Chapter 1041: mory Reorganization
President Long touched his right hand sowhat shafully, and then asked with a smile, “Was it one month or two months in between the ti you were rescued and when you finally returned ho? During that period, did Major General Huo consistently maintain contact with you? ”
“Yes. He visited very frequently,” Tan Guiren blurted out, then furtively glanced at Gu Nianzhi, looking sowhat guiltily.
Speaker Long finally understood why she had been acting so strangely. His realization had also dispelled his previous suspicions about Gu Nianzhi.
He smiled and said, “Miss Tan, don’t worry. Miss Gu has already broken up with Major General Huo, am I right? Nianzhi?”
Because Gu Nianzhi had reminded her, Tan Guiren did not ntion the real reason Huo Shaoheng had gone to her Long Island ho, nor did she ntion Jas.
To be honest, she didn’t actually know the na of the person who had t with Huo Shaoheng, but although Speaker Long was satisfied, Gu Nianzhi felt a little sour inside.
Yet she also knew that this was not the ti to be feeling bitter or jealous. Besides, Huo Shaoheng had gone to the United States to rescue Tan Guiren. She really didn’t believe with Huo Shaoheng’s professional attitude that he would be treating won like Jas Bond did in the movies.
Furthermore, as far as Speaker Long knew, she was supposedly “broken up” with Huo Shaoheng, so she absolutely could not show any signs of jealousy.
Because of that, Gu Nianzhi attempted to appear as calm as she could. She tried hard to focus on what mattered at the mont instead of focusing on trivial things such as petty jealousy between the two won.
After all, she was dealing with Tan Guiren, a ticking ti bomb that could go off at any second.
As soon as she rembered that, Gu Nianzhi felt her head begin to pound.
She could see now that Tan Guiren was obviously not a person who could keep a secret for long.
If she could coax confidential information out of her today, then tomorrow, others would be able to coax it out of her as well.
And Tan Guiren was not the type of person who understood the weight of her words, nor did she know her priorities.
Today, with Gu Nianzhi by her side, she might have been able to filter what ca out of her mouth.
But in the future, without Gu Nianzhi there, would she still be able to think before she spoke and make sure that she didn’t say the wrong thing to the wrong person?
Of course, Gu Nianzhi couldn’t possibly follow Tan Guiren around 24 hours a day. She had her own life to lead.
So, what should she do to once and for all eliminate the threat of Tan Guiren accidentally blurting out damaging information that had to do with Huo Shaoheng’s rescue mission?
So that, even if soone else tried to coax information out of Tan Guiren in the near future, she didn’t have to worry about Tan Guiren saying what she shouldn’t be saying?
In that short span of ti, Gu Nianzhi’s mind raced with conflicting thoughts.
She followed Speaker Long’s gaze, then suddenly rembered that the most impressive aspect of Senators was their ability to brainwash people.
Each one of their speeches was basically like a brainwashing session.
Whoever had the ability to brainwash their targets the best would get the most votes.
Could she also use this thod on Tan Guiren?
To be honest, calling it brainwashing was stretching it a little bit.
The true academic description was to adjust the target’s mory until they fully accepted falsely contrived mories that had been introduced to them, then starts to treat the implanted mory as the truth, while unconsciously suppressing what actually did happen.
Privately and professionally, Gu Nianzhi didn’t want Tan Guiren to rember the truth of that incident. She wanted to try to adjust her mory.
Gu Nianzhi began brainstorming good ways to do so.
It would require relatively advanced knowledge in the realm of psychology. Gu Nianzhi had taken a few psychology courses as an undergrad and had read so relevant materials as well.
Yet she had never tried it on others before.
She didn’t know how favorable the outco would be, but she knew that if she didn’t at least try, she definitely wouldn’t be successful.
Gu Nianzhi made up her mind, returned Speaker Long’s smile, and said, “Yes, we are no longer romantically involved.”
She distinctly felt Tan Guiren breathe a sigh of relief.
Tan Guiren should have been in a state of relaxation and ease at that mont. Gu Nianzhi seized the opportunity, since there was a change that Tan Guiren had her guard down, and asked her, “But Miss Tan, those police officers once saw you being held hostage by the kidnapper. In order to arrest the kidnapper, wouldn’t they need to ask you questions? ”
“Of course they did!” Tan Guiren rembered how the Arican police had frequented her house from ti to ti, and the CIA as well, then pursed her lips. “They were annoying. When I didn’t tell them who the kidnapper was, they accused of having so sort of Stockholm syndro. As if I would be willing to protect my kidnapper! General Huo was not the person who kidnapped . I told them so many tis, but they just didn’t believe .”
