Chapter 435 Don't Be Soft-Hearted Anymore
It was past 8 p.m. when the car arrived at Si Ning's place. Si Ning and Tang Baimo's captain had just finished dinner not long before they arrived.
As soon as Jiang Ruan entered, she saw the woman sitting with Si Ning. She had short, neat hair, clear eyes and brows, and exuded a similar sense of laziness and unrestrainedness to Si Ning.
When she looked at her, Gu Sheng was also looking at her.
She smiled slightly and raised an eyebrow, greeting him naturally: "Jiang Ruan?"
"Captain?" Jiang Ruan replied.
"Just call me Gu Gu or Gu Sheng." Gu Sheng gives off a very approachable vibe, not the serious and heroic image Jiang Ruan had imagined. From her appearance and aura, you wouldn't guess she's a soldier at all.
"Gu Gu?"
"Gu Sheng?"
Before Jiang Ruan could speak, Tang Bai and Mo Mo started talking.
Looking at the person who was completely different from usual, the two of them were filled with questions.
Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow slightly and asked in a very calm tone, "Is there a problem?"
Mo Mo: "..."
Tang Bai: "..."
threaten!
Absolutely a threat!
“No problem, you’re right.” Tang Bai was the first to react, walking towards her while agreeing.
Mo Mo: "Yes."
"We haven't told Jiang Ruan about what you confessed to yet." After sitting down, Tang Bai quickly lowered his voice and whispered in Gu Sheng's ear while Jiang Ruan was chatting with Si Ning, "Don't let it slip when you're chatting later."
Gu Sheng: "What is it?"
Tang Bai: "Stop pretending."
Gu Sheng looked completely bewildered.
Tang Bai ground his back teeth, but ultimately didn't say a word.
What a pretentious act.
"I need to talk to Jiang Ruan about something." Si Ning stood up, leaving the three of them alone. "You guys keep talking."
Gu Sheng nodded slightly, the curve of her lips just right. Seeing her like this, Tang Bai and Mo Mo felt like they were being pricked by thorns.
"You're not up to something, are you?" Tang Bai's suspicious gaze fell on her. "Ever since Jiang Ruan came in, you've been looking at her with a smile that hides a knife, and you even called yourself Gu Gu."
Mo Mo didn't speak, but her expression clearly showed that she agreed with Tang Bai's meaning.
Gu Sheng leaned back: "Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
Tang Bai: "Yes!"
Mo Mo: "Yes!"
Gu Sheng slowly lifted her eyelids, completely ignoring their words: "Can't I just think Jiang Ruan is pretty and want to be good friends with her?"
"You?" Tang Bai's suspicious gaze fell on her.
"Mmm." Gu Sheng's lips curled slightly.
Tang Bai and Mo Mo rubbed the goosebumps off their bodies.
They were truly afraid that she would transform into a ruthless captain with a smile hiding a knife at her side at any moment.
"I'll be retiring soon," Gu Sheng said casually, yet his eyes were full of laziness and leisure. "Booking two friends in advance shouldn't be illegal."
Tang Bai and Mo Mo frowned.
Retirement?
"Why retire from the military when everything is fine?" Tang Bai was the first to ask.
They knew how top-notch Gu Sheng's skills were. He usually seemed like a very approachable and harmless person, but only the enemies who had fought against him knew that when Gu Sheng got serious, he was their nightmare.
The organization is trying to retain someone like that, so how could they possibly let her retire?
"Confidential," Gu Sheng said.
Tang Bai and Mo Mo exchanged a glance, and knowing the rules of the organization, they didn't ask any more questions.
At the same time, on the second-floor balcony, Si Ning stood there with Jiang Ruan for a while before speaking, "Do you know about Huo Zhizhou's situation?"
"I haven't asked about it since I came back," Jiang Ruan said bluntly, her heart was no longer with that place.
Si Ning: "He has amnesia, but otherwise he's fine."
Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.
After a brief two-second silence, she replied, "It's fine."
Si Ning leaned against the railing, her neat short hair looking refreshing and natural: "Do you really think it's pretty good?"
Jiang Ruan: "Mm."
He lost his memory, and her life returned to normal.
They each went their own way, and each lived a peaceful life.
"If Gu Shixi calls and asks you to help him regain his memory," Si Ning said, getting straight to the point, "would you agree or not?"
“I won’t agree.” Jiang Ruan didn’t hesitate for a moment. “When I went to him last time, I made it very clear that if he asked me to leave, I would not care about anything he does anymore.”
As long as he's not dead, as long as Sui Sui still has her father.
Whether she lives or is crippled, whether she is free or imprisoned, it has nothing to do with her.
She wouldn't stop Sui Sui from meeting him, but she also wouldn't try to win him over again.
"That's good." Si Ning breathed a sigh of relief and put her hand on her shoulder. "When I received Gu Shixi's call, I was quite worried that you would panic because of it."
"Not anymore." Jiang Ruan had truly come to her senses this time.
"Let him clean up the mess he made by his own stubbornness." Si Ning regained the carefree and unrestrained demeanor she had when they first met. "We tried our best to advise and say what needed to be said."
Jiang Ruan glanced at her sideways: "Si Ning."
Si Ning's voice rose at the end: "Hmm?"
"Are you and Shan Mu'an particularly close?" Jiang Ruan thought about Shan Mu'an's unusual behavior and indifference recently, and made a guess.
Si Ning paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes."
That's the person she's liked since she was young.
The day he died, her life seemed to plunge back into darkness in an instant.
He was Huo Zhizhou's pillar of support and her guiding light.
She could understand some of Huo Zhizhou's actions, but she couldn't empathize with him. If she could force herself to control her emotions and handle everything, why couldn't he?
So when Gu Shixi was worrying about all sorts of things for him, she just stood by as an observer and offered Huo Zhizhou a few words of advice.
If you can accept it, then listen; if you can't, then go and bang your head against a wall.
“I hope you will stick to it this time.” Si Ning looked at her with tenderness in his eyes. “No matter whether he is doing well or not, don’t be soft-hearted again. If Sui Sui needs a father’s love, I will bring it to her for you.”
"Okay," Jiang Ruan readily agreed.
Si Ning rubbed her head.
Jiang Ruan glanced at her and met her eyes. Under the lamplight, Si Ning's features were exquisite, clean and handsome. If she didn't speak while walking down the street, no one would know that she was a woman.
"If you two keep staring at each other, I'll start to think you're in love," Gu Sheng's voice suddenly rang out as he leaned against the doorframe, watching them with a leisurely air.
Si Ning calmly replied, "Have you forgotten about flirting with me this afternoon?"
Gu Sheng feigned innocence: "Really?"
As Si Ning walked out with Jiang Ruan, she glanced casually outside and said, "There are security cameras in the living room. Do you want me to show them to you?"
Gu Sheng: "I can blacklist you with just a flick of my little finger."
Si Ning: "Shall we compare?"
Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Let's compete then."
Seeing the two getting along so well, Jiang Ruan felt for the first time that it was kind of sweet to watch.
She wasn't someone who liked shipping couples, but the relationship between Si Ning and Gu Sheng made her realize that the feelings and interactions between friends were quite interesting.
"I'll leave those two guys outside to you to handle." Gu Sheng glanced at Mo Mo and Tang Bai, and said to Jiang Ruan with a slight smile, "They're tough as nails. If they don't listen to you, feel free to beat them up."
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