Huo Shaoheng leaned back against the sofa calmly. His expression was calm, but his eyes were sharp and persistent. "Speaker Long, my mother was a survivor of the experiment accident, not the perpetrator. Please don't use the ambiguous term 'summon for questioning.'"
Speaker Long choked on Huo Shaoheng's words, but he quickly composed himself and laughed. "You little brat, you want to compete with me on words?"
The Huaxia Empire's parliament was where laws and regulations were made, so they were good at words.
However, although Huo Shaoheng wasn't good with words, he would definitely protect the people he cared about to the fullest.
"I have no intention of competing with Speaker Long." Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly. "I worked so hard to save my mother, so I don't want her to be treated unfairly. Therefore, I hope that Speaker Long and General Ji can pass on my message to those who want to reopen the accident investigation. Tell them that it's fine to let my mother assist in the investigation, but if they have other intentions or even want to control my mother's freedom, then I'm sorry, I only have three words to say: no. "
Speaker Long froze for a moment, then turned to General Ji and laughed. "Old Ji, oh Old Ji! You have such a sharp eye! Why didn't you keep such an outstanding talent to yourself? The successor you found for yourself is much better than the one I found … Sigh … "
He shook his head. He wasn't even in the mood to drink his favorite tea anymore. He tapped his knee with one hand and began to complain. "I'm not young anymore, but no one in the two houses of parliament has been able to take the lead and intimidate the monsters in the two houses!"
Pfft!
General Ji couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea, drenching the coffee table in front of him.
"Old Long, oh Old Long! How dare you call the people in the Senate monsters! That's enough! "
Huo Shaoheng smiled slightly and said calmly, "Speaker Long is right. Most of the people in the two houses of parliament are detestable. It's not wrong to call them monsters."
"You still have the nerve to say that! To those foreign countries, the Huaxia Empire is good at everything except for your Special Operations Forces! If we're talking about detestable things, you guys are the most hated by the CIA and MI5! "General Ji pointed at Huo Shaoheng and laughed. Although he sounded regretful, he was actually happy.
"Haha, if the CIA and MI5 really liked the Special Operations Forces and praised us, General Ji would be the one crying." Huo Shaoheng was in a good mood and even joked.
"Hahahaha … That's true! That's true! "General Ji laughed even more cheerfully.
Speaker Long was truly jealous that General Ji had found such a capable successor. He couldn't help but ask Huo Shaoheng, "Oh right, did you find out anything about Gu Nianzhi's background?"
Tonight, Gu Nianzhi had managed to drive Bai Jinyi into a frenzy with just a few words. Regardless of whether it was her ability or her scheming, she had impressed everyone in the industry, especially Speaker Long, who had the highest standards for talent. When he saw a talent like Gu Nianzhi, he was simply overjoyed and couldn't wait to take her in.
Huo Shaoheng's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged as he shook his head. "Not yet, but there are new leads that I haven't had the time to investigate yet."
"Ah?! That's great! " As soon as Speaker Long heard that there were new leads, he immediately stood up and clapped his hands. He laughed heartily. "That's great, that's great! Shaoheng, when you find out about her background, let her enter the Senate! This little girl's eloquence and reasoning are superb! Come to my office, I'll personally guide her. When I retire, she'll definitely be able to lead both houses of the Senate! "
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
General Ji was speechless.
"What's wrong? You don't want to? " Speaker Long saw that both Huo Shaoheng and General Ji had the same strange expression on their faces and was a bit confused. He walked over to General Ji and bent down to ask him, "Why don't you want to? What does it have to do with you? "
General Ji suppressed his laughter and shook his head. "Gu Nianzhi has just turned 18, and you want her to dominate the Senate in a few years?! You really think too highly of her. "
"Only 18?!" Speaker Long sighed deeply. "The younger generation will surpass the older! The younger generation will surpass the older! "
After walking around the living room a few times, Speaker Long still didn't want to give up. He said to Huo Shaoheng, "Anyway, no matter how old she is, once we find out about her background, I must convince her to join the Senate."
"… Speaker Long, Nianzhi is still young. She still needs to go to graduate school." Huo Shaoheng said solemnly. "Let's talk about it after she graduates."
"She's already a graduate student. She can't just study. She can also intern at the Senate!" Speaker Long walked around the living room and looked at Huo Shaoheng. "Where's Gu Nianzhi?"
"She's asleep." Huo Shaoheng knew that Gu Nianzhi wasn't asleep yet, but he still shamelessly told Speaker Long that Gu Nianzhi was already asleep.
Speaker Long couldn't personally go to the bedroom to check anyway.
Speaker Long looked at his watch and saw that it was almost midnight.
