Reinitz cut a king crab leg and took out a large piece of tender crab meat from a specialized crab eating tool. He placed it on the plate in front of him, dipped it in warm butter, and slowly ate it.
King crabs only ate crab legs and pincers, but the body didn't have much meat.
Gu Nianzhi cut off a crab pincer and placed it in front of her. She used the crab tool to crush it before removing the meat from the pincer.
Huo Shaoheng held his knife and fork and waited quietly for Reinitz.
Reinitz ate two mouthfuls of crab meat and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin before saying, "It's a long story."
"I'd like to hear the details." Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly and refused to give up on the topic. His gaze was very persistent.
Reinitz glanced at Gu Nianzhi with a complicated expression.
"… Back then, we were actually pursuing Cereus's father, Gu Xiangwen, not her."
"Because our data showed that the Gu family's daughter had a serious genetic defect that was very difficult to cure."
When Gu Nianzhi heard this, the shiny silver crab tool in her hand fell onto her silver plate with a clang.
She looked at Reinitz faintly and said, "… Difficult to cure?"
Her heart began to pound uncontrollably.
Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi sat together across from Reinitz.
Seeing this, Huo Shaoheng patted Gu Nianzhi's back to calm her down.
Reinitz's gaze was only focused on Gu Nianzhi.
He looked at her silently and said, "I used to think so too. I told you that I worked at the Angel in the World Foundation for a period of time and took the opportunity to look through all of Gu Xiangwen's manuscripts and data. In fact, Gu Xiangwen later turned to biomedicine to treat his beloved daughter, Cereus. "
Gu Nianzhi, "…"
She wondered if her special constitution was unique to the Gu family's daughter or her?
Huo Shaoheng immediately took out his phone and found Xie Dezhao's contact information. He sent him an encrypted text message and asked, "Is there anything unusual about Gu Tian's constitution?"
Reinitz glanced at Huo Shaoheng's phone and said without batting an eyelid, "… But from Gu Xiangwen's manuscripts and letters, he didn't find a way to cure Cereus before something happened."
Gu Nianzhi was at a loss again.
At that moment, Xie Dezhao had already texted Huo Shaoheng back. I knew from the beginning that her body was weaker than the average person's. Is this what makes her different from the average person?
Huo Shaoheng was slightly taken aback, and his expression became more and more serious.
"Mr. Li Dexi's interest in Cereus only appeared after Gu Xiangwen's accident. Before that, all his knowledge of Cereus came from me. "This was also what confused Reinitz.
He frowned and narrowed his beautiful blue eyes. "Four or five years ago, one night, he suddenly instructed me to focus on Cereus and that there was no need to investigate Gu Xiangwen anymore. And you said, you said … "
Reinitz looked at Gu Nianzhi, his voice very gentle.
Perfect, so perfect that it makes everyone jealous. "
At that moment, Gu Nianzhi organized Reinitz's words and asked sharply, "You mean, Li Dexi suddenly has another source of information?"
Reinitz nodded. "I'm guessing so. Because I've never found evidence of your 'perfection,' at least in your father's manuscripts, he's still trying to find a way to cure you, but he also said that the chances are very slim, so he dotes on you and loves you so much that he doesn't want you to be unhappy at all.
"He said that Cereus's days are numbered, and he only wants her to enjoy it as much as she can while she's alive. The meaning of living isn't in the length of time, but in the quality of life.
"So he dotes on you and turns you into an unruly and willful little princess. He doesn't allow anyone to say anything bad about you. He fires anyone who says anything.
"From Gu Xiangwen's manuscripts, your temper is indeed very bad. Although he wears a thick filter and records a lot of things that he thinks are 'very interesting,' in my opinion, you're completely unruly and willful and annoying. But the people around you know that it's because you're not in good health, so they all forgive you and try their best to make you happy.
"To be honest, the 'angelic daughter' in Gu Xiangwen's manuscripts isn't my tea. I only really became interested in you after I met you in the Alps.
"You're lively, cute, easy-going, generous, kind, but also vigilant. If someone treats you a little better, you want to return the favor tenfold. But if you find out that someone treats you badly, you immediately close yourself off and return the favor in kind. With this kind of personality, how can you be a 'spoiled' little girl? "
Reinitz looked at Gu Nianzhi with fascination. "You're completely different from the information I found, but you're even more lively and charming. I was unknowingly attracted to you until I couldn't help myself. "
The corners of Huo Shaoheng's mouth twitched. He knocked on the table to warn Reinitz, "Father Reinitz, be aware of your status. I'm asking you to tell me what you know about Nianzhi, not to reveal your inner journey, and definitely not to confess. "
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng in surprise.
Was Huo Shaoheng … jealous?
How rare.
She couldn't help but laugh and pat Huo Shaoheng's thigh under the table to reassure him.
Huo Shaoheng's thigh muscles instantly tightened and became as hard as iron.
As Reinitz spoke, his hands kept unwrapping the crab legs. Soon, he had a small plate of sharp crab meat, but he didn't eat it himself. Instead, he pushed it in front of Gu Nianzhi and said gently, "Here you go."
Then she glanced at Huo Shaoheng. "I'm not confessing. I've already confessed."
Huo Shaoheng, "…"
"… I'm just saying that Li Dexi received information that I didn't know about. He thought that Cereus's genetic defect had been cured, and it was even more perfect. It was said that it even had the ability to repair itself. That's why he changed his target and did everything possible to get Cereus so that he could continue our predecessors' research."
Reinitz smiled bitterly. "Our predecessors' genetic optimization plan didn't succeed, and they've been brooding over it. It wasn't until Li Dexi found out that Cereus's appearance was probably due to humans solving this problem. "
"This conjecture was too outrageous, so he didn't tell anyone. He only revealed a few words to his most trusted confidant, me. Because he needed me to mate with Cereus and have children. "
Huo Shaoheng was extremely uncomfortable with Reinitz saying the words "have children" with Gu Nianzhi. He felt like vomiting, but more than that, he couldn't suppress his anger.
He used all the restraint in his life to not stab the knife and fork in his hand into Reinitz's throat …
Gu Nianzhi was also a little embarrassed, but the stone in her heart was lifted. She asked with a smile, "Then do you know where Li Dexi got the news that I had been cured? Was it really not my father? "
Thinking of her special physique and the fact that she had once helped cure Song Jinning, Gu Nianzhi felt that it was probably possible that her genetic defect had been cured.
Reinitz was even more confused and said, "It's not impossible. After all, many of your father's key things didn't fall into Gu Yanran's hands, so it's also possible that the information about the 'Angel in the world' foundation is incomplete. "
Gu Nianzhi became more confident. She looked at the time displayed on her phone and said, "In two weeks, the court will announce to the world that my father, Gu Xiangwen, is legally dead. That will be the six-month deadline. After two weeks, if no one has any objections, I can take over all of my father's assets. At that time, let's see if there are any other discoveries. "
If anyone had any objections, then that person would have to prove that Gu Xiangwen wasn't dead.
So no matter what, the truth should be waiting for them not far away.
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This was the third watch of the day: Chapter 1229, "The Grumpy Little Girl."
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