Huo Shaoheng was speechless for a moment. He looked down at Gu Nianzhi's aggrieved expression and pursed his lips. "Where are you going after getting up?"
"To the bathroom …" Gu Nianzhi said sullenly. "Put me down. I'll go by myself."
Huo Shaoheng still carried her to the bathroom door and turned on the lights for her before putting her down.
Gu Nianzhi opened the bathroom door and walked in without looking back. She slammed the door shut and locked herself in the bathroom.
She walked to the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't react for a long time.
Gu Nianzhi used to read that people would be enlightened in life and death situations. Many things that she couldn't accept before would be accepted and let go.
And after this experience, had he already gotten over it and let it go?
But she didn't want to accept and let go …
Gu Nianzhi reached out her finger and wrote on the mirror in front of her.
She thought she was doing it unconsciously, but she realized she was still writing "Huo Shaoheng" after she finished writing.
Even she was afraid of herself and her feelings, let alone Huo Shaoheng.
He must have been forced into a corner by her, right?
Gu Nianzhi didn't want this to happen. She didn't want to see herself become more and more dependent on Huo Shaoheng, and she didn't want to demand more and more from him. If this continued, she was worried that their feelings would be exhausted one day …
She stayed in the bathroom for nearly an hour and still didn't know what she should do.
She couldn't bear to let go.
But who knew what she would become if this continued?
Passionate feelings could completely change a person until they were unrecognizable.
She didn't come out for a long time. Even someone as patient as Huo Shaoheng couldn't take it anymore and knocked on the door. "Nianzhi? Nianzhi? How are you? Are you asleep? "
He was worried that Gu Nianzhi had fallen asleep in the bathtub. This could be a big or small thing, but it was all very dangerous.
Gu Nianzhi was still standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom. When she heard Huo Shaoheng knock on the door, she snapped out of her trance and looked at herself in the mirror. She vaguely recalled Scarlett's famous quote from Gone with the Wind: "Tomorrow is another day."
Yes, tomorrow. She would figure out how to get along with Huo Shaoheng tomorrow.
Opening the bathroom door, Gu Nianzhi said to Huo Shaoheng seriously, "Huo Shao, there's something I forgot to tell you. Do you remember Yamaguchi Youko? This time, she was the one who wanted your lives. However, she held Gu Yanran hostage and was killed by her. Her corpse fell into the sea. "
Huo Shaoheng froze again. "Yamaguchi Youko? Not Yamaguchi Aiko? "
Gu Nianzhi said, "… Maybe Yamaguchi Aiko and Yamaguchi Youko are the same person …"
She remembered that Huo Shaoheng and the others were pursuing Yamaguchi Aiko this time. They later found out that she had taken advantage of Prime Minister Dou's situation to sneak out of the Huaxia Empire.
Coincidentally, they met the woman who called herself Yamaguchi Youko in the blue hole near Barbados.
Comparing the two, it didn't take a genius to figure out the connection between the two.
Yamaguchi Youko probably wasn't dead, so Yamaguchi Aiko, who claimed to be the younger sister of "Yamaguchi Youko" and wanted to avenge her sister, couldn't stand.
"She didn't even know she gave herself away." Gu Nianzhi covered her mouth and yawned tiredly. "Ok, Huo Shao, I've said everything I need to say. Aren't you tired? Go back to sleep, I'm so sleepy. "
Huo Shaoheng's gaze followed her until she got into bed. He pulled the blanket over her and lay down with her back facing the outside of the bed.
The bedroom lights were off, and everything was dark again.
Huo Shaoheng stood quietly in the dark for a while before finally sneaking out.
He wasn't sleepy at all when he walked out of Gu Nianzhi's bedroom.
He could sense that Gu Nianzhi was in a bad mood and knew the reason. However, what could he do now that things had come to this?
Saying all sorts of random sweet nothings to coax Gu Nianzhi might be able to make her happy, but he couldn't do it himself.
Today, bowing to Gu Nianzhi and begging her gently was already the limit of what he could do.
Huo Shaoheng walked a few steps in the hallway and turned a corner to see Yin Shixiong leaning against the hallway wall with his arms crossed.
"Chief." Yin Shixiong immediately saluted when he saw Huo Shaoheng walk over.
"Yeah." Huo Shaoheng continued walking calmly as he asked, "Can't you sleep? What are you doing here? "
"I just went to see Little Ze. He's much better." Yin Shixiong followed Huo Shaoheng downstairs. "Huo Shao, are we going back to the hotel or staying here?"
Huo Shaoheng stopped and thought about it before turning to look at Yin Shixiong. "Do you want to go for a drink or two?"
"Drink? Sure! " Yin Shixiong's face lit up. "I know the restaurant here has good rum. How about it? I also have a few good Cuban cigars … "
He winked and coughed twice before asking tentatively, "Huo Shao, I heard you quit smoking?"
Huo Shaoheng patted his shoulder. "Hand over the cigars, and I won't kill you."
