The elevator rose quickly and soon reached the floor where He Zhichu and the others lived.
"Come in and talk." He Zhichu opened his door with the key card and turned sideways to let Smith and the others in.
His four American paralegals filed in. He Zhichu went in last and closed the door. His bodyguards and entourage were waiting outside.
After entering He Chu's room, Smith and the four of them let out the breath they had been holding in.
"He... Lawyer He, outside... these people outside..." Smith stuttered and asked the biggest question in his heart.
Originally, they thought that He was just a kid from a rich family at first, but now it seems that his background is really unusual...
It seems that when Lawyer He brought them to Munich before, he definitely kept a low profile and hid his identity.
He Zhichu didn't want to talk too much about his family, but simply said: "My friends at home helped me do this because I was in a hurry to get back."
"oh… "
It turns out it was for Gu Nianzhi again.
Everyone said they understood instantly.
"What's going on?" He Zhichu sat down on the single sofa and waved to Smith and the four of them to sit down.
The four lawyers sat in their usual seats, and Smith began to talk about Gu Nianzhi.
"The day after you left, Lawyer Gu said that she was going to meet a friend and sent a text message to the four of us, saying that she would be back in ten days." Smith said as he opened the phone with Gu Nianzhi's text message and handed it to He Zhi. At first glance, "This is the text message I received from Lawyer Gu on my mobile phone. The three of them all received the exact same text message, all sent from Lawyer Gu's mobile phone."
The other three lawyers also took out their mobile phones and showed them to He Zhichu.
He Zhichu only glanced at it and said expressionlessly: "Who would be so full that he would send the same text message to everyone? Are you familiar with Nianzhi?"
With just this sentence, Smith and the others understood, and they were instantly ashamed.
They really didn't think about it from this perspective. At that time, they just thought that Gu Nianzhi wanted to explain to them, so they sent a group text message to everyone.
But this doesn't make sense.
Common sense should be that even if she plans to take ten days off, she will only notify her boss and a colleague she is familiar with at most. Some people will not even tell their colleagues and just ask for leave from their boss.
People who say hello to colleagues usually do so because they have something to do at work and need help from their colleagues.
Gu Nianzhi obviously didn't have any work that Smith and the others needed to do.
He Zhichu was not there at the time, and Gu Nianzhi was the most familiar with Smith, so it was not surprising that Smith received this text message. It was strange that three other people who were not familiar with her also received the exact same text message.
If the four of them had been a little more vigilant at that time and called Gu Nianzhi immediately to ask what was going on, maybe things would not have become such a mess.
He Zhichu took Smith's phone over, clicked it a few times, entered the settings of the phone and checked it, then threw the phone back to Smith, "Your phone has been installed with a Trojan horse interception program. I guess it's possible." I called you, but was intercepted and transferred away."
"Ah?! Trojan horse?! No way! I have never been to any indescribable phishing website!" Smith howled, "Lawyer He, believe me! I really haven't!"
The other three people looked at each other in confusion, and unanimously opened their phones to show He Zhichu, "Lawyer He, can you take a look at it for us?"
He Zhichu took them, checked them one by one, and then threw them back to them, "Your phones are the same, they have exactly the same Trojan horse program."
The four lawyers suddenly turned pale.
Modern people's mobile phones are like their own top-secret privacy. There are more or less things in them that they don't want others to see.
Now that I know there is a Trojan horse program in my phone, it is as shameful as having been naked in broad daylight.
He Zhichu originally wanted to persuade them to change their mobile phones, but when he thought about changing their mobile phones now, Gu Nianzhi would not know their numbers. If she found the opportunity to call back for help, wouldn't it mean that the number was not found
He Zhichu immediately changed his mind and reached out to Smith first: "Give me your mobile phone, I will remove the Trojan program for you, and then install an app that can intercept the Trojan program, so that no one will tamper with your mobile phone. , you will know immediately.”
And He Zhichu would also know it immediately, because he silently added his own mobile phone as a copy of the message transfer in the app on their mobile phones that intercepted the Trojan horse program.
This program was also on He Zhichu's cell phone. He relied on this program to discover that Zhao Liangze of the Chinese Empire had tried to tamper with his cell phone.
Smith was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly, "Thank you, Counselor He! Thank you, Counselor He!"
With such a good app, Mommy no longer has to worry about someone installing a Trojan horse program on her phone!
He Zhichu followed the same example and cleared the Trojan blocking programs on the other three lawyers' phones, and installed apps that could block Trojan horse programs.
While installing the program, He Zhichu, on a whim, analyzed the text messages Gu Nianzhi sent to Smith, and found out that the text messages were not sent from Gu Nianzhi's mobile phone number at all!
Gu Nianzhi's mobile phone number displayed on Smith's and others' mobile phones was simply a disguise!
Just like many virus emails can use a fake email address to disguise themselves, the person sending the text message also uses a fake mobile phone number to hide their real number.
However, the technical content of using fake email addresses for virus emails is relatively low, and people can spot the clues as long as they are careful.
