Huo Shaoheng quietly glanced in the direction Huo Jialan was pointing and saw that Gu Nianzhi was still confused. He couldn't bear it anymore and was about to call her over when Gu Nianzhi retorted again.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Gu Nianzhi suddenly understood why she had been feeling so uneasy all this time.
It was Huo Jialan's parents!
Logically speaking, Huo Jialan's father was the eldest son of the Huo family, and her mother was the eldest daughter-in-law. They were close relatives, but she had been here for two days and had yet to hear anyone mention them. Even Huo Jialan had not said anything about her parents to her.
Today was the first time she had heard Huo Jialan mention her own father.
Gu Nianzhi instinctively clapped her hands and said solemnly, "That's even better. Miss Huo, we have the same goal, and that is to cure Mrs. Song as soon as possible. That way you can find your father's whereabouts as soon as possible, don't you agree? "
This counterattack was truly watertight. Even Grandfather Huo, who had been watching from the stairs, nodded slightly, but quickly shook his head.
After all, she wasn't a member of the Huo family, so it was obvious that she knew nothing about the Huo family.
But this also showed that Huo Shaoheng was a person who kept his work and business separate. He still treated Gu Nianzhi as his mission and work. Although he had raised her for six years, Huo Shaoheng had never mentioned a word to her about the Huo family.
Of course, Grandfather Huo would never have guessed that it wasn't that Huo Shaoheng didn't want to mention it, but that he didn't have the opportunity to.
He had originally planned to tell Gu Nianzhi everything about the Huo family that night, but plans couldn't keep up with the changes. Everything had happened ahead of schedule.
Of course, to Huo Shaoheng, this situation was nothing.
He had faced situations that were thousands of times more dangerous than this.
Being able to adapt to changing circumstances was one of the most important criteria for the Special Operations Forces to evaluate the abilities of their members.
And if Nianzhi wanted to follow him, she would have to get used to these kinds of unexpected situations.
Huo Shaoheng remained expressionless as he watched the situation unfold with his hands behind his back.
Although Huo Jialan was older than Gu Nianzhi, she obviously didn't have Gu Nianzhi's ability and intelligence to adapt to changing circumstances.
She was flabbergasted as she listened to Gu Nianzhi twist this matter into a good thing and take Song Jinning away from under her nose!
How could this be?!
Huo Jialan could not accept this outcome at all. She looked around the living room and saw her grandfather, Huo Xuenong, standing on the stairs to the third floor. Uncle and Aunt Zhang's family stood on the stairs to the second floor. Their daughter, Zhang Wenna, and son, Zhang Wenjie, were also looking towards the living room anxiously.
She turned to look at her second uncle, Huo Guanchen. He seemed to be tempted as well.
As for Aunt Bai, her eyes were deep and serene, looking at her with pity and sympathy.
Bai Jinyi's gaze was the straw that broke the camel's back. Huo Jialan trembled all over and could no longer pretend.
She thought of her mother lying in the bedroom with a pale face, and her face changed rapidly. One moment it was dazzlingly red, the next moment it was frighteningly white, and finally she broke down.
Huo Jialan wailed and pointed at Song Jinning, who was standing next to Gu Nianzhi. She yelled at Gu Nianzhi: "I won't let you take her! You're not allowed to take that slut away! Do you know that my mother committed suicide by swallowing sleeping pills because of her? What right did she have to pretend to be crazy after doing all those shameless things?! Wasn't she crazy? Did he lose his memory? I'll make her crazy for the rest of her life! Lose her memory for the rest of her life! I'll make it up to my mother! "
Gu Nianzhi suddenly felt like her heart was on a tightrope. She couldn't go up, couldn't go down, and even felt dizzy for a moment.
This was very different from what she had expected. Had she been wrong?
She looked at Huo Shaoheng pleadingly, but he continued to stare back at her expressionlessly. He had no intention of speaking.
Huo Jialan collapsed into Bai Jinyi's arms. She cried so hard that her entire body shook. "I know! I knew it 10 years ago! My father didn't go missing at all! You're all lying to me and my mother! In order to protect that bitch's life, he died without even leaving a corpse behind! "
"That's enough!" Gu Nianzhi couldn't take it anymore. Since no one was speaking up for Song Jinning, then she would. She was an outsider anyway, so she might as well speak a few words of justice. "Huo Jialan, speak nicely. Swearing won't make you more reasonable. It'll only make people hate you."
Huo Jialan choked on her words. She coughed violently.
