Chapter 397: 399 Play with excitement (4)_1
Furthermore, the very place she visited was also where the eldest miss went; could that really just be a coincidence?
It’s a critical moment after all, and he wasn’t ready to believe that Miss Che had any ulterior motives in approaching the gentleman. Caution was never a mistake, but the gentleman’s attitude—
He didn’t dare say anything more.
Huo Jinnan continued fidgeting with the cigarette between his fingers, his gaze lowered, staring at the sparse wisps of smoke, "Any news from my grandfather’s side?"
"The old master hasn’t made any moves."
"The lack of activity is what’s abnormal, that’s what you should be paying attention to."
Huo Jinnan raised his head, extinguished the cigarette, his eyes dark and icy.
Huo Bei uttered a "Yes," "Sir, it’s my fault."
Huo Jinnan raised a hand, closed his eyes briefly, and straightened his tie, "And Huo Qichang?"
In a low voice, Huo Bei said, "Commander Huo has been acting oddly these past few days, not leaving the house, staying in the Huo Mansion all the time, and he even took a six-month sick leave from the military district."
Huo Jinnan opened his eyes, a cold light flowing in their depths, "Is that so?"
Standing there, Huo Bei organized his thoughts, "Yes, he seemed indifferent to the incident involving the young master from the other branch, as if he heard nothing, asked nothing, almost as if he’s not in good spirits."
Huo Jinnan remained silent, a light furrow forming between his eyebrows. When his older brother passed away, Huo Qichang didn’t display such behavior. What could have caused Huo Qichang to be in such low spirits?
After a while, he looked at Huo Bei, "Go check on it."
Huo Bei responded affirmatively and was about to leave the infirmary with the corps commander when he saw the nurse just coming out of Zhong Qin’s ward and halted his steps.
The nurse looked towards Huo Jinnan, "Mr. Huo, all done."
Huo Jinnan rolled up his sleeve and glanced at the time, "Twenty minutes."
Without looking up, he scanned her posture, her apparent eagerness to leave, seemingly very nervous. His eyes fell on the corps commander, "Go."
The corps commander pounced towards the nurse.
The nurse screamed in fright, the tray in her hands clattering to the floor with a cacophony of noises.
Crying for help, she pleaded, "Mr. Huo, I’m afraid of dogs."
Huo Jinnan remained silent, watching as the corps commander held down the nurse, sniffing her all over.
In less than five minutes, the corps commander bit down on the nurse’s collar and accurately picked up a voice recorder with its mouth, moving proudly to Huo Jinnan’s side, wagging its tail arrogantly.
Che Huan had just come out when she witnessed this scene.
Huo Jinnan was holding a voice recorder.
After a while, he didn’t press play but instead snapped the voice recorder in two, handing it over to Huo Bei, "You handle this."
Huo Bei, not expecting that Miss Che was just in the nearby rest room, didn’t dare to look at her expression. His gaze fell on the nurse, his voice cold, "Get dressed and come out!"
The nurse trembled all over, not expecting to be discovered. She thought she had hid it very well and couldn’t fathom how she was found out.
Only after the nurse had left did Che Huan look towards Huo Jinnan, "How did you find out?"
Huo Jinnan grabbed Che Huan in one swift motion, setting her on his lap, "Want to know?"
Che Huan nodded.
Huo Jinnan stared at Che Huan for a while, "I saw admiration in your eyes. Are you that scared? I won’t eat you up at any moment."
Che Huan blushed.
Huo Jinnan’s gaze roved over her face, "Your thoughts right now are very impure."
Che Huan bit her lower lip.
Huo Jinnan’s voice was seductive and deep, "Thinking of lying?"
