From a young age, Bai Jinyi had shown exceptional talent in her studies. She had skipped grades time and time again. She was only 16 when she entered university, and it only took her three years to graduate. It took her another two years to get her master's degree, and another four years to get her Ph.D. in high-energy physics from the prestigious Princeton University.
Her classmates, on the other hand, had to spend four years to get a bachelor's degree, three years to get a master's degree, and another five to seven years to get a doctorate abroad. It would take a total of twelve to fourteen years to achieve what Bai Jinyi had achieved in nine years.
However, during her Ph.D. studies at Princeton, she was shocked by another girl from the Huaxia Empire.
She wasn't the only one who was shocked. All the physics professors at Princeton were shocked.
This girl was Song Jinning. She had attended the Huaxia Empire's B University's physics department at the age of 15. She graduated at 17 and went straight to Princeton University for her Ph.D. in high energy physics.
It only took her three years to get her Master's and Ph.D. in high energy physics.
Song Jinning's undergraduate career had only taken five years, four years shorter than Bai Jinyi's nine years.
Bai Jinyi felt a little uncomfortable at the thought.
She had also fought hard to get her older brother to help her during her Ph.D. graduation. In the end, she had changed her birth certificate and household registration to make her age four years younger …
In fact, she was already over fifty years old. After so many years, most of the people who knew her true age had already passed away. Now, except for the few closest brothers in the family, no one else knew about this matter.
Bai Changhui looked at his watch. "It's been more than an hour. That should be enough. Is he trying to stall for time?"
The two of them looked out the window in Huo Shaoheng's direction.
Huo Shaoheng slowly smoked for another 15 minutes. He estimated that Chen Lie would be done with the surgery in another 15 minutes. He tossed the cigarette butt and walked over to the police line.
Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi finally got out of the minivan.
"Major General Huo, you're a little slow at reading things." Bai Changhui shook his head. "It's just over 20 pages of documents, and you took almost an hour. It's really … Sigh, don't you soldiers always say 'speed is precious'? How did you become a slow doctor? "
Huo Shaoheng smiled faintly and shook the document. "This is too long and contains too much content. I have to take it back and study it carefully. Deputy Secretary-General Bai, you don't mind, do you?"
"Hehe, this is a copy anyway. The original is locked in the safe. It's fine if you take it back and look at it a few more times." Bai Changhui's smile was benevolent and amiable. He looked like a completely different person from when he had first arrived, when he had tried to bully people with his power.
Bai Jinyi grew impatient. She crossed her arms and said coldly, "Major General Huo, can you hand Song Jinning over to me now?"
Huo Shaoheng casually handed the document to Yin Shixiong, who was next to him. He stood ramrod straight with his hands behind his back.
Under the winter sun, his aura was as dazzling as the sun. No one could match him.
Bai Jinyi turned her head slightly to avoid his gaze.
"Why should I hand my mother over to you now?" Huo Shaoheng looked straight ahead. "She's not a criminal. Can't she spend some time with her son?"
"Hehe, then don't say that to me. The documents from the Imperial Administration and the military clearly state that Song Jinning will be under the joint custody of your father and I. " Bai Jinyi had been waiting for Huo Shaoheng to say this, so that she could use the document she had just shown him to suppress him.
Huo Shaoheng chuckled. "Is that so? Then may I ask if this document requires you to watch over my mother 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? "
"Of course …" Bai Jinyi had only said two words when she realized that she had fallen into Huo Shaoheng's trap.
Huo Shaoheng immediately followed up. "I see. But in the past 16 years, did you really meet the requirements of this document for the time you spent caring for my mother? Director Bai, have you been by my mother's side 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for the past 16 years? "
Of course not.
Bai Jinyi was speechless.
She had her own heavy scientific research to do. How could she have the time to spend on a mental patient?
Especially in the early years, when she had been confident that she could rebuild the experiment on her own. With her pride, she hadn't bothered to look for Song Jinning to dig up experimental data.
She hadn't expected that her experiment would go on for 16 years without any improvement. She had no choice but to go back to square one. She realized that Song Jinning's role in the experiment couldn't be replaced by anyone else.
Even Song Jinning's own husband, Huo Guanchen, had been busy with military affairs all these years. He had been promoted from captain to general in the past 16 years. It was obvious that he hadn't had much time to spend with Song Jinning when she was sick.
This was actually a "blessing in disguise" for Song Jinning. Otherwise, the situation might have been even worse.
