Huo Shaoheng thought about it. "So your mother's surname is Gu."
Xie Qingying thought Huo Shaoheng was talking about her calling Speaker Long "Uncle." She composed herself and said, "My birth mother's surname is indeed Gu, but my stepmother's surname is Long, so it's not too much for me to call Speaker Long 'Uncle,' right?"
In-law relationships weren't based on blood.
Huo Shaoheng smiled and said, "Of course not. I don't know if Speaker Long told you, but my grandmother was from the Xie family, so maybe we're related. "
"Oh?" Xie Qingying was surprised. "I didn't know! Uncle hasn't mentioned this yet. I just returned from Europe with my father and stepmother a few days ago, so I'm still jet-lagged. "
"Then rest well, Miss Xie. I won't disturb you any longer." Huo Shaoheng nodded and strode away.
Xie Qingying was still confused. She carried the barbecue plate to Speaker Long's study and said, "Uncle, I just met Major General Huo in the hallway. He asked me what my birth mother's name was. Did you tell him about me?"
Speaker Long was overjoyed. "He really asked?"
"Yes." Xie Qingying looked at Speaker Long's surprised expression and couldn't help laughing. "You're smiling so happily. Did something good happen?"
"Something good? Ah, something good. Maybe something good will happen very soon! " Speaker Long looked at the Da Hong Pao in front of him and waved his hand. "No tea. Old Ji, let's drink! Qingying, go find your aunt and tell her I want Maotai. Where did she put it? "
Xie Qingying stood up with a smile. "I'll go find my aunt."
After she left, General Ji quietly asked Speaker Long, "… Do you think there's a chance between these two?"
Speaker Long's smile disappeared. "Actually, I'm both happy and worried if there's a chance between them."
General Ji thought about it and muttered to himself, "Actually, it's not that complicated. Everything starts with a good impression. I think that if it works out, Nianzhi will be their matchmaker. What are you worried about?"
"Old Ji, you just don't understand people. If they can get together, it means that Shaoheng has different feelings for Gu Nianzhi. Otherwise, do you think it's so easy to develop feelings for her? " Speaker Long shook his head. "However, we will definitely keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't make any mistakes!"
General Ji's feelings for Huo Shaoheng were different from Speaker Long's.
Speaker Long was treating Huo Shaoheng from the perspective of national interests.
General Ji had watched Huo Shaoheng grow up, so his concern for him was more like concern for his nephew.
"Old Long, to be honest, I still don't think Shaoheng and Nianzhi have any special relationship. But if they do, as long as Gu Nianzhi can find out that her family background is clean, I won't object."
"You don't object? So what if Gu Nianzhi had a clean background? She grew up with Shaoheng at the age of 12. What would outsiders say about Shaoheng if they found out? Don't you know that gossip is a fearful thing? " Speaker Long was so angry that he slammed the coffee table. "If you had experienced the ups and downs of the election, you would know what I mean. That's really taking a small black spot and magnifying it with a magnifying glass, and then distorting it to an unbearable degree! "
"Old Long, this is where we have a different view. A clear conscience is not afraid of a crooked shadow. Let outsiders speak! It's not like we can shut people up anyway. When you have a conflict of interest with others, even if you don't have any black spots, others will create black spots for you. So why should we care about what those people say? "
General Ji waved his hand disapprovingly. "Alright, Old Long, no matter what, let's not argue. We are all doing this for Shaoheng's own good. He is a reasonable person and will definitely not let us down. "
Speaker Long thought about it with a straight face for a long time before nodding reluctantly. "Alright, Old Ji, you've convinced me this time. But let's get the ugly words out of the way first. Shaoheng's position is extremely important, so his wife must be approved by the organization. Also, she must go through the most stringent security checks. Do you agree? "
"Agree! Agree! Of course I agree! Shaoheng knows his priorities. If he doesn't feel at ease, he won't marry her. You can rest assured! "
General Ji and Speaker Long reached out their hands at the same time and high-fived to seal the deal.
…
Huo Shaoheng returned to his car, still holding the strand of hair tightly in his hand.
His palm was already hot to begin with, and now it was even more damp.
