"You want me to go? What for? I'd be useless." Chen Lie hurriedly swallowed his mouthful of food. He looked sideways at Huo Shaoheng as he took a sip of water. "Why don't you go?"
Huo Shaoheng shook his head. "No, I can't go. They can't know I'm her guardian, not yet. You understand, don't you? If the US military finds out about me, Nianzhi won't be able to come back here—they won't let her."
Chen Lie set his chopsticks down and wiped his mouth with a paper napkin. He looked up at the ceiling and murmured, "Six whole years, and no one tried to look for her. We haven't been able to dig up anything about her, either; maybe we've been overthinking it? What if she's just an ordinary orphan, with both parents tragically dead from an unfortunate accident and no living relatives?"
Huo Shaoheng's eyes narrowed. He held his head in one hand as he toyed with a gold coin, rolling it over his knuckles.
