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

Gu Nianzhi looked up in amazement, "I have a lunch meeting, why don't I know?

"You know now, I'll inform you on the spot, can't you?" He Chuchu's voice was more indifferent than his, "Have time to think more about your professional work, don't think about buying breakfast for people, who are you? Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips, of course she didn't specialize in running errands for people, but when he talked about Senior Brother Huang's wife, Gu Nianzhi had to be cautious.

She let go of He Chuchu's sleeves, feeling a little panicked, "...... Professor Ho, I don't mean anything else. Brother Huang's wife won't get me wrong, right? It's just a matter of buying breakfast......

He Chuchu lowered his eyes, and his long black eyelashes covered the peachy eyes, "If you only buy breakfast for Xiao Huang alone, do you think others will misunderstand?"

"Huh?" Gu Nianzhi let out a long sigh, and couldn't help but think that when she was still in C University, Mei Xiawen bought her breakfast every day, and only bought it for her alone, so everyone assumed that Mei Xiawen was chasing her.

It seems that this is indeed very misleading.

But she wants to shorten the distance with Senior Brother Huang, and buying breakfast is one of the means.

"What should I do then? I don't want his wife to misunderstand......" Gu Nianzhi walked forward with a headache and threw He Chuchu in the hallway.

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

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 who was drooping his shoulders as if he had been hit, then looked up at the ceiling of the corridor, and finally strode forward resignedly, catching up with Gu Nianzhi's footsteps, and bluntly proposed: "You don't want Xiao Huang's wife to misunderstand, you can buy breakfast for others too." If you buy it for someone else, his wife will not be mistaken even if she knows about it. ”

Gu Nianzhi stopped, and joy was jumping in his dark eyes, "Yes, yes, yes! Professor He is really experienced, so let's do it." I'll buy breakfast for someone right away. With that, he walked to the small restaurant that sold breakfast.

He Chuchu followed behind her, had to cough, and said lightly: "I have no experience, what I said is human nature." By the way, you're lucky, I'll give you a chance, I didn't have breakfast today, you can buy me a copy too. ”

Gu Nianzhi turned his head and looked at He Chuchu strangely: "Professor He, don't you never eat breakfast......? I've heard from my classmates. ”

He Chuchu's gaze instantly condensed, the roots of his teeth were itching, and he sneered: "Are you clever again at this time? Didn't you say that you would have a stomachache if you didn't eat breakfast? You persuaded Xiao Huang just now, but now? It seems that you do have an unusual mind for Xiao Huang?"

Gu Nianzhi almost wanted to grab the ground with her head, and there was a feeling that she couldn't explain it, she turned around sharply and rushed into the small restaurant, "Five more English breakfasts!"

The tall white hat cook packed her five breakfast cartons, and a receipt snapped out at the cash register: "Seventy-five." ”

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

She doesn't have a credit card in the United States, and Huo Shaoheng can't bring a credit card for the Chinese Empire that Huo Shaoheng gave her, and she usually takes it from Zhao Liangze when she spends money.

Fifty dollars a day in pocket money would have been enough, but in this unexpected situation, she was not enough.

Gu Nianzhi's little face turned red, and he stammered, "I, I, I...... Can you just have three copies?"

"No, I can't. These are all freshly made, you don't want them, who do you want to go to?" The black girl at the cashier looked arrogant and refused to give her a "return".

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

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

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

With a stiff face, he took out his black card and handed it over.

The black girl's face changed instantly, and she smiled at He Chuchu, "Thank you, Mr. He." ”

After swiping the card, Gu Nianzhi walked out with He Zhichu with five breakfast cartons, and handed a breakfast carton to He Chuchu, "Professor He, your breakfast." ”

He Chuchu pursed his lips and took the carton from her hand, his voice was still sharp: "This time it doesn't count, because I invited everyone to breakfast." If you want to clear your suspicions, you have to buy it again. With that, he turned around and left.

