Wen Shouyi's face stiffened for a moment, and her eyes fell on the credit card in Gu Nianzhi's hand. After a while, she smiled self-deprecatingly, "It seems you have complained again. Oh, Nianzhi, I really It’s for your own good. Even if you don’t appreciate it, don’t think of me so bad every time, okay?”
"I never make assumptions about a person's character out of thin air." Gu Nianzhi collected the credit card He Zhichu gave her, with a touch of sarcasm on his lips: "I only infer a person's character from his behavior. Wen Teaching assistant, what you are thinking and what difficulties you have have nothing to do with me, and I don’t want to know. I just hope that I can get through these six months safely and smoothly, and then return to China to continue my studies."
Wen Shouyi stared at Gu Nianzhi, his eyes full of obvious pity and sympathy, which made Gu Nianzhi feel uncomfortable.
She sat down unceremoniously and continued working on the computer. She said without raising her head, "Assistant Wen, are you okay?"
Wen Shouyi sighed and looked down at her steadily.
Gu Nianzhi raised his head from the computer and looked at her without flinching.
What caught her eyes was Wen Shouyi's slightly plump figure, silver plate-like cheeks, thin eyebrows and small mouth, straight and slender nose bridge, and slightly upturned phoenix eyes, a bit like He Zhichu's sparkling peach blossom eyes. But it is more slender, like a lady coming out of an ancient painting, plump, round, and still very gentle and charming when she is not talking.
Gu Nianzhi simply looked at Wen Shouyi's appearance carefully, and the more he looked at her, the more familiar she seemed.
Like who
Gu Nianzhi's thoughts began to run wildly again, and his eyes almost lost focus.
Wen Shouyi looked at Gu Nianzhi quietly for a while, and seeing that she could no longer concentrate quickly, she smiled slightly, turned and left Gu Nianzhi's small office.
Gu Nianzhi stared at Wen Shouyi's back and suddenly remembered.
She remembered why Wen Shouyi looked familiar to her.
In the bedroom of her apartment in Fengya Community in C City, China Empire, there are several dolls she played with when she was a child.
With her pink and purple misty princess dress, thick bangs, slender eyes, silver plate-like face, and plump figure, she looked like a little girl walking out of an ancient painting.
That feeling was very similar to Wen Shouyi's.
Of course, there are many things that are different, but it mainly depends on the temperament...
It's really interesting that Wen Shouyi looks somewhat similar to her dolls.
Gu Nianzhi bit her penholder and planned to call Huo Shaoheng when she got home at night and ask about the origin of those dolls.
She spent a long day on the appropriations committee and finally discovered that the system was closed to her.
She couldn't read anything except the most basic things.
What else can this do
She can just grow mushrooms in peace.
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After returning home in the evening, when Gu Nianzhi had dinner with Zhao Liangze, he asked her about the dolls, "Brother Ozawa, do you still remember the dolls I always held in my hand when I was a child?"
"Remember. What's wrong?" Zhao Liangze scooped a bowl of soup for her, "Drink some yam and pork ribs soup to help you grow taller."
Gu Nianzhi was not in a hurry to drink the soup. She took out her mobile phone and pulled up Wen Shouyi's photo, "Brother Ozawa, do you think she looks a bit like one of my dolls? She has thin eyebrows and a small mouth, and red and phoenix eyes. Are you all a little fat?"
Zhao Liangze glanced at her and despised her: "...Slender eyebrows, small mouth, pink and phoenix eyes, and a bit fat. This feature can almost cover one-third of the women in the northwest provinces of the Chinese Empire. Are you narrowing the scope of your investigation? —Congratulations, you have reduced the ratio from one in a billion to one in ten million."
"Ah? You don't think it looks like it?" Gu Nianzhi's big eyes were round and his pupils looked particularly black and bright, shining like fine obsidian under the light, "It really doesn't look like it?"
"It's not that they are not similar, but that they are similar. They are similar in general appearance and characteristics, just like the same race. White people are similar to white people, and black people are similar to black people. Do you understand?" Zhao Liangze patted her shoulder, "So This similarity cannot explain anything."
Gu Nianzhi looked at Wen Shouyi's photo carefully, and it seemed that it really felt like what Zhao Liangze said.
The sudden sense of déjà vu in the small office this morning is gone now.
She sighed and turned off her phone, "It seems I've thought too much."
"Don't you hate her very much? Why do you associate her with your favorite doll?" Zhao Liangze also found it interesting. He cut the steak with a knife while chatting with Gu Nianzhi.
