"Where's Dou Qingyan?" Zhao Liangze pressed Dou Haoyan. "Young Master Dou, do you really have to go against the Special Forces?"
Although Dou Haoyan was the eldest son of the Prime Minister, he was not his father, the Prime Minister. He only held an unimportant position in a consulting company and was no match for Zhao Liangze or Fan Jian, the head of Huo Shaoheng's orderlies.
Zhao Liangze's expression turned frosty, and Dou Haoyan was rendered speechless.
He stared at Zhao Liangze, dumbfounded. He watched as groups of soldiers cordoned off the Prime Minister's official residence, and finally understood that the situation was hopeless. If they didn't give up on Dou Qingyan, the entire Dou family would be in trouble!
Especially his father!
"She … she's in the backyard … the parking lot." Dou Haoyan gritted his teeth and pointed at the back door.
"Thank you, Young Master Dou." Zhao Liangze relayed Dou Haoyan's words into his headset. "The target is in the parking lot behind the Prime Minister's official residence. I'll be there in a minute."
"Roger that." Fan Jian had already been guarding the exit of the Prime Minister's official residence with another group of people.
…
Dou Qingyan was draped in a fur coat, her eyes swollen from crying. She followed her mother, Mrs. Yan, to the backyard parking lot.
"Qingyan, hurry up and leave. Don't ever come back after you leave." Mrs. Yan's eyes were also swollen from crying. "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have asked someone to take those photos. I didn't expect it to hurt you in the end …"
"Mommy, don't cry. It's my fault." Dou Qingyan was finally afraid. Her years of infatuation with Huo Shaoheng seemed to have awakened in an instant, but it was too late. She had made a grave mistake. If she could escape this time, she would never come back, and she would never have any other thoughts about Huo Shaoheng.
Back then, she had pretended to be an engaged couple with Huo Shaoheng and went on a mission in Europe. In that half a year, she had fallen in love with Huo Shaoheng and had thought that Huo Shaoheng would definitely fall in love with her.
After all, among their predecessors, there were many couples like this who turned the act into reality.
However, Huo Shaoheng was different. After their mission was over and they returned to the country, Huo Shaoheng turned his back on her and refused to have anything to do with her.
She cried, threw a tantrum, and even tried to commit suicide, leaving a deep scar on her wrist. In the end, she went into a dead end and almost lost her mind.
Although her father was the Prime Minister, he could not force Huo Shaoheng to accept her.
Because Huo Shaoheng was part of the military, he reported directly to General Ji. Prime Minister Dou could not reach General Ji yet.
In the end, he had no choice but to secretly ask someone to get a set of secret prop photos taken when they were out on a mission for her.
Relying on this set of photos, she lived abroad incognito for six years.
Dou Qingyan regretted her decision when she thought about how her hopes for so many years had been dashed, and how she might have implicated her family.
"Mommy, I won't do it again. I know I was wrong." Dou Qingyan grabbed Mrs. Yan's hand and started crying again.
"Child, go quickly. I'm afraid it'll be too late if we wait any longer. "Mrs. Yan hurriedly tried to push her into the car, but it was too late.
Synchronized footsteps could be heard in the parking lot.
A group of soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Special Operations Forces military police with loaded guns walked in and surrounded them.
"Dou Qingyan, you are suspected of falsifying evidence and defamation. You are under arrest. This is the arrest warrant." Zhao Liangze walked up and showed them the arrest warrant.
The tension in Dou Qingyan's mind snapped. Her vision darkened, and she slumped to the ground.
Zhao Liangze showed no mercy and waved his hand. "Take them away."
Dou Qingyan and her mother, Mrs. Yan, were also taken away by the Special Operations Forces military police.
"The operation is complete. The target has been arrested. Over."
"Roger."
…
In the living room of the Prime Minister's official residence, all the guests looked at each other. No one dared to stand out.
He Zhichu walked up slowly. "I'm not from the Huaxia Empire. May I ask what right you have to arrest me?"
"Professor He, we're not arresting you. We're asking you to go back and assist in our investigation." Huo Shaoheng walked up with his hands behind his back. He looked at He Zhichu coolly. "Your assistant will also be coming with us."
"That's fine. I wanted to see what kind of environment Nianzhi grew up in anyway." He Zhichu didn't resist at all. He followed Huo Shaoheng's orderly to the large car outside.
The other guests saw that He Zhichu didn't resist, so they obediently got in the car.
The impromptu New Year's Day dinner at the Prime Minister's official residence ended with all the guests entering the Special Operations Forces to "assist in the investigation." It was the first hot gossip of the new year in the Imperial Capital.
…
Gu Nianzhi stared at the black video in her hands. Her legs had gone limp.
She held onto the edge of the bed and sat on the soft wool carpet. She stared straight ahead and couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, she finally called Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng had just returned from the Prime Minister's official residence. He quickly picked up the phone. His voice was calm and steady. "Nianzhi, what's up?"
Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath. It was like she had taken a heart saver. Her sinking heart came back to life. "Huo Shao … I just saw the video from the Prime Minister's official residence …"
"… You saw it? Who showed it to you? " Huo Shaoheng got out of the car. His brows were slightly furrowed. He was even more serious than when he had personally gone to arrest Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi looked at her phone. "I don't know. Someone called me. I saw it was a number from the C City Special Operations Forces, so I answered. It turned out to be a video sharing …"
"A call from the C City Special Operations Forces?" Huo Shaoheng laughed. "Looks like someone really can't wait." There was actually a fish that had escaped the net.
He paused. "Don't move. I'll come to you."
Gu Nianzhi nodded. She put away her phone and hugged her knees. She sat motionlessly on the carpet in front of the bed.
When Huo Shaoheng came in, he saw Gu Nianzhi's dazed expression.
He knelt down on one knee in front of her. He reached out to lift her chin. "What's wrong?"
Gu Nianzhi looked at him blankly. "Huo Shao, everyone knows now …"
She was already feeling bad enough about those photos. She had snatched them from Dou Qingyan's hands as soon as possible. She didn't want anyone to see them.
She hadn't expected to snatch Dou Qingyan's phone for nothing. She had a backup of the photos. Was this still public?
When she thought about how many people had seen Huo Shaoheng and Dou Qingyan being intimate, even if it was fake, she felt the urge to go crazy …
"So what if they know?" Huo Shaoheng smoothed her messy hair. "Do you really think I'll marry her?"
Gu Nianzhi quickly shook her head. She knew that Huo Shaoheng wasn't someone who could be threatened. However, such a large scale publicity was not a good thing for Huo Shaoheng.
"Then … when do you plan to clarify?" Gu Nianzhi grabbed Huo Shaoheng's arm. She asked anxiously, "You'll clarify, right?"
Huo Shaoheng had told her that these photos were props for a mission. They weren't real.
As long as he publicized this fact, the Dou family wouldn't be able to use these photos to create public pressure to force him to marry her, right?
Huo Shaoheng didn't speak immediately. He looked at her intently. He pulled her up from the carpet and sat with her on the two-seater sofa beside the bed.
"Nianzhi, Dou Qingyan's crime was no ordinary crime. I've already requested an arrest warrant from the military court." Huo Shaoheng held her hand and looked down into her eyes. "But you have to be mentally prepared for this."
"Mentally prepared for what?" Gu Nianzhi was even more confused. Her eyes widened. "She committed a crime. Why do I have to be mentally prepared?"
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