Huo Shaoheng held Gu Nianzhi's hand and stopped in front of the elevator.
He looked at the open elevator door in front of him and didn't say anything. He pursed his lips and stepped in with an unquestionable stance.
He exerted some force and pulled the reluctant Gu Nianzhi in as well.
"… Huo Shao, I said I want to go back. Did you hear me?!" Gu Nianzhi reached out to block the elevator door. The elevator door had a sensor system, so it didn't close.
"You really want to go back?" Huo Shaoheng still held Gu Nianzhi's hand as he watched her turn to walk out of the elevator.
One of them stood in the elevator while the other stood outside. Their hands were intertwined in the elevator.
Huo Shaoheng's expression returned to his usual calm. He didn't let go, but he didn't use any force either. It seemed like no matter what Gu Nianzhi said or did, she couldn't move him at all.
A man with a strong will, who did what he said, and knew what he was doing, had an irresistible attraction to women.
Especially when this man was a soldier, this attraction had to be multiplied by two.
He stood in the elevator and looked at her silently. Gu Nianzhi's heart couldn't help skipping two beats.
But if she returned to that apartment, Gu Nianzhi was afraid she would recall those sweet memories …
She was already struggling to resist Huo Shaoheng, but reason told her that Huo Shaoheng could no longer give her a sense of security. Being with him would hurt again sooner or later.
At that moment, Huo Shaoheng noticed Gu Nianzhi's imperceptible hesitation. He made a prompt decision and forcefully pulled Gu Nianzhi back. He held her in his arms with one hand and quickly took out the key card with the other to slide it on the elevator's floor sensor.
The elevator door closed and quickly went up to the 18th floor where they used to live.
Gu Nianzhi's head was pressed against his chest. When she struggled out of his embrace, she discovered that the elevator had already dinged and arrived at their destination.
The elevator door slowly opened, and the familiar apartment door appeared in front of them.
No matter how reluctant Gu Nianzhi was, she had no choice but to let Huo Shaoheng lead her out of the elevator.
Gu Nianzhi's heart pounded as she watched him take out the key card to open the door.
She hadn't been here even once after returning from Germany.
How sweet the two of them were back then, was how sad she was now.
Huo Shaoheng's expression didn't change as he calmly opened the door and entered the house. He took out a pair of house slippers from the shoe cabinet at the entrance — one for himself and one for Gu Nianzhi — and placed them in front of her.
"Why aren't you changing your shoes?"
"… What shoes? If you have something to say, just say it. I'll be leaving after that. "Gu Nianzhi turned around with her back to the living room and only looked at the door in front of her.
Seeing her childish behavior, Huo Shaoheng felt a headache coming on.
He walked over and stood behind her with his hands in his pockets. He looked down at her dark hair and didn't say anything. He just stood there quietly for a while.
Gu Nianzhi waited for a while, but when Huo Shaoheng didn't say anything, she turned around and said, "If there's nothing else to say, I'll leave …"
Before she could finish her sentence, Huo Shaoheng suddenly lowered his head and held her shoulder with one hand. His other hand threaded into her black hair at the back of her head and held it firmly. He leaned over and kissed her.
This time, he wasn't gentle at all. Instead, he forcefully sucked on her lips, using his teeth to nibble on her lips bit by bit.
Her curvy lips were full and moist. It was very comfortable to kiss.
When he bit down, his teeth almost sank into a pile of soft cotton. It made him want to swallow her whole.
Her lips were numb from being bitten. It didn't hurt, but Huo Shaoheng's teeth seemed to have their own electric current. Every time he bit, waves of numbness would rush to the top of her head and then spread throughout her entire body from head to toe. It made her so weak that she couldn't stand.
She could only lean on Huo Shaoheng for a moment of support.
Huo Shaoheng hugged her even tighter and kissed her even harder. The tip of his tongue hooked into her mouth and pulled out the tip of her tongue. He sucked and tasted it carefully before circling and nibbling on the tip of her tongue.
This time, it hurt a little, but it wasn't unbearable. Instead, it made her momentarily awake and confused.
Gu Nianzhi cried from his kiss and hit his chest weakly. "Huo Shaoheng, let me go … I beg you … Let me go …"
She had grown up with him. How could he not know what she liked about him?
He kept changing his ways to tease her, making her unable to resist.
It wasn't like she had a heart of stone. How could she be indifferent to his repeated displays of affection?
But she also knew very well that she wasn't ready to walk into a relationship with him again …
Huo Shaoheng's lips and teeth paused for a moment before the torrential kisses slowed down.
He didn't continue biting her lips and the tip of her tongue. His warm lips moved away from hers, and the hand holding the back of her neck loosened. He looked down at her silently.
Gu Nianzhi closed her eyes and didn't dare open them. She hated herself for being so weak.
"Okay, don't cry." Huo Shaoheng took a tissue from the cabinet in the entryway and wiped her tears. He then bent down to hug her and said helplessly, "It was just a kiss. Why are you crying?"
