They went to eat lobster at night.
Prepared in many ways, the Australia-imported lobsters were extremely delicious.
Every time she came out to eat with the Chief Instructor, Gu Qingjiu felt like she had degenerated a notch.
After the meal, they headed back to rest.
He Niancheng brought Gu Qingjiu to rest at the presidential suite where they stayed the last time.
Gu Qingjiu didn’t understand why the Chief Instructor behaved not so decently at other times, but when they were in the same room, he behaved perfectly decently.
After they took a shower, as usual, one of them slept on the bed, and the other peacefully slept on the floor.
Recalling the embarrassing incident before, Gu Qingjiu felt anger rising within her.
She merely cast a glance at the Chief Instructor, who was reading a book under the night light. She didn’t confront him or anything, lest she got herself into trouble.
After flipping around, she fell asleep.
As He Niancheng gazed at Gu Qingjiu sleeping with her back facing him, his lips curled up in an imperceptible arc.
Suddenly, his phone rang. Catching a glimpse of Gu Qingjiu shifting her body with his peripheral vision, He Niancheng reached out and turned off the ringtone.
The phone never rang since.
Shortly after, he turned off the lights and quietly laid down.
At midnight, He Niancheng woke the sleeping Gu Qingjiu up.
Since they still needed to get back to school, they had to set off early.
He Niancheng asked someone to fetch them this time.
Gu Qingjiu wasn’t bothered about that. On the way back, she laid in He Niancheng’s arms and slept for a few hours.
He Niancheng held her in his arms and looked at his phone with his eyes half-opened.
The chauffeur in front reported some things. With his deep voice, he said, “Major-general, in the Empire, the Genev family are showing signs of movement.”
When He Niancheng didn’t raise his head, the chauffeur paused for a moment, then added, “Old Master isn’t paying much attention to the Genev family’s matters either.”
“Feeding a tiger to one’s detriment.”
He curled his lips and coldly spat out these words, sounding as cold as the harsh winter.
In her sleep, Gu Qingjiu seemed to feel a shiver from this cold, and that made her subconsciously tighten her grip around He Niancheng’s clothes.
He Niancheng lowered his head. Seeing Gu Qingjiu’s sleeping profile, a hint of gentleness flashed across his eyes.
He held Gu Qingjiu tightly in his embrace.
When the chauffeur saw this through the rearview mirror, he couldn’t help but reveal a hint of shock on his face despite how composed he was.
He hurriedly and earnestly turned his vision back to stare ahead.
He Niancheng raised his head again. With his deep voice, he instructed, “I’ll let Huo Yingcheng make a trip back to handle this matter in a few days. You guys follow Joker, for he knows what to do.”
“Okay, Major-general!”
The chauffeur replied with the utmost respect.
They arrived at school at six in the morning, just in time.
By then, most of the people were already up to prepare for the day’s training.
Gu Qingjiu, who made up for her lost sleep by leaning against He Niancheng’s body, was quite sober now.
She sneaked back to the dormitory and saw that Chu Lian and Gu Qian were already up.
“Where did you go last night?”
Gu Qian was astonished to see that Gu Qingjiu had come back.
Gu Qingjiu pulled an embarrassed smile, and instead of replying, she speedily changed into her military uniform. Only after that did she respond with, “I had to attend to something yesterday, so I went out.”
“Eh, I think you’re becoming more like Xiaoran now. Both of you are busy people who are often missing in action.”
Gu Qian murmured, “Sometimes we can’t even find you when we want to invite you to go out to play.”
“Yeah, I have no time now. Let’s talk about it in the future when I have the time.”
There was nothing Gu Qingjiu could do about it anyway. Now that she was occupied with so many matters, she didn’t have much time to hang out with Gu Qian and Chu Lian.
