Chapter 155 - I Won’t Let Anything Happen to You (1/2)
Chapter 155: I Won’t Let Anything Happen to You
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“You want o? What for? I’d be useless” Chen Lie hurriedly sed hisas he took a sip of water “Why don’t you go?”
Huo Shaoheng shook his head “No, I can’t go They can’t know I’uardian, not yet You understand, don’t you? If the US military finds out about me, Nianzhi won’t be able to come back here—they won’t let her”
Chen Lie set his chopsticks down and wiped hisand murmured, “Six whole years, and no one tried to look for her We haven’t been able to dig up anything about her, either;it? What if she’s just an ordinary orphan, with both parents tragically dead fro relatives?”
Huo Shaoheng’s eyes narrowed He held his head in one hand as he toyed with a gold coin, rolling it over his knuckles
He did not reply He would not jump to conclusions, not until he had definitive evidence to prove where Gu Nianzhi had co was possible
He had to keep a clear head
“hello? Did you hear what I said? Little Ze is in the US, isn’t he? What ’s arm to snap him out of his reverie “Or is there a proble lowered his eyes as he closed his fingers over the gold coin he had been toying with “I don’t think so He Zhichu is an excellent lawyer Still, I want Nianzhi to keep her distance from him”
“Oh? And why is that?” Chen Lie’s eyebrows shot upwards; the effect was coy face “He Zhichu is Nianzhi’s professor, and he’s been very good to her Co that Professor He is exceptionally talented and highly respected, especially for so as he is He’s apparently quite the looker, too”
Huo Shaoheng looked at hiirls can never resist men like him, you know Heck, he’s not a , his eyes twinkling with amusement “An Adonis, a real knockout, you know? Oh, o on the internet foru”
Huo Shaoheng looked at Chen Lie as though he were an idiot He said nothing
Chen Lie chuckled as he wagged a finger “What are you looking atthe latest social trend Boss, c’mon, just tellin America for half a year, with so around her?”
“Why would I worry?” Huo Shaoheng’s expression was calm and composed Not even Chen Lie, who knew hi
“Huh, so you’re not worried? At all? Fine, if you say so” Chen Lie turned away, somewhat annoyed, and reached for a can of beer He cracked it open with a loud pssshhh, and took a long chug “Okay, tellhad been waiting for Chen Lie to be serious He rose from his seat and walked into his study
Chen Lie followed him inside and sat across from him on the other side of his desk
“Take a look at this” Huo Shaoheng tossed hiet the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a few other o to the US as a n Affairs Once you’re there, ask Little Ze for further instructions”
Chen Lie sobered up He picked up the folder, scanned the docuhter He cupped his hands at Huo Shaoheng in the traditional Huaxia gesture of respect “How do you do it? You never cease to ahtly He waved his hand and shooed Chen Lie out of his house, as though he were a fly or a mosquito
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Gu Nianzhi’s
As for Mei Xiawen, he called her every day, right before her bedtime, which would be around lunch ti, what she had been up to, and whether she was eating properly
It had only been a week since his return flight to the Ees
One was a bouquet of 99 roses, airlifted directly froed them in a vase in her bedroom The other was a Van Cleef & Arpels five-flower necklace Five tiny flowers, made of ed asymmetrically on a delicate chain The workance in its siifts She put on the necklace and brought the roses over to her desk to show Mei Xiawen during her video call with hiht Her fair skin was smooth and her cheeks dimpled as she s her face on his laptop screen
“It looks a on you As soon as I saw this necklace, I kneastwo fingers to his lips and pressing them onto Gu Nianzhi’s face on his laptop screen
Gu Nianzhi saw his gesture over her video feed and flushed in e only the hed and said, “Xiawen, you have to wait for sixas that” She giggled shyly
Jiang Hongcha had been sitting on the sofa in the study, hidden from the camera’s view She saw that the camera had been turned off, and tiptoed over She put her arms around Mei Xiawen’s neck from behind and whispered softly in his ear: “I told you, I have excellent taste No woman can resist roses and a VCA necklace”
Her voice was husky Her lips hovered right beside his ear He could feel her breath worm its way in, warm and sultry
Heat curled upwards from his lower abdocha into his ar her into the sofa in his study
In a few short moments, the study was filled with the sound of breathlesswas in the air
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The next court hearing for Xin Xinggao’s lawsuit against Gu Nianzhi had been scheduled for the Monday of the folloeek
He Zhichu and his tea the time to rest or sleep They carefully watched the videotapes, frogao’s story Unfortunately, they could not find anything suspicious in the recordings
Everything checked out, and nothing reao’s conversations with her visitors
The only thing that had seemed suspicious was Lieutenant Colonel Peter’s repeated visits with Xin Xinggao
The two of them had conversed in low voices; even with the volume turned up, it was hard to e experts were called in to verify the muffled conversations, but all of the suspicious Xin Xinggao hadto read, and he had obliged her by bringing her a few books
It was absurd to claim that Lieutenant Colonel Peter had inflicted severe brain trau her books
He Zhichu and his team were not completely convinced the visits had been entirely innocent, but they had to concede that there was nothing there to refute the plaintiff’s claims
“Mr He, do you have to take on this case?” He Zhichu’s subordinate asked, concerned He followed this with a cautious re help fro all out because they think they have this in the bag”
The US military had a complicated relationshi+p with the CIA They were often hostile towards each other, but willingly cooperated when it ca national interest
This ti increasingly evident now that Gu Nianzhi had been right Xin Xinggao waselse He Zhichu and his team did not knohat that was just yet
As soon as he reframed the situation in this context, He Zhichu suddenly hit upon an idea
“Get ist, especially” He Zhichu rapped his knuckles on the table as he assigned his subordinates with new tasks “The John Hopkins Hospital in Baltieon in the world Get they with the compensation”
“Mr He, do youtheir puzzled faces to look at He Zhichu over the stack of videotapes “You’re going to challenge the prosecution’s claiao’s injuries?”