Chapter 167 - Be My Goddess (1/2)
Chapter 167: Be My Goddess
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Wen Shouyi’s expression froze as her eyes fell upon the credit card in Gu Nianzhi’s hand After a h and said, “I see you went to Professor He and coain Nianzhi, I really do care about you I want the best for you You don’t have to appreciate what I do for you, but can’t you at least stop thinking of et you at every turn?”
“I never make assumptions about a person’s character” Gu Nianzhi withdrew the credit card He Zhichu had given her and said, with a hint of sarcas to their behavior Miss Wen, I don’t care what goes on inside that mind of yours, nor do I care about whatever private reasons you supposedly have for acting the way you do towards me That’s none of my business, and I don’t want to know about it All I want is to live peacefully for the next six months, and then return to the Empire to continue my studies”
Wen Shouyi stared at Gu Nianzhi, her eyes filled with undisguised pity and syaze
Gu Nianzhi sat down and resu on her computer She kept her face deliberately turned towards her computer screen in an explicit display of hostility as she asked, “Miss Wen, is there sohed She looked at Gu Nianzhi calmly
Gu Nianzhi looked up from her computer and stared defiantly back at Wen Shouyi
She took in Wen Shouyi’s slightly pluure, her round face, her thin eyebrows, and her sht, and the corners of her eyes were slightly upturned—they ere commonly known as “phoenix eyes,” siht, aler and narrower She looked like a classical beauty who had just walked out froure and chubby cheeks were pleasant and attractive to look at—if she kept her mouth shut
Gu Nianzhi seized the opportunity to carefully look Wen Shouyi over The longer she stared at her, the more familiar she seemed to Gu Nianzhi
Who? Who does she rehts ran wild as the cogs turned inside her head Her eyes glazed over as she tried to remember
Wen Shouyi quietly watched Gu Nianzhi When she saw that Gu Nianzhi had zoned out, she smiled pleasantly and left the s at Wen Shouyi’s retreating back when it suddenly hit her
She knehy Wen Shouyi seeya apartment bedroom, in C City of the Huaxia Empire, there were several dolls she had played with as a child
A dreaandy, thick bangs that covered the forehead, narrow eyes, a face as round and fair as a dinner plate, and a full figure—the dolls had reses
And now, they rely of Wen Shouyi
They were not entirely alike, of course; there werewas the same…
Wen Shouyi resembled her dolls Why was that?
Gu Nianzhi chewed on her pen She ht to ask where the dolls had come from
She kept herself busy with her work at the Committee of Appropriations When it was tier had access to the archives
Her access was now li else now said “Restricted Access” when she tried to open therow , when she had returned to her apartht up the subject of her dolls at the dining table “Brother Ze, do you reirl? I carried theze ladled out a bowl of soup and handed it to her “Drink up, it’s Chinese yarow taller”
Gu Nianzhi was not in a hurry to drink her soup She got out her phone and pulled up a photo of Wen Shouyi “Don’t you think she looks like my dolls? Thin eyebrows, a small lanced at the photo dismissively “…Thin eyebrows, a small mouth, phoenix eyes, kind of chubby—you’ve just described about a third of all the women froht those facial features were in any way special, well, congratulations, you’ve narrowed it down from one in a billion to one in every ten million”
“Oh? So you don’t think she looks like e eyes were round with surprise Her dark pupils glittered like the best-quality obsidian under the lights “Really? They don’t look alike—at all?”
“They look sieneric similarity, like a racial stereotype You knohite people look sioes for black people, and so on and so forth—get it?” Zhao Liangze patted her on the shoulder “The si more to it”
Gu Nianzhi carefully scrutinized Wen Shouyi’s photo Zhao Liangze was right—the similarity seeia and fa was cohed and turned off her phone “Guess I was being paranoid”
“I thought you hated her? A lot? Why would you relate her to your favorite dolls?” Zhao Liangze found the idea extre with Gu Nianzhi about it as he cut up his steak
“I hate her guts The first tie me, and I’ve never liked her since But she’s Professor He’s assistant—she’s always around, whether I like her or not” Gu Nianzhi drank her entire bowl of soup in one go, and then began picking out the Chinese yam inside to eat
“Well, don’t spend so nore her Theher, the s difficult for yourself?” Zhao Liangze had finished cutting his steak into little pieces He poured the gravy over the steak pieces, and began shoving theastrono She rested her chin in a hand and began talking about the supplier “…I was able to find the details of the supplier yesterday, but today, they were all locked behind restricted access I can’t see theze paused “Restricted access?”
“Yup I was able to retrieve the data and reports yesterday, so I’m positive the extra security measure was only added today” Gu Nianzhi nodded confidently
Zhao Liangze thought for a moment “I knohat happened They probably added soer in the list of suppliers If someone not on their internal white-list tries to look up this specific supplier, the file ioes into restricted access It’s a very simple encryption method that can be carried out automatically with a script Well, at least we kno that there is definitely so fishy about this particular supplier”
“Have you told Uncle Huo about it?” Gu Nianzhi looked at Zhao Liangze eagerly “If you haven’t, I can tell hize looked at her He suddenly grinned “I mentioned it, but I wasn’t very clear I think it would be better for you to tell him about it yourself” He winked at her
Gu Nianzhi leapt to her feet, bursting with joy “I’ll call hiht away!”
She rushed to her roo’s nuze re table He stared at the door to Gu Nianzhi’s roohtful expression on his face
…
Gu Nianzhi flopped onto her bed She had finally gotten through to Huo Shaoheng’s phone
“…Uncle Huo?” Gu Nianzhi turned over to lie on her back, the corners of herwas in theHe heard Gu Nianzhi call his number over his headset; he answered the call, then i up He took out his phone and texted her: I’’swould er
But that was it
Huo Shaoheng was in thewith his subordinates the viability of sending a research vessel to the Gulf of Aden
“Our investigations show that Physical World was founded by a professor of physics from Harvard University It’s a small, liistration details for it rehly classified” Lieutenant Colonel Zhao, who oversaw North A on the podiu the results of their investigations “Bai Yusheng’s defection froo severely crippled our Secret Service operations and intelligence network in North America We would have been able to find out a lot more about Physical World, if it hadn’t been for that”
He shook his head regretfully as he stepped down from the podium and seated hi was silent for a moment Finally, he said: “Send a research vessel to the Gulf of Aden Tarshi+ps will act as an escort Those amateur pirates in the Gulf of Aden would never dare approach a military warshi+p”
“We’ll have to coordinate with the Southern Military Region if ant to send warshi+ps,” said Bai Yueran She was not only a colonel, but also the head of the Legal Departion “It’s either theion—these are the only two ions with a naval fleet”
“We’ll cooperate with the Southern Military Region” Huo Shaoheng turned on his computer and looked at the map of territorial waters “There are many places of interest in the South China Sea, it’ll be easier to work from there”
“That’s true We have plenty of natural wonders in the South China Sea to protect, don’t we?” Everyone laughed in i was over, Bai Yueran waited for everyone to leave before saying to Huo Shaoheng: “Sir,there in person this ti remotely suspicious about the area, she’ll find it”