Chapter 381: Happy Meeting

Gu Nianzhi's restless heart finally came to fruition.

Huo Shaoheng's voice on the phone was actually not emotional, it just stated a fact to her very plainly.

But ordinary words sound different to lovers.

She also gave a low "um" and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back."

"Well, good boy." Huo Shaoheng hung up the phone and handed it back to Yin Shixiong who was sitting in front of the co-pilot.

He sat alone in the back seat, leaning his elbows on the edge of the car window, thinking silently.

In the past few days, they have been searching for the actual situation of the person named "Gu Xiangwen" almost without sleep, but the direction of their investigation seems to have reached a dead end.

A few days ago, after being authorized by the Supreme Committee of the Military Ministry and the upper house of the Parliament, the Special Operations Department sent special personnel to find the dozens of people named "Gu Xiangwen" on their list, and then obtained their blood under various names and excuses to unify the Bring it back to the imperial capital for DNA testing.

The result was very frustrating. Among the dozens of "Gu Xiangwen" who were about the same age, none of them had a DNA that matched Gu Nianzhi, and they couldn't even find any distant relatives who were slightly similar.

Did they still miss some important clue?

Huo Shaoheng repeatedly thought about the name Gu Nianzhi called when he was in a coma, and always felt that it was impossible that it had nothing to do with Gu Nianzhi.

But if there is a relationship, what is the relationship?

Isn't it blood relationship?

But Gu Nianzhi said clearly in his sleep that it was her father...

Unrelated father?

Huo Shaoheng rubbed his eyebrows and let out a light breath.

He faintly felt that the truth was not far away, but there was a layer of fog in between.

If the fog doesn't dissipate, they won't be able to see the truth.

After much deliberation, they must have missed something important and failed to find it.

...

Yin Shixiong played with his mobile phone for a while, then turned around and asked Huo Shaoheng: "Young Master Huo, did Chairman Long tell you what's the matter? Do you want to arrange it in advance?"

Huo Shaoheng supported his chin with his hands, turned his head to look at the night scene passing by outside the car window, and said calmly: "What can happen? We are the military department, they are the parliament, each has its own rules."

"That's true." Yin Shixiong nodded, "However, our relationship with the upper house of parliament has always been good, and the military appropriation is approved by the upper house every year..."

Huo Shaoheng glanced at Yin Shixiong, "We apply according to the rules, and they allocate funds according to the law. There is no question of who is asking whom."

Of course, he will not take the initiative to make the relationship with the parliament deadlocked.

In fact, every problem in this world has a solution, it's up to you to find it.

Half an hour later, Huo Shaoheng's special car finally stopped in front of Speaker Long's house.

Because it is a weekend night, everyone is very leisurely.

Chairman Long's house was very lively, people came and went, and the parking lot not far in front was full of famous cars.

There were songs and laughter everywhere, as if a party was being held.

When I got out of the car, I immediately smelled the aroma of barbecue in the air.

For Huo Shaoheng who has been hungry and full for several days, the temptation of this kind of food is the most unbearable.

He covered his lips with his fist and coughed twice, and said to Yin Shixiong: "Go and ask what's going on."

He thought it was a business matter, but looking at it like this, it seemed to be a private matter...

Huo Shaoheng leaned against the car door with some displeasure, bent one long leg, lit a cigarette and smoked.

After taking two puffs, someone came up to him and reminded him softly: "Sir, this is still a non-smoking area. Smoking is not allowed. Please put out the cigarettes."

This voice sounds surprisingly similar to Gu Nianzhi's voice, and one can almost expect Gu Nianzhi's moving voice after maturity.

Huo Shaoheng raised his eyes and looked over.

The light came from the gate, and the man stood with his back to the light, his face was a bit dark, but he was not completely invisible.

The light was like a special soft light, which illuminated the skin of the woman in front of her as white as jade, and her facial features were four or five points similar to Gu Nianzhi's.

Maybe this is what Gu Nianzhi looks like when he's fully grown?

Huo Shaoheng took a second look.

Speaker Long's voice soon came from behind: "Shao Heng? Shao Heng? You are here? Why don't you go in?"

