Zhou Xiaoya, Zhou Lichen's older sister, was someone Lin Chuchu thought Zhou Lichen would be worried about, but when she looked over, she found that Zhou Xiaoya remained expressionless.

Zhou Xiaoya never expected that the book she received contained a listening device.

Whether she knew about it or not, she was certain that her career was ruined.

She stared intently at Zhou Lichen, a look of anticipation flashing in her eyes.

If Zhou Lichen were willing to put in a good word for her, the leader might keep it a secret.

She knew the leader was very polite to these researchers, though she didn't know if it was only towards a particular person, and the answer in her mind was unbelievable.

She didn't believe that the leaders would treat Lin Chuchu that woman specially; it must be a misperception, it must be a misperception.

However, she was met with the other person turning away coldly.

It wasn't that Zhou Lichen was heartless, but rather that he knew it wasn't a big deal; at most, they would be punished one by one, and their positions wouldn't be promoted in the short term.

Even if Zhou Xiaoya had a few times the courage, she wouldn't dare to betray her country.

With Zhou Xiaoya taken away, the crowd lost interest in watching the spectacle and returned to their rooms.

Although this military exercise enhanced China's international profile, Lin Chuchu knew that China still had a long way to go if it wanted to become a world power.

They will continue to develop more weapons, and then no one will look down on them anymore.

Zhou Xiaoya's case was resolved quickly. In addition to receiving a major demerit, she had to write a self-criticism when she got back, and she also had to go through interrogation by her superiors.

Everyone knows that Zhou Xiaoya doesn't have the guts to betray her country, but we still need to ask her questions, and at the same time, we need to find out which country the person who planted the listening device is from.

This kind of listening device cannot be used across sea areas, which means that the person listening is not far away from them, on a warship.

After interrogation, it was confirmed that the other party was from Russia. Chief Li laughed directly, showing how unwilling he was to accept this.

But no matter how unwilling they were, there was nothing they could do. They couldn't possibly know that China obtained the technology for making armor-piercing projectiles from a sunken ship from Russia.

The return journey was swift; they quickly crossed the territorial waters of the United States of America, then traversed international waters, embarking on their journey home.

This trip took very little time, just over a month, and the researchers felt like it was a publicly funded trip.

The group parted ways at the naval base and returned to their respective bases.

The higher-ups gave everyone a two-day holiday, and Lin Chuchu stayed at home for those two days, taking the opportunity to organize her gains from this trip.

Although Lin Chuchu could touch and feel those weapons, she couldn't disassemble them to examine them, so all the photos she got in the space were external or superficial.

However, Lin Chuchu still drew them. After so much practice, Lin Chuchu's drawing skills have improved a lot, and at least she can draw them on paper in proportion.

For two days, Lin Chuchu worked on those blueprints, and on the morning of the third day, she took out a stack of them.

"Please give these to the commander for me."

Team Leader Qin took it and looked it over, then jokingly remarked, "Your drawing skills have improved quite a bit."

Lin Chuchu rolled her eyes at her, "After drawing so many times, it would be unreasonable not to improve."

Team Leader Qin walked towards the commander's office, while Lin Chuchu took Xiao Lu to the laboratory.

Lin Chuchu immediately noticed Zhou Lichen's heavy dark circles under his eyes.

"What are you doing? Didn't you get two days off? It's like you haven't slept for two days!"

Lin Chuchu was worried that he might faint at any moment.

Feng Tao, standing nearby, said speechlessly, "He hasn't slept for two days, has he?"

"He went into the lab yesterday morning; I heard he has a new idea for satellite positioning."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Lichen continued, "...This military exercise has given me a lot of inspiration, and I believe I can definitely develop satellite positioning."

Lin Chuchu felt overwhelmed by what he was saying. She wasn't good at aviation research, and she didn't understand many of the theories he presented.

Lin Chuchu couldn't openly admit that she didn't understand, so she could only give a few casual replies.

"You need to take breaks even when you're doing research. If you ruin your health, how many research projects will you have to miss?"

She had previously thought Zhou Lichen was worried about Zhou Xiaoya, but it turned out she was overthinking it.

To persuade such a research fanatic, it's impossible to win them over by focusing solely on their physical attributes; it's better to start by discussing their research projects.

Tell him that if he ruins his health, he won't be able to continue his research, and that would mean missing out on so many projects.

Zhou Lichen stroked his stubble-covered chin. "You're right. I'll go back to sleep now and come back tomorrow."

He slowly walked out, and his bodyguard followed behind him.

The members of Zhou Lichen's group breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. They enjoyed researching things, but they didn't like working overtime day and night.

Feng Tao secretly gave Lin Chuchu a thumbs up.

"Luckily you know how to persuade him, otherwise I was afraid he would faint."

He heard that some researchers collapsed at their workstations because they worked too much overtime and never woke up again.

Not only the older ones, but also the younger ones.

He was genuinely afraid that Zhou Lichen would end up like those other people.

After all, the death of a fully-fledged researcher would be a great loss to the country.

Lin Chuchu just smiled and didn't say anything. To be honest, everyone was pretty crazy.

It's just that some people are more severely insane.

After Zhou Lichen left, everyone else returned to their own labs.

When Researcher Tian and his team arrived, they were quite curious not to see Zhou Lichen.

When they learned that he had worked two extra days, they were all speechless with shock.

"He's definitely a bachelor. Those of us who are married are all rushing home to stay for a couple of days."

Researcher Tian said with a smug look on his face.

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