Chapter 1701: Second Spring
Huo Shaoheng’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but he still had a faint smile on his face. He whispered, “… could it be that you’re excited as you’ve reunited with Nianzhi?”
Wouldn’t he laugh recklessly if he was happy?
Lu Yuan glanced at the two people in the restaurant. He kept quiet and took out his phone to text Huo Shaoheng.
Lu Yuan: [ That’s not the only thing. ]
Lu Yuan: [ Previously, Lu Jin obviously knew that you were ‘coveting’ his precious daughter, but he still allowed you to accompany his precious daughter to the banquet. That’s not right. ]
Lu Yuan: [ It’s good enough that he didn’t chase you away with a cane. How can he let you stay close to her? ]
Lu Yuan: [ Now I don’t know why he’s smiling like this… ]
Huo Shaoheng still couldn’t understand.
He replied: [ … He’s just laughing loudly. Isn’t Lu too sensitive? ]
Lu Yuan replied: [ … Before this, I’ve only seen him laugh like this once. That was eight years ago when he sent Nianzhi to the other world and at the same time manipulated the car to explode across the boundary between the two parallel worlds… ]
“Lu Jin was standing at the crossroads then, laughing so recklessly. Just like this time, laughing as if there was no tomorrow…”
“Behind him was a scene of dimly lit traffic and a car that suddenly exploded …”
Huo Shaoheng immediately recalled the first time he had seen Gu Nianzhi eight years ago and rescued her from the burning car.
His eyes darkened and replied immediately: [ Was he crazy? ! Nianzhi was in the car at that time! If I was one second late, Nianzhi would have been as dead as the car! ]
Lu Yuan gave a wry smile and quickly texted: [ No. Lu Jin controlled the explosive device in the car. He waited for you to rescue Nianzhi before activating the explosion… ]
Even so, Huo Shaoheng still thought that Lu Jin was insane.
He replied with a straight face: “What if I didn’t go that day?”
“What if I just happened to hesitate and didn’t rush into the car to save her?”
“There were so many uncertainties, has he thought about that?”
Lu Yuan smiled and replied: “Of course he has. He has an extremely complicated mathematical model in which he applied his understanding of human behavior to calculate the progress of things.”
“The result of his calculation is that you have a 99.9999999% chance of saving Nianzhi.”
Huo Shaoheng chuckled: “It’s not 100% ? He dared to do it?”
Lu Yuan replied: “From the probability, 99.9999999% is 100% to Lu Jin.”
Huo Shaoheng was speechless. For the first time, he thought that He Zhichu did have a point when he acknowledged and labelled Gu Xiangwen as a lunatic.
Of course, perhaps in the mind of a genius, the perception of safety and danger was different from what ordinary people would say.
Huo Shaoheng was noncommittal as he followed Lu Yuan into the restaurant.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw their entrance. She quickly said, “Dad, President Lu and Mr. Peter are here.”
Lu Jin stopped smiling and turned to look at them. He said snappily, “Why are you arriving now? If you were any later, my girl would have been so hungry that she needed to go to the hospital!”
Gu Nianzhi:”…”
Did he have to be so dramatic?
She just had a bowl of delicious black chicken ginseng soup. She was warm and not hungry at all.
She did not refute Lu Jin of course.
Lu Jin was so protective of her. How stupid would she be to go against him?
Gu Nianzhi did not realize that she had given Lu Jin unconditional trust unknowingly.
Lu Yuan and Huo Shaoheng took a glimpse at Gu Nianzhi.
Her pink little face, the little dimples on her lips, and her full red lips showing no signs of hunger.
If it wasn’t for the New Year, Lu Yuan was really eager to leave.
Huo Shaoheng was worried that Lu Yuan might leave too, thus he tried to smooth things over. “Uncle Lu sure knows how to joke. If she needs the hospital, I’ll carry her to it!”
Gu Nianzhi:”…”
“With me around, when will it be your turn to carry her to the car?” Lu Jin rolled his eyes. “Hurry up and sit down. It’s New Year today, I don’t want to make things difficult for you guys.”
Lu Yuan silently cursed, who was the one making a scene just now?
Huo Shaoheng smiled and sat down beside Gu Nianzhi. Lu Yuan sat next to him, and with Lu Jin on his other side.
However, Lu Jin s.h.i.+fted his attention to Gu Nianzhi. He smiled and said, “Nianzhi, we can start eating now. You must be starving, right?”
He winked at Gu Nianzhi as he spoke.
Gu Nianzhi held back her laughter and nodded. “I am a little hungry, but I can still endure it.”
“Sigh, my girl is so obedient and considerate. Those who bathe all day long should be aware. Don’t be so selfish. Others are waiting for you to eat.”
