Huo Shaoheng's slender and powerful fingers paused on the mouse for a moment before continuously clicking the rewind button.
After repeating this a few times, he finally discovered where the tiny golden light had come from.
The bright golden color wasn't actually that deep, and it only appeared for a very short time. Even if he looked at it frame by frame, most people wouldn't notice it.
However, this kind of small detail was not worth mentioning to the Special Operations Forces, who had specially trained their night vision.
They hadn't seen it before because they hadn't paid attention to the small details outside the ward.
After all, the fight had taken place inside the ward, and what happened outside was just a small interlude.
Everyone's habitual thought was that someone had taken advantage of the chaos to commit a crime in the ward.
Of course, they later discovered that wasn't the case. The surveillance footage in the ward showed that it really was an accident, and the key person who stepped on the power cord was the doctor who had tried to stop the fight.
They had also investigated the doctor countless times, and there was no motive or suspicion at all.
When Gu Nianzhi's thoughts broke Huo Shaoheng's habitual thought process, his focus immediately shifted from inside the ward to outside.
Like dominoes, they used to focus on the last few dominoes, but the cause was actually an external force hitting the first domino.
Huo Shaoheng's gaze lingered on the flash of golden light. His fingers clicked on the mouse, and he gradually enlarged the golden light. Finally, he discovered that the golden light wasn't anything else, but a tiny gold coin.
It was a very pure gold, just like the color of gold.
For thousands of years, gold's status as a unique item of equivalent exchange had almost become a conditioned reflex in the human mind.
Whenever someone discovered something golden, they would involuntarily look at it.
It was this gold coin that suddenly rolled diagonally to the bottom of the video that caused the subsequent series of events.
Was this coin the "opportunity?"
No. Huo Shaoheng shook his head. It should be the person who tossed the coin that was the real trigger — the opportunity.
However, no matter how he played the video, he couldn't see the person who tossed the coin.
It seemed that the person had done his homework. He cleverly chose the camera's blind spot and stood there to toss a coin. Since then, he had changed many people's lives.
Huo Shaoheng watched the video silently and cut that part.
…
Gu Nianzhi waited downstairs for a long time, but Huo Shaoheng didn't come down for dinner.
She was hungry, but she refused to eat alone.
The orderly came over several times, and finally couldn't take it anymore. He went upstairs and knocked on Huo Shaoheng's door.
"Chief, Miss Gu is waiting for you for dinner."
Huo Shaoheng froze and said into the intercom, "Let her eat first."
"We told her, but Miss Gu refused. She's still waiting." The orderly outside the door scratched his head helplessly.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at the files on the computer. It was almost done, so he logged out and turned off the computer. Standing up, he said, "I'll be right down."
The orderly laughed and said happily, "Yes, Chief!"
He quickly went downstairs and said to Gu Nianzhi, "The Chief will be coming down soon. Do you want the food served?"
Gu Nianzhi quickly nodded. "Hurry up, I'm going to faint from hunger."
As soon as Huo Shaoheng walked into the dining room, he took off his military cap and hung it on the wall hook as he said, "Eat if you're hungry. Why are you being so polite with me?"
Gu Nianzhi blinked. "If I didn't do that, would you have come down for dinner?"
She had long known that the only way to deal with people like Huo Shaoheng was to use the tactic of "I won't eat if you don't eat."
Otherwise, Chief Huo, who was "so busy every day," could really only eat one meal every three days and drink dew from the wind and become an immortal.
"Or is it my fault?" Huo Shaoheng wasn't angry at all after being "set up" by Gu Nianzhi. His expression was very gentle.
However, the orderlies standing next to him were already used to it.
They would always ask for Miss Gu's help if they couldn't handle something.
The Chief could indeed save on food when he worked, and the orderlies were also very desperate!
The dishes were all served. Huo Shaoheng waved his hand and dismissed the orderlies. There were only him and Gu Nianzhi in the dining room.
The crystal chandelier above the long dining table fell and illuminated the room. Huo Shaoheng looked at the scene and felt like it was a lifetime ago.
Gu Nianzhi cocked her head and used the knife to cut the steak. She didn't even look up as she said, "Of course it's not your fault. It's my fault. I shouldn't have threatened and bribed Chief Huo."
Her words were pleasant to hear, but there was no hint of apology. Huo Shaoheng glanced at her and leaned over to whisper in her ear, "… When did you bribe him? Why didn't I know about it?"
"I wouldn't dare. I was just saying. Don't take it seriously." Gu Nianzhi curled her lips and raised her glass of juice. "Huo Shao, here, let me toast you."
"… I don't drink." Huo Shaoheng didn't play along. He looked down and carefully cut the steak in front of him as he said, "When Big Xiong gets the B University surveillance, let's watch it together?"
Gu Nianzhi nodded and took a big sip of coconut juice.
This was her favorite juice at this stage of her life.
She liked mango juice when she was young, but later discovered it wasn't good for her teeth, so she only drank orange juice and watermelon juice.
Now she was addicted to coconut juice.
Huo Shaoheng always had coconut juice at his place, and it was fresh.
They didn't speak anymore and finished dinner in silence.
