Gu Ning called to test out the water with Mother Gu first and found out that Lu JiaZi had not told them about her being out of town. Then she told them she was on holiday leave today and had gone to Qingping with her friends to play. Mother Gu was still slightly nervous as after all, the last time Gu Ning went on a trip to the provinces, she had disappeared. However, after continuously assuring Mother Gu that she was absolutely safe with a group of friends, thus was Mother Gu was able to calm down.
Mother Gu suddenly said: “Oh right! Xiao Fang is with us! Do you want to have a word with him?!”
Gu Ning asked strangely: “How come he’s at our house?”
“He knows that you haven’t come back for weeks so he came over especially to check up on us, the two elderly.” Mother Gu said meaningfully: “Look at how considerate and thoughtful he is……”
Gu Ning quickly interrupted her: “Alright mom, please let Fang Fa answer the phone.”
Fang Fa had overheard Mother Gu saying Gu Ning’s name and knew it was her who was on the call. His pair of chopsticks was flickering the fish meat in his bowl of rice as he focused on listening to their conversation. Father Gu watched him pinch the fish meat into pieces and shook his head silently.
Fang Fa was listening carefully while thinking that Gu Ning was so heartless. He had helped her so much help, but as a result, he had not even received a call from her for almost a month and the promised dinner had not been followed up. Fang Fa’s expression turned resentfully yet as he heard Mother Gu call him and told him to answer the phone, he froze for a moment then immediately placed down his chopsticks and ran over.
It’s been so long since he had last heard Gu Ning’s voice and she started speaking: “Hello? Fang Fa.”
As soon as he heard her voice, Fang Fa couldn’t help but crack a smile. Then instantly realised and thought that his reaction to smile so happily from just hearing Gu Ning’s voice was really too strange so he immediately controlled himself. Fang Fa subconsciously cleared his throat and replied coldly: “Well, it’s me.”
“Fang Fa, thank you for visiting my parents, how have you been?” Gu Ning exchanged very “polite” pleasantries. In fact, she was already very familiar with Fang Fa in the post-apocalyptic world but here, their friendship was not very deep yet. Thus, Gu Ning didn’t know how to greet him and ended up sounding a bit stiff.
Yet this stiffness represents unfamiliarity.
Fang Fa was very unhappy: “Just stopped by to visit them since I am passing by. Auntie and Uncle had already invited me for dinner so there’s no need for you to thank me.”
Gu Ning immediately heard the displeasure in Fang Fa’s words and consoled: “I still remember that I owe you a meal. Sorry, I’ve been really busy lately so once I’ve returned to Jinyong, I’ll treat you to dinner immediately.” ”
Fang Fa grunted: “We’ll see by then. I don’t know if I’ll be free yet.”
Gu Ning chuckled and agreed to it.
Fang Fa suddenly remember something very important and lowered his voice to ask: “Gu Ning, did you succeed?”
Gu Ning instantly understood, then smiled and answered with an acknowledgement: “Mmm.”
Fang Fa was stunned for a long while before asking again: “You…… how did you even do that?”
When Gu Ning remembered that Fang Fa was currently at her house, she replied: “It’s not convenient to talk about it on the phone, I should be back this week. Let’s meet up and chat then.”
Fang Fa understood that Gu Ning was still hiding this matter from her parents so he immediately agreed: “Mm, okay.”
Gu Ning bided goodbye: “I’ll see you soon then.”
Fang Fa couldn’t help as the corner of his lips curled up: “Mmm. See you soon.”
Hanging up the phone, Fang Fa was still a bit shocked at the news. Five Stars Brigade ahh! That was the elite Five Stars Brigade!
When Mother Gu saw that Fang Fa seem surprised, she asked: “Xiao Fang, what’s wrong? What did NingNing say to you?”
Fang Fa hurriedly replied: “Nothing, just that she’ll invite me to dinner next time when she’s back.”
Mother Gu was instantly happy and continued: “Yes! That’s right. No matter how busy she is, she still needs to treat you to a meal.” Then she placed a big piece of fish in Fang Fa’s bowl of rice while hinting: “Xiao Fang, Auntie wants to ask you a question ah?”
Fang Fa answered: “Sure. Please ask, Auntie.”
Mother Gu smiled and glanced at Father Gu before asking again: “Do you have a girlfriend?”
Although Fang Fa was usually rather thick-headed, being a police officer was usually about training one’s divergent thinking and associative power. After hearing Mother Gu asking this question, he immediately thought of what she was going to possibly ask next and for some reason, he got rather nervous while trying to answer it as naturally as possible: “Nope.”
Mother Gu’s eyes lit up and continue asking: “Then what do you think of our NingNing?”
