Amidst the fiery red Phoenix Wood, the fairy-like white-clothed girl smiled faintly, her gaze filled with affection.
The June afternoon sun was scorching hot, but it couldn't compare to this scene that made people yearn for it and made their blood boil.
Huo Shaoheng's heart skipped a few beats.
He narrowed his dark eyes and smiled. "What are you doing sitting here?"
Gu Nianzhi looked up and pointed at a bird's nest diagonally above her. "I'm protecting this bird's nest and not letting the doves take it."
A dove occupying a magpie's nest?
Huo Shaoheng laughed involuntarily. "This nest is a magpie's nest?"
"Yes, there are two little magpies that have lived here for a long time. Don't you know?" Gu Nianzhi raised her chin at him. "Come and see if you don't believe me."
Huo Shaoheng put one hand on the railing of the balcony and jumped onto the phoenix wood, landing right beside Gu Nianzhi.
The thick Phoenix Wood was hard and sturdy. It could bear the weight of two people without any pressure.
Both of them stood up.
Huo Shaoheng looked up at the bird's nest.
Gu Nianzhi stood beside him and wrapped her arms around his waist. She rubbed her head against his chest and said, "I really like this place. It's cool and the air is fresh. I plan to stay here and play."
Huo Shaoheng rubbed her head helplessly. "You said to stay in the tree?"
"Yeah, it's fun here. I've been sitting here alone for over an hour and I'm still not sick of it. "Gu Nianzhi smiled as she took out her phone and waved it." I have a phone, so I won't be lonely anywhere. "
Huo Shaoheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You can play on your phone anywhere. Why do you have to play on a tree?"
Gu Nianzhi's big, lively eyes suddenly flashed, and she said seriously, "Because the signal in the tree is strong."
"…"
It sounded so reasonable that he was momentarily speechless.
"Let's go eat. Aren't you hungry?" Huo Shaoheng hugged Gu Nianzhi's shoulders. "We'll play after lunch and sleep."
Gu Nianzhi was indeed a little hungry, so she nodded. "Ok, what are we eating today?"
She and Huo Shaoheng jumped down from the tree to the balcony and went to the bathroom to wash their hands and change before going down to eat.
Before she came down, Huo Shaoheng called Yin Shixiong.
"Huo Shao, what's up?"
Since Huo Shaoheng was on leave, the two Deputy Chiefs of the Special Operations Forces were Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze.
These two were also his personal secretaries.
Huo Shaoheng stood at the entrance of the official residence with his Bluetooth headset on. He looked at the huge phoenix tree in front of Gu Nianzhi's window and estimated the size of the branch that Gu Nianzhi had been on earlier. He said to Yin Shixiong, "Prepare a few cubic meters of wood for me, as well as glue, nails, and heat insulation."
"…"
Is he going to build a house?
Huo Shaoheng smiled. "Build a treehouse for Nianzhi. Yes, on the phoenix wood outside her room."
"Yes, Chief! I'll go prepare the materials immediately! "
Huo Shaoheng continued, "Nianzhi will nap for two to three hours after lunch. If we work together, three hours should be enough to build a treehouse. "
The treehouse he envisioned was not big, about four square meters. It would be fine as long as she could sit or lie down in it.
…
In the office building of the Special Operations Forces headquarters, Yin Shixiong put down the phone and couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
Zhao Liangze sat in front of the computer and studied the computer system on Gu Xiangwen's submarine. He looked up and saw Yin Shixiong swaying to his computer desk. He rolled his eyes at him. "Big Xiong, we haven't seen each other for a few months. Why are you getting more and more demented?"
"You're the one getting more and more demented!" Yin Shixiong placed his hands on his desk and said as if he was dreaming, "Little Ze, Major General Huo called me just now. Do you know what he wants me to do?"
"What can you do?" Zhao Liangze scoffed and picked up his glass of water to drink. He said, "Be a cow or a horse? Or a chicken or a duck? "
"You're the one who's going to be a cow or a horse, a chicken or a duck!" Yin Shixiong patted Zhao Liangze's head and said, "Major General Huo asked me to find wood, glue, nails, and heat insulation to build a treehouse for Nianzhi!"
Pfft!
Zhao Liangze spat out a mouthful of water on the screen.
"What did you say?!"
"I said, Major General Huo wants to build a treehouse for Nianzhi! Tsk tsk, he's spoiling her like a daughter … "Yin Shixiong put his hands behind his back and paced around the office. He said with a frown," Major General Huo has set the bar too high. How are we supposed to live?! "
Zhao Liangze glanced at him and said, "You can be like me. If you don't find a girlfriend, you won't have any pressure."
