The officiant also confirmed with Kevin and Jimmy that everyone had arrived, and the ceremony began. The engagement ceremony was much simpler than a wedding, and the host introduced Jimmy and Nia, giving a speech to bless them.

Jimmy and Nia exchanged engagement rings in front of family and friends, recited their vows, and the simple engagement ceremony ended amidst everyone's blessings.

Afterwards, Jimmy and Nia, accompanied by Kevin and James, got to know the guests who came to the engagement ceremony, and then Kevin and James were shocked by the people Jimmy introduced.

Noah Watson, the former director of the New York Anti-Terrorism Bureau, Katherine Prado, the current director, David Clinton from the Defense Intelligence Bureau, John Butler from the USSS, these four are from specific departments, plus people from the FBI, wow, Jimmy's circle of friends and family is quite extensive.

When the ceremony ended and the guests left, Kevin and the others could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He stopped Jimmy: "Jimmy, tell me about the people who came today, what's going on?"

Jimmy blinked, somewhat puzzled: "Kevin, what's wrong?" (In the United States, many people prefer to be called by their names and not necessarily dad or father-in-law, Jimmy would address Kevin according to his preference, even after getting married.)

Kevin: "The people who came today, your friends seem to be from various agencies."

Jimmy: "Oh, they are related to my mother and grandfather. As for me, they are mostly people I've collaborated with from certain agencies."

Kevin: "You haven't said much about your family's situation, is it convenient now?"

Jimmy thought for a moment, glanced at the hotel banquet hall, "Let's find another time and place, and I'll tell you."

Kevin nodded: "Stay at our place tonight."

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In Nia's home study, Jimmy, Kevin, and Nia were sitting in the study, Nia poured them some drinks, Kevin said: "Alright, I think it's time to talk now."

Jimmy pulled Nia over, she sat on his sofa armrest, leaning against Jimmy. After taking a sip of his drink, Jimmy said: "OK, what I'm about to say, I hope you can keep it a secret because I'm not sure if it's okay to make it public. Alright?"

Kevin and Nia nodded, Jimmy said: "My mother was a senior CIA supervisor, once in charge of intelligence stations in Europe and Asia, and passed away from cancer ten years ago.

My grandfather was a former deputy director of the DIA, his situation I'm not clear on. In fact, I only found out about his identity some time ago. Today's DIA representative David Clinton is a friend of my grandfather from DIA.

Today's Mrs. Ruiz was a former deputy director of the CIA, she was also a friend of my grandfather, and she was the one who told me about my background, which has been verified by certain people. Former Anti-Terrorism Bureau director Noah Watson is representing a colleague of my mother's, a deputy director at the CIA as well.

Of course, current Anti-Terrorism Bureau director Katherine Prado is just a friend of mine."

As Jimmy was speaking, Nia's body was already a bit tense, holding her glass in front of her mouth without drinking, while Kevin appeared somewhat shocked, eyes wide looking at Jimmy.

After a while, Kevin asked: "What about you? What's your identity?"

Jimmy: "Me? My identity is simple, just an ordinary senior agent at the FBI, with no second identities. It's just due to various intertwined relationships that I'm quite familiar with people from the New York Anti-Terrorism Bureau, having cooperated with them in the past. I was surprised too that their director Katherine came today, as I only sent an invitation card as a gesture."

Kevin: "Do you... have any business dealings with them? In any sense."

Jimmy: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, I am aware of my identity, I'm just a small agent in the FBI, and at most, I'm just friends with them."

Nia looked down at Jimmy: "We've known each other for so many years, and you never told me."

Jimmy shrugged: "Because I previously couldn't say, many things needed to be kept secret. Now that we're family, naturally there are some things you need to know."

Kevin and Nia also asked about some other people, those people are alright, people from Plaskey County police and the FBI are Jimmy's former and current colleagues, those people don't have any particularly notable backgrounds, making it relatively easy to explain.

Kevin and the others were quite shocked by Jimmy's network, but thankfully, Kevin knew that there were some things he shouldn't know or meddle in. He basically just asked about the people who came, stopping his inquiry without delving deep.

However, Kevin was still amazed by Jimmy's described connections. An ordinary FBI agent able to invite such people to an engagement ceremony, what about the upcoming wedding ceremony? Will there be new entities or forces that didn't appear today?

This is Manhattan, New York, one of NYPD's most important bases. As of now, Kevin is the deputy chief, with a high probability of succeeding as the next or the one after next chief, provided he maintains a good relationship with the mayor. Jimmy's extensive connections here might be something he could leverage under certain circumstances.

No matter what Kevin was thinking, Jimmy and Nia left the study, chatting and watching TV with Nia's mom in the living room. Neither of them would be returning to their apartment tonight, and they would stay here, marking Jimmy's first time staying in Nia's room.

In someone else's house, Jimmy and Nia were, of course, extra cautious to avoid any awkward situations.

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