Ye Zitan stayed by Song Jinning's operating chair to look after her. Chen Lie was responsible for recording the data.
Chen Lie was overjoyed at the incredible data, but he carefully downloaded it and saved it separately. He didn't put it in Song Jinning's personal file.
Just like the H3aB7 antivirus weapon, Gu Nianzhi's name didn't appear in the military records.
Only Chen Lie and Huo Shaoheng knew about this. Gu Nianzhi herself didn't know about her special constitution.
Gu Nianzhi's importance to the military was because of her background.
Huo Shaoheng and Chen Lie didn't want anyone to find out about Gu Nianzhi's special constitution.
If those people found out, Gu Nianzhi could only be a lab rat and be locked in a lab for secret experiments.
Huo Shaoheng and Chen Lie had a tacit understanding about this and chose to keep it a secret for Gu Nianzhi.
They had been protecting Gu Nianzhi ever since they discovered her special constitution six years ago.
Huo Shaoheng didn't even go home and let Bai Jinyi and the others focus on Song Jinning. They didn't notice Gu Nianzhi's special constitution.
They hoped Gu Nianzhi could help save Song Jinning, but that was all.
Asking Gu Nianzhi to help save Song Jinning was also with her consent.
Chen Lie thought that Huo Shaoheng would let her save his mother regardless of whether Gu Nianzhi agreed or not.
If Gu Nianzhi didn't want to, Huo Shaoheng wouldn't force her.
He never wanted to force Gu Nianzhi to save his mother, nor did he want her to contribute to the Huaxia Empire.
He was a soldier and could sacrifice everything for the country, including his life. But Gu Nianzhi wasn't. He wasn't even sure if Gu Nianzhi was from the Huaxia Empire. Of course, he couldn't make the decision for Gu Nianzhi and make her sacrifice everything.
That went against his principles as a man and his beliefs as a soldier.
…
Huo Shaoheng didn't sleep all night. He sat alone on the massage sofa next to the bed and checked on Gu Nianzhi from time to time as he worked on his computer.
Gu Nianzhi did have a fever late at night.
But it was only a low fever and nothing serious.
Chen Lie came to check and didn't even give her medicine. He only said Gu Nianzhi could handle it.
Huo Shaoheng checked Gu Nianzhi's forehead every 15 minutes to make sure her temperature wasn't rising.
Gu Nianzhi didn't sleep well.
The surgery in the afternoon had almost caused her to faint from the pain, but in order to prevent Huo Shaoheng from feeling more pressure and guilt, she chose not to make a sound.
She liked him, loved him, and hoped that he loved her too. However, she didn't want him to be with her out of guilt.
However, the pain still left a mark on her body, causing her brain to be constantly in a state of tension.
In the middle of the night, when she had a fever, she was immersed in a long-lost nightmare.
Pain was everywhere. Someone was chasing her. She cried for her mother and hid everywhere.
In her dreams, a woman's blurry face would appear beside her from time to time. It seemed that the woman was the object of her greatest desire when she was young, but when she ran towards her, she was ruthlessly pushed away by the woman …
She opened her mouth in her sleep, wanting to call that woman, but found that she couldn't.
In the end, she could only softly call out, "… Daddy."
Huo Shaoheng suddenly looked up at Gu Nianzhi, who was lying on the bed.
In the dim night light, her little face was snow-white, and her forehead was covered in sweat. Her fever seemed to have subsided.
Huo Shaoheng took a towel to wipe Gu Nianzhi's sweat.
Gu Nianzhi was still whispering, "… Daddy, Uncle …"
Huo Shaoheng's hand paused. He looked at Gu Nianzhi deeply, then picked up the towel again and tapped her forehead. He suddenly whispered, "Nianzhi, what's your father's name?"
The Special Operations Forces had trained on how to induce a confession from a person who talked in their sleep.
This method was very effective, and it was extremely secretive.
After the other party woke up, she didn't remember being induced to confess while talking in her sleep.
