Colorful photos fluttered down like snowflakes, sprinkling on the teak floor of the living room. It was particularly eye-catching.
Little Temptress, who was standing next to Gu Nianzhi, was furious. She squatted down and picked up a few photos, then burst into laughter.
The other students, who had been glaring at them, also rushed over to pick up the photos and pass them around.
Jiang Hongcha and Mei Xiawen stared in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening.
Gu Nianzhi pointed at the photos, which were being passed around, and smiled at Mei Xiawen. "Mei Xiawen, because you chose your first girlfriend, your first girlfriend went to the United States to show me your photos in bed? Tell me, what kind of trick is this? I don't get it. You city people sure know how to have fun. "
Mei Xiawen finally snapped out of his daze. His pale face flushed, and he looked flustered. He yelled at his classmates, "What are you looking at?! Give it to me! "
"Class Rep, why are you so mad? Can't we just look at Mrs. Jiang's body? " Little Temptress giggled as she handed a photo to Mei Xiawen. She added, "Class Rep, you look skinny when you're dressed, but you're chubby when you're undressed. Look at that little belly, why don't you work out?!"
Mei Xiawen snatched the photo, glanced at it, then glared at Gu Nianzhi. "Why do you have these photos?!"
"Me?" Gu Nianzhi shrugged. "Ask your first girlfriend, she showed them to me."
"I didn't!" Jiang Hongcha was on the verge of tears. "I just wanted to talk to you and have a cup of coffee. When did I show you these photos?!"
"Oh, so you really went to the United States to look for our Nianzhi? Tsk tsk, no wonder! " Green Tea Fang's eyes darted around, and she understood what had happened. She turned to Mei Xiawen. "Tsk tsk, Class Rep, you're so mean. Our Nianzhi didn't say yes, so you're trying to slander her, isn't that right? "
Mei Xiawen's face turned green, then red. He gritted his teeth and wanted to deny it, but couldn't bring himself to say it in front of so many classmates.
They all knew that he had pursued Gu Nianzhi in school, and that she had never said yes.
The only thing he could talk about was the six months after graduation. That b * tch, Jiang Hongcha, had ruined his precious opportunity.
Mei Xiawen turned to glare at Jiang Hongcha. "When did you go to America? Why didn't I know about it?! "
"Hehehehe, it turns out that sister-in-law is a big sister …" A few of her male classmates suddenly laughed wretchedly.
"Give me back the photo! Give it back! Don't look! " Jiang Hongcha was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground. She looked at Gu Nianzhi's smug expression and suddenly remembered what Gu Nianzhi had said. She shouted, "You can't look at my photo!" She pointed at Gu Nianzhi. "I'm going to sue you! I'll sue you for invading my privacy! "
"Sue me?" Gu Nianzhi pointed a slender finger at herself. "Are you sure? Do you know what my major is? "
Jiang Hongcha retreated a few steps and said warily, "So what? These are my personal photos. Now that you've exposed them to the public, you're invading my privacy! "
Mei Xiawen glanced at the students who were passing around the photos.
Although they were reluctant, they still arranged the photos and placed them on the coffee table.
Mei Xiawen grabbed them and glanced at them, then turned to glare at Jiang Hongcha. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped her across the face.
Jiang Hongcha stumbled and almost fell to the ground. She covered her face and sobbed at Mei Xiawen. "Why did you hit me?! She's invading my privacy! "
"I'm invading your privacy?" Gu Nianzhi chuckled and shook her head. "Miss Jiang, let me ask you, did you take these photos yourself?"
Jiang Hongcha covered her face and said nothing.
"It's useless even if you don't tell me. You have a backup on your phone or in the cloud, so we'll know as soon as we check. Even if you delete them, the technicians can still recover them. "Gu Nianzhi said nonchalantly.
"So what if I took them? That's between me and Xiawen! "Jiang Hongcha put down her hand indignantly and glared at Gu Nianzhi." Does that prove that you're in the right? "
"Miss Jiang, did you go to the United States and look for me specifically to tell me not to be with Mei Xiawen? Did you also say that you've been together for a long time? "Gu Nianzhi followed up with another question.
