"Oh? Miss Gu, why are you here again? "Yin Shixiong greeted her curiously." Are you here to see a friend? "
Gu Yanran shook her head with a wry smile. "I can't live in my house anymore …" She started crying again.
Zhao Liangze quickly pulled Yin Shixiong away and whispered in his ear, "You're having a good time being a third wheel! Miss Gu isn't talking to you, okay? "
"Why isn't she talking to me? I was the one who asked her first. "Yin Shixiong was very unhappy." Why can't she greet me? How lowly do you think I am?! "
"It's not that I think you're lowly, but you're a f * cking lad! You have a glib tongue, but I think you have eight out of nine opened orifices and still have one left! "
Zhao Liangze glared at Yin Shixiong in exasperation. "Go to the side and don't interrupt!"
Yin Shixiong snorted and also glared at Zhao Liangze. "I wonder who has eight out of nine opened orifices and still has one left! Little Ze, I'm much better at reading Mr. Huo's mood than you are. But forget it, it's not good for us to interfere. Let's just watch for now. "
With that, the two of them crossed their arms and stood behind Huo Shaoheng on guard, looking like standard bodyguards.
Huo Shaoheng put his hands in his trouser pockets and stood leisurely in front of the crying Gu Yanran. His expression was calm as he quietly watched her cry like a pear blossom in the rain.
When the guests in the hotel lobby saw this, they almost imagined a melodramatic drama of "a man's heart of steel."
Huo Shaoheng looked around and reached out to help Gu Yanran. "Miss Gu, let's talk over there."
Gu Yanran nodded and used a handkerchief to wipe her nose before following Huo Shaoheng to the cafe next to the hotel lobby.
It was a cafe that only VIP guests could enter. It was set up in a relatively independent area to pay attention to the privacy of the guests.
The two of them sat down behind an exquisite rockery. There was an exquisitely arranged and hidden booth there.
The waitress in the cafe respectfully served Gu Yanran the best coffee in the hotel. She spoke to Gu Yanran carefully, almost as if she was kneeling in worship. "Miss Gu, my condolences."
Gu Yanran's tears started flowing again. She took the waitress's hand and placed a large US dollar bill in her hand as a tip.
The chambermaid was both moved and grieved, and left with a complicated expression.
Huo Shaoheng fiddled with the coffee cup in front of him but had no intention of drinking. He asked calmly, "Miss Gu, what happened to your family? Weren't those gunmen all killed? "
"Everyone in my family died. It was like a nightmare." Gu Yanran's eyes were red from crying. "You don't know how cruel that scene was. The people who had been with you for more than ten years were suddenly gone. All that was left in the living room were the portraits of them lying in the last position. I couldn't stand it … I couldn't stand it when I saw that scene … I can't live in that house anymore. I want to sell it. "
Huo Shaoheng was expressionless. He silently passed a tissue to Gu Yanran. "Miss Gu, since there were such murders there, would it be possible to sell it if you wanted to sell it?"
Huo Shaoheng was actually just saying it casually, but it seemed to remind Gu Yanran. She nodded immediately. "Mr. Huo is right. It's not fair to sell this house to others. Forget it, I won't sell it. I plan to tear it down and build a theme park here. I'll open it to all Barbados citizens for free."
Huo Shaoheng looked at Gu Yanran in surprise. He leaned back in the booth and tapped his fingers on the dark green marble countertop. "You don't have to do that, right? It's a house that your family lived in for so many years. "Huo Shaoheng paused before asking," How long has your family lived there? "
Gu Yanran looked down and wiped her tears with a tissue. She sobbed a few times to slowly calm herself down. She reached for the coffee cup and took a sip.
The warm, silky coffee slid down her throat and soothed Gu Yanran's panic from the past day and night.
She looked up and bit her lip to quickly glance at Huo Shaoheng. She saw that he was looking at her intently.
His inky black eyes shone with a deep, warm light. Gu Yanran suddenly felt very safe.
It was the first time she felt completely relaxed by Huo Shaoheng's side.
This man, who was as quiet as a mountain, had this kind of soothing charisma.
But it was a pity …
Gu Yanran sighed deeply in her heart. She didn't want to beat around the bush with Huo Shaoheng anymore.
"Mr. Huo, I'll be honest with you." Gu Yanran twirled the white porcelain coffee cup in her hand and looked at Huo Shaoheng frankly. She recovered her previous imposing manner. "You came to Barbados for my father, Gu Xiangwen, didn't you? I don't understand. My father is in danger now. Why aren't you willing to help? "
Huo Shaoheng didn't expect Gu Yanran to have the guts to tell him his motive. He wouldn't admit it.
"Miss Gu, where did that come from?" Huo Shaoheng objected calmly. "I came to Barbados for a military visit. It has nothing to do with your father."
