The expression on Cai Shengnan's face was very conflicted. It was as if she had experienced happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy in an instant.
It was the first time in her life that she was rendered speechless by someone.
This was a very novel experience for Cai Shengnan, who had been a straight-A student since she was young and had become a straight-A student even after she went to the United States.
She frowned and thought quickly, but realized that she couldn't immediately think of a response.
It wasn't that she couldn't say a word, but she always felt that there were loopholes in everything. As soon as she said it, she would immediately be rebutted.
She could only blame herself for being too careless …
Prime Minister Tan was her uncle, so she didn't need to spend any effort to win him over. Helping him settle the impeachment was enough.
Her goal was the Senate.
However, the impeachment she settled was a slap in the Senate's face …
Only Speaker Long, who was broad-minded and didn't stick to one style of talent, would praise her and be willing to let her be his personal legal advisor.
So since she wanted to have a foot in both camps, it seemed like she had to endure Huo Shaoheng's humiliation.
Using the spear to attack the shield was too good at exploiting loopholes. She had lost.
Cai Shengnan wasn't a sore loser.
This time, she had come with the intention of "testing the waters" and taking a good look at what the most mysterious place in the Hua Xia Empire was like.
However, on this trip, she didn't see anything other than the plaza and alleyways that led in all directions. She didn't even step into the door of the office building.
However, although she couldn't enter the building, just looking at the environment outside, it didn't seem any different from a regular military compound.
However, the people here really gave her the biggest surprise.
That Major General Huo's reaction was too fast. It completely overturned her view of soldiers. She couldn't help but look at him in a different light.
This kind of favor was also very rare for Cai Shengnan. She even felt her heart palpitate with excitement as if she had met her match.
It had been a long time since she had met a man who could make her submit and even surrender …
Cai Shengnan was born in the Hua Xia Empire and grew up with her grandparents. After going to university, she went to the United States to stay with her parents.
Because she grew up in the Hua Xia Empire, she had a very good relationship with her youngest aunt, Cai Songyin, and treated her like half a mother.
This was also one of the reasons she was willing to return to the Hua Xia Empire to help her youngest aunt.
Standing here, she seemed to be able to see her future …
Cai Shengnan finally regained her composure. She smiled and nodded at Huo Shaoheng and Bai Yueran. She extended her hand to Huo Shaoheng. "Alright, you win. Major General Huo, I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted and clear. You're as smart as the best lawyers in the world. Thank you, for letting me see the best side of you. "
Huo Shaoheng had no intention of shaking hands with her. He nodded slightly. "You flatter me, Ms. Cai. I still have something to do, so I won't keep you company. "With that, he turned around and left, leaving Cai Shengnan with a cool back view.
Bai Yueran looked at Cai Shengnan, who was staring at Huo Shaoheng's back, and smiled. "Ms. Cai, please go back."
Cai Shengnan came back to her senses and turned her hand to Bai Yueran. "Director Bai, you're amazing too."
Bai Yueran shook hands with her nonchalantly and said with a smile, "… Not as good as Major General Huo, right? That's how it should be. That's why he's the boss here, and I'm just a director. "
Ever since the leak at Dou Qingyan's birthday, Huo Shaoheng's identity had been exposed to the world.
Later, the military simply promoted him and allowed the Special Operations Forces to surface. It became a place that looked like any other military organization.
That way, there would be fewer prying eyes.
The people who really needed to be hidden were the field personnel of this organization.
Someone with Huo Shaoheng's status naturally wouldn't go on field duty anymore.
Huo Shaoheng had already disguised himself when he made the deal with the big shots to go to the United States to rescue Tan Guiren. Even acquaintances couldn't tell that he was Huo Shaoheng.
Therefore, these people were no longer strangers to him.
Cai Shengnan stopped being arrogant and turned back to the military art troupe's RV. She said to the team leader dryly, "Let's go back."
The team leader had been itching to leave this place for a long time, so he quickly asked the driver to drive away.
Cai Shengnan sat next to Tan Guiren and narrowed her eyes at Tan Guiren.
Tan Guiren asked quietly, "Cousin, what were you talking about with Major General Huo and Director Bai?"
"Nothing much, just some work-related stuff." Cai Shengnan looked at Tan Guiren's innocent expression and felt a little stifled.
She took out a lady's cigarette from her bag and wanted to smoke it, but then remembered that she couldn't smoke in the car.
She twisted the cigarette with one hand until it almost turned into smoke.
