Chapter 750 - Determining Truth and Falsehood (3) (1/2)

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

When Gu Nianzhi took Yin s.h.i.+xiong’s call, Huo Shaoheng had already gotten inside He Zhichu’s car. She really regretted not sitting in the front pa.s.senger seat with He Zhichu when she first got in. That way, she wouldn’t have had to sit with Huo Shaoheng. She didn’t feel anything, but it was a bit awkward. Turning to look out the window, she giggled at Yin s.h.i.+xiong and said faintly, “Brother Xiong, how did you have the gall to ‘forget’ your Chief? You take me for an idiot?”

Yin s.h.i.+xiong chuckled over the phone. “Nianzhi, don’t expose someone having a hard time. Also, Chief understands that it’s hard for me to be an old, unwanted, single man. Shouldn’t you understand me, too?”

“You’re an… old, unwanted, single man?!” Gu Nianzhi snickered. “Brother Xiong sure is great at making things up!” Her mood gradually improved. Ending the call, she turned to Huo Shaoheng sitting at the other end other seat. “Huo Shao, Brother Xiong asked us to drive you back. Where are you going?”

Huo Shaoheng rested his head on his hand and leaned against the window as he replied calmly, “I’m going to your school.”

“Going to my school?” Gu Nianzhi was shocked. “Why are you going to my school so late?”

Huo Shaoheng glanced at her with a hint of a smile in his eyes. “Big Xiong is driving Qiqi back to school, so I’ll wait for him there.”

Gu Nianzhi agreed and called Yin s.h.i.+xiong. “Brother Xiong, Huo Shao said to wait for him at our school.”

Yin s.h.i.+xiong understood and secretly sent Huo Shaoheng a text to confirm. Huo Shaoheng quickly replied, “Yes” and put his phone away.

He Zhichu was driving the car, an unspeakable grievance in his heart. He wanted very badly to park on the side of the road to let Gu Nianzhi sit up front. Or maybe I should ask her to come up right now? However, it seemed to violate traffic laws and was somewhat unsafe. Coughing lightly, he turned on the car radio and Debussy’s “Moonlight” began to gush out like running water. The graceful melody seemed to soothe the mind.

Gu Nianzhi leaned her head against the window and looked at the outside scenery in a daze. Her eyes were wide, and from where Huo Shaoheng was sitting, he could even see the rows of street lights reflected her her eyes like the entire starry sky was inside of them. He could tell that Gu Nianzhi was still entranced by Ma Qiqi’s happy family. Huo Shaoheng thought about it and said expressionlessly, “Qiqi’s family is quite nice. I could tell that her parents are good people who love their child.”

Gu Nianzhi was speechless.

“But some parents don’t have a good relations.h.i.+p with their kids at all. To them, children are tools or missions to be tossed aside after completing them.”

What is he talking about? Gu Nianzhi couldn’t stand it anymore and quickly looked at Huo Shaoheng. He wasn’t looking at her but was starting out the window on his side. Gu Nianzhi could only see his handsome profile and the perfect curvature of his jawline.

“…There are also parents who don’t care care about their kids at all, but make all sorts of demands on them when they grow up. They just want the kids to be slaves to repay their generosity of raising of them.” Huo Shaoheng’s voice was very deep, like the sound of a piano playing along with the flowing of a mountain spring. It was very interesting to listen to.

Gu Nianzhi frowned and was just about to rebuke him when He Zhichu started to speak from the front of the car. “Huo Shao is right. Nianzhi, Qiqi’s parents are already considered very good parents because most of them aren’t that nice. In my many years as a lawyer, I’ve seen many irresponsible and unreasonable parents. There was a very wealthy man in the United States who prepared a will before he died and left all his inheritance to his children with his second wife. Even the second wife’s ex-husband got a share, but he didn’t leave a penny to his kids with his original wife. Also, there are mothers who pimp out their daughters and make them sell their bodies to repay their mothers’ gambling debts.”

Gu Nianzhi was stunned. So these two men saw her admiring Qiqi’s parents today and decided to teach her about all the unreliable parents in the world?! Gu Nianzhi wanted to bow down to these two people. Who wanted to hear such negative things? It wasn’t like she didn’t know that. Sighing, she said with exhaustion, “I understand it all, I was just moved by the moment. I already grew up without parents…” She glanced at Huo Shaoheng. If she didn’t judge him as a lover, his care for her was absolutely without a single fault.

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He Zhichu had to agree with Huo Shaoheng, so he was feeling uncomfortable. But he had to agree because he also didn’t want Gu Nianzhi to become stubborn with her thoughts.

Gu Nianzhi suddenly recalled the situations with Huo Shaoheng and He Zhichu. There wasn’t much to say about Huo Shaoheng. Although he had real parents, his father was unreliable. His mother focused all her energy on scientific research, so he was raised by his grandmother. He must’ve not enjoyed much parental love. However, his parents were both with him, and it was undeniable that Auntie Song loved Huo Shaoheng very much. Of course, Auntie Song and Auntie Ma were completely different people, so they couldn’t be compared. Gu Nianzi liked them both. She wanted to be an independent woman like Auntie Song but also wanted to have a mother like Auntie Ma. Was she too greedy?

Gu Nianzhi gently tapped her fingers against the window to the rhythm of the piano, then looked at He Zhichu sitting in the driver’s seat at an angle in front of her. She seemed to remember He Zhichu mentioning once that his mother pa.s.sed away when he was a teenager. His father didn’t remarry for more than ten years for He Zhichu’s sake, and it was only when He Zhichu turned 30 that his father finally married a longtime close friend. With this thought, Gu Nianzhi finally calmed down. Fine, not everyone comes from a family like Ma Qiqi’s, so it is enough to understand each other, right?