Jiang Hongcha nodded blankly. "So what if I did? But that doesn't prove … "
"Doesn't prove what? You took the photos yourself, and you personally went to the United States to show me these photos. What reason do you have to say that I'm invading your privacy? " Gu Nianzhi sneered and pointed at the photos in Mei Xiawen's hand. "For example, you posted nude photos of yourself on a forum. Are you going to arrest everyone who saw them?!"
Jiang Hongcha was furious. She knew that Gu Nianzhi was trying to change the subject, but she couldn't beat her.
Gu Nianzhi had thought of all the consequences, including possible legal consequences, since she had dared to show the photos.
"Alright, that's all for today. My relationship with Mei Xiawen was, is, and will never be anything more than a classmate. After today, our friendship as classmates will come to an end. " Gu Nianzhi gathered her scarf and looked at everyone in the room. "Take care, everyone. If Mei Xiawen shows up in the future, don't look for me. If I'm around, don't look for Mei Xiawen either. Thank you, everyone. Goodbye. "
Gu Nianzhi turned to leave, her knee-high boots clacking against the teak floorboards. It was a heavy blow to everyone's hearts.
Gu Nianzhi's departure signified that she had broken off relations with Mei Xiawen. She couldn't even be his classmate anymore.
Her roommates, Green Tea Fang, Little Temptress, and Lady Cao, immediately followed. They walked out together and said, "Mei Xiawen, we'll be with Nianzhi. We'll be either you or us in the future." As they spoke, they all grabbed their phones and backpacks and chased after Nianzhi.
The others looked at each other awkwardly, but were too embarrassed to stay any longer.
Mei Xiawen had made such a big fool of himself. Although these people were not ordinary people, he was in no mood to entertain them.
Everyone bid their farewells and left.
Green Tea Fang, Little Temptress, and Lady Cao chased after them, but found that Gu Nianzhi had already entered the elevator.
They quickly entered another elevator, pressed the button for the first floor, and headed downstairs.
When they exited the elevator, they saw that the sky was completely dark and the street lights were on. They saw Gu Nianzhi's frail figure dragging a pink cherry blossom suitcase in the distance. They called out to her and ran after her.
But Gu Nianzhi didn't seem to hear them. She walked so fast that she almost disappeared after turning a corner.
They followed the direction in which she disappeared to the exit of the residential area. They pulled the security guard over and asked, "Excuse me, did you see a tall, beautiful girl with big eyes pulling a cherry blossom pink suitcase passing by here?"
The security guard had a deep impression of Gu Nianzhi. He quickly replied, "Yes, I saw her. She went that way." He pointed in a direction and asked, "She waited here for more than two hours before going in. Why did she leave so soon? Didn't you have a party? "
The security guard knew that when rich people held parties, they often stayed up all night. Sometimes they would disturb the neighbors and cause neighborhood disputes.
Green Tea Fang gasped. "What?! You said that girl waited here for more than two hours today?! "
"Yes, she arrived at 2: 30, but I called the owner of Building 5, Room 138, but no one picked up. It wasn't until after 5: 00 that the owner called and asked if his guest had arrived. "The security guard was confused." What happened? "
At this time, Yao Ji and Lady Cao also understood. The two of them spat in unison.
"Mei Xiawen is so scheming! No wonder he made us hand over our phones as soon as we got there. He said it was for everyone to have a good party and get rid of their dependence on phones. So it was to stop Nianzhi from contacting us! "
The three of them looked at their phones and saw that Gu Nianzhi had indeed called them at almost 3: 00. She had even left a message asking if they had arrived. She was already at the door but couldn't come in.
This matched up with what the security guard had said earlier.
If the three of them had been on Gu Nianzhi's side earlier, they were now on Gu Nianzhi's side.
"That's too much. How could Mei Xiawen do that? Nianzhi didn't accept him, so he humiliated her like this. " Little Temptress turned to look in the direction of Mei Xiawen's apartment and spat again. "I must have been blind to think he was a good guy and encouraged Nianzhi to accept him!"
"Forget it, you can't judge a book by its cover. We're just classmates. We won't have anything to do with him anymore. People like him are too scary. " Lady Cao didn't want to talk about Mei Xiawen anymore. "Let's go after Nianzhi. She just got off the plane and doesn't know anyone in the Imperial Capital. I don't know where she went."