"Cousin, what's wrong? Is something bothering you? " Tan Guiren asked curiously. She couldn't understand why her omnipotent cousin would have such a melancholy expression.
Cai Shengnan sighed deeply. Only a poem echoed in her mind: When I first met you, it was like returning an old friend.
She rolled the cigarette into a ball and held it in her hand. She smiled faintly. "It's nothing."
As she spoke, she asked Huo Shaoheng, "Cousin, are you very close to Major General Huo? Uncle and Auntie really think highly of him? "
Tan Guiren blushed slightly as she recalled how Huo Shaoheng had done his best to save her in America. Just thinking about it made her feel sweet.
Although Huo Shaoheng's mother was harsh with her, if Huo Shaoheng had her in his heart, she would be with him no matter what. She would also try her best to please Huo Shaoheng's mother and be filial to her. She would never make things difficult for her.
Unfortunately, she couldn't read his mind.
This man was a difficult question for her, but she still wanted to try her best to solve it.
What if she was right?
Tan Guiren reminisced and once again talked about how she was rescued by Huo Shaoheng in the United States.
Cai Shengnan listened quietly and didn't comment.
Cai Shengnan finally said to Tan Guiren, "I don't think Major General Huo is a good match for you. You're more suited for a simpler man and family. Major General Huo is too complicated for you. You won't be able to control a man like that."
Tan Guiren actually agreed with Cai Shengnan's words, but it just felt awkward no matter how she heard it.
She couldn't figure out why she felt awkward. It was clearly a very sincere suggestion.
Perhaps good advice was unpleasant to the ear.
Tan Guiren comforted herself.
"Cousin, I already said that I'll listen to Mom and Dad on this." Tan Guiren rejected Cai Shengnan's suggestion tactfully.
Cai Shengnan didn't know why, but her mood immediately sank.
She forced a smile. "Ok, you've always been the most obedient."
Cai Shengnan got her car and drove away in a daze.
…
After the military performing team left, the people from Huo Guanchen's Political Department had already checked their passes at the entrance of the military base and let them in one by one.
They were the official organization that came for the annual inspection.
Huo Shaoheng could refuse the military performing team and Cai Shengnan, but he couldn't refuse the surprise inspection this time.
Of course, he didn't want to interact with Huo Guanchen personally, so he used the excuse of "avoiding suspicion" to have Yin Shixiong stay behind to handle the surprise inspection.
Huo Shaoheng drove out alone and called Gu Nianzhi.
"Nianzhi, are you still at Chen Lie's?"
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "I just had some snacks with Brother Chen. What's up, Huo Shao?"
Her tone was calm and didn't sound proud or happy at all.
Huo Shaoheng suddenly realized that he really missed the Gu Nianzhi who would laugh when she was happy, cry when she was unhappy, and want to tell the world when she was happy.
But people always grow up.
Now that Gu Nianzhi had really grown up and matured as he wished, he felt a bit sad.
Fingers tapping on the steering wheel, he finally took out the keys and got out of the car to go upstairs to Chen Lie's office.
When he walked into Chen Lie's office, Gu Nianzhi was helping him clean up the coffee cups and porcelain plates on the coffee table.
Seeing Huo Shaoheng walk in, Gu Nianzhi looked up with a smile. "Have you had lunch? Do you want something to eat? "
Huo Shaoheng wasn't hungry at all.
Stretching his long legs, he sat down on the sofa and shook his head. "No need. How's your checkup?"
"It's still the same." Gu Nianzhi sat across from him. "Brother Chen said I might not have that illness."
She sighed deeply and seemed to be in disbelief.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you happy that you're not sick? "Huo Shaoheng leaned over and rubbed her head." Don't think too much. Trust Chen Lie. "
Gu Nianzhi avoided his hand. "Okay, I'll trust him for now." She then asked, "Who is that Madam Cai? How did she get everything all of a sudden? "
She had a pass, a letter of authorization from the Senate, and she had connections with the military art troupe and Huo Guanchen.
Huo Shaoheng told her about Cai Shengnan's identity and situation, then said, "She's been back in the country for more than a month. She's the lead lawyer for Prime Minister Tan's impeachment case, so it should be settled by now."
They had already analyzed this problem last time.
But this time, they saw the person behind the other party.
"So it's her? She's quite impressive. I didn't expect her to be so young. "Gu Nianzhi evaluated objectively.
