บท 997: Her True Motive

Gu Nianzhi was stunned speechless.

She really had thought so. But upon deeper consideration, Huo Shaoheng had spoken the actual reason.

No matter how useless or useful Special Assistant Yang was, he had been the head of the Secretary of the Senate for many years already. Just like Secretary Cao's position beside General Ji, and Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze's positions beside Huo Shaoheng, Special Assistant Yang had an important position beside Speaker Long.

That was not to say that he was Speaker Long's only confidante, but he was certainly one of them.

Gu Nianzhi followed Huo Shaoheng into the elevator and sighed. Reaching out to press the button to the first floor, she said, "I know now. I'll be careful."

Huo Shaoheng gave her a sidelong glance. "This is you being careful?"

She had been so careful that she'd ended up getting her face beaten swollen on her first day of work…