Chapter 716, Sister and Brother

Chapter 716, Sister and Brother

"Sister, brother-in-law."

Arno Chenko came in with bags of gifts.

Behind the door, he was greeted by the host and hostess of the house, Union Prime Minister Osei Nachenko and her husband, Zhu Ye.

Arno looked at his sister carefully.

She still looked very young, but her eyes and eyebrows showed some signs of aging, which even life-extending surgery could not completely prevent.

But there is no doubt that she is still in her prime, and beauty has never been her most important feature.

She is one of the most powerful people in the alliance. She has been managing government affairs for Governor Gu since she was a humble person. When the alliance was first established, she became the prime minister of the alliance at the age of less than 30. It has been 30 years now.

Governor Gu is of course the most important leader in the alliance's development to this day, but Ossena's role cannot be ignored either.

It can indeed be said that without Gu Hang there would be no alliance; without Ossena, perhaps there would be some other highly capable prime minister who could manage the entire alliance.

But for the past thirty years, that person has been Ossena and no one else; and, for the foreseeable future, it will still be her in the next five or ten years.

This also has something to do with her and the political ecology of the alliance itself.

It cannot be said that there is no political struggle within the alliance itself, but at least it is very mild. The main reason is that Gu Hang himself hates internal fighting, and with his strong suppression, the political struggle can be controlled.

In addition, one point that cannot be ignored is that the alliance has always been in a state of development and expansion.

Development itself is the best medicine to solve many problems. The alliance has always been in a state of expansion. Whether it is government agencies, military units, business opportunities, technicians in factories, farmers and agricultural workers... there is a lot of room for growth.

There are so many colonized planets that need managers, entrepreneurs, engineers, farmers... a large number of various jobs can be provided. As long as you have a little ability, or even no ability, as long as you have the will, you can change your destiny, get promoted and make a fortune relatively easily.

In this environment, internal fighting is not serious. If you work hard and do your job well, you will naturally be promoted, get a raise, or be transferred to a place that suits your wishes.

Development and expansion are the themes of the alliance; involution and competition are not.

Even for someone like Ossena, who has long been in the position of Prime Minister of the Union and has not changed his position for decades, the progress is real.

Even bigger than anyone else. Although he has always been the Prime Minister, at the beginning, he didn't even have complete control over a planet; later, he controlled multiple planets, an entire star region, half a star field, and even now five star fields, plus the entire Spider Web Universe occupied other areas...

Although the title on his head has not changed, how many times has the power increased?

And Ossena has always been conscientious.

This is also reflected in her marriage.

Ossena didn't get married for a long time. It wasn't because she didn't want to or looked down on others, but mainly because she was too busy and had no time.

Sometimes we are so busy that we don’t even have time to eat or sleep, so how can we have time to fall in love?
What's more, compared with the great cause she is involved in, her personal life, love and marriage, having children... are simply not worth mentioning.

But her marriage is also necessary.

All along, the coalition has always maintained the two major policies of encouraging childbirth and attaching importance to education. As the prime minister of the coalition, Ossena certainly needs to lead by example as a political statement.

But at the same time, her marriage also had some problems - not to mention how many people in the empire were worthy of her, the more they looked like a good match, the less suitable they were.

She had always been the head of the Union Government, and would continue to be so in the long run. Finding a high-ranking official, a big businessman, a general... in short, someone with considerable political power as a partner, would that be like a political marriage?

Ossena wants to find someone like this, like a political marriage, to form a political family that looks particularly powerful... What does she want to do?
Gu Hang had never mentioned it, and the Alliance had no explicit regulations on this. However, it was impossible for Ossena to have no political awareness after serving as the Prime Minister of the Alliance for so many years.

A few years ago, Ossena got married.

Her husband, Zhu Ye, is a senior engineer and an associate professor at a university.

Although the status is not low, it is a purely technical position and has almost no political power.

Teaching students and debugging equipment in the factory is nothing more than that.

There is nothing worrying at all.

Their wedding was also relatively low-key. Even many of Zhu Ye’s colleagues didn’t know that his wife was the head of the alliance government!

This year, the two had a son who is now almost one year old.

Even when giving birth, Ossena only started to rest two or three days before the due date, and then returned to work after a few days of rest.

In total, it didn't stop for more than seven days.

Arnault loves his sister very much.

He believed in sacrificing his life for the Alliance, and he did so himself. As a senior agent, he also went behind enemy lines several times, risking his life.

However, this was his own will; he was not forced or compelled by the circumstances.

But my sister's marriage seemed to be forced by the situation.

He also believes that work is work and mission is mission, but they should not conflict with personal life.

My sister doesn't have much of a personal life, and she has to be with someone she doesn't love...

This is roughly what Arnault thought ever since he learned that his sister was getting married.

But in fact, this was the first time he met Zhu Ye in person. He did not attend his sister's wedding. At that time, he was still traveling between the various planets in the north of the Spider Web Universe, doing intelligence work.

They had a meal together, which was cooked by his brother-in-law. As they chatted with each other, he unexpectedly felt that he was a pretty nice guy.

He could even see some signs of love between the two of them.

This made him feel quite relieved, but at the same time, he was also a little curious.

After the meal, after seeing the baby, the nanny cleaned up the restaurant, the brother-in-law took care of the baby, and Arno and Ossena went to the study together, where they had a private space to talk.

Arno wanted to ask his sister how her life was going recently, but he didn't know how to start. Finally, he said, "The situation I saw in the Love Star Region is not bad. The Alliance's army has entered. Although each planet may only be allocated a few divisions, it is enough to establish a stable base on the surface. The most important thing is the various arms and products from the Alliance, which can help the local residents rely on their own strength to arm themselves in the base and resume production."

