Chapter 1185: 1185
He Zhichu didn’t want to listen anymore . With both hands stuffed in his trouser pockets, he went to stand by the window . The drapes were still drawn, so he stood beside the ivory-white veiled curtains . He stood tall and proud in his light grey suit, appearing forlorn .
Gu Nianzhi could sense He Zhichu’s movements . Her eyes flickered quickly .
She could feel that He Zhichu was unperturbed . Could she be wrong about this?
But when she thought about it again, He Zhichu had already said many times that he didn’t know where Gu Xiangwen was currently located .
Also, he had always expressed that he only knew about the portion of Gu Nianzhi’s past concerning the years before she was 12 years old . Gu Nianzhi left the Gu family when she was 12, so He Zhichu didn’t know anything about what happened after Huo Shaoheng rescued her .
From this perspective, there should be a reason why He Zhichu didn’t know about the Gu family’s situation .
As Gu Nianzhi discreetly contemplated He Zhichu’s behavior, she used the cursor to click on the pin for Cape Town and said, “…I want to go take a look there . ”
Huo Shaoheng nodded . “I will make the preparations and fly us from here to Cape Town in Africa . ”
Reinitz raised a shackled wrist, his expression aloof as he said, “I don’t have any interest in this anymore . Can you let me go now?”
Huo Shaoheng ignored him, waving a hand at him to ask him to shut up . He glanced toward He Zhichu standing beside the window, then looked at Gu Nianzhi .
Gu Nianzhi understood his intentions and smiled at He Zhichu’s back . “Professor He, do you want to come along with us?” she asked .
He Zhichu didn’t turn around . He only shook his head slightly as he said, “No thanks . I only took a few days off, and there are still things for me to take care of at school . I cannot be gone for too long . ”
Gu Nianzhi didn’t pressure him any further . “Ok, then . In that case, Professor He will go back first . I will come speak to you after we come back from Cape Town . ”
“Yeah,” He Zhichu answered after a moment of silence .
Huo Shaoheng had long prepared for He Zhichu’s reaction, so he didn’t make any comments . He only made sure to remind Gu Nianzhi, “Cape Town is in Africa, and the situation is complicated there . Public safety is not guaranteed, so we will have to be extra careful . ”
Gu Nianzhi quickly agreed, saying, “I understand . I will go make preparation right now . ”
Gu Nianzhi was willing to risk everything in order to find her father’s whereabouts and figure out her past .
She left the study first and returned to her bedroom to pack up .
He Zhichu heard Gu Nianzhi leave, so he also turned around . He left in silence without sparing Huo Shaoheng or Reinitz a single glance .
Reinitz and Huo Shaoheng were the only two people left in the study .
The study’s doors were quietly closed by someone outside, and the room was completely quiet .
Reinitz raised his hands at Huo Shaoheng once again and said sternly, “Major General Huo, can you let me leave here? I want to go back to Germany . ”
“You want to leave? Reinitz, did you forget that you are my captive now?” Huo Shaoheng folded his hands behind his back and looked expressionlessly at Reinitz . He used English to answer Reinitz’s question .
Reinitz also quickly switched back to using English as he said, “No, no, no . I didn’t forget . I lost to you, and you captured me, so I hold no grudges . But since we both work for different organizations, that means there is no deep hatred between us . Isn’t that right?”
Huo Shaoheng gave him a mysterious smile and crossed his arms to say, “Oh, really? There is no deep hatred between us? That’s not what I think . ”
Huo Shaoheng put down his arms and approached Reinitz to grab him by the collar, icily retorting, “Reinitz, did you forget how you set a trap in the Alps and made Nianzhi nearly break down? I didn’t forget it, though . ”
Huo Shaoheng wanted to clear old debts .
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Reinitz’s head began to hurt .
At the time, he had been full of confidence and was driven by the sole purpose of becoming the chief of his country’s Gestapo, the Director of the Federal Intelligence Service .
Although he became attracted to Gu Nianzhi as time passed, his heart had always been with the interests of his nation .
Unlike now, where Huo Shaoheng’s words alone could almost obliterate his faith .
