Volume 1 Chapter 137 Robbery

Ten days ago.

Du Ruo confidently handed his newly written paper to Wilson, with a proud gleam in his eyes.

"I've just written my graduation thesis. I bet you'll let me pass it this time."

Wilson didn't understand where her confidence came from for a moment, and just casually put the paper into his bag.

When I got home from get off work in the evening and was reading a book in the study, I remembered to read it carefully.

He read it carefully three times, sitting at his desk, smoking one cigar after another, and stayed awake all night.

It was not until the next morning, after he had breakfast and was getting ready for work, that he woke up from his dream when his wife reminded him. He was still in his pajamas and was about to put on his shoes to go out.

After entering the office, Du Ruo asked excitedly as soon as he saw him: "Have you read my thesis?"

Wilson nodded and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to graduate?"

Du Ruo replied: "Graduation will not prevent me from continuing my research. Getting my diploma early will be a dream come true. Otherwise, I will be restricted by the school all the time, which is very troublesome. Just tell me, will my thesis be passed this time?"

Wilson said helplessly: "Yes, with such an excellent argument, if I continue to focus on your graduation thesis, will you question the value of my bonus?"

Du Ruo raised his eyebrows proudly and snorted, "I just think you are jealous of me becoming the youngest Ph.D. in physics in the history of the school."

"You don't have to be so jealous of me. You're the one who taught me well."

Wilson looked at her arrogant look with a gentle smile on his face, but he felt mixed emotions inside.

He...can only protect her up to this point...

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The next day, Du Ruo happily packed up the graduation application form and submitted it to the school.

In a good mood, she secretly booked a flight back home, intending to give Xu Jingmo a surprise.

Her winter vacation can be brought forward, so they can see each other without having to wait until Christmas.

However, before she had the chance to tell Xu Jingmo the good news, an uninvited guest arrived.

Du Ruo lives alone and has always attached great importance to personal safety.

Several pots of decorative flowers were cleverly placed at the door of her apartment. The one closest to the door was a unique cactus with a unique three-pronged shape, with the left fork longer than the right.

Before going out every day, Du Ruo would adjust the cactus to a specific angle as a secret safety measure.

If someone had broken into her apartment, the door would have opened and they would have bumped into the flowerpot, which would have been placed slightly differently.

When Du Ruo returned home that day, she noticed at a glance that the angle of the cactus was slightly tilted, which was different from its position before she left in the morning.

Someone has been here.

She calmly pretended that she couldn't find her keys, rummaged through her backpack, and made a move to go out, picking up her cell phone to call the police.

As soon as I turned around, I found several men in black suits appeared at both ends of the corridor, blocking all the passages.

Immediately, her apartment door was pushed open from the inside and a blond man walked out.

He was calm and had no guilt about breaking into someone's house. He took out his ID and introduced himself, "Hello, Ms. Du Ruo. I'm an agent from the FBI Intelligence Organization. You can call me Andrew. I wonder if I can invite you to have a chat?"

His voice was calm, but his temperament and expression revealed an irresistible firmness.

Du Ruo followed him and walked back into the apartment.

The scene before her made her admire the other party, who was indeed a well-trained professional.

Everything in the house was in perfect order, leaving no trace of anyone having been there.

Only the plush rabbit on the bed had its soft belly ruthlessly cut open, revealing the Bluetooth device hidden inside.

Du Ruo's eyes were calm and sharp. She observed all this silently without saying a word.

Someone came up to her, took away her cell phone and watch, and used sophisticated instruments to carefully check whether she had any other electronic devices hidden on her body. Du Ruo cooperated silently.

There was a hint of apology in Andrew's tone, but his attitude still revealed arrogance, as if this was just a routine matter.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Our conversation involves confidential information. I hope you can understand the measures we have to take. After the discussion, we will consider returning these things to you," he said.

Du Ruo asked calmly, "I don't know. What can the FBI talk about with an ordinary college student like me?"

Andrew said, "You are not an ordinary college student."

Du Ruo did not respond, but pretended not to understand.

Andrew continued, "Don't be so nervous. We are here to discuss cooperation with you."

Du Ruo remained silent and did not rush to ask.

