Hello, Mr. Major General
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Hello, Mr. Major General - Chapter 538: Bros Before Hoes (5)
Chapter 538: Bros Before Hoes (5)
鈥淲hat鈥?request?鈥?Gu Nianzhi thought she was hearing things and struggled against Huo Shaoheng鈥檚 embrace so she could pick at her ear. However, Huo Shaoheng pressed her against his chest, his voice drifting down from the top of her head. There were no lights inside the car, and the warm yellow glow of the streetlamps only made the interior of the car appear darker and more surreal. Gu Nianzhi was totally confused. She only wanted to fall in love properly. How were they suddenly talking about marriage?! They hadn鈥檛 even fallen madly and deeply in love yet, but somehow they had immediately jumped to the final stage?! The end of love was either parting ways or getting married, but it all meant the same thing.
Nuzzling against Huo Shaoheng鈥檚 chest, Gu Nianzhi hugged his muscular waist tightly and mumbled, 鈥淢arriage is the grave of love鈥?Huo Shao, are you sure you want to doom our love before it even blooms fully?鈥?/p>
鈥淣onsense.鈥?Huo Shaoheng patted her head gently. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 all this cynical blabbering?鈥?/p>
鈥淚t鈥檚 true. I read a psychologist鈥檚 theory on the three stages of love.鈥?Gu Nianzhi finally looked up from Huo Shaoheng鈥檚 embrace to gaze into his eyes that were as dark as a starry night. She murmured, 鈥淭he first stage is testing and flirting, the second stage is powerful and inseparable love, and the third is the stage of emotional transformation鈥︹€?/p>
鈥淓motional transformation?鈥?Huo Shaoheng looked down at her. 鈥淲hat does that mean?鈥?/p>
鈥淭hat鈥檚 when love transforms into another emotion. It can be friendship, familial love, or nothing at all,鈥?Gu Nianzhi stated confidently, one hand caressing Huo Shaoheng鈥檚 chest. 鈥淭here is little passionate love between a married couple because it鈥檚 more familial love.The existence of love is short-lived and dazzling, Huo Shao鈥?Let me continue to enjoy the sweetness and thrill of love鈥︹€?/p>
鈥溾€ou just want to keep playing coy.鈥?Huo Shaoheng lifted her chin up with one hand and asked calmly, 鈥淚sn鈥檛 that right?鈥?/p>
鈥淥f course not.鈥?Gu Nianzhi denied it instantly, cocking her head to move her chin away from his hand. 鈥淗uo Shao, I鈥︹€?/p>
Huo Shaoheng raised a finger to press against her lips and successfully prevented her from continuing. 鈥淟et me finish, I just submitted the marriage request, and the military is still discussing it. They have to cast a vote, then begin the background check.鈥?For the first time, Huo Shaoheng explained the entire procedure to Gu Nianzhi in detail.
Gu Nianzhi listened blankly. She only knew about the background check from before but now finally realized that the background check was only carried out after the military agreed to their marriage. If the request was rejected, there wouldn鈥檛 be a need for the background check. Her large bright eyes stared unblinkingly at Huo Shaoheng, intently focusing like a child being serious.
Huo Shaoheng continued, 鈥淎ccording to normal procedures, it may take six months for the standing committee of the Supreme Military Council to discuss and cast a vote on the decision.鈥?/p>
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
鈥淭here is a background check after the vote is held, so the entire process may take anywhere from a year to three.鈥?Huo Shaoheng glanced at her. 鈥淪o you don鈥檛 have to worry. We鈥檙e not getting married tomorrow. You can keep playing coy and keep enjoying the sweetness of being in love.鈥?/p>
Gu Nianzhi鈥檚 face burned hotly, but she wasn鈥檛 willing to be snubbed by Huo Shaoheng. She answered unhappily, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 wrong with enjoying being in love? How can Huo Shao insult me like that?鈥?/p>
鈥淚 insulted you?鈥?/p>
鈥淵es, you kept saying that I鈥檓 playing coy for enjoying being in love鈥︹€?Gu Nianzhi glared at Huo Shaoheng, but because her large eyes were so doe-like, it didn鈥檛 appear threatening at all.
鈥淵ou鈥檝e always been coy.鈥?Huo Shaoheng laughed when he saw her get angry. He whispered in her ear, 鈥溾€ine, you can be as coy as you like in front of me. Just not in front of anyone else.鈥?/p>
鈥淩eally?鈥?Gu Nianzhi looked up at Huo Shpaheng briefly but couldn鈥檛 tell from his faint smile if he was joking or being honest. 鈥淵ou really don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 annoying?鈥?/p>
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 annoying, but I don鈥檛 dislike it,鈥?Huo Shaoheng answered honestly.