Fang Fa’s heart was pounding fast, his face was numb and the grip on his chopsticks was stiff while his throat started to tighten. He coughed dryly before lowering his head and pretending to be picking at his food while murmuring: “She’s quite good……”
Mother Gu glanced smugly at Father Gu who was glaring at her then he interjected: “You need to speak lesser.” Then he turned to Fang Fa and said pleasantly: “Ah Fang Fa, do eat more.”
When Fang Fa was leaving, Mother Gu insisted on sending him off which made him feel very embarrassed. Mother Gu only left after seeing Fang Fa driving away.
“Why did you do that? Are you trying to pimp out your daughter?!”Father Gu was a little displeased with the way Mother Gu was acting just now.
Mother Gu rebutted discontentedly: “What pimping! Why do you sound so harsh? Look at Fang Fa, he is interested in our NingNing, so what’s wrong with me trying to help?”
Father Gu explained: “Fang Fa likes NingNing. Then have you asked NingNing if she likes Fang Fa? You’re not helping but creating trouble for NingNing!”
“Fang Fa is such a nice lad! He’s tall and handsome! He’s also from a good family and was brought up well. Also, in a family which can raise a child like this, the parent can’t be too far off! What’s more, he likes NingNing! ”Mother Gu paused for a moment before continuing: “Look at our NingNing, she has liked JiaZi for so many years but he just left her hanging there without stating if he liked her or not. NingNing is almost twenty-four, she has finally given up on Jiazi so I absolutely have to find her someone who can spoil her and love her.”
Father Gu held on to his stand: “Anyway, you must first respect NingNing’s opinion. Fang Fa is a good guy and I like him too but the most important thing is whether NingNing likes him or not. You should be careful before making a mess of it!”
Lu JiaZi alighted from the plane at 8:30 pm at Qingping airport.
Zhang Ji, who had come to fetch him, was wearing a strange expression on his face and asked: “Why didn’t you inform me when Gu Ning was found? Did you two have some kind of fallout? Also, what’s with her hair colour and her temperament has changed so much that I almost didn’t recognise her —— What exactly happened with her? Why is she staying in a hotel with a man? I don’t think that man’s identity is that simple……”
Lu JiaZi closed his eyes and replied: “Can you leave me alone for a moment?”From the time he came out of the airport and got into Zhang Ji’s car, Zhang Ji had never stopped talking. Right now, Lu JiaZi was in a very bad mood and very frustrated.
Zhang Ji was a sensible person and kept quiet while glancing sideways to observe Lu JiaZi’s expression. He had only seen such an expression appear on Lu JiaZi’s face twice. Once was when he returned from the city where Gu Ning had disappeared and then right now.
The drive from the airport to the hotel where Zhang Ji saw Gu Ning and Ji JiuZe checked in was almost an hour away. It was already 9:30 pm when they reached.
The two of them walked up to the front desk and directly asked for Gu Ning’s check-in record.
After the receptionist rejected to provide the information, Zhang Ji asked Lu JiaZi: “So what’s now? We can’t go knocking on the door of every room, right?”
“I’ll make a call.” Lu JiaZi replied while walking to the side, took out his phone and dialled Gu Ning’s number.
“The number you have dialled is not in the service area……”
What does this mean?
Lu Jiazi tried a few more times and the result was still the same.
“So? Can’t get through?” Zhang Ji questioned. Lu JiaZi didn’t answer and just frowned while tightening his grip on his phone.
“Why don’t you follow me back to my place for the night and talk about it tomorrow?…… Even if you do see Gu Ning and the guy coming out of a room, what can you do?” Zhang Ji added on: “You’re not even her boyfriend. Even if… even if you are trying to catch her in adultery, you are in no position to do so right now ah.”
Lu JiaZi’s frown tightened, and then took his phone and walked to the sofa located at the side of the hotel lobby. He sat down and told Zhang Ji: “You go back first. We’ll keep in touch by phone.”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Ji stared at Lu JiaZi in dismay and asked: “Don’t tell me you’re going to sit here and wait until Gu Ning comes out, huh?!”
Lu JiaZi didn’t say anything but his expression made it clear that this was exactly what he intended to do.
Zhang Ji was pissed off by him: “What are you doing? This really doesn’t seem like something you would do. Have you gone crazy from some kind of provocation today?!”
Lu JiaZi, however, was unmoved no matter what Zhang Ji said.
Meanwhile, Gu Ning had no time to think about what had happened to Lu JiaZi in the other world. She was back in the post-apocalyptic world and glanced around at all the special abilities users in the conference room. Half an hour ago, all the special abilities users in the base were called here for an emergency meeting. Although she didn’t know what was happening, Gu Ning knew that something important was definitely about to happen.
(T/N: Sorry once again. Here are the delayed update. After going training with Nero for the past week, he have been able to settle down more easily so that I could spare out some time to translate. Hope everything will get back on track soon. I really miss my free time doing translating… T-T. Love ya all, and thank you for reading.)