Gu Nianzhi pursed his lips, carried the other four breakfast cartons back to the office of the Appropriations Committee where he was staying, put them in front of the Mary table at the front desk, and winked at her: "Mary, I invite everyone to breakfast." ”

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

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

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

She thought about it for a moment and opened the history file to see the previously uploaded grant items.

Thinking of the dates Zhao Liangze told her yesterday, she tentatively called up the funding records for the previous three months.

Because there was already Zhao Liangze's suggestion, Gu Nianzhi suddenly found that two months ago, the Congress had really allocated money to the navy.

In terms of quantity, it is really a huge amount.

It's really interesting.

Gu Nianzhi suddenly understood what He Chuchu meant.

This is one of the most interesting places in the U.S. Congress.

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

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

But not every project ends up being implemented.

It is only in this appropriations committee that it is possible to see which of the many projects approved by Congress each year are real and which are just fishing in troubled waters.

In a word, sweaty documents and dripping words can deceive people, only the flow of cash will not deceive people.

Gu Nianzhi spent the whole morning in his office as if he had discovered a new continent, concentrating on reading the previous appropriation records.

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

After taking it and slashing the phone, Gu Nianzhi's eyes still didn't leave the computer monitor, "Professor He, what's the matter?"

"Lunch meeting, have you forgotten?" He Chuchu's cold voice came from his mobile phone.

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

"I'll be waiting for you at the foot of the steps in front of Capitol Hill. He Chuchu hung up the phone after speaking.

As soon as Gu Nian came out, he saw a shiny black Rolls-Royce parked in the open space in front of the steps of Capitol Hill.

Is this one?

Gu Nianzhi looked left and right, only to see this car parked here.

Parking is generally not allowed here.

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

Gu Nianzhi hurriedly walked over, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.

"By car. He Chuchu commanded the driver in front.

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

She lowered her head and smiled, looking like she couldn't help but laugh.

He Chu saw her smile, and his depressed mood suddenly dissipated, and he also smiled slightly.

The car drove to a French restaurant in DC and stopped, and He Chuchu took her inside.

The two of them actually entered a private room in this restaurant that is known for its expensiveness!

Whether it is high-end or low-end restaurants in the United States, there are very few private rooms.

Gu Nianzhi sat down very happily, and when the waiters were all served, she hadn't seen anyone coming.

"Professor He, didn't you say that there was a lunch meeting?" she asked, looking at the door of the private room, puzzled.

"Aren't people here?" He Chuchu picked up a knife and fork, finely chopped a piece of medium-sized steak, and drizzled it with sauce.

Gu Nianzhi understood now, "Just the two of us, how is this called a luncheon......" she muttered as she cut her crab-cake and ate it slowly.

"Can't two people have a meeting?" He Chu didn't raise his head, picked up the wine glass and handed it to Gu Nianzhi, "Give me red wine." ”

Gu Nianzhi hurriedly took a bottle of red wine on the table and poured a shallow bottom of the glass for He Chuchu.

"Today's luncheon, that's what you've been doing lately. I heard that you often wander around the various offices of the appropriations committee?" He Zhizhi wrote out the things Gu Nianzhi had done in the past few days.

Gu Nianzhi was sweating profusely when he heard this, and secretly said that he also had eyeliner around him......

"I know, I'll work hard in the future. She didn't talk back to He Chuchu, admitted her mistake very obediently, and then remembered the tip of the iceberg that she had glimpsed from the internal system of the Grants Committee today, and said with a smile: "I kind of understand what Professor He meant." ”

"What do you mean?"

"You say that the Appropriations Committee is the most useful department of the Congress?" Gu Nianzhi poured He Chuchu a shallow glass of red wine, "I found that this is indeed the case." It's confirming my thoughts. ”

"Oh? He Zhichu didn't expect Gu Nianzhi to have a clue so quickly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of red wine, and looked up at Gu Nianzhi from the edge of the wine glass.

Gu Nianzhi shook his head, "It's not time yet, when I fully figure it out, I'll talk to Professor He." ”

"It's fine. He Chuchu took the napkin and wiped his mouth slowly, "But remember not too late, otherwise there will be no birthday gift." ”

"Huh?—oh......" Gu Nianzhi nodded, almost forgetting about it, "Then Professor He will wait and see!"