Gu Nianzhi was stunned speechless and turned away angrily. 鈥淵ou already think I鈥檓 annoying, so why submit the marriage request?鈥?/p>
鈥淭o take one for the team. You can just annoy me instead of everyone else.鈥?Huo Shaoheng locked her against his chest. 鈥淏e good, I might go on a mission abroad very soon.鈥?/p>
Gu Nianzhi froze instantly. 鈥淎 mission? You鈥檙e already a Major General, not some footsoldier. Why do you still have to go personally?鈥?/p>
鈥淏ecause the mission requires a Major General to personally get involved.鈥?/p>
Lips quivering, Gu Nianzhi wanted badly to ask what the mission entailed that made it worthwhile for Huo Shaoheng to go. But she knew he couldn鈥檛 disclose his work to anyone and telling her there was a future mission was already an exception. After battling in her mind for a long time, she finally chose to not mention it and hugged Huo Shaoheng鈥檚 neck as she reminded him, 鈥淵ou must be careful and come home soon. I鈥檒l wait for you.鈥?/p>
鈥淵eah.鈥?Huo Shaoheng patted her head and tucked her messy chest-length hair behind her ear. 鈥淵ou have to be good, too, and be more inconspicuous while I鈥檓 abroad. You can be as coy as you want when I come back.鈥?/p>
鈥淭hen you must come back, and if you don鈥檛, I鈥檒l be coy with someone else.鈥?Gu Nianzhi sniffled and used a threatening tone.
鈥淵ou dare?鈥?Huo Shaoheng glanced at her coolly. 鈥淭hen you鈥檒l have to get punished according to family rules when I come back.鈥?/p>
鈥淔amily rules? We have such a thing? Why didn鈥檛 I know about it?鈥?Gu Nianzhi didn鈥檛 back down and wanted to argue back.
鈥淵ou want to know?鈥?Huo Shaoheng whispered in her ear, his voice raspy and seductive. 鈥溾€ow about you come back to the apartment with me tonight, and I鈥檒l demonstrate our 鈥榝amily rules.鈥欌€?/p>
Cheeks flushing red immediately, Gu Nianzhi was thankful the car was dark so they couldn鈥檛 see each other clearly. Otherwise she鈥檇 be mortified. 鈥淣o.鈥?She shook her head. 鈥淚 have to go back to the dorm. I already took so many days off, and today isn鈥檛 a weekend, so I still have class early tomorrow morning鈥︹€?If she went home with him to get 鈥減unished according to family rules,鈥?there was no way she could get out of bed tomorrow.
Huo Shaoheng was truly the ace of the Special Operations Forces. His physical endurance was no joke. Although Gu Nianzhi was physically stronger than normal, even she couldn鈥檛 take a whole night of getting tossed around by him鈥?How would she get to class tomorrow? Gu Nianzhi didn鈥檛 want to miss more classes. Unfortunately, she didn鈥檛 know that Huo Shaoheng still had business, so he actually couldn鈥檛 spend time with her, even if she agreed. It was already hard to squeeze in an hour to have dinner with her. 鈥淥k, then I鈥檒l take a raincheck and redeem it when I鈥檓 back.鈥?Huo Shaoheng laughed quietly, his fingers stroking Gu Nianzhi鈥檚 cheek gently. The pads of his fingers were slightly calloused and smelled faintly of nitre from the guns. It was pungent, yet gave Gu Nianzhi a sense of security.
After a long while, Gu Nianzhi finally answered him and said, 鈥淵ou have to be careful.鈥?Huo Shaoheng used to go on missions in the past as well, but Gu Nianzhi had never felt so lost and nervous before. Their relationship was different now, so her feelings had changed, too鈥?Huo Shaoheng walked her out of the car, and they went to the entrance of her dorm building together. Gu Nianzhi looked up at him and asked, 鈥淲hen are you leaving?鈥?/p>
鈥淚鈥檒l leave when I have to.鈥?Huo Shaoheng could only tell her that much. Gu Nianzhi watched him leave before drifting back to the dorm in a daze. Ma Qiqi was already asleep, so her room was dark. Gu Nianzhi jumped on the bed as soon as she got inside. Burying her head in the pillows, her mind reverberated. Oh my god! Huo Shao actually wants to marry me!
But he hasn鈥檛 proposed yet鈥? How can he just say he鈥檒l marry me?!
Fine, Huo Shao has the ability to marry whoever he wants, but can I get married just like that?
She barely slept the whole night with the two voices in her mind arguing the entire time, so the bags under her eyes were especially dark the next day. When she went to He Zhichu鈥檚 classroom for the lecture, He Zhichu took one look at her exhausted face and said coolly, 鈥淲hat is it? Did you rob a house last night?鈥?/p>
鈥淗uh? Rob a house? No? I was sleeping in my dorm the whole time.鈥?Gu Nianzhi was extremely sleepy and mind-numbed, so she couldn鈥檛 even make sense of what He Zhichu was implying.
He Zhichu snickered and brought a glass of warm milk to her. 鈥淒rink a bit of milk to relax.鈥?/p>
Gu Nianzhi sipped from the glass and actually felt even more tired. She sat on the couch to listen to He Zhichu explain a case study and got so groggy, she actually fell asleep. Luckily, she was the only one in the class, so He Zhichu stopped lecturing and got a thin blanket to cover her before going to his study to prepare for lessons.
鈥?/p>
Huo Shaoheng went to the Senate after driving Gu Nianzhi back to B University. Speaker Long and General Ji were both waiting for him. There were many things that hadn鈥檛 been explained clearly over the phone, so he needed to have a meeting with them to understand the next mission in detail.
