Chapter 671
Ma Qiqi was relieved . This was one of Gu Nianzhi’s guardians, brother Xiong’s number . It seemed like he was an assistant of that Huo Shao . Therefore, if she had found him, she should be able to find Huo Shao . However, she did not say anything . She couldn’t because Senpai was here, so she hung up .
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She was in a rush to make the phone call again . Therefore, she stuffed her phone into her pocket, waved to Senpai and said, “Senpai, I’ll go back now . Thank you!” With that, she ran off .
Senpai was speechless . This lady! She really just ignores me after I helped her! Senpai could not decide whether to be upset or to laugh . He felt uncomfortable, but after busying himself with other things, he forgot about it .
The moment she returned to her dormitory, Ma Qiqi dialed the number again . This time, after the call went to voicemail, she left a message . “Is this Gu Nianzhi’s guardian? I am her roommate, Qiqi . My mobile number is… I have something important to tell you regarding Nianzhi . Please contact me after hearing this message! You must! It’s a matter of life and death!”
The number that Ma Qiqi had dialed was a number that Huo Shaoheng had set up for Gu Nianzhi in the past . As long as someone dialed that number, the person at the end of the voicemail mailbox would immediately answer it and send it to the relevant person . Two people would receive voicemail from this number . One of them was Yin Shixiong, and the other was Zhao Liangze .
Due to wanting to take care of Gu Nianzhi, the two of them would not be sent on missions at the same time . Usually, one of them would be staying in the country just in case they had to receive information about Gu Nianzhi . Otherwise, Huo Shaoheng would kill them .
However, after finding her father, Gu Xiangwen, many of her safety measures had been secretly revoked when Huo Shaoheng went on his mission . Therefore, all three of them were sent on missions this time around . Fortunately, because Huo Shaoheng was extremely careful, some of the safety measures were not touched .
It wasn’t because the people who revoked her safety measures were being kind . It was simply because they did not know that those measures existed . Or rather, they forgot about their existence .
For example, the diamond earrings on Gu Nianzhi had GPS systems installed in them . There was another one—it was the number under “family contact” that she filled her registration forms with .
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These should have been revoked as well . However, due to the vast number of safety measures Huo Shaoheng had put on her, it was too much of a hassle to check how many, exactly, there were . Therefore, they had left some alone unintentionally .
Even though no one was keeping track of Gu Nianzhi’s location every minute of the day anymore, they did not take the earrings back from her . Therefore, the moment something happened to her, they could activate all the satellites involved and locate her in seconds .
That phone number still existed as well . Even though there was no one assigned to specially answer the voicemail, the number was still active . Therefore, after a while, it would be automatically sent to Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze . It was just that both of them were on overseas missions now, so they couldn’t answer it .
After leaving the message, Ma Qiqi began to count the days while waiting for Yin Shixiong to get back to her .
Huo Shaoheng waited for another month in New York . It was almost October, but the opponent had not made any moves . For a while, he thought Thomas had misled him . However, he could still hold his patience . For people in his profession, being able to have patience was key to many things .
That day, he went to check the three apartments he had rented . The studio apartment in the east was rather centralized in that area . There was only one apartment building in that area, and the rest were all landed villas .
He went to check the mailbox in the morning but to no avail . Then, he went to the Starbucks opposite the apartment for a coffee . Taking out his Kindle, he read some books just like the people who stayed there . Then, he exited the Starbucks and boarded the bus to the west part of the city .
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There were rental apartments everywhere in the west . They looked like matchboxes that were stacked up . Even though they looked neat, it looked nothing like New York . Most of the people who were there were all “artists” from all over the world . You could call them “street artists” as well .
Huo Shaoheng went to the mailbox and disposed of some junk mail, then he went to the Kentucky Fried Chicken nearby . He bought a family bucket and finished it all on his own .
It was about one o’clock in the afternoon . Finally, his destination was the north . The apartment in the north was in a really nice place . It was previously a house that some millionaire built for his mistress in the past . After they broke up, the house was redeveloped into apartments .
From the outside, it looked like a grand mansion . There were many windows just like a school . They were all the windows of different apartments rented to those who wanted to pretend to be rich when they were not quite there yet .
