"It's fine, it's fine. Please come in, come in!" The helper, Mrs. Fen, was very friendly. She held an umbrella for Tan Guiren as she ushered Huo Shaoheng into the main house.
Huo Shaoheng nodded and quickly walked up the stairs to the main house.
The door opened, and everyone filed in.
The last helper, Mrs. Fen, closed the door behind her, and the raging hurricane was immediately blocked outside.
The floor in the house was a bit wet, but the air was fresh and warm. It was a completely different world from the storm outside.
Tan Guiren bit her lip and was a bit embarrassed. "Please have a seat. I'll go change." She then said to Mrs. Fen, "Pour this gentleman a cup of tea." She specifically instructed, "I want the Da Hong Pao over there."
Mrs. Fen agreed and quickly said, "Miss, you should quickly change. You'll catch a cold wearing these wet clothes. I'll make a bowl of ginger soup for you. "
Tan Guiren nodded and quickly ran to her bedroom to change.
Huo Shaoheng was also wet, but he didn't sit down. He looked around and asked Mrs. Fen, "Where's the bathroom?"
Mrs. Fen smiled and said, "This way." She brought him a large towel. "Sir, you have to change too. We don't have anything suitable for you here. We only have Mr. Tan's clothes. Would you like to change for now? "
She was talking about Tan Dongbang's clothes, which was Tan Guiren's father's.
This villa belonged to the Tan's, so Tan Dongbang must have his own things here.
Huo Shaoheng smiled. "No need. I have a change of clothes in my bag. I was going to a party after tennis today, so I brought a set. "
"That's great." Mrs. Fen didn't insist. "Help yourself. I'll go make some tea."
Huo Shaoheng used a device in the bathroom to confirm there were no bugs or pinhole cameras installed before quickly changing into the dry clothes in his bag.
He had worn a tennis polo and khaki slacks when he came, but now he had changed into a dark blue Egyptian cotton non-ironing shirt and slim suit pants.
He walked out of the bathroom and took off his sunglasses.
Tan Guiren came out after changing and was looking around for him.
She looked up to see a man walk out of the bathroom. He didn't make any unnecessary movements and only turned around to close the bathroom door. He still had a tennis bag on his arm. It was such a casual gesture, but it struck Tan Guiren's heart like an arrow.
If the tall and imposing figure in the past had only been a blurry shadow in Tan Guiren's heart, then Huo Shaoheng's current appearance had become an unforgettable presence in her heart.
Huo Shaoheng turned his head to look at her. His eyes were deep and dark, and she couldn't see what was in them. She only felt dizzy.
She tried her best to steady herself and said in a trembling voice, "Huo … Mr. Gu."
Huo Shaoheng nodded casually. "Sorry to bother you. I'll leave when the rain stops."
The wind and rain outside the window became even more violent. Raindrops smashed against the roof and windows, leaving long marks. There were street lamps under the big trees outside, and they were swaying left and right by the strong wind.
Dense raindrops flashed in the flickering lights from time to time.
The rain was really heavy.
The hurricane by the sea was something even a warship couldn't resist.
Tan Guiren wanted to ask him to stay, but her intuition told her that Huo Shaoheng was a man of his word and wouldn't listen to her. She obediently agreed and turned to go to the living room.
Huo Shaoheng followed her to the living room and sat down. There was already a steaming cup of Da Hong Pao tea on the coffee table.
He held it up to blow on the steam and then lowered his head to take a sip.
Tan Guiren sat on the sofa across from him and adjusted the hem of her dress nervously.
She had just changed her clothes. The light blue silk dress from before was soaked through. She had changed into a burgundy top with four-quarter sleeves and a pinch at the waist, paired with a pair of cropped pants and black camellia Chanel slippers. Her legs were crossed and slanted in front of her. Her posture was so dignified that it could be included in the Encyclopedia of Western etiquette.
The living room was so quiet that it was awkward.
At this time, Tan Guiren was the host, so she should take the initiative to talk to the guests.
However, Tan Guiren had been well protected by her family since she was young and had only interacted with people in her own circle. Most of the time, she greeted them with a smile and didn't speak unless she had to, so she wasn't good with words.
Usually when she was with her friends, her friends would take the initiative to start a conversation, and she only had to follow. Now that she had to start a conversation, it was worse than killing her.
Huo Shaoheng didn't bat an eyelid as if he didn't see Tan Guiren's awkwardness. However, it wasn't as if he didn't see the clothes she had carefully chosen. His eyes flashed as he asked casually, "Miss Tan, your father's election is coming up soon, right? Why isn't he going back yet? "
Tan Guiren secretly heaved a sigh of relief and immediately said briskly, "The voting is in two months. But since something happened to me, the Huaxia Parliament agreed to give me some time to recuperate. I can go back after the election. "
According to the election law, a candidate's immediate family was supposed to return to the country 60 days before the election. However, Tan Guiren's kidnapping case happened, and the Huaxia Parliament didn't allow the Tans to use their daughter's incident to create hype. Moreover, the Bai's also tacitly agreed, so the House of Representatives in charge of elections agreed to the Tans' request and allowed Tan Guiren to temporarily not return to the country.
The Bai's only had one condition. Since she had already violated the law by not returning to the country on time, she had to wait until the election results were out.
The Bai's were worried that the Tans would suddenly cause trouble on the eve of the election and use their daughter's return to the country to create hype, so they suggested that she return after the election.
Of course, the Tans weren't willing, but they couldn't stop Tan Guiren from leaving New York, so they could only give up.
Now that Huo Shaoheng asked, she definitely wouldn't say that she wasn't going back because he was here …
In the beginning, she was only worried that he would be in danger after being mistaken as a "kidnapper." She would never abandon her savior.
Later on, she didn't know when it started to feel strange.
When Huo Shaoheng heard that the House of Representatives had approved it, he thought about it and understood.
It must be a political exchange.
He didn't ask further and gradually led the topic to the Tans' social relations.
"Miss Tan, your relatives and friends must be very worried that something so serious happened to you in the United States, right? Have they come to visit you? "
Tan Guiren thought about it very seriously and said, "No. Most of our relatives are in the Huaxia Parliament. Very few are overseas, but they're still in Europe. Those in the United States all went back after finishing their studies or settled down in Europe. "
In the eyes of the Cais and the Tans, who were truly scholarly families with deep roots, the United States was a country established by the descendants of immigrants who couldn't make it in Europe, while Australia was a country that accommodated the criminals exiled by the British Empire. Neither of them were good places.
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