"Understood." Zhao Liangze didn't ask any more questions. It was obvious that Huo Shao had rescued Gu Yanran and floated to the Gu's island near Barbados.
As for the masked gunman who had kidnapped Gu Yanran, needless to say, he had either been killed or captured by Huo Shao. There was no third option.
Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong almost blindly worshipped Huo Shaoheng's abilities, and he had never disappointed them.
After explaining everything to Zhao Liangze, Huo Shaoheng took off his Bluetooth headset and placed it on the sink. He quickly showered and planned to put on his clothes.
Although they were drenched, they weren't very dirty and could still be worn.
Coming out of the shower with a towel, Huo Shaoheng heard someone knock on the bathroom door. Gu Yanran's voice said, "Mr. Huo, I have a few sets of my father's clothes here. He's about the same height as you, and they're all brand new. The tags are still on them. I left them at the door. You can come out and change into them after you're done. "She left.
Huo Shaoheng didn't say anything but waited for a while before opening the door to see that Gu Yanran had really left. On the bed in the bedroom were three neatly folded sets of clothes.
One was seawater blue, one was light gray, and one was dark olive green. Huo Shaoheng thought they were all colors that looked good.
Slightly taken aback, he walked over and opened the three sets of clothes to examine them carefully.
The three sets of clothes were made of linen and cotton. The weave was very dense and suitable for tropical areas. The style was low-key and simple, but the workmanship was extremely meticulous. It was obvious that they were expensive.
He looked at the sets of clothes again. They were all brand new, and even the tags were still there. Of course, the price tags were gone.
He was silent for a while before taking off his soaked clothes and changing into the dark olive green set of casual clothes.
From the clothes, Gu Yanran's father was indeed about the same height as Huo Shaoheng, but he wasn't as muscular. His shoulders were a bit narrow, but thankfully, Lycra had been added to the fabric to make it stretch. It didn't have the elegance that a thin person would have. Instead, it made him look more muscular.
After changing, Huo Shaoheng opened the bedroom door and actually smelled food.
He did not follow the scent. Instead, he took out a small device that he removed from the button of his shirt and walked around the room. It looked like he was looking at the furnishings of the room, but in fact, he was checking if there were any hidden infrared cameras.
Because the people of the Special Operations Forces were used to doing this, it had already become a professional habit.
Every time he arrived at a new place, he would check it out out of habit.
When Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze had accompanied Gu Nianzhi to the United States for a short stay, they had also used this device to detect hidden pinhole infrared cameras.
Before he showered, he had checked the bathroom to make sure that there were no hidden cameras. Only then did he feel at ease.
It was not that he suspected anything, but it was his professional habit.
Huo Shaoheng walked around the living room of the wooden hut, but the device in his hand didn't show any abnormalities.
It looked like a normal vacation home without any hidden devices.
Huo Shaoheng turned around and walked back to the bedroom. He put the small device back into the button of his shirt and took his soaked clothes to the kitchen. He asked Gu Yanran, who was busy there, "Miss Gu, do you have a washer and dryer here?"
Gu Yanran was wearing a light yellow apron with frilly edges. She was opening a stew pot and scooping a spoonful to taste.
Hearing Huo Shaoheng's voice from behind, she turned around in surprise to see a tall and handsome man strolling into the kitchen.
His facial features were more defined, like an ancient Greek marble sculpture, but much more exquisite and handsome than those sculptures. His face was expressionless, but it was definitely not cold and indifferent.
Just like that, he walked over calmly. His deep ink-black eyes were like the starry sky in the dark night, capable of drowning anyone who looked into them …
Gu Yanran felt nervous. She knew she must be blushing. Very blushing. She could feel the unusual temperature on her cheeks.
She remembered when she had a high fever when she was young. Her mother was very worried and stayed up all night to stay by her bedside. She pressed her cheek against hers from time to time to feel the change in her temperature.
Now, she was almost the same as that time. She had a high fever.
"Yes, it's in the small room over there. Mr. Huo, you can put it in the small bamboo basket in the room. I'll wash it." Gu Yanran looked away and pointed to the laundry room.
Huo Shaoheng walked over and noticed Gu Yanran's unusually flushed face. He asked, "… You have a fever?"
Gu Yanran nodded instinctively, then quickly shook her head. She tried to be calm and said, "No, it's too hot. I'm making soup."
As she spoke, she tilted her body so Huo Shaoheng could see the two stew pots on the electric stove.
Huo Shaoheng smiled. "Thank you, Miss Gu, but I don't want soup. You can drink it yourself. You had a shock today, so you need to nourish yourself. "As he spoke, he looked around the kitchen again before turning to leave.
He never ate food made by others outside, let alone here.