Bai Jinyi quickly patted her back and shook her head at Gu Nianzhi. "Gu Nianzhi, I didn't expect you to have such a sharp tongue. Don't you know that her mother's suicide was a lifelong pain for Jialan? How could you rub salt into her wound? "
Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath to calm herself down. She said calmly, "I didn't know that Huo Jialan's mother committed suicide. I only know that it's wrong for her to address Mrs. Song like that. Mrs. Song … "
"You're still calling her Mrs. Song?!" Huo Jialan looked up from Bai Jinyi's arms. She looked at Gu Nianzhi with tears streaming down her face. "Wait here, I'll show you something!" She pushed Bai Jinyi away and sprinted to her room on the second floor.
The Zhang family on the second floor stared at her in shock. They didn't even blink.
Huo Jialan rushed into her suite and came out not long after.
She was holding a stack of old and yellowed envelopes in her hands. The envelope at the top was relatively new and seemed to be well preserved.
"Gu Nianzhi, are you ready? Do you want to see what's going on? " Huo Jialan took the stack of envelopes and looked at Huo Shaoheng's face. He was still expressionless and stood behind Gu Nianzhi.
Huo Jialan was slightly embarrassed. No wonder they said a man's heart was as hard as steel. Her cousin had been in the army for more than a decade. Did he have a heart of stone? Or did he not have a heart or feelings at all?
His mother's scandal was about to be exposed to the public, but he didn't do anything …
Huo Jialan almost lost her temper at the thought.
You don't even care about your mother's scandal, why should I cover it up for you?
I'll let everyone know that bitch's true colors …
Gu Nianzhi stared at the envelope in Huo Jialan's hand and looked up at Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng didn't say anything. He didn't try to stop or encourage her. He just stood there calmly, as if none of this had anything to do with him.
Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat. Did Huo Shaoheng have something against his mother?
Without another word, she took the stack of envelopes from Huo Jialan and tilted her head. "Then let me see what's so great about the inside story …"
She pulled out the top envelope that had been well-preserved. Opening the seal, she found only a piece of floral note with two sentences written on it: "Tears fall from the eyes of a pearl. I regret not meeting you before we were married." It was signed in beautiful, small script "Jinning."
Gu Nianzhi's expression changed.
She clutched the rest of the envelopes like they were a ball of fire.
"What's wrong? Are you scared? " Huo Jialan snickered. She stretched out her arms and twirled around the living room like she was dancing ballet. "Look, the truth can't be contained. Whatever's going to come out will come out. "
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng again, but this time he looked away. His expression was calm, and even his Adam's apple bobbing up and down was normal.
It was clear that Huo Shaoheng's well-hidden self-restraint had gone up another level.
Gu Nianzhi's heart calmed down. She pulled out a few pieces of paper from the rest of the envelopes and looked at them.
They were love letters signed "Huo Guanyuan."
Huo Shaoheng's father's name was Huo Guanchen, so this Huo Guanyuan …?
Huo Jialan saw Gu Nianzhi staring at the autograph in a daze and couldn't help snickering. "Yes, Huo Guanyuan. That's my dear father … Hahahaha … I just hope he burns these shameful letters before he dies! That way my mother won't find them after he's gone … "
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Jialan and frowned. "Your mother found them?"
"Yes. Jialan's mother was originally a very strong woman. After discovering these letters, she didn't tell anyone and endured it in silence. When she couldn't take it anymore, she swallowed sleeping pills and committed suicide. "Bai Jinyi sighed." That was … ten years ago? "
It was that year that Huo Jialan came home from school to find her mother lying motionless on the bed, and a suicide note her mother had left behind.
Although her mother had asked her to burn the letters in her mother's will, Huo Jialan refused.
Her home had been destroyed, and both her parents were gone because of that woman. She wasn't going to swallow her anger and end up suffering from depression like her mother. She chose to show grandfather Huo and Huo Guanchen, as well as Huo Shaoheng, who had just started his second year at the time.
"Do you know what she was like before she became ill? She was a slut who used her beauty to attract attention everywhere! Otherwise, why would my father die for her? She looks normal to you now, but what was she like before? You're the only one who doesn't know, right? If it wasn't for Aunt Bai, she would've been locked up in a mental hospital for electroshock therapy … "
"She's much better now than before she became mentally ill. I'm just letting her continue to lose her memory, and providing for her to eat and drink well. Everyone doesn't have to worry, so what are you unhappy about? What does it have to do with you? "
Huo Jialan felt that she had the upper hand, and every word she said was mean to Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi hadn't expected to get into such a big mess, and her palms went cold.
