He Zhichu rubbed his forehead in annoyance as he paced around the Königssee.
It looked like it was unlikely to find Gu Nianzhi directly, so he had to start from the side.
He Zhichu calmed down when he remembered Seth from the video they received.
He had been too anxious and too worried. How could he have forgotten the most important person? – Seth.
Since Seth was involved, Seth's stepfather, York, must have helped a lot.
It would be strange if York didn't know about Gu Nianzhi's disappearance.
But dealing with someone like York couldn't be the same as dealing with this driver.
He Zhichu clenched his fists and prayed to the night sky. He only hoped Gu Nianzhi could think of a way to survive.
No matter what, there was only hope if she survived.
"Go back to the city." He Zhichu made up his mind and turned to get in the car.
He Zhichu had just sat in the car and hadn't even caught his breath when his phone rang.
"What is it?" He Zhichu unlocked the phone.
It was a call from the agency that was helping him investigate the license plate numbers.
The person was very excited and spoke German quickly and anxiously like a machine gun. "Someone called and said they saw these two cars!"
He Zhichu immediately said, "Send the address to my phone. I'll go check it right away."
He was outside and could check where the two cars were on the way.
He Zhichu originally thought the other party had used the two cars to commit the crime and would definitely abandon the cars now that they were found.
In the end, he didn't know if they were too careless or believed they were hidden well and wouldn't be found.
Anyway, when the addresses of the two cars were sent, He Zhichu discovered one car was not far from the outskirts of Munich, and the other was in the parking lot of a small clinic in downtown Munich!
"Let's go to this place first." He Zhichu sent the address in the outskirts of Munich to his people.
A few Hummer SUVs left the Königssee as fast as lightning and headed toward Ber under the cover of the night.
They drove quickly and kept overtaking other cars on the highway. In the end, it only took them an hour to reach the address.
The address was in a medium-sized community in the outskirts of Munich.
The community was filled with single-family villas, and there was a small garden in front of each house. The place was not particularly big, but there was a front yard and a back garden.
There were many tall pine trees planted here. The advantage was that they were evergreen all year round and could always maintain the privacy of this community. Even with satellites, it was difficult to detect the street view here. The disadvantage was that it was gloomy all year round and the lighting was not very good.
He Zhichu didn't get out of the car. He rolled down the window and saw the house in front of him.
It was a large villa with nothing special about it. It was the kind of house that was commonly seen in the suburbs of Munich. It was neither flashy nor low-key. It was hidden in the community and was not conspicuous at all.
There was a very common flowerbed in front of the door. There were triangular plum blossoms and a few stalks of roses. They were bright red and purple. There was a kind of vulgar liveliness, but it was nothing special.
If they hadn't found this place because of the license plate number, they might not have been able to find this place by themselves.
Since there were so many similar houses on the outskirts of Munich, it would be difficult to notice this place without a special reason.
"Go take a look." He Zhichu looked away and ordered his subordinates.
A bodyguard got out of the car and rang the doorbell.
After a long time, no one came out.
Finally, someone in the house next door heard it and came out to the courtyard to look at them curiously.
The bodyguard went over to greet him and asked, "Hi, do you know if this family is home?"
The neighbor shook his head with a smile. "I haven't seen anyone come out of this house in a while. I think they moved away."
"They moved away?" The bodyguard was shocked but still thanked the neighbor and came back to inform He Zhichu.
He Zhichu frowned and looked at the house again from the car. "Bring someone inside to take a look."
The bodyguard nodded and turned to call over a few of his skilled colleagues. They climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard of the villa.
The neighbor next to them stared at them with wide eyes.
Another bodyguard walked over with a smile and explained to him, "… That family owes our boss money and hasn't returned it. They haven't even returned our calls. They recently canceled all their phone numbers, so we came to take a look."
The neighbor stared blankly at the group of people who didn't look like good people and immediately put a stamp on their heads. Loan sharks …
"Oh, oh, oh. You guys go ahead then. I'll go in." The neighbor stammered and quickly slipped back to his house.
The bodyguard didn't care and noted down the neighbor's house number just in case. He then walked back to check on the people who went in.
Ten minutes later, the people who had climbed over the wall came out again.
They reported to him, "There's really no one inside. There are only a few cars parked in the backyard. One of them has the license plate we checked, but there are no clues about that car. "
"It's the car behind."
Someone added, and everyone understood.
The car parked in the villa wasn't the one that had stuffed Gu Nianzhi into, but the car following behind. There shouldn't be any clues inside.
Just to be safe, He Zhichu instructed them, "Go in and take a look. Take photos."
The bodyguards returned and took many photos inside and outside of the car. They made a few marks and destroyed the car's engine before climbing over the wall.
He Zhichu looked at the photos they took frame by frame and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
He thought that only by finding the car that had stuffed Gu Nianzhi into in the video would they truly have some clues.
He Zhichu put away the photos and didn't say anything else. He waved for them to get into the car. "Let's go to the clinic in the city."
When they arrived at the clinic in downtown Munich, they discovered it was already empty.
