Sensing Huo Rou's hesitation, Qin Ningyi understood her predicament.
"Grandpa is awake."
Huo Rou's breath hitched. Some things couldn't be escaped. "Mhmm."
"There's more to that matter."
"He tried his best to save Cheng Guozhong's life because he saw Cheng Guozhong's... in the frontline troops at the time."
Qin Ningyi's words were cut short by a commotion.
Violent collisions, the piercing screech of brakes, the driver's panicked shouts...
"Qin Ningyi?!"
"Are you okay?"
"What happened?"
"Hello?"
Huo Rou's body tensed, her mind blank for a moment, as if transported back to the night of the gunshot.
It had been just as chaotic that day.
"It's nothing," Qin Ningyi's voice was calm. "Just a minor issue, it'll be resolved soon."
Amidst the cacophony of voices and crashes, his tone remained gentle. "Take care of yourself, I'll call you back later."
The call ended. Huo Rou stared at her phone, fragments of information desperately trying to connect in her mind. Kete had taken that encrypted photo from her computer. Since An'an had decrypted it, she had re-encrypted it several times after getting her computer back. By now, they should have cracked it.
The photo taken from Chi You's computer...
Huo Rou regained her composure. "Can the plane take off now?"
"Yes! As soon as you board, we'll depart immediately."
Ever since Qin Ningyi had accompanied Huo Rou last time...
Huo Rou glanced at him, her eyes asking: What is your Young Master Qin's status?
The subordinate suddenly remembered that Huo Rou didn't know about Gu Yan's existence and quickly shut his mouth.
Huo Rou didn't intend to pry. She said faintly, "It's probably because of me."
Qin Ningyi's subordinates couldn't comprehend this connection. They exchanged glances, not understanding.
But in Huo Rou's mind, she had already combined all the information and deduced a preposterous conclusion.
They likely mistook Qin Ningyi for Chi You.
After all, the only reason the SS department would put aside their differences and cooperate with the BDD was probably Chi You.
The ridiculous part was that they seemed to have mistaken Qin Ningyi for Chi You based on just one photo!
However, things always took an unexpected turn.
SS Department.
Kete looked triumphantly at the photo of Qin Ningyi. "Found you."
His long-held ambition was finally fulfilled.
At this moment, he felt more exhilarated than when he gained fame over a decade ago.
"Director Kete, could it really be him?" Someone cautiously voiced a doubt. Was this Chi You really so narcissistic as to put his own photo on a computer and intentionally lock it?
Kete grinned sinisterly. "Yes."
There's a saying in China, "deaf to sound, blind to sight," meaning to deliberately conceal something, making it seem like it's not the real thing even when discovered.
But...
Thinking of this, Kete couldn't help but stand up and start pacing again. "Chi You, you can't hide from me."
"The other documents are about medicinal ingredient purification technology," Kete, in good spirits, enlightened those around him. "Qin Ningyi's Qin Group has laboratories and a skincare line under its banner."
Combining these two facts, it wasn't hard to guess who Chi You was.
Everyone was overcome with the joy of finding Chi You. After years of struggle, this person who had moved within their system as if it were his own territory had finally surfaced. He was their curse, and this curse would disappear from the face of the earth today.
Amidst the celebration, Barrett frowned. "I've handled your business. Have you found the location of that girl?"
He didn't care about Chi You or not. That person brought misfortune to the SS department, not him. He only cared about where the person who assassinated him in the US years ago, and later took Song Ju away from the US, was.
Kete rolled his eyes. "Found her."