Andrew looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, then suddenly smiled and said, "You see, you are indeed not an ordinary student. If you were a 17-year-old girl, I would have frightened her to tears."

Du Ruo said: "I reacted slowly and only want to cry now. You'd better stop scaring me."

Everyone in the room couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Andrew smiled and said, "To be honest, we have been paying attention to you since two years ago. You are a child prodigy with a brain comparable to Einstein's. You are amazing."

Du Ruo: "Thank you for the compliment."

Andrew got to the point: "So, are you interested in becoming a citizen of our country? Become a citizen of our country and work for us for life. We can provide you with all the benefits you can imagine."

Du Ruo's face froze for a moment, and then he suddenly realized what was going on.

She was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "So, this is how you treat your guests in your country?"

Andrew shrugged nonchalantly and said, "We need to ensure the privacy of the chat environment. I know you can understand that."

Du Ruo: "What if I refuse?"

Andrew advised, "Whatever concerns you have, whatever conditions you want, you can set them."

Du Ruo looked at his eyes and said seriously, "No conditions. I am Chinese. I will not change my nationality and I will not betray my country. This is the bottom line, no matter when or where."

Her voice was firm and clear, showing her unshakable position.

Andrew chuckled nonchalantly, "You don't have to think about it so quickly. There are many people in your country working for us. They can get higher status and treatment here than in your country. You can communicate with them. We have never broken our promise of welfare benefits. Now, all of them have achieved great success in their respective fields."

Du Ruo shook his head and said, "I don't need to copy other people's success. They are them, and I am me. For me, if I forget the roots of my growth, how can I talk about having a promising foothold? You can't persuade me, please go back."

Andrew sneered and said with disdain, "Is your country so good? You don't even have room to think about it? The world's top technology teams and technical equipment are all here. What development can you achieve if you return to your country? As far as I know, most of your research funds need to be supported by corporate investment. Are you willing to let your brain be restricted?"

"If you stay here, you will be standing on the shoulders of giants, and you will be able to see far and high. If you return home, you will be a pearl covered in dust, and no one will cherish you. Your country does not deserve you."

Du Ruo mocked back, "Our country's current technology is not as advanced as yours, but we are upright, aboveboard, and down-to-earth!"

"Of course we envy what you have. But we won't steal, rob or get jealous. We will just keep reflecting on ourselves, improving ourselves, being self-reliant, innovating independently, and becoming self-reliant and strong!"

"You also said that many people in our country are working for you, but my motherland has never forced anyone to return to work! It allows international students to freely choose whether to return to the country and respects everyone's right to make independent decisions. Unlike you, you only use coercion and inducement to encircle high-end talents from various countries for your own use."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that she will advance too quickly and threaten your position?"

"What? Are you nervous holding the stolen goods in your hands? You only know how to play the logic of robbers."

"Shut up!" Andrew interrupted her loudly and pointed at her nose and scolded her.

Du Ruo looked at him fearlessly.

Andrew was so angry that he started swearing in his native language, and then he just blurted out something in Chinese, "If you don't drink my toast, you'll have to drink the wine for punishment!"

Du Ruo: "I drink with friends, not with robbers. Judging from your attitude, you must have already made preparations for my refusal. Come over, Mr. Agent."

Andrew sneered, "You are very courageous. In that case, don't blame us for being rude. We have the right to suspect that you have leaked important secrets of our country while conducting scientific research. You are under arrest, Miss Du Ruo."

Du Ruo followed them and said calmly, "I need to hire a lawyer. Before the lawyer takes over, I have the right to remain silent."

A suspected espionage investigation without evidence would only result in 15 days of detention at most, and she could afford the risk.

We should carry forward the righteousness of our predecessors.

This is no longer the era of Mr. Qian. They dare not do anything to her easily.

A strong country is the backing.

No one can blame her for something she hasn't done.

She will come home, someone will come to take her home.

Before leaving, Du Ruo glanced at the gutted plush rabbit and sighed in her heart, but... she hadn't had time to give Xu Jingmo an explanation...

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"Bang-bang-bang"

The iron rod hit the iron gate hard, waking Du Ruo from his sleep.

It’s the ninth day…I think…

She was under house arrest in this dark prison, with no sunlight and no one to communicate with. She had begun to lose her memory. They had not asked her to go out today, and she could not tell the time.

