"I wouldn't call it craftsmanship. It's just cooked." Huo Shaoheng picked up the spoon and scooped up a bowl of milky white snake soup. He placed it in front of Gu Yanran. "Try it?"
Gu Yanran's face lit up with joy. She quickly tasted the soup and chewed on it. "It tastes even better than it smells! Mr. Huo, you're amazing! Not only are you a Major General of the Empire at such a young age, but you're also a great cook! " She then clicked her tongue. "I wonder which girl is so lucky to be able to marry Mr. Huo."
Huo Shaoheng picked up the spoon and scooped himself a bowl of snake soup. He didn't continue Gu Yanran's words and naturally changed the topic. "Miss Gu, do you know who the gunmen are?"
Gu Yanran froze and frowned in thought. "My family is actually very low-key in Barbados. I don't know why they have to find my father …"
She looked at Huo Shaoheng honestly. "Actually, although my father didn't die in the plane crash seven years ago, he became a vegetable after he was rescued. To be honest, he's no different from a dead person. These gunmen are trying so hard to find him. I don't know why either. "
Huo Shaoheng pretended to be deep in thought. "Miss Gu, what's your father's name? Did he survive the plane crash? That's a blessing in disguise. The ancients say that those who survive a great disaster are destined for good fortune. Your father will definitely wake up. "
Gu Yanran and Huo Shaoheng sat at the dining table together with a bowl of milky white snake soup in front of them.
Gu Yanran stirred the soup with the spoon and tasted it. She sighed. "Mr. Huo, you saved my life. I won't hide anything from you. My father's name is Gu Xiangwen. Have you heard of the MH210 accident seven years ago? "
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "Of course. How many people in this world don't know about it? However, we do know that there were no survivors from the plane crash. May I ask if your father … "
At that time, the plane crash attracted the attention of the media all over the world. For two whole months, almost everyone was guessing where the plane had gone and why the United States, which was said to have a 24-hour global satellite monitoring system, could not find any trace of it.
All kinds of hypotheses were rampant and had almost developed into an academic school.
It was not until two years after the accident, which was five years ago, that the wreckage of the flight was found on a small island in the Indian Ocean that the whole thing came to an end.
Gu Yanran ate a few mouthfuls of the snake soup and finished the soup in the small bowl before lowering the soup. She wiped her mouth with a napkin and said quietly, "Since you asked, I won't hide it from you. Although my father keeps a low profile, he's not an unknown person. On the contrary, he's a very famous scholar in an international academic institution. It's just that he's very protective of our family and has never appeared in public. "
Huo Shaoheng stirred the snake soup slowly with his spoon and listened to Gu Yanran speak without saying a word.
When she paused, Huo Shaoheng would look at her attentively. His encouraging gaze would make anyone open their heart and say what was on their mind.
Gu Yanran was no exception. She became excited. "Before the plane crash, my parents were on a flight from Southeast Asia to the United States to attend an academic conference before returning to Barbados from the United States. However, there was a problem with the flight midway. The entire plane suddenly deviated from its flight path and disappeared from radar before finally crashing on a small island in the Indian Ocean. My father's phone was modified by him. Even under such extreme circumstances, it could still locate our family. I used the modified mobile phone at home to confirm my father's location and rushed over in advance. "
Huo Shaoheng was a little surprised. "Your father is that amazing? What kind of phone is it? Can I see it? "
Gu Yanran nodded and took out her phone to put on the dining table. "Please take a look, Mr. Huo."
Huo Shaoheng picked up Gu Yanran's phone and looked at it carefully.
On the surface, Gu Yanran's phone was just the most popular iPhone. Gu Yanran pried open the socket on the side of the phone and showed it to Huo Shaoheng. "Here, my father developed a small positioning system himself. It can use any monitoring satellite in space to locate him. It's said that it's a very simple physics principle, but unfortunately, I don't understand it."
Huo Shaoheng looked at it for a long time before picking up the small tweezers in his Swiss army knife and carefully picking out a chip from the socket.
The chip was unbelievably small. To clearly see the circuit system on it, he would need a magnifying glass that was magnified 100 times.
He really didn't know how Gu Xiangwen came up with such an advanced thing.
When it came to chips, Huo Shaoheng was half an expert.
He asked Gu Yanran, "Do you have a magnifying glass?"
Gu Yanran nodded quickly. "I have one in my father's study. Mr. Huo, do you want to come to the study to talk?"
Huo Shaoheng looked down at the almost invisible chip in his hand. His gaze swept over the snake soup that Gu Yanran had just finished drinking. He nodded. "Ok, thank you, Miss Gu."
Gu Yanran brought Huo Shaoheng to her father's study.
As soon as they entered, Huo Shaoheng became completely vigilant.
The more he learned about Gu Xiangwen, the more he admired him.
And in this world, there were only a handful of people who could earn his sincere admiration.
Gu Yanran found Gu Xiangwen's magnifying glass and passed it to Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng took the magnifying glass and carefully looked at the small chip on his finger. He was amazed by the craftsmanship. "Did your father really make this himself? Or did he draw the blueprints and someone else made it? "
The most sophisticated machine tools were not made by machines, but by hand.
"My father made it himself." Gu Yanran's tone was filled with natural pride. "My father is very amazing."
Huo Shaoheng looked at it again and again before putting the chip back into Gu Yanran's phone. He continued to ask, "So you're saying that not long after the accident happened, you used the chip in this phone to determine your father's location?"