She looked at Huo Shaoheng helplessly. Huo Shaoheng's expression was stern, but he didn't deny it. He looked at her calmly, then away.
Was it because there were so many secrets that Huo Shaoheng was hesitant to speak? No wonder he felt so conflicted every time he saw Song Jinning.
Although he didn't stop himself from approaching her, he always watched her from behind.
They weren't completely unaware of what happened all those years ago, right?
She thought about Huo Guanchen's divorce, but he still kept Song Jinning, who had already lost her memory, by his side. How much of the inside story was not known to outsiders?
No wonder Huo Shaoheng decided to leave home to join the army, and didn't return for so many years, nor did he interfere with his elders' affairs.
Bai Jinyi looked at Huo Guanchen's gloomy face and sighed.
Huo Jialan pointed at Song Jinning, her heart filled with glee. She said to Gu Nianzhi, "Do you know when your Mrs. Song changed from Mrs. Huo to Mrs. Song? It was that year that Second Uncle read these letters and decided to file for divorce. "
At the time, the written reason for filing for divorce was that Song Jinning was mentally ill and unfit for married life.
Of course, he wouldn't say that the real reason was because his wife was in a relationship with his older brother …
Gu Nianzhi remembered Huo Shaoheng's hesitation when he mentioned his mother, Song Jinning.
No wonder he wanted to find a special time to tell her, the inside story really wasn't something that outsiders should know.
If Bai Jinyi hadn't rushed over today, wouldn't she have heard the whole story from Huo Shaoheng first?
She wouldn't have been so shocked.
Fortunately, she was able to cope with it.
Gu Nianzhi sneaked another glance at Huo Shaoheng, her eyes lingering on his face.
This was one of the main reasons Huo Shaoheng decided to join the army 10 years ago, wasn't it?
His home was foreign and suffocating, and he really didn't want to go home again.
After joining the army, he rushed to do all kinds of missions, as long as he didn't have to go home.
Because he couldn't go home to face his family.
It took him ten years to gain the tranquility and strength of his heart, allowing him to stay out of the matter and look at it without any emotions.
Gu Nianzhi tried to figure out Huo Shaoheng's feelings, and felt terrible.
She couldn't help but feel that things might turn for the better.
Song Jinning was still crazy, and Huo Guanyuan was missing. Who knew what had happened?
Huo Shaoheng walked over and took the letters from Gu Nianzhi's hands. He said calmly to Huo Jialan, "I'll put these away for now. My mother will be sent away for now. Don't worry, we'll give you an explanation. "He turned around and called," Orderly? "
The head orderly on duty that day ran over, "Hello, Chief!"
"Call my personal secretary and have them bring Chen Lie and Dr. Ye over to take my mother to the 6th Military Region's headquarters." Huo Shaoheng ordered in an orderly manner. His deep and magnetic voice had the calmness and composure that made the final decision.
Gu Nianzhi's heart immediately found a place to return to, and was no longer swaying like she was walking on a tightrope.
"You still want to take her away?" Huo Jialan's body swayed, and she couldn't control her grief, "Cousin Brother, how can you be so cruel? Your mother's life is a life, but my parents' lives are not?! "
Gu Nianzhi couldn't take it anymore, and raised her voice, "Huo Jialan, don't go too far. How can you ask Huo Shao to agree to your unreasonable demands? No matter what, Mrs. Song is still sick, and it's too early to tell what the truth is. "
"What do you mean it's too early?" Huo Jialan rushed to Gu Nianzhi's side with a fierce expression, "Don't you believe these things? I'm telling you, Grandfather and Second Uncle took these letters to the best handwriting experts in the military, and they confirmed that they're my father and his mother's handwriting! "
"So what?" Gu Nianzhi wasn't afraid at all.
He Zhichu had once praised Gu Nianzhi, saying that she had the indomitable spirit that a lawyer needed. Even when the evidence was conclusive, she didn't give up and attacked the opponent's weakness.
She didn't disappoint He Zhichu, and retorted to Huo Jialan again, "Huo Jialan, I think both you and your mother are a bit stupid. You're using a few yellowed letters to convict your own family for being absent. You should at least wait for your father to be found, and for Mrs. Song to wake up before we confront each other in court, okay? You're delaying Mrs. Song's illness like this, aren't you just helping the enemy? "
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This was a large chapter of 4000 words, consisting of the second and third chapters of the Guanghan Palace Mistress A's first additional chapter in August.
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