Song Ning nodded.
She turned her thoughts back to the problem at hand.
"So K suspected the Zhou Family too. When they kidnapped Zhou Yuanhang, they were asking about the sample's whereabouts. They tried to kidnap Zhou Xiaotang before that, too. That was probably connected to the sample as well! If we go back even further, could Chief Engineer Zhou's death have had something to do with it too?"
Song Ning felt as though her mind were a tangled mess.
"Gu Zheng! I feel like I've been on the verge of a nervous breakdown lately! Not because there's too much going on, but because my intuition has stopped working! The further we follow this case, the more contradictions seem to crop up everywhere!"
Gu Zheng reached out and pulled Song Ning into his arms.
He gently stroked her hair and said softly, "Soon. They don't have much fight left in them! The truth will come out!"
Bang, bang, bang-
Someone knocked on the sitting room door.
Han Xiao's voice came from outside.
"Boss! We've boiled the water twice already!"
Gu Zheng sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Song Ning said, "You've had a tiring journey too! Get some rest!"
Gu Zheng stood, ruffled Song Ning's hair one last time, and followed Han Xiao out of the sitting room.
Song Wang came in carrying two thermoses of hot water.
"Ning! Here's some freshly boiled water. Take these to your room later! It's cold, so soak your feet before bed!"
"All right! Thanks, Brother!"
Song Wang set down the thermoses but did not leave right away.
Instead, he looked at Song Ning and asked earnestly, "Ning! Are you going to marry Comrade Gu?"
Song Ning had not expected such a blunt question from Song Wang.
For a moment, she was