Yin Shixiong immediately took out his personal stash and smiled obsequiously. "Huo Shao, here are the cigars. Please be magnanimous and let me off this time!"
Huo Shaoheng grabbed his shoulder and pulled him to the bar of the restaurant on the first floor. "Go find some rum." He lowered his head and skillfully cut off the cigar tip with a blade. He placed it on the silver cigar butt and held it between his fingers to take a deep puff.
Yin Shixiong came out with the rum and saw Huo Shaoheng sitting on the high stool opposite the bar. He propped his head up with one hand and held a cigar in the other. Smoke curled up from his fingers. He only stared at the cigar butt and didn't smoke much.
"Huo Shao, are you in a bad mood?" Yin Shixiong asked tentatively as he poured Huo Shaoheng a glass of blueberry rum and pushed it over.
The alcohol content wasn't high and was more like fruit wine. Huo Shaoheng took a sip and shook his head. He calmly denied, "No, I'm thinking about the operation the day after tomorrow."
"You mean going to the hospital to see Gu Xiangwen?" Yin Shixiong perked up. "But will Little Ze recover the day after tomorrow?"
Zhao Liangze was in charge of their operation and could be said to be the most important person under Huo Shaoheng.
If he didn't go, the effect of their operation would be reduced by at least half.
Huo Shaoheng put out the cigar in the ashtray and said calmly, "Little Ze doesn't need to go out. It should be fine to be in charge here."
In their line of work, they didn't even care about life and death, let alone fainting from lack of oxygen.
"That's true." Yin Shixiong nodded and also took a sip of rum. He puffed on the cigar and said emotionally, "Huo Shao, Nianzhi really opened my eyes today. She really put in a lot of effort. It's a pity that she didn't enlist with us. "
"Hmm?" Huo Shaoheng's movements paused for a moment, but he had always been calm and composed. He was as still as a mountain when he sat. Yin Shixiong was drunk again and didn't notice Huo Shaoheng's subtle movements as he puffed.
He said excitedly to himself, "It's all thanks to her today! If it was me, Huo Shao, you and Little Ze would have been wiped out in the waters of the blue hole today! "
"Really? Tell me about it. " Huo Shaoheng held his glass with one hand and looked calm. His long legs stretched out and his upper body leaned against the bar. He was indescribably relaxed and relaxed.
However, this deliberate state couldn't fool Yin Shixiong.
He had been with Huo Shaoheng for so many years and was very familiar with his emotional changes.
After hesitating for a while, Yin Shixiong decided to help Gu Nianzhi. He poured Huo Shaoheng another glass of rum and began to talk incessantly. "Nianzhi was so anxious when I saw you guys fighting with the white yacht today. I locked her in the cockpit and took the AMR to fight them. But when I came back, Nianzhi actually turned the tables on me and locked me in. She ignored my objections and jumped into the sea to save you and Little Ze on her own."
"… There's such a thing? What happened after that? "Huo Shaoheng asked calmly. His fingers gripped the glass, his knuckles turning slightly white.
"I was so anxious at the time. I wanted to jump with her, but what about the ship? Without the ship, even if we won against the gunmen on the white yacht, we would still be buried in the sea. Also, I had full trust in you and Little Ze at the time. I believed that you and Little Ze would be able to handle any situation. I really didn't expect the blue hole's waters to have such incredible equipment! "
Yin Shixiong clicked his tongue. "If it weren't for Nianzhi, the three of us would have failed miserably!"
Huo Shaoheng took a sip of rum and replied calmly. "What happened after that?"
"The situation at the time was extremely dangerous. If it weren't for Nianzhi's quick decision to jump into the sea and risk being electrocuted to save you and Little Ze, I would have had to wash my neck clean and go back to the military court to await the most severe punishment." Yin Shixiong said half-jokingly.
Actually, if the most dangerous situation had really happened, Yin Shixiong would have chosen to send all the intelligence back to the Huaxia Empire and then die with Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze.
This was the camaraderie of life and death that they had built up over the years while carrying out missions.
Huo Shaoheng nodded and patted Yin Shixiong's shoulder. "Nianzhi did well this time. You did well too. In the situation at the time, both of you couldn't jump into the sea at the same time. Nianzhi's water skills were better than yours, so it was better for her to save us than you to go. "
"Huo Shao! Don't hit me in the face! You're humiliating me right in front of my face. Have you ever asked me how I feel?! "Yin Shixiong joked and tried to help Huo Shaoheng relax.
Huo Shaoheng's lips twitched. "I'm telling the truth. Can't we even tell the truth these days?"
"Of course not. We can only say politically correct things! As for what the truth is? I've never seen it before! "Yin Shixiong slapped the table and laughed." Why were Professor He and Gu Yanran there too? What a coincidence today. "
"What a coincidence." Huo Shaoheng took another sip of rum. His gaze was deep and unfocused. "Nianzhi told me that the woman on the white yacht was Yamaguchi Youko. She later killed her for kidnapping Gu Yanran. Her body fell into the sea in front of her. "
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