He Zhichu looked down at Gu Nianzhi, undisguised admiration in his shimmering, sultry eyes, "You're really smart, you didn't let me down."
Gu Nianzhi said, "… Professor He, you haven't answered my question."
He Zhichu raised his cocktail glass and took a sip. His expression was one of delight. "Dou Qingyan got into big trouble in the United States. One of my subordinates is her defense lawyer, so of course I know all about her background."
Gu Nianzhi frowned slightly and looked at He Zhichu suspiciously, "Really? What a coincidence? "
He Zhichu happened to save Dou Qingyan? Dou Qingyan was Huo Shaoheng's former comrade?
Faced with Gu Nianzhi's unhesitant question, He Zhichu's heart grew cold. He looked at the crowd in front of him coldly and sneered, "Of course it's not a coincidence. I knew she was Huo Shaoheng's former comrade, that's why I saved her. Are you satisfied, then? "
Gu Nianzhi's mind was a mess. Her intuition told her that it wasn't that simple, but when she thought about it, her intuition wasn't trustworthy at all.
Why would Professor He do this? Why was he targeting Huo Shaoheng?
Gu Nianzhi couldn't think of an answer.
Perhaps she vaguely sensed that He Zhichu treated her differently, but she wasn't confident enough to think that she was a "heartthrob" and that everyone who saw her would like her. Therefore, she was even more uncertain about He Zhichu's reasons for doing this.
He Zhichu felt better when he saw the hesitation on Gu Nianzhi's face.
He waved for a waiter to come over and put the empty cocktail glass back. He asked Gu Nianzhi, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll go get it for you? "
Gu Nianzhi was nervous and indeed hungry. She nodded, "I'll go get it for Professor He, what would you like to eat?"
"No need, how could I let a little girl do something like that for me? That would be too ungentlemanly. You know I grew up abroad, so I'm not familiar with the etiquette of the Huaxia Empire. "He Zhichu didn't forget to mock Gu Nianzhi for saying he didn't understand the Huaxia language.
Gu Nianzhi blushed and followed behind him sheepishly, muttering, "Sorry, Professor He, I didn't mean that …"
"That's enough. You don't have to apologize to me. How could I really be angry at you?" He Zhichu said as he patted her head again.
Gu Nianzhi looked uneasily in Huo Shaoheng's direction and almost didn't notice He Zhichu's doting tone.
…
"Shaoheng, how have you been all these years?" Dou Qingyan smiled at Huo Shaoheng and handed him a plate of food.
Grilled beef tenderloin, crispy grilled chicken tenderloin, cumin lamb, prawns wrapped with bacon, and crab king leg salad with a few slices of green cabbage, a few red tomato beans, and a spoonful of cheese crab sauce were placed at the corner of the plate.
"If I remember correctly, right? They're all your favorites. " Dou Qingyan's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. Her dignified face revealed a hint of tenderness. "… I used to prepare this for you every night."
Huo Shaoheng took it and forked the cumin lamb. He smiled and said, "Thank you, but I don't like lamb."
Dou Qingyan paused. "What? You don't like it? Why didn't you say so back then? "
"… Haha, I didn't have to say it." Huo Shaoheng calmly ate the food on his plate, as if nothing was amiss.
Dou Qingyan wanted to bring up the past, but Huo Shaoheng stopped her. "Alright, even though you've retired, you still remember the rules, right?"
"… Oh." Dou Qingyan pursed her lips and changed the subject. "I was careless. Come on, tell me, what have you been doing for the past six years? I heard you're already a major general? Is the Special Operations Forces now under your command? "
"Yes." Huo Shaoheng cut the beef tenderloin into small pieces. "I was the one who founded the Special Operations Forces."
"Yes, I was one of your first subordinates." Dou Qingyan winked at him. "I remember the first day I came to the Special Operations Forces. You scolded me until I cried all night, and I had to get up before dawn to train. Ah, those were the devil's days … "
Huo Shaoheng chuckled, and his attitude softened. "Actually, if you hadn't retired, your rank wouldn't be any lower than anyone else's."
"I couldn't take the hardship, so I became a deserter." Dou Qingyan giggled. She looked very cheerful and generous.
Huo Shaoheng's casual remark was enough to make her convulse with laughter.
…
Gu Nianzhi watched Huo Shaoheng and Dou Qingyan chatting and laughing from a nearby corner. She felt very strange.
