Chapter 1318: Counterattack
Gu Nianzhi nodded lightly.
She had never been very outgoing in front of people she wasn’t familiar with.
Xie Shenxing asked with a smile, “Shaoheng is going too?”
Gu Nianzhi nodded. “Granduncle is so smart. Major General Huo did indeed say that he would go with us. He told us to wait for him at the entrance of the military general hospital.”
Xie Shenxing nodded approvingly. “Alright, he should indeed bring you along. You’re not married to him yet, so how can you go meet the male elders of his family alone? Especially people like your father-in-law and grandfather-in-law. You have to avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion.”
Gu Nianzhi anxiously shrunk her neck.
Because she and Huo Shaoheng had already been married..
Legally speaking, she was indeed the Huo family’s daughter-in-law.
Of course, to outsiders, they were only engaged. They indeed weren’t married yet.
Gu Nianzhi tried her best to act indifferent. She smiled and said, “Granduncle, you’re so kind. I know you’re saying this for my good.”
“Of course.” Xie Shenxing laughed heartily and patted her head, “Don’t pretend to be demure in front of me. It’s better for girls to be outgoing. Didn’t Shaoheng say that you’re talkative? Why are you acting so shy with me?”
Gu Nianzhi’s eyes flashed, and she couldn’t hide her surprise. “Really? As long as you don’t think I talk too much.”
With a bitter expression, she said, ” … Major General Huo’s father and grandfather both like quiet and virtuous girls. They probably don’t like girls like me… ”
“If they don’t like you, it’s because they have poor taste. They only see people who are worse than them, and they don’t see people who are better than them.” Xie Shenxing actually wasn’t a good-tempered person, nor was he a patient person. However, when it came to Gu Nianzhi.., he was very patient, and he really treated her like a junior.
Before he returned to the country, he had already asked his son, Xie Beichen, to gather a lot of information about Gu Nianzhi.
Although the information the Xie family gathered wasn’t particularly comprehensive compared to the information Huo Shaoheng and the others had, the information he had gathered was enough to make him be affectionate and pitiful towards Gu Nianzhi.
Of course, the most important thing was that Gu Nianzhi was Huo Shaoheng’s beloved woman, and Huo Shaoheng was his biological sister, Xie Ziyan’s favorite grandson whom she had raised.
When you love someone, you are more likely to love the people connected to them, so Xie Shenxing still cherished Gu Nianzhi very much.
Moreover, Gu Nianzhi’s aunt, Gu Tian, had once married a distant relative of the Xie family. Speaking of which, they were really related by marriage.
So the Xie family becoming Gu Nianzhi’s maternal family was no problem.
Xie Shenxing didn’t want Gu Nianzhi to be too restrained in front of him. He smiled and said, “You and Xie Qingying are cousins, right?”
Gu Nianzhi held her phone and said nervously, ” … Xie Qingying is my cousin. Her mother, Gu Tian, is my aunt. But my aunt pa.s.sed away a long time ago. I just met them recently, so I hadn’t had much contact with them.”
Xie Qingying’s father, Xie Dezhao, had remarried. His in-laws were now the Long family of the esteemed Speaker Long. Gu Nianzhi was too embarra.s.sed to get close to Xie Dezhao’s relatives.
“Xie Qingying is the daughter of the Xie family. Since you’re cousins with her, you’re also in-laws with the Xie family. What’s there to be embarra.s.sed about?”
Xie Shenxing could tell that Gu Nianzhi was quite like Huo Shaoheng when he was young.
She really lived up to being raised by him…
Xie Shenxing felt like laughing.
Gu Nianzhi nodded. “I know. I’ll be spending more time with my cousin’s family in the future.”
“If your cousin wants to spend more time with them, we’ll have to spend more time with them.” Xie Shenxing had already started planning Gu Nianzhi’s wedding. “Our Xie family and your Gu family are both overseas. The custom of getting married overseas is for the woman to hold the wedding. How about this, your marriage with Shaoheng will be held by our Xie family. In a few days, when your uncle returns to the country, we’ll hold an engagement party for you and Shaoheng at the Diaotai State Guesthouse. If you’re getting married, where do you want to hold the wedding?”
Gu Nianzhi’s heart pounded when she heard this.
She wasn’t ready to be a bride yet…
After hesitating for a while, she said honestly, ” … I haven’t decided yet. Granduncle, can you wait until I’ve decided?”
“Hahaha… of course I can… ” Xie Shenxing laughed heartily. “But don’t think about it for too long. You have to understand how Shaoheng feels… he’s not young anymore…”
When Gu Nianzhi heard this, she couldn’t help thinking about the revenge from the “30-year-old man” that day. She blushed and immediately changed the topic. “Is Uncle returning to the Huaxia Empire? It’s all thanks to him that we were able to successfully file a lawsuit against the trust fund this time.”
Gu Nianzhi used the accusation of “money laundering” to freeze the trust fund under Luo Jialan’s name, but the plaintiff wasn’t her. Instead, it was a certain person in charge of the European Union’s Banking Regulatory Agency that Xie Beichen had contacted, and Gu Nianzhi was “hired” as the lawyer for the European Union’s Banking Regulatory Agency. Only then would she have the authority to file a lawsuit with the Swiss court.