He was worried that the DNA test wouldn't be able to be done if the hair was stained, so he asked Yin Shixiong after getting into the car, "Big Xiong, do you have a small plastic bag for evidence in the car?"
"Yes, we have it all in the car." Yin Shixiong opened a partition and took out a small box. He opened the box and took out a brand new plastic bag.
"Give me the whole box." Huo Shaoheng reached out.
Yin Shixiong handed the whole box over.
Huo Shaoheng opened the box and took out a pair of transparent plastic gloves to wear. He then picked up a pair of tweezers and carefully placed the strand of hair on a piece of white cotton paper to absorb the sweat before placing it in the small plastic bag.
Yin Shixiong looked back but didn't ask anything. He looked ahead silently.
Everyone was silent the entire way in the car and quickly returned to the Special Operations Forces headquarters.
Huo Shaoheng didn't return to the official residence first. Instead, he called Chen Lie and asked, "Where are you?"
Chen Lie had been busy helping those "Gu Xiangwen" blood samples for DNA testing the past few days. He had just returned home to sleep for a few hours.
Huo Shaoheng's phone call had woken him up. He felt very uncomfortable, so he closed his eyes and covered himself with the blankets. His voice was muffled as he said, "Huo Shao, you have something very important to tell me. Otherwise, the consequences of waking me up will be very serious!"
Huo Shaoheng said calmly, "I have something urgent to talk to you about."
"Speak!" Chen Lie replied angrily.
"I made some more stuff. You can help me with the DNA test." Huo Shaoheng paused. His fingers unconsciously tapped on the side of the car window, making a soft tapping sound that was particularly ear-piercing in the silent car.
Chen Lie lifted the blankets and sat up. He scratched his messy hair with one hand and was speechless for a moment. He said, "Where did you get this? I'm telling you, those people aren't right! They have nothing to do with Nianzhi! I've tested many pieces of DNA. I'm almost done with all of them. Where did you get the information that the name Gu Xiangwen has something to do with Nianzhi? "
Of course, Huo Shaoheng couldn't say where he got the information. He said calmly, "According to the country's security laws, I can't reveal my source to you."
Chen Lie was speechless.
Fine, you're in the right because you have a higher rank.
Chen Lie groaned as he got off the bed. His expression was very unpleasant, but he still said to the phone, "I'll go to the lab right away. Where's your stuff? I can at least ask what it is, right? "
"It's a strand of hair." Huo Shaoheng looked at the small plastic bag in front of him. "Is it enough?"
"Of course it's enough. Don't worry about my skills. " Chen Lie found some clothes lazily and put them on. He didn't even comb his hair and ran out of the house to the lab at the base.
On the way, he met Ye Zitan. She was carrying an insulated lunch box and was talking and laughing with a tall and handsome man.
Chen Lie's heart ached. He pretended not to see them and hurriedly ran past them with his head down.
The man glanced at Chen Lie's back, then at Ye Zitan. He wanted to say something but stopped.
Ye Zitan was still telling him about the interesting things that happened in the hospital. "That day, I came back from a ward round. Not long after I sat down to rest, the door was pushed open. A man rushed in and kowtowed to me. I was scared and quickly helped him up. I asked him what he wanted."
"And then?"
"And then he told me about his illness. I was so embarrassed …"
"Huh?"
"Because he went to the wrong room and kowtowed to the wrong person!" Ye Zitan burst out laughing. "You didn't see the man's face. He really wanted to beat me up!"
"That can't be helped." The man nodded. "As the saying goes, desperate patients turn to any doctor they can find. It's possible to get the wrong room number."
Ye Zitan sighed. "Dr. Hou is always so understanding and gentle. Patients love doctors like you the most."
The man's name was Hou Qingren. He was sent to the Imperial Capital Hospital by the hospital below him to study. He was especially warm to Ye Zitan.
"Dr. Ye, you flatter me. Actually, what's the use of being a doctor with a good temper? As long as you can cure an illness, even the most bad-tempered doctor is the god of saving patients. "Hou Qingren really knew how to talk. His words hit home with Ye Zitan.
"Yes, yes, some people don't have good tempers, but their medical skills and medical ethics are great. I think it's already very rare," Ye Zitan said as she looked at the dormitory building in front of them.