Gu Nianzhi’s lawyer habits kicked in and she couldn’t help but ask Tan Guiren before Speaker Long had a chance to say anything, “You told the Arican police and the CIA that the person who rescued you was General Huo?!”
If it were true, that would be a huge deal!!
Speaker Long also beca serious. “Tan Guiren, did you really tell them that?”
Tan Guiren waved her hands and said with a smile, “No, you both misunderstood . At that ti, I didn’t know it was General Huo. When he rushed to the small building to rescue , he had only told that my father had sent him to find . Before that, I didn’t know him at all. Afterward, he ca to visit but still didn’t say who he was. How could I know? I just repeatedly told the US military and police that the person who ca to rescue that night was not my kidnapper.”
Recalling what had happened, Tan Guiren began to feel very offended as she spoke. “But they just wouldn’t believe . They kept saying that I had this ‘Stockholm Syndro,’ and that I had gone mad. After that, I wouldn’t talk to them anymore when they ca to see . It’s not like they could have forced to, anyway.”
Tan Guiren curled her lips in self-satisfaction.
Gu Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and gave her a thumbs up to praise her. “Miss Tan, you dealt with the situation so coolly!” she said.
She then proceeded to ask, “So many Arican police and even the CIA went to your house to interrogate you. Did you happen to encounter General Huo?”
As Gu Nianzhi said this, she carefully observed Speaker Long’s facial expression. Sure enough, Speaker Long raised his ears and was listening attentively.
Judging from his body language, Speaker Long was deeply interested in the topic!
This was the most interest he had shown in any of the topics they had discussed that day.
Gu Nianzhi’s eyes rolled as she realized sothing. She suddenly understood the real reason why Speaker Long had asked Tan Guiren to co in for questioning.
Had Speaker Long perhaps suspected that when Huo Shaoheng was in the United States, he had established dubious ties with the enemy?
After confirming that, the required focus of Gu Nianzhi’s brainwashing – er, mory adjustnt operation beca even more apparent.
“Miss Tan, when you returned to your ho in the United States, did the US military, police, or the CIA co looking for you?”
“Yes,” Tan Guiren replied.
“What did you say to them?” Gu Nianzhi asked.
“I told them that he wasn’t the kidnapper, and told them not to ask again. The real kidnapper had been killed by the man that rescued ,” she said.
“Did you know who that person was then?” Gu Nianzhi continued.
Tai Guiren thought for a mont. “I don’t know,” she finally replied.
Gu Nianzhi did not stop and instead continued relentlessly. “The US military and the CIA really ca to you in search of the kidnapper?”
“Yes,” Tan Guiren said.
“Did you tell them who the kidnapper was?” Gu Nianzhi asked.
“No. I didn’t know who he was.” Tan Guiren had answered much faster than before.
Gu Nianzhi then changed her approach and asked, “When the US military and the CIA ca to you, did you happen to encounter the person who saved you?”
“No. That person was impressively elusive and managed to evade them every ti they ca,” Tan Guiren answered bluntly.
“So, what you’re saying is, his activities weren’t restricted, he had his own living quarters, and he stayed hidden in the dark while protecting you. Am I right?” Gu Nianzhi concluded.
“Yes. He was able to move about freely. He had lived sowhere by himself and had remained in the dark to protect .” Tan Guiren repeated what Gu Nianzhi had said, like a robot given commands.
Speaker Long saw how Gu Nianzhi had been probing the situation from various angles, and couldn’t help admiring her even more.
She was a seed with a great potential for growth!
She could assess the situation from various angles without even needing his guidance!
Speaker Long felt that even if he himself had asked, he couldn’t have done so in such a comprehensive manner.
She truly was a silver-tongued prodigy!
Under the watchful eye of Speaker Long, Tan Guiren felt more and more nervous and started to focus on Gu Nianzhi’s questions and answers more and more.
After fifteen minutes, Gu Nianzhi stopped finding new ways to ask the sa question.
For the past fifteen minutes, she had kept pushing the sa story deeper into their minds. Although the US military and the CIA had kept interrogating Tan Guiren, Tan Guiren never disclosed any confidential information because she did not know Huo Shaoheng’s true identity at that ti.
Huo Shaoheng, due to his professional expertise and vigilance, had never encountered the US military or the CIA in person, let alone gotten himself captured.
Under the repeated hypnotic questioning and misleading guidance of Gu Nianzhi, Tan Guiren’s mory began to subconsciously adjust itself and start to believe what Gu Nianzhi had been stating over and over again.
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