Qin Zhining held Gu Nianzhi's hand and followed a man who looked like a butler into the European-style building.
Just as Gu Nianzhi had guessed, this was indeed a restaurant, but it was a very high-end clubhouse restaurant.
Gu Nianzhi saw a dark purple wooden sign at the door. The entry rules were engraved in white Wei Bei script. Her eyes almost popped out of her head.
"… The annual membership fee is 200,000 USD?! Why don't they just rob someone … "Gu Nianzhi muttered to herself.
Not only that, but they also needed at least two referrals from more than two members, and their annual charitable donations had to be more than one million before they could qualify as a preliminary member.
This attitude was even more impressive than the "Deer Turn Back" restaurant in the Western Hills of the Imperial Capital …
Ordinary people couldn't get in even if they had money.
Gu Nianzhi glanced at Qin Zhining.
Was it just a coincidence that his surname was Qin and this restaurant was called "Qin Ji"?
The butler-like man looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He was wearing an old-fashioned Tang suit, and his every movement was very stylish.
He led them to a door with the words "Happy Family" written on it. He pushed the door open and bowed to Qin Zhining. "Thank you for your hard work, Second Young Master Qin. Please rest here for a while. I'll ask the kitchen to serve the dishes immediately."
Gu Nianzhi stood at the door and asked with a smile, "May I ask where your bathroom is?"
Qin Zhining knew that Gu Nianzhi hadn't resolved her personal problem for more than 20 hours, so he didn't turn around. He raised his hand casually and said in an imposing manner, "Take Miss Gu to the bathroom."
A young woman in a white shirt and black pants walked over from the shadows by the door and smiled at Gu Nianzhi. "Miss Gu, this way please."
She had honey-colored skin, an oval face, and almond-shaped eyes. When she smiled, two faint dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth, very similar to Gu Nianzhi's dimples.
Gu Nianzhi had a good impression of her.
The two of them entered the ladies' restroom.
Gu Nianzhi quickly glanced at it.
The bathroom was like the living room of an ordinary family. A large screen divided the room into two parts.
In the outer room, there was a sofa in the corner. In front of the sofa, there were newspapers, magazines, and an iPad on the coffee table. A large-screen TV hung on the wall.
The inner room was the place to solve personal problems.
Gu Nianzhi looked away and raised her hand to smooth her hair with a smile. "Is there a charger here? My phone is out of battery. "
The maid hurriedly said, "Yes." Then, he pointed at a disc-shaped object on a mahogany table in the corner and said, "You can charge it here."
Gu Nianzhi remembered that she didn't bring her phone charger, so she asked casually, "Do you have a charger? I forgot to bring it. "
"Oh, we don't need chargers here." The waitress's smile was a little perfunctory. "We can use electromagnetic induction to charge here."
Gu Nianzhi, "…"
Electromagnetic induction charging. Wasn't that wireless charging?
Gu Nianzhi knew that the latest iPhone could be charged wirelessly, but it required a charger to do so. Did he think she was a fool?
Seeing Gu Nianzhi's blank expression, the waitress seemed to understand something. The corners of her mouth twitched. "It's very simple. I'll help Miss Gu fill it up."
Gu Nianzhi instinctively held onto her phone and didn't let go. She muttered, "I'll do it myself."
How could she hand over her phone to a stranger?
In modern society, the things that women couldn't lend out had evolved from husbands, toothbrushes, and cars to cell phones.
The waitress didn't insist. She reached out and pressed a button on the wall.
The disc-shaped object on the table in the corner immediately emitted a faint blue light.
The waitress gestured, "Please wave your phone here."
Gu Nianzhi tried to send the phone into the range of the blue light.
There was a ding, and in less than five seconds, her phone was fully charged.
Gu Nianzhi was instantly happy. "This thing is really amazing. Where did you buy it? I want to buy one too! "
The waitress smiled and stood with her hands folded. Her tone was already disdainful. "It's everywhere. You can buy it online or go to a convenience store."
"It's that convenient? Why haven't I seen it before? "Gu Nianzhi was even more curious.
Could it be a specialty from Z City?
But it was impossible for only one city to know about such a useful thing, right?
It was the age of the Internet. Where could secrets be hidden?
Who had such a good charger? It would be a hot search on Weibo in minutes. It would become a trending item on Taobao within a day, and it would definitely be available all over China within a month.
The waitress still said nonchalantly, "It's everywhere anyway …"
Gu Nianzhi, "…"
There was no way to chat anymore.
There was a hint of contempt in the waitress's politeness, just like how civilized people who were polite on the surface would look at their poor relatives in the countryside.
It was a very bad feeling.
Gu Nianzhi's smile faded. "You can go out. I want to be alone for a while."
Then she looked at the waitress quietly.
