Ah, isn’t this how a conversation should go?
Zuzi propped her chin, feeling a bit puzzled.
Completely oblivious, her honest words just now severely struck someone.
The man beside her spoke calmly, but his expression was growing more tense: "So, you were betrothed as a child?"
Bao Gucheng was a bit angry now, wondering why the Xi family took eighteen years to find the little woman.
If they hadn’t lost her initially, or had found her right away, they wouldn’t have let his little girl suffer in the countryside and even be betrothed to some guy from the next village.
He doesn’t care; even if she’s betrothed, Mr. Bo will have it annulled!
Hearing the words "child betrothal," Zuzi finally reacted and shifted the topic: "Ah. I just remembered I have an exam, I need to hurry back and study."
When reading the Xinhua Dictionary, how come she didn’t show she loved studying this much?
Bao Gucheng’s lips twitched, and the next second, he calmly held down her slender waist trying to get up: "What time’s the exam?"
Wu Qianman and the others were nervous about the fourth mock exam, the first subject being English, which logically would be tested until noon.
They had lunch early, it’s now around quarter past noon, so it should be about the time to collect the papers.
But if she hurries back, maybe she can still fill in some answers?
Unexpectedly, Bao Gucheng said calmly: "If it’s the fourth mock exam, I’ve already instructed them to start in the afternoon. No rush."
Alright, she sensed it too.
Casually altering the city’s entire education exam schedule, the guy is way more capricious than the Ancestor.
The Ancestor only helped Xiao Man, Little Mouse, and Little Grass Fish improve their grades without interfering too much.
Seeing the little woman’s lips slightly pout, Bao Gucheng’s recently filled jealousy bottle was naturally tossed to the back of his mind, his eyes gradually darkening.
"There’s still time."
"So, doesn’t Miss Zuzi plan to take a good sniff of Mr. Bo?"
Zuzi almost forgot what had suddenly made the atmosphere strange between them after being kissed.
She was just slightly worried about her reddened, moist lips; she might be spotted when she returned for the exam.
Ah, her face flushed with embarrassment.
Bao Gucheng originally planned to personally send Zuzi back to Qingcheng.
Chen Long hurriedly called to report: "Mr. Bo, we found an important link in the clues you asked to investigate."
"We hacked into the President Residence’s secret archives and found the order issued back then for Si She and others to undertake a secret mission abroad. Originally, we wanted to trace back to find the person who took Si She..."
"Who dared take them away?"
"It was the communication officer who conveyed the task and personally took them. No wonder Si She and the others didn’t resist at all, leaving not a word; they must have still believed they were on a mission for the country even till their death!"
"Continue!" A gloomy expression veiled the man’s face.
"I quickly investigated the communication officer. As it turned out, he died of cancer five years ago. His subordinates and the secretary who issued the order met similar ends—one from a car accident, another by suicide due to depression—all dead."
A mission that caused all associated with it to meet untimely deaths—what kind of Hell mission is this?
Bao Gucheng furrowed his brows.
"What was the mission content?"
"Reporting to Mr. Bo, it was... to go to the A Continent and bring back an endangered plant."
For a piece of grass, six of his men lost their lives.
This mission is utterly nonsense, a ridiculous cover!
The focus isn’t on the task but on who approved it.
Bao Gucheng spoke in a deep voice: "Who issued the secret assignment?"