Chapter 348: Not a Soldier
Soon a nurse pushed the door open and walked in.
"Comrade Gu, Comrade Su, you are still injured."
Seeing the female nurse's blushing face, Su Nanzhi realized that her actions with Gu Xizhou were too intimate.
She pulled her hand away in a panic, turned around and went to her own bed.
"I'm tired. I'm going to rest first."
She covered her face with the lid, but her heart was still beating non-stop, feeling shy, uneasy, and excited...
Gu Xizhou looked at Su Nanzhi's stiff body hidden under the quilt, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Su Nanzhi was covered in the quilt. She was awake at first, but soon fell into a deep sleep.
When she opened her eyes the next day, Gu Xizhou was no longer on the bed next to her.
"Where did Gu Xizhou go?"
She couldn't help but ask the nurse who changed her dressing.
The nurse who changed her dressing was the same one from last night. When she heard Su Nanzhi's words, her face was full of joking, "Comrade Su, are you and your wife having a conflict?"
Su Nanzhi:?
"Yesterday you were under the covers and didn't see Comrade Gu. This morning, Comrade Gu disappeared, and you became anxious."
The nurse quickly and efficiently re-wrapped Su Nanzhi's wound with gauze, and then replied to Su Nanzhi, "Comrade Gu was called away by his leader early in the morning."
Su Nanzhi nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but she still felt a little embarrassed when she heard the nurse say that she and Gu Xizhou were a couple.
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Gu Xizhou sat in a wheelchair with an extremely serious expression.
"I hid the slingshot by the tree the night before."
"Su Nanzhi would only pick up the slingshot and shoot at Mr. Dao in a critical moment."
The two men sitting across from him also had very serious expressions. One of them kept looking down at something, while the other glanced at the documents on the table and continued, "Captain Gu, can you explain Comrade Su's marksmanship?"
Gu Xizhou's eyes flashed with a sharpness, but he remained calm on the surface. "Su Nanzhi has a father and adoptive father who were both soldiers. Plus, she has talent, so it's not impossible that she has good aim."
The two men looked at each other and then a smile appeared on their faces.
"Captain Gu, congratulations on successfully completing this mission. We have successfully captured Mr. Dao. We will send other comrades to continue the investigation."
Gu Xizhou felt relieved, but his face remained serious as he saluted the two men with a standard military salute.
“Serve the people.”
The two chatted with Gu Xizhou for a few words before standing up and leaving.
However, after the two left, the door of the office, which was temporarily used as an interrogation room, was opened again.
Gu Xizhou turned his head and narrowed his eyes when he saw the man coming in.
The man looked to be in his early fifties. Although his hair was already gray, he looked very imposing, with a pair of eyes so sharp that people dared not look directly at him.
"Gu Xizhou, the mission was completed well."
The man walked a few steps to Gu Xizhou, looked him up and down, and made sure that nothing serious happened before he spoke.
Gu Xizhou's face showed no joy at the man's congratulations. "What are you doing here?"
His voice was cold and distant.
"My son is injured. Can't I, as his father, come and see him on my way?"
Gu Fushan was obviously very dissatisfied with Gu Xizhou's reaction, and his face immediately darkened. He was already a very imposing man, and now he looked even more majestic.
"Then you've finished reading it." Gu Xizhou was not affected at all. As he spoke, he turned around in his wheelchair and wanted to leave. "I'm not dead yet, you can leave."
But before he turned around, someone stopped his wheelchair.
"Gu Xizhou, is this your attitude towards your father?"
Gu Fushan's face immediately turned pale. "I see that you've become more and more ignorant these past few years. You think that just because you've achieved a little bit of success..."
The coldness on Gu Xizhou's face had disappeared, and he looked at Gu Fushan with eyes full of disgust.
"Don't put on your official airs in front of me. I feel sick."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Fushan raised his hand high and was about to hit Gu Xizhou, but Gu Xizhou caught it with his quick eyes and hands.
"Gu Fushan, although my surname is Gu, my Gu is the Gu of my mother Gu Qing, not your Gu. If you want to teach me a lesson, go back to your Beicheng."
After saying that, he shook off Gu Fushan's hand.
Gu Fushan seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant. He looked at his most promising son with an expression as if he was looking at an enemy, and his lips trembled.
"It's been so many years, and you still haven't forgiven Dad?"
Gu Xizhou immediately frowned, "I don't have a father. Master Gu."
A trace of sadness flashed in Gu Fushan's eyes, and he sighed deeply, "I explained to you that I didn't ignore you when you were little, it's just that your Aunt Zhou's brother..."
The words he was about to explain disappeared in an instant under Gu Xizhou's mocking gaze.
Gu Xizhou said with a half-smile: "Gu Fushan, you want to say that it's all the fault of your little wife's brother? Just lie to yourself about this kind of thing, don't lie to me."
"I've been remitting money to someone for over a decade, and they haven't received a dime. Don't you notice anything unusual?"
"That's right. You've become a high-ranking official. It would be a disgrace to let others know that you're just a peasant. What's more, it would be a disgrace to let others know that you have a wife and children in the countryside."
As he spoke, his tone became more sarcastic.
Gu Fushan's face turned pale and blue with anger, and he shouted angrily: "Gu Xizhou, I am your father."
"Ha, a dad who only cares about giving birth but not raising a child?" Gu Xizhou smiled contemptuously and wanted to push the wheelchair away again.
It would be a waste of time to continue chatting with Gu Fushan here. It would be better to go back to the ward and stay with Nanzhi.
But before he reached the door, Gu Fushan's threatening voice sounded behind him.
"Gu Xizhou, even if you don't want to admit it, I am still your father according to your household registration."
"I won't agree to your marriage with that Su."
Gu Xizhou suddenly turned his head and looked at Gu Fushan, his eyes full of anger, "Gu Fushan, who do you think you are?"
"Then let's try and see if the freedom of marriage that the great man talked about is no longer valid in your case."
"At worst, I won't be a soldier anymore."
Gu Fushan didn't expect that Gu Xizhou's feelings for Su Nanzhi were so deep. He suppressed his anger and tried to calm himself down.
"Gu Xizhou, if you want to go further in the future, you can't have a wife with a bad record."
He thought that what he said was for Gu Xizhou's own good, but he didn't expect to meet Gu Xizhou's disgusted gaze as soon as he finished speaking.
"My future wife will only be Su Nanzhi. Gu Fushan, you don't have no sons, right? If you're addicted to being a father, then find a few more wives and have children." Gu Xizhou glanced at him coldly, "Mind your own business."
After saying this, he ignored Gu Fushan's reaction and pushed his wheelchair straight out of the office.
Not long after Gu Xizhou left, the big boss pushed the door open and walked in.
He saw Gu Fushan's ashen face and couldn't help but sigh.
"Old Gu, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Although Comrade Su's mother's family has a capital background, this girl is brave, decisive, smart, and excellent. She is a perfect match for your Xizhou family."
Gu Fushan turned around and saw the leader. After hearing what he said, his expression became even uglier.
"I'm Gu Xizhou's father, how can I harm him?"
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