The three of them started calling Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi heard her three roommates calling her, but she didn't want to talk to them for now.
She was in a terrible mood and didn't want to lose her temper at her friends. She just wanted to hide far away and lick her wounds.
She dragged her suitcase and quickly walked around the alley. Turning off her phone, she wandered aimlessly through the streets and alleys.
It was getting late and the weather was getting colder. The air was filled with a festive atmosphere.
The shops along the street were playing jingling Christmas songs and decorated with Christmas trees. There was also a smiling Santa Claus taking pictures with the cheering children at the door.
Couples of lovers walked past her, many of them holding candied haws in their hands, eating them one by one with great relish.
Gu Nianzhi ignored them and walked past them. She didn't know where she was going.
She walked a few stops in one go and realized she was almost lost. She opened the map on her phone to check her direction.
There was a bus stop just one stop away from here, and there was a bus stop that would take them to the airport.
She didn't want to take a taxi or a bus. She just wanted to find a place to sit down and be alone.
Gu Nianzhi dragged her suitcase and walked for another half an hour before she arrived at the bus stop.
There were very few people on the road on Christmas Eve. No one took the bus to the airport in the middle of the night.
Gu Nianzhi thought it was to her liking.
She sat alone on a bench at the bus stop and looked up at the sky.
The street lights were dim and there was no one on the road.
Christmas music drifted from a few streets away, echoing faintly in the air.
Gu Nianzhi sat there motionlessly. Her lonely silhouette was cast on the ground by the street lights and elongated.
She didn't know how long she sat, but snowflakes began to fall from the night sky.
Gu Nianzhi reached out and caught a snowflake. It melted as soon as it entered her palm.
She looked up at the growing snowflakes and smiled gently.
Not long after, the Christmas bells rang. It was already twelve o 'clock.
She could almost hear the voices of the choir echoing in her ears.
Her phone rang. She looked down and saw that many Christmas greetings had been sent over.
There were from Little Temptress, Lady Cao, Green Tea Fang, Brother Xiong, Brother Ze, her classmates from the United States, Allen, and even He Zhichu. But the person she missed the most wasn't there.
Gu Nianzhi picked up her phone and began to send group Christmas greetings.
…
Huo Shaoheng had only been released by General Ji that afternoon. He was supposed to be released in two months, but General Ji had another mission and extended it by seven or eight days.
He rushed back to the C City base on a private plane and found out that Gu Nianzhi had transferred directly to the Imperial Capital to attend a class reunion.
Although he felt a little strange, he had not been back for two months, and the mountain of work had already drowned him.
He had been busy for a full ten hours before he had time to get a glass of water.
He looked at his phone and saw it was already past twelve. It was Christmas Eve. Was Nianzhi spending Christmas with her classmates?
Big Xiong and Little Ze were busy with their own missions and only greeted Huo Shaoheng before going back to their own homes.
Huo Shaoheng saw Gu Nianzhi's Christmas greetings.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly as he dialed her number.
Gu Nianzhi gripped her phone and was about to turn it off to save battery when she heard a special ringtone ring in the Imperial Capital in the wee hours of the morning.
It was Huo Shao!
Gu Nianzhi's hands were trembling. She didn't want to answer anyone's calls today, except for one person.
She didn't expect to receive a call from him today, but he actually called her!
Gu Nianzhi suppressed her racing heart and swiped open her phone to answer.
"Huo Shao? Is that you? You're back? "Gu Nianzhi's sweet voice came from the phone.
"Yes, I'm back." Huo Shaoheng's deep voice seemed to echo in Gu Nianzhi's ears, and her gloomy heart was instantly filled with warmth.
"Merry Christmas," Huo Shaoheng said quietly.
"Merry Christmas." Gu Nianzhi's voice almost choked up, but she quickly suppressed it and looked up at the falling snowflakes. "Merry Christmas, Huo Shao."
"Call me Uncle." Huo Shaoheng gently insisted. "It's late. Go to bed early."
"Ok," Gu Nianzhi replied gently. "I'll go to bed right away." She then hung up and continued to sit alone at the bus stop.
