Chapter 288 I'm here to make a deal!
On Hainan Island, thousands of miles away, lies the Gu family's courtyard.
Warm sunlight filters through the gaps in the grapevines, casting dappled shadows.
Su Yue was leaning back in a rattan chair, holding her sleeping daughter Gu Ningjing in her arms.
At her feet, her son, Gu Ping'an, who had just learned to walk, was holding her finger, babbling and trying to tuck a wildflower he had picked from somewhere into her hair.
After finishing his official business, Gu Beichen, the husband, came out of the study with a thin blanket in his hand and gently covered the mother and her two children.
The warm sunshine and peaceful home formed a stark contrast to the farce that unfolded in the icy wilderness thousands of miles away.
Just as Lin Wan'er was being tormented to the point of mental collapse, thinking that she was about to die in the endless blizzard and the onslaught of humanity.
An unexpected person appeared at Red Star Farm, having braved the blizzard that had sealed everything off.
The angry educated youth unconsciously made way for them.
The man was wearing a heavy military overcoat, covered in snow, and his face appeared unusually stern in the biting wind.
It's Qin Zheng.
He walked through the crowd and stood before Lin Wan'er, who was trapped in the middle and looked utterly disheveled.
Lin Wan'er was both surprised and delighted. Seeing him amidst the despair of being besieged, she thought he was a divine intervention.
"Qin Zheng! You've come to save me!" She struggled and reached out her hand to him.
Qin Zheng's first words extinguished all of Lin Wan'er's illusions.
"I'm not here to save you, I'm here to make a deal."
Lin Wan'er's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
Qin Zheng ignored her surprised expression and continued to speak calmly.
“I’m going to use your memories of another top-secret national project after Project 781 in exchange for your chance to leave here.”
It turns out that he encountered a new bottleneck in the political maneuvering in the capital.
Bringing down Vice Minister Li is not enough; for his father's faction to make a complete comeback, it needs an even greater "merit" that can shake the highest levels to break the deadlock.
He was certain that Lin Wan'er, this person from the "future," possessed intelligence that was enough to change the course of events.
Lin Wan'er understood instantly.
Qin Zheng will always be Qin Zheng: ruthless, selfish, and never making a losing deal.
She withdrew her hand, slowly stood up from the ground, supporting herself against the wall, her chaotic mind racing under the drive of her survival instinct.
This was her only chance to escape.
"good."
She looked at Qin Zheng, her eyes no longer filled with illusions, only naked bargaining.
“I can tell you. But you not only have to take me away, but you also have to forge a completely new identity for me and give me a sum of money. I want to disappear completely so that Su Yue can never find me.”
"Can."
Qin Zheng agreed without the slightest hesitation.
As long as he can get what he wants, Lin Wan'er's life or death is none of his concern.
Lin Wan'er leaned close to his ear and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, quickly said a project code name, the name of a person in charge, and a fatal technical bottleneck that the project had encountered in its "previous life".
A new devil's bargain has been struck.
Qin Zheng took out a special pass stamped with the military region's official seal and, under the watchful eyes of Yu Ming, the farm director, and all the educated youth, took Lin Wan'er away on the pretext of "interrogating an important criminal."
The two disappeared into the vast snowstorm, leaving behind a group of educated youth who had been used and then abandoned, looking at each other in the icy wilderness.
On Hainan Island, thousands of miles away, lies the Gu family's courtyard.
Warm sunlight filters through the gaps in the grapevines, casting dappled shadows.
Su Yue had just finished reading the encrypted telegram sent by Yu Ming from the northern frontier. The telegram detailed Qin Zheng's arrival and the entire process of the transaction.
Gu Beichen stood beside her, his aura instantly turning icy cold.
"I'll contact the Northern Xinjiang Military Region right away and have them stop the people!"
He instinctively reached for the red phone, his eyes revealing undisguised murderous intent.
A soft hand pressed down on him.
Su Yue raised her head, her face showing no sign of tension or anger, but instead a faint, cold smile.
She took the telegram from Gu Beichen's hand and lightly tapped the word "transaction" with her fingertip.
"Don't be nervous."
“She wanted to be a goddess, so we built her an altar. Now that she wants to step down from the altar, why should we stop her?”
Gu Beichen looked at her, puzzled.
Su Yue folded the telegram neatly, her voice tinged with amusement: "Lin Wan'er, trapped in the Red Star Farm and under everyone's surveillance, is seen as a 'god' and a special talent by those people because of her 'prophecy.' We can't touch her."
"But what is Lin Wan'er, who is constantly on the run and needs to forge an identity to survive?"
"She's just a rat that can't stand the light of day."
The murderous intent in Gu Beichen's heart slowly subsided, replaced by a complete trust and a hint of pride that even he himself was unaware of.
His moon always seemed to see further into the distance.
Su Yue turned around and calmly dialed an encrypted number to Hong Kong, finding Huo Shouxin's overseas security team leader.
“Activate Project Sky Eye.” Her voice was calm and clear. “Target: Lin Wan’er. I want her to be under our surveillance 24 hours a day, every minute of every second, no matter where she escapes to.”
She had expected Qin Zheng to come.
Her real purpose was to use Qin Zheng to get Lin Wan'er out of the "protective shield" of Red Star Farm and expose her to the sunlight again.
An invisible net has been quietly cast.
Having resolved Lin Wan'er's matter, Su Yue was in a great mood.
In the evening, in the study.
She took the initiative to hug Gu Beichen from behind, who was reading documents, and pressed her cheek against his broad and strong back.
The man froze, put down the documents, turned around, and pulled her into his arms.
"Are you happy now?"
"Mmm." Su Yue snuggled against him, tilted her head back, and asked softly, "Who do you think our Ping An and Ning Jing will look like when they grow up?"
Gu Beichen lowered his head and kissed her forehead, his deep voice carrying a hint of amusement.
"Like you, all like you."
"Smart, beautiful." He paused, then whispered in her ear, almost gritting his teeth as he finished the sentence.
"And...it's so frustrating."
The next day, some fantastic news arrived.
Academician Qian and Director Zhou from Beijing called personally, and Zhang Huilan was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.
With their joint efforts and after repeated deliberations at the highest level, the state decided to officially list Su Yue's "Bacteriophage Project" as a top-level "863" preparatory project!
More importantly, the highest level made an exception and approved Su Yue's "Military Family Special Drug Laboratory" on Hainan Island to become the only "Military-Civilian Cooperation Pilot Unit" in the country for this project!
This means that Su Yue's laboratory, which started as a local project, has suddenly become directly linked to the country's top scientific research strategy.
People, money, and materials—all resources will be poured into her without limit.
Su Yue's career has reached a new level like never before.
The news caused a sensation throughout the entire Hainan Island Military Region.
The Gu family courtyard became a sea of joy.
Grandpa and Grandma held Su Yue's hands, too excited to speak.
Gu Beixiao even set off a string of firecrackers in the yard to celebrate.
At the celebration banquet, everyone cheered, and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.
However, when Su Yue looked at the list of precision instruments that had been urgently transferred from the capital, the smile on her face suddenly froze.
Her pale fingers stopped at the end of the list.
On it was an extra piece of equipment she had never ordered before: an ultra-high-precision electron microscope from West Germany.
This instrument was one of the most crucial and difficult-to-obtain pieces of equipment in her entire "phage project," and she originally thought it would cost a huge amount of time and effort to acquire it.
But now, it's just appeared on the list.
The instrument's status is marked as: Brand New, Already Debugged.
In the donor section, two words were signed in a flamboyant and elegant style.
Qin Zheng.
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