v4 Chapter 38： save the dog

Tom looked towards the door, and saw a well-dressed middle-aged man holding a black folder, and Shi Shiran walked in.

"Sir Humphrey, the Prime Minister is meeting guests—" Bernard followed.

"Oh, Bernard, but now is my appointment with the Prime Minister." Sir Humphrey casually slapped a few official accents and perfunctory. As he spoke, he was also looking at Tom, guessing the details of this man who had been suddenly received by the Prime Minister.

Very young, should be no more than eighteen years old, handsome, and judging from his demeanor and clothes, his family should be good... This is Tom's first impression of Humphrey. But the most unusual thing is that this person appeared in the prime minister's office.

At such a young age, you can meet the Prime Minister. It is nothing more than someone close to the Prime Minister or a representative of a certain school, and the Prime Minister has no arrangement to meet the student representatives on his schedule today. So the relationship between this young man and the Prime Minister is extraordinary.

Within seconds, Humphrey came to a conclusion.

He broke in suddenly, for no other reason than to observe this guy who was suddenly received by the Prime Minister. People who appear suddenly are unexpected factors. As a civil servant looking for stability, the unexpected factor was what Humphrey hated most, so he felt compelled to find out.

"Okay...this is my cabinet secretary, Sir Humphrey." Humphrey had a good reason for it, and Huck could only bite the bullet and introduce Sir Humphrey to Tom.

Is this the Prime Minister's Cabinet Secretary? Looks like a shrewd, slick guy, Tom thought.

"Then I won't disturb the two of you for now."

"Ah, did I bother you? You go on, I can wait."

Hearing this, Tom and Huck couldn't help but murmured, if you can wait, why don't you wait outside and have to barge in? To put it bluntly, I just want to sit in on our conversation!

Both were struck by the thickness of Humphrey's face.

With Humphrey around, Tom couldn't continue the conversation with Huck, so he retreated and left Huck's office first.

The waiting room was not far from the office, and Bernard prepared a plate of cookies for Tom and made a cup of tea - he was too young to serve Tom wine.

But after doing this, Bernard didn't mean to leave. He looked at Tom and hesitated.

"What's the matter? You seem to have something to ask me?" Tom still had a very good impression of this younger civil servant. He wasn't as sophisticated and dark as Sir Humphrey.

"Uh, um..." Bernard looked hesitant, after all, the question he was about to ask was a bit difficult to explain. Finally, he mustered up the courage to ask a question that almost made Tom choking on the tea.

"Is Mr. Harker your father?"

Tom swallowed the tea down his throat hard, then looked at Bernard in astonishment: "Of course not! I'm an orphan."

Bernard looked a little embarrassed, "Ah, so...how to say it, aren't you really...?"

"No!" Tom did not expect that Huck's behavior in meeting him actually made Bernard mistakenly think that he was Huck's illegitimate child!

Huck, this is because the wind comment was killed.

But it's normal for Bernard to think so. After all, Huck's attitude towards himself is too special, and politicians are a species who need to pay attention to their personal image. The illegitimate child is a hot rumor...

Sir Humphrey's meeting with Huck comes to an end as Tom tries to prove his innocence with Huck.

Sir Humphrey came for a very valid reason: to lobby Huck to send troops to rescue the sheepdog that had strayed into the minefield.

"I'm afraid Little Benqi's time is running out. We must make a decision as soon as possible."

Sir Humphrey was no animal protection officer, but he had a crush on the sheepdog. The reason is, of course, not goodness, but profit.

Harker is now trying to cut funding for the military, something Humphrey doesn't want to see. Driven by the interests of all parties, he must let Huck put off this idea, and this collie is a very good excuse.

He intends to instigate Huck to send sappers to take the sheepdog out of the minefield. The benefits for Huck are obvious: he can increase his approval rating by doing this, and the downside is that it will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Since you spend hundreds of thousands to save a dog, what face do you have to cut the military's military spending?

As long as he has the handle of Harker in his hand, the next time he brings up the matter of cutting funding, Sir Humphrey can directly say to Harker: Prime Minister, you do not want the outside world to know that you spent hundreds of thousands of pounds to save money. a dog?

At that point, Harker could only undo his own budget-cutting plans.

"Sometimes people need to act according to their conscience." After leaving such a sentence, Humphrey Shiran left the office.

Then Tom was invited in again.

At this time, Huck was at war between heaven and man, and he instinctively felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say why. Rescuing a dog seems like a good option, but it requires the use of the military and state agencies to save a dog, which feels unreasonable.

Seeing Tom come in, he casually confided his troubles to Tom.

"It should cost a lot of money to dispatch the army to rescue the dogs, right?" Tom felt that this behavior was very unreliable.

"Maybe." Huck looked troubled.

"It must cost a lot of money. This is going to the minefield to catch live animals! The minesweeper, the veterinarian in charge of anesthesia, and possibly a helicopter..." Tom scoffed at this, in his opinion spending so much money to save one Dogs are simply mentally ill, and only European and American countries like Great Britain can do this kind of thing But...it doesn't seem to be difficult for wizards? A flying spell can solve the problem. In principle, underage wizards are prohibited from using magic outside of Hogwarts, but they don't need to worry, because they have countless ways to circumvent this restriction.

Huck's face darkened even more when he heard Tom say this. He also understands that it is not good to do this, and the optional votes are really tempting! This is real reputation! Moreover, if you do nothing yourself, you will be made a big fuss by the opposition party.

Huck was troubled. But he had a brainstorm and came up with an idea.

"Tom, do you think wizards can use magic to 'fish' it out?" Huck showed a little look of anticipation and excitement.

"I'm a wizard, this is magic, do you want us to use magic to do this kind of thing?" Tom looked angry.

Huck showed an embarrassed smile: Yes, it's too much to ask the magician to save the dog.

At this time, Tom sighed and changed his tone: "But who made us friends, I am willing to help you in a private capacity-provided that you do a good job of confidentiality."