Gu Nianzhi looked at Song Jinning in disbelief. She wondered how Uncle Huo could tell Miss Song such a private matter..
“Miss Song, Uncle Huo must have trusted you enough to tell you this… ” Afraid to make Song Jinning think otherwise, Gu Nianzhi said this carefully.
Song Jinning hadn’t really thought that much about it. She raised an eyebrow and said proudly, “I’m a good person. I’d rather die than tell someone else’s secret.”
She was saying it now because it was no longer a secret.
Ever since Bai Jinyi’s case, everyone had known that Luo Jialan wasn’t Huo Guanyuan’s biological daughter.
Gu Nianzhi was a little speechless. She nodded twice and said, “Does Luo Jialan know that you know her background?”
Song Jinning frowned and thought for a moment. “I don’t know. I haven’t told anyone anyway.”
In her delirious years, she could only remember things before she was 18, so she probably wouldn’t have told anyone else about it at that time.
For example, the two domestic workers who had taken care of her, Auntie Xing and Auntie You, had no idea.
They had been in contact with Song Jinning the most during those years. If they hadn’t known, Song Jinning probably hadn’t said a word.
Gu Nianzhi was silent for a long time.
She thought that if Song Jinning had never mentioned it to anyone, then Luo Jialan wouldn’t have wanted to kill Song Jinning over it.
Theoretically speaking, Luo Jialan had no idea that Song Jinning was someone who knew about her past.
But why would she do that?
She had spent nearly a decade torturing Song Jinning, in an attempt to “mentally abuse” a mentally ill person who had suffered severe brain damage and had gradually become listless until her life force was gone…
Such a method was truly ruthless.
Gu Nianzhi frowned, then muttered, “If she didn’t know that you knew about her past, then she had no reason to do this. But the truth is, she did do it, so I think she should have found out from another source that you knew about her past as well.”
“Then who would be her other source?”
Gu Nianzhi thought of one person: Luo Xinxue.
She was Luo Jialan’s biological mother.
Of course, Luo Xinxue knew that Luo Jialan wasn’t Huo Guanyuan’s biological daughter, and probably told her about it after Luo Jialan had grown up.
Luo Jialan had said it herself.
Could it be that Luo Xinxue actually knew that Huo Guanyuan had told Song Jinning about it?
Gu Nianzhi felt as if her mind was filled with a fog. The truth was like a lamp in the fog, flickering in and out of view, and making her feel as if it was close for a moment, but then far away the next moment.
“… Ms. Song, think again. What else did Uncle Huo say to you? Was it related to Luo Jialan, himself, or the entire Huo family?” Gu Nianzhi continued to enlighten Song Jinning’s memories and thoughts.
Song Jinning closed her eyes. After a while, she continued, “Huo Guanyuan said that his parents were forcing him into a marriage. Luo Xinxue was pregnant, and her fiancé died trying to save Huo Guanyuan. So he decided to marry her to help himself, his comrade, and Luo Xinxue.”
“After my mother-in-law passed away, he often went out on missions and rarely stayed at home.”
“I remember that on the eve of the accident, I came out of the lab very late and saw him smoking alone under a big tree outside the lab building. When he saw me coming, he threw the cigarette away and came home with me.”
“On the way, he told me… ”
Song Jinning felt that something was wrong.
Why did Huo Guanyuan say such things to her at that time?
It was a pity that at that time, she had been so focused on the experiment that she had barely taken care of her own son, let alone her husband’s brother..
Song Jinning opened her eyes in a daze and didn’t speak for a long time.
Gu Nianzhi waited patiently by the side until Song Jinning’s line of sight regained focus. Gu Nianzhi asked softly, “What did Uncle Huo say?”
Song Jinning gritted her teeth, although she was embarrassed, she said in a low voice, ” … That day was the day before the big experiment. If we successfully completed the experiment the next day, the project with the military would be complete. Huo Guanyuan was originally a military representative representing the military to cooperate with our laboratory. If the experiment was completed, he would have to leave our laboratory and go on a mission somewhere else.”
“That night, he said that, according to the army’s tradition, every time they went out on a secret mission, they would write a will beforehand. If they were to die, their funeral arrangements would be made properly.”
Gu Nianzhi raised her head. “A will?! Uncle Huo had a will?!”
That’s right!
How could she have forgotten that!
When soldiers went out on missions, they would often write a will in advance and hand it over to the military instructor.
If they came back alive, of course, the will would be annulled.
If they didn’t come back alive, this will would be their last words in this world.
However, Gu Nianzhi was only happy for a moment. She felt like a deflated balloon that had been pricked by a needle.
If Huo Guanyuan had a will, it would only prove that Xie Ziyan’s trust fund, in Luo Jialan’s hands, was a legitimate inheritance.
Then they would have no way of recovering the money in the trust fund from Luo Jialan…
No wonder Luo Jialan was so confident and was so willing to squander the Xie family’s money.
