Two hours passed, but Gu Nianzhi did not receive a reply from Lu Jin. Huo Shaoheng did not continue texting Lu Yuan.
He put away his phone, jumped down to the basement, and tied up the people who had their legs broken.
When he came up, he heard He Zhichu's voice at the door. "Open the door."
Gu Nianzhi turned around in surprise. "Young Master He? You're here so soon? "
She walked to the door and opened the locked door.
He Zhichu was wearing a black uniform and stood tall at the door of the small reception room.
His almond-shaped eyes were frosty, and his handsome face was hazy.
However, the frost in his eyes melted the moment he saw Gu Nianzhi.
"Nianzhi, are you okay?" His voice was still cold and emotionless.
Gu Nianzhi smiled. "I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm fine now that you're here."
She moved aside and let He Zhichu walk in.
When she closed the door, she quickly glanced at the situation outside.
She was slightly stunned.
Several people in the same black uniform as He Zhichu had already taken care of the people in the Chinese-style courtyard.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes were sharp, and she saw the young maid who had opened the door for them. She was trembling in a white blouse and black pants.
Before the girl looked over, Gu Nianzhi gently closed the door of the small reception room.
She turned around and saw He Zhichu standing in front of the unconscious old man. He had his hands behind his back and asked Huo Shaoheng, who was standing beside him, "What's going on?"
Huo Shaoheng waved his hand and first showed him the basement where the floor could be opened and closed. He said, "Look down."
With the dim light in the room, He Zhichu could see a few burly men lying in the basement.
Their legs and arms were all propped up at strange angles. It was obvious that they had been broken.
He Zhichu narrowed his eyes. "Did you beat these people up?"
Gu Nianzhi rushed up and said, "I did! This old guy … "
She pointed at the old man lying on the ground. "It was him. He tricked me into coming in and tempted me with this doll and a letter to fall into the basement over there! Fortunately, Mr. Peter was alert and jumped down with me. "
"The basement was sealed very well, and soon the oxygen was almost exhausted. When Mr. Peter and I passed out, these men jumped down. They came for us with baseball bats! I had to defend myself! "
He Zhichu looked at her quietly. After a while, he said, "Nianzhi, how many people do you think will believe your words in court?!"
"You're a great lawyer, but your excuse is so lame. Don't tell others that you used to be my student." He Zhichu raised the back of his hand to rub it under his nose and coughed lightly. His eyes inadvertently glanced at Gu Nianzhi, and when he saw her avert her gaze, he snuck a glance back at him.
His gaze was filled with admiration and shame.
He Zhichu's heart skipped a beat. It felt strange.
Gu Nianzhi blushed and smiled. "… If I go to court, I'll modify my statement."
What she said just now was indeed full of mistakes.
Huo Shaoheng himself was right there, and all the excuses that he could use was "there's nothing to hide here", so he might as well openly admit it.
Anyway, Huo Shaoheng's current identity was a former member of the KGB and the current Soviet Union's diplomat in China.
Such a person must be quite skilled.
She was trying to cover it up …
Gu Nianzhi's mind raced, and she said, "I don't want Mr. Peter to get involved. He's a Soviet diplomat, and I don't want to cause a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. "
This was a good way to save face.
Huo Shaoheng listened quietly from the side and said, "We Soviets have always been people who can take action and never say much. We can't just watch the woman we like fall into a trap and do nothing. "
He Zhichu ignored him and looked at the doll on the table in the middle of the small living room. He exclaimed softly.
This doll was almost identical to the doll that Gu Nianzhi liked to play with when she was young.
But he knew that this doll was only a fake, and the real doll was at his house …
He Zhichu walked over with an indifferent expression, put on white gloves, and reached out to grab the doll.
Just like Gu Nianzhi, he didn't pick up the doll.
He Zhichu used a little more force, and the table seemed to make a soft thud. The doll was lifted into the air by him, and a few shaky plastic wires were exposed from under the doll's skirt.
On the table, there was a small round hole where the doll had been standing. There was a simple mechanical device in the round hole, powered by a battery.
Huo Shaoheng pointed at the device and said, "It's this thing. When lawyer Gu pulled this doll, the floor over there automatically opened. Lawyer Gu fell from there."
It was in the direction of the basement, right across from He Zhichu.
He Zhichu's expression turned completely cold. "… It's this old man?"
He turned to look at Gu Nianzhi and asked softly, "Do you know the people here?"
Gu Nianzhi shook her head and said honestly, "I don't."
"How dare you come in if you don't know him?"
He Zhichu scolded, "… You dare to enter any room and touch anything. You're at a disadvantage, aren't you? Serves you right. "
This well-timed reprimand dispelled Gu Nianzhi's awkwardness and uneasiness. She smiled mischievously and said, "Young Master He, I won't dare to do it again. You should see how to deal with the aftermath here …"
She pointed at the old man who had fainted on the ground and said, "At first, he was quite stubborn and said that we broke into the house to attack him. Later, when I said that I was going to call the police, he softened and admitted that he was blinded by lust. He wanted to do something to me and planned to pay a large sum of money to settle it privately with me. "
"In his dreams." He Zhichu snorted. "You didn't agree, did you?"
