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Published at 11th of February 2020 07:24:02 PM
Chapter 618

Gu Nianzhi nearly put her hands on her hips and burst out laughing over the phone . She replied cheerfully, “Great! Scum like him deserve to go through that!”


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“…You think he deserved to be beaten?”

“Of course . ” Gu Nianzhi lifted a leg on the couch and kicked twice in the air . “If I’d been there, I would have been sure to kick him a few more times!”

He Zhichu chuckled quietly . “It’s good—if he was really beaten . ”

“Could it not be real?” Gu Nianzhi’s smile disappeared instantly . “No way . Could they be faking a serious injury to get away from punishment?!”

“I don’t know . We’ll see when we go to the hospital tomorrow,” He Zhichu replied coolly . “The media is hounding the hospital entrance now, it won’t be easy for him to get bailed out due to serious injury . ”

“Bail due to serious injury?” Gu Nianzhi was shocked . “This only applies when one is injured to the point of paralysis . Otherwise, it’s impossible…”

“Yeah . So we have to go to the hospital to see tomorrow,” He Zhichu replied and hung up .

Not long after he set down the phone, it began to ring once again . This time, it was a call from back home . He was a bit surprised as he unlocked it to answer, “Auntie Qin?” It was actually her calling .


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“Chu, your father wouldn’t let me tell you, but I don’t think I can hide it from you . ” Auntie Qin’s voice shook as she tried to suppress her sobs . “Your… Your father fell down in the garden yesterday and happened to hit the back of his head on a small faux mountain . He passed out right away and just woke up this afternoon . He’s very weak right now…”

He Zhichu stood up right away, his face ashen . “He hit the back of his head?! Is it serious?”

“…Dr . Qin said that your father has a blood clot at the back of his head, and they are discussing whether to operate or not . ” Auntie Qin’s voice gradually steadied . “Chu, will you come back home to see what to do?”

He Zhichu looked at his schedule . The next few days all had to do with setting up the new branch . He could leave the hiring process to the four lawyers to distribute among themselves, and all the legal documents requiring signatures had already been signed . They had just filed a civil claim for Li Haiqing’s case today, and there were still two weeks before the hearings began, so he ought to have some time to go back .

He Zhichu sat rigidly on the couch and was speechless for a long time . Although he had never been close to his father, he was still his father, regardless . Now that something had happened to Senior Mr . He, He Zhichu just couldn’t leave him be .

“Chu? Are you still listening?” Auntie Qin couldn’t help nagging him after getting a long silence from the other end . “You’d better come back… You’ve been the most important person to your father ever since your mother passed away, and although he doesn’t say it, I know what he thinks . No one is more important than you . Can you… forgive your father…?”

He Zhichu still remained silent but tightened his fist hanging on the side .

“Chu, I suspect… I suspect…” Auntie Qin mumbled and didn’t seem to want to say it .


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He Zhichu finally asked her, “What do you suspect?”

“I suspect that your father… Doesn’t want to live anymore . He wanted to follow your mother…” Auntie Qin whispered very quietly, as if she was afraid of being overheard . Muffling the phone, she continued, “This isn’t the first time . I’ve noticed that he always refuses to take his medication when he gets sick . I asked him, but he kept saying he forgot . This time, he was just walking around the garden and fell down like that . With so many people accompanying him, how could he get so seriously injured from a fall?”

“Could someone be trying to hurt him?” He Zhichu calmed down . Walking to the window, he opened the curtains to watch the dark Munich night sky . His eyes were dim and even darker than the sky .

“Oh? You think that’s possible?” Auntie Qin grew anxious over the phone . “Then you’d better come back right away to investigate . I have no way of managing these things outside the household . There are no other men at home right now . Chu, can you come back first…? I’m worried…”

He Zhichu closed his eyes and rubbed at where his brows were furrowed together . He replied after some contemplation, “I’ll come back right away . ”

Auntie Qin sighed deeply, her relief apparent . “Chu, it’s great that you can come back . I really can’t hold it together anymore . ”

“It’s ok . ” He Zhichu comforted Auntie Qin and ended the call . He then checked the flights to see that there happened to be a flight to New York at 1:00 a . m . After booking first-class tickets, He Zhichu thought about his work at hand and called Gu Nianzhi . “Nianzhi, come over here . I have something to tell you . ”

Gu Nianzhi had just put on a face mask and was lying on the bed reading a German dictionary to learn legal provisions . “Oh, is it very important? I’m about to sleep . Can we talk tomorrow?” She was feeling sleepy and couldn’t help yawning .


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“No,” He Zhichu replied coolly . “Hurry up and come over here . Don’t be lazy . ”

Gu Nianzhi made a face and crawled up from the bed . After taking off her sleeping robe, she changed into casual clothes and slippers to knock on He Zhichu’s door . He Zhichu opened the door to let her in and calmly glanced at the face mask she still had on .

“You’re sleeping like this?” he said, pointing out her earlier lie .

Gu Nianzhi wasn’t shy either and giggled . “I can sleep as soon as I take it off . It’s convenient and doesn’t need to be washed off . ”

He Zhichu walked to the coffee table to take out the schedule he had been looking at and passed it to her . “This is my schedule for the next two weeks, as well as a progress chart for the case . You take it . ”

Gu Nianzhi stiffened and took the two forms from He Zhichu to read . Peeling off her face mask, she threw it into the garbage and turned to look at He Zhichu . Under the chandelier light, her freshly masked face was fully hydrated, fair, and soft like the finest white-jade tofu . However, it was warm like pure white jade, and her emotional, dark eyes stared at him pointedly .

“Professor He, what is the meaning of this?”

“Something happened to my father . I need to go see him right away . ”

He Zhichu glossed over it, but Gu Nianzhi could see that he was clenching his right fist very tightly . This was something serious…

The smile disappeared from Gu Nianzhi’s face, and she nodded seriously . “Your family is the most important . Professor He doesn’t have to worry about things here . My four colleagues and I will make sure to work hard and not embarrass Professor He . ”

He Zhichu walked to her side and stared at her fixedly . His gaze was dark and solemn, like a black hole hidden in a starry night—not only was it vast and limitless but also bottomless .

Gu Nianzhi didn’t dare to lock eyes with him and instinctively looked away . “Was there anything else Professor He needed?”

He Zhichu’s throat bobbed as he’d swallowed hard, choking back his words along with it . Stroking Gu Nianzhi’s hair, he said, “It’s fine . It’ll be ok . Consult with your colleagues if anything happens . If you can’t decide, then drag it out and wait for me to come back . ”

Gu Nianzhi nodded solemnly and felt the great responsibility that had just been placed on her shoulders . But people only grew up from increased responsibility . She was now much more reliable, after a month in Germany, than she’d been when she was still in school .

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