"Oh? Is that so? " Gu Yanran smiled, her eyes as clear as water. "Aren't you suspecting that Gu Nianzhi is my biological sister and my father's biological daughter?"
Huo Shaoheng's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down. He couldn't be led around by her.
"How can you say that? Although you both share the same surname, how can I determine that she's your biological sister just based on that? Your father's biological daughter? Isn't that too much of a joke? " Huo Shaoheng crossed his legs calmly and clasped his hands together on his knees. He smiled at Gu Yanran with an ambiguous smile.
Gu Yanran looked at Huo Shaoheng's calm and masculine posture and handsome face. She sighed inwardly. It wasn't easy to meet a man who was so compatible with her. Unfortunately, she was one step too late …
"Of course it's not that simple." Gu Yanran raised a brow and put down the coffee cup in her hand. "Actually, it's not just you. Lawyer He is also looking for evidence."
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
There was a trace of impatience in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He continued to look at Gu Yanran quietly and allowed her to continue.
"Mr. Huo, to be honest, when I first saw Gu Nianzhi, I fell in love with her immediately. It was from the bottom of my heart, but looking at her, I really didn't think she was my sister. It was only because she had the same name as my sister that I had a good impression of her." Gu Yanran was even more honest as she revealed the secrets that He Zhichu and Huo Shaoheng were both pursuing.
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "Is that so? We didn't see that. Forgive me for being blunt, but Miss Gu, you don't seem to have met Nianzhi that many times, right? "
Gu Yanran was choked by Huo Shaoheng's words. She looked at Huo Shaoheng with pity and said quietly, "Mr. Huo, have you never experienced the feeling of meeting someone by chance but feeling like old friends at first sight?"
Huo Shaoheng said calmly, "Never. I believe time reveals a person's heart."
"Yes, it seems like you're a very cautious person." Gu Yanran nodded and understood Huo Shaoheng a little better. "But I believe in the feeling of turning white as new, the feeling of turning white as new."
Turning white as new, the feeling of turning white as new meant that some people would be like strangers even after spending a lifetime together, while some people would feel like old friends at first sight when they just met.
"Turning white as new, the feeling of turning white as new?" Huo Shaoheng smiled. "I didn't expect Miss Gu to grow up overseas. Your Chinese is so good."
"Mr. Huo, you flatter me." Gu Yanran smiled, then suddenly became sad. "My parents paid a lot of attention to my Chinese education. When my sister was young, she was naughty and didn't like to speak Chinese. My parents spoiled her and said she didn't need to learn. Unfortunately, I couldn't do it. Even if I didn't like it, I had to be forced to learn. Sigh, but now they can't force me to learn even if I wanted to. "
This heartfelt feeling of lost parental love was very sincere and touching. If the person Gu Yanran was facing wasn't Huo Shaoheng.
Unfortunately, the person she was facing was Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng was indeed a very cautious person. His personality had always been like that, and after enlisting in the military, his secret work had magnified his cautiousness a hundred times over.
Therefore, it was harder than reaching the heavens to walk into someone like him's heart.
Huo Shaoheng looked at Gu Yanran noncommittally and wasn't moved by her feelings. He only continued to ask, "Did Professor He also look for Miss Gu?"
"Yes, of course. I'm much closer to him than I am to you." Gu Yanran was very honest.
She had already realized that honesty was probably the only way to get Huo Shaoheng's sincere help.
She had no way out now. If Huo Shaoheng didn't help her and her father, she felt that she might be buried in Barbados for the rest of her life.
"I heard Professor He mention that Miss Gu is a big client of his law firm." Huo Shaoheng nodded. "But why did he ask you about Nianzhi?"
"I don't know why, but he asked me for the contact information of my sister's family doctor and dentist since she was young. I think they've been contacted by now." Gu Yanran glanced at Huo Shaoheng with a smile and looked away to the floor-to-ceiling window beside the booth.
Opposite the floor-to-ceiling window was a man-made tropical rainforest lake. The view was wide and beautiful, and she could even see colorful tropical birds flying in the forest.
Her mood soared like that of a gorgeous tropical bird.
Huo Shaoheng looked down at the untouched coffee in front of him and pondered the matter.
He Zhichu must have asked for the contact information of Gu Yanran's sister's family doctor and dentist when she was young to verify Gu Nianzhi's identity.
But wasn't he very clear about Gu Nianzhi's background?
Why did he want to verify it?
Huo Shaoheng keenly sensed that there must be something he didn't know, but he didn't want to speculate. He planned to call Gu Nianzhi and ask when he had time.
Gu Yanran saw that Huo Shaoheng had obviously fallen silent. She bowed and called him tentatively, "Mr. Huo? I still have this request. Can you help me? Help my father? Maybe Gu Nianzhi really is my sister. Then if you help my father, you'll be helping her father, right? "
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