Lu Jin was practically referring to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan smirked as he poured himself a cup of Maotai. He raised his gla.s.s and said, “Today is New Year’s Eve. It’s been so many years. It’s the first time we have so many people ushering the new year together. Come, cheers!”
Huo Shaoheng quickly filled his gla.s.s. He helped Lu Jin to fill his gla.s.s as well.
However, when it was Gu Nianzhi’s turn, Huo Shaoheng only poured her a cup of fresh coconut water.
Lu Jin was very satisfied and smiled, “Peter did a good job. Nianzhi is still young and can’t take alcohol. Juice and milk are enough.”
Huo Shaoheng and Lu Jin were surprisingly in sync on this matter.
Huo Shaoheng quickly nodded, “Yes, you really shouldn’t take alcohol. Juice and milk is the best.”
Lu Yuan couldn’t stand it anymore. He bottoms up as a sign of respect and said, “Nianzhi is already 20 years old. She can actually take alcohol now.”
Gu Nianzhi nodded hurriedly. “Yes, yes. Actually, I’d like to try the taste of alcohol…”
Not that she had never tried before, but she barely had the chance to drink openly in front of Huo Shaoheng.
Lu Jin glared at her. “Young lady, why are you drinking? Besides, alcohol is bad for your skin. It will accelerate the aging process.”
“AH? Really?! Then I definitely won’t drink anymore.” Gu Nianzhi immediately dismissed the idea of drinking when she reached 22 years old once she got to know that drinking was bad for her skin.
22 years old was the legal age for drinking that Huo Shaoheng had set for her.
Huo Shaoheng saw that Lu Jin had completely dispelled Gu Nianzhi’s desire to drink with just one word, thus sincerely admired him.
Apparently child care also required the support of scientific theories to be able to be more productive.
Therefore throughout the dinner, Gu Nianzhi did not have the desire to taste alcohol. Apart from fruit juice and milk, she was indifferent to all other drinks.
Lu Yuan, on the other hand, drank a little too much as he was delighted.
By the time he finished the dinner, he was already drunk.
However, the drunken Lu Yuan just kept quiet. He searched for pen and paper and started sketching.
Gu Nianzhi took a glance at the paper which was filled with a young Miss Song..
Sketches of her under the tree carrying her textbooks, doing experiments in the laboratory with white coat on, bending over to sniff at a peony, also her sleeping on the desk, solving a physics question in front of the blackboard, and in the bustling crowd, only her smiling face was shown.
Gu Nianzhi was glancing through the sketches in surprise. She suddenly recalled that she had seen this kind of sketch before.
The same handwriting, the same composition, and the same deep affection that could not be expressed through words…
Gu Nianzhi looked up abruptly. Her full lips parted slightly. She subconsciously looked at Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng saw her expression and knew that she had guessed Lu Yuan’s true ident.i.ty.
Gu Nianzhi had seen Huo Guanyuan’s pencil sketch back then as well.
Plus, all Lu Yuan’s sketches were Song Jinning. How could Gu Nianzhi not have guessed it, given her intelligence.
Gu Nianzhi had indeed thought of it, and the doubts she had for days were solved.
No wonder Lu Yuan could make Miss Song’s famous San Xian fried rice..
Because he was Huo Guanyuan!
Back then, he had lived under the same roof as Miss Song.
Only that, Miss Song married his younger brother, Huo Guanchen back then.
Therefore, all their feelings had been hidden. Before his accident, no one had ever known about this secret.
Until one of his letters was shown..
Although Gu Nianzhi was very curious as to why, with their status, Song Jinning and Huo Guanyuan, would make the same taste of San Xian fried rice, she restrained herself from asking further.
This was someone else’s privacy, and even gossiping had to be ethical.
Huo Shaoheng sighed and turned to help Lu Yuan. He said to Lu Jin, “Uncle Lu, I’ll send President Lu to rest. I’ll come and watch the Spring Festival Gala with you and Nianzhi later.”
“It’s ok. After you send him back, you can go back as well.” Lu Jin waved his hand casually. He didn’t want Peter to stay the night.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi tugged at Lu Jin’s sleeves worriedly, “Dad, President Lu is so drunk. If Mr. Peter goes back, can you take care of him? I’m worried about leaving President Lu alone.”
Lu Yuan had never been so drunk before. The last time he had been so drunk was on the night Song Jinning and Huo Guanchen got married.
Huo Shaoheng was also very worried about him, and he did not want to leave Gu Nianzhi on New Year’s Eve.
Lu Jin looked at Lu Yuan and saw that he was indeed very drunk.
He had never seen Lu Yuan so drunk before, so he nodded. “Then I’ll have to trouble Mr. Peter to take care of Boss Lu.”
He then asked curiously, “What happened? Why is Boss Lu so happy? Could it really be the coming of his second spring?”
Gu Nianzhi:”…”