"I hate her very much. She dug a hole for me when we first met. I don't like her. But she is Professor He's assistant. No matter whether I like her or not, she is always there." Gu Nianzhi said it in one breath. After drinking the yam and pork ribs soup, I then picked out the yam in it and ate it.
"Well, then don't think too much, just ignore her. The more you hate her, the more you value her, so why bother yourself?" Zhao Liangze cut the steak into small pieces, poured the sauce on it, and took a fork to eat it piece by piece. In his mouth, he ate so much that his eyes narrowed.
Gu Nianzhi didn't want to eat, so he supported his chin with his hand and talked about the supplier, "... I could still check it yesterday, but today I have permission. I can't see the detailed information of that supplier."
Zhao Liangze paused, "Do you have the authority?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure I just added it today. Because I pulled out those data and reports yesterday." Gu Nianzhi nodded affirmatively.
Zhao Liangze thought for a moment, "I understand. They should add a trigger option under this supplier's list. When this supplier is dug out by someone who is not on their internal list, the permissions will be automatically added. Yes. A very simple intelligent encryption program, I can only say that there is indeed something wrong with this supplier."
"Then did you tell Uncle Huo?" Gu Nianzhi looked at Zhao Liangze longingly, "If you didn't tell me, I can tell you!"
Zhao Liangze looked at her and suddenly smiled, "I didn't make it very clear. I think it would be more appropriate for you to say it." He winked at her.
Gu Nianzhi jumped up happily, "I'll make a call!"
She rushed to her room, slammed the door, took out her cell phone, and started dialing Huo Shaoheng's number.
Zhao Liangze was still sitting in the restaurant eating dinner, his eyes staring at Gu Nianzhi's door, a thoughtful look on his face.
…
Gu Nianzhi lay on his bed and finally dialed Huo Shaoheng's number.
"...Uncle Huo?" Gu Nianzhi turned over and lay on his back, with the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.
Huo Shaoheng was in a meeting. He heard Gu Nianzhi's call on his earphones and answered it. Then he hung up immediately. He took out his phone and sent a text message: Meeting.
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng's text message repeatedly, wishing he could see the flowers.
But that's all.
Huo Shaoheng was currently discussing with his subordinates about sending a scientific research ship to the Gulf of Aden.
"Physical-World, according to our people, was founded by a professor from the Department of Physics at Harvard University, but it is only a small limited liability company, not a listed company, and all registration information is highly confidential." Director of North American Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel Zhao stood on the podium in the conference room and introduced the status of their investigation, "Bai Yusheng's defection in the past two months has dealt a huge blow to the strength of the Secret Service in North America. Otherwise, this is not the only situation we have found. ."
He shook his head regretfully, got down from the podium, and sat on the chair below.
Huo Shaoheng pondered for a while and then issued an order: "Then send the scientific research ship to the Gulf of Aden first, and send two warships to escort it. Those miscellaneous pirates in the Gulf of Aden do not dare to touch the warships of the regular army."
"Sending warships requires coordination with the people in the Southern Military Region." Bai Yueran, as the colonel director of the Legal Affairs Office of the Sixth Military Region, also attended the meeting, "Or the Eastern Military Region, they are the only two military regions that have navies."
"Let's go to the Southern Military Region." Huo Shaoheng turned on the computer and looked at the sea map, "There are many places in the South China Sea and it is easy to respond."
"That's right, there are many miraculous creations of nature over there in the South China Sea, and we have to protect them." Everyone laughed tacitly.
After the meeting, Bai Yueran was last. After everyone left, he said to Huo Shaoheng: "Master Huo, this time, my aunt will go there in person. Don't worry, Master Huo, if there is anything wrong there, my aunt will find it." from."
Bai Yueran's aunt Bai Jinyi is a famous physicist in the Chinese Empire. She is over fifty years old and has never married. It is said that she is obsessed with academics and refuses to waste time on marriage and family.
That incident six years ago was when Bai Jinyi first discovered anomalies in magnetic field data in a certain neighborhood in City C.
Huo Shaoheng was also ordered to protect her back then.
This time, the same magnetic field data appeared again, so Bai Jinyi naturally wanted to take action again.
"Do your best." Huo Shaoheng didn't have high hopes, purely because everyone was sending warships to that place this time, and it would be unreasonable for the Chinese Empire not to join in.
Although the magnetic field data is the same as that of six years ago, because it is on the seabed and there are too many uncertainties, Huo Shaoheng does not plan to invest too much energy.
Bai Yueran saw that Huo Shaoheng didn't want to talk anymore, so he had to say goodbye and leave.
