When it was time to order, Gu Nianzhi was still distracted.
Ma Qiqi wanted to remind her, but Yin Shixiong gave her a look and whispered, "Don't disturb her. We'll just order."
The Tan family's cuisine was famous for cooking all kinds of dried and fresh seafood, especially shark's fin. It could be written into a book with 108 ways to eat shark's fin.
Yin Shixiong first ordered stir-fried duck liver, oysters with vermicelli and garlic, and five-spice little silver fish as appetizers. He then ordered braised shark's fin as the main course.
The braised shark's fin was made from hens that had been roasted with rehmannia. The chicken meat was almost cooked into juice, and it matched with the thick and smooth shark's fin. It was fresh, soft, and not greasy.
She looked at the menu again and finally ordered a clear broth with bird's nest as dessert. It was called a clear broth, but it was actually a clear broth. Just the chicken, duck, ham, scallops, and scallops were countless.
Ma Qiqi had never eaten such delicious food before, so she couldn't take her eyes off the food. There was no one else in her eyes except for the food on the table. She looked at the food lovingly, and Yin Shixiong felt like he was jealous of the food …
However, Gu Nianzhi didn't like the taste of the food. She only stuffed the food into her mouth mechanically and ate until she was full. To her, the shark's fin was like vermicelli …
Yin Shixiong saw this but didn't disturb her.
Gu Nianzhi must be using her smart brain to think about such an important matter, so he didn't want to disturb her.
After the meal, Ma Qiqi burped. Gu Nianzhi finally snapped out of it and looked at Yin Shixiong. "Does Huo Shao know about this?"
Yin Shixiong poured himself some yellow wine and twirled the wine glass in his hand. "Normally, foreign affairs are compiled into internal reports. I don't know if this incident was included."
Gu Nianzhi understood Yin Shixiong's meaning when she heard his words.
Huo Shao probably knew, but it wasn't convenient for him to tell her.
Gu Nianzhi smiled knowingly when she recalled Yin Shixiong's words and actions after Gu Yanran said those words.
Yin Shixiong had specially invited her and Ma Qiqi to dinner today, so it was most likely because of this matter.
Huo Shaoheng sent someone to keep an eye on Ye Xuan. If anything happened to Ye Xuan, Huo Shaoheng would know immediately.
Gu Nianzhi was very worried about the field agent Huo Shaoheng had sent to keep an eye on Ye Xuan. She was afraid that something had happened to him …
Gu Nianzhi still felt bad about the sacrifice of the two field agents in Germany.
Although she hadn't caused their deaths, Boren had died because of her even though she hadn't killed them. Gu Nianzhi felt very uneasy.
She was thinking about how to ask a question that would allow Yin Shixiong to answer her without violating their rules.
"… Brother Xiong, how have you been recently? Although you're busy with work, you have to take care of your health. "Gu Nianzhi asked tentatively," Do you want to go back and tell Huo Shao about the American news? "
Yin Shixiong's eyes flashed. "Yeah, it's fine. We're all fine. We haven't been busy lately."
He answered Gu Nianzhi's question implicitly. The field agent was not implicated.
Gu Nianzhi sighed, and the smile on her face relaxed.
Ma Qiqi slumped into the chair and wiped her mouth with a tissue. She finally had time to gossip.
"Nianzhi, why did Gu Yanran speak like that just now? It gave me goosebumps. " Ma Qiqi shrugged. "Even after something like that happened, she could still walk around as if no one was around. She didn't even wear sunglasses. I really have to give it to her."
Gu Nianzhi, who was used to self-reflection, couldn't help but wonder if she was too thin-skinned.
But when she thought about the things that Gu Yanran did that normal people couldn't do, she understood.
It wasn't that she was thin-skinned, but that some people didn't have the concept of being thin-skinned at all.
"I also have to give it to her. Her mental fortitude is too good." Gu Nianzhi finished the bird's nest soup in a few mouthfuls and brought the Biluochun over to rinse her mouth. She said, "Brother Xiong, thank you for today. I still have something to do, so I'm going back to school now. You and Qiqi can help yourselves … "As she spoke, she grabbed her bag and rushed out.
"Nianzhi! Don't leave me! " Ma Qiqi reached out to stop her, but Yin Shixiong had already stopped her. "Nianzhi is busy. Don't cause trouble."
Ma Qiqi froze. Her gaze slowly moved down to their interlocked hands.
