novelraw Chapter 1528: 820
Chapter 1528: 820
When Jimmy left, he wasn't in such a bad mood, although he did feel a bit annoyed.
During his promotion earlier, he was actually prepared for it. After all, a 30-year-old Supervisory Special Agent is quite rare in the tens of thousands in the FBI, especially since he's not the president's son, but a Chinese American, so he's destined not to reach the top. Therefore, he didn't feel too upset at the time.
Moreover, Ruiz fully prepared for him, splitting out a Support Team to let him stay separately, allowing him to be a 'salary thief' without affecting other matters. This way, he could properly take care of pregnant Nia and the newborn thereafter, which was already pretty good.
Now that he's suggested further training for Jimmy again, it seems that the recent cases handled over the past year have raised some people's concerns. Dave didn't show any special ideas when dealing with the aftermath of the yacht explosion, but this time the cross-department collaboration with the DEA was probably too noisy, causing him to face some pressure. Ruiz had to come and find Jimmy.
It seems Ruiz asked Jimmy out this time not because he wanted to understand the case, but simply for that last line.
Jimmy slowly returned home, pondering all of this while thinking about what to do next. Anyway, it seems there's always a group of people who are resistant to him, a Chinese American, getting promoted. This situation is very difficult to handle; he can't just get rid of them because they don't like him.
Parking the car in front of the house, Jimmy adjusted his expression, smiled, and opened the door to go in, "Wow, little Liam, daddy's home!"
After returning home, Jimmy became a full-time stay-at-home dad. Nia sleeps more than Jimmy does, so whether it's day or night, as long as little Liam is awake, he can usually see Jimmy first thing, so even if there was a gap of over a month not seeing each other, within just one or two days, he got completely familiar with Jimmy, and the giggles are the best answer.
Of course, the biggest challenge of being a stay-at-home dad is actually... changing the little one's diapers. The smell is really painfully unpleasant. This is definitely unavoidable. Especially after he came back, even when Nia got her vacation time, all these chores were handed over to him.
Now it's vacation time, Jimmy doesn't even need to work, so he naturally devotes most of his energy to his family, though he's not entirely without things to do.
He's been traveling for work continuously this past year, coupled with the birth of the child and so many other chaotic things, the school side has already quite neglected him. Fortunately, he communicated with certain people beforehand. Being professionally sensitive, he doesn't need to attend classes like others; as long as he ensures enough exam credits and can normally submit his thesis, it's fine. As for whether he writes his graduation thesis or pays for it, no one really pays much attention to that.
Jimmy could tell Ruiz the education won't be an issue, because everything's already arranged. He just needs to endure normally over a period.
One day, Jimmy was sitting in the living room with little Liam and Nia, watching TV, when the portal in the basement suddenly activated and someone walked out. Jimmy handed Liam to Nia, got up, and went to the storeroom and opened the secret door, "Roland, long time no see."
Roland greeted Jimmy with a smile. It's been several months since he last returned. With the supplies Jimmy previously procured for him, although he's in a declining world, his life is still quite good.
Jimmy waved his hand, "Go wash up and change your clothes first, how long will you stay this time?"
Roland said while walking upstairs, "Not too long, I found some people, they should arrive soon."
Jimmy asked while walking with Roland towards the bathroom, "Who are they?"
Roland: "The ones I mentioned to you before, mages from our side..."
Jimmy hurriedly interrupted, "Alright, alright, go wash up first, Nia and Liam are here."
Roland nodded, took off his backpack, and walked into the bathroom.
Nia knew Roland was from another world, and he had already talked enough before about the dangers of that world. Besides Jimmy and Roland, it's easy for others to never return if they go there.
When Roland returned previously, Nia and Jimmy had discussed it many times. Instead of other people being interested in what new world might offer, Jimmy was more concerned about safety, not just his own but others' too. So even if Nia was interested in the Dark Tower World, Jimmy tried hard to persuade her to give it up, especially considering she was pregnant at the time. Now that Liam was born, it's definitely more impossible for her to take risks.
Although he couldn't let Nia go to the Dark Tower World, listening to Roland's stories is okay. With Jimmy's support, Roland now has ample supplies and bullets, for someone like him as a Gunman, the danger of that world is already much lower. Plus, with the two-way portal now, his activity area is temporarily limited to not far from the portal ruins, so it's relatively safer.
After all, traveling between two worlds, for safety, Jimmy still asked Roland to shower and clean up thoroughly, this was also discussed with Roland earlier. After all, now there's a child, safety comes first.
Liam, still small, froze upon seeing the tall, black man Roland, and when Roland reached out to try and tease him, he directly turned his head and buried himself into Nia's arms, not daring to continue looking at him.