Chapter 285 The top-notch undercover agent committed suicide on the spot!
That evening, at the Gu family's courtyard.
Gu Beichen pushed open the door and entered the study, his expression somewhat solemn.
"The person has arrived."
Su Yue put down the documents in her hand and looked up.
"Qin Zheng's 'prey'?"
"Yes, Huo Qidong. He and his so-called 'representatives of Hong Kong investors' have checked into the VIP building of the military region's guesthouse and specifically requested to see you."
Su Yue stood up and straightened her clothes.
"Let's go and meet them."
In the luxurious private room of the guesthouse, Su Yue met Huo Qidong, whom she had seen countless times in the documents.
A young man with slicked-back hair and a shrewd, greedy look in his eyes.
Upon seeing Su Yue, Huo Qidong immediately greeted her warmly, adopting an extremely humble posture.
"Cousin Yueyue, I've long admired your name. Meeting you today, I can confirm you are truly an outstanding person!"
His affectionate address of "cousin" made Su Yue's stomach churn.
She dealt with him calmly, but her gaze went past him and landed on the so-called "investor representative" behind him who had remained silent throughout.
He was a man around thirty years old, dressed in a plain cadre uniform, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and looked refined and harmless.
However, when Su Yue saw his face clearly, even though she had prepared herself mentally, her heart still skipped a beat.
It was him.
Xiao Zhang is Commander Zheng's secretary.
The man she had met once in Beijing because of the "Project 781" scam.
How did he end up here?
Shouldn't he be in Beijing, working as a secretary in one of the country's most critical projects, with a promising future?
Almost at the same instant Su Yue recognized him, Gu Beichen's body tensed up almost imperceptibly, and a chilling aura instantly spread out.
Xiao Zhang also "saw" Su Yue. A perfectly timed look of shock flashed across his face, which was immediately replaced by a look of mixed surprise and delight.
"Comrade Su Yue? What are you doing here?"
His acting was flawless, as if the two were just old acquaintances who had accidentally reunited in a foreign land.
Seeing this, Huo Qidong quickly added fuel to the fire, saying, "Secretary Zhang, as I told you, this is our Huo family's most capable cousin, and also the head of this laboratory!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhang's "shock" deepened. He quickened his pace, bypassed Huo Qidong, lowered his voice, and said to Su Yue in a tone of complaint and grievance, "Comrade Su Yue, what exactly happened? I came to Hainan Island on a business trip, and this Mr. Huo insisted on showing me one of our country's top biological projects, something that could bring glory to the nation. I was pestered by him so much that I had no choice but to come along. If I had known it was a project you were in charge of, I would have..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but his frustrated expression of "I've been let down by my incompetent teammate" was perfectly conveyed.
What a ridiculous thief crying "stop thief!"
Su Yue sneered inwardly, but a look of sudden realization and delight appeared on her face.
"It's Secretary Zhang! What a coincidence! You are a distinguished guest from the capital. We are more than happy to have you come to our small place to guide our work!"
She warmly welcomed the two into the living room, as if she truly believed their story.
"Mr. Huo, Secretary Zhang, please have a seat. Our laboratory has just been established, and many aspects are still underdeveloped. We would like to ask the two experts for their opinions."
A meeting, in which everyone harbored their own ulterior motives, began amidst insincere pleasantries.
The next day, Su Yue personally led Huo Qidong and Xiao Zhang to visit the laboratory construction site, which was already taking shape.
A brand-new laboratory building has sprung up, and the precision pipes imported from Germany gleam with a metallic luster in the sunlight. Everything looks so professional, high-end, and full of unlimited potential.
Huo Qidong's eyes lit up, and he kept making exaggerated exclamations, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.
Xiao Zhang, on the other hand, seemed much more knowledgeable. He would occasionally ask a few questions about equipment parameters and technical processes, each of which seemed professional but cleverly avoided the real core issues.
Su Yue answered calmly, but she knew exactly what was going on in her mind.
This fish was more cunning and greedy than she had imagined.
Finally, the group arrived at the most heavily guarded standalone building in the entire laboratory.
Su Yue stopped and pointed to the building, introducing it in a seemingly casual but actually carefully designed tone: "This is the heart of our laboratory, the strain bank."
Huo Qidong and Xiao Zhang's breathing stopped for a moment almost simultaneously.
Su Yue, seemingly oblivious, continued "casually," revealing, "The reason our lab was able to lead the world and develop groundbreaking antibiotics is entirely due to the original strains preserved here. It's just a pity..."
She sighed, feigning regret.
"What's a pity?" Huo Qidong asked impatiently.
"Unfortunately, the source of these strains is too special. They were extracted from the depths of a salt lake in the Northwest with an extremely rare geological structure. According to geological surveys, the environment there is an isolated case formed over hundreds of thousands of years of geological changes, and there is no other place like it in the world. Therefore, each original strain here is unique, and once used, it is gone, making it impossible to replicate."
It is priceless and cannot be replicated.
These eight words, like a poisoned hook, firmly grasped the most primal greed in Huo Qidong and Xiao Zhang's hearts.
The two tried their best to hide it, but Su Yue still accurately caught the glint of greed that flashed in their eyes at the same time.
That very night, the two men eagerly transmitted this "top secret" information via a shortwave radio hidden in their guesthouse room.
Meanwhile, in the study of the Gu family's courtyard, Su Yue and Gu Beichen were listening clearly to the "beep beep" sound coming from the radio waves through a miniature eavesdropping device that had been installed in the guesthouse beforehand.
"The fish has taken the bait."
Su Yue took off her headphones, her face showing no joy, but rather a solemn expression.
Xiao Zhang's appearance signifies that the enemy has infiltrated the core national project, and the forces involved are far larger and more terrifying than those of Baicaotang.
She immediately dialed the encrypted hotline to the capital and found Qin Zheng.
"Spread a message for me." Su Yue's voice was calm and without any ripples. "Say that, to ensure safety, the most critical batch of 'original strains from the saline lake' will be secretly transferred from the laboratory to the military region's highest-level underground secret warehouse by military personnel late at night three days from now."
After arranging everything, Su Yue felt a deep sense of exhaustion.
Playing the game with these venomous snakes lurking in the shadows is far too mentally taxing.
A warm, large hand wrapped around her waist from behind, and the familiar embrace, carrying a faint scent of tobacco, enveloped her.
Gu Beichen rested his chin on the top of her head and gently massaged her throbbing temples with his large, well-defined hands.
"Don't be afraid." The man's deep voice sounded in her ear, "This time I'm personally leading the team to arrest them, and I guarantee they won't be able to escape."
Su Yue's strongest support comes from her husband's unconditional trust and support.
She leaned against him, and her tense nerves finally found some relief.
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