These guys only know how to use such despicable means.

One meal a day ensures that she will not die of hunger.

The iron gate was banged on with an iron rod every few minutes or hours at irregular intervals, which kept her awake and alert at all times.

Her physical strength had reached its limit and her mind was in a state of confusion.

She was too careless. She didn't expect that they would even collect and save the discarded experimental data.

A month ago, she solved new data related to the Copenhagen interpretation, but she did not make it public, made adjustments secretly, and abandoned the experiment.

Unexpectedly, it was discovered.

Well, in a boring experiment, it is not terrible if you cannot calculate the result, and it is not terrible if you calculate the result that most people have derived.

The scary thing is that the result you get is different from others, but it seems that there is no wrong step.

She knew that this was a serious matter and did not dare to confirm her guess here.

Because once discovered, it will be a situation like today where you have to make a choice between two options.

Or she changes her nationality.

Or she would hand over all her research results.

Many scientists may not be able to achieve any research results in their entire lives.

Seizing someone's achievements is like seizing someone's blood and bones.

A shameless person with a thief gene.

She was too impulsive and rash, but she didn't regret it.

Who would have thought that they had started eyeing her two years ago.

She had just submitted a graduation application and accidentally wanted to go back home for vacation, so they couldn't help themselves.

She did not regret angering Andrew and being unable to reason with the robber.

This is like someone stepping on the national flag of the motherland. Why bother to reason with him? Just go up and slap him in the face.

Not for anything else, just to vent my anger.

Du Ruo sat up and began to meditate calmly.

But I couldn't calm down for a long time.

Her parents wouldn't notice anything wrong with her for a while, and it was normal for them not to contact her for ten days or half a month.

She must wait until the number of days of detention expires and then seek help from the embassy.

But what about Xu Jingmo...

They are in contact every day.

Could he have noticed that something was wrong with her?

Will you be anxious? Will you be sad? Will you be impulsive?

She didn't know what Xu Jingmo would do.

She was afraid that something might happen to him.

This is not something that two young people can solve.

She hoped he would stay sane and not do anything stupid.

Du Ruo was in a highly tense state and his physical strength reached its limit, and he fell asleep unknowingly.

When she woke up again, it was the female agent who came to wake her up.

"Du Ruo, someone is visiting."

Du Ruo took a few seconds to react.

Who comes to visit her?

Xu Jingmo? Probably not...

She followed the female detective out of the cell and walked through the long, messy corridor again, still turning a blind eye.

But at this moment, instead of pretending to be calm and turning a blind eye, a little hope arose in my heart, and my pace unconsciously quickened a lot.

Arrived in the room.

Push the door open and enter.

Saw that familiar figure.

Du Ruo's slightly active heart became calm again.

Unexpected, but reasonable.

That's right, Xu Jingmo, how could you find this place...

Wilson looked at her with some pity in his eyes.

Du Ruo sighed and sat opposite him.

He was the first to speak: "If you are here to be a lobbyist, forget it."

Wilson said nothing, but clenched his fist and handed her something.

Du Ruo was confused, "What?"

Wilson said, "It's for you."

He slowly opened his hands.

Du Ruo's pupils dilated slightly, and his heart, which had been silent at the bottom of the sea, was like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate and soaring into the sky.

A plum preserve lay quietly in Wilson's palm.

Without saying a word, she knew that Xu Jingmo was here.

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The author's mumbling: I don't think I'm writing about abuse. This kind of thing is still happening today. You can understand it by reading more current political news. Not to mention the distant predecessors such as Mr. Qian, the recent hw Ms. Meng incident just happened not long ago. When I first created the character Ruobao, I thought that she would definitely encounter this kind of thing. Although the mountains and rivers are safe, we should be strong.

This is not a field that I have access to, so my writing is bound to be rough and I should not apply it to reality.

Art comes from life and is higher than life. I write novels for fun, so the fact that I can discover new achievements when I am a teenager is my personal setting. The heroine is my biological mother, so she will not be abused.

The number of words in the article so far has exceeded my original estimate. I am currently really working on finishing the plot, but I want to get Tomato's full attendance, so it will be finished on the 31st at the earliest.

I wish you all well and don't spray.