Chapter 2437: Chapter 2340: Old Acquaintances

Huo Sining was just fretting about not finding an excuse to leave Luofu Mountain, and now that she’s met Zhang Xiaomei, she certainly wouldn’t pass up this ready-made opportunity.

So after communicating with Zhang Xiaomei for a bit, Huo Sining decided to leave Luofu Mountain under the pretense of needing to cultivate silkworm seeds as soon as possible, and follow Zhang Xiaomei to Xiang Province before returning to the Magic Capital.

There wasn’t much going on with Zhou Shitao at the moment either, and the main task for the archaeological work was the largest: cleaning the unearthed artifacts.

And this kind of work was mostly done by the archaeological team, which was time-consuming and tedious, so Zhou Shitao couldn’t keep Huo Sining there forever, and thus agreed to Huo Sining’s request, allowing her to leave with Zhang Xiaomei and the others.

Zhang Xiaomei was of course eager for the silkworm seeds to be resolved as soon as possible, so the two quickly reached an agreement. Huo Sining promptly wrote a report for Zhou Shitao, just waiting for his endorsement to pack up and leave.

However, given Zhang Xiuchun’s meticulous and cautious work attitude, it’s impossible to leave immediately under such circumstances; she wouldn’t leave while Zhou Shitao and the others were dealing with those Cloud Brocades and insisted on watching over them, occasionally offering a word of guidance, like the commander of those three professors.

If it were anyone else, Zhou Shitao might have gotten impatient, but this time the professors were all very honest, doing whatever Zhang Xiuchun said, and no one felt dissatisfied, instead being especially obedient.

With Zhang Xiuchun in command, the progress of handling the Cloud Brocades was naturally very smooth. After all, Zhang Xiuchun had the experience of dealing with the Mawangdui Silk Texts, and even casually offering a piece of advice was like a secret manual, making even Zhou Shitao feel enlightened and broadened in perspective.

Huo Sining was just waiting for Zhou Shitao to grant clearance, but before she could leave, a whole investigation team was dispatched from the National Security Bureau.

Huo Sining received the news from Zhou Shitao and initially wanted to reach out to Gu Xu for some info but unexpectedly ran into the investigation team, which made her unable to hold back a smile.

That’s right, among the investigation team this time were some old acquaintances of hers, three, to be precise.

Back when Huo Sining bought a pair of Famille Rose Porcelain Bowls at Panjiayuan, a girl named An Yueru fancied them, had her detained at the police station, and attempted to charge her with concealing stolen goods.

In the end, Chief Lu personally stepped in over this matter, scaring that girl and her backers so badly, including one who wet his pants, the district director overseeing the Panjiayuan area, Guo Dongliang.

Later, Huo Sining had a few more encounters with Guo Dongliang, and they worked together quite pleasantly.

Huo Sining didn’t expect that someone from the Ministry of State Security would be Guo Dongliang, and it was clear that Guo Dongliang held considerable authority within the team.

Huo Sining greeted Guo Dongliang with a smile and winked at Zhang Shuang beside him, with an ambiguous look.

Zhang Shuang clearly knew what she meant, evidently asking why he came but Song Hui didn’t.

Indeed, among that trio of acquaintances, another was Song Hui’s wife, Zhang Shuang.

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang had resorted to all sorts of tactics to force an engagement between Zhang Shuang and Liang Jinghong, but Song Hui, being hot-tempered and backed by the Song Family, feared nothing, made a bold appearance at the engagement party, and directly took Zhang Shuang away.

The Zhang family members were sycophants and, knowing that Zhang Shuang was now connected with the Song family’s young master, were eager to curry favor with her, not daring to fall out with Zhang Shuang.

As for Liang Jinghong’s side, he was merely from a fallen family, which was incomparable to the Song family, and Zhang’s family cast him aside easily.

With Wu Jingyi causing trouble on Liang Jinghong’s side and being in the wrong, naturally, he didn’t dare to mess with Song Hui, and even Liang Pengzhi advised Liang Jinghong to be patient; Liang Jinghong would have to be out of his mind to openly oppose Song Hui.

Zhang Shuang and Song Hui are now happily together, and although they haven’t held a wedding yet, they’ve long since registered their marriage. Plus, since she and Huang Hanyun have been childhood friends, and with both Song Hui and Huang Hanyun’s connections, Huo Sining and Zhang Shuang are naturally very close.

Therefore, seeing Zhang Shuang here was a bit surprising for Huo Sining, but on second thoughts, it wasn’t strange at all.

Zhang Shuang was, after all, a doctoral graduate who specialized in criminal psychology, and it was impossible for her to remain at a small police station.

With her capability, plus Song Hui supporting her, it was only natural that she would be transferred to the National Security Bureau.

After exchanging winks and joking with Zhang Shuang, Huo Sining then turned her gaze with a half-smiling expression to a gloomy-faced man who had been silently staring at her among the criminal investigators.

Chen Xiaolong!

She only had a few encounters with this person back in the day, but because he was stubborn and troublesome, she had a very deep impression of him.

The first time meeting this person was in Hetian when Huo Sining was kidnapped by a few local thugs and was forced to use the Water-Repelling Pearl and the Spatial Cheating Device to save herself.

As a result of that incident, she caught the attention of Chen Xiaolong, who was the squad leader of Hetian Police Station at that time.

Later, Chen Xiaolong grew suspicious of her identity and history, neurotically pursuing her to the Magic Capital, even sneaking into her villa and attempting to plant a bug to investigate her secrets.

This behavior utterly enraged Huo Sining, who first had Heitan and Lei Shi scare him, and later leveraged Song Chunxue’s name to intimidate him using her status as Chief Lu’s daughter-in-law, which finally made Chen Xiaolong back off.

But Huo Sining could see that despite being forced to leave, Chen Xiaolong wasn’t content but what did it matter—she just enjoyed seeing people hate her to the core while having no way to deal with her.

However, Huo Sining didn’t expect that Chen Xiaolong turned out to be quite capable. Within just two years, he climbed from being a squad leader at Hetian Police Station to a criminal investigator at the Ministry of State Security, involved in this investigation.

Judging by how he’d been staring at her since entering the mountain, he probably already connected this case with her.

This guy, still as annoyingly stubborn as ever after so many years!

Huo Sining couldn’t help but muse with a mixture of exasperation and amusement.

However, just a criminal investigator from the National Security Bureau was not someone Huo Sining feared.

After all, the team leader was Guo Dongliang, and with Zhang Shuang around, Huo Sining was not worried about any tricks this guy might pull behind her back.

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