He sat down and said to Huo Shaoheng, "I'll spend New Year's Eve here today." He looked up at General Ji. "How about it? Old Ji? Want to play? "
Both Speaker Long and General Ji loved to play Go, and they were equally good at it. That was why they loved to play.
Huo Shaoheng called for the orderlies to bring the Go board and let them play. He stood up and said, "You two take your time. I'll instruct the orderlies in the kitchen to make supper, and then I'll go to the study."
"Go, go!" General Ji and Speaker Long said without looking up. They were already fully immersed in the game.
Huo Shaoheng ordered the orderlies to wait on the side while he went to see Chen Lie.
Chen Lie was anxiously preparing Song Jinning's medical records and treatment process in his small study. He kept deleting and deleting, making sure to "create" a flawless record.
When Huo Shaoheng pushed the door open, Chen Lie trembled and almost fell off his computer chair.
When he saw that it was Huo Shaoheng, Chen Lie wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with lingering fear, "You didn't even knock! You scared me! "
Huo Shaoheng ignored him and walked over to look at the medical records Chen Lie had prepared. As he read, he said quietly, "It's all here, right? Don't tell me it's not here? "
"No, no, of course not." Chen Lie pushed his round glasses up the bridge of his nose. His round nose was glistening with sweat. "Don't worry, I'm in charge. Ten years ago, when I was still a medical student, I was pulled onto your pirate ship and helped you steal the day. Even now, no one knows what happened. Shouldn't you believe me? "
Huo Shaoheng's slender fingers flicked the medical records. "You know what's good for you."
Gu Nianzhi's name was not mentioned, nor was there any mention of the bone marrow donation. Instead, it was mentioned that a suitable match was found in the hospital's secret bone marrow bank, and that Song Jinning's bone marrow transplant would help her weak body recover as soon as possible.
Mental illness had always been a gray area in medicine. It was difficult to say how it was caused, and it was difficult to say whether it could be cured or not.
Chen Lie was an expert when it came to playing dumb. Therefore, he avoided the important points and focused on the trivial. He made Song Jinning's recovery seem to have been half due to medical skills and half due to luck. He perfectly avoided mentioning Gu Nianzhi's role in it.
And because Gu Nianzhi had appeared in front of everyone with Song Jinning that night, no one had thought that she was the one who donated the bone marrow.
That was because a normal person would probably be bedridden for half a month under such circumstances. It was impossible for them to return to normal within two days.
He didn't have to worry about Chen Lie anymore. Huo Shaoheng thought about it and went to the third floor to check on Song Jinning.
Song Jinning was already asleep, and the bedroom door was tightly shut. Although Huo Shaoheng could enter, he didn't. Instead, he stood at the door and used his Bluetooth headset to call Zhao Liangze. He confirmed that Song Jinning had entered the room and hadn't come out.
There were no cameras in the bedroom, only in the hallway.
Coming down from the third floor, Huo Shaoheng paused when he passed the second floor, but still walked towards the bedroom.
The second floor had a master bedroom that took up almost half the floor. There were also three guest bedrooms, a living room, a study, a conference room, a gym, and a single kitchen.
Huo Shaoheng first went to his master bedroom.
He opened the door and looked around. Gu Nianzhi wasn't there.
He was slightly taken aback and wanted to ask Zhao Liangze, but the call was cut off before he could say a word.
He left his master bedroom and went to the guest bedrooms in the opposite hallway to look for her one by one.
Gu Nianzhi lived in the middle of the three guest bedrooms. It was right across from his master bedroom.
Huo Shaoheng pushed the door open and went around the screen to see Gu Nianzhi.
She wasn't asleep. Her long, silky hair was draped over her shoulders, and she wore his big black T-shirt. Hugging her panda pillow, she sat on the floor in front of the bed.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Huo Shaoheng's voice was very low, like it came from his chest. It resonated like a cello in the dark bedroom.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw Huo Shaoheng's tall and imposing figure approaching. He hadn't changed out of his military uniform, and it was buttoned up all the way to his collar.
She looked at him without blinking. Her head was tilted further and further back, almost at a right angle to her back.
Huo Shaoheng half-squatted in front of her and reached out a hand to naturally support the back of her neck. "If you tilt your head any further, your head will fall off."
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng's handsome face just inches from hers. She couldn't help licking her lips with her pink tongue and gulping.
Huo Shaoheng's lips curved as he moved closer to her. "… Are you thirsty?"
"… Uh, I'm not thirsty?" Gu Nianzhi was confused. "Why do you ask?"
"Then why are you licking your lips?" Huo Shaoheng's hand tightened and pulled Gu Nianzhi's head closer to his face. There was only a finger's width between them, and they could even feel each other's hot breaths.
Gu Nianzhi smiled faintly and said softly, "Because my lips are too dry." She paused and continued to tease him boldly. "… Huo Shao, do you want to moisturize my lips?"
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