Huo Shaoheng returned to his office and looked at his watch. It was eleven o'clock in the morning. It should be eleven o'clock in the evening in the eastern United States.
He thought for a while and called Gu Nianzhi back.
"Nianzhi, what's the matter?" His voice came from the phone, and Gu Nianzhi immediately felt that the ear on that side was hot.
"Uncle Huo, I just wanted to ask about that Physical-World thing. Let me tell you, today I wanted to check more things, but I found that permissions have been added to that report, and I can no longer see it." General Gu Nianzhi The phone was pressed against the right side of his face, and his voice was kept low.
Huo Shaoheng frowned, "Then don't check anymore. It won't be good if it attracts unnecessary attention."
"Yes, I understand." Gu Nianzhi said obediently.
Zhao Liangze told her not to investigate, but she wouldn't listen.
But as soon as Huo Shaoheng said it, she immediately agreed and decided not to take the risk of digging through historical records.
"Is there anything else? It's already eleven o'clock, aren't you going to sleep?" Huo Shaoheng put on his headphones, walked out of the office, and went to the cafeteria for lunch.
Gu Nianzhi didn't want to hang up the phone right away, so he talked about Wen Shouyi and her dolls, and asked enthusiastically: "Uncle Huo, where did I buy those dolls? Are they in some western provinces?"
"Buy?" Huo Shaoheng smiled, "It's specially made and can't be bought."
"Specially made?" Gu Nianzhi was surprised, "How did you come up with a specially made doll?"
"I'll tell you on your eighteenth birthday." After a while, Huo Shaoheng said a word and then hung up the phone.
"Yeah." Gu Nianzhi bit her lip and rubbed her ears, which were so hot.
Huo Shaoheng's voice sounded almost at the same frequency as her heartbeat. Was this the sound of her heartbeat
There was no sound on the other side of the phone, and Gu Nianzhi was still lying on the bed holding the phone.
The breeze blows in through the windows, bringing the coolness of the night.
Her heart was burning and her cheeks were blushing, which was even more obvious in the night breeze.
Gu Nianzhi wiped his face, hugged his legs and sat up.
Sighing, she realized that she really missed Uncle Huo, wanted to see him and talk to him face to face.
In the future, when he gets married and has children, he won't be able to call him so unscrupulously whenever he wants.
Gu Nianzhi closed his eyes and was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep when he heard the ringing of his cell phone and thought again.
This time it was Mei Xiawen who called.
Gu Nianzhi stretched out his slender fingers, opened the phone, and picked it up.
"Hello, Xia Wen?"
"Nianzhi, who were you talking to on the phone just now, and why did it take so long? Is it past eleven o'clock in the evening where you are now?" Mei Xiawen's voice was filled with confusion, which was a little different from his usual gentle tone. Same.
"... I just had something to do." Gu Nianzhi didn't feel the need to report everything to Mei Xiawen in detail, "What about you? Do you have anything to do with me so late?"
"Can't I come to you if I have nothing to do?" Mei Xiawen said quietly, "I miss you, do you miss me?"
Gu Nianzhi felt soft in her heart, "Well, I miss you too. What are you doing?"
"I just finished the meeting and now I'm going to have lunch." Mei Xiawen held her mobile phone and stood in front of the window sill of her office. She put one hand in her trouser pocket and looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window with the other hand. "Nianzhi, what's your next move?" It’s your eighteenth birthday in the month of March. I’ll go to the United States to celebrate your birthday, okay?”
"Yeah, okay." Gu Nianzhi smiled happily.
This time, there were really many people celebrating her birthday.
At eighteen, she is about to become an adult.
But once she reaches adulthood, she no longer needs a guardian.
Gu Nianzhi's mood quickly dropped.
His voice was nasal.
Mei Xiawen didn't seem to notice. On the other end of the phone, he talked enthusiastically about how he wanted to celebrate her birthday and asked her what gift she wanted.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you can come. As for gifts, I'm not picky."
"Now, your statement is the most annoying." Mei Xiawen chuckled, "You say you don't want to be picky, but you are actually more picky than anyone else."
"Haha, Xia Wen really understands me. That's the kind of person I am, what can you do?"
"What? Of course I want to flatter you. I will correct all your bad habits and make you the perfect goddess in my mind. I will love and protect you for the rest of my life." Mei Xiawen rarely said so straightforwardly. Expressing his feelings for Gu Nianzhi.
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This is the second and third update of two updates in one, including additional updates with a monthly pass of 4,400.
A reminder about monthly tickets and recommended tickets.
O(∩_∩)O~. (To be continued.)