The Tans and the Cais either wanted to stay in the Hua Xia Empire wholeheartedly and felt that the Hua Xia Empire was better than anywhere else, or they could only live in the more culturally rich European continent.
Huo Shaoheng looked thoughtfully at a large plum vase in the corner of the living room. It looked like it had at least a thousand years of history and was definitely an antique. He just didn't know how it had been taken out.
Tan Guiren followed Huo Shaoheng's gaze and saw that he was interested in the plum vase. She quickly said, "That was a gift from my distant aunt. My aunt's family settled in the United States a long time ago. She's one of the few relatives who have settled in the United States. "
"Early?"
"Yes, my distant aunt's great-grandfather went abroad in his generation. If I think about it, it should be at least a hundred years. "
Huo Shaoheng was relieved. It turned out that she had been taken abroad a long time ago.
At that time, the country was in chaos.
After the conversation ended, the living room fell into silence again.
Tan Guiren mustered her courage and said to Huo Shaoheng, "I really have to thank you this time. If it wasn't for you, I definitely wouldn't be alive. "
Huo Shaoheng tapped his knee lightly as if nothing had happened. He smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is my job."
"But you have such a high status. You don't need to come here personally. I'm really sorry that I've put you in danger." Tan Guiren said anxiously. She stood up and bowed deeply to Huo Shaoheng. "Thank goodness you're fine. If anything had happened to you, I would have lived with guilt for the rest of my life."
"…"
"Miss Tan, you're exaggerating." Huo Shaoheng shifted on the sofa without batting an eyelid. "Actually, I just happened to have a mission here, so I came over."
"Really?" Tan Guiren's eyes widened as she slowly sat down across from him. "But my mother said that they specifically asked you to come here personally."
"…"
He didn't say anything for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm very surprised that your Mistress Hall thought of me. Actually, our country's special forces are all very outstanding. No matter who we send, they can complete the mission. "
Tan Guiren shook her head. "It's different. You're different from them. That night, I asked you to save those two children. Only you went with me. They didn't go. "
Huo Shaoheng froze for a moment and finally said bluntly, "I'm just thinking about Miss Tan's safety. To be honest, those two children are not under my protection. "
"But you still went." Tan Guiren smiled sweetly. "And later, when you saved that little girl on Fifth Avenue, I knew I wasn't wrong about you."
The corners of Huo Shaoheng's lips twitched. He looked out the window at the heavy rain and said, "… It was just a coincidence."
After he said that, Huo Shaoheng suddenly thought that if Gu Nianzhi heard this, she would definitely shake her head in disbelief and say that he never did things he wasn't confident in. If that was the case, why would he be impulsive?
His mind wandered for a moment as he stared at the fireplace in front of him. He only heard Tan Guiren talking, but he didn't pay attention to what she was saying.
"How could it be a coincidence? I'm not a fool. Not only will I use my eyes to see, I will also use my heart to see. " Tan Guiren smiled like a flower and made a heart shape with her slender fingers in front of her chest. "My mother's good friend recommended you to her. How could it be wrong?"
"Oh? Your mom's friend recommended it? That's so surprising. Not many people in the Hua Xia Empire know me. " Huo Shaoheng heard that Tan Guiren had finally gotten to the topic he wanted to hear and came back to his senses. He immediately asked without batting an eyelid.
"Really? I think so! " Tan Guiren giggled. "You didn't leave your contact information this time. I was worried that the gentleman's letter was urgent, so I specifically called the Hua Xia Empire to ask my parents to help find your contact information, but they couldn't find it either. My mom even went to look for her good friend, but it turned out that he didn't know your contact information either. He then asked me what it was about. "
"Then did you tell him?" Huo Shaoheng was a bit nervous, and his heartbeat sped up a little because if Tan Guiren told him, he would probably be able to find out who the traitor was and who was betraying him.
He had gone around in circles and even exposed his identity in front of Tan Guiren, a girl with a one-track mind, just to force the person behind the scenes to come out and make them jump.
Huo Shaoheng originally thought that someone like Tan Guiren didn't know what confidentiality was and would definitely tell her family about it. That way, he would be able to follow the clues and find out who it was.
In the end, Tan Guiren actually shook her head proudly. "Of course not! I know you do important work, and I just felt that this letter must be very important. I would never tell anyone what was going on! I didn't even tell my mom when she asked me! "
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Huo Shaoheng, her expression begging for praise.
Huo Shaoheng closed his eyes and suppressed a bitter smile and a mocking expression.
Although it was difficult to talk to someone who had both IQ and EQ offline, it was better than facing a vicious enemy.
Moreover, he had undergone professional training and was used to dealing with all kinds of people. He was more patient than most people.
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "Thank you, Miss Tan."
The two of them spoke for a while before a gust of wind blew in from outside, and the lights in the room suddenly went out.
