Part 2 Hello, Mr. Major General I'm Gu Nianzi

225. It's nasty!

Yin Shixiong turned right from Cambridge Street and entered the Harvard University campus. He walked north, along Massachusetts Avenue, to Harvard Law School, where Gu Nianzhi was having her classes.
He walked around the building housing the law department. The instrument in his backpack made no noise, indicating that there was nothing out of the ordinary here.
Unlike science students who had to rely on specific equipment and instruments, the students at Harvard Law School worked only with their brain and ready wit.
Yin Shixiong stood in the avenue near Harvard Law School and took a few selfies with his phone, angling his shots to get a perfect 360 record of the surroundings.
The place was inundated with similar selfie-takers, obnoxiously waving their selfie sticks about. Yin Shixiong, with his unassuming clothes and plebeian approach to taking selfies, had not caught up with the latest selfie trends.
He chuckled, and adjusted his sunglasses. He looked at the map in his hand, and discovered that just opposite of Harvard Law School, on the east side, was Harvard University's famous School of Electronic Engineering.
Yin Shixiong's interest was piqued. He slowly walked over to the School of Electronic Engineering.
He was still acting the part of a tourist. He had an iPhone headset on, and appeared to be listening to music. His sunglasses made it impossible to tell what he was looking at.
Yin Shixiong had been giving his full and undivided attention to his headset from the moment he entered the School of Electronic Engineering.
His headset was actually connected to the instrument in his backpack. It wasn't really an iPhone headset, it had only been modified to look like one on the outside.
In a few moments, his headset crackled to life. Beneath all the crackling and buzzing was a series of rhythmic ticks and beeps.
This was the sound of electromagnetic and radio signals.
The special instrument in his backpack was capable of capturing, analyzing, and recording sounds beyond the human hearing range.
Yin Shixiong stood at the entrance to the School of Electronic Engineering for a long moment. He made sure not to get too close.
He had to be careful; he did not know what sort of equipment was being kept here.
This was Harvard, after all. They were probably working with the latest cutting-edge technology.
He had heard that the top colleges and universities in the United States shared the results of their technological research with the US army.
And besides, this was the School of Electronic Engineeringthere was nothing surprising about the tangled mess of electromagnetic signals coming out of the building.
Yin Shixiong hung about and took a few selfies, before leaving with a wide grin on his face.
It was evening when he was finally back at the apartment.
Gu Nianzhi had been waiting for him to return so they could have dinner together.
"I bought pizza, Brother Xiong. Come have some!" Gu Nianzhi did not know how to cook. She had never learned to cook her own meals, because it had never been necessary.
Back when she lived with Huo Shaoheng at the Special Ops base, all the cooking had been done by the orderlies in the canteens.
It was the same when she had gone to C University for her undergraduate studies; there were so many school cafeterias and restaurants nearby to choose from.
She had never prepared anything more complicated than instant noodles topped with an egg or two.
Yin Shixiong looked at the greasy Philly cheesesteak pizza. It was horribly unappetizing.
He put down his backpack and went to the bathroom to wash his face and wipe his hands. Once he was done, he said to Nianzhi, "Don't eat that junk. It's nasty, and full of calories. C'mere, I'll cook dinner for you. I'm a man of many talentsyou'll see!"
Gu Nianzhi clapped enthusiastically. "Yippee! Need an apron, Brother Xiong? I have two lovely aprons, my roommates gave them to me."
"I'll take 'em." Yin Shixiong was already acting the part of a head chef. He opened the refrigerator and took out a chunk of beef to thaw on the table.
There was a distinct lack of green vegetables in the refrigerator. He picked out a few bell peppers, cut up the beef, and sauted them together. He made a simple cold dish by mixing thin slices of tofu, cucumber, and omelette together. He followed this with a plate of stir-fried potato strips, and a soup made of seaweed, shrimp and egg.
Gu Nianzhi's stomach rumbled at the tantalizing aroma. She scurried about, helping Yin Shixiong with the smaller tasks.