Gu Nianzhi hadn't expected He Zhichu to still be nearby. She blushed again and clasped her hands in front of her. She said awkwardly, "Professor He, I meant what I said. You've helped me so much. I know. "
"I'm glad you know." He Zhichu patted her head and noticed that her hands were clasped together.
He sighed softly and said quietly, "You don't have to thank me. This is what I should do."
Compared to what you've done for me, whatever I do for you is what I should do.
He Zhichu added silently in his heart.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and looked at He Zhichu with a pair of bright inky eyes. "Professor He, don't say that. We're not related, and you've done so much for me. I really don't know how to repay you. How can you treat this as what you should do? "
He Zhichu had risked his life to save Gu Nianzhi several times when she was in danger.
He Zhichu's hand paused and moved it from Gu Nianzhi's head. He smiled and looked down. "Then work hard from now on, and that'll count as repaying me."
He knew Gu Nianzhi didn't remember anything about her childhood.
He Zhichu thought to himself, It's okay if you don't remember, as long as I remember …
Gu Nianzhi smiled. "I'll definitely work hard. A great teacher produces great students. I won't ruin your reputation!"
He Zhichu nodded. "Go get changed. When are we leaving?"
Gu Nianzhi looked at her watch. "It's still early. We plan to go check around 10."
She also had to discuss with Huo Shaoheng what kind of "husband and wife" they should dress up as.
Gu Nianzhi didn't speak Japanese, so the problem hadn't been solved yet.
He Zhichu comforted her again. "Don't be too nervous. Just treat it as going out to play. Don't be so worried. Whether it's related or not, it has nothing to do with you and me. "
He felt a bit uneasy seeing Gu Nianzhi so invested in the Gu family's business. However, the Gu family was Gu Nianzhi's support. She couldn't be someone without roots.
And the Gu family was her best and most natural root.
The two of them walked up the stairs together.
Huo Shaoheng sat in the dining room and looked at their backs. He slowly stood up and followed them out of the dining room.
He Zhichu and Gu Nianzhi had just climbed the stairs to the second floor when his phone rang.
He didn't want to answer at first, but when he heard the ringtone, he took out his phone and looked at it. He decided to answer it anyway. "Nianzhi, discuss it with Alex first. I'm going to take this call."
He Zhichu took the phone and walked to his room.
As soon as he entered, he shut the door tightly, swiped open his phone and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you calling me? "
The person on the other side of the phone sounded a little frightened. "Mr. He, it's like this. Someone said that he's a relative of yours from the countryside and wants to see you. He also said … said some nonsense things. "
He Zhichu's brows furrowed slightly, and his voice was extremely cold. "What did she say? What relative? What's his name? "
The place where the people were talking seemed to be very noisy.
He covered his phone, found a quieter place, and continued, "Mr. He, she said that your great
Aunt. "
“Great
aunt？ The He family had such a relative? Why didn't I know about it? "He Zhichu asked unhappily." Did you guys confirm her identity? I don't want any Tom, Dick, or Harry to call me a relative. "
It had only been seven or eight years since the He family's rise in power in South America.
He Zhichu was very sure that there were no relatives in the He family that he didn't know.
However, since the He family had become rich, there were many people who wanted to take advantage of them. This was also human nature.
However, pretending to be his great aunt was a bit of a big deal.
"… We asked, and the general situation matched. She also said that when you were sick, you were recuperated at her house. Later, when you were 16, your father took you away from your hometown to treat your illness, and you never went back again. " The person repeated the words of the "great aunt" intermittently, "She also said … also said … the He family has a small population, and now that she knows that you are still alive, she is very happy. She just wants to meet you and see what you will look like when you grow up. Nothing else."
He Zhichu rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. "Just show her my photo."
"… Is that okay?" The person seemed to be a bit hesitant. "Your great aunt is also Chinese. She said that she wants to go to the Huaxia Empire to return to her roots."
He Zhichu was speechless.
"Then give her a sum of money and let her live out her old age in peace." He Zhichu was in no mood to be perfunctory with this kind of relatives who were separated by many generations.
He knew very well that the He family's grandfather and grandmother didn't have any biological brothers, so how could there be a great uncle and great aunt?
Of course, it was possible that it was a distant great uncle and great aunt.
The He family had indeed been a large family in the past, but because of the hereditary disease in the family, it had been passed down from generation to generation, and almost all of them had died.
He Zhichu sighed with a complicated expression.
In the future, he would leave everything in the He family for Nianzhi's children. He would never allow anyone from the He family to take a share.
He had brought all the property, so he also had the right to take it away and leave it to anyone he wanted.
The person asked He Zhichu to wait for a moment and went to talk to the "great aunt."
"Hello, our Mr. He just called back and said that he would show you this." The person was He Zhichu's right-hand man in South America. He helped take care of all the South American businesses, and He Zhichu trusted him very much.
