Chapter 543 - Guiren (5) (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Are you sure?” General Ji did not seem to trust what Huo Shaoheng had said. He had been “threatened” too much by Huo Shaoheng these past couple of days and realized that he could not understand what was on Huo Shaoheng’s mind anymore.

“Definitely,” Huo Shaoheng replied steadily, a small smile creeping up the corners of his lips and a pen twirling in his hand. The pen dotted the paper occasionally, staining it.

General Ji was lost in his thoughts for a while. Since the marriage application and political review all pa.s.sed, getting the letter of approval would be in line. Why should he stop Huo Shaoheng at this juncture? Moreover, Huo Shaoheng really wasn’t getting younger…

General Ji nodded, defeated. “Okay, I’ll get Secretary Cao to take you to finish the paperwork.” He paused, then tried to scare Huo Shaoheng again. “We have already agreed that Nianzhi is still young, and you’ve got to consider that as well, about how it’ll affect your career. It would be best to marry her only after her father wakes up. Then she’ll have her biological father attend her wedding. Wouldn’t that be much better? Don’t you think?”

“Mm…” Huo Shaoheng nodded calmly. “I’ve already said that we wouldn’t be married immediately. I can’t do anything if General Ji doesn’t want to believe my words.”

“Fine, fine. It’s not that I don’t believe you. I’m merely reminding you. Actually, it’d be better if you were to finish all your paperwork in one go…” General Ji chuckled for a good while before hanging up.

Huo Shaoheng did not hesitate. He returned to his mansion and had a shower, and then he prepared all his doc.u.ments. Finally, he drove to the Military Supreme Council. Even though it was a Sat.u.r.day, the people on duty prepared Huo Shaoheng’s doc.u.ments diligently, as his was cla.s.sified as a “special case.”

Huo Shaoheng checked the doc.u.ments in the meeting room. He looked through every single one of them carefully, word by word. There were 14 signatures from the members of the committee on his marriage application. The political review had the stamps of the members as well, in addition to a reference number to easily file it.

He looked carefully again at the grade and level of the review. He only stopped upon confirming that it was the top grade review. That was because with the top grade review, the chances of them denying the doc.u.ments would be lowest.

Huo Shaoheng put the two sets of doc.u.ments in his bag. Then, standing up, he turned to General Ji’s secretary, Secretary Cao, and thanked him. “Thank you for your hard work, Secretary Cao.”

“No worries, no worries! Major General Huo is too polite.” Secretary Cao was a middle-aged man in his forties. Looking at Huo Shaoheng, he smiled widely and said, “I’ll now take Major General Huo to get the letter of approval.”

“Sure, thank you.” Huo Shaoheng took his bag and stood up. He followed Secretary Cao to the Army’s secretarial department to obtain his letters of proof and approval.

He was an active duty soldier and was at the rank of Major General. The management needed to write a special letter of proof and approval if he was to get married. It was a military marriage that was protected, and they had to go through some steps to keep it secret.

Looking at the highest-ranking secretary stamping his letters of proof and approval, Huo Shaoheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With these doc.u.ments, he would be able to marry Gu Nianzhi any time…

After settling the issue that he was most worried about, Huo Shaoheng realized that he was feeling more relaxed than he imagined he would be. Did he care about this so much? Huo Shaoheng curled the corners of his lips into a smile and placed his bag on the pa.s.senger seat beside him. Starting the engine of his car, he left the Military Supreme Council.

As the car entered the Sanhuan expressway, Huo Shaoheng activated his Bluetooth earpiece and called Gu Nianzhi. It rang for a long while, but no one picked up. He glanced at his watch. It was almost noon. Could it be that the little lazy b.u.m is still in bed?

Huo Shaoheng thought for a while before whipping out his phone and opening his GPS tracking system. The avatar representing Gu Nianzhi was a four-leaf clover. The little four-leaf clover on the map indicated that she was in the Sports Stadium of B University.

She’s exercising in the sports stadium? Huo Shaoheng knew how much Gu Nianzhi hated exercising. He looked up at the sky for a bit. The sun did not rise from the west today… Feeling curious, he turned his steering wheel and headed towards B University instead.

He arrived at the entrance of the Sports stadium at about one in the afternoon. Turning the engine off, he got out of the car and looked at his phone. The little four-leaf clover was coming closer to the entrance. Huo Shaoheng put away his phone. Leaning against the sleek black door of his car, he lit a cigarette and took a long puff. Holding the cigarette in one hand, he rested the other on his car, eyes fixed on the main door of the sports stadium.

After a while, Gu Nianzhi, Ma Qiqi, and He Zhichu exited the stadium, talking and laughing happily. He Zhichu asked calmly, “Had your lunch already?”

“Not yet! Is Professor He going to give us a treat?” Ma Qiqi’s eyes lit up, and she nudged Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi smiled and shook her head. “You’re thinking too much, Qiqi. What professor He meant was that he was going to have lunch, and he’s trying to get us to leave.”

He Zhichu glanced at her. “Did I say that?” He paused, then continued, “I heard that there’s a pretty good Hubei restaurant near the south gate. Do you girls happen to like Hubei dishes?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Ma Qiqi nodded enthusiastically. “Professor He likes Hubei dishes, too?”

He Zhichu neither disliked nor liked them, but Gu Nianzhi liked them. Even though He Zhichu wasn’t looking at Gu Nianzhi, his words were meant for her. “Since you like it, let’s go there together. It’s boring to have lunch alone, anyway.”

Gu Nianzhi smiled and turned her head. From the corner of her eyes, she saw someone extremely familiar.

Really?

At this time?

And this place?