Chapter 165: Coincidence

He Zhichu stopped in his tracks, his peach blossom eyes flashed, "Gu Nianzhi, you have a lunch meeting at noon, did you forget?"

Gu Nianzhi looked up in astonishment, "I have a lunch meeting, why didn't I know? No one notified me?"

"You know now, I'll let you know on the spot, okay?" He Zhichu's voice was more indifferent than his attitude, "Have time to think about your professional work, don't try to buy people breakfast, what are you? People? His wife in the country knows, do you have a good reputation?——You’re not an errand girl.”

Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips, of course she didn't run errands for others, but when He Zhichu mentioned Brother Huang's wife, Gu Nianzhi had to be cautious.

She let go of He Zhichu's sleeve, feeling a little flustered, "...Professor He, I have no other intentions. Brother Huang's wife won't misunderstand, right? It's just to buy breakfast..."

He Zhichu lowered his eyes, his long black eyelashes covered his twinkling eyes, "If you only buy breakfast for Xiao Huang alone? Do you think others will misunderstand?"

"Ah?" Gu Nianzhi sighed for a long time, and couldn't help thinking that when Mei Xiawen was still in C University, Mei Xiawen bought her breakfast every day, and only bought it for her alone, everyone assumed that Mei Xiawen was chasing her up.

It seems that doing so is really misleading.

But if she wants to get closer to Senior Brother Huang, buying breakfast is one of the means.

"Then what should I do? I don't want his wife to misunderstand..." Gu Nianzhi walked forward with a headache, and threw He Zhichu in the corridor.

He Zhichu put his hands in the pockets of his black suit pants, he couldn't believe that Gu Nianzhi left alone like this.

He turned his head to look in the direction of the speaker's office, then looked back at the slender figure in front of him with slumped shoulders as if he had been hit, then looked up at the ceiling of the corridor, and finally strode forward resignedly to catch up with Gu Nian You can buy breakfast for others too, if you don’t want Xiao Huang’s wife to misunderstand. If you buy it for others, even if his wife knows about it, she won’t misunderstand.”

Gu Nianzhi stopped, and joy jumped in his dark eyes, "Yes, yes, yes! Professor He is really experienced, so let's do it like this. I'll buy breakfast for others right away." Then, he walked to the small restaurant that sells breakfast go.

He Zhichu followed her, had to cough, and said casually: "I have no experience, what I'm talking about is human nature. By the way, you're lucky, I'll give you a chance, I just didn't have breakfast today , you buy me one too."

Gu Nianzhi turned around and looked at He Zhichu strangely: "Professor He, don't you never eat breakfast? You only drink red wine... I heard it from my classmates."

He Zhichu's gaze froze instantly, and the roots of his teeth were itching. He sneered: "You are smart again at this time? Didn't you say that you would have a stomachache if you didn't eat breakfast? Just now you persuaded Xiao Huang, now? It seems that you really treat Xiao Huang Huang's thoughts are not normal?"

Gu Nianzhi was about to grab the ground with her head, feeling unreasonable, she suddenly turned her head and rushed into the snack bar, "Five more English breakfasts!"

The chef wearing a tall white hat packed five breakfast cartons for her, and a receipt was typed out at the cash register: "Seventy-five yuan."

Gu Nianzhi took out his wallet, and sadly found that he only had fifty yuan in cash in it.

She didn't have an American credit card yet, and she couldn't bring any of the Huaxia Empire's credit cards that Huo Shaoheng had opened for her. She usually took money from Zhao Liangze when she spent money.

The pocket money of fifty dollars a day was enough, but in this unexpected situation, it was not enough for her.

Gu Nianzhi's face flushed red, and he stammered, "I, I, I... can I just have three copies?"

"No. These are all freshly made. If you don't want them, who will you give them to?" The black girl at the cashier counter looked arrogant and refused to "return" her.

"Then I..." Gu Nianzhi turned around and looked at He Zhichu eagerly, "Professor He, can you lend me some money?"

He Zhichu was already so angry by Gu Nianzhi that he lost his temper.

Finally, I wanted to eat the breakfast prepared by Gu Nianzhi, but in the end I had to pay for it myself...

He scowled,

He took out his black card and handed it over.

The black girl changed her face in an instant, and smiled at He Zhichu, trembling, "Thank you, Mr. He."

After swiping the card, Gu Nianzhi walked out with He Zhichu carrying five breakfast cartons, and handed a breakfast carton in front of He Zhichu, "Professor He, your breakfast."

He Zhichu pursed his lips, took the paper box from her, and said in a sharp voice, "This time is not counted, because I invited everyone to breakfast. If you want to clear your suspicion, you have to buy it again." After speaking, he turned around and left.

