The Gu family had a lot of assets.
On his own, Gu Xiangwen had accumulated an astronomical amount of wealth in just over 30 years.
When Gu Nianzhi and Gu Yanran were fighting for the estate, they had already tallied it up. On the surface, their assets included savings, patents, jewelry, antiques, paintings, company shares, trust funds, and so on.
But in reality, most of these assets had either been squandered by Gu Yanran or "donated" to the "Angel in the World" foundation.
The things that Gu Nianzhi had recovered from the "Angel in the World" foundation in the lawsuit were clear at a glance, so she didn't need to spend too much effort on them.
What she was most concerned about now were other assets, especially the finished technology that she still didn't know about. For example, the submarine that Huo Shaoheng and the others had just found, "Cereus.
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The matter regarding this submarine had not been mentioned at all during the property dispute with Gu Yanran.
Gu Nianzhi even called Ye Xuan to ask about the submarine.
As expected, Ye Xuan also didn't know anything about this submarine.
As for whether or not Gu Yanran knew about it, Gu Nianzhi had her doubts for now.
She couldn't help but chat with Huo Shaoheng, who was reading a book, as she sat in front of the computer and organized all of Gu Xiangwen's assets.
"Major General Huo, do you think Gu Yanran knows about my father's submarine?"
Huo Shaoheng was sitting on the recliner next to her. He had a book over his head and was pretending to sleep.
The things that Gu Nianzhi's father had left behind involved a lot of military technology. It wasn't that Huo Shaoheng didn't want to see them, but Gu Nianzhi was the master now, so if she didn't take the initiative to ask, Huo Shaoheng wouldn't interfere.
Now that Gu Nianzhi asked, Huo Shaoheng finally said, "It's hard to say."
Even Huo Shaoheng thought it was hard to say, so Gu Nianzhi was curious. "Why?"
"Maybe she doesn't know because this submarine's technology content is very high. Maybe your father did a good job keeping it a secret. Gu Yanran isn't his biological daughter, so it's possible that he hid it from her."
Gu Nianzhi nodded thoughtfully. "What if she knows?"
"If she knew but kept it a secret from the beginning …" Huo Shaoheng removed the book from his face and looked at Gu Nianzhi sharply. "Then we have to reevaluate Gu Yanran as a person."
Based on Gu Yanran's crimes, she could be executed several times over.
However, Huo Shaoheng had kept her locked up because his intuition told him that something was wrong.
He couldn't explain the reason, but he felt that there was something wrong with Gu Yanran and Gu Nianzhi's fight for the inheritance, as well as her explanation of the whereabouts of Gu Xiangwen and his wife.
They couldn't say that she was lying, because they didn't know the truth, so there was no proof that she was lying.
Also, anyone who lied had a motive. Gu Yanran had already admitted to using her biological father to pretend to be Gu Xiangwen in order to seize and transfer the Gu fortune. What motive did she have to cover up the real cause of Gu Xiangwen's death?
Or did she know that Gu Xiangwen was dead?
Gu Nianzhi frowned and thought about it for a while, then said, "Now that you mention it, I also think there's a problem. Actually, when I was fighting the estate dispute case, I felt that it was quite strange. If she knew that my parents were dead and I was missing, she would be the only heir after seven years. Then, she could just take over the Gu family's assets. Wouldn't it be superfluous to make her biological father lie in a hospital bed in a vegetative state for so many years? "
"She later confessed that because you disappeared, she was worried that you would come back to fight with her for the inheritance, so she used the adoption matter and used her biological father to pretend to be Gu Xiangwen to deceive everyone and create the established fact that you were adopted and she was the biological one."
Huo Shaoheng told Gu Nianzhi what they had pried out of Gu Yanran's mouth.
This explanation was impeccable.
However, Gu Nianzhi thought about it for a while and said, "How did she know that my father had passed away? And she once said that he died in a plane crash. "
"Yes, your father's holographic avatar said very clearly that the plane didn't crash at that time. Instead, he was kidnapped and forced to land in a part of the sea at the Cape of Good Hope." Huo Shaoheng sat up from the recliner. "So on this point, do you think Gu Yanran knew the truth and lied, or did she not know the truth and lied casually?"
Gu Nianzhi paused, and her expression gradually darkened. "If she didn't know the truth, that is, if she didn't know the whereabouts of my parents, then lying would be excusable. If she knew the real cause of my parents' death and still lied … then wouldn't she have colluded with the Japanese right-wing? "
"She must have colluded," Huo Shaoheng said with certainty. "The question now is to what extent. In the matter of your parents' death, was she a traitor or an accomplice? "
Gu Nianzhi's eyes couldn't help turning red again when she thought of her parents' tragic situation.
She turned to look at the computer and sniffled.
Huo Shaoheng handed her a tissue and comforted her calmly. "… If you want to cry, cry. Your parents must know that you've been a crybaby since you were young."
