Chapter 120 The value of the queen continues to rise (25 please subscribe)

What happened to Natasha Romanov of SHIELD!

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Locke paused when he heard what Old Underwood said, and then he took his hand back and looked at Old Underwood again.

Old Underwood looked at Locke's expression and laughed: "Don't look at me like that. Do you remember what I said to you when you said you were going to New York City?"

"...There are no secrets in Washington?" Locke thought about it.

He recalled the night he went to New York City.

Locke remembered that Old Underwood's original words were like this.

"In Washington, no one can guarantee that their secrets will not be discovered."

"Yes, there are no secrets in Washington."

Old Underwood crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair, holding a wine glass in one hand: "You led the team to capture the Vampire Building, and you are the only one who has the video. If you don't give it to her, Maria Hill will never get the video that can hold Nick Fury's lifeline. So, as long as you check, you can find out that Natasha Romanoff returned to the Sentinel Secret Service Building in New York."

After that.

Old Underwood seemed very happy, looking at Locke, with a slight smile on his face.

"Boy, you are not doing a good job of keeping secrets."

"Haha."

Locke looked at Old Underwood, who seemed to be happy because he had caught his handle, and after a moment of silence, he also laughed.

He laughed, and Old Underwood laughed even more.

"What?"

"Tell me, is there such a possibility?"

"What?"

Locke leaned back in his chair, holding his chin with one hand, and looked at the smiling old Underwood with a smile, then said faintly: "That is, I never thought of hiding it at all."

What confidentiality?

Why hide it?

A gentleman is open and honest, while a villain hides his secrets!

He, Locke, has been upright and aboveboard all his life.

The most important point.

The value of the special permission of the main wife.

The main wife has said that as long as you don't bring her home, out of sight, out of mind.

So after that, Locke never thought of hiding it at all.

Once again.

What our ancestors said, marry a virtuous wife, is very reasonable.

Old Underwood looked at Locke's expression and the tone of his voice, stared at him seriously for three seconds, and then changed the subject.

"Since you are not afraid, then Stephanie..."

"Impossible."

"...Aren't you not afraid?"

"This is different."

"What's different."

"I never go back."

"What if I say that it was Stephanie who brought it up."

"..."

When Locke heard this, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Old Underwood.

Old Underwood looked into Locke's eyes and shrugged: "I won't lie to you about this matter."

Locke came back to his senses.

He believed what Old Underwood said.

After all, this kind of thing is too easy to verify.

But...

Locke frowned and looked at Old Underwood, feeling a little puzzled: "Why?"

Old Underwood smiled.

"Maybe because you are handsome?"

"That's possible."

Locke is still quite confident in his handsomeness.

Old Underwood looked at the narcissistic Locke, and his mouth twitched: "Okay, although I don't know the real reason, I am sure that it is not because you are handsome. In Washington, handsomeness is the most useless."

Locke glanced at Old Underwood.

"Strange, there are still things you can't guess. Aren't you known as the best at controlling people's hearts?"

"I am, but Gideon Malik is an exception."

"..."

Locke looked at Old Underwood suspiciously: "Didn't you say that Stephanie told you about this?"

Old Underwood sneered: "How is it possible? This was what Gideon Malik told me when he came to see me. He said Stephanie didn't mind you getting married. After all, it was you who took the initiative to break up, not her."

Locke didn't speak.

Old Underwood then told him about Gideon Malik's invitation to play golf three days ago.

At first, Gideon Malik was indeed trying to persuade Old Underwood as a lobbyist for Alexander Pierce to persuade Locke to give up personal grudges and forgive Nick Fury for the sake of the overall situation.

But this matter was rejected by Old Underwood.

Because no one knows the price Locke has to pay for doing this better than Old Underwood.

If Locke turns against him, to put it mildly, Locke's political life will be over from then on.

To put it more pointedly, Francis Underwood didn't need to have such great ambitions.

After all, his only son's political life was gone. Even if he worked hard, when he died, no one would inherit all his inheritance.

So...

Old Underwood flatly rejected Gideon Malik.

He originally thought that Gideon Malik would be angry about this, but he didn't expect that after seeing his rejection, Malik smiled and talked about Locke's private affairs.

Malik first congratulated Locke on his marriage, then sighed and said how good a couple Locke and Stephanie were, and said that after hearing the news of Locke's marriage, Stephanie was in a trance for several days.

