Chapter 1386: Vivacious
Huo Shaoheng’s expression didn’t change, but Fan Jian, who had been his orderly for many years, could tell that Huo Shaoheng wasn’t in a good mood.
He stole a glance at Huo Shaoheng through the rearview mirror.
It was common for people in their line of work to not sleep for days on end, but the human body wasn’t invincible.
He could tell that Huo Shaoheng was still a little tired.
Huo Shaoheng rested his head against his hand and rested his elbow on the edge of the car window. Fan Jian could only see the side of his face. The lines of his jaw were firm, but they were a little tightly drawn now. He exuded a strong murderous and unapproachable vibe.
Fan Jian shrank his neck and didn’t dare to speak. He simply drove quickly. It was usually a half-hour drive, but this time, it only took him 15 minutes to drive to the apartment block where Gu Nianzhi lived.
The car was parked in the parking lot, but Huo Shaoheng wasn’t in a hurry to get in.
He sat in the car and pondered silently. Finally, he called Gu Nianzhi.
“Nianzhi, are you done showering?” Huo Shaoheng asked as if nothing had happened. It was impossible to tell how he was feeling just from listening to his voice.
Gu Nianzhi had just finished showering. She was wrapping her hair in a towel and sitting in front of the dressing table as she applied a facial mask.
She replied, “Were you in a meeting just now?”
“Yes. “Huo Shaoheng closed his eyes, folded his arms, and leaned back in his seat.
After a moment of silence, he said, “I have a temporary mission, so the engagement party will be postponed for a month.”
Gu Nianzhi’s hand paused, but she quickly pretended to be nonchalant. “Really? You have to be careful. Also, since everyone is so busy, Let’s cancel the engagement party.”
Actually, Huo Shaoheng didn’t really care about the engagement party.
He had already proposed, so the most important thing now was to hold the wedding.
As for the engagement party, it was just to satisfy old master Xie’s request. It was just a treat.
Since it was a treat, of course, the main characters were the most important.
Huo Shaoheng really didn’t think of himself and Gu Nianzhi as the main characters of this party.
However, when Gu Nianzhi said that, Huo Shaoheng could discern the resentment.
It seemed that He Zhichu was right. Was Gu Nianzhi really upset?
So she really cared about this engagement banquet?
Huo Shaoheng didn’t say anything else. He opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and started smoking.
He hadn’t slept for a few days, so he relied on cigarettes as a stimulant.
In the parking lot late at night, the smoke between his fingers flickered, as if Huo Shaoheng was hiding something deep in his heart.
Gu Nianzhi waited for a while. When she saw that Huo Shaoheng wasn’t speaking, she thought he was busy again, so she hung up.
Huo Shaoheng heard a beeping sound from his Bluetooth headset and knew that Gu Nianzhi had hung up.
He didn’t say anything and continued to smoke. After a while, he threw away the unfinished cigarette in his hand and got out of the car.
Huo Shaoheng went straight up from the elevator in the parking lot to the floor where Gu Nianzhi lived. He rang the doorbell.
It was Xiao Ye who came to open the door.
She saw through the peephole that it was Huo Shaoheng standing at the door. She was very surprised and quickly opened the door. “Major General Huo, why are you still here? Aren’t you going out to sea?”
Huo Shaoheng had told Xiao Ye that he was going out to sea with his team.
Because when he left this time, he was most worried about Gu Nianzhi’s safety.
He didn’t want it to be like last time. Gu Nianzhi would be in danger the moment he left.
Therefore, he arranged for a whole new team to protect Gu Nianzhi. At the same time, he made Xiao Ye, who was by Gu Nianzhi’s side, even more cautious. He didn’t want Gu Nianzhi to act alone.
Huo Shaoheng had a feeling that the targeted attacks against Gu Nianzhi would only stop once the submarine was towed back and Gu Xiangwen’s fate was confirmed.
He had always thought that the people who targeted Gu Nianzhi were actually doing it for Gu Xiangwen, who was related to her.
As long as Gu Xiangwen appeared, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, the other party wouldn’t continue to pester her.
However, Huo Shaoheng didn’t want Gu Nianzhi to know that he would be going to sea.
Therefore, he gave Xiao Ye a meaningful look and didn’t answer her question. “Where’s Nianzhi?”
Xiao Ye understood and immediately pointed in the direction of Gu Nianzhi’s bedroom. “She’s in her bedroom. She didn’t have much to do tonight, but Professor He made a phone call in the evening, so she’s feeling a little down.”
Huo Shaoheng nodded in expectant and walked towards Gu Nianzhi’s bedroom.
He knocked on the door.
Gu Nianzhi’s sweet and soft voice came from inside the door. “Is that Xiao Ye? The door isn’t locked. Come in.”
