"You were really being hunted down?! Why were you being hunted down in Germany?! " Chen Lie's round eyes grew even wider, and his last sliver of hope sank to the bottom. His heart … felt like it was soaked in coptis juice, and it tasted bitter from the inside out.
Gu Nianzhi didn't know what was wrong with Chen Lie to ask her that. She couldn't help but look at him with a half-smile. "Yeah, I was bored, so I was looking for people to hunt me down for fun. Are you satisfied with this reason?"
Chen Lie immediately knew he had gone too far. His round forehead beaded with sweat, and he took out a handkerchief to wipe it off as he apologized profusely. "Nianzhi, Nianzhi, I didn't mean that. I … I just feel bad …" He choked up.
"This is all Dr. … Dr. Ye's fault. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't have been hunted down … I only found out now that she kept you from me by texting and calling me …"
Gu Nianzhi's eyes widened as well. She hadn't expected this at all. "What happened? How could it have anything to do with Dr. Ye?! "
"I didn't believe it at first either." Chen Lie spread his hands. "But Huo Shao produced evidence, and Dr. Ye … admitted it herself."
"Oh? It really was her?! "Gu Nianzhi sat up straight." Could it be that the two field agents' deaths had something to do with her?! "
The two field agents were the biggest pain in Gu Nianzhi's heart. They had died because of her, and she had vowed to find the traitor when she was in Germany to avenge them.
She hadn't expected the traitor to be Ye Zitan.
"It had something to do with her. She was the one who leaked the news about them so that people would hunt you down." Chen Lie's eyes reddened again, and he quickly wiped his face with the back of his hand. "Huo Shao won't let her go. He already told me to see her one last time."
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She didn't know what to say.
Normally, she should be comforting Chen Lie.
But seeing Chen Lie so sad, she thought of the families of the two field agents. Their relatives, friends, parents, wives, and children. How sad they must be!
As for herself, because of Ye Zitan's betrayal, not only did she lose the precious opportunity to contact the base for rescue, but she also almost died. If it wasn't for the fact that the other party wanted more things from her, she would have been buried in some mountain range in the Alps a long time ago, just like those two field agents.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes darkened, and her hands clutched the blanket on the bed tightly. She held it in and said, "Brother Chen, I'm sorry, but I can't comfort you, and I don't want to tell you it's okay. Because what Doctor Ye has done is unforgivable. "
Chen Lie's tears fell even harder.
"… I'm very familiar with Dr. Ye, and we can even be considered friends, but when I think about the two field agents she killed, I want her dead immediately. I know you like Doctor Ye very much, Brother Chen. I shouldn't pour salt on your wound at this time, but if you blame those of us who were killed by her for that kind of bad person, then I'm sorry, Brother Chen. I think I'll really fall out with you. "Gu Nianzhi lifted the blanket and held onto the bed frame to get off.
Chen Lie quickly supported her. Although he was still crying, he sobbed and said, "Nianzhi, Nianzhi, don't be angry. I really don't blame you. I know what she did is unforgivable. I know that she is indeed crazy and guilty of the most heinous crimes. But you know, I'm human, and I have feelings. I've liked her for so many years. Although the feelings I invested were only my own, they were still feelings. I can't take them back just because I say so. I actually already know that she's not the person I have a crush on. Or rather, I've never truly understood her. But when I heard you say her name and thought of the fate she's about to face, I still can't help it … "
"Then go ahead and cry. After you cry this time, don't shed another tear for that kind of person, because it's not worth it. " Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath. She had also been deeply in love before, although she had only been a one-woman show. Therefore, she could empathize with Chen Lie's sadness and despair.
Gu Nianzhi took out a tissue from the box on the table and passed it to Chen Lie. "Brother Chen, don't use a handkerchief anymore. Use this." She then took Chen Lie's arm and sat down on the sofa against the wall. "Brother Chen, you're so amazing, smart, and funny. There are actually many girls who like you. I'll introduce some good girls to you in the future. Then you'll know how unreliable a crush is."
Chen Lie cried for a while and felt better. He wiped his face with a tissue and said listlessly, "What do you mean by a crush? I think it's a waste of time and boring. "
"Well said!" Gu Nianzhi couldn't help clapping. "Brother Chen, you really hit the nail on the head. Dating is really unreliable, a waste of time, and discourages people from improving themselves. I've finally seen through it. "
"Seen through it? How old are you? You've already seen through it? Then what about Huo Shao? " Chen Lie finally laughed at Gu Nianzhi's words. "You're making light of the situation. You already have a boyfriend, and you're making such sarcastic remarks. You know people want to beat you up for saying that. "
Gu Nianzhi smiled faintly. "How can I have a boyfriend? Brother Chen, you think too highly of me. I'm just shamelessly throwing myself at him. "
Chen Lie was speechless.
That didn't sound right.
It was too serious.
"Nianzhi …?"
"What is it?"
"Did you get a concussion from the electric shock?"
"…?"