Ossena nodded slightly, then smiled and said, "I have read all this in the report. Your CIA is pretty good. However, shouldn't this kind of intelligence be handled by the Foreign Intelligence Agency? Your CIA has quite a long reach."

Arno smiled shyly and said, "Then the Prime Minister should go to Chief Justice Lambert and ask him to look after our Director Isaacson. I am just a small soldier who does whatever tasks are assigned to me."

The two had this conversation because the three major foreign intelligence agencies of the alliance were actually responsible for slightly different things. Among these foreign intelligence work, the main responsible unit for economic and political intelligence spying should be the Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Central Intelligence Agency is under the jurisdiction of the Alliance Legal Affairs Center. Its main work is to detect crimes, espionage, and infringements that may be committed against the Alliance. Of course, when necessary, it can also carry out political subversion, cause unrest, and subvert key figures.

However, war and economic reconstruction are the mainstream now, and fighting crime is relatively unimportant. The CIA will naturally not leave out the most important work.

It does seem like he was overreaching, but the intelligence was organized and categorized, and everything that was supposed to be given was given. As for what the leaders said to each other, just as Arnault said, it had nothing to do with people like him who were doing the work.

Ossena stared at Arno for a long time with a fierce look on her face.

Arno was a little nervous.

His sister had been in charge of him since he was little, and although he was a little rebellious, blood suppression had always existed. In addition, Ossena had been in a high position for many years, and had developed the bearing of a superior. All these combined made Arno a little uneasy.

But in the next second, Ossena burst into laughter, and the previously heavy atmosphere suddenly disappeared.

She put her hand on Arnault's face and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Do we have to talk about work as soon as we meet?"

"Uh..." Arno looked a little embarrassed.

Indeed, he was thinking about his sister's life before. Why did he talk about these things when he finally had a private space to communicate with her?

But... He sighed: "You are busy, and nothing is more important than the great cause of the alliance. You can find a husband and have children at will. I am in the same situation. Today I am on this planet, and tomorrow I don't know where I will be. I am often in darkness, facing open and hidden attacks. If I am not careful, I will be doomed..."

"For people like us, apart from eating and sleeping, we are working on our respective jobs. So what else can we talk about besides work?"

At this point, Arnault smiled self-deprecatingly.

Ossena was a little dissatisfied: "I didn't just find my husband or have my child casually."

"Oh? Then you and your brother-in-law met several times before you got married."

Ossena said frankly, "Not much indeed. He may not know me well enough, but I know him well enough."

At this point, she smiled, made a cup of tea and shared it with her brother: "My marriage is a big deal for the alliance. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and the Anti-Corruption Agency collected a lot of intelligence and found many candidates, letting me take my time to choose. I read every resume of Zhu Ye from birth to the present, and read countless words of intelligence analysis before I chose him."

"Haha." Arno still felt uncomfortable.

"He is the most suitable person for me. I think I will fall in love with him, even though my love may be... different from that of ordinary people. I also think that he will fall in love with me, even though I spend most of my time at work. However, the analysis report shows that he does not have much emotional needs and will be a dedicated person in family life, and can accept a wife like me." Ossena said, "It turns out that the intelligence analysis was correct, and my judgment was also correct."

Arnault became even angrier. He sarcastically said: "I had never thought that my colleagues in charge of internal intelligence would use their expertise to help the prime minister fall in love and get married."

Ossena rolled her eyes at him. "What else? You don't have to worry so much. Don't I know whether I am living a good life or not? Zhu Ye is very good. He never talks nonsense outside. Even his colleagues don't know who I am. He keeps the house in order and takes good care of the children. He also has his own career and is obsessed with it. We can be good soul mates. I am very satisfied to be together for a lifetime."

She didn't let her brother speak anymore. Instead, she teased him, "You are not as honest as you say. Who is the one who is so affectionate on many planets in the Spider Web Universe?"

Arno had a slightly embarrassed look on his face: "How do you know... Well, there's nothing I can do. I'm in this line of work, and sometimes I have to make sacrifices. I don't want to do things that I can't help."

While saying this, I was cursing my colleague in my heart.

Why does everything have to be organized into intelligence and sent to the Prime Minister's desk?
I don’t want to lose face?

But at this point, the atmosphere between the siblings finally relaxed.

Arnault also believed that his sister was an extremely strong and rational person.

Comparing herself to herself, Ossena must know what she wants.

With her power and ability, there is no question of whether she is happy or not - can Zhu Ye's brother-in-law really bully his own sister?

Thinking of this, Orno could only advise: "Then you should pay more attention to rest and spend more time with my nephew."

"The Governor-General also told me so." Ossena sighed and continued, "But...how can I rest? There are too many things to do."

"You are active in the Spider Web Universe, so you can see many things more clearly."

"Two years, 800 billion; ten years, 10 trillion. This is the total tax revenue of the alliance."

"Counting the rest of the Spider Web Universe, that's another five trillion."

"With so much money on my shoulders, how can I dare to slack off for even a second?"

Hearing this, Arno asked in surprise: "So much? Has the tax amount for other places in the Spider Web Universe been determined?"

"Almost. Ambassador Salihovich has made his final efforts. However, the specific signing of the contract still needs to wait for the Governor to personally go to Holy Terra."

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4k
No more today.

I wanted to write another chapter to make up for yesterday's. But my work and rest schedule in the past week was so bad that I couldn't bear to write anymore. I have to make some adjustments. Please forgive me...

(End of this chapter)