……

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

After he finished reporting his work, he hesitated, but gritted his teeth and said to Huo Shaoheng: "Huo Shao, I showed those data to Nianzhi." ”

Huo Shaoheng's expression did not change at all, but Zhao Liangze suddenly felt cold all over his body, as if he was suddenly targeted by a murderous beast.

"Huo Shao......" Zhao Liangze spoke slowly, his tone trembling: "I...... I...... Am I doing something wrong?"

"Xiao Ze, you know, this person has never forgotten, you showed her this set of data, can you expect me to say that you are right?" Huo Shaoheng felt some indescribable irritability in his heart, he threw the mouse, took out a cigarette, lit it in front of the computer, and took a long puff, hiding his face behind the white smoke that rose from it.

Zhao Liangze lowered his head, didn't dare to look at Huo Shaoheng's eyes anymore, and muttered, "I, I...... I just want to get to the bottom as soon as possible. ”

"That's not supposed to show her. Huo Shaoheng changed his hand to hold the cigarette, held the mouse in his right hand, and clicked on another file.

There's also a set of data, a set of data on the change of the magnetic field.

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.

Six years ago, the latitude and longitude coordinates stored in this file were a block in City C of the Chinese Empire.

On that day, a serious car accident suddenly occurred in this area, and Huo Shaoheng, who was ordered to protect the scientists collecting data from the scene, rescued a twelve-year-old girl from the car that was on fire.

She is Gu Nianzhi.

"The data on the change of the magnetic field in the downtown area six years ago is almost exactly the same as the data on the change of the magnetic field on the bottom of the Gulf of Aden six years later. Such a thing, do you show it to Nianzhi?" Huo Shaoheng's hand held the mouse tightly, and he wanted to crush the mouse.

"If I'm not mistaken, this overlap of data is definitely not a coincidence. This matter should have something to do with the recitation. Since we can't open the situation, we might as well let her find it herself. Zhao Liangze mustered up his courage and looked up at Huo Shaoheng on the other end of the video, "Besides, Huo Shao agreed to come to the United States, why not to break the deadlock?

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

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

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

In the middle of the night, the headquarters of the Special Operations Division in City C was pitch black, and only the fireworks flickered between his fingers, just like his fluctuating thoughts.

……

Gu Nianzhi finished the "lunch meeting" and was sent back to the Huishan Building by He Chuchu.

He sat in the car and didn't get down, tilted his head to her, and handed her a credit card, "Hold, I have something to go out these days, I'm not here, you remember to write a report every day, send it to my mailbox, and I will check it every day." ”

"Got it, Professor Ho. Gu Nianzhi's voice was almost dejected, and he shirked He Chuchu's credit card, "Professor He, I can't ask for this card." ”

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

Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to take He Chuchu's credit card and stuff it back into his small backpack indiscriminately.

She hung her head and walked back to the Capitol Hill building with heavy steps, and went to find Senior Brother Huang first.

When Senior Brother Huang saw her come in, he said anxiously, "Where have you been?

"Of course, I'm starving. Gu Nianzhi thought that He Chuchu 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 it's especially crowded.

Gu Nianzhi only needed a piece of vegetable juice, held it in his hand and found a corner with Senior Brother Huang to sit down.

Senior Brother Huang looked at her vegetable juice dumbfounded: "...... This is your lunch?! No, you don't have to save money for your brother! You buy your lunch with a card, and we don't have to pay for it!"

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

He gave her one just now, and Senior Brother Huang's credit card was obviously already available.

"Well, Assistant Teacher Wen said that there are some problems with your procedures, and she is still negotiating with the bank. Senior Brother Huang hurriedly explained, "It's the same with mine." Would you like to buy something else to eat?"

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This is the second and third watch of the two watches in one, including the monthly pass of 4300 plus more.

o(n_n)o~。

(To be continued.) )