[007]Miss M

Scarlett's father had only one major hobby in his life - painting. He owned a private gallery on Baker Street, which contained his private collection and his own works.

The gallery is on Baker Street, but it is still quite a distance from 221B. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when Scarlett and Bond arrived.

"What's your plan?" Bond became more and more confused about what kind of medicine was sold in Scarlett's gourd, and let the news of his execution be announced to the world. Who was the fish she caught? "You and M teamed up to fool everyone? Do you know that you owe me a Christmas and have made me worry about you for so many days. Don't you think you need to repay me with a promise?"

While sending a text message, Scarlett glanced at Bond casually: "Is this a marriage proposal?"

"..." If it counts, Bond feels that he will definitely get Scarlett's eyes again, "Not counting."

"Oh," Scarlett didn't raise her head, "Since it's not a marriage proposal, I don't need to agree. By the way, I have one more important thing to tell you."

"Ok?"

"In this world, M is the most important person to me, Bond, she is number one, and you are number two, so, as long as M wants me to do it, no matter right or wrong, I will do it, no matter what the price is, I don't even care."

"Are you implying that this means M?" Bond didn't understand why Scarlett suddenly said this to him so seriously.

"No." Shaking her head, she looked at the gallery, "This is the first secret I'll share with you today."

"There's a second one?"

Nodding, Scarlett opened the car door by herself: "Now, let me show you the second one."

"The second one?" Bond got out of the car, just when it was raining lightly, he took the pullover that he had prepared earlier from the car, and helped Scarlett put it on, "What is it?"

"Go in, Q is waiting for you inside." Scarlett turned up her collar, one is to block the light rain, and the other is because she is a person who will be announced as a life jjj tomorrow, if someone sees her People found her on the streets of London today, and that would set off even bigger things.Fortunately, the location of this gallery is relatively remote, and the two of them did not walk through the main entrance, so there should be no problem.

He walked into the gallery with Bond intertwined, and Scarlett led him to an oil painting of a ship.

"The gallery, I'm the current owner - after paying a lot of tax, you know, the UK inheritance tax has always been high."

"Inheritance tax? This is..."

As if guessing what Bond was thinking, Scarlett nodded: "You are right, this gallery belongs to my father. He left it to me when he passed away. This painting is also my father's last painting. One I like. You wait for me here for a while, and I want to hear your comments on this painting later." Standing up, Scarlett was about to go upstairs.

"what?"

"Good boy!" Kissed Bond lightly on the side of the cheek, "Wait for me here."

The painting on the wall is a copy of Joseph William Turner's 1839 famous painting "The Fighting Temeraire". At the same time, it is a metaphor for the arrival of a new era.The original painting of this work is collected in the National Gallery of Trafalgar Square, but although the one on the wall is a copy, it can be seen that the painter has a good foundation and the shadows are handled just right.

The most prestigious contemporary art award in the world - the British Turner Prize, the most authoritative visual art award in Europe, is named after Turner, and this painting was once rated as "the world's top ten paintings" by the British. The first of the famous paintings".The original painting is excellent, and the copyer also copied it very carefully.Bond looked at the little S under the painting. He guessed that this painting might have been copied by Scarlett's father, but he didn't know whether it was because he was not so proficient in art. Here, what I feel more is not worship and respect, but a kind of... sadness.

The times have changed, and the Temeraire has finally embarked on the fate of being stripped and disassembled.

"This painting always makes me feel sad. A huge old ship was shamefully dismantled and inevitably abandoned by the times. What do you think? What do you see?" A thin, bespectacled The man sat down next to Bond. His hair was slightly curly, and he looked quite young, definitely not under 30 years old.

Bond squinted his eyes and looked at the man next to him. He looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw him. He came here to meet the new quartermaster Q, so naturally he didn't want to talk too much nonsense with others: " A very big ship, sorry, excuse me."

"007, I am your new quartermaster."

Bond heard the number, sat down again, his eyes were full of disbelief: "You are kidding!"

"Why? Because I'm not wearing a white coat?" Whishaw was wearing a black suit, a blue tie, and an overcoat.

"Because you still have freckles on your face."

Being looked down upon by his love rival, Whishaw just chuckled: "My skin color has nothing to do with my position."

