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Chapter 1405: I Still Want to Be Friends with Them (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

Every day in London starts with the same view.

While most people were still sleeping soundly, a rising sun jumped out from the distant horizon, gilding the thick clouds covering the city, creating the illusion of clear weather, and then disappeared without a trace.

Yevgeny tied the laces of his running shoes. Every day, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, just like the movement of a clock. When he looked up at the sky, the word "sunny" came to his mind.

He grinned.

"Windy and sunny" is an idiom. In order to encourage comrades to learn foreign languages, the KGB offered a 5% salary increase for every foreign language they learned, but the limit was two. He learned English and Chinese. Although he had passed the assessment, he always used some words that seemed appropriate but were not quite appropriate to express his rich vocabulary.

Yevgeny's personal life is very regular.

Every day he would change into casual clothes and go to the park for jogging and fitness like he does now, of course, provided it doesn't rain.

After putting on his running shoes, Yevgeny glanced at Jilina, who was lying on the other side of the bed, and saw that her chest was rising and falling slowly with her breathing.

It was really strange. With all that pressure on her, how could her breathing still be so even?

Yevgeny tiptoed out of the bedroom. When he opened the door, he carefully looked left and right, fearing that he would be seen.

In fact, he didn't need to be so careful. In the embassy, ​​some secrets were open, such as the affair between him and Jilina.

As an intelligence officer, his family is not here, so it is inevitable that he has relationships with some young staff in the embassy. This is normal and understandable.

But you still have to be careful.

So, after leaving the embassy, ​​Yevgeny went out and ran slowly on the quiet street, and then he just ran, the route seemed to be the same as usual. When he ran along the street, he would occasionally look around and observe the people around him.

The streets are very quiet in the early morning. Only a few people here have the habit of doing morning exercises. In fact, after running a lap, you will only meet one or two people at most.

Occasionally, he would run into a few women who were running, and those women would always look at him, and the favor revealed in their eyes was difficult to conceal. Yevgeny was quite conceited about his appearance. After all, he conquered some women in London with his appearance and made them willing to serve him.

As usual, after running for more than an hour, when I left the park, the streets were already bustling with cars coming and going, pedestrians hurrying on their way. London regained its vitality in such hustle and bustle.

While waiting for the red light at the intersection, Yevgeny heard a voice coming from a newsstand nearby. It was a newspaper vendor trying to attract passers-by:
"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, Prince Andrew will enter Hill House Preparatory School today..."

As the handsome man of the royal family, Prince Andrew has always been a darling of the media. Even if he is just going to school, he will attract attention from the outside world.

I have to say that appearance is justice.

Listening to the newspaper vendor's shout, Yevgeny looked over there and saw Prince Andrew on the cover of a magazine hanging on a newsstand not far away.

Although he is only eight years old, his handsome and pretty appearance is very eye-catching. He looks a little melancholy, which makes people feel distressed.

In fact, the little prince's slightly melancholic temperament has attracted countless people and made him a frequent guest in the media.

I don’t know how many little girls’ dream lover he is. To a certain extent, Prince Andrew satisfies all girls’ fantasies about the Prince Charming.

"It's just school. This country hasn't really changed at all. They admire and care about the nobles from the bottom of their hearts... They don't even ask about his identity..."

The reason why Yevgeny had this idea in his mind was because there had been rumors that Prince Andrew was not the Duke's posthumous son, but that his father was someone else.

People from all walks of life in the UK completely turned a blind eye to this. After all, his mother was the Queen, and that was enough. As for the Duke who died in the plane crash, he was a playboy who broke the Queen's heart.

The British had no good feelings towards him at all.

Besides, Prince Andrew is really handsome!
But his eyes fell on the front page of another newspaper - Secretary of State for War John Profumoro declared: Defend the British Empire's Africa!

"Wake up, the British Empire has long been destroyed..."

At this time, the green light at the intersection came on, and Yevgeny hurriedly walked across the street. Soon, he returned to the embassy. As soon as he entered the embassy, ​​his subordinates came over and reported:
"Boss, we just received a piece of intelligence."

Listening to Anton's words, Yevgeni, who was sweating all over, went straight into the office without even changing his clothes. After the door was closed, he asked:

"What information is it?"

"Kenya, Profumo has ordered the dispatch of armored forces there..."

Before Anton finished speaking, Yevgeny cursed and said:
"Damn it, we had a chance to get the wrong guy, but we were just a little bit short..."

When it comes to a little bit, Yevgeny is more annoyed. Although he used British newspapers to spread Profumo's affair, there was no substantial evidence. Christine Keeler, who originally swore that there were photos, changed her words in the end - she didn't have any photos at all.

Whenever Yevgeny thought of this, he felt depressed. It was he who made the plan to get Profumo out of office to facilitate their operations in Kenya.

What now?
The action he planned for several months had no effect at all. Without substantial evidence, it was impossible to pose a threat to Profumo. Even the woman, Christine Keeler, changed her words in public.

"We had a chance to get rid of him!"