Yin Shixiong smiled and quickly let go of her hand, but Ma Qiqi reflexively grabbed it.
This was their first time holding hands, so they were both a bit nervous. Their palms were sweaty, but neither of them let go.
They held hands like that until they paid the bill and walked out of Tan's Cuisine's door, their fingers still interlocked.
When they got into the car, Yin Shixiong finally let go. Ma Qiqi blushed and got in. She held the hand that Yin Shixiong had held with one hand and kept rubbing it. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Yin Shixiong actually didn't think much about it today before grabbing Ma Qiqi's hand. He didn't want her to cause trouble for Gu Nianzhi.
But after grabbing it, he realized he couldn't let go.
Neither of them spoke and drove back to the B University female graduate student dormitory.
Ma Qiqi got out of the car in a panic and didn't even say goodbye.
Yin Shixiong sat in the car and leaned against the steering wheel. He looked at Ma Qiqi's panicked back and wanted to laugh, but he also felt sweet inside. There was a feeling that he had never felt before rising in his heart. It was like a sense of responsibility, but it was also like a kind of impulse.
He was very sure that this was the first time in his life that he had this kind of feeling of responsibility and impulse intertwined.
Perhaps it was time to come clean with Ma Qiqi.
Yin Shixiong raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Ma Qiqi and Gu Nianzhi's dormitory. He stepped on the gas and drove away.
…
Gu Nianzhi returned to campus first. She didn't return to the dormitory but went to the library instead. She found a secluded corner to search for information online.
She watched the American news over and over again. As long as it was video or written news, she didn't let it go. Especially the local police station's constant press conferences to inform the media of the progress of the case.
She was sure that Huo Shaoheng must have gotten more information because that field agent should be by Ye Xuan's side. Of course, he was hidden in the dark. He wouldn't and shouldn't expose himself.
Time passed by, and the sky darkened.
Gu Nianzhi propped her head on her hand and looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the library's large glass window. She dismissed the idea of looking for Huo Shaoheng.
She now understood that the information from Huo Shaoheng's side was useful to them, but it was useless to Gu Nianzhi.
That was because that information couldn't be used as evidence in court.
Since it couldn't be presented to the court as public information, then she didn't want it.
She wanted to find clues from the public news in the United States to deal with the possible attacks from Gu Yanran and Jin Wanyi.
…
The next day's court session started at eight in the morning.
The second round of the estate dispute between Gu Nianzhi and Gu Yanran was held in Court A of the Imperial Capital High People's Court.
This time, only Yin Shixiong and Ma Qiqi came to listen. Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze didn't come.
Gu Yanran only brought a British housekeeper with her.
There weren't many people sitting in the huge courtroom. Also, it was a closed courtroom that wasn't open to the public. The media and ordinary citizens couldn't come to listen.
Only some court officials, Speaker Long's assistant, General Ji's personal secretary, and some others came to listen.
At eight o 'clock sharp, everyone was present.
The judge announced the topic of today's second trial, which was to verify and divide the assets according to the inventory that Gu Yanran submitted. There was also the matter of Gu Nianzhi's adoption documents. Because Gu Yanran's side said that it would take another three months to verify, this issue wouldn't be discussed for now.
The judge banged his gavel and said solemnly, "Plaintiff, do you have any objections to the inventory submitted by the defendant?"
The court also sent the inventory that Gu Yanran submitted to Gu Nianzhi.
Because in an estate dispute like this, both parties needed to reach an agreement on the total value of all the assets before proceeding to the division process.
Gu Nianzhi carefully studied the inventory that Gu Yanran submitted and compared it with the inventory that Ye Xuan had given her. It was only one-third of the inventory.
Gu Yanran listed all the patents, but only a very small portion of the bank accounts, investment funds, bank safety deposit boxes, antiques, and the holding company in the Cayman Islands were listed.
Gu Nianzhi thought about it. The patents were easier to check, so it wouldn't be easy for Gu Yanran to hide it. However, the other assets were easy to hide.
So when the judge asked Gu Nianzhi if she had any objections to the inventory, she immediately said, "Your Honor, I have objections."
Gu Yanran raised a brow and exchanged a meaningful look with Jin Wanyi.
Jin Wanyi smiled and waited for Gu Nianzhi to make things difficult for her.
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This was the second update, and the first update of the Spiritual Pet Fate (100,000 Qidian dollars) for "Qian Mo"'s wife, April, had arrived.
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