Chapter 213 Breaking the Delusion
Because it involved an important case, Fu Yushu was guarded by someone.
Not only him, but all the key suspects on the special train from the southern city to the capital were placed under strict guard.
As Fu Yushu's contact person, and having discovered the biomedical security and espionage cases in the capital, Qin Shu is now also a member of the investigation team for the Nancheng incident. Therefore, after requesting and receiving permission, Qin Shu was allowed to take Song Ying and Fu Yuhua on the same special train on the return trip.
Even though they are in different carriages, they cannot leave their own carriages at will.
Their carriage was separated from the carriages of the people involved in the case by a dining table. When they ate in batches, Fu Yuhua stood at the entrance of the carriage, as if she was going to get hot water from the connecting area between the carriages.
Fu Yushu looked up and saw her.
Their eyes met. Fu Yushu was initially surprised, but after confirming that she was safe and sound and did not seem to be under guard, he breathed a sigh of relief and regained his previous calm and composure.
But the complex emotions in his eyes couldn't be hidden.
Fu Yuhua took a glass of water, but was reminded by the SWAT officer next to her to leave, and told that she could not stay there and that she should go to the other side to get water. She did not stay, apologized and left, and then returned to her seat.
After more than half a month of anxiety, Na Shun finally felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation and peace upon seeing him safe and sound.
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After returning to the capital, Fu Yuhua declined Song Ying's invitation and went back to her studio. That very day, she immersed herself in the decoration and design of the store, seemingly without a trace of sadness.
But Song Ying understood that Fu Yuhua was using work to numb herself. When she was busy, she wouldn't have so much time to overthink. That's how adult relationships are; life doesn't give you the chance to be without sentimentality and overthinking. All wounds need to be healed and mended by yourself.
Song Ying did not insist.
Firstly, out of respect, they felt that Fu Yuhua needed space and time; secondly, after filming wrapped up, her wedding with Qin Shu was finally going to be scheduled. Before going to Nancheng, the old man specially asked someone to select three auspicious dates. Qin Shu and Song Ying discussed it and chose a date a month later.
The timeframe didn't seem like much, but when the two families met each other's parents last year, they had already tentatively decided to get married at the end of this year. The Qin family had already started preparations, and the wedding dress and suit had been decided long ago. With the Qin family's financial and human resources, there weren't many opportunities for Song Ying to worry about other trivial matters.
She usually makes the requests, Qin Shu arranges them, and her subordinates prepare the materials for her to choose from, making the final decision herself, which saves her a lot of trouble.
Not to mention, as it was the first wedding of their grandchildren, the Jiang and Li families also went to great lengths. The elders wanted to give the young couple all the best things, which made the old man so angry that he glared at them.
"These old fogies, don't they love their own grandchildren and granddaughters? Sending these things here, do they think the Qin family looks down on Ying'er? Do they think the Qin family will mistreat her?"
However, after the competitive spirit subsided, Old Master Qin couldn't help but hum, "Actually, it's good that they bleed a little. Anyway, everything will belong to Ashu and Ying in the future, so why not take it if it's free!"
The Qin family was filled with joy, and upon learning of the couple's marriage, their fans were equally happy for them. Qin Shu, being very wealthy, even promised to book 100 tables in every provincial capital city on their wedding day as a special banquet to thank their fans for their support, inviting everyone to join in the celebration.
This is an unprecedented approach.
In contrast to the revelry of those around them, Qin Shu brought Song Ying to the CEW headquarters again that afternoon.
Stepping back into the familiar underground research lab, Song Ying felt that many things had changed since her first visit a few months ago.
"It seems like this place is much emptier now."
The last time I came, this seemingly abandoned warehouse was filled with layers of equipment and many researchers. But now many instruments have stopped working, and some workbenches are even empty. Everything on them seems to have been moved away, and there are not many people like before.
When Song Ying reached the end of the first floor, she didn't see a single person.
"What has happened here during this time?" Song Ying asked.
After Qin Shu took over CEW, he became extremely busy. He didn't talk about the tension related to the research lab, and Song Ying didn't ask him about it either. Apart from the time she collaborated with Ji Zhiheng and heard him briefly mention it, Song Ying knew almost nothing about the research progress and changes here.
Because she knew that Qin Shu would naturally speak up when he wanted to. For example, right now, he would bring her here again.
"I reported the research lab situation to the Department of Biosafety. The researchers are now under the Department of Biosafety's management. If they want to continue their research, the Department of Biosafety will assign them to the necessary research positions after they pass the assessment; if they don't want to continue, they can leave freely after signing a confidentiality agreement. The Department of Biosafety will also gradually take these instruments away and put them to use where they can truly be effective."
What Qin Shu didn't mention was that, in addition to the entire laboratory and all the researchers, the Qin family also donated a large sum of money to sponsor Sheng'an Company's normal biomedical research free of charge.
"Then Uncle and Aunt..." Song Ying looked at Qin Shu, hesitating to speak.
The Qin family invested heavily in building this laboratory, conducting research for over a decade, with a steady stream of money flowing in every year, all for Qin Yue and Li Qin. Song Ying still vividly remembers the incredulous shock and fervent longing in Qin Shu's eyes when he saw his parents' perfectly preserved faces and bodies in the vacuum cryogenic chamber.
The implications of dismissing these people and destroying this large laboratory are self-evident.
Behind the company is the nation, and the moral obligation of a major power dictates that they will not continue this kind of research.
Qin Shu pressed the switch leading to the second floor, his voice calm, "Often, the obsessions of the living are not necessarily the wishes of the dead."
This conclusion was reached by Qin Shu as the investigation deepened and more and more materials related to her parents' research during their lifetime were found.
Although Qin Yue and Li Qin are engaged in cutting-edge life science research, they are not the radicals Qin Shu thought they were. On the contrary, they have always been conservatives in their research. They hope to use science as a tool to improve the lives of more people, rather than using it to serve a minority, or to make it the exclusive domain of the privileged class, or a weapon to reverse or even subvert the world.
Even the active enzyme injected into Qin Shu was a choice made out of necessity.
At first, after being awestruck by the power of science, Qin Shu did indeed fall into a period of fervor. For someone who lost his parents at a young age, never even seeing them one last time, and almost forgetting what they looked like, the ultimate temptation of seeing them lying there so lifelike, even seemingly within reach of waking up, was irresistible.
Qin Shu repeatedly found himself torn between conflicting emotions and difficult choices. Reason demanded that he remain calm, while his emotions amplified his longing for family. During that time, he appeared to be doing as usual, but he was almost going crazy, even resorting to experiments to test his research findings.
It was Song Ying's countless acts of companionship—seemingly aware yet never overstepping boundaries or interfering—that helped him through those most difficult days and pulled him back from the brink of being lost and insane.
Only then was he able to regain his composure and refocus his attention on investigating the incident itself.
After "Passion", he had the idea of being completely honest and cooperating with Sheng Ansi. It was that trip to Nancheng and the long talk with Fu Yushu that finally made him make up his mind to take the initiative to find Sheng Ansi and tell him what the Qin family had been doing in secret all these years.
Qin Shu was prepared to be held accountable, but unexpectedly, Sheng An Si gave him a set of his parents' belongings. It was this very item that dispelled his last remaining concerns and made him feel at ease.
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