Huo Shaoheng walked around the area and sensed something amiss . It felt too different compared to the past . He had been here countless times . The ambience there felt laid back but elegant . Everyone walked at a relaxed pace, and they all looked at ease . Everyone dressed up to the nines, like they were ready to go to a party anytime .
However, the moment he entered the area that day, Huo Shaoheng sensed that there were many people who felt out of place with the residents in this area . Of course, people couldn’t usually sense things like that . Only people who had undergone professional training and had been on countless missions on the verge of death like Huo Shaoheng would have such a keen sense of observation .
For example, to a normal person, there was a couple sitting in an alfresco café . They did not look out of the ordinary . They wore well-pressed, warm-colored shirts with collars . The man wore a pair of pants that were of the same color tone, and the woman wore a flattering pencil skirt . However, to Huo Shaoheng, they looked like a sore thumb in the crowd . That was because in this town where everyone tried hard to be cool, they would never button the top button of the shirt . Instead, they would leave one to two buttons undone to reveal their necks and a hint of collarbone .
As for the ladies, even though that one had brown hair as well, residents all knew that it was extremely old fashioned if anyone combed their hair to be sleek . The fashionable ones all had a messy, bed-head look .
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Finally, the way residents looked at people was different . The residents habitually looked at people with a flirtatious smile, like they could have sex anytime if both parties were attracted to each other . It was unlike some of the people there . They looked at people straight, like they couldn’t wait to see right through you .
With all this added together, the sense of awkwardness separated them from the residents in Huo Shaoheng’s eyes . He noticed these differences, but he did not turn and walk away . Instead, he strode towards them and entered a supermarket with a devilish grin .
Some beautiful ladies saw him when they were buying things and were hopelessly attracted . They flirted with him to the best of their abilities, but he merely smiled . Then, all of a sudden, he looked over and met their eyes . They almost melted…
The people who were attracted to him lost interest immediately and looked away, getting back to their business . Just like that, Huo Shaoheng took a turn through the supermarket and left the place with a lady . He left and boarded a cab when they reached a turn .
If he was right, the traitor had begun his or her operations . The person had waited for more than a month . That was considered patient, but not extremely patient . He did not understand why the person had decided to strike after more than a month of waiting .
Logically, under such circumstances, they should wait for about half a year before striking if they hadn’t received any news in a fortnight . However, the timeline now was neither within a fortnight nor half a year—an awkward point in their timeline . Now, that was worth pondering .
Huo Shaoheng enjoyed the cab ride a little and ensured that no one was following him before returning to his apartment in New Jersey . Thomas should be sending him a letter soon, or the letter would have been left at the place they had agreed upon . It was just that Huo Shaoheng hadn’t collected it .
To be honest, even though Thomas had agreed to work with him, they didn’t fully trust each other yet . This was normal when two people from opposing teams decided to work together . This was also the attitude the people in their profession had towards others . They would never fully trust someone . If anyone trusted a traitor a hundred percent, then that person was overly naïve . He would not be suitable to have this as his occupation .
Huo Shaoheng sat in his spacious apartment with a mug of beer, feeling heavy hearted . He remembered clearly which departments he had sent the letters to . The one that involved the apartment in the northern part of the city had been sent directly to Chen Lie .
He did not expect it to really be Chen Lie… Was it really Chen Lie? Huo Shaoheng could not straighten his thoughts for a while . He’d met Chen Lie very early on, even before he joined the army . They were friends after a fight .
He was still hot tempered at that time and planned for a mission on his own to sneak his aunt’s body back from the main hospital in the army . Then, the then “genius intern doctor,” Chen Lie, discovered his plot . He had thought that Huo Shaoheng was a burglar who stole illegal things…
The two men fought . Of course Chen Lie lost terribly, but he spilled the truth after Chen Lie interrogated him as well . After hearing his explanation, Chen Lie decided to trust him without a doubt . He even helped Huo Shaoheng to hide his aunt’s body in the hospital’s refrigerator . He could say that without Chen Lie’s help, the truth about his aunt’s case would not have been brought to light .
After that, they had more opportunities to strengthen their friendship . When Huo Shaoheng joined the army, Chen Lie met him again when he started the Special Forces . By then, Chen Lie was already the military doctor whom the Special Forces requested . He had brought his assistant, Ye Zitan, with him .
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