New Year's …
There was still at least a week between Christmas and New Year's.
So she would have an entire week to spend with Huo Shao?!
Happiness came too quickly, and she wasn't used to it.
Gu Nianzhi's palms gradually became sweaty and fell into Huo Shaoheng's dry and warm hands. It quickly disappeared as though it had seeped into his palms.
Gu Nianzhi was secretly happy about this discovery. It was like a ritual to declare her belonging.
She quietly rotated her small hands in Huo Shaoheng's palms. When her palms became sweaty, she quietly flipped them over to fit Huo Shaoheng's palms together, allowing the sweat in her palms to seep into his palms.
Huo Shaoheng quietly let her play. Sometimes when her palms weren't pressed tightly, he intentionally cooperated and tried to stretch his palms so that their palms could fit.
Gu Nianzhi repeated this little game and gradually became immersed in it. She almost forgot about her warning to stay away from Huo Shaoheng.
She played until she almost forgot the time. When she looked up again, the motorcade had already stopped at the entrance of the precinct.
Gu Nianzhi instinctively turned to see Huo Shaoheng looking at her quietly with a half-smile. His gaze then moved to their clasped palms.
Huo Shaoheng was the one who had taken the initiative to hold Gu Nianzhi's hand to warm it, but Gu Nianzhi felt guilty. Her heart immediately raced, afraid that Huo Shaoheng would see through her unspeakable thoughts.
She suddenly felt that Huo Shaoheng's palm was as hot as a soldering iron. She quickly withdrew her hand from Huo Shaoheng's and moved far away to sit on the other side of the car. She turned her head to look out the window.
The crimson blush spread from her cheeks to her delicate earlobes.
The car they were in also stopped.
Of course, there was a security check at the entrance of the precinct.
After verifying the passes and military IDs, the soldiers standing guard came out to salute Huo Shaoheng. "Hello, Chief!"
The car window slowly rolled down. Huo Shaoheng sat in the car and nodded at them. "Thank you for your hard work."
The soldier was so excited that his face was red. "Chief, please!"
He turned and ran back to his post. He pressed the button to raise the crossbar blocking the intersection.
Huo Shaoheng's motorcade slowly drove in.
He was going home to visit his family. His guards, orderlies, and personal secretaries would only return to the headquarters of the 6th Military Region's Special Operations Forces in the Imperial Capital after sending him home.
It was already warm inside the car. Gu Nianzhi sat on the other side of the car, her face still flushed. She didn't dare to look back at Huo Shaoheng, so she could only try her best to look out the window and silently memorize the road they had passed.
The roads in the neighborhood extended in all directions, and there were parasol trees by the roadside that had already lost their leaves.
It was still snowing heavily, but there was no snow on the road.
Gu Nianzhi leaned her head against the window with some confusion. She looked at the seemingly inconspicuous road and was very puzzled.
The snow on the side of the road had almost covered the tops of their feet, but there was no snow on the road at all, and it was not because someone had swept it.
Gu Nianzhi followed the headlights and saw very clearly that the snow disappeared without a trace as soon as it landed on the road.
Huo Shaoheng crossed his arms and sat at the other end of the backseat. He didn't make a sound, and she couldn't tell what he was thinking.
Zhao Liangze turned around to talk to Gu Nianzhi. "Nianzhi, what are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at this road. It seems strange. The snow doesn't accumulate on it," Gu Nianzhi said curiously.
Zhao Liangze laughed heartily and pointed at the road outside the window. He wagged his finger. "There's a self-heating device under that road. Of course, the snow melts on its own when it falls on it. Isn't that great? We don't have to sweep the snow, and we don't have to worry about obstructing traffic. "
But how much energy would it take to do that?!
Gu Nianzhi suddenly had a new understanding of the sophistication of this neighborhood.
If there was a self-heating device buried under the road, then there was no need for her to think about how well-equipped the entire neighborhood was, and what kind of people lived there.
Gu Nianzhi sat up a little uncomfortably. She was a little worried that she would embarrass Huo Shao …
She glanced at Huo Shaoheng and saw that his eyes were half-closed. His thick and long eyelashes covered his eyes, so she couldn't tell what he was thinking at all.
Even professional psychologists couldn't tell what he was thinking from his usual indifferent expression.
Reading micro-expressions and subconscious judgment didn't apply to him.
Fortunately, the convoy stopped not long after. They should have arrived.
Gu Nianzhi was even more nervous. She even reached out to run her hand through her long hair.
Everyone in the car looked at her, but no one said anything.
Yin Shixiong opened the door first and got out. He came out to open the door for Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng bent over to get out of the car and slightly moved to stand beside the door.
When Gu Nianzhi came out, Huo Shaoheng took her hand and had her stand beside him.
In front of them was an exquisite courtyard that looked like a manor. There was a towering iron gate guarding the entrance.
An exquisite iron door lamp hung on the iron gate. It illuminated the black wood sign on the white wall, revealing the ancient words "Huo Residence."
Zhao Liangze walked over and entered a password on the wall.
Soon, the iron gate slowly opened with a rumble, and the sound of footsteps and surprised shouts could be heard coming from behind the iron gate.