However, fake numbers in text messages are much more difficult to disguise, and it is even more difficult to check.
When Smith and the others looked at He Chu, they all looked like they could not help but prostrate themselves to the ground, and their eyes shone with admiration for him.
Others have a better family background, good looks, are younger than you, are smarter than you, work harder than you, and are more knowledgeable than you. It is no wonder that such a person became a partner of their law firm before the age of 30.
They originally thought that He Chu became a partner at the largest law firm in the United States in his 20s because of his family background. But now they understand that regardless of family background, He Chu’s own ability level is more than enough to be a partner!
He Zhichu felt a little uncomfortable with the looks of these four people. He frowned, pointed at Smith and said, "Go on, what happened next?"
Smith came back to his senses and quickly added: "But then we waited for ten days and found that we still couldn't contact Lawyer Gu, so we went to look at the hotel's surveillance video and found that Lawyer Gu left the hotel in the morning ten days ago. She left in a special car chartered by us. The driver of the special car told us that Lawyer Gu personally told him that he would only stay in King Lake for one day and that he would call him in the evening and ask him to pick her up."
As Smith spoke, he showed He Zhichu the video of the interview he recorded for the driver.
He Zhichu sat upright, stared at the video for a while, and murmured: "...Did Nianzhi really go to King Lake?"
"Yes, we checked the hotel's surveillance video from the past ten days. Lawyer Gu left the hotel in the morning ten days ago, got into a special car, and was never heard from again." Smith also took the surveillance video they asked for from the Hilton Hotel. Come out and show He Zhichu.
Of course, what they showed He Zhichu was only the surveillance video related to Gu Nianzhi. There were so many other videos that He Zhichu didn't have time to read them all.
He Zhichu frowned and saw on the video that Gu Nianzhi was wearing sportswear and carrying her favorite Hermès bucket bag. She walked briskly out of the lobby of the Hilton Hotel, walked down the steps, and then got into the special car.
Smith pressed pause, and the video stopped when Gu Nianzhi had just gotten into the car.
He Zhichu stared at this picture for a long time, his face turned pale.
Smith and the four of them looked at each other and said one last thing to He Zhichu: "...Also, the day after Lawyer Gu disappeared, Seth escaped from the hospital and has not been caught and brought to justice."
"What?!" He Zhichu stood up suddenly, "Say it again! What does it have to do with Seth?!"
He clenched his fists, and his gleaming peach blossom eyes narrowed dangerously. He was no longer romantic and leisurely, but showed a bit of suppressed violence.
Smith was a little scared, moved back on the sofa, and said: "...There is currently no evidence to prove that there is a connection between the two, I am just telling you this fact."
He Zhichu couldn't calm down anymore, and walked around the living room with his arms folded, while saying to Smith: "Please tell the whole thing again in chronological order, starting from when you and Nianzhi went to the hospital to see Seth. This Is the bitch really hurt?”
Smith nodded, took the trouble to repeat it from the beginning, and finally said: "From the day after Seth escaped from the hospital, I urged the Munich police station to arrest him every day. As a result, the police station used various reasons to prevaricate us. To this day, Still no word from Seth."
They didn't say it, but everyone knew that after so many days with no news, Seth must have run away, perhaps hiding abroad.
"...Also, this Munich Police Station is so dark. We went to report the case yesterday that Lawyer Gu was missing and asked them to open a case for investigation, but they... actually refused to open a case!" Smith was filled with indignation, remembering what he encountered at the Munich Police Station yesterday. I'm so embarrassed that I can't wait to sue them for another billion in compensation!
When He Zhichu heard this, his brows no longer furrowed, and he actually laughed. The laughter contained a chilling and cruel tone.
His face gradually calmed down, and he thought to himself: I wanted to talk to you about the law, but you actually wanted to fight with me about my background. I planned to treat this case fairly, but you actually used a cunning trick to deal with my people.
If there is a road to heaven and you don't take it, if there is no door to hell but you choose to go there, then there is nothing you can do.
"Okay, I understand, you go out first." He Zhichu made up his mind, waved his hand, and said to the four lawyers: "You go first to check the chartered driver of that one, and see what he has done in the past month. Are there any unusual phenomena, are there any contacts with our adversary, especially, are there any strange changes in his bank account?"
"Ah?! You mean, there's something wrong with this driver?!" Smith and the others were stunned, "No, no, no!"
Will the driver hired by their law firm be the kind of person who commits crimes? !
Don't you need a background check? !
"He is the last person who met Nian Zhi. You cannot ignore him both emotionally and rationally." He Zhichu said coldly, "... get out."
Smith and the others looked at each other and left in shame.
Coming out of He Zhichu's room, Smith punched the wall hard and said angrily: "Don't let me find out there's something wrong with this driver! Otherwise I'll let him go to jail for the rest of his life!"
The other three lawyers were also upset.
During the ten days when Gu Nianzhi disappeared, they had ridden in this driver's car many times. They never thought that this driver could have ulterior motives!