“Yes, your uncle Beichen will be back in two weeks. These two weeks should be enough time for them to prepare an engagement party,” Xie Shenxing said with a smile.
He didn’t need to worry about the specific preparations. The Xie family had professional people to take care of it.
They chatted along the way, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
When they were almost at the imperial military hospital, Xie Shenxing received calls from General Ji, Speaker Long, and the Prime Minister, Bai Jiancheng.
The three of them expressed their sincere greetings and warm welcome to Xie Shenxing, and expressed their intention to visit him.
Xie shenxing smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries with them. In the end, he set the date for their visit to be tomorrow morning at the Xie family’s villa in the Western hills.
After the call ended, the car had arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Military General Hospital.
Huo Shaoheng’s private car was already waiting there.
Huo Shaoheng’s chauffeur greeted Xie Shenxing’s chauffeur. The two cars drove into the hospital one after the other and stopped in front of an eighteen-story building surrounded by green trees and lawns.
Huo Xuenong’s high-cla.s.s ward was in this building.
The car door opened and Huo Shaoheng got out of the car first.
He walked to Xie Shenxing’s car and helped them open the car door.
Xie Shenxing held Huo Shaoheng’s hand as he got out of the car. He looked up at the ordinary-looking high-rise building and said calmly, “If your grandfather’s illness is too serious, it’s better to send him to a special sanatorium to recuperate.”
This sort of special sanatorium wasn’t an ordinary sanatorium.
Huo Shaoheng smiled. “Does Granduncle have any recommendations?”
“That depends on how well your grandfather recovers,” Xie Shenxing said meaningfully. “If he has already recovered, of course he doesn’t need to go. If his illness is incurable, for the sake of his safety, naturally he has to be sent to the best sanatorium ”
Huo Shaoheng nodded. “Granduncle’s words make sense. Let’s go and see how my grandfather has recovered.”
Gu Nianzhi listened to the two of them talking as if they were playing a game. She suspiciously looked at Huo Shaoheng, then at Xie Shenxing. She pondered over it inside.
The group of people came to the ward and saw that the door was ajar.
Gu Nianzhi knocked on the door and said sweetly, “Grandfather Huo? I’m Gu Nianzhi. ”
“Come in. ” Huo Xuenong’s low and growly voice sounded, as if he was gnas.h.i.+ng his teeth.
Gu Nianzhi: ” … ”
She turned to look at Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng signaled her to enter with his eyes.
When they arrived, Huo Guanchen’s orderly was standing guard at the door.
When he saw that Huo Shaoheng had arrived, he instinctively wanted to raise his hand to salute and greet him.
Huo Shaoheng raised his arm in time to stop him, so he only saluted.
Gu Nianzhi pushed the door open and entered alone. She looked up and saw Huo Xuenong staring at her with his eyes red and bloodshot.
Luo Jialan was there too.
She stood by the window with her hands in the pockets of her dress pants.
The window was open, and the breeze blew in through the half-open window. Her hair flew in the wind, and she looked so beautiful that even Gu Nianzhi couldn’t help complimenting her in her heart…
But as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, Gu Nianzhi thought with a blank expression: I take back what I just thought.
Before Grandfather Huo could speak, Luo Jialan made the first move. “Gu Nianzhi, why did you go to the Swiss court to sue me for ‘money laundering’?! You knew that it wasn’t money laundering. It was my legal income!”
“Oh? That’s weird. How would I know that it wasn’t money laundering?” Gu Nianzhi spread out her hands dismissively, and immediately understood that Huo Xuenong had called her here with ulterior motives.
Fortunately, Huo Shaoheng and Xie Shenxing were both at the door, so she had nothing to be afraid of.
“Stop pretending. Don’t you know where the money went? You’re using your official position to carry out your personal vendetta! I’m going to sue you in court! ” Luo Jialan tried her best to remain calm, but the madness in her eyes and her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
“I really don’t know where the money went.” Gu Nianzhi’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately stared at Luo Jialan, “But you said that I was using my official position to carry out a personal vendetta. Is it because you and I had a feud in the past? After thinking about it, the only time I had a vendetta was when I was in Germany…”
Gu Nianzhi took a step forward and narrowed her eyes as she looked at Luo Jialan, “Could it be that when I was being hunted down in Germany, you were also involved? Haha, if that’s the case, then I’m not using my official position to exact a personal vendetta. I’m seeking justice for myself. The net of heaven has large meshes, but it lets nothing through. Luo Jialan, you’ve already been charged with two counts of intentional homicide. ”
“I never tried to kill you. Don’t slander me ” Luo Jialan forced herself to remain calm. “I’m not going to talk to you anymore. I’ll wait for my lawyer to come.”
She finally realized that there were traps hidden everywhere whenever she spoke to Gu Nianzhi.
She had only threatened her with one sentence, yet Gu Nianzhi had already found something to use against her. She was about to use her counterattack against her.
Luo Jialan was so nervous that she experienced heartburn, and there was a bitter taste inside her mouth.