After thinking for a while, Yevgeny said:

"Well, now the opportunity has been missed, Anton, what do you think we should do now?"

"Boss, we can't stop them from sending troops, but we can delay their actions..."

procrastination?

Yevgeny asked in return:
"What's your plan?"

"Use public opinion, boss. Since World War II, the British are not willing to shed blood again. We can use public opinion and the opposition of the Labour Party to delay their sending troops."

Nodding, Yevgeny said:
"Now, I can only cause them some trouble."

Then they discussed the details for a while. After Anton left, Yevgeny seemed to remember something, picked up the phone and made a call. After the call was connected, he said:
"Honey, are you awake yet..."

The woman on the other end of the phone was none other than Christine Keeler. Although he was very dissatisfied with Christine's performance, Yevgeny still maintained a relationship with the woman because she was a socialite in London's upper class and he could still get some intelligence through her.

At noon that day, while Yevgeny and Christine Keeler were having lunch in a restaurant, he did not fail to notice that in a van across the street, a telescopic camera was taking pictures of them.

Bai Side, who was in the car, looked at Yevgeny in the photo and said:
"Evgeny Ivanov, Senior Naval Attaché..."

What is a naval attaché? He is just a KGB spy. Looking at the handsome guy in the photo, Bai Side said:

"He really has a good appearance. No wonder so many celebrities throw themselves at him."

At this time, Justin said:

"Boss, do you think he will believe the message conveyed by Red Sparrow?"

The "Red Sparrow" he was referring to was Christine Keeler, and through proper investigation, the high-class London socialite had now become their informant.

"It's not important. What's important is to send a signal to Moscow through him - that is our sphere of interest, and we will not allow others to interfere!"

Listening to the leader's words, Justin asked again:
"What if they don't care?"

"It's not important. What's important is that they must know this..."

As he finished speaking, Bai Side once again turned his gaze towards the restaurant. Now this was just a game.

……

Kremlin,
“Is this a warning from them?”

He Dayumi was a little confused. In the past, Li Yian's responses were always direct. When did he become so "tactful" as he is now?

To the point that he was a little uncomfortable with such euphemisms.

"This is the information our informants received from their intelligence officers in London. They believe that Kenya involves their core interests, so they will never allow changes there. If the British side fails, they will intervene at any time."

Shelepin answered truthfully.

"Obviously, they have decided on their stance on Kenya - they are not going to sit back and watch us take control there."

"I won't sit idly by...but what can they do?"

After thinking for a while, He Dayumi said.

“Kenya is a British colony after all. Unless they have the consent of the British, they cannot intervene directly.

For Britain, if their expenses in Kenya far outweigh their gains, then they will definitely give up Kenya and allow it to become independent.

Now all we need is to make the British realize that the cost of maintaining the colonies far exceeds the wealth they have plundered from them. In the end, they will give up everything there themselves. "

When visiting Britain a few years ago, Hercules once told the British that it would bury the British colonial empire.

In fact, this is not difficult. All we have to do is get the UK to spend more money.

"Now it seems that the biggest obstacle to our helping African colonies gain freedom and burying colonialism is not Britain, but... Li Yian. Although that guy is an Asian, he is definitely an imperialist."

Although he admired that guy, He Dayumi knew very well what kind of person he was.

"He is a typical imperialist. Maybe he seems to have done a lot of good things and changed the lives of many people, but he only treats his own people well. To outsiders, he never minds showing his truest side - greedily biting everything and taking their wealth."

Listening to Khedama's analysis, Shelepin said:
"Yes, Nikita, this person is likely to become our biggest obstacle in Africa, but what they care about is always their own interests."

Khrushchev nodded in agreement with Shelepin and said:

"Now, we can get Kimathi and his people to issue a statement to protect the property of white people and foreign investors and not to nationalize the land,"

"But if that's the case, they will definitely not agree. After all, those lands are the greatest wealth!"

Shelepin thought for a moment and added.

“And they also need the food produced by those farms to repay their loans.”

What loan?
Of course, it is to repay the money that the Soviet Union lent them. After all, the weapons the Soviet Union provides them now and the facilities it will provide them in the future all require money.

Of course you have to pay back the money you borrow.

This is also the fundamental reason why they carried out this action, which is to expand the Soviet Union's food source.

“That’s a problem for the future.”

He Dayu said bluntly.

“There is no need to do that for now. Let’s first establish a good relationship with them… As for the future, when they are free and the British leave, they can do whatever they want.

The most important thing now is to fight for freedom first! Therefore, we must be careful when dealing with their problems. After all, that guy never plays by the rules.

So, avoid giving them an excuse to interfere! At least don’t give them an excuse to interfere now!”

Having dealt with Li Yian for so many years, He Damuyi also knows him well. He knows that guy's character very well. He may be a guy who does not play by the rules, but at the same time, he is also a very... reasonable guy. Every time he is "unreasonable", it is because his interests are violated.

So what? As long as their interests are not harmed, they can basically remain silent.

"Now, let's calm them down first. After all, we still have to be friends in the future!"

(End of this chapter)