Chapter 165 - Coincidence (1/2)
Chapter 165: Coincidence
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
He Zhichu stopped in his tracks His almond-shaped eyes flashed “Gu Nianzhi, you have a lunch otten about it?”
Gu Nianzhi jerked her head up in surprise “I have a lunch ? Why didn’t anyone tellyou about it now Got a proble point, to match his frosty attitude “If you have soabout how to i breakfast for other people Who’s he to you, anyway? He has a aiting for hiht look like to her? You’re not soirl”
Gu Nianzhi bit her lip She was not an errand girl, and He Zhichu was right: Brother Huang was a o of He Zhichu’s sleeve, feeling a little panicked “…Professor He, I didn’t really ht? It was just breakfast…”
He Zhichu’s long, dark lashes lowered over his shi+ht breakfast for Little Huang, but not for anyone else What do you think that looks like?”
“Oh…” Gu Nianzhi let out a long sigh She was reminded of her tiht her breakfast every day, and he had bought it only for her and no one else That had been enough for all her school to woo her
She had to ad
But she wanted to get closer to Brother Huang; buying breakfast for hiood way to earn brownie points with hiet the wrong idea…” Gu Nianzhi walked aith her head in her hands, leaving He Zhichu behind her in the hallway
He Zhichu put his hands in the pockets of his black dress pants, unable to believe that Gu Nianzhi had abandoned him in the hallway, just like that
He turned to look in the direction of the Speaker of the Senate’s office, and then turned back around to look at the girl as noalking aith slu, and finally ht up with Gu Nianzhi, and said, a little stiffly, “If you don’t want Little Huang’s wife to get the wrong idea, you should buy breakfast for a few other people, too That way, his on’t think there’s anything strange about it, even if she finds out”
Gu Nianzhi stopped Her dark, inky eyes twinkled with joy “You’re right! Professor He, you always knohat to do, you’re so experienced I’ll do just that I’ll go buy breakfast for the others, right this minute” With that, she immediately made a beeline for the breakfast corner in the restaurant
He Zhichu followed after her He coughed and said nonchalantly, “I don’t have first-hand experience, I’ical conclusions from my observations of human nature Anyway, this is your lucky day—I haven’t had my breakfast yet, so here’s your chance to buy ave He Zhichu an odd look “But I thought you don’t eat breakfast? You drink red wine in the , and that’s it… That’s what I heard froers at her He could practically feel the roots of his teeth s as he sneered, “Is this the ti about how i to eat breakfast to stay healthy, and somehow that doesn’t apply todown on her knees and dashi+ng her head upon the floor—she was never going to clear her name, at this rate She quickly turned and dashed into the restaurant “Five English breakfasts, to go!”
A chef in a tall white hat packed five breakfast boxes for her as the cashi+er punched out a receipt “That will be 75 dollars”
Gu Nianzhi got out her wallet To her dismay, there was only a little over 50 in it
She did not have an A any of the Huaxia credit cards Huo Shaoheng had given her to the United States She had to get her daily allowance froet her through the day, but it was evidently not enough to cover unexpected expenses like this one
Gu Nianzhi’s small, delicate face was now red with embarrassment She stammered, “C-C-Can… can I just take three?”
“No These are allto pay for theantly shot down her request to “return” the food
“Then I…” Gu Nianzhi turned and looked at He Zhichu ide, pleading eyes “Professor He, can you lend me some money?”
He Zhichu was annoyed, but by this ti He could not suet mad at her
All he had wanted was for Gu Nianzhi to treat him to breakfast—and now he had to pay for it himself…
He pulled out his Black Card and slid it over the counter, his expression entirely deadpan
The cashi+er was instantly courteous and attentive She smiled widely at He Zhichu “Thank you, Mr He”
After swiping the card, Gu Nianzhi grabbed the five breakfast boxes and walked out of the restaurant with He Zhichu She handed one of the breakfast boxes to him “Your breakfast, Professor He”
He Zhichu pursed his lips as he took the box from her He said, with his usual frosty voice, “This doesn’t count, because now I’ everyone breakfast If you want to clear your naain—with your own money” With that, he turned and left
Gu Nianzhi pouted as she carried the re breakfast boxes to the Committee of Appropriations She left them on the front desk—Mary’s desk—and batted her eyelashes at her “Mary, I bought breakfast for everyone”
Mary’s face broke into a wide grin She happily shared the breakfast boxes with her other colleagues
Gu Nianzhi went into her office and sat quietly in her chair for a ed into her account to check whether she had any work lined up for the day
The Committee of Appropriations internal syste approval or registration
After a ated to the archives to look up the appropriations bills that had already been approved and uploaded into the systeiven her the day before, and decided to start with the records for the last three ze’s hints had pointed her in the right direction; Gu Nianzhi quickly discovered that the US Congress had passed an appropriations bill for the US Navy two o
It was an astrono
Gu Nianzhi suddenly understood what He Zhichu had ht: this was the ress
It was possible to put the pieces together into a cooverne nuovernment projects every year There were so ress sometimes lost track of them theh
The Coress where you could see which of the projects that had been approved were actually legitined to mislead and deceive
To put it another way, it did not matter if you had entire libraries of paperwork or theof speeches and verbal pro The flow of money, on the other hand, never lied
Gu Nianzhi felt like an explorer who had accidentally stu cooped up in her office, diligently looking through the historical funding records
She was so engrossed in her work she al It was He Zhichu
She took the call, her eyes still glued to her computer screen “Professor He? What is it?”
“Lunch otten?” He Zhichu’s icy voice sounded over her phone
Gu Nianzhi gave a quick “Oh” in reply, and hastily logged out of the systerabbed her backpack, and walked out of the Committee of Appropriations office
“I’ll wait for you in front of the steps,” said He Zhichu, and pro up
Gu Nianzhi walked outside and saw a black, shi+ny Rolls-Royce waiting in the open space before the long flight of steps leading to the Capitol Building
Was this his car?
Gu Nianzhi looked around—this was the only car in the vicinity
This was supposed to be a no-stopping, no-parking zone
He Zhichu poked his head out of the rear“Well, what are you waiting for?”
Gu Nianzhi hurried over to the car She opened the rear door and sat in the back