"It has something to do with your ability."

"Youth is not a guarantee of efficiency."

"And being young is not a guarantee of creativity." Bond finally had a vague impression. It was like... the man who had a close relationship with Scarlett in the photo that M sent him when he was recuperating in the nursing home.

"I dare say I can do more damage with a computer in my pajamas and before I drink a cup of Earl Gray than you can in a year in the field."

"In that case, why do you still need me?"

"Someone has to pull the trigger."

"Or don't buckle." Scarlett came down from the stairs, holding a red tabby exotic shorthair cat in her arms, "Whishaw, it's heavy again."

Whishaw?

Bond noticed the way the new quartermaster Q beside him looked at Scarlett. Their tone of voice was familiar, and they seemed to have known each other for a long time.

"You went to pick up a cat?"

"That's right," Scarlett sat down beside Bond, "Whiz and I... no, it should be called Q, he is the new quartermaster Q, Q, this is Bond."

"When did you stop calling me by my name? I'm not you." Whishaw knew the relationship between M and Scarlett, so even though he was curious, he never asked her full name, "Q It will make us divide. What's more, even if Bond is not 007, since he is the person you trust, he is the person I will trust unconditionally. I swear, I will protect you. Now it is just one more Man, isn't it Scarlett? Or should it be Scarlett Bond now?"

"Oh, don't," Scarlett let the cat in her arms jump on Whishaw's body, "I'm not married yet!"

"It's coming soon." Bond, who was ignored, took over decisively. Although he didn't know what the relationship between Scarlett and Whishaw was, a man swore to protect a woman. He was a rival in love. ten.What's more, the eyes that lit up after seeing Scarlett already constituted enough evidence. "I also think the name Scarlett Bond is very good. Mrs. Bond sounds good too. What do you think, Q?"

"But I don't like it." Sensing Bond's hostility towards Whishaw, Scarlett decisively changed the subject, "Where's the stuff?"

Taking out two black boxes and a slightly puffed envelope, Whishaw handed the things to Bond and Scarlett respectively: "Passports to Shanghai, ticket information are all there, and your guns."

"Air ticket?" Scarlett took out the contents of the envelope strangely, "Is there no plane in MI[-]?"

"To deceive others." Whishaw stared at her movements, "I thought of a new name for you, see if you like it?"

new name?Moving her gaze up to the ticket information, Scarlett always felt that Whishaw's smile...was a little treacherous, but...the word treacherous was similar to Bond, but it was used to Whishaw On her body, there were as many contradictions as there were, until she saw her name clearly on the ticket information, Scarlett also understood the meaning of Whishaw's smile——

Snoopy Whishaw?

Snoopy Whishaw?

"You spelled me with Snoopy's first name and your last name?"

"SNOOPY? Is this the name of a cartoon dog?" Seeing Scarlett's expression of "you know this", Bond explained, "You told me that the pillow on your sofa at home has That's the pattern, if I remember correctly."

"Snoopy is also its name." Pointing to the little chubby cat who is stretching on Whishaw's lap and doing yoga, "Give a cat such a name, and only this technical man who is dead and dead will do it." Come out."

"Isn't it because you like it? Besides, Snoopy likes the name too."

"That's because you gave him fish when you asked him!"

Scarlett quickly stuffed the ticket information and passport into the envelope, but was suddenly held down by Bond: "You two cooperate well, but it doesn't mean that no one wants to explain to me why you want to Going to Shanghai, but in a different cabin on the same plane as me, and...Whishaw? How about using Scarlett Bond next time?"

"I'm hungry."

Scarlett wanted to stand up, but Bond sat down again: "Is he the third secret?"

"Maybe... it counts?" Scarlett glanced at Bond cautiously. She has recently taken pleasure in teasing this man and annoying her. "We have known each other for many years, and my father likes him very much. If If I have to use one word... Maybe my childhood sweetheart can be used?"

Seeing Bond's slightly sunken face, Scarlett continued to stimulate him: "I studied with him, you know, I used to be in the Military Supply Department."