Gu Nianzhi curled her lips, took the other four breakfast cartons back to the office of the Appropriations Committee where she was staying, put them on Mary's desk at the front desk, and winked at her: "Mary, I invite everyone to have breakfast."

Mary smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, and happily shared the food with a few people who came to work today.

Gu Nianzhi sat quietly in his small office for a while, then turned on the computer, logged in to his account, and checked to see if there was anything to do today.

There are no grant projects waiting to be approved and uploaded in the Grants Committee system.

She thought for a moment, opened the history file, and looked at previously uploaded grants.

Thinking of the dates that Zhao Liangze told her yesterday, she tentatively retrieved the appropriation records of the previous three months.

Because of Zhao Liangze's suggestions as a basis, Gu Nianzhi suddenly discovered that two months ago, the Congress really allocated funds to the navy.

In terms of quantity, it is really huge.

It's really interesting.

Gu Nianzhi suddenly understood what He Zhichu meant.

This is indeed one of the most interesting places in the US Congress.

If we look at the source and flow of that sum of funds together, many questions can be easily solved.

Congress approves so many programs each year that even members of Congress sometimes don't know how many.

But not every project is finally implemented.

Only in this Appropriations Committee can one see clearly which of the many programs Congress approves each year are real and which are just fish in troubled waters.

In a word, voluminous documents and tight words can deceive people, only the flow of cash can not deceive people.

Gu Nianzhi seemed to have discovered a new world, and spent the whole morning in his office, concentrating on looking at the previous funding records.

When He Zhichu's phone call came, she was taken aback.

After picking up the phone and swiping it open, Gu Nianzhi's eyes still did not leave the computer screen, "Professor He, what's the matter?"

"Did you forget the lunch meeting?" He Zhichu's cold voice came from the phone.

Gu Nianzhi let out an "oh", quickly logged out of the system, turned off the computer, picked up his small backpack, and walked out of the appropriation committee office.

"I'll wait for you under the steps in front of the Capitol Hill." He Zhichu finished speaking and hung up the phone.

When Gu Nianyi came out, he saw a shiny black Rolls Royce parked in the open space in front of the steps of Capitol Hill.

Is it this one?

Gu Nianzhi looked around, only to see this car parked here.

Parking is generally not allowed here.

He Zhichu poked his head out from the back seat, "Come here, what are you waiting for?"

Gu Nianzhi hurried over, opened the door, and sat in the back seat.

"Drive." He Zhichu ordered the driver in front of him.

Gu Nianzhi remembered a joke that people who drive a Rolls-Royce must use a driver, because if you drive by yourself, others will think you are the driver...

She bowed her head and smiled, with a look of uncontrollable laughter.

Seeing her smile at the beginning, He Zhichu's depressed mood suddenly cleared up, and he also smiled slightly.

The car stopped at a French restaurant in DC, and He Zhichu took her in.

The two actually entered a private room in this expensive restaurant!

Whether it is high-end or low-end American restaurants, there are very few private rooms.

Gu Nianzhi sat down very happily, and when the waiters all served the food, she still didn't see anyone coming.

"Professor He, didn't you say that there is a lunch meeting? Where is the person?" She looked at the door of the private room and asked suspiciously.

"Isn't he here?" He Zhichu picked up a knife and fork, sliced ​​a piece of medium steak finely, and poured the sauce on it.

Gu Nianzhi understood now, "Just the two of us? Why is this called a lunch meeting..." She mumbled and cut open her crab-cake, and began to eat slowly.

"The two of you can't have a meeting?" Without raising his head, He Zhichu picked up the wine glass and handed it to Gu Nianzhi, "Give me the red wine."

Gu Nianzhi hurriedly took a bottle of red wine on the table, and poured a shallow bottom of He Zhichu's glass.

"Today's lunch meeting is about your recent work. I heard that you often wander around the offices of the Appropriation Committee?" He Zhichu counted out the things Gu Nianzhi had done in the past few days.

Gu Nianzhi was sweating profusely when he heard it, and secretly thought that he also had eyeliner beside him...

"Understood, I will work hard in the future." She didn't talk back to He Zhichu, and admitted her mistake very obediently, then remembered the tip of the iceberg from the internal system of the Appropriation Committee today, and said with a smile: "I understand Professor He a little bit. meaning."

"What's the meaning?"

"You said that the Appropriations Committee is the most useful department in Congress?" Gu Nianzhi poured another glass of red wine for He Zhichu, "I found that it is true. It is confirming my idea."

"Oh? Let's hear it." He Zhichu didn't expect that Gu Nianzhi would have a clue so soon, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the red wine, and looked up at Gu Nianzhi from the rim of the wine glass.

Gu Nianzhi shook his head, "It's not yet time, I'll tell Professor He after I figure it out completely."

"Alright." He Zhichu wiped his mouth slowly with a napkin, "But remember not to be too late, otherwise there will be no birthday gift."

