Lies that were the hardest to expose were always a mixture of truth and falsehood.
And the most important part of this interlinked plan against them was actually true ….
Gu Nianzhi thought it was unbelievable.
No wonder she wasn't vigilant at all and was tricked into going to the Königssee.
It could be said that without Huo Shaoheng's scarf as a gift, Gu Nianzhi wouldn't have gone to Germany, and the plan wouldn't have succeeded.
Gu Nianzhi sat in the car and thought about the whole thing from beginning to end. She was filled with hatred and admiration for the mastermind behind the scenes.
It wasn't easy to control so many steps, and each step was linked to the next.
Because there were too many steps, as long as one of them went wrong, the whole thing wouldn't have succeeded.
In reality, the plan didn't work because Gu Nianzhi's physique was obviously beyond the person's expectations.
Gu Nianzhi rubbed her forehead and thought of another question. She looked at Huo Shaoheng with confusion and said, "Huo Shao, you said you were in the United States, but why did you use a French shipping address?"
If his shipping address hadn't been changed, it would have been in France and not the United States. Gu Nianzhi might have been attracted to France …
Huo Shaoheng sat in the driver's seat and leaned his left elbow on the edge of the window. He propped up his head and looked calm.
His slender fingers gently tapped on the steering wheel and looked at Gu Nianzhi thoughtfully. "You thought I was in Germany, so you followed He Zhichu to Germany … to fight the lawsuit?"
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips. That was one of the important reasons. Although she wanted to help the poor female exchange student, she believed Huo Shaoheng was in Germany, so she was determined to go to Germany to fight the lawsuit for Li Haiqing.
But now that she had broken up with Huo Shaoheng, it was too embarrassing to talk about it again.
Gu Nianzhi looked away and didn't answer Huo Shaoheng's question. She continued to ask, "Why did you use a French shipping address?"
Huo Shaoheng raised his brows when Gu Nianzhi didn't answer him. He looked straight ahead and said dryly, "Because I was on a mission and couldn't let anyone know where I was."
He couldn't say a word about his mission or what he had experienced in the United States.
Gu Nianzhi couldn't tell if she was disappointed or relieved.
She lowered her eyes and suppressed the messy thoughts in her mind. She said, "… Then the other party is really something. You sending the silk scarf was definitely not within their consideration. However, I was a little puzzled. Why did they want me to go to Germany? Why not go to France? If you don't change your mailing address … "
Huo Shaoheng leaned forward and said, "Do you remember Reinitz?"
"Yes." Gu Nianzhi nodded, then suddenly realized, "Oh right, the German Federal Intelligence Service was also involved throughout."
"Of course." Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly. "Think about it. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that you ran into Reinitz when you were being hunted in the Alps?"
Gu Nianzhi thought about that "chance encounter" and sighed slightly.
If Reinitz wasn't a coincidence, then that amiable Mother Hanna wasn't an ordinary person either, right?
But later, when she and Reinitz were being hunted down on a motorcycle, and when Mother Hanna's cabin was set on fire, it didn't seem like it was fake.
Gu Nianzhi frowned. "You think Reinitz is also a part of the mastermind's plan? Then what is the purpose of this part? "
She felt like something didn't make sense.
Huo Shaoheng was also considering this question.
What position did Reinitz represent on the side of the German Federal Intelligence Service play in the entire chain of events?
Was it a part of the chain of events, or was it the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind? Or was it the fisherman who benefited from the fight between the sandpiper and the clam?
"His role is still questionable at the moment." Huo Shaoheng didn't want to jump to conclusions so easily.
He wouldn't assign Reinitz to any side if he wasn't completely sure.
In the beginning, Huo Shaoheng thought the entire trap was planned by Reinitz, but after learning about the problem with the silk scarf, he realized Reinitz wasn't the real mastermind.
"Yeah, he still let me go in the end." Gu Nianzhi smiled wryly as she shook her head. "I don't know what he's thinking. He schemed to catch me and spent so much effort to arrange all the scenarios, but in the end, he actually let me go … Won't his boss punish him? "
"He's the boss, so who would punish him?" Huo Shaoheng looked out the window disapprovingly.
The B University campus was full of vitality at noon.
The sunlight shone through the golden parasol leaves and onto the ground like dancing bits of gold. There was a warm atmosphere around them.
Gu Nianzhi pouted and whispered, "Germany has a parliament and a president, right? Doesn't he have to answer to the parliament and president? "
"He's fine now, so there shouldn't be any problems." Huo Shaoheng made the final decision and put an end to the topic.
Gu Nianzhi thought of Reinitz and felt very conflicted. It was hard to tell whether he was good or evil, but he didn't treat her too badly.
Her snow-white face showed a conflicted expression.
Huo Shaoheng looked at her and said, "Should I go with you to get the scarf?"