The orderlies saw that they had finished eating and came in to clear the table. They also gave each of them a cup of tea.
Gu Nianzhi wanted biluochun tea, and Huo Shaoheng wanted pu 'er tea.
Yin Shixiong returned from B University before they finished their cups of tea.
"Huo Shao, Nianzhi, did you just finish dinner? I haven't eaten yet! "He didn't stand on ceremony and sat down casually.
"What are we eating tonight? I can eat a whole cow. "Yin Shixiong looked at the orderlies and asked.
The orderlies was a new recruit this year. He smiled and said, "Perfect, we're having steak today. How do you want it, Colonel Yin?"
"… Medium well." Yin Shixiong snapped his fingers and turned to look at Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng. "You've already finished eating? Don't you want some dessert? "
Gu Nianzhi shook her head and rushed him. "Brother Xiong, hurry up. I can't wait."
Huo Shaoheng stood up. "Nianzhi, let's go up first. Big Xiong, come up after you're done. "
"Ok!" Yin Shixiong waved his hand. "Please help yourselves. I'm a fast eater."
Gu Nianzhi also stood up and giggled at Yin Shixiong. "Brother Xiong, don't eat so fast. Be careful not to choke."
Yin Shixiong glared at her, but Gu Nianzhi had already turned around and followed Huo Shaoheng with light steps.
Yin Shixiong looked at their harmonious backs as they walked side by side and suddenly smiled.
He scratched his head and took out his phone to send a message to Ma Qiqi.
[Kiss Brother Xiong]: Qiqi, Nianzhi and Huo Shao seem to have reconciled …
After sending the message, he put away his phone and started wolfing down his food.
…
Huo Shaoheng took Gu Nianzhi to his room on the second floor and had her sit behind his desk. He showed Gu Nianzhi the surveillance video from the hospital.
"Nianzhi, take a look. Is there a trigger in this video?"
Gu Nianzhi could immediately tell that this was the hospital where Gu Yanran's father passed away.
"… There's a problem with this too? Could it be that he didn't pass away due to bad luck? "Gu Nianzhi curiously opened the surveillance video and began to watch it from the beginning.
Huo Shaoheng sat next to her and watched the surveillance video with her.
At the spot where Huo Shaoheng found the golden light, Gu Nianzhi also pressed "pause" and murmured, "… What is this?"
Her slender and soft fingers clicked on the mouse and quickly zoomed in on the target.
"A gold coin? Am I seeing things? This is a murder case caused by a gold coin? "Gu Nianzhi laughed.
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "Look, ever since this gold coin appeared, the behavior of the person behind it changed. It's developing in the direction of killing Gu Yanran's father."
Gu Nianzhi dragged the progress bar of the surveillance video but realized that no matter how long she dragged, she couldn't see the person who threw the gold coin.
"You can't see it. This person must have investigated the location of the surveillance cameras in the hospital, so he just happened to be standing in the camera's blind spot."
Huo Shaoheng leaned back in his seat and raised his arms to cover the back of his head. His long legs crossed leisurely, and his entire being was very relaxed.
Gu Nianzhi pouted and rested her chin on her hand. She slowly watched the surveillance video and said calmly, "If this person hiding in the camera's blind spot is the person who threw the gold coin, then you can see that he's very arrogant and thinks he's God. God threw dice to create the world, and this person threw a coin to control other people's lives just to enjoy the fun of being able to do whatever he wants. "
Huo Shaoheng nodded slowly. "That makes sense. The person who can think of this method to kill is not only arrogant, but also paranoid."
As the two of them spoke, Yin Shixiong quickly came up and handed the surveillance video he brought back from B University to Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng took the USB and inserted it into the computer to watch with Gu Nianzhi and Yin Shixiong.
The first surveillance video was of the place where Gu Nianzhi was almost hit by a bicycle.
The surveillance video of that place was on a telephone pole not far away. It wasn't directly facing the small road where the accident happened, so the view was a bit off.
But even so, the three of them simultaneously saw a small gold coin rolling into the camera from a certain direction.
Gu Nianzhi immediately pressed pause and glanced at Huo Shaoheng. "It's actually a gold coin."
Huo Shaoheng patted her shoulder comfortingly. "It's okay. Keep watching."
He had a hunch that these cases were related.
This small gold coin was finally able to connect them.
But just like the hospital surveillance, this video also didn't capture the person who threw the coin.
So the person who threw the gold coin once again chose the camera's blind spot.
But when Gu Nianzhi looked at the angle and direction the coin rolled from, she silently recalled the scene at the time. Her heart skipped a beat and she immediately remembered the handsome young man in the black double-breasted uniform.
If she remembered correctly, the young man had been standing in the same direction as the coin had rolled from.
Huo Shaoheng had already started playing the second surveillance video. It was the place where Gu Nianzhi almost fell to the ground and became paralyzed.
In the surveillance video, snowflakes danced and the snow on the ground began to thicken. The light from the snow was a bit blinding.
There weren't many people on the road, so the snow on the ground was clearly captured.
So when the small gold coin appeared on the snow, Gu Nianzhi didn't hesitate to press pause.
"There's no need to watch anymore. It's definitely the same person," Gu Nianzhi said quietly.
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