"You're talking nonsense. Isn't it still a concussion?" Chen Lie turned to look at her. "But I did a CT scan on you. Your brain is fine. And you don't have any symptoms of vomiting … "
Gu Nianzhi put a hand to her forehead and leaned back on the sofa. "Brother Chen, I'm serious. Just like how you came to a sudden realization about your feelings for Dr. Ye, so did I. "
Chen Lie frowned as he looked at Gu Nianzhi. He had a nagging feeling that something was wrong with her, but he had been through so much turmoil recently. Today, he had been traumatized by Gu Nianzhi and Ye Zitan's incident. His body couldn't take it anymore.
His brain refused to analyze it rationally.
Chen Lie yawned. "I can't take it anymore. I have to sleep for a while, and then I have to see Dr. Ye one last time before dawn. I want to tidy up."
Gu Nianzhi said, "… Go get some sleep. When do you plan to wake up? I'll wake you up. "
Chen Lie looked at his watch. "I'll sleep for two hours. Just wake me up at 3: 30. "He then asked Gu Nianzhi," You really don't want to sleep? "
Gu Nianzhi shook her head. "I feel like I slept for a long time. I'm not sleepy at all."
Chen Lie also knew that Gu Nianzhi had a special constitution. If she said she wasn't sleepy, then she wasn't sleepy. He didn't stand on ceremony with her. "Then stay here and don't go anywhere. I'm still waiting for you to wake me up. There's an iPad and a computer here. You can play by yourself. "
Chen Lie pointed to the entertainment facilities, then went into the office inside to sleep.
The lone light in the single patient room shone on all kinds of medical equipment and emitted a gentle glow.
Gu Nianzhi sat on the sofa outside alone. She picked up the iPad and began to make a list of her assets to see which belonged to her and which belonged to Huo Shaoheng.
She planned to break up with Huo Shaoheng, so of course she had to move out of his house.
Although the house had already been transferred to her, she didn't want it. Not at all.
Those things constantly reminded her that everything she had was actually his charity, and that she wasn't even on the same level as him. No matter how she looked at it, she wasn't worthy of him.
She already had no love, so she couldn't lose her pride.
…
When Huo Shaoheng brought Yin Shixiong to the military court's secret courtroom, Bai Yueran and Zhou Qiyuan were already arguing with the judge.
"Judge Liao, we have all the paperwork, and the evidence is conclusive. Why can't we sign the death warrant right away?" Bai Yueran argued with the judge word by word about the terms of espionage. "Her situation is special, and we can completely handle special cases."
"Director Bai, you also studied law. Don't you know that special cases are the most taboo in the law? Special cases aren't the law. "Judge Liao was obviously conflicted about this case and opposed the execution of a person just like that.
"Judge Liao, you can't say it like that. Since when did the law prohibit special cases from being handled special cases? As long as it's allowed by the law, special cases are handled according to the law. It's legal and reasonable. "Although Bai Yueran had been arguing with Judge Liao for half an hour, her attitude was still very amiable.
Not only was she highly professional, but she was also very magnanimous when it came to dealing with people. She dealt with the big and let go of the small. She was soft when it needed to be soft and hard when it needed to be. Sometimes, she was even more appropriate than her father, Bai Jiancheng.
It could be said that ever since the Special Operations Forces' legal department had Bai Yueran, not only had their efficiency increased a lot, but their relationship with the other departments of the state had also improved a lot.
Huo Shaoheng listened at the door for a while before pushing it open to enter. He gestured for Yin Shixiong to bring up the supper he bought on the way. "Judge Liao, Director Bai, you've worked hard. Have some supper first and take a break before we talk."
Yin Shixiong had bought Dahuchun's famous shrimp, pork, and clams pan-fried, and Huo Shaoheng had asked him to buy three baskets of it.
Opening the lid of the container, the freshly cooked shrimp, pork, and clams pan-fried were steaming hot. The round pan-fried dumplings had snow-white skin and looked very tender. It whetted one's appetite just by looking at it.
Even Judge Liao, who had always been upright and outspoken, couldn't help but eat three in one go.
After eating, he drank a cup of hot soy milk that he had bought along with the pan-fried dumplings.
People who had been starving in the middle of the night and were extremely mentally exhausted received the nourishment of supper. Everyone felt alive again.
Judge Liao was obviously easy to talk to.
"Huo Shao, it's not that I don't want to give you face, but is there really no room for negotiation on this matter?" Judge Liao came out after washing his hands and sat next to Huo Shaoheng to talk in a low voice.
Huo Shaoheng sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and also looked exhausted. He said, "If it's possible, I also want to slow down. But what she did was really too bad, and our Special Operations Forces was only established not long ago. If we let her off so easily this time, how are we going to carry out our work in the future? You also know that in a special organization like ours, the biggest taboo is betrayal and betrayal. More than a hundred years ago, our ancestors dealt with such traitors by exterminating entire families. There was one time when our ancestors let two children go in a moment of soft-heartedness. In the end, the two children turned the tables and pointed out many of our underground workers to the enemy. In the end, even more people died. Tell me, how should we settle this debt? "
Judge Liao's hair stood on end from Huo Shaoheng's words.
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