Chapter 1668: The Diversion of Trouble
“You heard the countdown of the remote-controlled bomb through your phone?” He Chengjian asked in disbelief. “How did you hear that?”
Huo Shaoheng did not answer him. He continued without batting an eyelid, “At that time, Luo Piaopiao was with Miss Gu. They were talking in the bathroom.”
He Chengjian pursed his lips. The legal marks at the sides of his nose suddenly became obvious, making him seem like a difficult person to please.
“What does Mr. Peter mean exactly? If Nianzhi was with Luo Piaopiao, she still had C-X series high explosives in her phone. I wonder why Luo Piaopiao is dead and Gu Nianzhi is fine?”
Huo Shaoheng told He Chengjian honestly, “because of me. I heard the countdown and knew it was bad. I rushed in and pulled Miss Gu away. We ran fast, but the aftershock of the explosion still injured me.”
Huo Shaoheng showed some weakness in front of He Chengjian. “I didn’t appear the past few days because I was recuperating at the embassy. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the people you planted in the embassy to verify.”
He Chengjian couldn’t help but cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.
It was standard practice for countries to plant informants in each other’s embassies.
However, it was embarrassing for Huo Shaoheng to point that out in person.
He Chengjian was the highest commander in the military, he had to defend his reputation.
Huo Shaoheng smiled, “Do you understand what I mean? Even someone as skilled as me was almost hit by the bomb, let alone Miss Gu and Luo Piaopiao? The two of them are weak women who can’t even tie a chicken to a chicken. They wouldn’t be able to dodge the sudden bomb on their own.”
“… that’s why Luo Piaopiao was killed by the bomb.” He Chengjian sighed. “She was a citizen of our country. I won’t let her die in vain.”
Huo Shaoheng nodded. “I knew I wasn’t wrong about you.”
He Chengjian laughed. “Then what’s the point of saying all this? Come help us investigate the case…”
Huo Shaoheng was of course unwilling. The Committee of State Security (KGB) would lose face if he was under surveillance.
He did not continue the topic. He said calmly, “from what I saw, the target of the explosion was actually two people, Luo Piaopiao and Miss Gu. But they missed me, so Miss Gu escaped and was not killed by the bomb.”
“Well, didn’t you publicly announce that you wanted to pursue Nianzhi? This is the time for you to show off.” He Chengjian leaned back in his seat with a faint smile, the light in his eyes was as deep as the eternal night. No one could see through him. It was as if no light could escape from a black hole.
How could Huo Shaoheng be tricked by He Chengjian?
He followed his own train of thought and led He Chengjian in the direction of He Zhichu.
“I didn’t show off much. I just wanted to tell you what I know so that you can quickly investigate the case. The facts have proven that I did come to the right place.”Huo Shaoheng was very modest, he leaned forward slightly. “I heard from you that something happened to young master He. I suddenly had an idea — did the other party set up a series of traps?”
“A series of traps?” He Chengjian stopped smiling and looked serious. “Tell me in detail.”
“It’s very simple. The other party was ‘hiding the intention of killing Liu Bang by performing a sword dance’ Huo Shaoheng used an ancient idiom as analogy. “On the surface, the ones who suffered the most from their explosion were the Qin family members, including Luo Piaopiao and Gu Nianzhi. They are the granddaughters of the Qin family.”
“But if something happened to Gu Nianzhi, who would suffer the most?” Huo Shaoheng’s eyes flashed. “Look, immediately after that, something happened to young master He as well. Is there a connection between the two that we don’t know about?”
He Chengjian’s heart was in turmoil, but he still looked puzzled. “What do you mean by a connection that we don’t know about? You mean between Nianzhi and Ah Chu? They used to be fiancés, but not anymore.”
Huo Shaoheng secretly hated He Chengjian’s pretense, but he understood his actions and concerns.
At a time like this, He Chengjian still did not reveal Gu Nianzhi’s special constitution and perfect genes. It could be assumed that even if he treated Gu Nianzhi as medicine, it was the only medicine that could be given to He Zhichu, and no one else was qualified to know about it.
Actually, in He Chengjian’s heart, he was already certain that something had happened to Gu Nianzhi, and that He Zhichu had “relapsed”. When combining the two, the real target was actually He Zhichu!