"No need, I'll go myself." Gu Nianzhi refused. When she opened the door to get out, she reminded Huo Shaoheng again, "Don't come out. Just wait in the car."
"… Ok." The corners of Huo Shaoheng's mouth twitched as he lowered the window and lit a cigarette. He watched Gu Nianzhi's figure disappear into the dorm building's main entrance.
When Gu Nianzhi returned to the dorm, she discovered Ma Qiqi wasn't in her room. It was Sunday, so she probably wasn't home yet.
Gu Nianzhi went to her room and found the box of scarves. She opened it and rubbed it a few times before biting her lip and sealing it. She carried it downstairs.
Huo Shaoheng saw her come over and threw the cigarette away. He opened the door to let her in.
Gu Nianzhi smelled a faint scent of smoke as soon as she got in.
Although Huo Shaoheng smoked with the window open, the car still smelled of smoke.
Gu Nianzhi wrinkled her little nose and didn't say anything. She placed the box in front of Huo Shaoheng. "Here, this is the package I received."
Huo Shaoheng opened it and looked. "It was indeed ordered by me."
They were all carefully chosen by him, but unfortunately, he didn't use them on this birthday.
He closed the box and said to Gu Nianzhi, "I'll buy you something better. “
What he meant was that this box had to be taken away.
"… You want to take it away?" Gu Nianzhi raised an eyebrow. "What for?"
"This is evidence." Huo Shaoheng's tone was calm. "We need to take it back and study it."
"… But if you take it back, you won't be able to hide the fact that you broke the rules." Gu Nianzhi took the box from Huo Shaoheng's hands without hesitation.
Huo Shaoheng looked at her deeply. His gaze was forever gentle, and there was a trace of a smile on his handsome face. He had the elegance of osmanthus in autumn, and the splendor of ten miles of lotus blossoms. It was completely different from his usual firmness and determination, but it made him even more seductive.
Gu Nianzhi only glanced at him before calmly averting her gaze. Hugging the box tightly, she tilted her head and said, "… I don't think this box of scarves is evidence, so it's useless for you to take them away. It won't help."
"Ok, then what is evidence?" Huo Shaoheng looked down and saw Gu Nianzhi's small, jade-like hands at the bottom of the box. He reached over and held Gu Nianzhi's hands from the bottom of the box, not letting her get out of the car. "Help me think. My mind is a mess right now, and I can't think of anything."
Gu Nianzhi rolled her eyes at him. "Pretend, keep pretending. Do you think I'll fall for your trick? "
"Really, I'm just waiting for my Mrs. Huo to help me clear my name." Huo Shaoheng lifted her hand and kissed the back of it. "Some things, it's better to do it yourself than for someone else to do it."
Gu Nianzhi withdrew her hand and put on a stern face. "If you call me Mrs. Huo again, I'll ignore you."
"… Ok, I won't call you that now." Huo Shaoheng let go. "Tell me why this box can't be used as evidence first, and I'll let you go."
Gu Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and looked down to open the box. "It's very simple. Think about the whole thing. Actually, the other party only tampered with the Hermes official website's computer system. And this package was delivered to me through a completely normal channel, so what's the point of taking this box away? "
"That makes sense. Since that's the case … "Huo Shaoheng took out a palm-sized striped silk scarf with Van Gogh's golden sunflowers printed on it from the box and tied it around Gu Nianzhi's neck. He tied a beautiful scarf knot." Then, happy birthday, Mon Chéri. "
Huo Shaoheng said the last word in French.
"… What did you say?" Gu Nianzhi didn't understand the foreign word Huo Shaoheng said. It seemed to be French. Her German was already pretty good, but she still didn't understand French at all.
"… Happy birthday." Huo Shaoheng adjusted the scarf for her with a solemn expression. His warm fingertips slid across her neck, making her shiver.
Gu Nianzhi didn't move and didn't show the slightest bit of emotion.
She didn't really believe it, but she firmly remembered the pronunciation of Huo Shaoheng's words. She planned to look it up when she got back.
Holding the box, Gu Nianzhi looked down at the scarf around her neck. It was tied beautifully, but she couldn't tie the knot herself.
Gu Nianzhi touched the scarf and said seriously, "Since you got into trouble because of me, I'll help you solve it. Actually, I can ask Brother Ze, but this is a special case. It's not good to let the Special Operations Forces know, so I'll reluctantly help you one last time. "
What she was thinking was that Huo Shaoheng had broken the rules because he had bought her a birthday present during a mission. If a third person found out, whether it was Brother Ze or Brother Xiong, they were both part of the system. What if it made things difficult for them?
It was best for her to do it herself. No one else would know.
As long as Huo Shaoheng didn't turn himself in, no one would know he broke the rules.
That way, she would feel better when they broke up.
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