"How could this be?" Huo Shaoheng's relaxed brows furrowed again. His expression was solemn. "I don't understand medicine. Can you explain it more scientifically?"
If he didn't know Huo Shaoheng well, Chen Lie would have thought that Huo Shaoheng was deliberately saying this to slap him in the face!
If he could "scientifically" explain Gu Nianzhi's special constitution, he would have become an international pioneer in genetic medicine!
How could he be scared out of his wits by a set of test data?!
But even though he understood that Huo Shaoheng didn't mean to embarrass him, Chen Lie still felt very uncomfortable.
He had been hailed as a medical genius since he was a teenager. Even his doctoral supervisor had to admit that he was inferior.
This was the first time he had encountered a difficult problem.
Chen Lie sat behind his desk and groaned for a long time. His eyelids drooped as he said nonchalantly, "I'm inexperienced and ignorant. I can't 'scientifically' explain what's going on for now."
He threw his pen away angrily and turned his head to the side to stare at the stainless steel trash can in the corner.
Huo Shaoheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He relaxed a little and reached out to knock on Chen Lie's desk. "I was just asking if you could explain Nianzhi's condition from a medical perspective. Why are you throwing a tantrum?"
Chen Lie was silent for a while. He also felt that his anger was a little strange. He scratched his head and chuckled. He said guiltily, "Huo Shao, I'm not throwing a tantrum at you. I'm throwing a tantrum at myself."
He coughed lightly. "I really don't know why it's like this, but I have a rough idea of what's causing her physical condition."
"Speak."
"… Let's put it this way. The human body has the ability to repair itself. Everyone has it. For example, getting sick, having a fever, or fighting a virus is a sign that the human body is trying to repair itself. But the average person's self-repair ability isn't that strong. If they can't handle it, they have to see a doctor and take medicine. "
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "I know that."
"As for Gu Nianzhi, her body's self-repair ability is probably several times that of the average person. That's why we discovered these special traits."
Chen Lie made the final decision. "Also, from the example of your mother accepting her bone marrow cells and successfully recovering, her self-repair ability can be transmitted. That means that her genes are like medicine and can cure other people. That's the scariest thing. "
Huo Shaoheng had been in the army since he was 18 years old and had been in the army for more than a decade. He had been through life and death situations and had seen as much as the generals during the war. He had long developed the ability to remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.
But when he heard Chen Lie's last sentence, his expression changed and he couldn't speak for a long time.
The entire medical building was clearly controlled by the central air conditioner to maintain a constant temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, but Huo Shaoheng felt that the harsh winter weather outside the building had already invaded his body. It made him shiver all over.
"So, I want you to be more careful. You can't let anything happen to Gu Nianzhi again. This time, Professor He was smart enough to inform us to pick her up. If someone else had been sent to another hospital while Gu Nianzhi was unconscious, think about the consequences. "
Chen Lie's warning to Huo Shaoheng was not only for Gu Nianzhi, but also for Huo Shaoheng.
To be honest, Huo Shaoheng had seriously violated the rules.
At the very least, he would not be able to escape the charge of "deceiving his superiors and deceiving his subordinates".
As a soldier, it was an unforgivable felony to obey orders but secretly disobey orders.
Huo Shaoheng's only defense was that he hadn't been ordered to report everything about Gu Nianzhi.
The orders he had received from beginning to end had only been to search for Gu Nianzhi's background and investigate the person who had drawn the engine blueprints.
But if Gu Nianzhi's physical condition was exposed, those people wouldn't think that way. They would only say that Huo Shaoheng was playing with words and still put the label of "disobeying orders" on him.
For Gu Nianzhi, Huo Shaoheng was practically risking his entire future.
In the face of Chen Lie's warning, Huo Shaoheng only shook his head nonchalantly. He stared at Chen Lie and said, "As long as you keep your mouth shut about this, I promise there won't be any problems."
"Of course I won't say anything." Chen Lie glared at Huo Shaoheng. "I see Nianzhi as my own sister. Who would want their own family to be a lab rat? You can set your mind at ease. "
"Okay." Huo Shaoheng stood up and adjusted his military cap. "Then it's fine. I'll take Nianzhi to my official residence for two days and think about what to do in the future."
Chen Lie didn't object. He winked at him. "Go, go. But she's still recovering from her injuries. Take it easy …"
Huo Shaoheng pretended not to hear the perverted meaning in Chen Lie's words. He turned around and walked out of his office to the intensive care unit outside.
Gu Nianzhi sat on the sofa and stared blankly at a cup of hot water.
She looked up to see Huo Shaoheng come out. Gu Nianzhi looked up, her dark, glassy eyes wet. She said pitifully, "… Huo Shao, I'm hungry."
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
He was originally worried, but seeing her like a little kitten begging for food, all his unease disappeared.
Food was the most important thing in the world.
"Let's go to my place." Huo Shaoheng walked to Gu Nianzhi and helped her stand.
"I'm fine. I can walk by myself." Gu Nianzhi didn't want him to help her. She wasn't injured, so why was she pretending to be sick?
Huo Shaoheng gave her a sidelong glance. "Aren't you hungry? You can still walk? "
Okay, that was true.
Gu Nianzhi stopped struggling and obediently allowed Huo Shaoheng to help her back to his official residence.
On the way there, Huo Shaoheng called the kitchen to prepare food for her.
