Huo Shaoheng looked at the name on the phone and saw that it was his mother.
The call they had just heard happened to be from Luo Jialan to Song Jinning.
Huo Shaoheng didn't answer Song Jinning's call. Instead, he listened to the monitor's report and texted Song Jinning to ask her what was the matter.
Song Jinning understood that Huo Shaoheng must be busy at this time, so she quickly texted him to call her after he was done.
Huo Shaoheng agreed and turned his attention back to the monitor's report.
"… Chief, that's what happened. Luo Jialan claimed that she knew Gu Xiangwen's whereabouts and wanted to use this as a condition to exchange with Ms. Song and withdraw the charges against her. "
Huo Shaoheng's face was expressionless as he nodded lightly. "Got it. Continue monitoring."
After the eavesdroppers left, Huo Shaoheng called Song Jinning back.
Song Jinning's phone was busy.
…
Song Jinning couldn't help but call Gu Nianzhi again while waiting for Huo Shaoheng's call.
"Nianzhi, Luo Jialan called me just now and said …"
Gu Nianzhi quickly said, "Luo Jialan? Did she say that she wants to negotiate with us and use my father's whereabouts in exchange for dropping the charges? "
"Yeah? How did you know? "Song Jinning was puzzled." Don't tell me … "
"Yes, she called me first and said that she knew my father's whereabouts. She used that as a condition to threaten us. Of course I objected wholeheartedly. People like her don't know what she's talking about. Who knows if she's telling the truth or not? I don't have the time to argue with her. "
Gu Nianzhi indicated that she had rejected Luo Jialan's suggestion.
Song Jinning was touched and sad at the same time. She whispered, "Nianzhi, actually, it's not impossible …"
"Ms. Song, don't say that. It really has nothing to do with you. Whether or not she knows where my father is doesn't affect our charges. I said I want her to go to jail, so I want her to go to jail. "
However, Song Jinning was a scientist. She was used to imagining all kinds of possibilities and verifying them step by step.
Just like Luo Jialan's words, it might be a lie, but it could also be true.
Before sufficient verification was conducted, they could not arbitrarily kill all of them.
So she said, "What if she does know? If your father is somewhere waiting for us to save him, every day we stay here is another day of torture for him. Do you have the heart to do that? "
Gu Nianzhi was silent for a long time. She restrained her churning thoughts and tried her best to say rationally, "… Logically speaking, Luo Jialan doesn't have the qualifications to know my father's whereabouts."
"But as you said, if she isn't lying and she really knows, then there's only one possibility. The mastermind has found her and sent us a message through her."
"If that's the case, then the nature of the whole thing has changed. All the more we can't accept her condition. Because that means that if we agree to her conditions, we will fall into the trap of the mastermind behind the scenes. "
When she said this, Song Jinning could hear that Gu Nianzhi's voice was slightly choked up.
This girl's heart was really bitter …
Song Jinning could tell that Gu Nianzhi yearned for family, and she was willing to fulfill her wish.
"Nianzhi, you're right. We need to plan this out. But as long as there's a sliver of a chance, we can't give up. "Song Jinning comforted her and saw another call on her phone.
She quickly said to Gu Nianzhi, "I still have something to do. I'll ask Shaoheng to come out later and we can discuss it together."
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "Okay, Ms. Song. Go ahead."
She hung up the phone and continued to work on cracking the plug-in on Luo Jialan's phone.
She didn't believe that she couldn't crack the security system on Luo Jialan's phone on her own.
..
Song Jinning answered Huo Shaoheng's call and said, "Shaoheng, let me tell you, Luo Jialan called me just now and said a lot of strange things. By the way, she also sent me half a draft of an academic paper. It's very similar to the experiment we're doing right now. It can be said to be in the same category. But I've already deleted the paper because it's not a published paper. "
Huo Shaoheng rubbed his temples and said helplessly, "… You don't have to read it yourself, but you can forward it to me. Why did you delete it?"
These were all clues. How could she delete it just like that?
Song Jinning said righteously, "The data wasn't published publicly, so how could others see it? What if someone plagiarized it and published it in a magazine in advance? What do you want the original author to do? "
When it came to academic issues, Song Jinning was very stubborn.
Huo Shaoheng didn't continue to argue. He just listened quietly and heard Song Jinning plead softly, "Shaoheng, if Luo Jialan really knows the whereabouts of Nianzhi's father, I'm thinking that we should agree to her for now."
"I never negotiate with people." Huo Shaoheng held a cigarette in his hand and shook off a bit of ash from the ashtray on the table. He calmly refuted Song Jinning's suggestion.
Song Jinning sighed. "I understand what you mean. The nature of your work dictates that you can't do this. But I just want you to think about it from Nianzhi's perspective. You know better than me how much she longs for family and her parents. "
"I've been trying to find them." Huo Shaoheng was unmoved. He took a puff of his cigarette. "Luo Jialan isn't trustworthy. Don't be fooled by her."
