"...Will you really wait for me?" Gu Nianzhi suppressed her sobs and pressed her ear to the phone.
"Mhmm."
"Ok, I'll be quick! Wait a minute!" Gu Nianzhi put down the phone and shot into the bathroom like a firecracker to turn on hot water and scrub her face quickly. She then took another towel and rushed out while wiping her face.
"Uncle Huo! Are you still there?" Gu Nianzhi frantically picked up the phone.
"Here." Huo Shaoheng flipped another page of the National Defense bulletin, "Speak."
Gu Nianzhi was frazzled when he continued the call and too shy to ask her anything overly personal. She pondered for a long time before uttering, "Uncle Huo, when will you come back?"
Gu Nianzhi hadn't seen him for a long time and found that she really did seem to miss him. Huo Shaoheng didn't take his eyes from the National Defense bulletin and casually said, "Once I finish business."