"Of course I wouldn't agree." Gu Nianzhi spread her hands and said helplessly, "But … you know … we did attack him. Although it was self-defense, the law also says excessive self-defense. I'm worried that if he finds a good lawyer, we'll still be in trouble."
He Zhichu's lips twitched and he said mockingly, "Now you know how to be afraid? Then what are you doing here? "
He looked at the doll in his hand and knew that it wouldn't be so simple.
He caught a glimpse of the letter from the corner of his eye and remembered that Gu Nianzhi had also said that the old man had tempted her with a doll and a letter..
What kind of letter was it?
He Zhichu put down the doll and opened the envelope.
There was nothing in the envelope except a yellowed black-and-white photo.
He Zhichu took out the photo and looked at it with confusion. He was stunned.
There were three people in the photo.
He knew two of them. No, or rather, they looked familiar. He had seen the photos before.
They were his grandfather and grandmother.
His mother, Qin Suwen, had experienced a tragic car accident when she was young. In that car accident, not only had she lost her parents, but she had also lost her memories.
Later, the photos of his grandfather and grandmother were taken by his father, He Chengjian, in order to please his wife. He had done everything he could to get the registration photos from the school where they worked.
He Zhichu had seen photos of these two people when he was young, so he recognized them at a glance.
However, what shocked him even more was the little girl sitting between his grandfather and grandmother.
This little girl was exactly the same as Gu Nianzhi!
Of course, she was also exactly the same as Qin Yaoguang..
He Zhichu's mind didn't work for a moment. He asked in a trembling voice, "… Who is this person? Could it be Qin Yaoguang?! "
How could Qin Yaoguang have photos of her childhood with her grandfather and grandmother?!
But that wasn't right. Qin Yaoguang had clearly undergone plastic surgery..
"Who is this person?! She's definitely not Qin Yaoguang! "He Zhichu said firmly.
Gu Nianzhi was a little flustered and subconsciously wanted to escape.
She looked at Huo Shaoheng and slowly moved towards him.
He Zhichu saw that she actually wanted to run, so he grabbed her arm without hesitation. His voice was as cold as the Arctic. "… Speak! Who is this person?! "
Huo Shaoheng also held Gu Nianzhi's hand and said coldly to He Zhichu, "Let go of her!"
Gu Nianzhi was being pulled from left and right by the two men. She was very afraid that they would accidentally tear her arm off. She quickly said, "Calm down! Calm down! If you have something to say, let's talk it out. Don't do it! "
He Zhichu's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. His shimmering almond-shaped eyes instantly became misty and filled his eyes that were as moving as spring water.
Huo Shaoheng's face darkened. He pried He Zhichu's fingers open one by one, then pulled Gu Nianzhi behind him to protect her. He said, "We don't know who this person is either."
Gu Nianzhi only felt safer after hiding behind Huo Shaoheng.
Her heart was still pounding, and it almost jumped out of her throat.
She looked over and saw that He Zhichu's already fair face had become like snow in winter. It was both white and cold. Only his eyes were black, and they were so black that she couldn't see the bottom.
"… Young Master He, calm down. I was also very surprised when I saw the remake of this photo, so I was tricked by him into coming in to see the original … "
Gu Nianzhi said guiltily, "Otherwise, why would I have fallen for his trick?"
Of the three people they had found, the first was a colleague from the nursing home. He was kind and amiable. Although he didn't know much, he told them everything he knew.
The second was an old woman's neighbor who had Alzheimer's disease. He gave them crucial information.
Therefore, when it came to the third friend, Gu Nianzhi subconsciously felt that this person would give them more useful information.
This was how people's thinking was.
If there was one, then there would be two, then there would be three.
The other party also happened to make a move here and caught them off guard.
Fortunately, Gu Nianzhi was with Huo Shaoheng. Even if there was an accident like this, they could still save themselves.
The most powerful person wasn't someone who could calculate everything perfectly at all times. Of course, such a person didn't exist at all.
The most powerful person was someone who could adapt to the situation and protect himself when the environment changed.
This kind of person would always be invincible.
He Zhichu didn't know how Gu Nianzhi and the others had coincidentally found this place, but he knew that they definitely didn't "coincidentally" come here.
How could there be so many coincidences?
It was just that someone was scheming and planning.
He Zhichu suppressed his racing heart and carefully looked at the photo again.
The three people in the photo had an intimate and natural attitude. It was obvious that they were a family.
Since the two adults were his grandfather and grandmother, then who else could the little girl sitting so intimately with them be?
He Zhichu looked at the photo for a long time. Suddenly, he looked up at Gu Nianzhi.
She smiled at him shyly.
Her plump lips curved up, and her big eyes also curved into crescent moons. It happened to coincide with the little girl's smile in the photo …
A thought flashed through He Zhichu's mind.
It was like a bolt of lightning exploding in his heart. He was covered in cuts and bruises, and all his support and faith collapsed at this moment.
He Zhichu staggered two steps back and stopped when he hit the corner of the table behind him.
He turned around in a panic and didn't dare to look at Gu Nianzhi's eyes again. He didn't dare to look directly at his heart …
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This was the first update of the day: Chapter 1788, "Thinking of Someone Seeing Something".
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