The nature of Huo Shaoheng's job meant that he had to be cautious.
Taking risks was part of his job, but he never took unnecessary risks.
Gu Yanran didn't expect Huo Shaoheng to not eat the soup she made. Her eyes dimmed. She called out to him. "Mr. Huo, are you worried that the soup isn't clean? I can drink it for you to see. "
She scooped a small bowl of milky white soup for herself. Looking down, she stuck out her pink tongue to test the temperature. Then she quickly licked the milky white soup with the tip of her tongue.
Finally, she raised her head and wrapped her little tongue around her lips, sucking in the soup at the edge of her mouth.
"See, there's no problem." Gu Yanran said carefully. She looked at the sky outside the kitchen. "It's raining heavily outside, and the temperature is dropping fast. You should drink some hot soup to warm your body. I put ginger sugar in the soup to warm your stomach."
She turned around and stirred the soup in the stew pot with a spoon. She rambled on. "My sister has had a bad stomach since she was young. She's very picky about what she eats. Mom and Dad spoil her, and I spoil her even more. In order to nurture her appetite, I learned a lot of medicinal diet recipes from the most famous Hua Xia doctor, just for her picky appetite."
Huo Shaoheng paused in his steps and said, "Really?" But he still left the kitchen without looking back.
Gu Yanran waited for a while. Seeing that there was no sound behind her, she turned around quietly. She saw that the kitchen door was wide open, and Huo Shaoheng was nowhere to be seen.
"It's raining heavily. Where did he go? Don't go out … "Gu Yanran was anxious.
This island belonged to the Gu family. She knew better than anyone else.
In order to preserve the island's original appearance, her parents insisted on not doing too much human intervention on the island. They only built a small wooden hut on the leeward side of the island and didn't touch anything else.
So there were wild animals, poisonous snakes, crocodiles, and large lizards on the island.
Gu Yanran's face paled at the thought. She quickly took off her apron and went to her room to get a flashlight for the outdoors. She put on her raincoat and went out into the rain.
"Mr. Huo?"
"Mr. Huo?"
"Mr. Huo?"
Gu Yanran's sobbing voice echoed in the night sky of the island, but it was drowned out by the sound of the rain.
At that moment, Huo Shaoheng was walking through the coconut grove on the island. He was also wearing a poncho that he had taken from the Gu family's wooden cabin and a pair of knee-high rubber shoes. He looked up at the coconuts hanging from the tall coconut trees.
He gulped. He was a little thirsty.
He wouldn't touch the things in the Gu's wooden hut, but the coconuts in the wild were a natural source of water. There were also all kinds of tropical fruits that could be used as food — bananas, mangosteens, pineapples, wax apples, and durians. The ecological environment on this island was exactly the same as Southeast Asia.
Huo Shaoheng picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them at the coconut trees like darts. He shot down several giant golden coconuts.
He held the golden coconuts and clapped his hands together to crack open the hard shell. He found the hole where the water came out and held it up to drink in big mouthfuls.
He drank three basketball-sized golden coconuts in a row before his thirst was slightly quenched.
…
Gu Yanran held a flashlight in one hand and a raincoat in the other as she trudged through the mud. Her voice was hoarse from all the shouting before she finally saw a tall figure walking out of the bushes nearby.
It was Huo Shaoheng in his raincoat. He held a large string of fruit strung with tree bark in one hand and a long snake as thick as a teacup in the other.
Gu Yanran was shocked. "Mr. … Mr. Huo, you have to be careful! That snake is poisonous! "
"It's fine. I've already knocked out its poisonous fangs and dug out its gall bladder to eat. I'll make snake stew later." Huo Shaoheng said calmly and threw the snake in front of Gu Yanran. "Miss Gu, do you know how to make snake stew?"
Gu Yanran only saw a poisonous snake, as thick as a teacup, with a dark green and gold garland on its body, thrown at her feet. She screamed again and quickly took two steps back. "Mr. … Mr. Huo, I … I don't know how to make snake stew …"
Huo Shaoheng shook his head speechlessly. "Then I'll make it. I'll borrow Miss Gu's kitchen."
"No … No problem." Gu Yanran followed Huo Shaoheng back to the wooden hut's kitchen with trepidation.
Huo Shaoheng used a sharp Swiss Army knife to skillfully skin the snake, clean it, and cut it into one-inch cubes. He threw it into the boiling water and added coconut water, a little salt, and a few unknown herbs to act as spices.
Gu Yanran saw that the snake had been cut into pieces and put into the pot. She was finally less afraid.
She walked over boldly and looked at the milky white snake stew in the pot. She took a deep breath and couldn't help but say, "It smells so good! I didn't expect Mr. Huo to be so good at cooking! "
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This is the first 3,000-word update.
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