She was definitely uncomfortable. She had been upset for days when she saw Huo Shaoheng smile casually at a woman through a video call.
But she was also surprised, because she had never seen Huo Shaoheng so relaxed with another woman.
In Gu Nianzhi's impression, Huo Shaoheng only had two attitudes towards other people: his own people, or his enemies.
He had no concept of men or women, except, of course, Gu Nianzhi.
So when she saw Huo Shaoheng and Dou Qingyan chatting and eating like old classmates, she felt that it was a rare and precious feeling. At least it proved that Huo Shaoheng was a real person, and not an emotionless war machine, or a war machine that lacked emotions.
He Zhichu brought over a glass of Canadian ice wine and stood beside Gu Nianzhi. He calmly followed her gaze to Huo Shaoheng and Dou Qingyan.
Dou Qingyan behaved better than He Zhichu had expected. She didn't immediately start reminiscing about old times with Huo Shaoheng.
He Zhichu was a man, and knew that for men, a stranger touching them more than someone they had abandoned crying in front of them.
Therefore, when dealing with a man like this, one shouldn't bring up old times, but should start with a normal friendship.
Although Dou Qingyan and Huo Shaoheng had broken up, they had been comrades who had gone through thick and thin together. This kind of relationship was sometimes even stronger than a couple's.
"It's normal for a man of Huo Shaoheng's age and position to have a few ex-girlfriends. Don't stare so hard." He Zhichu brought over a bottle of warm milk and stuffed it into Gu Nianzhi's hands.
Gu Nianzhi was in a bad mood and needed warm milk to soothe her little heart. She accepted the bottle and slowly sucked through a straw. She mumbled, "My eyes are big to begin with. You have bad eyesight, so when did I stare?"
"You didn't? How big are your eyes? Let me see … "He Zhichu tilted his head to look at Gu Nianzhi's face with a smile.
That pair of big, almost flawless eyes looked over. Her eyes were filled with water and hidden clouds. Just one look was enough to make you fall deeply into it.
He Zhichu forced himself to look away and took another sip of the thick, sweet Canadian ice wine.
The wine was too sweet, so sweet that it tasted bitter and astringent.
Ice wine was made from frosted grapes and had been refrigerated when drinking it. There was still frost on the walls of the bottle. Drinking it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over your head. It was exactly the feeling He Zhichu needed.
Gu Nianzhi looked down. She felt that He Zhichu was becoming more and more strange, but she didn't ask. He Zhichu was only her tutor, and she didn't want to have too much personal entanglement with him.
…
Huo Shaoheng finished his plate of food and was about to politely bid farewell to Dou Qingyan when Dou Haoyan walked over and smiled at Huo Shaoheng. "Major General Huo, please forgive us for not coming out to greet you!"
"You're too kind, Master Dou." Huo Shaoheng smiled. "Thank you for your invitation. I wish you a happy New Year and all the best."
"You're welcome." Dou Haoyan glanced at Dou Qingyan. "I have something to talk to Huo Shaoheng about. Help me greet the guests."
Dou Qingyan agreed with a smile. She bid farewell to Huo Shaoheng politely and walked to the other side of the living room.
Dou Haoyan led Huo Shaoheng a few steps away and asked in a low, respectful voice, "Major General Huo, actually my father wants to see you. Can you come with me to see him? He's in the office building behind. "
"Oh, that's fine." Huo Shaoheng nodded. His eyes swept past Gu Nianzhi, who was talking to He Zhichu.
Huo Shaoheng looked at Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze. Seeing that they were both in the living room, he discreetly gave them a look before following Dou Haoyan to the Prime Minister's office building.
He Zhichu was also called away not long after Huo Shaoheng left. Only Gu Nianzhi stood by the screen in the corner.
She was bored and had wanted to look for Brother Xiong and Brother Ze, but found Brother Xiong chatting enthusiastically with an unfamiliar woman, while Brother Ze was chatting happily with Bai Yueran and Bai Shuang.
Gu Nianzhi didn't have the heart to disturb them, so she went behind the screen to find a completely different world. There was a very comfortable and beautiful L-shaped sofa.
She sat down on the sofa and took out her phone to play a game.
After a while, someone sat down beside her.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw that it was Dou Qingyan, who had been talking to Huo Shaoheng.
"You're Gu Nianzhi?" Dou Qingyan looked her up and down and smiled. "Shaoheng is your guardian?"
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