Chapter 137

Suddenly, the faces of two people came to her mind. At the same time, Rain’s frowning face started to brighten up. Just thinking about them made her happy. They who never stopped smiling even when they were facing death and frustrations. She was with those people now. Everything had changed over the course of one year. The biggest change of them all was Rain herself.

“It’s worth a shot…”

When Rain arrived at the secretary general’s office, the attendant opened the door for her. The operation was already underway. On both sides…

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Cold stares. It was so cold that it made her feel cold too. All eyes were on Rain at this moment. Rain’s reappearance came as a big shock to them. In a system where budgets and manpower could be freely moved, when people were unable to manipulate the situation in their favor, the backlash from the organizations was beyond imagination. Additionally, those people were the ones who could not afford to have the wrong person inspect their work.

“It’s been a while. What were you busy doing? You even came back as a hero huh?” said an elderly woman with gray hair.

There was underlying sarcasm in her tone. Her name was Gayu. She was the younger sister of the current emperor - the secretary-general of the royal family, a powerful woman with a high position.

“It was an opportunity to see the world,” answered Rain briefly, looking at everyone who was present.

The five women sitting at the oval table were staring at her.

“You’re starting work tomorrow? Did you find the people you were looking for?” asked Ohyu, the first deputy secretary general from the General Affairs department, who was in charge of the royal family’s customary formalities and protocols. She was also Rain’s aunt.

“I think they are quite capable.” Rain responded briefly once again in a businesslike tone.

“Well, I don’t know what kind of capable people they have in the north, but it looks like you’ve had a great time. We were overworked every day, though. Shouldn’t you at least pretend to feel sorry for us?” This time, it was Ryuin’s turn to be sarcastic. She was the third deputy secretary general, who was in charge of audit and criminal affairs. Even though she was Rain’s older half-sister, she was lower than Rain in rank.

“Anyway, I am back now. I will have to take over all the duties that I was in charge of.”

The secretary general, Gayu, smiled and pushed a small document box towards Rain. Rain looked into the box. There was only one thin file in it. Was that the only document she needed to take a look at?

“The document contains all the work procedures and outstanding tasks that need to be completed. The person in charge will explain to you everything in detail. You can refer to the data you need in my library. However, I will not permit the documents to leave the library, as I need to refer to them too. If you are curious, you can read them after getting my permission.”

“Understood.” Rain looked at Gayu for a moment before nodding and replying meekly.

Gayu’s eyes widened for a second before narrowing

“You’re smiling? In the past, you would have protested using all kinds of reasoning.”