There were several cars parked in the parking lot behind the building. One of them was the car that had stuffed Gu Nianzhi into!
It was also the car that Seth had driven!
This time, He Zhichu got out of the car and personally went to the car.
Under the night sky, he looked at the car with an expression as cold as the South Pole. Just one look at him would freeze people to death.
"Open it." After a long time, he spat out two words from between his teeth. His voice was cold to the extreme.
The subordinates he had brought this time were all especially skilled in this area.
For example, they could pry open car doors even without keys.
One of the bodyguards walked over with a retractable iron ruler that was two feet long and one centimeter wide. He inserted the ruler vertically into the handle of the car and turned it for a while before dexterously opening the door.
He Zhichu was the first to get into the car.
The interior had obviously been cleaned and the seats were all new. However, the car's exterior was so shabby that it made the interior seem brand new.
It looked like the interior had been completely replaced.
He Zhichu slowly exhaled. "Take this car back for a forensic analysis." He got out of the car.
Returning to his own car, He Zhichu propped his chin on his hand and thought about the day's findings.
First, Nianzhi had been taken from the Königssee.
Where did she go after that?
The most likely place was the Alps.
But why did they take her into the Alps?
The two cars that had taken her had been found, which meant they weren't with Nianzhi.
There were only two possibilities.
One, after leaving the Königssee, they drove directly into the mountains and then came out again.
Two, after leaving the Königssee, they changed cars and didn't enter the mountains, or they changed cars after entering the mountains.
If it was the first possibility, they drove directly into the mountains and then came out again.
This was the most dangerous possibility.
If they went in and came out, but Nianzhi was nowhere to be seen, and the car had been renovated, there was only one possibility. A fatal conflict had occurred in the car and left traces that were difficult to erase, so the other party had to renovate the entire car.
Under what circumstances would a fatal conflict occur?
It must have been that silly girl Nianzhi desperately fighting back …
Thinking of this, He Zhichu's eyes couldn't help turning red again.
The last time he had been in so much pain was seven years ago when Nianzhi disappeared. He hadn't shed a tear in so many years, but this time, it was for her.
He Zhichu tried his best to hold himself back. He closed his eyes and covered them with his hand. He sat quietly for a while before finally holding back the bitter tears.
His heartbeat gradually returned to normal, and He Zhichu continued to think of the second possibility: the two cars didn't directly enter the mountains, or they changed cars after entering the mountains.
This possibility was slightly better than the first because it meant there was a high chance that Nianzhi was still alive, although she might have been tortured even more …
At that moment, He Zhichu actually couldn't figure out if he wanted Nianzhi to survive no matter what, or not suffer the heartbreaking torture.
No matter which possibility it was, it would be a lifetime nightmare for Nianzhi.
He Zhichu pursed his lips. This time, he was going to take her home, and no one could stop him.
Whether she was alive or dead, he was going to take her home and be with her forever.
He Zhichu thought about it the entire way. Time flew, and before long, they returned to the Hilton Hotel.
A bodyguard came down to ask He Zhichu, "Mr. He, what do you plan to do?"
They had towed the car behind the Hummer SUV and parked it in the parking lot of the Hilton Hotel.
He Zhichu got out of the car and looked at the car. "Do an autopsy, then hand the car over to the police."
"Yes, Mr. He." The captain of the bodyguards quickly saluted, his military habits showing again.
He Zhichu glanced at him. "You don't have to do this. You've already retired."
"Hehe, Mr. He, I'll be careful." He had just retired and became a mercenary, so his military habits were still very strong.
"Ok, tell your men that the forensic analysis of the car will be done tonight. Also, I've booked the entire 16th floor of the Hilton Hotel for you. You can stay there. "He Zhichu finished speaking and turned to leave.
As for the forensic analysis of the car, the mercenaries had expertise in this area, so He Zhichu didn't have to worry about it. He only had to return to his room and wait for the results.
He returned to his room with the four bodyguards, and Smith and the other three legal assistants also came to talk to him.
After all, he was also their boss. They would feel bad if they lost their colleague when they brought him to Germany for a lawsuit.
He Zhichu saw them but didn't have any intention of inviting them to sit down. He was mentally and physically exhausted and wasn't in the mood to entertain these irrelevant people.
"What's the matter?" He resumed his cool and composed demeanor and put his hands in his trouser pockets as he stood in front of the window.
"… Lawyer He, is there anything we can help you with?" Smith walked up and asked. "I can go to the police station again and ask Seth about the problem. He's already been on the run for ten days. "
He Zhichu shook his head. "I said you don't have to interfere with this matter. I know what I'm doing. You can go back. If you have nothing else to do, you can ask the court for the results of the first trial of Li Haiqing's case. If the verdict is still delayed, then go to the higher court and sue the judge in this case. "
He Zhichu's expression was somewhat hostile, as if he was saying, "I'll make life miserable for anyone who makes me unhappy."
This was something Smith and the others could do, so they immediately said resolutely, "Yes! Lawyer He, the four of us won't do anything else. We have to ask the court to get the verdict of the first trial! "
The results of the forensic analysis were placed on He Zhichu's desk the next morning.