Huo Shaoheng was a bit surprised that Gu Nianzhi didn't seem to be in a good mood.
If she was in a good mood, she would hold onto him and chatter non-stop. She wouldn't have hung up after three sentences like today.
Huo Shaoheng immediately called Zhao Liangze and asked, "Nianzhi went to the capital for a class reunion today. Who's watching over her?"
Zhao Liangze gave the person's name and phone number and asked, "What's wrong?"
Huo Shaoheng ignored him and dialed the person's number.
The person was very excited when he received Huo Shaoheng's call. He hid in a dark corner and explained Gu Nianzhi's schedule.
He told Huo Shaoheng everything except that he didn't know what had happened at Mei Xiawen's apartment.
Huo Shaoheng learned that Gu Nianzhi had waited at the entrance of Mei Xiawen's apartment complex for more than two hours before going in. Then she came out in less than half an hour and walked alone on the streets. Finally, she sat at a remote bus stop for a few hours.
Huo Shaoheng clenched his fists and then relaxed them. His expression was one of extreme restraint.
He sat behind his desk and hesitated for a while. His finger hovered over the mouse and finally clicked on a program.
The program connected directly to the Nandou satellite navigation system.
Using the program, he could check the actual situation around the world at that moment.
He entered the coordinates he found from Gu Nianzhi's phone signal and activated the real-time satellite tracking system.
The Nandou program on the computer screen gradually showed the night view of the Imperial Capital.
Huo Shaoheng kept clicking and zooming in on the image.
He watched as the brilliant lights slowly turned into a realistic street mirror. The remote bus stop gradually appeared on the computer screen in front of Huo Shaoheng.
He saw a lonely figure sitting on a bench. It was snowing and the image was covered in snowflakes. The figure was also covered in a layer of snow.
Suddenly, the figure looked up at the night sky.
Huo Shaoheng could almost see through the blurry image to see her large, dark eyes gazing at him in the lonely night.
In that instant, he felt like someone had grabbed his heart and twisted it. The pain and numbness intertwined. He couldn't tell what he was thinking, but his phone had already connected to Yin Shixiong's number. "Find me a private plane. I want to go to the capital immediately."
"Yes, sir!" Yin Shixiong immediately agreed and quickly coordinated with the various personnel. Not only did they find a private plane, but they also arranged the flight route.
So after midnight in C City, a private military plane rose into the air and sped towards the Imperial Capital.
It only took an hour for the private military plane to land at the Imperial Capital International Airport.
Half an hour later, a convoy of military vehicles was already on the highway and driving towards the Third Ring Road in the city.
…
Gu Nianzhi sat alone on a bench at the bus stop. Her entire body was freezing, but she still didn't want to go anywhere.
She only felt that the road ahead of her was bumpy and unclear. She was a person with no past and no future.
The world was so big. Where was there a place for an orphan like her to go?
Just when her mood was at its lowest, a string of flashing headlights suddenly shone from the other side of the long street.
She instinctively raised her arm to shield her eyes, but from the corner of her eye, she saw a majestic convoy driving towards her.
Why would there be a convoy passing by so late at night?
Gu Nianzhi lowered her arm and looked up to see that the license plate at the front of the car was a military vehicle!
Her heart skipped a beat, and then it almost stopped for a few minutes.
In those few minutes, she saw the convoy slowly stop on the road in front of her.
In the middle, a very luxurious car with an unknown brand stopped right in front of her.
The car door opened, and a tall figure got out of the car. He stood in front of the car door and looked at her.
The navy blue woolen military coat made his figure even taller and more imposing. The golden pine branch and a gold star on the epaulet on his shoulder shone brightly in the night sky. Under the military cap was a despairingly handsome and cold face that made one's heart palpitate. He quietly stared at her.
It was Huo Shao!
Huo Shao had come to pick her up!
The tears that had accumulated in Gu Nianzhi's eyes all day finally fell. She quickly stood up and ran in Huo Shaoheng's direction.
Huo Shaoheng opened his arms and hugged her firmly.
In the heavy snow, the tall man stood tall and quietly hugged the girl who kept sobbing in his arms.
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