"So?" Bond's deep voice sounded, "Are you testing my bottom line? You trust me, and I trust you, just like the fact that I love you will not change. I know, I disappeared for two months , when your father died, I was angry with you, wronged you for saying that you loved me but just said it casually, and I owed you for not being by your side. Frankly speaking, I am very jealous of him, I have seen His photo... Don't be confused, it was given to me by M. Thinking about the time you told me about your father's death, I suddenly understood a lot of things. If you loved him, you would have chosen him, but you didn't. He was by your side and supported you when you were most vulnerable, Scarlett... Think about it in another way, I am very grateful to him, I dare not think about how you would have spent that time without his company."

"I remember when I saw you for the first time, I thought you were a very weak little girl. When I saw your eyes, I saw the shadow of M in your eyes. Maybe this is why M is so The reason why I like you! And later, I also realized that you are not weak at all, your skills, your technology, stand out from the many agents of MI[-]. In that warehouse in Raciford, they used you to threaten Me, my reason says no compromise, but my emotions just want to change your safety. I thought it was because of gentlemanly demeanor, or because we are teammates, but then I figured it out, it was because I love you."

"When I say this, I don't discriminate against women. It's just that a man should have the responsibility to protect his woman. You are the one I want to protect. I keep telling myself to be rational. I'm a 007, but you... are different. You Makes me want to have a home for the first time. Before the psychological test, word association, when they said Skyfall, the first word that came to my mind, it was Scarlett, it was you."

"Skyfall?" Scarlett didn't understand the special meaning of this word.

"Skyfall is the manor where I grew up when I was a child. Q, you must have the right to view my information, so I don't need to hide it from you. Moreover, I agree with what you just said. Scarlett trusts you, so I also I believe you can trust." Bond fell into his childhood memories, "The place is in the remote mountains of Scotland, Buachaille Etive Mor, it is a world of empty valleys and ghosts. In winter, there is a silver snow, and in spring, there are forests full of mountains. The sound of rubbing leaves, my parents are buried in a chapel near Skyfall, when I left, there was a gatekeeper in the manor, he must be very old now, I don't know if he is still alive?"

"Skyfall represents home to me, and now, to me, home to me represents you." Bond said here, and his eyes fell on the painting, "You lost your father, But you still have me, and I will give you a home."

"Bond..."

Scarlett's eyes were wet, she didn't expect Bond to say this to her.

"I have been thinking about these words for many days. Since you rejected my marriage proposal again before Christmas, I have been thinking about how I will propose to you next time, although..." Bond took out from his pocket Ring, "Good traditions still need to be preserved, but novel and romantic ones... I haven't thought of it yet. I plan to propose to you after I arrange everything, and give you a surprise, but now that I've said it, then..." He knelt down on one knee, "Maybe it's not a good time, but if you promise to marry me, then today will be the best day of my life."

Scarlett's tears finally burst when Bond knelt down on one knee.She nodded with tears in her eyes: "You won, I was so moved that I couldn't even say a word of rejection."

"So... you agreed? Miss Snoopy, this time I have a witness."

"Whishaw won't help you." Scarlett let Bond help her put on the ring, "He..."

"This time, I'm helping James. In this way, you can only be so moved if he told you. Scarlett, congratulations, um... But I have to remind you, your plane will take off in two hours Now, you two, are you still going to the airport? There is no special plane waiting this time."

Wiping the tears off her face, Scarlett spread her hands towards Whishaw: "Where's my lunch? I told you I'm hungry!"

"I thought you'd seen it—snoopy has been coveting for a long time, and has been staying next to the lunch I prepared for you and Bond, refusing to leave. You are very similar—you have a sweet tooth." Whishaw hugged snoopy, "It's all packed for you."

"Isn't that your lunch?"

"Miss Scarlett, although I know you always like to comment on my disproportionate appetite and figure, but don't forget, I don't eat sweets except tiramisu." Whishaw doesn't look strong, but The appetite is not small, which has been complained by Scarlett.

"You're kidding!" Scarlett smiled through tears, and she gently hugged Whishaw, "Thank you."

"Congratulations, Miss Scarlett, you now have a new name, Scarlett Bond, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied and decided to go to the airport immediately."

"Good luck, James Bond and...Mrs. Bond."

The author has something to say: Toothache, pain, pain, pain...