After that, Malik talked about the fine traditions of Washington politicians in a veiled way, and then said that marriage is not the goal, but just a process, and the goal is to have a common bloodline.

Finally, he hinted to Old Underwood that if this matter can be facilitated, then in the future financial sponsorship, he, Malik, will be the biggest sponsor.

No one else.

After listening, Locke looked at Old Underwood with a gloomy expression.

"So, you just sold me out like this."

"Yes."

Old Underwood did not avoid Locke's eyes and said very frankly: "You are not cheating in this matter, and you already have a third one, so you probably don't mind having a fourth one."

No, I mind it very much.

Locke glanced at Old Underwood without saying anything, and stood up and walked straight to the door.

Old Underwood looked at this scene and did not say anything to stop it.

In the living room.

Claire, the mother who was talking to Esme, looked at Locke who was coming down and said, "What are the two talking about upstairs? They are arguing so fiercely."

Locke shrugged: "Nothing, it's just that Old De found a mistress outside and asked me if I could go meet this stepmother."

Claire's face darkened instantly.

"What?"

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"That's what he said. If you don't believe it, go yourself..."

Before she finished speaking.

Claire, the mother, stood up with a dark face and walked upstairs like a volcano about to erupt.

Locke turned his head and looked at his mother who went upstairs to make trouble for Old Underwood, smiled, and sat next to Esme.

Esme looked at Locke with a half-smile on her face.

Locke leaned back on the sofa, glanced at the luggage on the side, and then looked around.

"Where's Edward?"

"Gone."

Esme said, "When you guys were arguing upstairs, he seemed to be unable to sit still and left."

Locke laughed when he heard this, and then looked at Esme.

"Do you think it's exciting?"

"Much more exciting than what you told me."

"That's just the beginning."

Locke shook his head and smiled, hugged Esme, and then listened to the conversation in the study, sighed: "There are so many exciting stories in this family, you will know after staying for a long time."

Let's put it this way.

The Underwood family has no less of the same shitty and boring things that other Washington politicians have in their homes.

Only God knows how much Locke worried about this family when he was still in Washington.

So Locke always thought he was kind.

If he wasn't kind-hearted, he would have started to do things that were shattering to his worldview long ago after hearing these things that could shatter his worldview.

But he didn't give up, but worried about it.

In the end, he found that his efforts were useless, so he simply ran to New York City without seeing or being bothered.

But now he found out...

It seems that after he went to New York City, there seemed to be one more thing to worry about at home.

Alas!

Esme, who was leaning on Locke's arms, listened to the inexplicable sigh, looked up at Locke, and blinked.

She actually wanted to say that she knew it when she just walked in.

I have to say, it was really exciting.

But she didn't say it.

Esme asked curiously: "What were you arguing about up there just now? Was it because of me?"

Locke lowered his eyes and looked at his wife in his arms, who had big eyes, smooth blonde hair, and acted powerless and even weak and unable to take care of herself. He smiled and nodded.

"Is it so."

"What is it? Can you tell me? If you can't tell me, then..."

"Old De plans to find me a mistress."

"..."

Esme was stunned, then got up from Locke's arms and looked at Locke without blinking.

Locke clearly saw the stunned expression on Esme's face.

But he was sure that Esme's surprise at this moment was not because of the fact that Old De found him a mistress.

But because...

"Are you curious? Why should I tell you?"

"...Yeah."

Facing Locke who took the initiative, Esme nodded while looking at Locke's expression.

"You can not tell me."

"Yes, but you are my wife."

Locke smiled and hugged Esme into his arms again, then lowered his head, sniffed Esme's hair, and said in a very firm tone: "You are my wife who I am willing to marry. How can I hide this from you?"

This is the truth.

Although Old Underwood tried to get him to marry a black slave back at that time.

But it was just an attempt.

The reason why Locke married Esme had nothing to do with other reasons, just because of love.

Love rises with the wind.

He still remembered that day when he was walking back to the apartment with Esme, a breeze blew, he looked up at the moon, and then saw Esme who was smiling beautifully, so he was moved.

So he proposed and got married.

Marry because of love!

Esme was touched when she heard this.

She lay in Locke's arms, looked up at Locke, and asked curiously: "Then how did you answer?"

Locke smiled.

"I never look back."

"Why not."

"Because... wait, what did you say?"

"..."