"I'm just pitiful for Nianzhi …" Song Jinning was rarely so emotional. She had been provoked today and was actually moved by her words. "She really only has you in her heart. She's willing to do anything for you. Why can't you … "
Huo Shaoheng's expression was solemn and calm. His eyes were hidden in the rising white smoke. He interrupted Song Jinning unhurriedly, "Ms. Song, principles can't be used in a deal. I still have something to do, so I'll hang up now. "
"Sigh, Shaoheng, if you weren't my biological son, I would have persuaded Nianzhi to fall in love with someone else. You really have a heart of stone. Can't you make a little concession for her? "For some reason, Song Jinning felt very sorry for Gu Nianzhi.
It wasn't because she completely believed Luo Jialan's words, but because she was a little sad about Huo Shaoheng's attitude.
There was clearly a great clue in front of her, but Huo Shaoheng refused to compromise.
As the person involved, Song Jinning was thinking that if Luo Jialan really knew the whereabouts of Gu Nianzhi's father, Gu Xiangwen, then she would be willing to drop the charges.
Of course, the premise was that Luo Jialan wasn't lying. She really knew Gu Xiangwen's whereabouts, no matter how she found out.
However, Huo Shaoheng wasn't even willing to feign civility and quietly verify it. He directly said, "I don't negotiate with anyone" and completely blocked this path.
Huo Shaoheng pursed his lips and said, "This matter is very complicated. Don't tell Nianzhi."
"Do you need me to tell you?" Song Jinning was furious. "Nianzhi already knew. Before Luo Jialan called me, she called Nianzhi first. I talked to Nianzhi for a while just now, and the little girl was about to cry. She even said that she couldn't compromise … Seriously, look, even if you don't feel sorry for her, I feel sorry for her! "
Huo Shaoheng was slightly taken aback. "Nianzhi already knew? Luo Jialan called Nianzhi before she called you? "
"Yes, I advise you to be careful with your words. Don't reject her in front of Nianzhi. Don't hurt her heart. She didn't agree to show her attitude. If you don't care about her father's whereabouts, the little girl will be sad. "
Song Jinning nagged for a while, but when she saw that the run program on the computer was about to end, she didn't say anything else. "I still have something to do here, so I'll hang up first."
"Nianzhi isn't such a narrow-minded person." Huo Shaoheng retorted unhappily, but found that Song Jinning had already hung up.
He got up and went straight to the monitoring room. He asked the staff on duty, "Show me today's monitoring log."
The staff on duty quickly printed out the monitoring log and handed it to Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng quickly flipped through it and found that Luo Jialan had indeed called Gu Nianzhi many times, but none of them had gone through.
It seemed that Gu Nianzhi had blocked Luo Jialan's phone.
Then Luo Jialan had used someone else's phone to call Gu Nianzhi.
So they hadn't been monitoring everything.
This was a reasonable loophole in the monitoring work.
Because they couldn't monitor all the citizens' phones unconditionally.
Every wiretap had strict procedures and regulations. It could only be carried out after approval was reported to the higher-ups.
Otherwise, it would be like the Snowden incident in the United States and cause an international scandal.
Huo Shaoheng left the monitoring room and returned to the central control room on the sixth floor of the building. He asked the staff there, "Can you still crack Luo Jialan's phone?"
They had installed a Trojan horse program on Luo Jialan's phone before. In theory, they could check the condition of her phone at any time.
But after Huo Shaoheng's questioning this time, they realized that Luo Jialan's phone had used some kind of security program, and their Trojan horse had all been deleted..
"Chief, we're cracking it." A staff member turned around awkwardly. "Luo Jialan deleted the Trojan horse."
"That's impressive." Huo Shaoheng raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Then you guys take your time cracking it. I'll wait for your news."
The staff in the central control room blushed at his taunts. They turned around and vented their anger on the keyboard, slamming it loudly.
..
After coming up from the underground central control room, Huo Shaoheng smoked another cigarette outside by himself before calling Fan Jian and asking him to send him to Gu Nianzhi's apartment on the third ring road.
On the way, Huo Shaoheng called Xiao Ye first.
"Major General Huo, what can I do for you?" Xiao Ye's voice came from the phone. It was clear and melodious, and she was very apologetic.
Huo Shaoheng's brows relaxed slightly. He asked calmly, "Where's Nianzhi? Is she at home? "
Xiao Ye looked at Gu Nianzhi's bedroom and walked out the door with her phone in her hand. She closed the door and whispered, "Major General Huo, I think something's wrong with Miss Gu these two days."
"What's wrong?"
"She's been locking herself in her bedroom and rarely even comes out to eat. A few days ago, she had nothing to do and played games with me every day. She hasn't even logged on to the game for the past two days. "
Huo Shaoheng frowned.
It seemed that Gu Nianzhi was hiding something from him.
Did she want to carry this matter on her own?
"I'll be there soon. Wait a moment."
Huo Shaoheng hung up the phone. His brows were misty, and there was a sense of urgency.
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This was the first update of the day: Chapter 1372, "If Your Heart Doesn't Ache, My Heart Does."
The second update was around one in the afternoon, and the third update was around eight in the evening.
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