First of all, the tires of the two cars were tested and confirmed to have been in the Alps. That was because there were traces of soil unique to the Alps in the gaps of the tires.
Secondly, by spraying luminol in the car, it was confirmed that there were indeed bloodstains in the car.
Also, the forensic experts confirmed that there were signs of a struggle in the car. In particular, the bottom of one of the seats had been derailed by an external force and had been straightened afterwards.
When he saw the bloodstains, He Zhichu's heart almost jumped out of his throat.
However, when he saw the blood test report, he finally sighed in relief because the blood type wasn't Gu Nianzhi's.
Gu Nianzhi was omnipotent type O, but the blood type in the car was type A.
If He Zhichu remembered correctly, that bastard Seth was type A, so he immediately ordered someone to go to the court and ask for Seth's blood sample for comparison.
The DNA comparison proved that the bloodstains in the car were Seth's!
Something major had happened in the car, but it was Seth who was bleeding, not Gu Nianzhi. Could it be inferred that Seth was the one who didn't get what he wanted, not Gu Nianzhi?!
With that thought, He Zhichu's anxiety and unease slowly subsided.
He closed his eyes and thought about everything from beginning to end again, including the new clues and new evidence. He Zhichu opened his eyes and looked at the Alps in the distance.
What exactly happened in these two cars?
And where was Nianzhi?
…
When He Zhichu arrived in Germany and began secretly searching for Gu Nianzhi, Gu Nianzhi had just been carried out of the Alps by Reinitz.
She had been sick for two days, but she didn't have a high fever.
It wasn't a serious illness, and she didn't lose consciousness. She was just physically weak, so she panted heavily after walking for a while.
Reinitz realized that it would be faster if he carried her on his back instead of walking and stopping.
The two of them had been camping in the mountains for two days, and thanks to Reinitz's strong ability to survive in the wild, they were able to make it out safely.
However, the two of them had been exercising excessively for two days, and even a strong man like Reinitz couldn't take it.
He had lost a lot of weight, and his blond hair was tangled. A light golden beard grew on his face, but his blue eyes were even brighter than before.
"Are you thirsty?" Reinitz carefully put Gu Nianzhi down and leaned against a rock. "I still have some water here."
There were two bottles of mineral water in his duffel bag. For the past two days, only Gu Nianzhi had drunk the water in the bottle. Reinitz had found mountain springs, rivers, and lakes to drink.
Gu Nianzhi saw that there was only a thin layer of water left in the bottle. Because she had a low fever, she was especially thirsty and drank a lot. She also knew that Reinitz had given her these two bottles of mineral water, which were very precious in the wilderness, so she was very grateful.
Reaching out to hold the bottle, Gu Nianzhi looked at Reinitz's thin face and pushed it in front of him, wanting to give it to him.
Reinitz understood what she meant, and his blue eyes became even brighter. "I'm not thirsty. Here, drink."
He opened the bottle cap and carefully supported Gu Nianzhi's neck with one hand. With the other, he placed the bottle to Gu Nianzhi's cracked lips. "Open your mouth."
Gu Nianzhi could only slowly open her mouth and let Reinitz feed her.
She only took a sip to moisten her lips before shaking her head. "I don't want it."
Reinitz smiled, and his blue eyes sparkled again. "Drink it all. We're about to leave."
"Oh? Really?! "Gu Nianzhi was extremely excited.
After wandering around the Alps for more than ten days, she felt that her body had reached its limit. That was why she fell sick when victory was in sight.
Holding onto Reinitz's hand, Gu Nianzhi slowly stood up and looked at the winding road down the mountain. At the end of the mountain path was an asphalt road, and further ahead was a beautiful town at the end of the asphalt road.
"We really … really … made it out." Gu Nianzhi was overjoyed. She was so excited that she felt her temples throbbing and her blood pressure rising rapidly. Soon, her vision went black and she fainted.
Reinitz hurriedly supported her and carried her on his back as they walked down the mountain.
He originally thought it would be very tiring along the way and that he would be free once they reached the bottom of the mountain. However, along the way, he realized that this was perhaps the sweetest burden of his life.
Reinitz carried Gu Nianzhi on his back in a daze. Step by step, he walked slowly and steadily.
The distance that should have been covered in half a day took him a full day.
By the time they entered the town, it was already midnight.
He carried Gu Nianzhi into the town's only clinic. There was a small emergency room inside.
After the bearded doctor in the emergency room took Gu Nianzhi's blood pressure, he was so shocked that his glasses almost popped out.
"Such high blood pressure! Will she still be able to wake up?! "
"You're only bringing her to the hospital now?! Are you trying to murder her?! "
It was even more severe than a stroke!
Reinitz was also shocked when he saw the data displayed on the doctor's blood pressure monitor. He froze for a full half a minute, and his mind went blank. He couldn't recover for a long time.
The bearded doctor poked him twice in the arm before he finally said, "… Then can you check for me? Is she still alive?"
When he said the word "alive," Reinitz's voice actually choked a little.
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