This person was also very capable and very loyal.
He took out a recent photo of He Zhichu from the photo album on his phone and showed it to the "great aunt."
The great aunt looked to be in her sixties or seventies, and the wrinkles on her face could squeeze mosquitoes to death. It was obvious that her living conditions were not very good.
Her clothes were clean, but they looked like they had been washed many times, and the colors had faded.
She was very thin and shriveled, but her eyes were still very bright. She should be a very smart person.
She was so old, but she didn't have any symptoms of dementia and still looked very smart.
The great aunt took the phone from the person and glanced at it with a smile, then froze.
Tears flowed uncontrollably, and she covered her mouth with her hand, crying and laughing at the same time. "This is the beginning of our family! This is really the beginning of our family! So this is what our Zhichu looks like when he grows up! He's not dead! He's still alive! I want to go fulfill my wish! I want to go … "
As she nagged, she tossed the man's phone away and ran out of He Zhichu's mansion in South America without asking for anything.
The person was stunned and quickly called a few people to follow her. He then called He Zhichu and sent the video he had just secretly recorded to him. He said in confusion, "Mr. He, look, is this person mentally ill? She said she wanted to see you, and she cried and laughed when she saw your photo. She didn't even want money. "
He Zhichu received the video and only watched it for a moment before closing his eyes and letting out a long sigh.
Yes, he survived and didn't die.
How lucky …
After a moment of silence, He Zhichu called the person. "This is my great aunt. Find someone to take care of her and give her a house to live in. I don't need to tell you about her daily expenses, right?"
"I understand, I understand." The person nodded quickly.
Since He Zhichu had already recognized her as his relative and "great aunt," he would naturally take good care of this old woman.
After dealing with this unexpected matter, He Zhichu finally got up to find a gray suit in the closet to change into. He was ready to go to the clinic with Gu Nianzhi and the others.
…
After Gu Nianzhi returned to her room, she didn't change immediately. Instead, she waited for Huo Shaoheng to come in to discuss.
As soon as Huo Shaoheng opened the door, he saw Gu Nianzhi sitting on the sofa in the living room, playing with her phone.
He knocked on the door. "Why aren't you going to change?"
Gu Nianzhi looked up and said calmly, "I didn't make it clear. How am I supposed to change?"
"What do you want to say?" Huo Shaoheng sat down beside her with a smile on his lips. "We're going to pretend to be husband and wife today to pray for a child …"
"You said you were going to pretend to be from that country." Gu Nianzhi pointed out the loophole in Huo Shaoheng's words. "But I don't speak Japanese."
"Okay, you don't need to speak. Just pretend you're mute. I'll do it. " Huo Shaoheng also patted her head. "Now go change into a simple dress. I'll find someone to do some makeup for you."
Gu Nianzhi was finally interested. "I have to do makeup?!"
"Of course. You won't go to that clinic with your real face, will you?" Huo Shaoheng was amused. "There are surveillance cameras there."
"Pfft, I'll definitely hack into their surveillance and erase our part." Gu Nianzhi made a peace sign.
"Fine, fine, fine. You're a hacker, so you have the final say." Huo Shaoheng teased her with a half-smile. "Go change. I'll call someone up to do makeup for you."
Gu Nianzhi was happy. She excitedly went to the suitcase in the bedroom and found a moon-white dress suit. It was a very standard style and a waist-length jacket. She looked like a housewife in Tokyo's wealthy district.
The person Huo Shaoheng found to do makeup for Gu Nianzhi was an expert in the Special Operations Forces.
He brought a small makeup kit and finished Gu Nianzhi's makeup in no time.
"Look in the mirror and see if you're satisfied." The person smiled and clapped his hands.
Gu Nianzhi opened her eyes and saw a fair, pretty face in the mirror. There was only a little lipstick in the middle of her lips.
Her eyebrows were thinly drawn, which made her eyes look extraordinarily large.
Gu Nianzhi pouted in disgust. "… This looks so ugly."
"I'll be fine if I wear sunglasses. Miss Gu's eyes are too big, so it's not easy to draw. "The person smiled as he took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on Gu Nianzhi. She immediately felt much better.
Huo Shaoheng also put on sunglasses and wore a well-fitting suit. His face had been modified to have a fake aquiline nose. He didn't have a full beard, and his cheeks were clean-shaven. No one would be able to tell that it was Huo Shaoheng if they looked closely.
After all, Huo Shaoheng was too good-looking and good-looking. Most people wouldn't be able to easily confuse him with someone else.
Even if they thought his figure was similar, they would immediately deny that possibility when they saw his face.
"Let's go. We'll find a clinic to pray for children." Huo Shaoheng smiled and extended his arm to Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi put the glove on his arm and said gently, "Hi!"
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This was the first night watch for the day: Chapter 1173, "I Want to Fulfill a Wish".
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