The waitress understood and bowed with a smile. "Miss Gu, please enjoy your meal. I'll wait for you at the door. If you need anything, please press this bell. "
She pointed to a small angel sculpture on the coffee table. It turned out to be an electric bell.
Gu Nianzhi nodded expressionlessly. "Okay, I'll call you if I need anything."
The waitress smiled at Gu Nianzhi, bowed again, and pushed the door open to leave.
She was the only one left in the bathroom.
She knew that there wouldn't be any surveillance cameras in such a place, so she immediately walked into the isolated room with her phone in hand. She planned to call Huo Shaoheng.
But when she looked at her phone, she realized that her phone had no signal at all!
She couldn't call.
How was that possible?
It was clearly fully charged?
She didn't owe money, right?
Could it have been shut down?
Gu Nianzhi couldn't figure it out.
She fiddled with her phone in the isolated room for a long time, but in the end, there was nothing she could do. She came out and rang the bell.
The waitress in the white shirt and black pants quickly pushed the door open and came in. "Miss Gu, what can I do for you?"
"What's the WIFI password here?" Gu Nianzhi's fingers tapped lightly on the phone screen and asked calmly.
She originally didn't want to connect to the WIFI here because there were too many loopholes. Normally, hackers could use such loopholes to hack into the phone.
But now she couldn't care less.
She had to send a message to Huo Shaoheng immediately. She didn't know how worried he was now …
Gu Nianzhi was burning with anxiety.
The waitress quickly gave a string of passwords.
Gu Nianzhi connected to the WIFI and waved the waitress out. She sat alone on the sofa and opened her QQ account. She planned to contact Ma Qiqi first.
But as soon as she logged in, QQ said, "The password is wrong."
After going back and forth for a long time, QQ finally said that she was trying to hack the account and warned her to stop her "illegal actions."
Gu Nianzhi was dumbfounded.
Then she logged into her Weibo account, WeChat account, as well as the foreign Facebook, Twitter, Instagram …
All of them were wrong passwords, and there were even accounts that said, "This number can't be found!"
Gu Nianzhi's entire body was trembling.
She remembered that when she was in Germany, there had been a similar situation. She couldn't log on to the external network, so she could only "wreak havoc" on the German Federal Intelligence Agency's intranet …
But this time, it wasn't like she couldn't log on to the external network.
Because QQ could register a new account and use a guest to browse Weibo.
She just couldn't use her own account.
What the hell was going on?
Even if there were hackers, could they hack all of her social media accounts?!
Even she herself didn't have that kind of ability, okay?!
Gu Nianzhi didn't give up and continued to look for Ma Qiqi's QQ number.
She had a good memory and remembered that Ma Qiqi had spent a lot of money to buy a six-digit QQ number.
But after some searching, the other party clearly rejected her friend invitation and even called her "crazy"!
Gu Nianzhi immediately understood that the person on the other end of the number was definitely not Ma Qiqi.
Otherwise, she definitely wouldn't have not added "Nianzhi Xianzhi" as a friend after seeing her friend request. Not only did she not add her, but she also called her crazy …
Should she investigate Huo Shaoheng again?
Rubbing her phone with her fingers, she suddenly didn't dare to search here.
Using someone else's wifi, no matter what she searched for, the other party would be able to see it.
She couldn't cause trouble for Huo Shaoheng.
Besides, no matter how powerful the other party was, it was impossible for them to hack all of Ma Qiqi's accounts.
There must be something else going on.
Gu Nianzhi put away her phone and suppressed the uneasiness and panic in her heart. She walked out of the bathroom with a solemn expression.
"Miss Gu, I'll take you there," the waitress said respectfully to her, still waiting at the door.
Gu Nianzhi didn't say a word and followed the waitress into the "Happy Family" private room.
Qin Zhining had one hand on the chair and a cigarette between his fingers. He rested his other hand on his knee and crossed his legs. He looked at her with a smile and said, "Why were you gone for so long? Where did you go? "
Gu Nianzhi smiled and sat down. "It's so beautiful here. I was curious, so I sat in the bathroom for a while."
Qin Zhining knew that she had charged her phone, but he didn't expose her. He shook the ashes in the ashtray and said, "Hungry? Let's eat. "
He waved to the outside. "Serve the food."
Gu Nianzhi hadn't eaten anything for more than 20 hours, but she wasn't hungry at all.
Her nervousness made her body burn a lot of calories. Her heart was beating so fast that it was almost in her throat.
"Brother Little Ning, are you familiar with the people here?" Gu Nianzhi decided to take a roundabout way to save the country. She had to know herself and the enemy first before finding a countermeasure.
She couldn't be rash.
Qin Zhining nodded. "Not bad. I'm quite familiar with them."
When he said this, his expression froze for a moment.
Gu Nianzhi keenly sensed it and thought to herself that there was a chance.