Xiao Ye smiled at Huo Shaoheng’s back and turned to return to her room.
Huo Shaoheng placed his hand on the doork.n.o.b of Gu Nianzhi’s bedroom and gently pushed it down. The doork.n.o.b creaked and he pushed open Gu Nianzhi’s bedroom door. He quietly walked in and closed the door behind him.
Gu Nianzhi saw that it was Huo Shaoheng in the three-sided mirror on the dressing table and turned around in surprise. “Major General Huo?! Why are you here?! Were you downstairs just now?!”
It was less than five minutes after the two of them had hung up the phone, right?
Huo Shaoheng took off his military cap and walked over.
He put his military cap on Gu Nianzhi’s dressing table and bent down. He wanted to kiss her face, but when he saw the mask on her face, he only hugged her shoulders.
Gu Nianzhi had just showered, and her body smelled faintly of roses.
Huo Shaoheng sat down on the soft stool next to her and leaned his back against the dressing table. He looked down and said, “Time is tight this time. The engagement party was a gesture of goodwill from my great-uncle, so it’s not convenient to cancel it.”
When Gu Nianzhi heard this, she discerned that he was here to explain to her.
She smiled and looked at the mirror on the dressing table. “Actually, I don’t really need this engagement party, but if you want to postpone it, you have to at least tell me first. Did you think about how I felt when I found out from others that you wanted to postpone it?”
Huo Shaoheng pursed his lips and thought, Gu Nianzhi really did value this engagement party indeed…
He said slowly, “It’s just having a grand feast together. I was careless for not telling you beforehand.”
Gu Nianzhi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
It turned out that in Huo Shaoheng’s heart, this engagement party was like a banquet where old master Xie wanted to treat everyone to a meal. He really didn’t have the self-awareness as one of the main characters.
It was just a dinner party for everyone. He couldn’t go at the moment, so of course he had to inform the host to postpone it.
Because he instinctively didn’t think of himself as one of the main characters, he naturally didn’t think of Gu Nianzhi as one of the main characters. Therefore, he only told the Xie family that he wanted to postpone the news.
On Gu Nianzhi’s side, someone would naturally inform her.
Therefore, it was normal procedure for the Xie family’s a.s.sistant to call He Zhichu.
When treating others to a meal, wasn’t it common for people to be notified at the last minute when there was a change in the dinner time?
Huo Shaoheng was annoyed by He Zhichu’s tendency to criticize him.
Understanding what Huo Shaoheng meant, Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips and teased, “Major General Huo, are you trying to explain to me that you’re sorry? Tsk Tsk, how uncharacteristic. Didn’t expect that there would be a day when the iron-fisted Major General Huo has to humble down to explain himself. I’m really flattered.”
Huo Shaoheng turned his head to look at the mirror on the dressing table. He met Gu Nianzhi’s angry gaze in the mirror, and his heart skipped a beat. Even when Nianzhi was angry, she was so beautiful…
Then he realized that he had really fallen head over heels in love with this girl. Even when she was angry, she looked so vivacious.
He smiled, turned around, picked up the hair dryer, and stood up to dry Gu Nianzhi’s hair. He said, “This time, we’re actually just having a meal together, and the so-called engagement party is just a pretext. Don’t be angry. When we have the wedding, we’ll listen to you. You can do whatever you want.”
Abroad, weddings were all single-handedly organized by the bride.
Of course, the bride paid for the wedding, so the bride had the absolute right to decide.
The groom just had to be careful not to run away before the wedding.
Huo Shaoheng had been on missions abroad for many years, so he had a thorough understanding of foreign customs.
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips and said, “You’re spouting nonsense again. How could I make the decisions for the wedding?”
The Huaxia Empire was already preparing for the wedding because President Pus.h.i.+n of Russia had said that he would be their witness. They had to make sure that the wedding was a diplomatic feast!
Huo Shaoheng felt even more guilty.
He hadn’t thought about it at all.
Recently, all his thoughts had been occupied by the small submarine at the bottom of the Cape of Good Hope.
He leaned over and hugged Gu Nianzhi. He wanted to tell her about the small submarine.
But he was worried that Gu Xiangwen wouldn’t be alive inside.
He couldn’t give her false hope first and then crush it with his own hands.
That would be worse than having no hope at all.
Pursing his lips, Huo Shaoheng suppressed the matter and changed the topic. “I’ll make it clear to General Ji and Speaker Long about the wedding. You’re in charge, and they’re just a.s.sisting. They can’t steal the spotlight.”
Gu Nianzhi was worried about him again. She turned to look at him and whispered, “Will you offend them by talking to them like that?”
“It’s okay,” Huo Shaoheng thought to himself. As long as he didn’t offend her, it wouldn’t matter even if General Ji and Speaker Long were offended for a hundred times.