps she wouldn’t consider Aoyama Xiu Xin’s interests, but she’d consider the child’s, leading to a natural shift in her stance.

American intelligence agencies were formidable; Japanese intelligence agencies were even more intensely infiltrated by America.

He needed to gain control over some intelligence personnel.

If in the past, All Little Generals hadn’t had insiders within intelligence agencies, they would have long met a catastrophic end.

Aoyama Xiu Xin intended to learn from all past leaders’ coup experiences and become someone standing on the shoulders of giants.

"I’ll think about it," Annie neither accepted nor refused, having her reasons, thus hesitating.

Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded, saying, "Alright, take your time to consider it. I’ll head to work. If you’re busy, you can return to Tokyo first, we can stay in touch by phone."

Upon finishing speaking, he turned and left. He couldn’t corner her too much; as long as his value to America continued increasing, as America invested more and more in him, Annie, being patriotic, would convince herself to have a child with him as a bond.