"Actually, if it weren't for the fact that she wanted to help the Prime Minister and curry favor with Speaker Long, I wouldn't have said that to her."
Huo Shaoheng smiled. "What you said today was very appropriate, and it helped me a lot. I haven't thanked you properly yet."
"Oh, Huo Shao, you don't have to be so polite. You sending me back to school is the best way to show your gratitude." Gu Nianzhi quickly waved her hand, afraid that Huo Shaoheng would "thank" her properly again …
When she came to Chen Lie for a checkup last week, Huo Shaoheng was also there.
She only helped him translate a document, and Huo Shaoheng said he wanted to "thank her properly."
He took her back to the official residence and expressed his "gratitude" from head to toe, inside and out. The direct result was that Gu Nianzhi lay in his bed from Saturday to Sunday. Her bones were about to fall apart.
So when Huo Shaoheng said "I haven't thanked you properly," Gu Nianzhi quickly declined.
Huo Shaoheng seemed to also remember last weekend. He lowered his head and smiled for a while before standing up. "Let's go. I'll take you back."
The two of them chatted and laughed in the car along the way, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious.
When they arrived at school, Gu Nianzhi was about to get out of the car. Huo Shaoheng kissed her cheek before letting her go.
Gu Nianzhi returned to her dorm and had just tidied up her desk when she saw He Zhichu call.
"Nianzhi, it's Christmas next weekend. What plans do you have?"
Gu Nianzhi: "…"
"Professor He, I want to study. My thesis is almost finished. I want to revise it properly in the next few days. "
He Zhichu agreed. "Ask me if you have any questions."
Gu Nianzhi originally wanted to say that there was no problem, but she suddenly remembered seeing Cai Shengnan today. She asked, "Professor He, do you know Cai Shengnan? She's a Chinese-American female partner of the second-largest law firm in the United States. Do you remember her? "
He Zhichu replied calmly, "I'm not very familiar with that law firm." He then asked, "Why are you asking about her? If you need me to, I can help you look into it. "
Gu Nianzhi bit the tip of her pen and thought about it for a while. In the end, she decided to put it aside for now. After all, she still didn't understand what this woman's intentions were.
She didn't want to alert them, and she didn't want to give them face by paying attention to them.
Putting down the phone, He Zhichu looked at the calendar in front of him.
On his desk was a large red gilded invitation. It was the invitation to the military performing troupe's Christmas performance.
This kind of high-class performance ticket couldn't be bought with money.
…
The Special Operations Forces' surprise inspection ended very quickly.
Huo Guanchen originally thought it would take 10 days to half a month, but the results were many times better than he had expected.
When he left with the people from the General Political Department's secretariat, Huo Shaoheng still personally came to see him off.
When Huo Guanchen got into the car, he looked at him a few times. He wanted to say something to him but stopped himself. In the end, he didn't say anything.
…
On Thursday night, Ma Qiqi rushed back to the dormitory and said to Gu Nianzhi, "Nianzhi, today is the live broadcast of the impeachment in the Senate. Do you want to watch it together?"
Gu Nianzhi already knew the outcome, so of course she wasn't interested.
However, seeing that Ma Qiqi seemed to care, Gu Nianzhi also watched the television with her.
The television first showed the vote in the lower house of the Senate.
According to the law, the impeachment would only take effect if more than 50% of the members of the upper house and the lower house of the Senate agreed.
What Cai Shengnan was doing was making breakthroughs in both the upper and lower houses of the Senate to fight for as much power as possible.
Today, it was time to see who was the real deal.
Gu Nianzhi picked up an apple and nibbled on it. She stared at the television intently and said, "Why don't we guess the percentage of the votes? I'll give you two points, okay?"
Ma Qiqi glared at her. "You said the same thing last week, and in the end, you took all my pocket money."
"That's because you were careless …" Gu Nianzhi leaned lazily on the sofa. "Come on, maybe you can beat me? If you can't, you won't lose anything. "
Ma Qiqi was a bit tempted by her words, but she looked at the complicated numbers and calculation formulas. She was just a normal person, so she shouldn't use the standards of a top student to demand of herself.
The television finally turned to the voting hall of the lower house of the Senate.
A balding old man in his fifties sat in the voting hall of the lower house of the Senate. He smiled at everyone and raised his hand. "Now is the time to vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Tan Dongbang. Dear members of the Senate, I want to remind you that whether Prime Minister Tan Dongbang's crimes of perjury and obstruction of justice will all depend on your votes. "
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