But Huo Shaoheng wouldn't admit this. His expression suddenly changed. He said coldly, "Since you can't do this yourself, why are you stopping us from seeing each other? You also want to take my mother away from me when I finally have time off. May I ask, Director Bai, what are your intentions? "
Bai Jinyi narrowed her eyes. Seeing that Huo Shaoheng refused to return Song Jinning, she became even more anxious. She was also afraid that Song Jinning would suddenly recover. Wouldn't that mean that all her efforts would be for naught?
She had worked so hard for 16 years. It wasn't just for someone else's benefit!
"I was wrong in the past, but from now on, I will make sure that I stay by Song Jinning's side 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, until she recovers." Bai Jinyi made up her mind. She wouldn't stop until she achieved her goal.
"Wrong? Saying that you're wrong can make up for more than 10 years of illegal behavior? " Huo Shaoheng raised his eyebrows. He pointed at the document in Yin Shixiong's hand. "Since this document has the force of law, then disobeying it is illegal. Bai Jinyi, if apologizing works against the law, why do we need a court? "
"What do you want?!" Bai Jinyi was shocked and angry. "I already said that I had no choice in the past. I'm also a physicist. I have my own career and my own mission. I have close cooperation with the military! "
"Cooperation? I think it's time to audit Director Bai's expenses over the years. I want to see how you spent all the research funds allocated by the military without any results. " Huo Shaoheng was in charge of external intelligence work, but he was no stranger to internal intelligence work either.
Bai Changhui hated to hear the word "audit." He frowned. Huo Shaoheng's words were not unreasonable. He also didn't understand why Bai Jinyi was so insistent on Song Jinning's return.
Bai Jinyi glared at Huo Shaoheng. She refused to back down. She sneered. "Major General Huo, don't try to change the subject. It's up to the court to decide whether I broke the law or not. But right now, I want to execute the requirements of this document immediately and bring Song Jinning back." She gave Bai Changhui a look.
Bai Changhui understood and waved behind him.
The 100 or so special agents they had brought with them immediately raised their guns and aimed at Huo Shaoheng and Yin Shixiong, who stood behind him.
It seemed that Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi had the advantage in numbers. The two security guards that Huo Shaoheng and Yin Shixiong had brought with them were hiding in the shadows.
Seeing that Bai Changhui was about to order the special agents to make their move, Huo Shaoheng finally spoke into the microphone he was carrying. "Did you record everything?"
Zhao Liangze's voice came through the earpiece. "Don't worry, Mr. Huo. We've recorded everything."
In Zhao Liangze's video, more than a hundred armed special agents were pointing their guns at Huo Shaoheng, who was standing near the police line. There was also a security guard wearing a mask.
Huo Shaoheng nodded. He pulled the gun from his waist and fired a shot into the air.
Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi trembled in fear. They shouted in unison, "What are you doing?!"
As soon as the gunshot was fired, the security guards emerged from their hiding places. They, too, pointed their guns at the special agents.
"This is the first time in the history of our country that the police and the Special Operations Forces are going to fight each other." Huo Shaoheng put the gun back into the gun case at his waist. He adjusted his white gloves. "Are you sure you want to fight us?"
Bai Jinyi and Bai Changhui had brought the fully armed special agents with them. They had only wanted to scare Huo Shaoheng. They hadn't expected Huo Shaoheng to be so tough.
Not only had he thought things through, but he was also well prepared. He wasn't afraid of a head-on fight.
"The special agents on the other side, listen up. Put down your guns and report to the police headquarters. The Special Operations Forces will send a letter to the police headquarters for questioning. We've already recorded a video of you pointing your guns at our Major General. We'll present it to the Senate, the military, and the Supreme Administration to demand justice. "Yin Shixiong picked up the small megaphone and shouted at the other party.
As soon as they heard that they had recorded a video, the special agents immediately put their guns away.
The captain of the special agents came to Bai Changhui's side and whispered anxiously, "Deputy Secretary-General Bai, our Deputy Chief said he would do you a favor. He never said he would help you fight these soldiers. We can't interfere in this situation. Please forgive us, but we have to go. "
After he finished speaking, he turned to his subordinates and said, "Retreat! Get in the cars! Report to the headquarters! "
More than a hundred SWAT officers immediately boarded their police cars in a well-trained manner and left the Special Operations Forces headquarters.
Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi were the only ones left, along with their respective drivers and two cars.
One of the cars had already been shot through, and the only one left was the minivan.
The howling cold wind blew, stirring up the dust on the ground. The branches that had lost all their leaves rustled.
The sun was covered by clouds, and the sky was dark. The weather was getting colder.
Huo Shaoheng received a call from Chen Lie in the middle of the confrontation. "Mr. Huo, the surgery is a success! If there are no accidents, Mrs. Song should be awake in a week! "
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