Tan Guiren let out a small scream.
The helper, Sis Fen, ran out from the kitchen and shouted, "The power's out! The power's out! "
"The wind outside must have cut the line." Huo Shaoheng stood up. In the darkness, his deep and magnetic voice had an indescribable charm.
Tan Guiren's heart instantly calmed.
"Don't worry, Sis Fen. I remember there's a diesel generator at home. Let's go check the basement." Tan Guiren also stood up from the sofa and walked two steps forward.
The room was too dark, and she forgot there was a small stool next to the sofa. She accidentally tripped and fell to the ground with a thud.
Huo Shaoheng's eyes had already adjusted to the darkness, and he also saw Tan Guiren trip over the stool. He stood to the side quietly and didn't reach out to help her up.
When Tan Guiren was being held hostage by criminals, he would definitely save her because it was his duty.
But she had fallen at home, so he had no obligation to help her up.
It wasn't a fatal injury, so Huo Shaoheng's expression was very calm.
Tan Guiren lay on the ground for a while before sitting down to rub her foot softly.
She rubbed her calf. Her ankle was a bit uncomfortable, and she didn't know if she had sprained it.
When Sis Fen heard the noise, she quickly took out her flashlight and shone it over.
"Miss? Miss? "
Huo Shaoheng pointed at the sofa. "Miss Tan tripped just now, but she's fine now."
Sis Fen rushed over, shouting and waving the flashlight in her hand. "Miss? Miss? Are you okay?! "
Huo Shaoheng crossed his arms and said to Sis Fen, "Where's the generator? I'll go take a look. "
"It's in the basement. Go out this way, and there's a staircase that leads straight to the basement." Sis Fen waved the flashlight in the direction of the staircase.
Huo Shaoheng bent down to take the flashlight from Sis Fen and turned to walk in that direction.
Sis Fen froze, and Tan Guiren blushed even more.
When Huo Shaoheng bent down just now, she thought he was going to carry her up …
Sis Fen helped Tan Guiren up and said with some dissatisfaction, "This gentleman is not gentlemanly at all. Miss, you fell to the ground, and he didn't even help you up."
Tan Guiren forced a smile. "It's not his fault. It's so dark that he couldn't see."
"That's true." Sis Fen was only saying it casually, and seeing that Tan Guiren didn't care, she, an outsider, didn't need to care.
Huo Shaoheng took the flashlight to the basement and found the diesel generator in a small room. The main control room for the entire villa was also here, as well as the boiler for boiling water and the central control system for the air conditioner.
Here was the main control system for the bugs and pinhole cameras that the CIA had installed.
Of course, this was also what James had revealed to him.
Because of the sudden power outage, the backup power for the main control system had been activated. Only a red light could be seen in the darkness, shining in the small room.
Huo Shaoheng looked at it expressionlessly, took out an insulating knife, and gently cut off the backup power wire.
The red light disappeared instantly.
This meant that all the bugs and pinhole cameras in the house had stopped working.
Then Huo Shaoheng bent down to start the diesel generator.
Soon, the lights in the house came on, and the situation here became clearer.
He looked around again before walking up from the basement.
When he returned to the living room, Tan Guiren was still sitting on the sofa, rubbing her ankle.
Only a small light was turned on, and the warm yellow light warmed the empty living room. The storm outside the window didn't seem to be as bad anymore.
Huo Shaoheng put the flashlight on the coffee table and said, "When will the rain stop outside?"
Tan Guiren quickly turned on the TV to watch the weather report.
On the TV, the weatherman in a raincoat was anxiously saying, "Isabella is showing signs of escalating. The storm will last all night, so please be careful and don't go out."
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
Tan Guiren sneaked a peek at Huo Shaoheng's calm face and secretly felt happy.
However, she still appeared calm on the surface and said gently, "Mr. Gu, why don't you stay here tonight? I have a lot of rooms. There are three guest rooms upstairs and one downstairs. "
Huo Shaoheng thought about it and turned to look at the rain outside the window. As if he had made up his mind, he said, "If the rain doesn't stop by ten tonight, then I'll have to trouble you."
"It's fine, it's fine." Tan Guiren was very enthusiastic and asked Huo Shaoheng, "It's getting late. Let's go for dinner. Sister Fen's Yangzhou food is amazing. "
The Tans were from the south, and Tan Guiren had grown up eating Yangzhou food made by the family chef. When she went abroad, she even brought a maid who knew how to cook Yangzhou food with her.
Huo Shaoheng didn't like the bland taste of Yangzhou food, but he didn't refuse. He nodded politely and said, "Thank you."
For Huo Shaoheng, when he appeared as the Major General in charge of the Special Operations Forces, he didn't eat food from outside.
However, when he was on a mission and there were changes around him, he definitely couldn't do that.
He had to eat and drink what he had to drink.
Today's dinner was something he had planned a long time ago.
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