Gu Nianzhi’s brows were furrowed tightly as she thought about how to deal with the situation. Song Jinning continued, “Yes, Huo Guanyuan said that he had made a will and wanted to give all of his assets to Shaoheng…”
Gu Nianzhi looked up in surprise and glared at Song Jinning.
She felt like she was on a roller coaster. She couldn’t control herself as she listened to Song Jinning’s words.
” … What did you say? Uncle Huo made a will and wanted to give all of his assets to Major General Huo?!” Gu Nianzhi asked in a trembling voice.
Blushing a little, Song Jinning nodded slightly, “Yeah, you don’t think it’s appropriate, do you? I declined politely at the time, saying that this was his property and should be left to his own child. But he said that he had never liked anyone in his life. He had married Luo Xinxue to take care of her and give her and the child in her womb a proper title… He also said that although they were married, he had never touched her.”
Gu Nianzhi covered her her eyes and forehead with her hands.
She couldn’t take it anymore. She was feeling a little dizzy..
Uncle Huo was closeted pervert…
” … But isn’t he being unfair to Luo Xinxue?” Gu Nianzhi composed herself and asked softly, “By Uncle Huo doing this, Luo Xinxue is his wife only in name…”
Song Jinning nodded and said with a wry smile, “I said the same thing back then. I said that since he was married to Luo Xinxue, he had to take on the responsibility of being a husband. Otherwise, it would be too unfair to Luo Xinxue.”
“Then what did Uncle Huo say?” Gu Nianzhi was very curious and couldn’t help being gossipy.
“He said that he had an agreement with Luo Xinxue. When Luo Xinxue found someone she liked, he would divorce her and let her find her own happiness. If she didn’t want to have children, she could leave Luo Jialan with the Huo family. Because Luo Jialan was Huo Guanyuan’s daughter in name, he had never denied the whole thing to the outside world.”
“As long as he doesn’t say it, and Luo Xinxue doesn’t say it, no one will know Luo Jialan’s true identity.”
“But you know? ” Gu Nianzhi quietly reminded Song Jinning.
Song Jinning looked at her strangely, as if she was very surprised at what she had said. She told her disapprovingly, “But I won’t tell anyone. Huo Guanyuan only told me this because he knew I would keep it a secret.”
Gu Nianzhi’s mouth twitched as she listened.
Uncle Huo probably didn’t tell you this just because you could keep a secret, right?
This was really…
She finally understood why although Huo Guanyuan was much more capable than his younger brother, Huo Guanchen, he couldn’t get Song JJinning, a beauty with an extremely high IQ but low EQ…
Because his overly reserved way of expressing himself was completely useless against Song Jinning, a mad scientist.
Huo Guanchen had probably used a very straightforward way of pursuing her before he managed to move the heart of the genius beauty who was straightforward in her relationship.
Song Jinning’s EQ was not low, but she lacked nerves when it came to romantic relationships.
She probably never thought that Huo Guanyuan liked her at that time.
It wasn’t until 17 years later, when Bai Jinyi’s case was heard, that Song Jinning vaguely found out that this person she knew a long time ago had a secret crush on her.
This was truly a tragic incident.
However, she had been worried that Huo Guanyuan, the “Holy Father”, would not only help others raise their children, but also lose all his assets.
Now, after listening to Song Jinning’s words, she felt that Huo Guanyuan was still a normal person. Although he was emotionally stubborn, at least he wasn’t overly foolish.
He didn’t give the property left by his mother, Xie Ziyan, to an outsider. Instead, he had chosen to leave it to his own nephew, Huo Shaoheng.
In realization, Gu Nianzhi continued to ask excitedly, “What about Uncle Huo’s will?”
Song Jinning frowned. “I don’t know? Didn’t the military announce his will?”
Huo Guanyuan and Song Jinning had met with an accident during the experiment.
Huo Guanyuan’s body had been destroyed in the explosion, and Song Jinning had been pushed out of the lab at the last moment. Her brain had suffered a severe concussion, and her memory had been stuck at the age of 18, when she had become a severely mentally ill patient.
Song Jinning had no idea what had happened to Huo Guanyuan after that.
However, this question wasn’t difficult.
Song Jinning didn’t know, but Huo Shaoheng should know.
If Huo Shaoheng didn’t know, there was still General Ji!
Huo Guanyuan was a military hero. There must have been a bylaw that detailed his funeral arrangements.
Gu Nianzhi recalled that during Bai Jinyi’s trial, she seemed to have mentioned what Huo Guanyuan’s belongings were.
She clearly remembered that Huo Guanyuan’s will hadn’t been mentioned at that time.
If it had, Gu Nianzhi wouldn’t have ignored such an important thing.
Whether or not the will had been fulfilled at all, and whether or not the will had not been published were all matters that Gu Nianzhi had to follow up on next.
She left Song Jinning’s lab and couldn’t wait to call Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng’s phone rang with a dead tone.
It probably wasn’t convenient for him to pick up the phone.
Gu Nianzhi sent him a text message.
“Major General Huo, do you know where your uncle’s will is?”
