Chapter 439 Gu Beichen's "New Identity"
It was an "invitation" cut out from red paper.
There was a jeep, two stick figures, and a blue sea drawn crookedly on it.
In the very center, written in large characters with a brush, the strokes were vigorous and powerful, exuding a domineering and decisive air, but the content was utterly absurd:
[Order to enforce Gu Beichen and Comrade Su Yue's honeymoon trip around the island]
Su Yue's fingers traced the words, the rough texture of the red paper traveling from her fingertips to her heart.
"This is……"
"I owe you." Gu Beichen walked over and pulled her into his arms, between them and the edge of the table. "We've been married for so long, and we haven't had a honeymoon. We didn't have the time or the means before. Now, I want to make up for it."
He lowered his head, his nose brushing against Su Yue's temple.
"Is this your 'retaliation'?" Su Yue raised the red paper in her hand, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Aren't you scared?" Gu Beichen chuckled softly, his chest heaving. "We'll be gone for half a month, just the two of us. No kids, no jobs, no of all that messy stuff."
Su Yue buried her head in the crook of his neck and took a deep breath of his pleasant soapy scent.
"I'm afraid you wouldn't dare."
Over the next two hours, Su Yue demonstrated remarkable execution skills.
The jeep sped all the way to the Blue Ocean Daily Chemical Plant.
Huo Wenxuan was sitting in his office with his legs crossed, drinking tea, when he saw Su Yue rush in. He was so startled that he almost dropped his teacup.
"Director Su, what's that wind...?"
With a "snap".
Su Yue slammed a bunch of keys and a stack of documents on the table.
"For the next two weeks, unless the factory explodes, don't contact me."
Huo Wenxuan picked up the keys, looking completely bewildered: "Where are you going? This isn't like you at all. You usually treat taking a vacation like it's your life."
“We’ve been kidnapped.” Su Yue pointed to the Jeep parked by the door with the engine still running. “Chief of Staff Gu personally escorted us; we dared not disobey.”
Huo Wenxuan peeked out and met Gu Beichen's cold eyes.
He shrank his neck and immediately put on a fawning smile.
"Go ahead, go ahead! The factory's got me here, it won't collapse! If all else fails, Chen Xinyue will hold it up!"
Su Yue went to the laboratory again.
Chen Xinyue was adjusting the newly arrived German centrifuge.
After hearing Su Yue's purpose, this tech enthusiast, who was usually only interested in bacteria, actually showed a rare, maternal smile.
"Sis, this is life." Chen Xinyue pushed up her glasses. "I'll keep an eye on the data. You just need to take good care of your husband. After all..."
She pointed to Su Yue's slightly flushed cheeks: "That's your 'core project'."
As I left the factory, the sun was already high in the sky.
Su Yue sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt.
"All done?" Gu Beichen turned his head to the side, playing with a lighter in his hand.
"It's all done." Su Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and the sense of responsibility that had been weighing heavily on her shoulders miraculously eased at that moment.
With a roar, the jeep turned around and drove back into the compound.
As soon as I arrived at my doorstep, I saw Zhang Huilan standing by the roadside with her two children.
Gu Pingan was carrying a small schoolbag, while Gu Ningjing was holding a rag doll.
"Mom, are we really not taking them?" Su Yue looked at the two children's pitiful eyes and felt a little soft-hearted.
"What do you mean, 'bring them'?!" Zhang Huilan grabbed Gu Ningjing, who was about to rush over. "You two went on a romantic getaway, what's the point of bringing two burdens along? Your father and I have been wanting to take our grandson back to Beijing for a while, so we'll take this opportunity to take a vacation too."
Gu Ping'an pouted and shouted at Gu Beichen in the car, "Dad! You promised me seashells and conches, if you're missing even one, I'll tell Great-Grandpa you're bullying Mom!"
"Deal." Gu Beichen made a hand gesture.
Zhang Huilan waved her hand, as if shooing away flies: "Go away! Get out of here! Don't get in my way!"
Gu Beichen stepped on the gas, and the Jeep, like a wild horse, kicked up a cloud of yellow dust, completely leaving the noise behind.
Once outside the military compound, the scenery along the roadside began to turn desolate and open.
The island's distinctive red soil stretches into the distance, with vast coconut groves swaying in the wind. The salty, briny smell in the air grows stronger—the smell of the sea.
Su Yue rolled down the car window, and the wind made her hair a mess.
Where are we going?
"Head south." Gu Beichen held the steering wheel with one hand, and reached out with the other to grasp Su Yue's hand. His palm was dry and warm, and the calluses on his fingertips tickled the back of Su Yue's hand.
"We'll see where we end up."
This is simply not something Gu Beichen, who is meticulous and plans things out carefully, would say.
"No route map? No supply point plan?" Su Yue joked.
“Yes.” Gu Beichen pointed to his head. “They’re all here. I’ve been to every road, every outpost, and every beach on Hainan Island. You’re the first person I’ve ever been willing to be a tour guide for.”
The car rounded a sharp bend, and the view suddenly opened up.
A winding road stretches along the coastline, with rolling green hills on the right and endless blue skies on the left.
The waves crashed against the rocks, creating a thousand layers of white foam.
Gu Beichen slowed down the car.
He magically produced a tin box from under his seat and handed it to Su Yue.
"Open it and take a look."
Su Yue took it; the box was heavy.
Lifting the lid, you'll find a neat row of White Rabbit milk candies, several bottles of orange soda, and two packets of mung bean cakes wrapped in oil paper.
These are the most luxurious snacks of this era.
"Did they empty out the supply and marketing cooperative?" Su Yue peeled a piece of candy and stuffed it into Gu Beichen's mouth.
The sweet, milky flavor melts on the tip of the tongue.
Gu Beichen chewed on a candy and mumbled, "When I was little, you told me that you craved sweets when you were in a bad mood. Back then, we didn't have money or ration coupons. Now we have plenty."
Su Yue was stunned for a moment.
Those were fragments of the original owner's memories, wishes made by a little girl to the air long, long ago in that oppressive Su family mansion.
Surprisingly, he remembered.
It's even possible that he had already noticed it before receiving the original owner's memories.
"Gu Beichen".
"Um?"
"Have you been planning this for a long time?"
Gu Beichen turned his head and gave her a deep look.
Those eyes, which were usually filled with icy coldness, were now like seawater warmed by the sun, deep and scalding.
"From the very first moment I saw you, I was plotting it."
The jeep sped along the coastal highway.
The wind blew the hems of their clothes together.
Su Yue leaned back in her chair, watching the scenery rushing past the window.
Those days spent calculating for survival, those nights spent working on scientific research, those moments of fighting against death on the operating table—all of these become distant and blurred at this moment.
At this moment, it seemed as if only this car, this road, and the person beside me existed in the world.
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