Chapter 314 Lin Wan'er's End!

Hainan Island, military compound.

Su Yue put down the phone and let out a long sigh.

"it's over?"

Gu Beichen was sitting on the sofa, whittling a wooden sword for his son, Gu Ping'an.

“It’s over.” Su Yue walked to the window and looked at her two children playing in the yard. “Lin Wan’er was sent to that mine for lifelong labor. Barrera arranged for her to work in the deepest and most arduous mine to curry favor with the peacekeeping forces.”

"There is no sunshine, no hope, only endless darkness and arduous labor."

"For a reborn person who thinks they have the protagonist's script and wants to control the world, this is more painful than killing her."

Gu Beichen nodded, and steadily shaved off a piece of wood shavings with the carving knife in his hand.

"She brought this on herself."

"Her memories of her past life were both her advantage and her curse. She relied too much on that script, but forgot that the script is dead, but people are alive."

Su Yue turned around and leaned against the windowsill.

"Lin Wan'er's matter is now behind us. But that doesn't mean we're safe."

"You mean the capital?" Gu Beichen stopped what he was doing.

"Um."

Su Yue walked to the desk and picked up a document that had just been delivered.

The cover of the document bears the red seal of "Huakang Biological Research Institute," and below it is a line of glaring large characters: "Notice on Joint Safety Review of the 'Phage Project' of the Special Drug Laboratory for Military Families on Hainan Island."

The team leader's name was circled in red by Su Yue: Zhao Lichun.

“This Zhao Lichun is no ordinary person.” Gu Beichen stood up and walked to Su Yue’s side. “He is Vice Minister Li’s prized student. He has been in this circle for decades and is a typical academic tyrant. Compared to him, Fang Jianxing, a nobody, is not even worthy of carrying his shoes.”

“This time, they are using the pretext of ‘national security’ and ‘bioethics’ to demand a comprehensive review of our laboratory, and even demand that we hand over the core strains and the original data on gene editing.”

"This is blatant robbery," Su Yue sneered, throwing the documents on the table.

"The phage project has now yielded results and attracted international attention. They are envious and want to take the credit and put it on their Huakang Institute."

"Moreover, the timing was very subtle."

Su Yue pointed to the calendar.

"Next month is the All-Army Science and Technology Achievements Reporting Conference. If, at this critical juncture, our laboratory is found to have 'major safety hazards,' the project will be halted. At that point, they can legitimately take over and then use our achievements to claim credit at the reporting conference."

"Dream on." A cold glint flashed in Gu Beichen's eyes. "This is your hard work, and it's what our brothers risked their lives for. Anyone who dares to touch it, I'll chop off their hand."

"Don't rush."

Su Yue patted Gu Beichen's hand.

"If they want to investigate, let them investigate."

"Not only should we let them investigate, but we should also make it easy for them to investigate to their heart's content."

Gu Beichen looked at her: "You have a plan?"

Su Yue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sly smile.

"They want the core data, right? Then give it to them."

"However, whether they can understand the data or whether they will have difficulty digesting it is their own business."

Has the laboratory's security system been upgraded?

“It’s been upgraded.” Gu Beichen nodded. “As per your request, the latest surveillance equipment has been installed in the core area. You can even see the gender of a fly that flies in.”

"That's good."

Su Yue walked to the mirror and straightened her collar.

"Let's go pick up the guests at the airport."

"Since Director Zhao has come all this way to 'guide our work,' how can we be impolite?"

...

Two dark green jeeps, kicking up clouds of yellow dust, screeched to a halt in front of the Qiongzhou Island Laboratory.

The car door opened, and a gleaming black leather shoe landed on the ground first.

Zhao Lichun straightened his perfectly wrinkle-free Zhongshan suit, raised his chin, and looked around before slowly climbing out of the car. Behind him followed five or six young men carrying briefcases, each standing tall and proud, striking a very imposing pose.

The director of Huakang Research Institute is known in the industry as a "smiling tiger".

Su Yue stood on the steps, looking at the group of people.

"Director Zhao, you've come all this way, thank you for your hard work."

She didn't go down to greet him; she just stood there and said something polite.

Zhao Lichun wasn't annoyed. His face wrinkled as he quickly walked up the steps and stretched out his hands.

"Comrade Su Yue, I've heard so much about you! Although we've never met, I've heard your name so often in Beijing that I'm practically calloused."

His palms were dry, and he had a smug air about him, as if he had been in a superior position for a long time.

Gu Beichen stepped to the side, blocking Su Yue, and stretched out a large, well-defined hand to firmly grasp Zhao Lichun's hand.

"Director Zhao, this is Gu Beichen."

It has immense power.

Zhao Lichun's face twitched, but he didn't pull his hand back; instead, he laughed louder.

"Chief of Staff Gu! A young hero, seeing is believing!"

After exchanging pleasantries, the group entered the conference room.

The tea had just been brewed and the steam hadn't dissipated when Zhao Lichun's smile vanished. He pulled a red-headed document from his briefcase and slammed it on the table.

"Comrade Su Yue, let's be frank. We're here on behalf of our superiors to conduct a joint review of the 'Bacteriophage Project'."

He tapped his finger on the document.

"I heard that your security measures here are still the same as those used by the old pharmaceutical factory? That won't do. Such a core project is being kept in this kind of makeshift workshop. If it gets leaked, it will be a loss for the country."

Su Yue held her teacup but didn't reply.

A young researcher wearing glasses behind Zhao Lichun pushed up his glasses and chimed in.

"According to security regulations, all core data must be backed up off-site by the Huakang Research Institute. In particular, the original records of the 'strain lineage library' and 'gene editing' must all be brought back to Beijing for safekeeping."

The true intentions are revealed when the map is unrolled.

The so-called censorship is nothing more than an attempt to take away the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The meeting room was so quiet that the only sound was the ticking of the wall clock.

Gu Beichen sat in the chair, toying with the lighter he had brought back from the battlefield. The metal cap opened and closed with a crisp sound.

"take away?"

Su Yue put down her teacup, the porcelain cup tapping softly against the table.

"Director Zhao, if I remember correctly, the 'Bacteriophage Project' is a pilot project for military-civilian cooperation, with the highest command authority residing in the Hainan Island Military Region. Taking the data out of the laboratory requires the dual signatures of Chief of Staff Gu and Commander-in-Chief Zheng."

She leaned forward slightly.

"The document you have here only seems to have the seal of the health department, not the seal of the Central Military Commission, right?"

Zhao Lichun's smile froze for a moment.

"Comrade Su Yue, there should be no factionalism in scientific research. Huakang is a national-level research institute, and its equipment and security conditions are a hundred times better than yours. We are also doing this for the good of the project and want to help you share the risks."

"We can't accept this kind of 'kindness'."

Su Yue answered crisply and decisively.

"The data is right here. You can look at it and check it, but you can't take it out of this door."

Zhao Lichun narrowed his eyes.

"Comrade Su Yue, is this a sign of distrust towards the organization?"