Chapter 999
Tan Guiren drove her baby blue Bentley sports car and stopped near the Senate building . The Senate building’s entrance was nearly surrounded by all the major news agencies . Getting out of the car, she stared silently for a long time but was still unable to see a way she could sneak inside . If she passed by those people, they would certainly recognize her . If that happened, she wouldn’t be able to find Gu Nianzhi, even if she wanted to .
Tan Guiren looked down to take out her phone and hesitated for a second before unlocking it and finding Gu Nianzhi’s phone number . She had never called Gu Nianzhi before, but this time she had no choice but to make an exception .
Gu Nianzhi was reading information at her desk . There was an entire floor of office space in the Secretariat of the Senate building . Interns and junior secretaries were all in the lobby, while senior secretaries and above had their own individual offices .
Gu Nianzhi hadn’t sat down for long before she heard her phone ring . Picking up her phone to glance at it, she saw that it was a foreign number . Gu Nianzhi instantly laughed . The person she waited for had finally come .
However, she didn’t pick up the call right away . Instead, she leisurely shut down her computer and put on her backpack before leaving the office area . Then she went to the break room to take the phone call .
Tan Guiren made a total of two phone calls before Gu Nianzhi finally picked up . “Hello, may I ask who this is?” Gu Nianzhi asked directly .
Tan Guiren was a bit flustered as she said, “I am Tan Guiren . Miss Gu, do you have a moment? I wanted to talk to you about something . ”
“Miss Tan Guiren? What can I help you with? You can tell me over the phone . ” Gu Nianzhi purposely acted nonchalantly and didn’t instantly agree to Tan Guiren’s request—although that was her true motive . If Tan Guiren still hadn’t called her today or come to find her, then she had planned to take the initiative to go speak with Tan Guiren .
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As expected, Tan Guiren became even more anxious . “Miss Gu, I’m truly here to apologize . When will you be free? I can wait for you . ”
Gu Nianzhi pretended to look at her phone . “If that’s the case, I’ll take a look at my daily work schedule . ” Why would an intern have any daily work schedule? Her words could only fool a sheltered wallflower like Tan Guiren .
But Tan Guiren still believed her completely and immediately said, “Ok, you can check, and I’ll wait . ”
Gu Nianzhi then waited another five minutes before telling Tan Guiren over the phone, “I have a half an hour lunch break around 11am . Can you wait until then?” There was still an hour before 11am .
Tan Guiren quickly nodded . “No problem . So where should we meet?”
Gu Nianzhi glanced at her phone . There was a restaurant and café in the Senate building . She didn’t want to have this conversation outside because she was worried that she couldn’t control the hidden ears in the walls .
The Senate building was a different story . It was safe, and the surveillance was limited to only the working areas . Places like the café and restaurant weren’t considered work areas, so there was no surveillance .
“How about this? You can come in through the back door around 11am, and I’ll have the guard at the back door open it for you . ” As Gu Nianzhi spoke, she sent an email to the guard at the building’s back door to ask him to let Tan Guiren inside when the time came .
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After making the arrangements, Gu Nianzhi set down her phone and wrote a few summaries . Soon, it was already 11am . She stood up and put on her backpack before going downstairs to arrive at the café below .
It was still early in the day before lunch time, but all the breakfast items had already sold out . The entire seating area was quiet . Gu Nianzhi sat by the window of the café and soon afterwards, she saw Tan Guiren walk inside .
Pulling out a chair and sitting across from Gu Nianzhi, Tan Guiren asked apologetically, “Did you wait for a long time?”
Gu Nianzhi deeply loathed such idiotic greetings, but she never acted cruelly to kind people . Also, she needed to glean information from Tan Guiren, so she couldn’t yell at her as soon as she was displeased with what she said . Gu Nianzhi shook her head with a smile . “We made plans for 11am, so I just came down here . ”
Tan Guiren looked at her with admiration and said, “Being timely is the virtue of a king . You are very punctual . ”
Although Gu Nianzhi knew Tan Guiren didn’t really have any ill intentions, she still thought she deserved a beating for saying such a thing . Miss Guiren, what do you mean by, “I’m very punctual?!” Didn’t you ask to meet me!? Didn’t we make plans to meet at 11am at the café!? Dare I ask if I was the only one abiding by these words!? Gu Nianzhi suppressed herself before picking up the milk and angel food cake she had ordered for Tan Guiren .
When the items were served, Tan Guiren was very shocked . “Miss Gu, how did you know I was hungry?” She then asked, “Where’s yours?”
Gu Nianzhi was speechless . She hadn’t known but had merely made an inference using common sense . It was almost time for lunch, and even if Tan Guiren had breakfast before coming over, she should be hungry by now .
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Tan Guiren hadn’t even had breakfast today, anyway . So Tan Guiren didn’t hesitate to pick up the cutlery and drink the milk as she ate the angel food cake .
Gu Nianzhi chatted randomly with her until she finished her milk and cake . Gu Nianzhi then asked, “Miss Tan, why did you ask to meet?”
Tan Guiren nodded . “It’s nothing important, I just wanted to apologize to you . ”
“Apologize?” Gu Nianzhi raised a brow . “Why are you apologizing to me?”
“Well the thing is, you were accidentally injured yesterday, and I’m very sorry about that . I’m truly very sorry . ” Tan Guiren stood up to bow in apology to Gu Nianzhi .
Gu Nianzhi waved her hand gesturing for Tan Guiren to sit . Above the face mask, one could only see the bright and alluring eyes curving into two crescents . “You weren’t the one who did it, so you don’t need to apologize . ” She paused, then continued, “But I can’t be beaten for nothing . ”
Tan Guiren’s heart wrenched once again . Setting both hands in her lap, she nearly twisted them into a ball before murmuring, “But I believe that Mr . Cao didn’t do it on purpose . Can you be gracious enough to let this incident go?”
Mr . Cao was one of the three troublemakers from the PR Department of the Office of the Prime Minister . He had originally been passed off to the police station by Huo Shaoheng, but was bailed out by personnel sent from the Office of the Prime Minister this morning .
“You believe he didn’t do it on purpose, but I don’t believe that . Tan Guiren, if you went through what I went through, then you’d know that a verbal apology is the most useless thing . ” Gu Nianzhi touched her face mask . “I was a normal person and was nearly disfigured by him . Tell me how I can swallow that indignation!?”
Tan Guiren widened her large eyes to stare at Gu Nianzhi, then quickly replied, “I know you are very sad and in a lot of pain, but all of that is in the past now . Even if you make him go to jail, you can’t possibly return the slap he gave you?!”
Gu Nianzhi cocked her head and looked at Tan Guiren . She explained it in legal terms . “Justice will come sooner or later, but will never be absent . The justice I want is according to legal regulations . Those who should be jailed will be jailed . Those who should be fined will be fined . Those who should be executed will be executed . I don’t mean anything else . ”
Tan Guiren became even more anxious . She bit her lip and thought about it for a while before saying, “Then you should only sue Mr . Cao . Why do you have to drag my daddy and mommy into this? They didn’t beat you . ”
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