"Huo Shao is back?"
"Huo Shao is back?!"
"Cousin Brother is back!"
"Cousin Brother!"
There were quite a lot of people here.
It was the middle of the night, but the courtyard was brightly lit. They must have known in advance that Huo Shaoheng was coming home, so they were all waiting for him.
Gu Nianzhi felt her legs go weak. She almost couldn't stand.
Just as the iron gate opened and the Huo family rushed out to welcome them, Huo Shaoheng, who was standing in front of the gate, turned around leisurely and stood in front of Gu Nianzhi. He reached out to adjust the Hermes scarf around her neck.
His slender, clean, and warm fingers brushed against the cool skin of her neck. His warm fingertips caused waves of tremors to run through her skin, and Gu Nianzhi felt her legs grow even weaker. She couldn't help but reach out and grab his arm.
Huo Shaoheng looked down at her and smiled warmly. He patted her shoulder. "It's okay. Come home with me."
The Huo family who came out to welcome Huo Shaoheng didn't expect this.
Under the bright lights, Huo Shaoheng stood tall and handsome. He was tying a scarf for a girl!
More than one of the Huo family members rubbed their eyes in disbelief. They were afraid that they were hallucinating from staying up late.
Huo Shaoheng turned around and looked at each of the Huo family members. He only nodded and took Gu Nianzhi's hand to walk through the gate.
Zhao Liangze carried Gu Nianzhi's small suitcase and followed them inside.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes quickly scanned the faces of the Huo family members who came out to welcome them. She couldn't tell what relationship they had with Huo Shaoheng.
She saw a middle-aged couple and two young people, a man and a woman, come out to welcome them.
From their age, the middle-aged couple should be from Huo Shaoheng's parents' generation. The two young people should be from Huo Shaoheng's generation?
She remembered hearing someone call him "Cousin Brother." So were they Huo Shaoheng's uncles or siblings?
Gu Nianzhi's imagination ran wild as she followed Huo Shaoheng into the Huo family's three-story building.
This building was about half the size of Huo Shaoheng's three-story building at the Special Operations Forces base in C City. It looked like there were more rooms inside. Of course, there were more people living here.
Huo Shaoheng's building was only for him and Gu Nianzhi. She didn't know how many people were living here.
Gu Nianzhi put on the most appropriate smile and followed Huo Shaoheng into the living room.
There were also people waiting for them in the living room.
Sitting on the main sofa was an old man with white hair and beard, but his bearing hadn't diminished. He held a dragon-headed cane in his hand. Although he was old, his face was still very intimidating.
Huo Shaoheng saluted the old man and pulled Gu Nianzhi over. "This is my great-grandfather."
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng and asked hesitantly, "… Is he your great-grandfather?"
"No, he's my grandfather." Huo Shaoheng said calmly and looked away. "He's your great-grandfather."
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips and refused to accept Huo Shaoheng's way of addressing her. She smiled sweetly at the old man. "… Merry Christmas, Grandfather." She enunciated the word "great-grandfather" so that it sounded like she was calling him grandfather.
"…" Huo Shaoheng glanced at her slowly.
The old man looked at Gu Nianzhi carefully and turned to Huo Shaoheng. "… Is that her?"
Huo Shaoheng nodded and bowed. "That's her. I'm her guardian."
There was a middle-aged man sitting next to the old man. He had a handsome but weathered face and looked somewhat like Huo Shaoheng. He looked up at Gu Nianzhi and nodded before she could call out to him. "You're Gu Nianzhi?"
Gu Nianzhi answered crisply and looked at Huo Shaoheng obediently. "Huo Shao, this is …"
Huo Shaoheng looked at her again and sensed her resistance to the title and identity. He didn't indulge her and said in a low voice, "This is my father and your grandfather." As he spoke, he introduced Gu Nianzhi to the people in the room. "This is Gu Nianzhi. I'm her guardian and her uncle."
Gu Nianzhi's heart sank and she didn't dare argue with Huo Shaoheng anymore. She nodded obediently at the people in the room and asked deliberately, "Uncle Huo, what are they?" She pointed at the four people who had come out to greet them.
Huo Shaoheng looked at them and nodded at the middle-aged couple. "They are Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang." He then looked at the young man and woman. "This is their daughter, Zhang Wenna, and their son, Zhang Wenjie."
Gu Nianzhi thought it was strange. Why didn't this family follow seniority again?
If Zhang Wenna and Zhang Wenjie called Huo Shaoheng Elder Cousin Brother, then their parents were also Gu Nianzhi's granduncles and granduncles. Shouldn't they be calling them Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang? Also, why were their surnames Zhang and not Huo?
But she was smart enough not to ask. She followed Huo Shaoheng and said, "Merry Christmas, Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang." Then she looked at the young man and woman and said in English, "Merry Christmas!"
Zhang Wenjie looked at Gu Nianzhi's big misty eyes and instantly felt his mouth go dry. He stammered and almost couldn't speak.
Zhang Wenna was the smart one. She walked over with a smile and took Gu Nianzhi's hand. "My Elder Cousin Brother is your guardian? How old are you? I see you're younger than me. You can call me Sister Na. "
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