"What do you mean by quite familiar with them?" Gu Nianzhi tilted her head. "I saw their membership rules at the door. The membership fee alone is 200,000 US dollars a year, and there's a requirement of more than a million US dollars a year for charity donations. People who can get in must be rich or powerful, right? "
And the "rich" here wasn't just any rich person.
The so-called million US dollars a year couldn't even touch the threshold here.
Gu Nianzhi paused for a moment and asked, "You're a soldier, right? You're also so rich? "
Could it be that he had a grandmother with a money buff like Major General Huo?
Gu Nianzhi thought of Major General Huo, and the expression on her face softened involuntarily. She looked at Qin Zhining with a much gentler gaze.
Qin Zhining looked away uncomfortably and scoffed. "You're quite observant. All you can see is money. You're obsessed with money."
"Isn't that so?" Gu Nianzhi ignored Qin Zhining's teasing and tapped the table with her slender fingers. "Would they let you in if you didn't have money?"
"I just don't have money," Qin Zhining said straightforwardly. "So what? Didn't they still let me in obediently? "
Gu Nianzhi rested her chin on one hand and propped it on the dining table. She smiled and said, "Alright, even if you're powerful, they'll let you in even if you don't have money. But they're still so respectful to you and call you 'Second Young Master Qin'. Coincidentally, your surname is Qin. Could it be that you're the Little Kai here?"
Qin Zhining spat out a mouthful of tea.
He almost fell over laughing. "Qin Ji's Little Kai?! You're so imaginative! "
"Isn't that so?" Gu Nianzhi didn't believe such a coincidence.
Qin Zhining shook his head. "Although this place is called 'Qin Ji' and my surname is Qin, this place has nothing to do with me."
Gu Nianzhi: "…"
She still didn't believe it.
She sniffled and felt wronged. "… It's fine if you don't want to tell me, but doesn't your conscience hurt to tell such a lie that humiliates my intelligence?"
Qin Zhining put down his leg and moved closer to Gu Nianzhi. He handed her a wet tissue and coaxed her in a low voice, "Don't cry, I'm really not lying to you. This place has nothing to do with our family. Our family can't get close to you."
Qin Zhining didn't even seem to be lying to her when he said "can't get close to you".
Gu Nianzhi wiped the tears from her face and became even more curious. "But you can't deny that they're very respectful to you. Why? Do you know their boss? "
Qin Zhining: "…"
This little guy was too sharp, wasn't he?!
Qin Zhining nodded with a smile. "More or less. I do know their boss, but more importantly, even their boss doesn't dare to be arrogant in front of our family."
"Oh, so your family is very powerful?" Gu Nianzhi deduced logically. "Since you don't have any money and they're all like grandsons in front of you, then you must be using your power to oppress them."
Qin Zhining tilted his head and glanced at her. The smile lines at the corners of his eyes curled up deeply. He actually looked like He Zhichu's peach blossom eyes.
Gu Nianzhi turned her head and looked at the huge curved TV hanging on the wall. She took the remote control and turned on the TV.
Qin Zhining leaned back in his chair and shrugged. "If you say so. Anyway, this place has nothing to do with our family anymore."
A trace of loneliness flashed across his eyes.
Gu Nianzhi happened to turn around and saw it. She asked thoughtfully, "… You mean, we used to have a relationship? Then it didn't matter? "
Qin Zhining: "!!!"
This Gu Nianzhi was really "so intelligent".
When she was young, she was already frighteningly smart. Now that she had been outside for a few years, she had become even more shrewd. She could easily guess the meaning behind a single sentence from a person's face!
The waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead, and the waves ahead died on the beach.
She had to be convinced, she had to be convinced!
Qin Zhining sighed and pressed the bell.
The door to the private room was pushed open, and the waitresses in white clothes and black pants filed in. They placed the hot dishes on the dining table one by one.
The TV on the wall had just been turned on, and it was time for the evening news.
The news anchor sat in the anchor room and reported the news.
"… Comrade Pushin, the leader of the Soviet Union and Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, will begin an eight-day state visit to our country today. General He Chengjian, Speaker Long Zhixue, and Prime Minister Xie Beichen will personally welcome him at the airport."
Gu Nianzhi looked up abruptly and stared at the TV in a daze. Her cute lips could hardly be closed.
What did she hear?!
What did she see?!
Wasn't the short but 2.8-meter-tall Pushin on TV the Russian President who had said he was going to officiate her wedding?!
How did he become the leader of the Soviet Union and the Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?!
Wasn't the hairy man standing behind him the second-in-command of the KGB, Vladimir?
And the tall man with a bright smile diagonally behind Vladimir. It was the chauffeur, Ivan!
Wait!
The Soviet Union?!
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This is today's big chapter: Chapter 1469, "New Friends Old Friends".
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