“The corgi that Dimi gave you?” Huo Shaoheng narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while. He said calmly, “The military camp has strict rules and it is still undergoing training… What’s wrong? Do you miss it?”
“Ah? It’s really training to be a military dog?!” Gu Nianzhi widened her eyes in surprise. Her dark eyes were crystal clear and they were as pure as a little kitten.
However, her temperament was truly similar to that of a little kitten’s. She could meow when she was happy and raise her claws when she was unhappy…
Huo Shaoheng smiled slightly and lowered his eyes. “Of course. Military orders are like mountains that can’t be crossed. Did you think I’m was joking?”
“… But when Dimi gave it to me, Ah Ke was only a week old. His short legs weren’t even as long as my fingers.” Gu Nianzhi gestured with her hand, and her heart ached even more.
She had assumed that Huo Shaoheng was joking when he said that he was training the little corgi as a military dog. He was just looking for an excuse to send little corgi back to the country ahead of time and hand him over to a professional dog trainer to learn the rules.
Was it was really sent to the military camp to be trained as a military dog?
Huo Shaoheng hummed noncommittally and calmly ate his breakfast.
Gu Nianzhi sighed for a long time on the other side of the table. However, he pretended not to hear her.
In the end, Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to sit next to him and shake his arm vigorously. “Good Huo Shao… good Huo Shao… don’t treat Ah Ke like this… it’s only… It’s only a few months old…”
Huo Shaoheng was unmoved and he replied calmly, “For a dog, a few months is considered an adult.”
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She sat down next to Huo Shaoheng and played with his fingers. She stopped begging him sullenly.
Huo Shaoheng finished his breakfast and wiped his mouth with a napkin. He looked down and noticed that Gu Nianzhi was still listless. He smiled and stood up. “What are you planning to do today?”
Gu Nianzhi frowned. “I wanted to visit Ah Ke, but you said it was undergoing training…”
Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw Huo Shaoheng’s smiling eyes. She became bolder and said, “… even if it’s training, it can still have holidays, right?”
She stood up and prodded Huo Shaoheng in the chest. “Don’t you have holidays as well? Don’t tell me Ah Ke doesn’t have one! If it doesn’t have a holiday, you’ll be suspected of… suspected of abusing military dogs!”
Huo Shaoheng rubbed her head and snorted. “How dare you compare me to a corgi?”
“… I was just making an analogy… military dogs also have dog rights…” Gu Nianzhi mumbled and smiled slyly. She hugged Huo Shaoheng’s arm and rested her head on his chest. “Let me go… I’m just going to check on him, okay?”
Huo Shaoheng glanced at his watch and said, “I’m going to make a call to see if Ah Ke is on vacation today.”
“Go on! I’ll wait!”
Huo Shaoheng went upstairs to make a call.
After a while, he came down and said, “Ah Ke has half a day off today. Do you want to go check on him?”
Gu Nianzhi nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, yes!”
“Okay, but you’ll have to wait till the afternoon.”
It was only eight o’clock in the morning, which meant that she had to wait for at least four hours.
“Really?” Gu Nianzhi was disappointed. “Can’t we reschedule it?”
“No.” Huo Shaoheng held back his laughter and took out the two movie tickets he had prepared earlier. “But I have two movie tickets here. Do you want to watch it first?”
“Watch a movie?!” Gu Nianzhi’s eyes lit up. “What movie?!”
Actually, the home theater in Huo Shaoheng’s official residence was comparable to the movie theater outside. It could seat 50 to 60 people.
The average small-scale movie theater was only so big.
Moreover, the equipment and sound system were all first-class.
He could rent movies whenever he wanted.
But buying movie tickets to go out to watch a movie was a different experience.
He felt guilty towards Gu Nianzhi.
Whenever he was with her, he couldn’t do many things that ordinary couples could do together.
Even though Gu Nianzhi didn’t care, and even though she could enjoy herself on her own, Huo Shaoheng still felt sorry to her.
The deeper their relationship became, the harder it was to detect any trace of her unhappiness.
Huo Shaoheng looked at the name on the movie ticket. “… A new movie, its call ‘Waiting for You to Come Home’.”
Gu Nianzhi, “…”
“What movie is this? Why haven’t I heard of it before?” Gu Nianzhi frowned. “It’s not a blockbuster, is it?”
If it was a blockbuster, it would have been widely publicized.
Huo Shaoheng was speechless when he saw the name.
He had asked Yin Shixiong to buy the movie tickets. He had simply said that he wanted him to buy the kind of movie that Gu Nianzhi would like to watch. He hadn’t expected him to buy two unpopular movie tickets.
“… It’s not a blockbuster, it’s a new domestic movie.” Huo Shaoheng took out his phone to check. He came to a realization. “… It’s a feature film co-produced by the military’s external publicity department. No wonder…”
“That’s great, we’re on the same side now.” Gu Nianzhi was elated. “What time’s the movie?”
“9:00,12:00, or 4:00 in the afternoon. All are fine. Which one do you want to watch?”
“9:00 in the morning then.” Gu Nianzhi counted the time. “I’ll go see Little Ah Ke after watching! Hahahaha…”
Huo Shaoheng, “…”
He stuffed the movie tickets into his wallet. “Go upstairs and pack up. I’ll drive you there.”
Gu Nianzhi snapped her fingers happily. “Okay! I’ll go right away!”
She ran upstairs with a smile and opened the closet. She found a new Chanel summer style blouse with pink silk bubble sleeves and a small waistline. Her coat had a small round collar with a black bow ribbon and she paired it with white leggings and shoes with the same colored waves. She rushed downstairs while carrying a Hermes red Berline bag.
Huo Shaoheng was not wearing a military uniform either. He had donned casual clothes.
