“Lawyer Gu, you still don’t believe me?” He Chengjian’s personal secretary was exasperated. Although he couldn’t say anything in absolute terms, no one except Gu Nianzhi had ever doubted him when he spoke to them face-to-face.
Ever since Luo Piaopiao had been in danger at the revolving restaurant, Gu Nianzhi’s vigilance had gone up a few notches. She even felt a little jittery.
Other than the words of Huo Shaoheng, Lu Jin, and He Zhichu, whom she trusted the most, she would think twice about what others said. She would think carefully about whether it was logical before deciding whether to believe them or not.
There was nothing she could do about it. She had never been tricked by strangers before, and the ones who had successfully deceived her were all acquaintances.
Gu Nianzhi smiled. “It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s just that your words sound weird.”
For example, when the personal secretary said He Zhichu had “relapsed,” Gu Nianzhi didn’t believe him at all.
What was He Zhichu’s “relapse”?
Lu Jin had explained to her that it was some kind of congenital genetic deficiency.
There were only two outcomes for this disease. One was a complete cure, and the other was an incurable death. There was no third way.
Relapse? There was no such thing.
A genetic disease could be truly cured with gene therapy. It was unlike a viral cold, which would come every time the weather changed. It would only get better with time.
He Chengjian’s personal secretary was also a shrewd person. Hearing Gu Nianzhi’s words, he could tell that she was still skeptical of him.
He didn’t know what to do. One of his hands couldn’t help scratching his head, so much so that the few remaining strands of hair on his head were almost bald.
He Chengjian, who was sitting diagonally across from him, said in a low voice, “Nianzhi, he’s telling the truth.”
Gu Nianzhi’s heart skipped a beat. “… is Young Master He really having a relapse? General He, I thought you wouldn’t joke about your son’s health.”
She didn’t care how He Chengjian treated her, but his love for his son was undeniable.
Gu Nianzhi herself had a father who doted on her like a maniac. She could now understand He Chengjian’s actions, although she still couldn’t accept it.
After all, He Chengjian was targeting her, and she wasn’t a saint. If someone slapped her on the left side of her face, she wouldn’t offer her right cheek…
“Wen Shouyi said that, but I don’t believe it. I don’t think he’s relapsing.” He Chengjian’s expression was a little unnatural.
Because he remembered what that “madman” had said. He had told Qin Suwen and him that He Zhichu’s illness had indeed recovered, and it was a genetic recovery. There was absolutely no chance of a relapse.
The past ten years had also confirmed what that “madman” had said.
So today, when He Zhichu suddenly fainted, He Chengjian’s first reaction was that he had been plotted against by someone else. He didn’t think that it was a “relapse” at all. It was only when Wen Shouyi had said that word that he became vigilant.
The person who really treated He Zhichu back then actually wasn’t Qin Yaoguang, but that lunatic, Gu Xiangwen.
Qin Yaoguang was the first person to come up with the idea of treatment, but the person who really figured out the treatment method was Gu Xiangwen.
In this matter, Qin Yaoguang was only Gu Xiangwen’s assistant.
However, Qin Yaoguang also took the initiative to give birth to a child and used her own child to treat He Zhichu’s illness. Therefore, for a very long time, He Chengjian also regarded Qin Yaoguang as one of He Zhichu’s benefactors.
Theoretically speaking, she was indeed He Zhichu’s benefactor.
She and Gu Xiangwen were He Zhichu’s two indispensable benefactors.
However, Gu Xiangwen had something to do with his wife’s death. He had been fleeing in fear of punishment and had disappeared without a trace. In the end, he died in the fire.
Qin Yaoguang had always been by his side. She even married him when his son, He Zhichu, left him and went to the other world.
However, after He Zhichu had returned, they had completely fallen out and divorceD.
Therefore, when He Zhichu suddenly fainted after staying with Qin Yaoguang and Qin Baye for twenty-four hours today, He Chengjian didn’t believe that it had nothing to do with Qin Yaoguang.
She was skilled in medicine and that ward was the Qin family’s territory. It would be too easy for her to tamper with it, so He Chengjian immediately ordered the ward to be sealed.
He Chengjian felt a headache when he saw Gu Nianzhi’s reluctant expression.
“… but he’s really unconscious. He fainted after staying in the same ward with Qin Yaoguang and her father for 24 hours,” He Chengjian said in a low voice.
Gu Nianzhi narrowed her eyes when she heard Wen Shouyi. “Wen Shouyi was there too?”
“I heard that she just came back from the south.” He Chengjian’s personal secretary interjected. He had spoken to He Zhichu’s personal secretary so he knew a lot about the situation. “She was the one who kept saying that Young Master He might have relapsed and asked Qin Yaoguang to treat Young Master He. Our chief asked Qin Yaoguang and Old Master Qin to come back and ‘assist in the treatment’.”