…
He Zhichu stood alone in the hotel room, folding his arms and looking at the floor-to-ceiling windows with a gloomy expression.
The weather today is overcast and there is no sun. It is already late September and the weather is starting to get colder.
At this time, Nianzhi... Nianzhi... How is she
He Zhichu couldn't think about it. When he thought about it, he felt like someone had cut out his heart with a knife, cruelly chopped it into pieces over and over again and threw it in front of him.
The flesh and blood were blurred, and the pain was heartbreaking.
In this world, the person he wants to protect the most is Nian Zhi.
But what went wrong that caused him to miss her again and again
If... if she really encounters misfortune this time, He Zhichu no longer plans to live alone.
He failed to protect her when she was alive.
Then the only way is to chase her down to Jiuquan and use his own eternity to repay her.
By that time, no one can separate them.
…
Smith and the other four lawyers returned to their rooms. After a brief division of labor, they began to investigate the driver's whereabouts over the past month.
They found the best detective agency in Munich and offered a high price that they could not refuse. There were no other conditions. The only condition was to completely and quickly find out all the information about the driver for a month within two days.
When Smith and the others launched a serious investigation into the commercial car driver, He Zhichu also used his personal help to intervene in the case.
Not long after Smith and the others left his room, He Chu called Secretary General Philip, the top U.S. NATO commander in Europe.
NATO seems to be just a military alliance headed by the United States, but in fact, it is the emperor of European countries.
NATO's top commander has a position and connections in Europe that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Secretary-General Philip was extremely excited when he received a call from He Zhichu. He had long heard about Mr. He, who had deep cooperation with the US military, but had never had the opportunity to get to know him.
Now that He Zhichu took the initiative to extend an olive branch, Secretary-General Philip certainly couldn't ask for it.
"No problem, no problem, just make a few calls and I'll contact you right away." Secretary-General Philip wished he could nod and bow to He Zhichu to express his respect.
He Zhichu said "hmm" and said, "At ten o'clock in the morning, I will meet them at the gate of the Munich police station."
"It's only nine o'clock, there's still one hour left, no problem at all. Even if the person you're looking for is in Berlin, I can send a special plane to pick them up right away!" Secretary-General Philip's voice of assurance, patting his chest, almost flowed along the phone line. Passed over.
"Thank you. See you in the United States when you get back." He Zhichu promised Philip that he would meet in the United States, which was exactly what Philip needed.
He was overjoyed and stood up immediately, "Mr. He is very polite, it's just a few phone calls. But I heard that everyone is looking forward to the dinner at Mr. He's house. I hope I can have this blessing and opportunity."
He Zhichu smiled lightly and said, "At the end of next month, I will hold a birthday dinner at the manor. I hope Mr. Philip will appreciate it. The invitation will be sent to your house in a few days."
"Ah? Is it your birthday, Mr. He?" Philip was ecstatic now. Being invited to the birthday dinner means he is already a very close friend.
"No, it's my... good friend's birthday." It's Gu Nianzhi's birthday.
If she can come back safely this time, he will accept her back to him again, no longer holding back or letting her go.
"I understand, I understand!" Philip knew by intuition and instinct that this "good friend" must be his "girlfriend". He was extremely pleasantly surprised and kept saying "thank you", even though He Zhichu had already hung up the phone.
The smile on Phillip's face did not fade, and he immediately called the few people He Zhichu requested.
He happens to be familiar with these people. Although they are not military personnel, these people are relatively powerful political figures in Germany. Of course, they must have a good relationship with him, the "Emperor" of Europe.
He Zhichu asked him to help make a few calls to the mayor of Munich, the German Minister of Justice and the chairman of the Munich Regional Council, asking them to go to the Munich police station with him today.
…
An hour passed, and it was ten o'clock in the morning.
When He Zhichu arrived at the door of the Munich Regional Police Station with his bodyguards and entourage, the mayor of Munich, the German Minister of Justice, and the Chairman of the Munich Local Council were already waiting for him outside the police station.
"Mr. He, I have long admired your name." The German Minister of Justice has been staying in Munich for a while to observe Li Haiqing's case, so he came over immediately as soon as he received a call from Secretary-General Philip, the supreme commander of NATO.
He Zhichu doesn't like to be in the public eye, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have connections.
His status in the United States is enough for these German officials to be amiable to him.
He Zhichu smiled reservedly, shook hands casually with the German Minister of Justice and separated.
The mayor of Munich and the chairman of the regional council respectfully came to He Zhichu, shook hands with him and exchanged greetings, and then asked with concern: "Mr. He, what are you doing for visiting the Munich Regional Police Station?"
These people had known about He Zhichu's coming to Germany to file a lawsuit on behalf of an American law firm a month ago, but they had not known about He Zhichu's other identity in the United States before.
This time, it was He Zhichu who took the initiative to use his connections in the United States to allow Secretary-General Philip, the Supreme Commander of NATO, to reveal his other status in the United States to these German political heavyweights.
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This is the 12th update of 5,000 words, and there will be more to come.