Hou Qingren asked with a smile, "I haven't asked you, who did you make the food in the insulated box for?"
"Oh, I sent it to Dr. Chen. He's been busy with military affairs and hasn't slept for a few days. I heard that he doesn't eat well either. He's just making do. I just happened to make some soup, so I sent it to him. "Ye Zitan walked to Chen Lie and said to Hou Qingren," I don't know if he likes soup. "
"I don't know if Dr. Chen likes soup, but I know he's not upstairs right now." Hou Qingren smiled and pointed.
"How?" Ye Zitan was shocked. "I remember he's always sleeping in the dormitory."
"He walked past us just now and went in that direction." Hou Qingren pointed in the direction he came from.
"Oh? Why didn't you call out to me? I didn't even see him. "Ye Zitan said with annoyance and uneasily switched the insulated lunch box to her right hand.
She thought about it. "I'll go over there and take a look. Dr. Chen must have gone to the lab." Ye Zitan said goodbye to Hou Qingren and went to the lab.
Hou Qingren sighed and shook his head before turning to leave.
…
Chen Lie arrived at the lab and saw Huo Shaoheng already waiting at the door.
As soon as he saw him, Huo Shaoheng handed him a small plastic bag. "Hurry up. When can we get the results by?"
Chen Lie accepted the plastic bag and said listlessly, "That depends on what kind of results you want."
"What do you mean?"
"It depends on what kind of relationship you want to test." Chen Lie opened the lab door and walked in. He put on the white lab coat hanging on the wall and turned to Huo Shaoheng. "What kind of relative is it this time? Mother? "
Last time, it was to test if those people were Gu Nianzhi's father. This time, he was taking a strand of hair. Was it probably to test for her mother?
Huo Shaoheng curled his lips. "No, I don't know what kind of relationship it is this time. Test as much as you can."
"Are you kidding?!" Chen Lie was furious. "Are you kidding me?! How are you going to test this?! "
Immediate family relationships were easy to test, but if you didn't know what kind of relationship it was, it would be extremely troublesome to test.
Huo Shaoheng patted him on the shoulder so hard he almost fell to the ground.
"Chen Lie, I have faith in you. You're so smart and capable. You'll definitely be able to find the similarity between this strand of hair and Gu Nianzhi's DNA and deduce their relationship, right?"
Chen Lie looked at Huo Shaoheng from the corner of his eyes and smiled. "I didn't think there would be a day when Huo Shaoheng would compliment someone. I've lived long enough to see it! Fine, I'll give it a try just because of what you said! "
He put the machine on the rack and placed the strand of hair inside. He would first extract the DNA fragments from the hair, then conduct a comprehensive test. Finally, he would compare it with Gu Nianzhi's DNA. This was the most comprehensive test with the highest accuracy.
Because they weren't sure about the relationship this time, they had to do this.
They had confirmed the relationship before, so it would be much easier to verify it with DNA.
That was because the DNA fragments of immediate family members were 99.5% similar.
If it couldn't reach this level, then there would be no immediate family relationship.
Huo Shaoheng reminded him, "This isn't an immediate family relationship, but a cousin relationship. If there is a relationship at all."
Chen Lie waved his hand. "No need to say that. Let the DNA do the talking!"
Huo Shaoheng smiled slightly and walked over with his hands behind his back. He tilted his head to watch Chen Lie operate skillfully.
Not long after, Ye Zitan's voice sounded from behind him.
"Huh? Huo Shaoheng is here too? "Ye Zitan walked in with the insulated lunch box in her hand.
Chen Lie wanted to turn around, but when he recalled what he had just seen, he felt terrible and didn't want to turn around. He stiffened his neck and focused on the experiment.
Huo Shaoheng turned around to look at Ye Zitan, then at Chen Lie's awkward expression. He pursed his lips into a smile and said to Ye Zitan, "Dr. Ye is here. Are you here to deliver food to Dr. Chen?"
Ye Zitan saw that Chen Lie didn't turn around and was a little embarrassed. She really wanted to turn around and leave, but she couldn't bear to.
Huo Shaoheng's words gave her a way out. She walked over with the lunch box and nodded. "Yes, I saw that Dr. Chen hasn't been eating or sleeping well these past few days, so I made some soup for him."