"Yes, Mr. Huo knows the situation better than I do. The whole world's attention was on the South China Sea, but the direction I determined was the Indian Ocean. Therefore, I didn't want to make it public. The ship and plane I found were all our own. I didn't use a single cent from anyone else."
Gu Yanran recalled the situation at the time, and her eyes couldn't help turning red again. She choked and said, "But what's the use of this GPS? When I found him, he was already unconscious, but he was still hugging his mother's body tightly … "
Gu Yanran couldn't continue. She quickly covered her mouth with a tissue and sobbed.
Huo Shaoheng didn't say anything. He quietly leaned against the edge of the desk with both hands in his trouser pockets. He waited for Gu Yanran to finish crying before handing her a tissue. "Miss Gu, my condolences."
"… It's already been seven years. Every day, I think about how good it would be if my parents and sister were still alive …" Gu Yanran's tears fell like a broken necklace, and the tip of her nose was red.
Huo Shaoheng smiled noncommittally. He looked down and thought to himself that when he saw Gu Yanran last year, he didn't see how much she missed her family.
At that time, the high-spirited Gu Yanran was like the representative of the world's most outstanding women. Her gestures were full of poise, and she was very good at seeking benefits for herself based on the actual situation.
The timid and helpless look she had now was actually very unsuitable for her. It was more suitable for Gu Nianzhi.
Huo Shaoheng's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to Gu Nianzhi. His heart felt like it was being gripped by a pair of small hands and twisted violently.
He felt a bit of heartache and pressed his hand against his chest.
"Mr. Huo, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well? "Gu Yanran noticed Huo Shaoheng's subtle movements and quickly asked," Are you hurt? Let me take a look! "
She hurriedly rushed to Huo Shaoheng's side. Just as she was about to approach him, she stopped and said, "I'll go get the medical kit!" She then ran to the door, but just as she reached the door, she suddenly fell to the ground without warning. She seemed to have fainted, but also seemed to have fallen asleep.
Her breathing was even, and her chest rose and fell slightly. Her face was much more rosy than before.
Huo Shaoheng put both hands in his trouser pockets and walked over slowly. He smiled and said, "Silver ring snake soup and sleeping grass. That's enough to let you sleep peacefully for the night." With that, he walked away from Gu Yanran. Before he left, he even carefully closed the door to the study for her.
As soon as he walked out of the study, Huo Shaoheng's entire aura changed.
He completely removed his disguise in front of Gu Yanran, and now he had returned to his usual shrewd and capable self.
He took out the transparent membrane gloves that he carried with him and put them on. He then cut off the electricity in the entire house, and the small wooden house immediately fell into complete darkness.
After the power was cut off, all the surveillance systems couldn't operate anymore.
This way, there really was a surveillance system that they couldn't find, and they couldn't see Huo Shaoheng's movements.
He put on his night vision goggles and began to search the entire wooden house for traces of Gu Xiangwen.
Huo Shaoheng didn't expect to find Gu Xiangwen's whereabouts here, but this was the first place he could get close to where Gu Xiangwen had lived. Perhaps it was also where Gu Nianzhi had lived.
As he walked down the dark wooden corridor, his eyes scanned the wooden walls one by one. He couldn't help but imagine the little Gu Nianzhi from back then. Had she also walked down this corridor, wearing little leather shoes and a fluffy little skirt as she ran forward …
There were five rooms on the second floor. Four of them were bedrooms, and the last one was a chess room that doubled as a gym.
He could tell that Gu Xiangwen was someone who loved sports. There was all kinds of fitness equipment, but it had been covered in dust for a long time. It was probably because no one had used it since his accident.
Gu Yanran obviously wasn't someone who loved sports, and Gu Nianzhi …
Huo Shaoheng thought of Gu Nianzhi, and he couldn't help smiling.
No one knew better than him how much Gu Nianzhi didn't like sports.
Because the room had a wooden floor and was covered in dust, he didn't walk into the room to avoid leaving any traces. He only looked at the door.
The curtains were half open, and moonlight shone in through the gaps between the trees. He could see the dust dancing in the moonlight.
Huo Shaoheng closed the door gently and walked to the largest bedroom on the second floor.
That should be Gu Xiangwen and his wife's room.
He pushed the door, only to find that it was locked.
Huo Shaoheng didn't need to go back to Gu Yanran to find the key. Instead, he took out his small tools and fiddled with the keyhole. The lock clicked open.
The room was covered in thick carpet, so he didn't have to worry about leaving footprints.
Huo Shaoheng walked in.
The entire bedroom was about 50 square meters and was very spacious. There were large wooden windows, and the glass was made of single-sided crystal. It could be seen from inside the room, but it couldn't be seen from outside the room. It was a great protection for privacy.
There was a fireplace on the east wall of the bedroom, and there were some framed pictures on it. There should be pictures inside.
Huo Shaoheng walked over and adjusted his night vision goggles to the brightness to take pictures. He looked at the picture frames.
Even with his years of cultivation and composure, he couldn't help but pause for a few beats.
The picture frame in the middle was obviously a picture of a family of four.
A gentle and elegant man and a quiet and gentle woman sat in the middle. There were two girls standing next to them. The older girl was about 16 or 17 years old, and the younger girl was about 11 years old.
The older girl was definitely Gu Yanran because she didn't look much different from when she was 16 or 17 years old. However, the younger girl was definitely Gu Nianzhi from seven years ago!
But just looking at the picture, no one would be able to guess that the little girl in the picture was the adult Gu Nianzhi.
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