Chapter 1: The Rockman Family
"Kelly, dear, you're so beautiful today" looked at Rowling who walked down the stairs, and the neatly dressed Henry looked straight at the little red heart, but Rowling still didn't give him a good look. After returning from China, Rowling did not like to see Henry, although the engagement between the two of them was tinged with a political marriage, but Henry was also Rowling's nominal fiancé, and Rowling's cold talk made Henry really uncomfortable.
"In the future, you still call me by my name, Kelly is my nickname, only my family can call me that" Rowling took the small bag handed by the butler, and walked past Henry in a cold tone, without even looking at Henry more. Rowling's different outfit today made the family members sitting in the hall downstairs feel bright, black riding boots, black breeches tied with a palm-wide black belt, a black embroidered shirt on the upper body, her straps and coat are also black, and today's Rowling is dressed for the funeral.
"Kelly, why are you dressed like this, the dress that Henry sent yesterday looks so good, why don't you put it on and try it?" Rowling's mother, Linda, took off the pair of sunglasses that Rowling had put on top of her head, but there was a hint of doting in her questioning tone. Rowling has lived in a traditional military family since she was a child, and has never liked those girlish dresses, and it is no wonder that she doesn't like the skirts sent by Henry, but her daughter has grown up and always dresses as a man, how can she marry in the future.
"Oh, Mom, I don't like skirts," Rowling snuggled up in her mother's arms like a kitten, and then greeted the family members in the hall one by one. It is not the rule of Rowling's family not to talk during meals, and Rowling's grandfather, Rhodes Sr., liked to discuss things with the children during breakfast, because only at this time can he see all the children in the family.
"I'm going to New York today to pick up a friend, who of you wants to go to New York with me" swallowed the omelette in her mouth, Rowling said amazingly. Ever since her weapons lab was set up, the CIA people have regarded their Rockman family as the first target of surveillance, and if anyone in the family wants to leave Florida, they must first greet the CIA people and file it, how can Rowling leave the family gathering place so easily.
"It was the CIA who agreed to let me go, and even the plane to New York was provided to me, it was a special plane, which of you wants to go to New York?" Seeing that the old people in the family sat still, Rowling moved the target of the rebellion to the children in the family who were about the same age as herself. The Rockman family's breakfast habit is to get together, and the long table is half male and half female, and the women sitting on Rowling's side are naturally women, and as soon as Rowling's words blurted out, they immediately ushered in the joy of the ladies and could go shopping in New York.
"Kelly, you haven't said what you're doing in New York?" Old Rhodes was not so easy to coax, he just wanted to know the real purpose of Rowling's visit to New York. Most of the men in the family serve in the army, and as a parent, he naturally has to consider the safety of the women in the family, especially Rowling, who is now in the limelight. Rowling's weapons laboratory gave old Rod a chance to see the family's glory again, especially the recent rocket improvement experiments in the laboratory, which made old Rod see the business opportunities, at this time, as the leader of the laboratory, Rowling must not have an accident.
"Oh, I'm going to pick up a friend in New York, didn't I tell you about it" Rowling took the opportunity to drink milk to divert the topic, but happened to meet Henry's inquiring gaze. There is no love between Rowling and Henry at all, the engagement between the two is only for the Lockman family's investment and industry in Britain, according to the current situation, Germany's hand has begun to reach to France and England, and staying in the United States is the direction of the development of the Lockman family, so the marriage with the Henry family has lost its meaning.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you all" Seeing that the family was looking at themselves directly, with the intention of not giving up until the goal was reached, Rowling had to put down the cup in front of her face and make a well-behaved look. "This friend of mine is Chinese, a very good man, and my lover. That weapons lab of mine is his, I'm just an executor, maybe in a few days, I'll bring him to my house as a guest."
"Oh my God, Kylie has a boyfriend" Linda reached out to cover her mouth, afraid that she would scream, and the young man at the table did not stare at Rowling, but focused on Henry's body. Since Rowling returned to the United States, Henry has also chased after him from China, and he has been at Rowling's house every day, almost eating, drinking, and chatting, except for Rowling going to the weapons laboratory, Henry standing next to Rowling can be seen at other times, and the young people in the family have almost regarded Henry as Rowling's close lover, and now it suddenly broke out that Rowling's lover is someone else, so what should Henry do?
"Don't look at me, I don't know what's going on" Henry's face had a faint smile, but his fingers holding the cup were already blue, which showed that the anger in his heart had been endured to the extreme. The people of the Lockman family are not stupid, Henry's abnormality has long been seen by old Rod, Henry's family background is prominent, and he is also a very good person, but his city is too shallow, although he has tried his best to restrain himself, but being angry with Rowling at the Rockman family's dining table is indeed not the bearing that a nobleman should have.
"This person is a guest of the Chinese leader, and he is deeply trusted by the leader of their country, and he came to the United States this time at the invitation of the CIA to discuss cooperation with the US government" Rowling pretended not to see the anger in Henry's eyes, and tried her best to say good things for Zhao Zhi in front of the family elders, she knew that if she wanted Zhao Zhi to enter the sight of the Rockman family, it was useless to rely on a lot of money, and she had to have the value of being used by the Rockman family.
"Then bring it and see, if he is really a good man, I have no objection to you dating" The Rockman family and President Roosevelt belong to the same ** party, especially after Roosevelt was re-elected as president for the third time in 37 years, the invisible influence of the Rockman family, which has been willing to live behind the scenes, is much greater in the American political arena. Like many family parents, the elder Rhodes has been looking for a successor within the family who can continue to move forward with the family, most of Rowling's fathers are accustomed to a free life, and the foundation of Rowling's generation is too shallow, and the continued development of the Lockman family needs strong external support, which is why the old Rhodes will openly ignore Henry, who is engaged to Rowling, and invite Zhao Zhi to the house.