The official residence's kitchen was stocked with all kinds of ingredients all year round, and all kinds of broth were constantly simmering.
Hearing that Gu Nianzhi hadn't eaten for a day and night, the orderly in the kitchen gave her a bowl of chicken soup with silver thread noodles made from rehmannia.
The rehmannia chose free-range hens that were less than a year old and had been simmered in a slow cooker for an entire day. The oil had been skimmed off, and even the chicken had melted in the soup.
Two handfuls of green vegetables, some bean sprouts, and some salt were put in a small white porcelain bowl.
Gu Nianzhi smelled the chicken soup as soon as she entered. Following the smell, she ran to the dining room first.
Huo Shaoheng followed her in and saw that Gu Nianzhi was already holding a small bowl of silver thread noodles. Her eyes were squinted as she ate, so he was relieved to return to his room.
His room was on the second floor. It was a suite that was connected to the study, office, bedroom, and living room.
After entering, he immediately turned on the computer to receive the work report sent by the Secret Service personnel.
After the meeting, the four Secret Service personnel summarized the situation during this period and wrote a detailed report.
Huo Shaoheng opened the email and read it attentively.
The report wasn't long, only three pages, but Huo Shaoheng read it for a full 15 minutes.
The report detailed the various situations around Gu Nianzhi over the past few days.
Aside from the daily trivial matters, there were a few things that made Huo Shaoheng vigilant.
For example, the time she was almost hit by a bicycle on campus. Also, there were some strangers who appeared around Gu Nianzhi recently. They didn't do anything out of line, but as long as Gu Nianzhi appeared on campus, these people would follow her inconspicuously.
When it came to secretly following people, if the Special Operations Forces claimed to be second best, no one would claim to be first.
These people's actions couldn't be seen by ordinary people. Even Gu Nianzhi didn't notice that there were people spying on her.
But to the Secret Service personnel of the Special Operations Forces, it was nothing.
It was just that these people really only paid attention to Gu Nianzhi and didn't do anything at all. Therefore, the Special Operations Forces personnel only watched them and didn't expose their own whereabouts.
And in the past few days, these people had disappeared from the B University campus and hadn't come back since.
Therefore, they weren't sure if they were targeting Gu Nianzhi.
The Secret Service personnel of the Special Operations Forces were preparing to report these situations to Huo Shaoheng at the next regular meeting, but this situation happened to Gu Nianzhi.
They usually had a regular meeting every 15 days.
Huo Shaoheng and his subordinates had the same intuition that these people weren't simple.
But why didn't they do anything?
It seemed like they were only secretly observing. Could it be that they were being paranoid?
Huo Shaoheng fell into deep thought.
Gu Nianzhi finished a bowl of fragrant chicken soup with silver thread noodles and instantly felt her vitality return.
She wiped her mouth and returned to her room on the second floor to take a shower.
Lying in bed for a day and a night, she also had a high fever. She felt like she was rotten.
But Huo Shaoheng didn't look disgusted at all …
Gu Nianzhi sat in the bathtub and took a bubble bath. She thought about Huo Shaoheng's deep and magnetic voice when he sang "Flying Bugs" to her before she fell asleep yesterday …
Oh my! It was so beautiful!
Why was she so smart yesterday? She really wanted to give herself a thumbs up!
She remembered that when she first started working for Huo Shaoheng, he used to make her some nursery rhymes.
When he wasn't home, Gu Nianzhi could listen to them and hypnotize herself.
Out of so many nursery rhymes, Gu Nianzhi only remembered "Flying Bugs" because the melody was very beautiful, but the lyrics didn't sound like a nursery rhyme.
She had cursed it when she was young, so she remembered it clearly.
Now that she thought about it, Huo Shaoheng probably became familiar with it at that time, so he could sing it.
Even soldiers could sing. Gu Nianzhi had a deep understanding of this.
Military songs were loud and clear. It wasn't a simple phrase.
However, Huo Shaoheng had never sung before. At least, Gu Nianzhi had never heard him sing before.
This time, she used her injury as an excuse to ask, and it actually worked. Gu Nianzhi was a bit regretful that she had recovered so quickly.
Otherwise, she could have asked him to sing again.
She let her imagination run wild in the bathtub, and before she knew it, the water in the bathtub was about to turn cold.
Huo Shaoheng was already knocking on the bathroom door. "Nianzhi, are you done?"
Gu Nianzhi snapped back to reality and quickly stood up from the bathtub. She turned on the shower and rinsed before coming out with a towel wrapped around her.
As soon as she opened the bathroom door, Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng like she had never seen him before.
Huo Shaoheng felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze. "What's wrong?"
Gu Nianzhi rolled her eyes and put her hand on her waist. "Huo Shao, my bones still hurt …"
"Still hurt?" Huo Shaoheng actually looked relieved. "Then it's not healed yet?"
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She continued, "Yes, it still hurts. If I can't sleep later, can Huo Shao sing me another lullaby?"
Huo Shaoheng was speechless.
"… Are you going to kiss, hug, and raise me up high?" Huo Shaoheng looked at her coldly and folded his hands behind his back. He was unmoved and saw through her trick.
He wouldn't sing that kind of song again.
Gu Nianzhi rubbed her nose awkwardly. "That's not necessary …"
When she walked back to the bedroom, Huo Shaoheng had already put the Secret Service personnel's work report on her desk. "Look at this material and think about whether there have been any unusual people around you recently."
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