After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 294, Episode 0313: Fu Zhiyi

As soon as Huo Han came out, his deputy Fu Zhiyi immediately went to greet him.

"Boss, Bai Hao just sent word that they encountered several interceptions and attacks along the way and couldn't reach Feng City directly, so they had to detour to Nai County first."

"How many times?"

Huo Han paused slightly, then continued walking steadily forward.

Dingxian is the county closest to Beijing. With Bai Hao's driving skills, it will definitely take twenty minutes to get there.

In such a short period of time, it has already experienced several interceptions and attacks.

They've only just left Beijing.

Where is Academician Lin?

"Academician Lin's side also encountered attacks, twice, once in the air and once on the ground."

Fu Zhiyi felt incredibly aggrieved. The air attack was directly carried out by American fighter jets. Because our technology was inferior to theirs, we didn't even notice when their fighter jets entered our airspace.

After circling our own airspace, they even attacked our critically protected researchers.

The more I think about it, the more frustrated I feel; the more I think about it, the tighter my chest feels.

"Fortunately, our pilots reacted quickly, and Academician Lin arrived safely an hour ago."

After a pause, Fu Zhiyi whispered the news she had just received, "I received news that Cui Hongyin has returned to Beijing, the day after Academician Lin went back."

“After returning to Beijing, he did not do anything unusual. After handing over his work, he had two days off. During those two days, he stayed at the Cui family’s old house and did not leave. After returning to work, he took on a job in Haishi and left that afternoon.”

It's true that the Cui family has always been a major family they've been paying close attention to, but different people do different things. Paying extra attention when there's no mission isn't necessarily a good thing.

So Fu Zhiyi was initially hesitant about whether to tell Huo Han the message he had received, but in the end he chose to trust his partner and friend.

Huo Han: "Every member of the Cui family wears a mask, and none of them are simple, especially Cui Hongyin, who was raised as an heir, and he has surpassed his predecessors."

Just because it wasn't discovered doesn't mean it didn't happen. If Cui Hongyin, the heir, could be exposed so easily, the country wouldn't have been established for over twenty years and still be unable to touch the Cui family.

Cui Han did not doubt that Bo Zhiyi's motives would be detrimental to the country, because he was one of the few people who knew about the feud between the Fu and Cui families.

Fu Zhiyi's grandfather supported the regular army during the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the victory of our party, Fu Zhiyi's grandfather was afraid of being purged, so he took his family and fled to the United States. Fu Zhiyi's branch of the family was left behind because they were not favored by the old man.

When the Fu family was at its peak, they didn't enjoy any of the good fortune; the Fu family's departure left them with all the hardship.

Fu Zhiyi was already in poor health, and unable to withstand the blow, he passed away not long after being released from prison. His mother was a traditional lady from a prominent family who revered her husband. After her husband's death, she lost the will to live and followed him less than a month after his father's death.

Only Fu Zhiyi's older sister, Fu Zhixue, and her brother Fu Zhiyi remained.

What's even more unbelievable is that Fu Zhiyi was raised according to her mother's example. She is proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is gentle and refined. However, she also lacks a sense of self and puts her husband first.

Fu Zhiyi used his military merits to establish a connection between his branch of the family and the Fu family that had fled, allowing him to openly and legitimately bring Fu Zhixue back to the capital.

Little did she know that her sister had met Cui Hongzhi from the Cui family at some point, and because Cui Hongzhi had saved her from drowning, she felt that the two had already had physical intimacy and that she would not marry anyone but Cui Hongzhi.

The Fu family was quite wealthy. When Old Master Fu and his family fled to M, they couldn't take much with them. Moreover, their escape was rather hasty, and they didn't have much time to deal with their assets. As a result, they left quite a lot of things to Fu Zhiyi's branch of the family. Large families like this are very shrewd. Apart from things they can't move, such as real estate and shops, the amount of tangible assets they openly display is pitifully small.

The Fu family used to supply medicines to the National Revolutionary Army. It is said that they would bring back boxes and boxes of gold for each transaction.

At first, Bo Zhiyi didn't think in that direction, mainly because he didn't know where the Fu family's property was hidden. It was because their branch of the family was not valued. When Old Master Fu and the others left, they didn't even say a word to Fu Zhiyi and the others, let alone tell them the 'treasure trove'.

"Yes, every single one of the Cui family members has a bad reputation in public. They are scum who harmed their wives and children, but even after more than ten years, they are still seen as good men by others."

Fu Zhiyi's eyes were filled with hatred as she gritted her teeth and spoke.

Cui Hongzhi also had a good public image. Although he was just a staff member in the publicity department, he was handsome and gentle, and he was very attentive to Fu Zhixue.

At that time, Fu Zhiyi had not yet joined the special forces; he was stationed on a southern island and was away from home for many years.

Seeing that there was someone who truly cared for his sister, he was overjoyed for her and naturally wouldn't hinder her happiness.

After Fu Zhixue and Cui Hongzhi got married, Fu Zhiyi devoted herself to the construction of the island.

Although the two sides have maintained correspondence, they have been in contact much less frequently than before Fu Zhixue got married.

Therefore, when Fu Zhiyi suddenly received the news of Fu Zhixue's death a year later, she was completely stunned.

How could someone suddenly pass away from illness when they were perfectly healthy?

In the letter he received a few days ago, his sister said that she was doing well.

The last time we met, my sister looked great, and she had a happy expression on her face when she talked about Cui Hongzhi.

Fu Zhiyi couldn't believe that his sister had suddenly died of illness just a year after getting married.

What kind of illness can strike so suddenly?
The Cui family told him it was acute pneumonia, saying that Fu Zhixue had caught a cold and then been exposed to a cold wind, which triggered the acute pneumonia. They rushed her to the hospital that night, but it was too late.

Fu Zhiyi still didn't believe it, so she went to the hospital for a checkup. What she learned from the doctor was the same as what the Cui family had said.

It was one thing that Fu Zhiyi didn't want to believe it, but what he found even more unbelievable was that the Cui family cremated his sister's body without letting him see her one last time.

Fu Zhiyi instinctively felt that something was amiss.

Cremation was not common at that time; it was only being promoted. Most people still insisted on burial for peace.

This is especially important for established families like the Cui family.

Therefore, their hasty cremation of Fu Zhixue, the eldest granddaughter-in-law, made it difficult for Fu Zhiyi not to suspect the Cui family's motives.

Without evidence, Fu Zhiyi couldn't even voice his suspicions, let alone seek justice, even though he was dressed in green.

That was his only relative, yet he died mysteriously in the Cui family. How could Fu Zhiyi remain indifferent?!
Unable to reveal it openly, he secretly asked a friend to help him investigate.

The investigation revealed that Fu Zhixue's death was indeed not simple. Fu Zhixue was indeed rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night, but not because of acute pneumonia as the Cui family claimed. Instead, it was due to cardiac arrest, and Fu Zhixue had a wound on her forehead that was clearly caused by an impact.

Fu Zhiyi's friend learned from the nurse on duty that day that the person who took Fu Zhixue to the hospital was not a member of the Cui family, but a smelly homeless man.

The homeless man seemed to have some mental issues; he kept grinning foolishly and drooling. He carried Fu Zhixue to the hospital entrance, put her down, and ran away.