Chapter 179 - Just a Name (1/2)

Chapter 179: Just a Name

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Huo Shaoheng’s phone rang and rang, but no one answered

Usually, Gu Nianzhi would have hung up by now, but this tie: “Uncle Huo, this is Nianzhi It was my 18th birthday yesterday Did you coe, Gu Nianzhi went to the bathroom to shower

She had not taken a proper shower at He Zhichu’s house the day before; she had dried her hair—which had been wet from the rain—and washed her feet, and that had been it

She showered, dried her hair, and immediately collapsed on her bed, already asleep

She was fully refreshed by the next ht and early, and went to the Coress for another day of work

At noon, she went to the Commission for Unrestricted Ocean Travel to look for Brother Huang—only to be told that he had taken the day off!

Gu Nianzhi was du into a nerve-racking shoot-out with the pirates Brother Huang, on the other hand, had actually called in sick…

She called hi, what happened? They toldwas in his apartet so, took the call, and whined plaintively: “Nianzhi? I almost died, and all because I wanted to celebrate your birthday!”

Gu Nianzhi remembered that the speedboat had been hijacked She said, surprised, “…What happened to you? I heard from Professor He that all of you were okay”

“My body is fine, but rownhe had ever encountered in his life He had alun to his head…

“…Well, take care then Have a good rest” Gu Nianzhi tried to comfort hiht feel better once you let it all out”

Brother Huang had been dying to tell someone about it; he jumped at the opportunity “I still don’t knohat happened! They said they would be taking us to the cruise shi+p, but the van drove us to an empty house, and they tied us up They left us there for a whole afternoon—I thought I was going to die! I couldn’t stop thinking about ’s fine now Professor He will ht occurred to Gu Nianzhi “But didn’t Miss Wen arrange for the van? And the speedboat, too…”

“Yeah, it was her, but I don’t blame her It’s not like she could have foreseen the pirates and hijacking” Brother Huang’s voice was full of sy “Barbados is a small country, and not exactly safe The authorities over there haven’t been able to keep the pirates in check, either Professor He was the one who pulled soave a plaintive cry “But I’ht’s sleep When I close ainst my head!”

Gu Nianzhi co a few more details fro up, “Have a good rest, Brother Huang I’ll bring you a delicious dinner when I get hoht”

For the rest of the day, Gu Nianzhi pondered over the mystery of the pirates She wanted badly to knoho had masterminded the pirate attack

If it had been Wen Shouyi—why did she want to kill Gu Nianzhi?

If it had been someone else—who, and for what purpose?

She spent the entire day thinking about it, but ultio on Wen Shouyi seemed the most suspicious, but that was mostly because she could not think of anyone else

She did not have any evidence to prove that Wen Shouyi had hired the pirates Not only that, Wen Shouyi had actually taken a bullet for her; Gu Nianzhi knew she could no longer say whatever she liked, whenever she liked, to Wen Shouyi’s face in the future She would have to be polite to her now, no matter what she truly felt about her

She decided to let it go

She was not the type to be obsessed

It was clear she would not be able to figure it out just by sitting around thinking about it Besides, she was still alive and well; she had thwarted the plans of whoever it ho had set a 10 million dollar bounty on her head The evil ernails in frustration right now, not Gu Nianzhi

Gu Nianzhi shrugged She would just ignore it for now

Later that evening, when they had returned to their apartze paid a visit to Brother Huang They had brought hize seized the opportunity to ask Brother Huang a few questions

Zhao Liangze was a true professional; he was meticulous with his questions, and soon uncovered a nulected to ask about

The two of theze frowned as he said to Gu Nianzhi, “…Which of us has enemies in Barbados? Is it you, or me?”

“Why do you say that?” Gu Nianzhi rested her chin in her hand, her eyes ith curiosity

“Well, going by what Brother Huang said, whoever planned all this had to pull a lot of strings, which means they must be well-connected inside Barbados Did you think the average Joe would have been able to pull so like that off, in the capital city of Barbados?” Zhao Liangze tousled Gu Nianzhi’s hair “Anye’ll get to the botto”

“…I think Professor He should be the one doing the investigating,” Gu Nianzhi said quietly “He’s lost so much money over this”

She recalled what Wen Shouyi had told her: He Zhichu had bought the cruise shi+p specifically for her birthday It had been brand new—and now it sat at the bottom of the ocean

He Zhichu would probably have to couests he had invited to the party, too No matter which way she sliced it, He Zhichu was the person who should be angriest over what had happened

“He has to investigate this too, obviously” Zhao Liangze returned to his co on”

Gu Nianzhi remained in his room, reluctant to leave After a , she asked casually, “Brother Ze, where’s Brother Xiong and Uncle Huo?”

Zhao Liangze paused He turned to look at her, a smile on his face “Why do you ask?”

“Didn’t you say they went to Cuba? It takes et froerly “So Uncle Huoabout Mr Huo” There was a teasing glea are already back in the Empire”

“What?” Gu Nianzhi was surprised “Already?”

“Well, so came up in the Eze recounted what Yin shi+xiong had told hi’s knowledge—he did not knohere Huo Shaoheng had gone, either

As soon as they returned to the Huaxia E had been summoned by General Ji, the co had heard was that Huo Shaoheng had been assigned a top-secrethad been thrown into solitary confine’s reputation, only a handful of people knew about his punish, the Speaker of the Senate; and Huo Shaoheng’s father, Huo Guanchen, the director of the Military Political Department

He would be locked up for two months, and not a day less

Everyone in the military knew that solitary confinement was extremely hard on the nerves; it orse than any form of corporal punishment

He would be cut off from the outside world, with no one to speak to The total isolation and loneliness was soh to drive a person crazy

But Huo Shaoheng was different

Solitary confinement was actually part of the Special Operations Forces’ standard training progra into solitary confine than an actual punish did not protest He entered the confinehly ranked for anyone else to know he had been sent to a confinement chamber as punishle room in General Ji’s house, one that General Ji had cleaned out just for him

There was a kitchen, a bathroom, a bed, a desk, a coe cabinet filled with an assortment of books and documents

For the next two o on the internet, but he would be able to read his fill of books