Chapter 274 A letter made a big shot in the capital come knocking on his door!
That evening, after dinner, Gu Beichen took the initiative to carry the child to Zhang Huilan's room.
"Mom, the child will sleep with you tonight."
Zhang Huilan understood perfectly well. She smiled and playfully scolded him, "You're so good to your wife," before happily taking the two little ones into her arms.
The bedroom door was closed gently.
It blocked out all outside sounds.
Only two people remained in the room.
Su Yue had just finished showering and was sitting on the edge of the bed drying her hair.
Gu Beichen walked up from behind, took the towel from her hand, and with awkward but unusually serious movements, helped her dry her wet hair.
Then, he threw away the towel and hugged her tightly from behind.
The man's arms were like iron hoops, encircling her completely in his embrace, with such force that he almost wanted to knead her into his bones.
He buried his face deep in the crook of her neck, greedily inhaling the familiar, sweet scent of her body, a blend of shampoo and her warmth.
"I miss you so much."
His voice was deep, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.
A simple sentence, yet it contained more than two months of heavy longing and fear.
Su Yue could clearly feel the tension in his body and the violently beating heart that she could feel through his chest.
A warmth filled her heart, and she turned around to hug his strong waist.
She looked up and saw the weariness and bloodshot veins deep in his eyes, which he couldn't hide.
During her absence, he stayed behind to maintain morale, coordinate with her actions in the capital, deal with the Baicaotang's fierce counterattack, and worry about her safety.
This man has endured too much.
"I miss you too," she whispered.
Looking at his wife's noticeably thinner face and her slightly tired eyes from all the running around, Gu Beichen felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his heart, as if he were being pricked by needles.
He didn't say anything.
He simply lowered his head and poured out all the unspoken worries, longings, and love into a deep kiss.
This kiss was devoid of any tenderness.
It was a plunder and possession carried out with the force of a storm.
It's as if they want to fill in all the blanks of the past two months at once.
After a long separation, their love was like dry wood meeting a raging fire.
The temperature of the air rose rapidly as their lips and teeth clashed.
Gu Beichen was like a wolf that had been starving for too long, with two clusters of frenzied flames burning in his eyes.
He suddenly picked Su Yue up and carried her to the bedside, where he threw her onto the soft bed.
The mattress groaned under the strain.
He leaned in close, using the most primal and direct methods to frantically demand and possess.
It was as if only in this way could they confirm that the person in their arms was real.
Only then can I finally put my heart, which has been hanging in suspense for more than two months, back in its original place.
A night of madness.
The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains, Su Yue finally woke up in Gu Beichen's strong arms.
My whole body felt like it had been taken apart and put back together; I was sore and weak.
The man beside her had already woken up and was lying on his side, staring at her intently with his deep eyes.
The passion of the night had dissipated much of the weariness and anger between his brows, replaced by a languid feeling of satisfaction.
Just as Su Yue was about to say something, Gu Beichen suddenly rolled over and got out of bed.
He picked up a telegram from the bedside table, sat back down on the bed, and handed it to her.
Su Yue took the telegram and unfolded it.
The languid look on the man's face had vanished, replaced by a solemn seriousness.
"Back in Beijing, damn it, the transfer application seems to have run into problems."
Su Yue's heart skipped a beat, and she was wide awake.
She quickly sat up, took the telegram, and unfolded it.
The telegram was brief: the Beijing Institute of Biology rejected Comrade Zhang Huilan's transfer application.
The reason given is that Comrade Zhang Huilan, as a core researcher in a key national project, is irreplaceable. Transferring her to an obscure private laboratory on Hainan Island is a "huge waste of talent" and an "irresponsible act towards the country's scientific research cause."
This huge accusation is something no one can withstand.
Before Su Yue could process the information, the red telephone by her bedside rang urgently.
Gu Beichen answered the phone, listened for a couple of minutes, and then handed the receiver to Su Yue.
"It's Mom."
As soon as the call connected, Zhang Huilan's voice, filled with suppressed anger, came through.
"Yueyue! I'm so angry! That stubborn old man surnamed Zhou in our institute rejected my application!"
“I went to confront him, and guess what he said? He said I was ruining my future and disgracing my reputation in my later years! He also said that he would never allow his soldiers to go to the countryside and do those ‘opportunistic’ things!”
"What do you mean by being opportunistic? I'm going to take care of my grandchildren! I'm going to support my daughter-in-law's career! This old stubborn man, is his head full of stones?!"
Zhang Huilan slammed her fist on the table in anger on the other end of the phone, clearly furious with Director Zhou.
Su Yue listened quietly, and only after her mother-in-law had finished venting did she gently comfort her, "Mom, don't be angry. It's not worth ruining your health. Don't worry about this matter; leave it to me."
After hanging up the phone, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat somber.
Su Yue knew that this was no longer just a question of whether her mother-in-law could be transferred.
Her "Special Drug Laboratory for Military Families" has just been approved, and it is the perfect time to recruit talent and build a strong team.
If even her own mother-in-law, a top national researcher, can't be recruited, then in the future, which truly influential talent will be willing to give up a secure job in Beijing and come to this remote island?
If this matter is not handled properly, her lab will be labeled as "unprofessional" and "without a future" from the very beginning.
Lin Wan'er planted landmines for her in the capital one after another, each one intricately linked, truly leaving no stone unturned.
“I’ll call Dad,” Gu Beichen said in a deep voice. “He’ll talk to the institute’s superiors. Once an administrative order is issued, that Zhou guy won’t dare refuse to release them.”
"no."
Su Yue rejected the idea without even thinking.
“Beichen, this isn’t a war. The academic world has its own rules. An administrative order might bring people here, but their hearts will be scattered. That Director Zhou is Mom’s old boss. If you ask Dad to pressure him, how can Mom face people in the industry afterward?”
"More importantly, my lab needs talented people who are willing to contribute and shine, not people who are forced in through connections. If this matter is resolved through power, then it will be rotten to the core."
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