Chapter 290 The fox spirit's backer has arrived!

She thought she was far away from the emperor and had finally escaped Su Yue's clutches, but little did she know that the moment she stepped out of the mining company's gate...

A local man reading a newspaper in a café across the street casually adjusted the brim of his hat.

In his breast pocket, the cap of a fountain pen was gleaming faintly red.

Every word Lin Wan'er said, every person she met, and even the smug expression on her face were recorded 24/7 by Huo family's top security personnel disguised in various identities.

Hours later, this intelligence was transmitted back to Hainan Island through the most confidential channels and placed on Su Yue's desk.

Su Yue looked at Lin Wan'er's "business plan" on the report, and at the abandoned mine that Lin Wan'er had marked with a red circle. A cold smile appeared on her lips.

It's true... when you're sleepy, someone brings you a pillow.

She picked up the phone and dialed Huo Shouxin's number directly.

"Second Uncle, I'm giving you a chance to make a fortune. In South America, there's a mining company called 'Hope Star'..."

She hadn't finished speaking.

"Bang!"

The office door was suddenly kicked open.

Chen Xinyue rushed in, looking flustered. Her face was deathly pale, and she could barely speak.

"Sister Yue! Something terrible has happened!"

"Gu Nanxing... Sister Nanxing is in the capital, something has happened to her!"

Su Yue immediately hung up the call with Huo Shouxin and got up to help Chen Xinyue, who was almost unable to stand.

"Take your time, don't rush, the sky isn't going to fall."

Her composure allowed Chen Xinyue to catch her breath, but the next second, tears streamed down her face.

"Gu Nanxing... Sister Nanxing is in the capital, something has happened to her!"

Chen Xinyue cried so hard she could barely breathe, and recounted the events in fits and starts.

This morning, a woman dressed in jewels stormed into the laboratory's office in Beijing and, in front of everyone, pointed at Gu Nanxing and began to hurl insults.

They called her a shameless mistress, a vixen, and accused her of seducing her husband.

The woman threw a tantrum, causing a huge uproar and attracting a large crowd.

What's worse, she somehow summoned a group of tabloid reporters who came up with cameras and started snapping pictures of Gu Nanxing.

The news spread throughout all levels of government in Beijing within just a few hours.

"That shameless woman from the Gu family, she looks quite innocent, I never expected her to be a mistress."

"I heard he's the head of some kind of lab. Tsk tsk, people these days will do anything to climb the ladder."

Rumors spread like a plague.

Gu Nanxing was completely stunned by this sudden slander. Alone in the capital, she had no way to defend herself and could only lock herself in her office, letting people outside point fingers and gossip.

The reputation that the laboratory had painstakingly built up in Beijing plummeted.

"It's even worse!" Chen Xinyue cried as she pulled a document from her pocket. "That woman's husband is a key raw material supplier for us, surnamed Huang. Now that Mr. Huang is hiding and refusing to meet with anyone, unilaterally breaking the contract and calling us swindlers! If this batch of raw materials is cut off, our production line will have to shut down!"

To cut off the fuel supply from under the cauldron.

Upon hearing this, the relaxed smile on Su Yue's face vanished completely, replaced by an icy chill.

She completely trusted Gu Nanxing's character. Her sister-in-law was single-mindedly focused on her career and was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper. How could she possibly become someone's mistress?

This is not a sex scandal at all.

This was a premeditated commercial attack targeting her laboratory.

General Manager Huang, raw materials, reporters, public opinion... each link is crucial, and each move is potentially fatal.

The only people capable of orchestrating such a grand scheme and precisely seizing control of the laboratory's lifeline are the remnants of those political enemies who were previously overthrown.

"I understand." Su Yue helped Chen Xinyue sit down in a chair, then turned and walked back to her desk.

"Sister Yue, what should we do now? Should we call Beijing to explain?" Chen Xinyue was completely at a loss.

"Explain?" Su Yue sneered. "They've already put a knife to our throats, are we going to explain to them whether the knife is sharp or not? Wouldn't that be stupid?"

She made a decisive decision.

"Xinyue, you stay in the lab and keep everyone calm. I'm going to Beijing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the study door was pushed open, and Gu Beichen walked in with a sullen face.

Clearly, he had heard everything that had just happened.

"I'll go with you." The man's decision left no room for argument.

The capital city is a den of dragons and tigers; he couldn't let Su Yue go on the risk alone.

Su Yue shook her head.

"No, you must stay on Hainan Island."

"Why?" Gu Beichen's brows furrowed into a knot.

"A diversionary tactic." Su Yue hit the nail on the head. "The enemy's target is the entire laboratory. Since they were able to act in Beijing, they must have left a backup plan on Hainan Island. If I leave, they will definitely attack our headquarters. This is our home; we can't afford to lose it."

She walked up to Gu Beichen, stood on tiptoe, and smoothed his furrowed brow.

"With you at home, I can fight with peace of mind."

In one sentence, Gu Beichen's strong insistence and worries turned into a helpless compromise.

He couldn't persuade her otherwise.

This seemingly delicate woman, once she makes a decision, is irreversible.

That evening, Gu Beichen began packing Su Yue's luggage without saying a word.

He neatly folded Su Yue's clean clothes, then took out a thick stack of 10,000-yuan bills and various nationally valid ration coupons from his closet, stuffing them into every corner of the suitcase.

Finally, he even stuffed in several packets of beef jerky and malted milk powder that Su Yue loved to eat, which he had hidden in the kitchen.

All the repeated admonitions and instructions ultimately boiled down to just one sentence.

"You're not allowed to mistreat yourself over there."

The next morning, at the military airfield.

Before boarding the plane, Gu Beichen suddenly pulled Su Yue into his arms and silenced her with a domineering and deep kiss.

After a long while, he finally released her, pressed his forehead against hers, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, almost commandingly:

"Make this quick and easy, the kids and I are waiting for you at home."

The plane roared as it pierced the clouds.

Inside the cabin, Su Yue sent an urgent telegram to the capital via confidential communication equipment.

The telegram contained no plea for help, no discussion, only a brief but forceful instruction.

"Trouble has broken out on your turf. It's time to prove the value of your 'eyes'."

She wanted to use this method to put pressure directly on Qin Zheng.

Cooperation is never about treating someone to a meal; it's about exchanging value.