"Ah? - Oh..." Gu Nianzhi nodded, almost forgetting about it, "Then Professor He will wait and see!"

...

When He Zhichu and Gu Nianzhi were having lunch, Zhao Liangze was on a video call with Huo Shaoheng.

After he finished reporting his work, he hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said to Huo Shaoheng: "Young Master Huo, I showed Nianzhi the data."

Huo Shaoheng's expression didn't change at all, but Zhao Liangze suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if he was suddenly stared at by a bloodthirsty beast.

"Young Master Huo..." Zhao Liangze spoke slowly, his tone trembling: "I...I...Did I do something wrong?"

"Ozawa, you know, Nianzhi has a photographic memory. You show her this set of data, can you expect me to say you are right?" Huo Shaoheng felt a little unspeakably irritated. Lit a cigarette in front of the computer, took a long puff, and hid his face behind the rising white smoke.

Zhao Liangze lowered his head, not daring to look into Huo Shaoheng's eyes anymore, and muttered, "I, I, I...I just want to find out the truth as soon as possible."

"That shouldn't be shown to her." Huo Shaoheng changed his hand to hold the cigarette, and his right hand held the mouse, and clicked on another file.

There is also a set of data stored there, a set of data of magnetic field changes.

This document was created six years ago.

This set of data from six years ago almost coincides with the data that Huo Shaoheng and the others just discovered.

The latitude and longitude coordinates stored in this file six years ago were exactly a block in City C of the Huaxia Empire.

On that day, a serious car accident happened suddenly in this area. Huo Shaoheng, who was ordered to protect the scientists collecting field data, rescued a 12-year-old girl from the burning car.

She is Gu Nianzhi.

"The magnetic field change data in the downtown area six years ago is almost exactly the same as the magnetic field change data at the bottom of the Gulf of Aden six years later. Do you want to read such a thing?" Huo Shaoheng held the mouse tightly in his hand, wishing he could pinch the mouse Broken.

"If I'm not mistaken, this overlap of data is definitely not a coincidence. This incident should be related to Nianzhi. Since we can't solve the situation, we might as well let her find it by herself." Zhao Liangze mustered up his courage and looked up at the other end of the video Huo Shaoheng, "Besides, Huo Shao agreed to come to the United States, isn't it to break the deadlock? Let more people show up?"

To put it bluntly, Gu Nianzhi is their bait now.

If you don't scatter the bait everywhere, how can you stir up a pool of spring water?

Huo Shaoheng's deep eyes were so dark that they bottomed out. He was silent for a while, and finally acquiesced in Zhao Liangze's approach: "Remember to report at any time." After speaking, he turned off the video, walked to the balcony with a cigarette in his hand, and looked outside. The mountains are tranced.

In the middle of the night, the resident of the Special Operations Department in City C was pitch black, only the fireworks flickering between his fingers, just like his fluctuating thoughts.

...

Gu Nianzhi finished the "lunch meeting" and was sent back to Capitol Hill by He Zhichu.

He sat in the car without getting out, turned his head to her, and handed her a credit card, "Take it, I have something to go out these few days, I'm not here, you remember to write a report every day and send it to my mailbox, I Will check every day."

"Understood, Professor He." Gu Nianzhi's voice was almost frustrated, while rejecting He Zhichu's credit card, "Professor He, I can't take this card."

But He Zhichu said coldly: "My graduate students have them, and this is the school's fund."

Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to take He Zhichu's credit card and randomly stuff it back into the small backpack.

With her head down, she walked back to the Capitol Hill with heavy steps, and went to Senior Brother Huang first.

Seeing her coming in, Senior Brother Huang asked anxiously, "Where have you been? Do you still have lunch?"

"Of course, I'm starving to death." Gu Nianzhi thought that He Zhichu had just left, and no one should know about her "lunch meeting" with him.

Brother Huang took her to a small restaurant on Capitol Hill for lunch.

It's lunchtime and there are so many people there.

Gu Nianzhi just ordered a vegetable juice, held it in his hand, and sat down with Senior Brother Huang in a corner.

Brother Huang stared at her vegetable juice dumbfounded: "...This is your lunch?! No way! You don't need to save money for senior brother! Lunch is all bought with a card, and we don't need to pay for it!"

Gu Nianyi was stunned: "Senior Brother Huang, do you have a credit card? Why didn't I know?"

He Chuchu gave her one just now, and Senior Brother Huang obviously already had a credit card.

"Uh, Assistant Professor Wen said that there are some problems with your procedures, and she is still negotiating with the bank." Brother Huang hurriedly explained, "It's the same with mine. Do you want to buy something else?"

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This is the second and third changes in one, including 4300 monthly tickets plus changes.

O(∩_∩)O~.