He had put on a smart-looking black short-sleeved t-shirt. She could not tell what brand it was, but it fit him perfectly. It made Huo Shaoheng’s shoulders wide, his chest broad, and his waist narrow.
The black jeans wrapped around his long legs. If you didn’t have a closer look, one would be unable to tell that the white waves shoes that he wore together with Gu Nianzhi were actually a set of couple’s shoes…
He held the car keys in his hands and stood at the door with his arms crossed as he waited for her. The sight of his tall and straight figure made her heart race.
Gu Nianzhi smiled so widely that her eyes curved into crescents. She walked over and hugged Huo Shaoheng’s waist from behind. She whispered, “… I really want to wrap my legs around it…”
Huo Shaoheng froze for a moment but he quickly came back to his senses. He turned around and tapped her on the forehead. He was both amused and annoyed. “You’ve even started to flirt with me. You’re getting bolder and bolder.”
“So what? It’s only right to flirt with your own man!” Gu Nianzhi turned around and held his arm. She smiled as she looked at him. “Don’t tell me you want me to flirt with other men?”
Huo Shaoheng snorted. “… You want to try that?”
“No, no, no… I wouldn’t dare even if I had a hundred guts!” Gu Nianzhi smirked as she begged for mercy. Then, she walked out of the official residence with him.
The two of them got into the car and drove towards the Boli Cinema in the city center.
It was the most luxurious and well-equipped cinema in the entire Imperial City.
After parking in the underground parking lot, Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi took the elevator and went straight up.
Because they had chosen the earliest screening, and because it was an unpopular movie, there weren’t many people here.
A handful of people were scattered in the neon-lit hall.
There appeared to be more staff than movie-goers watching the movie.
It was Gu Nianzhi’s first time watching a movie in a movie theater outside.
In the past, she had either watched it at home or on her computer or iPad. She had never watched a movie with so many people in a movie theater like this.
Gu Nianzhi was curious about everything she saw.
When she realized that everyone had bought coke and popcorn, she tugged at the corner of Huo Shaoheng’s shirt and begged him to buy some.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at her and said calmly, “You’ll gain weight if you eat too much junk food.”
Gu Nianzhi didn’t care. “I’m only going to eat it once. How fat can I get?”
In fact, she had lost a lot of weight recently…
Huo Shaoheng had also noticed that her pointy chin had lost weight. Hence, he softened his heart and agreed to buy her coke and popcorn.
“Large ones!” Gu Nianzhi followed closely behind.
However, when they reached the service area for coke and popcorn, Huo Shaoheng stopped in his tracks.
Not far ahead of him, two people walked over hand in hand. It was Yin Shixiong and Ma Qiqi.
Ma Qiqi was the first to see Huo Shaoheng. Then, she saw Gu Nianzhi, who was standing beside Huo Shaoheng. She immediately ran over in surprise. “Nianzhi! Long time no see! Are you feeling better?!”
Gu Nianzhi had been in a bad mood ever since she buried her parents.
She had closed her door to all visitors and had barely contacted Ma Qiqi.
Her mood gradually improved after the mourning period for Gu Xiangwen and his wife.
She was also very happy to see Ma Qiqi at that moment. The two of them held hands and chatted about what had happened after they had parted.
Yin Shixiong smiled wryly and nodded at Huo Shaoheng. “Huo Shao, sorry to bother you.”
Huo Shaoheng looked at him and turned to buy coke and popcorn. He also bought a large portion for Yin Shixiong and Ma Qiqi, before handing it to him. “What’s with the tickets?”
Yin Shixiong groaned before saying, “… This movie is pretty good. Director Bai recommended it, he said that it was good and suitable for people like us to watch…”
He had originally assumed that Gu Nianzhi wouldn’t wake up so early in the morning. Hence, he thought that he wouldn’t bump into Huo Shaoheng and the others.
He hadn’t expected Huo Shaoheng to watch the morning show.
Huo Shaoheng didn’t say anything and turned around to urge Gu Nianzhi to enter.
However, they bumped into Zhao Liangze at the door.
Everyone could only greet him in an awkward and polite manner.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at Gu Nianzhi. He could tell that she wasn’t unhappy. He held her hand and walked in, before finding two seats at the very top and the very center.
Yin Shixiong and Ma Qiqi naturally found a seat at the side.
Zhao Liangze sat in the middle of the screening room.
Not long after, Bai Yueran arrived.
She looked up at the screening room and walked directly to Zhao Liangze’s side. She asked, “Little Ze, is there anyone sitting next to you?”
Zhao Liangze looked up at her for a while before saying calmly, “No, please sit.”
He no longer had feelings for her, so he didn’t care where she sat.
Bai Yueran smiled and sat down.
Gu Nianzhi and Ma Qiqi noticed this and couldn’t help gossiping with each other on Wechat.
Yin Shixiong rolled his eyes and texted Huo Shaoheng as well. “Huo Shao, the two of them are having such a hard time conversing with each other…”
Huo Shaoheng replied with a text. “Yeah, come sit over here.”
Yin Shixiong prodded Ma Qiqi. “Sit with Nianzhi. You don’t have to text and chat in the same theater anymore.”
Ma Qiqi put away her phone and rolled her eyes at Yin Shixiong. “We’re chatting on Wechat. Who’s texting?”
However, she stood up happily and sat down with Gu Nianzhi.
Huo Shaoheng and Yin Shixiong sat outside, while the two girls sat right next to each other.
Gu Nianzhi and Ma Qiqi whispered to each other,”… look ahead, that’s Director Bai and Little Ze…”
“Do you think Director Bai is pursuing Little Ze?”
“I think so…”
The two of them chatted for a while. Soon, the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie began.