Gu Nianzhi's tears instantly disappeared when she heard that.
She turned to look at Huo Shaoheng and said angrily, "Who's a crybaby?! Why do I want to cry?! "
Huo Shaoheng smiled but didn't say anything.
Gu Nianzhi turned to think of when she had just arrived at Huo Shaoheng's side seven years ago and would often cry at the top of her lungs …
At that time, Huo Shaoheng was only in his twenties. Faced with a chubby 12-year-old crybaby, he must have had a headache, right?
Gu Nianzhi blushed and glared at Huo Shaoheng. She turned to look at her computer screen and typed furiously on the keyboard. She muttered, "Crying before the age of 18 isn't called crying … Minors can't cry? At least I haven't cried much since I was 18. "
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
She had turned 18 and was now four months away from turning 20. It had only been less than two years, right?
What a load of bullshit …
Huo Shaoheng didn't comment. He stood up and pulled a stool over to sit next to Gu Nianzhi. He watched her search on the computer.
The Gu family's assets were all digitized and stored in the computer.
At this time, Gu Nianzhi's powerful computer skills came in handy.
She wrote a few search programs to find the information she needed in the vast amount of computer data.
Huo Shaoheng saw how red her face was and quietly changed the topic.
He looked at the program she wrote and said, "What kind of content are you looking for?"
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips awkwardly and didn't speak.
Huo Shaoheng propped his head up with his hand and leaned against her computer desk. He glanced at her. "… Still angry? What's wrong with a little crybaby? I just like little crybabies. "
Gu Nianzhi rolled her eyes and didn't believe him at all. "Huo Shao, doesn't it hurt your conscience to say such things that go against your conscience?!"
"Then what do you want me to say? That I'm annoying? That I want to throw you out when I see you cry? "
At that time, he really wanted to throw her out, but a certain little crybaby who had been hugging his leg since she was a child had been hugging his leg, so he couldn't throw her out …
Gu Nianzhi angrily hit the table. "How can you say that? You should say that no matter what I am, whether I'm a little crybaby or a little laughing bag, you love me so much that you can't help yourself! "
Huo Shaoheng looked at her with a smile and nodded. "Yes, you're right."
Gu Nianzhi turned around and poked his chest with her finger. "Don't be perfunctory with me!"
"I'm not perfunctory."
"Really?" Gu Nianzhi's eyes darted around. "Then repeat what I just said."
"What?" Huo Shaoheng wanted to play dumb. He couldn't say something so shameful and childish.
"I knew you weren't sincere, and you're still playing dumb." Gu Nianzhi looked at him with disdain. "And you said you weren't perfunctory."
"I really wasn't."
"Then repeat it again. Just say that no matter what I am, you love me so much that you can't help yourself!" Gu Nianzhi pointed her phone at Huo Shaoheng and wanted to record him saying this.
Of course, she had to be careful when leaving voice evidence.
Huo Shaoheng thought about it and repeated with a smile. "Okay. No matter what I am, you love me so much that you can't help yourself. Are you satisfied? "
"Yes! That's more like it! " Gu Nianzhi's first reaction was to be overjoyed. She felt refreshed, and every pore on her body felt as if she had just gone to a spa.
But after replaying it on her phone, she quickly came back to her senses.
Damn it!
She had been tricked by that cunning Huo Shaoheng again!
"No, no, you're wrong!" Gu Nianzhi chased after him to correct him. "You should say: no matter what you are, I love you so much that I can't help myself!"
Huo Shaoheng suddenly flashed his phone and said with a smile, "I know you love me. You don't have to promise me again."
It turned out that he had also recorded a video just now and had quickly used an editing software to edit it.
Opening the playback on his phone, he saw a beautiful girl with big eyes smiling at the phone and saying, "… no matter what you are, I love you so much that I can't help myself!"
It was as if she was confessing to him.
Gu Nianzhi was so angry that she pounced on him and wanted to hit him.
Of course, she was quickly "violently suppressed" by Huo Shaoheng.
After fooling around, Gu Nianzhi was so tired that she lay in his arms and said, "Delete the video just now."
"No." Huo Shaoheng refused immediately. "But I'll encrypt it and save it. Only I can open it and watch it."
"What's so good about that?" Gu Nianzhi panicked at the thought of it, and her eyes turned red again. "You've never said something like that to me …"
Huo Shaoheng picked up a tissue and gently wiped her eyes. "I said it. Record it."
Then, he picked up Gu Nianzhi's phone and opened the video recording. He said, "no matter what Nianzhi is, I love you so much that I can't help myself."
This was probably the first time Huo Shaoheng had ever confessed his love to her. Although his tone was flat, and it wasn't as "thunderous" as she had imagined, it wasn't easy for him to say the word "love". What's more, he had said "love you so much that I can't help myself"!
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This was the first update of the day: Chapter 1408, "Love You So Much that I Can't Help Myself".
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