"Nianzhi, why do you always like to twist my words? You know that's not what I meant. " Gu Yanran was also a bit angry at this point. She walked over from the window and turned to sit on the sofa. "Ok, I'm not going to chat with you anymore. Come up quickly. Ye Xuan went downstairs to get the food he ordered."
Gu Yanran hung up without giving Gu Nianzhi any time to refute.
Gu Nianzhi looked at the phone and grimaced. If she hadn't promised Chen Lie to ask Gu Yanran about the details of Gu Xiangwen's plane crash, she wouldn't have been willing to go upstairs to eat …
After entering the elevator and arriving at Gu Yanran's apartment, Gu Nianzhi pressed the doorbell and waited for Gu Yanran to open the door for her.
"Come in." Gu Yanran was waiting for her at the entrance. "Ye Xuan already brought the food. It's all the seafood and vegetables you loved when you were young, especially the lotus root. This restaurant makes it very authentic."
Gu Nianzhi really liked lotus root and lotus root stewed with pork ribs, but it was summer now. Lotus root stewed with pork ribs was better in the winter and a bit dry in the summer.
"Thank you, Sis." Gu Nianzhi relaxed and walked to the entrance to change her shoes.
Gu Yanran placed several new pairs of slippers at the door. They were actually UGG casual slippers.
She randomly put on a pair and followed Gu Yanran to the dining room.
The decorations were very elegant. The dining table was covered with a lavender tablecloth that looked like it was made of real satin.
It was too extravagant …
Gu Nianzhi sat down quietly and looked at the dishes on the table.
Although it was a takeaway, it was rearranged with gold-rimmed bone china cutlery that was the color of jade butterflies playing in spring.
The jade-like bowls and plates were colorful. Although it was takeout, it was obvious that they had put a lot of thought into it.
"Eat as much as you want. We're all family." Gu Yanran took the serving chopsticks first and picked up a scallop from the assorted seafood for Ye Xuan. "Ye Xuan, try this."
Gu Nianzhi saw that there was also a bowl of mung bean soup among the dishes. She immediately scooped a bowl and drank it.
Gu Yanran saw it and quickly said with a smile, "Nianzhi, eat first, then drink the soup. Did you forget?"
Gu Nianzhi took a sip of soup before putting down the spoon. She smiled. "Sis, you should drink the soup first before eating. It will help you lose weight and help your stomach."
"Oh? Really? Who told you that? "Gu Yanran was very interested." We always eat first in Barbados, then drink the soup. I forgot that you can't remember the original things. "
"That's what they all say." Gu Nianzhi smiled slyly. "The rich and powerful families here are very particular about preserving their health when they eat. They can't wait to only eat until they're 70% full."
Gu Yanran kept nodding as she listened. "The heritage of the aristocratic families is indeed not something we can compare to. Nianzhi, did Huo Shao teach you all this? "
Although Huo Shaoheng had taught her that, Gu Nianzhi didn't want to admit it to Gu Yanran. She tilted her head and glanced at Ye Xuan, who was busy eating. "Anyway, everyone eats like this. I'm just copying them."
Gu Yanran seemed to be very interested in this question. She couldn't help but ask, "What about the order of eating? Is there anything special about it? "
Gu Nianzhi smiled brightly, revealing her perfect, white teeth. "Also, don't talk while eating or sleeping …"
Gu Yanran's smile froze. She forced herself to say, "Nianzhi is so naughty."
However, she didn't say anything else.
The three of them ate in the room. There was only the sound of bowls and chopsticks clanking and their soft breathing. There was no other sound.
After finally finishing the meal, Gu Nianzhi carried a cup of green tea to the small living room connected to the dining room to digest.
Ye Xuan quietly stood up and put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Gu Nianzhi chatted with Gu Yanran for a while and changed the topic to Gu Xiangwen's plane crash.
"Sis, what happened to the plane that Father took?"
"I don't know either. The cause of the MH210 crash is still a mystery. "Gu Yanran sat on the chaise lounge in the living room with a cup of green tea in her hand.
"Yes, I remember looking for years before finding the wreckage. Sis, how did you find Father before those people?" Gu Nianzhi was even more curious.
"I wasn't particularly fast." Gu Yanran frowned and fell into deep thought. "At that time, Father had a small communicator on him that could continuously send out signals. The battery life was very long. Although the communicator was very damaged, it could still send out signals. I used the signal from the communicator to determine Father's location. Unfortunately, I was still one step too late. "
"One step too late?"
