章 259: Chapter 259 The Sweeter, the Sicker; The Warmer, the Deeper the Love (3)

So, by the time she returned to Red Thorn Headquarters after parting ways with Shu Shuang, she had basically forgotten all about the incident that had just occurred.

She directly went to cancel her leave, and after enduring Director Bu's disdainful gaze and countless eye-rolls, she finally reached the end of her workday.

Huoguo was attending a military meeting today, and after the meeting, he went to conduct research at a grassroots unit and didn't return to headquarters. Thus, she drove back to Jingli by herself after work.

She wasn't a fussy woman. Now that things had warmed up between her and Huoguo and they trusted each other, all other barriers were just passing clouds. Whether he picked her up or she went back on her own, there wasn't much difference to her; she didn't mind such details.

Upon reflection, it truly was a remarkable twist of fate that two strangers could come together and live life as one in this vast world.