Chapter 690 - Never Retreat (1) (2/2)

Huo Shaoheng expressionlessly looked at the blurring scenery outside their speeding car and replied coolly, “Then what are you waiting for? Arrest them all immediately.”

“Oh?!” Yin s.h.i.+xiong stiffened. “Arrest… them?! But… But the people proposing the revocation and executing the order were all… members of the Supreme Military Council.” A normal person certainly didn’t have a high enough rank to make such a decision.

Huo Shaoheng crossed his arms and closed his eyes. The corners of his lips turned down. “Then this won’t happen in time.” When dealing with people of that kind of rank, he certainly couldn’t arrest them on a whim. But would he just let things slide? Of course not! “Give me the list.” Huo Shaoheng held out his upturned hands to Yin s.h.i.+xiong.

Yin s.h.i.+xiong took out his electronic notepad and placed it in Huo Shaoheng’s hands with both hands. Huo Shaoheng read over the list line by line. There were only seven members on the standing committee of the Supreme Military Council, but the entire Council consisted of 50 some members. A total of three members had suggested and executed the revocation of Gu Nianzhi’s security privileges, and they belonged to the Supreme Military Council. Of course, they weren’t in the standing committee, but these three people’s suggestion was accepted through majority vote of all the members.

The specific reason was because they believed Gu Nianzhi’s father, Gu Xiangwen, had already been found and was under military protection, so the A1 security privilege should be given to Gu Xiangwen instead of Gu Nianzhi. In the beginning, Huo Shaoheng had been entrusted by the military to act as Gu Nianzhi’s guardian, so they certainly had complete jurisdiction over everything related to Gu Nianzhi. However, they purposely circ.u.mvented Huo Shaoheng’s execution of his duty as guardian, making the situation very interesting.

Huo Shaoheng read the list expressionlessly and wrote a few words on it before pa.s.sing it to Zhao Liangze in the front. “Report to General Ji and tell him that I received foregin intelligence indicating these people are moles. Ask the military police to conduct an investigation to clear their names.”

Zhao Liangze was speechless. Major General, this is brazen revenge!

Yin s.h.i.+xiong was also speechless. Major General, it’d be even more perfect if you could stress the words, “clear their names!”

Suddenly, the car phone by Zhao Liangze rang, and he saw it was from the car behind them. Zhao Liangze picked up, “What is it?”

Ma Qiqi’s anxious voice could be heard from the phone. “Is Brother Xiong there? I want to ask you guys where we’re going?! Nianzhi is getting beaten! She’s being electrocuted! Why aren’t you rescuing her instead of going in circles here!?”

“Electrocuted?!” Huo Shaoheng looked straight in the direction of the car phone. “How do you know?!”

“I have a video on my phone! Those bad guys sent it to me!” Ma Qiqi was terrified by Huo Shaoheng’s tone. She shrank back and raised her phone fearfully. “Well, Brother Xiong has it, too. I forwarded it to him.”

Huo Shaoheng glanced at Yin s.h.i.+xiong and before he could even ask, Yin s.h.i.+xiong raised his hands and quickly said, “My phone was confiscated by General Huo.”

Lips twitching, Huo Shaoheng replied simply, “Stop the car.” His vehicle screeched to a halt on the highway shoulder, and Ma Qiqi’s phone was quickly delivered into his hands. The car soon started again, and Huo Shaoheng pressed play. Gu Nianzhi’s painful cries could be heard inside the car, and the veins popped on the back of Huo Shaoheng’s hand that was holding the phone. On the five-inch phone screen, Gu Nianzhi’s pretty face was a blur, but he could clearly see the dark bruises and serious swelling. However, she looked at the camera fiercely instead of with fear… She was worried, but about what? Huo Shaoheng’s hand slowly moved up the phone screen. He wanted to stroke her contorted face, but as soon as he touched the screen, he quickly shrank back as if shocked. It was like he was deathly afraid that he would be too forceful and hurt her…

Yes, she felt pain, and a lot of it, too… When she had been by his side and simply p.r.i.c.ked her hand with a sewing needle, she had grumbled for half a day afterwards. He was always busy with work and typically ignored her grumbling, but he would still occasionally take the time to pat her head, and she would smile brightly just from that.

Like a blooming flower, she was brilliant, and he was unable to look away… But he remembered how Nianzhi had nearly been shocked into paralysis in the blue hole’s waters yet pretended she wasn’t in pain at all. He had no idea when it started, but she seemed to be hiding even her pain from him. She only wanted to show him her best side…

Gu Nianzhi acting like that evoked more pity than the version of her who liked to grumble and be coy all the time. Huo Shaoheng knew better than anyone just how timid she was. When he first began taking care of her, Gu Nianzhi would often wake up from nightmares but didn’t dare disturb him, so she would carry her little blanket and sleep in front of his study. One night when he was working until midnight, he opened the door to see her tiny figure curled up in deep sleep in front of his door. He finally realized she was insecure to that degree, and from then on, he would accompany her at night no matter how busy he was. He would be with her when she woke up from her nightmares. He believed that as long as he was the first thing she saw when she woke from a nightmare, she wouldn’t be scared again.

Now, another nightmare had befallen her, so who would she see when she opened her eyes? His heart felt like multiple cuts were being made on it, then were doused with salt water. The pain was so intense, it numbed him, but it was only when he saw that one name written on every cut on his heart that he understood that Gu Nianzhi’s existence had already become an inextricable part of his life. For her, he would never retreat or ever let go.