Chen Lie's ears twitched, but he still didn't turn around.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at him amusedly and turned around. "Oh, maybe Dr. Chen doesn't want soup. I'm hungry anyway, so give it to me. I promise I'll finish it all."
"Get out!" Chen Lie turned around abruptly and snatched the lunch box from Huo Shaoheng's hands. "Go home and eat. Why are you fighting with me over food?!"
Huo Shaoheng spread his hands. "I thought you wanted to eat, so I took it. Alright, if you want it, then don't say one thing and mean another. "
He winked at Chen Lie and patted Ye Zitan's shoulder before walking out.
Chen Lie's voice came from behind him. "If you want to go out, then go out! Don't touch other people! "
He seemed to be afraid of Huo Shaoheng's behavior toward Ye Zitan.
Ye Zitan quickly said, "Dr. Chen, Huo Shaoheng didn't mean anything by it. Don't talk to him like that. Here, do you want some soup? "
Chen Lie's anger was completely dissipated by Ye Zitan's gentle words. He sat in front of the table with a silly smile on his face as he watched Ye Zitan bring him a bowl and chopsticks, pouring him soup. His smile was one of bliss.
When Huo Shaoheng walked out of the lab, he looked back and smiled as he turned to leave.
Gu Nianzhi waited for Huo Shaoheng to come back, but there was no news until midnight.
Huo Shaoheng didn't show up or go home for the entire weekend.
Gu Nianzhi returned to campus on Sunday night and felt very uncomfortable.
He had sent a car to pick her up, but he didn't even show up. What was the meaning of this?
Huo Shaoheng spent the past two days in his office in the lab and personally watched Chen Lie's experiments.
By Sunday night, Chen Lie's DNA sequence was finally complete.
He looked at the results and sighed deeply. He took a thick stack of reports to Huo Shaoheng's office and knocked on the door.
"Huo Shaoheng, the results are out."
Huo Shaoheng looked up. His expression didn't change much, but his arms were trembling slightly from nervousness.
Chen Lie didn't notice this at all because he was also very excited.
"Huo Shaoheng, after six years, we finally found someone related to Nianzhi!"
Huo Shaoheng stood up. "Did you find out what kind of blood relationship they are?"
"If it's on the paternal side, they should be cousins," Chen Lie said excitedly. "If it's on the maternal side, the situation will be even more complicated. Huo Shaoheng, tell me, it's on the paternal side, right?! "
Huo Shaoheng looked through the reports and nodded. "I guess so."
If there was really a blood relationship, then Xie Qingying's birth mother, Gu Tian, and Gu Nianzhi's father should be biological siblings or siblings.
Since the results were out, Huo Shaoheng didn't need to hide it from Chen Lie anymore. He told him about Xie Qingying's situation.
Chen Lie suddenly understood. "If that's the case, then it must be close. The DNA test proves that they are related, and they look similar. That should be it. "He then asked," What about Gu Tian? If we can find her, Gu Xiangwen will definitely be able to find her. "
"That's the unfortunate part." Huo Shaoheng sighed deeply. "Gu Tian passed away a long time ago."
Chen Lie was speechless.
"How did she pass away? Did you find out? "
"I've been asking Little Ze to help me search for information over the past two days, as well as the Xie's. I personally called my cousin in Europe to ask about Xie Qingying's mother."
The cousin Huo Shaoheng was referring to was his grandmother, Xie Ziyan's grandnephew.
"What do you mean? Since she was able to marry into the Xie's, the Xie's should know her very well, right? "Chen Lie asked eagerly.
"Not really." Huo Shaoheng shook his head with a smile. "Xie Qingying's father and my cousin's family are many generations apart, so they don't really interact much. It's just that the Xie's have a strong sense of clan, so we're still on the same family tree, so we can be considered relatives."
"Oh? Don't tell me your cousin doesn't know about Gu Tian? "
"When they got married more than 20 years ago, my cousin's family sent gifts, so he has some impression of Gu Tian. He only knows that she wasn't in good health and died a month after giving birth." Huo Shaoheng took out the results of his investigation. "So our only lead now is Xie Qingying's father, Xie Dezhao."
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