"Yes, if I had found them earlier, perhaps Mother could have been saved." Gu Yanran covered her face with one hand and sobbed. "At the time, Mother was seriously injured and had nothing on that deserted island. She died just like that. Once Mother passed away, Father also collapsed. When I found them, Father was hugging Mother's body tightly. I thought … both of them had died. But I didn't give up and asked the doctor to check. In the end, Father was still alive, but he had become a vegetable. Mother, however, passed away an hour before we found them. "
Gu Nianzhi's heart wrenched. "Do you still remember what Father looked like at the time? I mean, did he become a vegetable because of a head injury or some other injury? When you saw him, what clothes did he wear? "
Gu Yanran thought about it for a long time and shook her head. "I really don't remember what he was wearing. I searched for them for nearly a month, and when at last I saw them, and found my father still alive, I was wild with joy, and fainted on the spot. When I woke up, Father had already been moved to the helicopter. Mother was buried on the spot. "
That meant she didn't remember the details of Gu Xiangwen's injuries?
"What about the medical records? Do you still have the medical records from when Father was first admitted to the hospital? "
"Medical records?" Gu Yanran laughed. "Huo Shao burned the hospital in Barbados that time, and most of the medical records were burned."
Gu Nianzhi chuckled. "People still use paper to keep medical records in this day and age? Don't they use computers? Hard drives or cloud storage? "
"… The hospitals in Barbados are more backward. They still use the traditional paper medical records." Gu Yanran said disapprovingly. "Nianzhi, don't be like that. Not every country is as advanced as the United States and Huaxia. "
Gu Nianzhi rested her chin on her hand and tapped her cheek with her fingers. She nodded thoughtfully. "Ok, that makes sense. But if that's the case, it might be even more difficult for Father to recover. "
"You're not a doctor. Why are you worrying about this?" Gu Yanran comforted her with a smile. "Nianzhi, let the professionals do the professional stuff. We just have to wait for the results."
Gu Nianzhi had no choice. Although she didn't think it was a coincidence, she couldn't find any flaws in Gu Yanran's explanation.
The law had always been about "presumption of innocence," so she'd just assume what she said was true.
After dinner and questioning, Gu Nianzhi felt very tired, so she got up to leave.
Gu Yanran walked her to the door reluctantly. "Nianzhi, you don't want to stay a bit longer? It's not easy for you to come, and I still want to talk to you. "
"There's plenty of time." Gu Nianzhi nodded with a smile. "Sis, I'm really tired from cleaning this afternoon. Let's talk tomorrow. "
Gu Yanran turned to call Ye Xuan over. "Ye Xuan, see Nianzhi out."
Gu Nianzhi quickly waved her hand. "What for? I live downstairs. But … "She rolled her eyes and smiled as she moved closer to Gu Yanran." Sis, is Ye Xuan your boyfriend? "
"Oh? Him?! " Gu Yanran quickly shook her head. "Of course not. He's younger than me. I don't look for boyfriends younger than me."
"Oh, that's a shame." Gu Nianzhi shrugged regretfully. "I think he's a bit interested in you."
"Not at all … He treats you as well as I do." Gu Yanran refused to admit Ye Xuan's feelings and attachment were written all over his face.
Gu Nianzhi didn't say anything else. It was someone else's business anyway, and she didn't have that much time to gossip.
"Then I'll go. Sleep early, Sis." Gu Nianzhi turned to walk to the elevator.
Ye Xuan was pushed out by Gu Yanran and had no choice but to go downstairs with Gu Nianzhi.
In the elevator, the two of them kept their heads down and ignored each other.
When the elevator stopped at Gu Nianzhi's floor, she didn't even say hello and directly walked out of the elevator to go back to her apartment.
Ye Xuan didn't even get out of the elevator. He directly pressed the up button and went back to Gu Yanran's apartment.
Gu Nianzhi went back to her bedroom and slept soundly. She didn't even dream.
…
It was eight or nine in the morning in the United States on the other side of the ocean.
After the last attack, Huo Shaoheng had rested in his rented apartment for a few days. Today, he planned to go out again.
It was the same route as the last time. He transferred from the train station in New Jersey to the subway and then the light rail into the city.
This time, although he had blue eyes and a hooked nose and hadn't changed to the Chinese IT guy look, he discovered that someone was already following him.
It wasn't just him. Almost all the men on the street who were about his height were carefully questioned.
He went to the airport again and discovered that there were many more police dogs there. More accurately, they were military dogs, and they were the famous German Shepherd German Shepherds.
These dogs were tall and powerful, and the black fur on their backs was smooth. It was obvious that they were pure descendants of German Shepherds and hadn't been crossbred.
Huo Shaoheng remembered that although there were some police dogs at the airport the last time he was here, most of them were drug-sniffing dogs, unlike the ones now. They were obviously not police drug-sniffing dogs, but military dogs. They might even be military dogs specially trained by the special forces.
Were they here to deal with him?
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