Gu Nianzhi almost laughed out loud on the other end of the phone. She said briskly, "He deserves it! This kind of scum should be punished like this! "
"… You think he deserves to be beaten?"
"Of course." Gu Nianzhi raised a leg from the sofa and kicked it twice in the air. "If I were there, I would definitely kick him a few times!"
He Zhichu smiled faintly. "It would be great if he really got beaten."
"How could it not be true?" Gu Nianzhi's smile disappeared. "No way? Are they trying to escape punishment with serious injuries?! "
"I don't know. We'll know when we see him tomorrow." He Zhichu said dryly. "The media is already waiting at the hospital entrance. It won't be easy for them to bail him out with serious injuries."
"Bail him out with serious injuries?" Gu Nianzhi was shocked. "That's impossible unless he's so seriously injured he can't move …"
"Yeah, that's why I said I'll go to the hospital tomorrow." He Zhichu hung up.
Not long after he put down his phone, it rang again.
This time, it was from his hometown.
He was a bit surprised and picked it up.
"Auntie Qin?" It was actually Auntie Qin.
"Chu, your father didn't want me to tell you, but I feel like I can't hide it from you." Auntie Qin's voice trembled as she tried to hide her sobs. "You … your father fell in the garden yesterday, and the back of his head hit a small rock on the ground. He fainted and woke up this afternoon. He's very weak now …"
He Zhichu stood up immediately, his face pale. "Hit the back of his head?! Is it serious? "
"… Little Doctor Qin said there's a blood clot in the back of your father's head. They're discussing whether or not to operate on him." Auntie Qin's voice slowly calmed down. "Chu, do you want to come back and see him?"
He Zhichu looked at his schedule. The next few days were filled with matters for the branch office. He could let the four lawyers work together on the recruitment. He had already signed all the legal documents that needed to be signed. Li Haiqing's civil case had just been submitted today, and there were still two weeks until the court hearing, so he should have time to go back.
He Zhichu sat upright on the sofa and couldn't speak for a long time.
He had never been close to his father, but regardless, he was his father. He couldn't let go of Mr. He's accident.
"Chu? Are you still listening? " Auntie Qin didn't hear He Zhichu's voice for a long time, so she couldn't help but mutter, "You should come back … Ever since your mother passed away, you've been the most important person in your father's heart. Although he never says it, I know what he's thinking. No one is more important than you. Just … forgive your father …"
He Zhichu still didn't speak, but the hand hanging by his side quietly clenched.
"Ah-Chu, I suspect … suspect …" Auntie Qin stuttered, unable to say a word.
He Zhichu finally asked, "… Suspect what?"
"I suspect that your father … doesn't want to live anymore and wants to follow your mother …" Auntie Qin's voice was very, very low, as if she was afraid others would hear her. She covered the microphone. "It's not the first time I found out that he was sick and never took his medicine. When I asked him, he said he forgot. Now, he fell like this just by taking a stroll in the garden. Tell me, how is this possible? No one has ever broken his back. With so many people following him, how did he fall like this? "
"… Could someone be trying to harm him?" He Zhichu calmed down and walked to the window. Opening the curtains, he stared at the night sky of Munich. His eyes were dark and darker than the night.
"Oh? You think that's possible? Then you have to come back and investigate personally. I can't handle these outside matters. " Auntie Qin's voice grew panicked. "There's no other man at home right now. Ah-Chu, come back for a while … I'm very worried …"
He Zhichu closed his eyes and pinched the spot between his brows. After some thought, he said, "I'll leave right away."
Auntie Qin sighed deeply, obviously relieved. "Ah-Chu, it's great that you can come back. I really can't take it anymore."
"It's okay." He Zhichu comforted Auntie Qin and hung up. He immediately checked the flight information and found that there was a flight to New York at 1 AM.
After booking the first-class ticket, He Zhichu thought over the matter at hand again and called Gu Nianzhi. "Nianzhi, come here. I have something to tell you."
Gu Nianzhi had just put on a face mask and was lying on the bed studying the German dictionary.
"Oh, is it really something important? I'm going to sleep. Can we talk tomorrow? "She was drowsy from reading and couldn't help yawning.
"No." He Zhichu said dryly, "Come here quickly. Don't be lazy."
Gu Nianzhi made a face and climbed out of bed. Changing out of her nightgown, she put on casual clothes and walked to knock on He Zhichu's door in slippers.
He Zhichu opened the door to let her in. Seeing that her face mask was still on, he glanced at her dryly. "You can sleep like that?"
He exposed Gu Nianzhi's lie.
Gu Nianzhi wasn't embarrassed and smiled mischievously. "I can sleep after I take it off. It's very convenient. I don't need to wash it."
He Zhichu walked back to the coffee table and took out the schedule he had been looking at. He handed it to Gu Nianzhi. "This is my schedule for the next two weeks and the case progress schedule. Take it."
Gu Nianzhi froze and took the two forms from He Zhichu's hands to look at them. She took off her face mask and threw it into the trash can. She turned to look at He Zhichu.
Under the chandelier, her skin, which had just been put on a face mask, was full of water. It was white, tender, and bouncy, like the finest white jade tofu, but it also had the gentle texture of suet jade. A pair of black eyes stared at him intently. "Professor He, what do you mean by this?"
"Something happened to my father. I have to go back to see him immediately." He Zhichu said it casually, but Gu Nianzhi could tell from his tightly clenched right hand that something was up.
It probably wasn't a small matter …
Gu Nianzhi stopped smiling and nodded seriously. "Family matters. Professor He, don't worry about us. My four colleagues and I will work hard and not embarrass you."
He Zhichu walked to her side and looked at her steadily.
His gaze was deep and vast. It was like a starry night with a black hole hidden in it. Not only was it boundless, but it was also bottomless.
Gu Nianzhi didn't dare look him in the eye. She instinctively looked away. "Professor He, do you have any other instructions?"
He Zhichu's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. He gulped and swallowed his words.
He rubbed Gu Nianzhi's head with his hand. "Ok, it's fine. If there's something, discuss it with your colleagues. If you can't come to a decision, delay it and wait for me to come back."
Gu Nianzhi nodded heavily. She felt the heavy responsibility on her shoulders.
However, the growth of a person came from the continuous increase in responsibility.
She had been in Germany for more than a month and was much more mature than when she was in school.
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