Chairman Long walked up to the woman and stood still, talked face to face with Huo Shaoheng, and glanced at them with a smile: "Huh? You have already talked? I also said that I would introduce you!"

Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly, "Speaker Long."

Chairman Long patted him on the shoulder and introduced the woman to him: "This is Xie Qingying, my niece. By the way, her father's surname is also Xie. Speaking of which, she is of the same family as your grandmother, that Xie family."

Then he introduced Huo Shaoheng to Xie Qingying: "This is Huo Shaoheng, the youngest general we just talked about is him."

Only then did Xie Qingying see Huo Shaoheng's appearance clearly.

Huo Shaoheng was standing facing the light. When he lowered his head to smoke earlier, she only thought that he was tall and straight, and he was especially handsome when he smoked. But no matter how handsome he was, he couldn't smoke in the non-smoking area. This was a matter of principle.

But now that he raised his head and saw his face clearly, Xie Qingying only said in his heart, with such a handsome face, no matter what he did, he would be forgiven, right?

Not to mention just smoking...

Xie Qingying laughed in her heart at being an idiot, while extending her hand to Huo Shaoheng graciously, "You are Major General Huo? Nice to meet you."

Huo Shaoheng held a cigarette in one hand, and shook her hand with the other, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

His palms were wide and warm, especially the palms were hot, and Xie Qingying could feel it as soon as he held them.

She was quiet for a few seconds before she said, "Major General Huo is very hot recently, right? You should eat some warm soup to balance it out."

Huo Shaoheng hooked the corners of his lips, "Fortunately, I've been busy with work recently." As he spoke, he looked at Chairman Long who was smiling and said, "Speaker Long, are you going to talk in the study?"

This means that he didn't come to the party. He came because he thought Chairman Long had business to do.

Chairman Long laughed and patted his head, and said, "Well, let's talk in the study." Then he winked at Xie Qingying who was beside him, "Qingying, please help us roast some meat, Shao Heng and I Eat and chat."

"Okay, uncle." Xie Qingying raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, revealing a pair of dimples, more similar to Gu Nianzhi's smile.

Huo Shaoheng didn't speak, and silently followed Chairman Long into his study.

Along the way, people kept saying hello to him, or to Speaker Long.

He just nodded and smiled all the way, without saying a word, just like this, he came to Chairman Long's study on the third floor.

This is also where Chairman Long works, occupying an entire floor.

The entrance is specially guarded by the Secret Service, and the security requirements are very strict.

Of course, Huo Shaoheng didn't need another security check, because he had long been the type of person at the highest level in the security system of the Chinese Empire, and there were less than five such people in the entire Chinese Empire.

When he came to Chairman Long’s study and sat down, Chairman Long personally made him a cup of green tea, “Come on, try it, the authentic Dahongpao, the tea produced on the mother tree of Dahongpao in the south. It’s been five years, and I’ve only been given two taels of tea in total. , I didn’t even give my wife what she wanted to drink.”

Huo Shaoheng was holding up his teacup to drink, but when he heard Chairman Long say that, he put it down with a half-smile, "Speaker Long, don't trick me. Give me something your wife can't even drink. , will your wife still look good when she sees me in the future?"

"How is it possible? I didn't give her a drink, but only you. How could she be angry with you?" Speaker Long sat down opposite him with a smile. He first took a sip, then closed his eyes, feeling With the sweet fragrance of authentic Dahongpao.

Huo Shaoheng said: "Don't say it, if you really do this, your wife will definitely not hate you, but only hate me, hate that I drink what she wants but can't drink."

"Hahahaha, I really can't say enough about you..." Chairman Long laughed happily, "Okay, I'm joking with you, I exaggerated a bit, you won't take it seriously, will you?"

At this moment, Huo Shaoheng raised his teacup again and took a sip, and said with a smile, "It's just a joke. I can drink the Dahongpao from Chairman Long's house. I'm so lucky."

"Look at you, you're joking too!" Chairman Long burst out laughing, and his hearty laughter echoed in the room, which was very contagious.