"Pfft! I'm already engaged. I'm going to get married next year. I won't lower myself to your level! " Yin Shixiong turned around and sat on Zhao Liangze's computer desk. He propped his long legs on the ground and said, "But then again, Major General Huo is much more attentive to Nianzhi than before. I thought I wouldn't be able to wait for this day in my life … "
"Tsk!" Zhao Liangze rolled his eyes in disdain. "You only found out today? Did you forget what Major General Huo did during Mr. and Mrs. Gu's' May 7th '? "
Yin Shixiong suddenly remembered and patted his head with a chuckle. "I did have a pig's brain! I was the one who arranged those things! "
He counted with his fingers. "First, I went to the newspaper office and asked them to publish the article on May 7th. Then, I informed some schools and social groups in advance and asked them to go to the National Martyrs' Cemetery to visit Mr. and Mrs. Gu's graves on that day so that Nianzhi could see it with her own eyes. What a painstaking effort! "
How could there be so many coincidences? It was all planned for a long time.
Zhao Liangze looked at the computer screen and smiled. "Yes, as long as she's happy, what's the big deal? If … I would do the same. "
It was just that he didn't understand at the time.
Yin Shixiong rubbed his hands. "I'm going to build a treehouse in a while. Do you want to go with me? Let's learn. When I build a treehouse for my son and daughter in the future, it'll be a piece of cake. "
Zhao Liangze scoffed. "Does Qiqi know you're in such a hurry?"
"Hehe, of course she knows." Yin Shixiong beamed at the mention of Ma Qiqi. "Let's go. When the treehouse is built, I can bring Qiqi over to play with Nianzhi."
The two of them tidied up the office, locked the door, and went to find the materials for Huo Shaoheng.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the entrance of Huo Shaoheng's official residence with the wood, glue, iron nails, and heat insulation that Huo Shaoheng had ordered.
After putting the things outside, the two of them walked in.
Gu Nianzhi had already finished lunch and had gone up to take a nap.
Because Huo Shaoheng wanted to build a treehouse for her while she was sleeping, he found an excuse to let her sleep in his suite.
Their suites were directly across from each other, so Gu Nianzhi couldn't hear Huo Shaoheng's suite while the house was being built.
"Major General Huo, everything's here."
Yin Shixiong asked excitedly, "Are we going now?"
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "The things are outside? Let's do it now. "
The three of them changed into one-piece engineer uniforms, put on gloves, and held tools. They went to the phoenix tree under Gu Nianzhi's suite.
Zhao Liangze had someone bring a ladder over and said, "I'll go up and measure the exact size. Then, I'll build it down and lift it up as a whole."
Huo Shaoheng and Yin Shixiong stood up the wood and heat insulation and began to assemble it.
Yin Shixiong had bought professional materials from the general assembly department. Not only was it insulated, but it was also fireproof and waterproof. It was strong and durable.
The size was just right.
Just like building blocks, the three of them busied themselves for nearly two hours and finally built a simple and imposing treehouse.
Yin Shixiong took a pulley and passed it through the branches of the phoenix tree. Then, he hung it on the roof of the treehouse. Zhao Liangze exerted force on the other side of the pulley and lifted the entire log treehouse up.
When the treehouse was placed in the gap between the palm-shaped branches in the middle of the phoenix tree, the size was just right. It was placed at the center of gravity and was perfectly balanced.
However, in order to strengthen the treehouse, Huo Shaoheng nailed many wooden strips between the branches and firmly fixed the entire treehouse in the gaps between the branches.
He used a movable panel on the roof of the treehouse.
When the weather was good, the two movable panels on the roof could be pushed to both sides. Through the tempered glass installed, one could clearly see the fiery red flowers above their heads and the blue sky between the gaps of the flowers and leaves.
There was also a rope ladder hanging in front of the treehouse.
If one didn't want to go down from the balcony, one could also go down from the rope ladder.
..
Gu Nianzhi happened to have a very deep nap this time.
It was almost four o 'clock in the afternoon when she woke up.
The thick curtains in Huo Shaoheng's suite were drawn, and the soundproofing was very good. The central air-conditioning was moderate, so she slept soundly as soon as she fell asleep.
Now that she was awake, she looked at her watch and realized that she had slept for a long time.
She lifted the blanket and got up, then returned to her room opposite.
As soon as she entered, she found that the floor-to-ceiling windows were wide open, and the sun shone in through the windows. The room was hotter than Huo Shaoheng's side.
She walked over to close the floor-to-ceiling windows.
At that moment, the phoenix tree outside the balcony that she was familiar with suddenly looked a little different.
She couldn't tell what was different, so on a whim, she walked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Standing on the balcony, she saw at a glance that between the branches of the phoenix tree, there was a small log house where she had stayed in the morning to look at the bird's nest and play with her phone. It was a fairytale-like treehouse!
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This was the second update of the day: Chapter 1413, "Guarding the Magpie's Nest".
There were two updates today, to remind everyone of the monthly votes and recommendation votes ~ ~ ~
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