Gu Nianzhi had a nightmare, and her body still felt the pain from the surgery during the day. This pain also stimulated her brain.
When her mind wasn't focused, it was easy for her to talk to Huo Shaoheng in her sleep. "Daddy … Daddy is Daddy."
Huo Shaoheng's heart suddenly skipped a few beats, then began to beat even more violently. His steady voice trembled slightly. "Then what's his name?"
Gu Nianzhi didn't reply. It seemed that she had fallen asleep again.
It seemed like it was the same as before. This time, there was no result.
Huo Shaoheng moved the towel away. Just as he was about to get up, he heard Gu Nianzhi say softly, "… Xiangwen."
Xiangwen? Gu Xiangwen?
Huo Shaoheng took a deep breath. He had finally found an important clue about Gu Nianzhi's background.
"Which two words are they?"
"Xiang as in auspicious, wen as in culture," Gu Nianzhi answered obediently.
She was as obedient in her sleep as she was awake.
Huo Shaoheng's brows relaxed. It would be easier to investigate now that he had a name.
When the time came, he would go to the Huaxia Empire's administrative department's household registration management agency to conduct a nationwide search. He would find all the people named "Gu Xiangwen" and then test their DNA one by one.
Huo Shaoheng suppressed his racing heart. He almost couldn't believe what he had just heard.
After six years, they had finally come into contact with the tip of the iceberg of Gu Nianzhi's background.
"What about your uncle? What's his name? "Huo Shaoheng asked softly again.
Gu Nianzhi shut her mouth and didn't speak again.
Huo Shaoheng asked a few more times, but Gu Nianzhi didn't respond.
She was actually so vigilant even in her sleep.
Perhaps if the pain today hadn't been too intense, Gu Nianzhi wouldn't have lost her mind so easily, right?
Huo Shaoheng stood in the middle of the bedroom, lost in thought.
From what Gu Nianzhi had said, her father should be from the Huaxia Empire.
But they had investigated for six years and almost all the relevant people in the Huaxia Empire, but they hadn't found anyone with similar DNA to Gu Nianzhi. They hadn't even found a distant relative.
How could Gu Nianzhi's parents still exist in the Huaxia Empire?
They had all thought that Gu Nianzhi wasn't from the Huaxia Empire …
But Gu Nianzhi had been tricked into confessing when she was talking in her sleep. What she said at that time must be absolutely true and couldn't be faked. It might even stay in the deepest recesses of the person's memory. Sometimes, even these people might not remember when they were awake.
For example, Gu Nianzhi's memory loss before she was 12 was the best example.
Therefore, using a confession in her sleep as bait could summon things from the deepest recesses of her memory.
No matter how ridiculous and inconceivable her answer was, there was no doubt that it was true.
If Gu Nianzhi's answer was true, then there must have been a problem with their previous investigation.
But he really hadn't expected Gu Nianzhi to be from the Huaxia Empire …
Huo Shaoheng composed himself and put the towel back in the bathroom. He returned to the massage chair on the sofa and continued working.
At two in the morning, Zhao Liangze sent him a message: "Mr. Huo, General Huo is here. Do you want to see him?"
"My father is here?" Huo Shaoheng looked up from his laptop. "What's he doing here?"
"I don't know. I've arrived at the entrance of your official residence and am getting off the car." Zhao Liangze looked at the surveillance footage on the computer screen and reported the news to Huo Shaoheng, then shared the video with Huo Shaoheng.
On the laptop screen in front of him, a black bulletproof car was parked in front of the official residence. The car door opened, and Huo Guanchen, dressed in casual clothes, stepped out of the car. He folded his arms in front of him and looked sharply at Huo Shaoheng's mansion.
Huo Shaoheng pursed his lips tightly and watched the video for a while before saying to Zhao Liangze, "Open the door and let him in." With that, he turned off his laptop and got up to check on Gu Nianzhi. Seeing that her fever had subsided, he turned to leave.
She walked steadily from the bedroom on the second floor to the living room on the first floor. Huo Guanchen was already waiting there.
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