Second pregnancy, sixth child: The beloved mom's disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 597 Speak frankly and openly

Ning Yao did not answer Guan Ying's question. She stared at the scenery outside the car window in silence for a long time until they passed three traffic lights before she finally made a move and slowly took out her phone.

Having sorted out my thoughts, the next step is to solve the problem.

This is a habit Ning Yao has always maintained: first, calm herself down, and only when her emotions are absolutely stable can she make the most correct and insightful decisions.

Ning Yao opened the homepage of the International Biological Research Network and found the most popular article in the latest biological patent publication column.

[Report on the Cultivation and Breeding of Human Regeneration Factor - Giken]

This report has already caused a stir in the industry, with many expressing admiration or shock at the research findings.

Regeneration factors, as the name suggests, can give life to dead cells. Regeneration is also new life, and continuous regeneration, to some extent, is immortality.

This thing is clearly a substitute for the spatial spiritual spring. Its function is almost exactly the same as the spiritual spring. However, the person who invented it did not add the spiritual spring itself, but instead created another kind of artificially produced 'spiritual spring', which is the regeneration factor.

Upon seeing the name of the person who published the research report, Ning Yao's pupils suddenly shrank, revealing a look of utter shock and disbelief.

The person who stole her son's report, Giken, shares the same English name as Huo Zhijing. Is this a coincidence or intentional?

"Help me investigate someone. You should know about the latest report on regeneration factors published in biology, right? It's about that biologist named Giken. I'll hack into his IP address later and send it to you. Please investigate him. I need all his information, the more detailed the better, and as soon as possible. Thank you."

After receiving a response from the other party, Ning Yao hung up the phone, her eyes showing a hint of confusion and bewilderment.

Today her helicopter crashed, and her son's research results were stolen. This is no coincidence; it's a deliberate attempt to target her.

Ning Yao had a vague sense of foreboding, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong. Perhaps this matter was related to the Huo family.

Thinking of this, Ning Yao lowered her eyes and raised her eyebrows, her fingers flying across the phone screen as she sent a greeting message to Huo Zhijing.

[Mr. Huo, you've been so helpful while we were filming "Peach Blossom Life" in the cabin. I kept saying I'd check your pulse later, but now that the show's over, I have time. Would it be convenient for you to meet up?]

After the message was sent, Huo Zhijing did not reply immediately, as if he was busy, or as if he was deliberately ignoring it.

Ning Yao didn't think much of it. When she got home and was tutoring her child, she received a message from the person she had commissioned to investigate. It was a long time after she read the message that Huo Zhijing finally responded.

Wen Aixiu lay down beside Ning Yao's hand. These elementary school students' homework was not difficult for him; he was just not good at certain subjects.

Wen Aixiu was doing her homework smoothly, so she kept getting distracted, glancing at her mother every now and then with longing and dependence in her eyes.

Seeing Ning Yao looking at her phone, Wen Aixiu became a little unhappy. He quickly pushed his notebook in front of Ning Yao, pointed to a classical Chinese translation, and asked Ning Yao to explain it to him.

"If you don't know how to do this problem, go ahead and do the next one. Mom has something to do, but I'll come over and check it for you later."

When Ning Yao saw that Huo Zhijing had replied, she immediately got up to leave. Before leaving, she lowered her head and kissed her son's cheek, then rubbed his head. She then quickly walked to the study next door and closed the door behind her.

Huo Zhijing: [Sorry, I've been busy all day and only just saw your message. I'm free now. Where are you? I'll drive over to find you.]

Ning Yao thought about it and decided to wait until tomorrow to see Huo Zhijing.

However, before meeting him, perhaps she could ask him some questions about Giken to gauge Huo Zhijing's opinion.

If it's just a text message, it's not enough to see anything. Text can be rationally thought out and polished before being sent, but video calls are different. You can see the other person's facial expressions and tone of voice when they speak.

Ning Yao: [If it's convenient, how about we video chat?]

The other party indicated that they were typing, and after a short while, Ning Yao saw the brief word "OK" on her phone screen.

Just as Ning Yao was about to answer the video call from Huo Zhijing, Wen Tingye's call request interface popped up. Ning Yao looked at Wen Tingye's interface and Huo Zhijing's interface, hesitated for a moment, then hung up on Wen Tingye and answered Huo Zhijing's call.

After being rejected in the video call, Wen Tingye's handsome eyebrows instantly arched slightly upwards.

He had seen Ning Yao's location; she was currently at the Wen family's villa, probably helping the two children with their homework.

But it's the child doing the homework, so she, as the tutor, should have time to reply to messages. Why doesn't she even reply to messages?

Wen Tingye had no suspicions and assumed Ning Yao was busy, so he decided to continue doing his own thing and call Ning Yao later.

Meanwhile, Ning Yao had already answered Huo Zhijing's video call. When the man appeared on the other side of the screen, Ning Yao felt a little uncomfortable.

This wasn't the first time she'd made a video call, but one-on-one calls were rare. Even when discussing business, she'd use voice calls instead of video calls. Video conferences usually involved at least three to five people, unlike this one where you're looking at each other, and it's a man and a woman, which felt a bit strange and uncomfortable.

"Mr. Huo, are you very busy with work today?" Ning Yao suppressed her unease and calmly looked at the man on the other side of the camera.

"Yes, those affairs at home and abroad are indeed giving me a headache." Huo Zhijing's demeanor was perfectly normal, his voice calm and composed.

Upon hearing this, Ning Yao did not react immediately. Instead, she sat upright on the other end of the video, staring intently at Huo Zhijing. Her bright, fox-like eyes shone as if she could see right through a person's heart.

"Mr. Huo has a lot of business both at home and abroad. I wonder if you have any interest in research in the field of bioscience?"

“Biopharmaceuticals have always been a promising industry internationally, and our Huo family does indeed have plans to invest. What, Miss Ning Yao, are you going to recommend one to me?” Huo Zhijing said with a smile.

"Mr. Huo." The young woman narrowed her eyes, her voice suddenly lowered, and her expression changed considerably.

"I'll just say what I mean and won't beat around the bush with you."

“My son’s biological science research results were stolen by someone in the past few days and published on the official website of the internationally authoritative Sacred Relics Science. The name of the person who stole the results is Giken. I asked someone to investigate this Mr. Giken, and the information obtained was very interesting. It seems that this so-called PhD in biological science, Giken, is actually Mr. Huo himself.”

"I hope Mr. Huo can give me a reasonable explanation for this."

Ning Yao's attitude was firm, even though she didn't actually have concrete evidence to prove that the person who stole Ning Moran's experimental results was Huo Zhijing.

But things didn't happen that way. The other person's name, and even the login IP address of the account, showed that this person frequently traveled between country Z and country M.

There is no one else but Huo Zhijing who moves between the two points so frequently and whose name matches the person's.

Of course, Ning Yao did not rule out the possibility that someone was deliberately framing Huo Zhijing.

But why would the other party frame Huo Zhijing? What's their reason?

Regardless, she felt she should be open and honest with Huo Zhijing and see what his attitude was.