Gu Nianzhi would never tell him that she felt dizzy as soon as he kissed her. She was afraid that she would do something "humiliating" in such a state.
She bit her lip and looked away without saying a word.
Huo Shaoheng patted her head and led her to the sofa in the living room to sit down. He quietly held her in his arms.
Neither of them had any intention of talking. They just sat in each other's arms in the living room. Huo Shaoheng's hand patted her back from time to time.
The afternoon sun shone in through the floor-to-ceiling windows and warmed the apartment. A warm atmosphere flowed through the empty living room and added a sense of liveliness to the apartment that had been empty for many days.
The light was a bit blinding. Gu Nianzhi instinctively turned her head away from Huo Shaoheng's arms to avoid the direct sunlight.
Huo Shaoheng stood up and walked to the window to close the blinds.
Then he went to his study and took out a small milky white Bluetooth speaker. He placed it on the coffee table in front of the sofa in the living room.
He took out his phone and pressed a few buttons to turn on the Bluetooth speaker.
Gu Nianzhi curled up on the sofa with an embarrassed expression on her face. She looked at Huo Shaoheng and wanted to say something, but Gu Yanran and Jin Wanyi's voices came from the Bluetooth speakers and broke the awkwardness.
Gu Nianzhi was immediately attracted. She focused on the Bluetooth speaker and listened to the conversation between Gu Yanran and Jin Wanyi.
Huo Shaoheng didn't listen. He said to Gu Nianzhi, "I'm going out for a smoke." He opened the floor-to-ceiling windows and walked to the balcony to light the cigarette in his hand.
…
"Yanran, what's going on? Why does Gu Nianzhi suddenly want to split the inheritance with you? Isn't she the adopted daughter of the Gu family? How can she be so shameless to ask for money? Your parents should have a will, right? "Jin Wanyi also loved and hated Gu Yanran.
She was the daughter of a wealthy family, but she made herself look like a shady mistress. She also spoke vaguely and hid many things from Jin Wanyi.
Normally, clients like this weren't easy to get along with, and her colleagues didn't want to take them.
However, Gu Yanran was very generous. Just the commission alone made Jin Wanyi unable to say no.
Jin Wanyi had been in the profession for 10 years and had only entered the largest JD firm in the Imperial Capital with the help of a distant relative the year before last. She had just been promoted to senior lawyer not long ago.
All these years, she had always thought that she was quite capable, but she was unlucky and didn't encounter good cases or clients like others.
Later, after the case with Gu Nianzhi, although she lost, she gained popularity. She was no longer a nameless lawyer and had also opened the door to the upper class of society.
Good clients and cases came one after another, and her financial situation also improved.
The red Accord that she had bought not long after entering the profession had now been replaced with a BMW X5. She also had a down payment for a house in the Imperial Capital. Under such circumstances, she held on to clients like Gu Yanran even tighter.
Actually, no matter if she won or lost, she would still receive a generous commission.
However, if she won, she would be able to move up another level.
Jin Wanyi's words made Gu Yanran's heart ache.
She used a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes and said listlessly, "My father used to love Gu Nianzhi very much and treated her the same. That might have made her delusional. But the will … "
Gu Yanran hesitated, her voice a bit hoarse. "My father hasn't passed away yet. Will the will take effect?"
"Your father's situation is a bit complicated, but in theory, if your father and mother had a will, Gu Nianzhi's status as an adopted daughter can't be compared to yours. She will be of more help to you in the estate dispute case," Jin Wanyi said implicitly. She was just short of pointing out that as long as there was a will, the case almost didn't need to appear in court and could be settled out of court.
Gu Yanran frowned and thought about it for a while, then said softly, "What if there really isn't a will?"
"… In that case, we can probably only split it evenly." Jin Wanyi spread her hands with some regret. "In a situation where there isn't a will, Gu Nianzhi is also the first in line to inherit. Even if she's an adopted daughter, she's legally an officially adopted daughter. "
As soon as she said that, Jin Wanyi had another idea. "… Gu Nianzhi is an officially adopted daughter, right? Is there an official adoption document? "
Sometimes, some people said that they were adopting children, but the legal procedures might not be complete.
In the early years, there was an international movie star who didn't have any children, so she adopted a pair of twin daughters. However, when she had her own daughter, she "transferred" the twins.
The public criticized her a lot, but legally, she wasn't wrong. Although she said she was "adopted," there were some problems with the legal procedures when she adopted them, so the law didn't pursue her actions later.
If that was the case, then Gu Nianzhi's desire to fight for the estate could be extinguished.
Gu Yanran was stunned. "Official adoption documents?"
"Yes, since we're fighting for the estate, everything has to be done according to the law. If Gu Nianzhi wants to fight for the estate, she must first prove that she's a legally adopted daughter and produce legal documents to prove her identity. " Jin Wanyi knocked on the desk in front of her. Her words were like a heavy hammer hitting Gu Yanran's heart.
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