Sheng Ze Xi held her a little too tightly, making Gu Jia Ning momentarily breathless. She instinctively pushed him away, turning her head to see the man's reddened eyes. She froze, her heart softening in that moment.
"Xi Ge, I'm sorry, I worried you," Gu Jia Ning apologized softly. Before going out, she had promised she would be fine, but things still went wrong.
"But, Xi Ge, don't worry, I'm fine, really. You can check, I'm perfectly alright."
"And I even knocked out the human trafficker. That person is at the police station now."
Seeing Sheng Ze Xi still silent, Gu Jia Ning grew anxious.
She continued in a softer voice, "I'm sorry, Xi Ge, I worried you." Gu Jia Ning reached out and gently hugged Sheng Ze Xi to comfort him.
The soft, warm body in his arms, and her gentle words, finally brought Sheng Ze Xi back to his senses, and his previously cold hands gradually warmed.
The heart that had been wildly beating at the news of Gu Jia Ning encountering a human trafficker, finally began to calm down.
His chin resting on Gu Jia Ning's head, he explained, "I'm not blaming you, I was just worried about you, Ningning. You're still pregnant."
No one knew what he felt when, during training, he heard a young soldier report that Gu Jia Ning had encountered a human trafficker in the county town.
Although the young soldier also said that Gu Jia Ning was very capable and knocked out the human trafficker.
Only Sheng Ze Xi knew that his little wife, delicate and not very strong, and now pregnant, how could she have knocked out a human trafficker?
Even if she did knock out the human trafficker, wouldn't she have been injured?
At this thought, Sheng Ze Xi couldn't bear it.
If he thought about it further, he was afraid he would go mad.
Therefore, he drove out of the military region without stopping and arrived at the county town.
Only at this moment, holding his little wife in his arms, did his heart settle down.
"I know Xi Ge, you were worried about me, I'm really fine, and I knocked out the human trafficker…"
Listening to his little wife excitedly recounting how she subdued the human trafficker, Sheng Ze Xi was both amused and exasperated. In the end, he could only hold her hand tightly and lead her into the police station.
Sheng Ze Xi saw the human trafficker, who was still unconscious, his eyes filled with coldness. He instructed Zhang Weidong to thoroughly investigate the case and report any news to him at the military region immediately.
"Don't worry, Ge, I will."
Finally, Sheng Ze Xi helped Gu Jia Ning and Zhang Shuwan carry their purchases to the car, and drove them back to the military region.
As soon as they returned to the military region, Zhang Shuwan saw Lin Xing anxiously waiting.
Lin Xing only learned then that his wife and Comrade Gu had encountered human traffickers, and was immediately worried sick; both women were pregnant.
Seeing his wife safe and sound, Lin Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Sheng Ze Xi, carrying the things, slowed his pace, walking beside Gu Jia Ning.
When they got home, Sheng Ze Xi put down the things. Gu Jia Ning was about to tidy up when Sheng Ze Xi embraced her, sitting on the kang in the living room, holding her sideways.
The man's head rested on her chest, full of dependence.
"Should we tidy up the things?" Gu Jia Ning asked.
"No hurry," the man's muffled voice came from her chest.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Gu Jia Ning asked again.
"Not hungry. You?"
"I had dumplings at the state-run restaurant."
"Mm."
Sheng Ze Xi didn't speak again, continuing to hold her, quietly and motionless.
Gu Jia Ning: Alright, the frightened man has turned into a wronged and clingy large dog.
Gu Jia Ning stroked his head again and again, as if she were petting a large dog.
And, the man seemed to quite enjoy it.
Gu Jia Ning couldn't help but tease him, exaggerating slightly, "Oh, in the military camp, we have the tall, mighty, Military King Battalion Commander Sheng, but once home, he clings to his wife, not afraid of being laughed at."
The man in her arms softly hummed, "What's wrong with me hugging my wife? Many of them don't even have a wife."
In one sentence, Sheng Ze Xi expressed his pride in having a wife.
Gu Jia Ning couldn't help but laugh, and stopped teasing him.
She just held him, leaning against him, quietly enjoying their time together.
Perhaps the man's embrace was too warm, too familiar and secure, unknowingly, her eyelids grew heavy, and Gu Jia Ning fell asleep.
When she woke up again, Gu Jia Ning found that it was already dark.
For the next two days, Sheng Ze Xi was following up on the human trafficker's case.
On the third day, Sheng Ze Xi told Gu Jia Ning about the human trafficker.
"The human trafficker has confessed, and Qin De has identified him as the one who planned to cooperate with Qin De to abduct Qin Tian."
"Fortunately, he hasn't abducted anyone else, and there are no other accomplices for now."
"Then why did he target me?" Gu Jia Ning asked.
Gu Jia Ning wasn't surprised by what Sheng Ze Xi had said earlier; she had seen it in her future scene flash, which is why she warned the Police Officer.
"He initially said it was because you're beautiful."
"That's definitely not the only reason," Gu Jia Ning immediately denied.
"Yes, it's not the only reason. After further interrogation by the Police, he finally revealed that someone had hired him to specifically target you. He had been waiting in the county town and Kaoshan Village for a long time, and finally received news today that you were in the county town, so he took action."
"Received news? Who?" Gu Jia Ning's heart skipped a beat.
Sheng Ze Xi's expression was calm as he shook his head, "Even the human trafficker doesn't know who it is. Whether it was the initial hiring or the person who passed on the message, that person never showed their face. He doesn't even know if that person is male or female, only that he received messages from a certain place. As for why they knew about you, it's because the person who hired him gave a portrait of you."
Sheng Ze Xi had seen the portrait; it was very similar, of course, also because Gu Jia Ning is beautiful. He recognized her immediately by comparing it to the portrait.
"What did the person who hired him say?" Gu Jia Ning asked.
"That they would first abduct you, then…" Sheng Ze Xi stared at Gu Jia Ning's face.
Gu Jia Ning was puzzled when Sheng Ze Xi said gravely, "Then, they would ruin your face with a knife."
"What!" Gu Jia Ning exclaimed, covering her beautiful, fair face with her hands. "That person is so despicable! She must be a woman, and she's extremely jealous of my beauty!"
Actually, Gu Jia Ning had a faint suspicion.
A woman, with such strong hostility towards her.
There was only one person left.
Li Shuyue!
Gu Jia Ning was eighty-nine percent sure it was Li Shuyue.
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