第11章 错误的决定
“Yeah, isn't that a wrong decision?If it goes on like this, we will sooner or later become the target of public criticism and be abandoned by our own people.(是啊,这何尝不是一个错误的决定呢?这样下去,我们迟早会成为众矢之的,被自己人所抛弃。)”
听到这句话,安琪儿目光复杂地看着爱丽丝,恍惚间,她觉得爱丽丝变了,仿佛在一瞬间,她不再是那个不知天高地厚的小姑娘了。
“What's that look on your face? can't I say something like that?(你这是什么表情,难道我就不能说这样的话了?)”
安琪儿却是摇摇头,苦涩地看着周边刚刚百废待兴的行目,轻轻叹了口气。这接下来,怕是还是要让百姓生灵涂炭啊!
选举的日子一天一天来临,有关于被选举人的身份也愈发地多了起来,甚至于有的人为了拉票,开始上街巡视、体察民情。安琪儿皱了皱眉,问道:“Is there any movement on Andre's side?(安德烈那边有什么动作没有?)”
来汇报的人轻轻摇摇头,说道:“But there is still some time to go before Election Day, and I don't think he will do nothing before.Miss Angel, when do you think we should start?(不过距离选举日还有一段时间,我觉得他不会在此前毫无动作的。安琪儿小姐,你觉得我们什么时候动手比较好?)”
安琪儿摇摇头说道:“No, we won't do it. Now we'll wait for their next plan.You need to know who you are, and most of the time you can't do anything.Besides, I don't want to break my face with them.If there is really one day, I hope you can take our organization to join the construction of the Republic.After all, this is our hometown, and we have the responsibility to help with the construction of our hometown.(不,我们不动手,现在我们就等他们下一步计划。你要知道自己的身份,很多时候不能轻举妄动。而且,我也不想和他们撕破脸皮。如果真的有那一天,我希望你可以带着我们的组织,加入共和国的建设之中。毕竟,这是我们的故土,我们有帮助家乡建设的责任。)”
安琪儿看着电子邮件上的消息,轻轻叹了口气,没想到,自己最终会与整个自己曾经贡献了青春的地方背道相驰吗?
安琪儿和爱丽丝依旧是如同往日一样,一起吃饭、训练、聊天、出行,就包括后面在监视他们外出的人都有所错愕。不过,有一点却是大家心知肚明的,那就是在和安德烈当众开炮之后,安琪儿交出了自己手中的权力,并且摆出了安德烈你想干什么随你的架势,反正我是不会离开组织的,就看你怎么把这场戏唱下去。
为此,安德烈备受议论,但那个计划也是箭在弦上、不得不发。
只不过,在他们并不知道的地方,安琪儿秘密成立了“Self-help Cabinet(自救会)”,而且笼络了一大批本土的组织成员。并且让一个比较出众的青年担任了自救会的副会长。也就是刚刚向安琪儿汇报消息的青年。
对于这个青年,安琪儿和养父的思路一样,就像是之所以选择安德烈是因为安德烈表示喜欢自己一样,而他却是无时不刻在暗中保护着爱丽丝。在被安德烈派来跟踪的路上,安琪儿抓到了他,而他也没有躲,原原本本交代了安德烈的任务。
“Howard, I brought you out, and I'm sure you won't betray me.But I want to know, in fact, these days, no matter who is following us, you are always around!(霍华德,你是我一手带出来的,我相信你不会背叛我。但是我想知道,其实这些天,不管是谁在跟踪我们,其实你一直都在周围吧!)”
安琪儿直接把话挑明了,然后又说道:“You are actually protecting Alice, every time you suddenly appear in front of us or behind us, or pass by, in order not to arouse my vigilance.Because you know that you can't hide it from my eyes, so you hide it in this way.(你其实是在保护爱丽丝,每一次在我们前面或后面突然出现,或者说是路过,其实是为了不引起我的警觉。因为你知道,你瞒不了我的眼睛,所以就用这种方法暗度陈仓。)”
霍华德似乎是没想到安琪儿会把一切都看穿了,多少有些拘谨,像个被抓到把柄的小孩子一样,扭扭捏捏地站在那里有些无可奈何,也丝毫不敢反驳。就连旁边的爱丽丝,脸上也变得有些潮红,多多少少有些窘迫。
“Angel, maybe you're thinking too much.(安琪儿,或许是你想多了。)”
“Oh?Am I thinking too much?(哦?我想多了?)”安琪儿的表情上带着些许玩味,看了一眼霍华德的模样,又看了看爱丽丝有些娇羞的模样,就明白,这妮子也定是喜欢他的。
听到有人敲门,安琪儿收起了思绪,结果就看到了爱丽丝进来。为了不打草惊蛇,爱丽丝和霍华德必须忍耐到这场“战役”结束,不过,安琪儿为了让霍华德顺理成章地向自己汇报情况,开始破天荒地推翻了很多由安德烈提出的计划,并为自己接下来的计划做好铺垫。这让养父很高兴,因为安琪儿提出的很多东西都非常有必要。
爱丽丝看着安琪儿问道:“Do you really want us to leave with dad?In that case, you will be the only one to deal with Andre.(你真的要让我们和爸爸一起离开吗?那样,就只有你一个人应对安德烈了。)”
安琪儿点点头,说道:“Arranging Howard and protecting you and Dad is for your future consideration, and I have suggested that the top brass go together, leaving only me and Andre.In this way, no matter how it ends, it will be returned to some extent.In addition, I do not want to kill my father, even though he is only my adoptive father, but he has raised me for nearly twenty years.(安排霍华德和保护你和爸爸,就是为了你们的以后考虑,而且,我已经提议让高层一起走了,只留下我和安德烈。这样,不管结局如何,都是有所转还的。再加上,我不想弑父,即使他只是我的养父,但他却养了我将近二十年。)”
“But you know very well that once the plan starts, it cannot be transferred back.At that time, you are bound to come to a dead end.(可你很清楚,这个计划一旦开始,就无法转还了。到时候,你们必然会是死路一条。)”
安琪儿看着爱丽丝,抬手捋了捋她的头发,笑道:“Don't worry, it's not that bad. Maybe I'll get a blessing in disguise.(别担心,没有那么糟糕,或许我还会因祸得福也不一定。)”
安琪儿看着她蔚蓝色的眼睛,心中有些不忍。虽然是命悬一线,但是她何尝不知道,那会是一个怎样的局面。