He Chengjian’s personal secretary was also a clever person. He explained the matter in a roundabout way.
Gu Nianzhi paused for a moment. “How is Young Master He’s condition? Is it serious? is he the only one who fainted? Where are Qin Yaoguang and Old Master Qin?”
“Qin Yaoguang also fainted after that. Qin Baye is sleeping with the oxygen mask on.” He Chengjian’s voice finally carried a trace of resentment and anger.
Gu Nianzhi was surprised. “Qin Baye? Grandfather Qin’s name is Qin Baye? That name, tsk tsk… could it be that Young Master He is really sick?”
“Who has the time to lie to you!” He Chengjian roared. “Just say whether you want to be my lawyer or not!”
“Yes! I’ll do it!” Gu Nianzhi was shocked. She subconsciously shrank her neck and cowered. “Don’t worry, I’ll come see Young Master He right away!”
Hearing that it was really related to Qin Yaoguang and the Qin Corporation’s Private Hospital, Gu Nianzhi also felt that something was wrong.
“Okay, don’t come out on your own. I’ll send a car to pick you up.” He Chengjian managed to hold back his anger. Seeing that Gu Nianzhi was still sensible, he didn’t continue to yell at her.
Gu Nianzhi quickly said, “I need to pack some things. Call me when your car arrives, I’ll come out.”
He Chengjian nodded in satisfaction. “Hurry up. I’m taking Ah-Chu to the Military General Hospital for a full body check-up now. I hope it’s not too much of a problem.”
Gu Nianzhi agreed and turned off the video chat.
She pondered for a moment, then opened the bedroom door and walked into the living room.
Lu Yuan and Lu Jin put down what they were doing and looked up at her.
“What’s wrong?” Lu Jin asked first. “Did He Chengjian call you? What happened?”
Gu Nianzhi smiled wryly. “Young Master He supervised Qin Yaoguang’s operation on Grandfather Qin, but during the 24-hour observation period after the operation, Grandfather Qin was fine, and Young Master He fainted. They also said that his old illness had relapsed.”
“That’s impossible.” As expected, Lu Jin denied it outright. “He Zhichu’s illness has already recovered, so it’s impossible for his old illness to relapse. If he fainted, it’s most likely another illness.”
Gu Nianzhi nodded as well. She walked over and sat beside Lu Jin. She looked up at him and said, “Dad, do you also think that it’s impossible for his old illness to recur?”
“From the perspective of gene therapy, it’s absolutely impossible for his old illness to recur,” Lu Jin said firmly. He was very angry. “Besides, there are too many ways to make a person unconscious. Who would be so shameless as to say that Young Master He had a relapse?! Let him show himself! Let’s fight one on one!”
Lu Jin was obviously still holding a grudge over this.
Because saying that He Zhichu’s old illness had relapsed was obviously a slap to his face, saying that he hadn’t fully cured He Zhichu’s illness.
Was this possible? It had to be impossible!
Gu Nianzhi quickly comforted Lu Jin. “Dad, we don’t believe it. Even General He doesn’t believe it. But Young Master He is indeed unconscious, and Wen Shouyi also said that Young Master He had a ‘relapse’. She wants Qin Yaoguang to treat He Zhichu.”
Lu Jin chuckled. “Let her treat him. If He Zhichu falls into her hands, he won’t be able to ‘recover ‘for the rest of his life!”
Gu Nianzhi instantly understood. She frowned and said, “… Could this be the Qin family’s plan? They’re using the crown prince to order the emperor around… How dare they set up a trap to deal with Young Master He like this? This is unbelievable.”
“It’s obvious. They’re using He Zhichu to control He Chengjian,” Lu Yuan interjected from the side.
That was outraheous.
Gu Nianzhi sighed and threw the panda pillow in the air. She caught it and threw it again. She mumbled, “Are they too arrogant, or do they think General He is too old to put up a fight?”
“He is a ruthless man who would kill a Soviet diplomat for the sake of his son’s lifelong happiness and would send special forces soldiers to attack the other side of the world.”
Gu Nianzhi thought of the bullet that had shot her in the back. The pain that had pierced straight into her bone marrow and almost shattered her heart made her apprehensive of He Chengjian. She would hide as much as she could.
How could someone like this be manipulated by others?
How could someone like this be cowered by threats?
Gu Nianzhi wanted to light a candle for the person who had set up this scheme.
Lu Yuan looked at her without batting an eye and changed the topic. “Then why did they call you?”
Gu Nianzhi stood up and said worriedly, “I’m going to see Young Master He. General He said Wen Shouyi was going to sue him, so he asked me to represent him.”
“You’re going to see Young Master He?” Lu Yuan couldn’t help but deliberately say, “You’re going alone? Why don’t you let Mr. Peter accompany you? Oh, by the way, why hasn’t Mr. Peter been here in the past few days? Has he called you, Nianzhi?”