Huo Shaoheng raised his teacup to him, "Speaker Long, then I will replace wine with tea and offer you a toast."

"Just give me a sip, what does a cup look like..." Chairman Long pretended to refuse, and joked with him.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Chairman Long got down to business.

"Shao Heng, I called you here temporarily today. I wanted you to relax on the weekend and come to eat, drink and have fun with everyone. Don't focus on work." Chairman Long said earnestly, "You know, today The upper house of our parliament is reviewing the next year's budget expenditure and personnel promotion and appointment. There are so many senior generals in the military department, and you are single alone. This is really not good, and it will not be conducive to your future promotion."

Huo Shaoheng sat on the sofa comfortably, put the teacup in his hand on the tea table slowly, and said calmly: "I'm thinking about personal issues, please rest assured, Chairman Long."

Before Chairman Long answered the call, someone spoke from the intercom at the door: "Is Chairman Long in there? Season is coming."

"Please! Please!" Chairman Long stood up.

The door of the study was pushed open, and Admiral Ji strode in, "Old Dragon, you secretly called Shao Heng here alone? You didn't wait for me!"

Admiral Ji's voice was very loud. When he spoke, the whole room exploded.

Huo Shaoheng stood up and gave a military salute to Admiral Ji, "Hello, Chief!"

"Okay, okay, sit down, sit down, don't be restrained." He was talking, and he sat opposite Huo Shaoheng with Chairman Long, forming a 2-1 situation.

Huo Shaoheng sat down opposite them calmly, his expressionless face was always calm.

Chairman Long glanced at him, and said to Admiral Ji: "Let me tell you? Shaoheng is not yet thirty years old. This kind of bearing is really rare. You must cultivate him well!"

"Of course, it goes without saying?" Admiral Ji was very proud of his vision, he took out an envelope from his pocket, and threw it on the coffee table in the middle of the sofa with a snap, "Look, this is my vision too. ——Shao ​​Heng, back then I deliberately picked you out of so many lieutenants to carry out a special mission, the mission was successfully completed, and your rank has risen higher and higher, after so many years, do you think I misjudged the person?"

How does Huo Shaoheng answer this kind of words?

But he still could only bite the bullet and answer: "You must have read me right."

Chairman Long was teased by him and laughed again, and said: "Okay, you two stop singing oboe, come on, Lao Ji, let's get down to business."

"The main thing is these photos." Admiral Ji flipped the envelope down, and a lot of photos fell out, all of them were photos of women, all of them were beautiful, and they were the kind of beauty that had not been photoshopped.

Huo Shaoheng glanced casually, "These photos are missing persons?"

"Bah!" Admiral Ji finally couldn't stand Huo Shaoheng anymore, "You just know how to play tricks on me! I'll just say it today, the organization wants you to get married, and these are your suitable marriage partners. You choose carefully. You choose For the rest, let's hold a blind date and let all the bachelors from the military department come to participate, what do you think?"

The corners of Huo Shaoheng's mouth finally twitched twice, he picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea, and said, "I'm already thinking about personal issues, I don't need to go on a blind date, but there are indeed many bachelors in the Special Operations Department who need to deal with personal issues, I will let them Go to a blind date."

"Shao Heng, you can do it! You are a dead fellow but not a poor Taoist..." Chairman Long clicked his tongue, "Slippery! Too slick!"

Huo Shaoheng smiled but said nothing, put down his teacup, and heard the sound of the study door, Xie Qingying came in with a large plate of barbecue, "Are you hungry?"

"Qingying, come here, I have met Uncle Ji." Chairman Long introduced General Ji to her very kindly.

Xie Qingying greeted Admiral Ji politely, and divided the three of them into barbecues and put them on their respective plates, set out knives, forks, chopsticks, seasonings and dipping sauces, and set up a coffee table full of them.

"You guys take it easy, I'm leaving first, if you want more, call me uncle, and I'll bring it up." Xie Qingying said and left the study.

She didn't look at Huo Shaoheng again, but Huo Shaoheng kept looking at her back thoughtfully.

Admiral Ji and Chairman Long sensed Huo Shaoheng's different emotions towards Xie Qingying, and looked at each other, feeling that there was something going on.