“Oh, so that means there’s no connection between the two? Then I’m overthinking it.”Huo Shaoheng shook his head, he stood up. “I heard you say that young master He is unconscious, can I go see him? We have some medicine in the Soviet Union that can make people suddenly unconscious. Maybe I can help young master He.”
Huo Shaoheng was in a particularly good mood when he saw that He Chengjian believed him.
However, even if he was in a good mood, he still put up a poker face.
He Chengjian immediately said, “no problem. Follow me.”
He knew that the Committee of State Security (KGB) from the Far East was talking about some special medicine from the KGB.
If he could view the scene, he wouldn’t care so much.
He Chengjian brought Huo Shaoheng to He Zhichu’s bedroom.
Gu Nianzhi sat on the sofa in front of He Zhichu’s bed. There was a laptop on her lap, and she was studying the surveillance video in grandfather Qin’s room frame by frame.
She paused the video immediately when she heard someone entering and looked up.
A tall man in a Soviet military uniform behind He Chengjian walked out. He had a coat draped over his arm. He nodded at Gu Nianzhi and greeted her, “Miss Gu, you’re here too?”
Without waiting for Gu Nianzhi to reply, he immediately turned to look at He Zhichu, who was lying on the bed.
He Zhichu’s face was still pale, but his breathing was normal. He seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, but his EEG showed delta waves.
There are four types of brain waves: Alpha waves, Beta waves, Theta waves, Delta waves.
The last type is the brain waves produced when the human brain entered deep sleep.
Huo Shaoheng did not know much about this, but he had received some training, so he roughly knew the classification of brain waves.
“It doesn’t seem to be a big problem,”Huo Shaoheng said calmly. “The human body has the strongest ability to repair itself when it is in a deep sleep. Perhaps young master He is recuperating.”
“Then can you tell what drugs are affecting him?” He Chengjian asked anxiously.
Huo Shaoheng shook his head, “His symptoms are unlikely to be caused by drugs from our country. As far as I know, drugs from our country can keep people unconscious, but the brain activity will be high, so his symptoms does not fit.”
Gu Nianzhi frowned and interjected, “Why do you think it’s the drugs? I’ve watched the video many times, and young master He didn’t even swallow his saliva. If it were drugs, how did it affect him? The air?”
Huo Shaoheng’s heart skipped a beat. “It’s possible that it’s the air. Air is a good medium for transmission, maybe it’s through the air?”
Gu Nianzhi was just saying it casually. Seeing that Huo Shaoheng actually took it seriously, she felt a little smug and said, “What kind of medicine can be transmitted through air? Do you think it’s viruses and bacteria?”
He Chengjian also came to his senses and slapped his head. “Viruses and bacteria?! Quick, someone! Mobilize the anti-chemical units and take samples from that sealed ward!”
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She was just saying it casually. There was no need to take both of them seriously, right?
She felt that it wasn’t that simple.
However, Huo Shaoheng felt that it was indeed necessary to mobilize the anti-chemical unit.
If there were anything unfamiliar there, the anti-chemical unit would be the first to isolate them.
He Chengjian was in a hurry to mobilize the anti-chemical unit. Huo Shaoheng looked at Gu Nianzhi. “Miss Gu, have you been very busy these past two days?”
Gu Nianzhi nodded and said very seriously, “Yes, very busy. I’m dying.”
“Then why are you free today?” Huo Shaoheng continued asking.
Gu Nianzhi thought to herself. She knew that Mister Huo’s questions were never isolated.
He asked one question, and many more will follow.
She had accidentally fallen into a pit.
Gu Nianzhi closed the notebook on her lap and said seriously, “I took the time to visit young master He today. Now that I see that he is fine, I’m relieved. I can go home now.”
He Chengjian had already left He Zhichu’s bedroom, but Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi still spoke very cautiously.
This was the He family’s territory, and the word “accidentally” had no place here.
“Are you sure you can go home?” Huo Shaoheng glanced at He Zhichu, who was lying on the bed, and reminded Gu Nianzhi, “if you want to go home early, you better pray that he wakes up early.”
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This is the second update of the day: chapter 1668, “The Diversion of trouble.”.
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