Reinitz was now pretending to act strong, but his mind was already in shambles .
Like he was standing in the wastelands of time, he discovered that he was just a floating tumbleweed .
“…Fine then, you can dispose of me as you please . ” Reinitz closed his eyes as he said, “I don’t regret anything I’ve done . If I could do it over again, I still wouldn’t change anything . ”
This was until he learned about the truth .
Huo Shaoheng released his collar and retreated a step . He considered it for a while, then seemed to make a difficult decision . “Reinitz, you know that we operate by discipline . I cannot easily let you go,” he said .
“Oh?” Reinitz was a bit perplexed and asked in disappointment, “Don’t you have special authority? As someone in our line of work, so many things can happen over the course of a mission . How can we even report every single thing that takes place to our country?”
“My country isn’t the same as yours . ” Huo Shaoheng looked at him calmly with an extremely solemn expression . “However, I can make an exception on the account that you protected Nianzhi from what she did . ”
Reinitz originally thought his situation was helpless, but Huo Shaoheng’s tone changed, so his position immediately improved .
Reinitz looked at Huo Shaoheng and smiled . “…You are making an exception, so that means there has to be some condition?” he asked .
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He was all too familiar with how their kind of people operated .
Huo Shaoheng didn’t smile back, but said in a serious tone, “I hope that you can keep a close eye on any movements related to the Japanese from the bureau and tell me anytime . ” As he spoke, he pushed a flash drive into Reinitz’s hand . “There is a password and phone number inside . You only need to call this number and enter the password in order to leave a voicemail . Don’t worry . I am the only person who can check the voicemail . ”
Reinitz looked at Huo Shaoheng in shock .
This man truly never made a bad deal in his life…
He was actually trying to develop Reinitz as his informant!
Reinitz!
Huo Shaoheng felt a bit excited when he knew that he was making the leader of a country’s intelligence agency into his own informant…
Reinitz frowned, then tried to push this strange thought of his head . His brows furrowed as he said, “…You want me to betray my own country? No, I will never do that kind of thing . Just kill me . ”
Huo Shaoheng folded his hands behind his back and said calmly, “No, I’m not asking you to betray your own country, because I don’t need any intelligence related to your country . However, if your bureau receives any information about the Japanese making strange movements, especially if it’s related to their Operation Borrowed Seed, I hope that you will contact me as soon as possible . This operation is very important to us and especially significant to Nianzhi . This has nothing to do with our country’s interests . ”
Reinitz understood Huo Shaoheng’s request now . “You only want information related to the Japanese Operation Borrowed Seed?” he asked .
“That’s right . ” Huo Shaoheng looked down and opened a file on his computer . He showed it to Reinitz, saying, “If you agree, you can sign your name on this memorandum of understanding outlining the cooperative nature of our agreement . ”
There was a printer in the study . Huo Shaoheng printed out the English version of the memorandum of understanding in duplicate for Reinitz to sign .
Reinitz looked at it in a hurry and immediately signed his name .
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The memorandum of understanding was mutually beneficial .
With this memorandum of understanding, their contacts were semi-official .
Of course, only Reinitz’s obligations were stipulated in it, while Huo Shaoheng was not obligated to do anything in return for the Gestapo .
Reinitz was just anxious to get out of that situation, so he didn’t think about this problem at all .
It was not until he returned to his country and took out the memorandum of understanding to take a closer look that he discovered what Huo Shaoheng had done to it .
By then, Huo Shaoheng had already taken Gu Nianzhi to Cape Town, the second-largest city in the southernmost country in Africa .
When Gu Nianzhi came out of the airport, she was faced with a heatwave that almost made her pass out .
Huo Shaoheng supported her with one hand and carried two suitcases with the other as he stood at the gate of the airport and took a look .
“Nianzhi, over here! Over here!” someone called .
In this country full of black people, Gu Nianzhi was surprised to hear someone randomly call her name in Chinese .
Following the voice, she turned her head and saw a handsome tanned face smiling widely .
“Brother Ze?! Why are you here?!” Gu Nianzhi looked at the man carefully before realizing who he was .
It was Zhao Liangze!
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