Admiral Ji deliberately asked Chairman Long about Xie Qingying: "Old Long, why don't I remember that you have a niece named Xie? She has grown up so much..."

Chairman Long took out a knife and fork to fork a piece of barbecue, bit into a skewer, and then said: "She is actually not my cousin's biological daughter."

"Oh?"

"Her father is a distant branch of Xie's family. At the beginning, all Xie's family members went abroad to settle down, and their house also went out. Xie Qingying was born abroad. But her biological mother died young, and her father only recently married, and he married my cousin. Sister, Xie Qingying is my cousin's stepdaughter. —Here, this is a photo of their family." Chairman Long talked about the goings-on relationship, and finally took out Xie Qingying's family photo, obviously there is something wrong with it. come ready...

Huo Shaoheng took it and took a look.

There are two photos, one is a group photo of Xie Qingying's biological parents, holding a little girl.

One is a group photo of Xie Qingying's father and stepmother. Xie Qingying is already in her present state, sitting beside her father with a polite smile on her face.

Huo Shaoheng's eyes were attracted by the appearance of Xie Qingying's biological mother, obviously Xie Qingying looked like her mother.

Admiral Ji frowned and said, "Oh, the one who remarried is your cousin who died a few years ago?"

"Yes, her husband passed away before she gave birth to a child. Later, she went abroad to relax and met Qingying's father. The two saw each other and remarried." Chairman Long looked at Huo Shaoheng, "Shaoheng, Qingying is She grew up abroad and just returned to China with her father and stepmother. Are you free to take her out for a walk?"

Admiral Ji heard this, and quickly said: "By the way, why don't you take Piaohong to accompany Miss Xie around the capital?"

Huo Shaoheng didn't want to pay attention to these two old men whose combined age was more than a hundred years old, this kind of bad taste of being a matchmaker.

He looked at Speaker Long and said, "Miss Xie grew up abroad and is also a foreign nationality. According to the regulations, I can't get along with foreigners alone in private."

The Chinese Empire does have such regulations. If people of their status want to contact people of foreign nationality, a third party must be present, and they must report to the relevant department afterwards.

Speaker Long coughed and said, "The family has given up their foreign nationality and returned to China to settle down, so you don't have to worry about this."

"I'm not embarrassing, I just don't want to violate national regulations." Huo Shaoheng nodded calmly, took the two photos in his hand, sent them back to Speaker Long, and asked casually, "What's the name of Miss Xie's biological mother?"

"I don't know about that." Chairman Long spread his hands, "She will deliver the barbecue later, you can ask her again?"

"No, I have something else to do. I thank Chairman Long for the tea and barbecue today. I will invite you back next time." Huo Shaoheng said as he stood up and saluted Admiral Ji again.

"Okay, okay, let's go." Admiral Ji waved his hand with a smile, "You need to pay attention to your personal problems, you know? Don't force our old man to take action."

"Yes, Chief." Huo Shaoheng nodded to Admiral Ji and Speaker Long, then turned and strode away.

When she came out of the study, she met Xie Qingying, and she brought over another pot of barbecue.

Seeing Huo Shaoheng coming out, Xie Qingying hurriedly asked: "Major General Huo, don't you want to eat any more?"

"No need, I have something else to do." Huo Shaoheng nodded to her, then suddenly reached out and brushed her shoulder lightly, and said, "There's a bug."

Xie Qingying was taken aback and almost knocked over the barbecue plate in her hand.

She stood there in shock, her whole body stiffened: "What bug? Major General Huo? Did the bug get rid of it?"

"Well, it fell off." Huo Shaoheng withdrew his hand, already firmly holding a hair of Xie Qingying in his palm.

The two passed each other in the hallway.

However, after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped as if remembering something, turned around and stopped Xie Qingying and asked, "Miss Xie, what's the name of your biological mother?"

"Gu Tian." Xie Qingying blurted out.

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This is the second five thousand words. Because it is a large chapter, it took an extra hour.

I just want to ask, is there a monthly pass? What about recommended tickets?

O(∩_∩)O.