Chapter 33
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Chen Lie's heart was itching to hear this. The pen in his hand spun noisily as he said, "Nianzhi, wait, I have to take a call first …" He turned around and dialed Huo Shaoheng's private military number.
"What is it?" Huo Shaoheng's deep voice came from the other end of the line.
Chen Lie was grinning from ear to ear. "Huo Shao, do you have time to talk? It's about Nianzhi. "
"Oh, hold on." Huo Shaoheng looked at the room full of subordinates above the rank of lieutenant colonel and said to them, "I have to take a call. You guys continue."
The room full of field officers who were in an important military meeting were so shocked their eyes almost popped out of the windows.
Interrupting a high-level meeting like this to take a call, it must be extremely important?
Did the Special Operations Forces cause big trouble in another country, or did they catch the CIA's most powerful spy in the Empire?!
They were all in the intelligence business, so their thinking was very fast.
It wasn't that Huo Shaoheng didn't know what they were thinking, but there were priorities. At this time, any news about Gu Nianzhi was the most important.
He walked out of the conference room expressionlessly and went to the small office next door to sit down. He opened the blinds and looked outside. "Go ahead."
Chen Lie was a bit surprised. "You need something?"
If Huo Shaoheng had something important, then Chen Lie felt he was being too rash.
There was a limit to joking, and he felt very uneasy.
"Nothing. Tell me, what's wrong with Nianzhi?" Huo Shaoheng said as he called Zhao Liangze over the internal line and asked him to send over his private civilian phone. He discovered that he had missed several of Nianzhi's calls.
Chen Lie quickly said, "It's nothing serious. Nianzhi said she couldn't reach you on the phone, so she asked me to ask you if her Class Rep wants to pursue her."
Hearing this, Huo Shaoheng slammed his personal phone on the table and said unhappily, "Didn't I tell you already? You still have to ask me this kind of nonsense? "
"Don't be angry!" Chen Lie raised his voice. "Why don't you call Nianzhi when you're free? You know how obedient she is. If you frown, she'll reject you immediately. "
Huo Shaoheng rejected her mercilessly. "… I still have a meeting. I don't have time. We'll talk about it later." As he spoke, he hung up his private military number and got up to return to the conference room to continue the meeting.
Chen Lie switched his phone back to Gu Nianzhi and realized that she was still waiting for his call. He felt bad for her and could only comfort her. "Nianzhi, Huo Shao is in a meeting. I can't even reach him. I asked the operator to leave a message for him. He'll call you after the meeting. "
Gu Nianzhi looked ahead and saw that Mei Xiawen had already parked the car.
This was the specialist building of C University, where He Zhichu lived.
She hurriedly said, "Uncle Huo is so busy, there's no need to disturb him. We'll talk about it later. I'm hanging up. Take care, Brother Chen. " She hurriedly hung up the phone and spread her hands at Mei Xiawen, who had turned his head to look at her. "Class Rep, you heard everything. It's not that I'm being pretentious, it's just that my family is too busy."
Gu Nianzhi made a round of phone calls and waited for a long time, but she still couldn't speak to her guardian.
In that instant, Mei Xiawen thought of his own parents.
They were also busy people of status and status, but no matter how busy they were, they would always answer his call as soon as possible. They never brushed him off or made him wait for so long.
This was the difference between biological and non-biological …
Mei Xiawen looked at Gu Nianzhi with sympathy and pity. He didn't want to put her in a difficult position. His voice became even gentler. "Ok, then we'll wait until your family agrees."
"Thank you for your understanding, Class Rep." Gu Nianzhi's impression of Mei Xiawen improved by another level when she saw that he was being reasonable.
They got out of the car and Mei Xiawen led Gu Nianzhi to the specialist building. He introduced He Zhichu to her. "… He's a partner at the largest law firm in the United States at such a young age. He also has a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School and a tenured professor at Harvard Law School. He's got a lot of pride, but he's also a typical American person. He's focused on the situation and not the person. As long as you're reasonable and can convince him, he'll listen."
Gu Nianzhi silently memorized everything Mei Xiawen said and occasionally hummed to show that she was listening attentively.
As Mei Xiawen spoke, he brought Gu Nianzhi to the specialist building's elevator. He took out a card and swiped it to the 18th floor.
As the elevator rose steadily, Gu Nianzhi looked at Mei Xiawen. "Class Rep, you actually have a card for this place?"
The elevator in the specialist's building could only be used by people with access cards. Swiping one's own access card, one could go to the floor where one lived.
If you wanted to go to another floor, you would need to obtain the faculty's approval and have the specialist building's service staff take you there. The security was extremely strict.
Gu Nianzhi had originally planned to find an opportunity to call He Zhichu's apartment from the first floor, or wait here to see if she could bump into him coming downstairs or returning from outside.
Mei Xiawen put his hands in his trouser pockets and watched the elevator slowly rise. He smiled. "… Since I said I wanted to pursue you, of course I have to show my sincerity. If I can't even get an access card for this place, how can I let you accept my sincerity? "
Gu Nianzhi blushed. Thankfully, the elevator had already reached the 18th floor. The elevator doors opened and she walked out. She didn't have to continue the conversation.
Mei Xiawen followed her out and pointed to the innermost room on the left side of the corridor. "Professor He Zhichu lives there. You can call him from here."
Every floor of the specialist building had a public phone that could be dialed with coins or cards.
Mei Xiawen walked up and personally dialed the number for her.
Gu Nianzhi anxiously took the phone. It rang twice before someone picked up.
"Who is this?" The man who picked up the phone had a clear and moving voice, but seemed a bit tired. There was a hint of huskiness in his voice.
Gu Nianzhi's heart pounded. She quickly asked, "Is this Professor He Zhichu? I'm Gu Nianzhi … "
The other end of the phone went silent. Even the faint breathing from before had disappeared.
Gu Nianzhi waited in surprise for a while. She didn't hear the other person hang up. She had no choice but to bite the bullet. "Is this Professor He Zhichu? I'm Gu Nianzhi. I applied to be your graduate student, but I suddenly fell ill and missed the interview. I want to ask … "
Click.
The other person actually hung up.
Gu Nianzhi was dumbfounded. She patted the phone and said hello twice. Then she looked up at Mei Xiawen. "Professor He is the only one living in that room?"
"Yes, he has a teaching assistant. She's a woman. She doesn't live in the same room as him." Mei Xiawen had done his best for Gu Nianzhi. He knew more about He Zhichu than Yin Shixiong.
"Professor He hung up on me." Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips. She refused to give up. "I want to call again!"
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