Chapter 842: Am I taking this for granted?
After the Chu family issued a statement severing ties with Chu Yan, the stock price of the Chu Group stopped falling, but various controversies and curses continued unabated, and the situation seemed to be escalating.
The Gu family's side was very quiet. From that day on, people would come to the door from time to time, but there were security guards and people arranged by Lan Yan, so even if those people wanted to get close, they couldn't. Some people even tried to bribe the family's housekeeper, but those people had no idea that the housekeeper was also one of their own.
Worried that visiting friends would disrupt the proceedings, the Gu and Chu families refused to see any guests, including Li Li and his group.
“I have to go abroad tomorrow morning. My teacher is already waiting for me there. He asked me a few simple questions about my situation. I didn’t say much, but I told him about what happened online and my current situation in China. He didn’t pay much attention and just told me to come over. He said that talented people can shine anywhere. He said that I used to say that I was too concerned about nationality. Now it’s okay. I don’t need to be emotional. I just need to do my job.”
At this point, Chu Yan smiled and shook his head helplessly: "Foreigners will never understand our national beliefs, but we don't need them to understand them. However, with my teacher here, it will be faster and easier for me to enter the market there. When I get abroad, the criticism from China may be even more severe, and they may even do bad things to the people around me. They may also take their anger out on you. You must be careful and bring bodyguards when you go out."
Gu Yi nodded upon hearing this: "We're all fine, but it's mainly you who needs to be careful. When you go abroad, you'll need to integrate into the high society there, which might require you to do things that violate moral principles or even destroy your values. You're the most important person to me, do you understand what I mean?"
In her past life, many mind-blowing things happened there. The list included all the world-renowned figures. That place was a den of dragons and tigers. Gu Yin knew Chu Yan's abilities. She believed that he would soon come into contact with those people and might even be dragged into those disgusting parties. Gu Yin only hoped that her people could come back safely. She could work harder on everything else.
Chu Yan had spent a few years there and even started a company there, so Nuo naturally knew what it was like. His teacher, being from the largest conglomerate, was grooming him as his successor. He knew all that, but Gu Yin had never worked there. How did she know? Did someone higher up tell her?
"Don't worry, my teacher used to ask me to participate in some activities, but I always refused. Although he loves money, he cares more about the successor and usually won't force me to do anything. Besides, I won't be stubborn. If necessary, I will definitely protect my own life first. After all, money can be earned anywhere, it's just a matter of how much."
Yes, he's just going out to make money, not to do scientific research, so there's no need for him to sacrifice himself. If ten years isn't enough, then twenty years will do. There's no end to the money he can make.
Hearing him say that, Gu Yin felt a little relieved, but once you enter that circle, many things are beyond your control. She hoped that Chu Yan would have a smooth journey.
“001, when Chu Yan goes out, could you go with him? It’s more dangerous over there. I’m perfectly safe at the base, nothing’s happened to me.”
001 shook his head upon hearing this: "No, my target data is you. Once it's activated, it can't be changed. Besides, he's not a reborn person, so he doesn't have that condition."
Gu Yin sighed helplessly, "I was overthinking it." 001 came for her, and there was no way to change its target.
"Why are you sighing? Don't worry! I promise you! I'll come back safely! I want to spend the rest of my life with you! I don't want to sacrifice my wife to be with someone else. You can only be mine, and of course, you also belong to the country. I'm the same; I can only be yours, and I also belong to the country. I'll always follow in my wife's footsteps! My ideological awareness won't deviate, okay?"
Gu Yin lifted her eyelids and looked intently at the man who had been by her side since she was a teenager, silently supporting her.
"I feel like I've never really looked at you properly. Over the years, I've gotten used to having you by my side. When I turn around, you're right behind me. I've never thought you would leave me, or even if you wanted to. In my heart, I'm sure you would. Even if you didn't, you still had to be by my side. I feel like I've taken it all for granted. Have I been neglecting your feelings too much?"
Since her rebirth, she has neglected Chu Yan many times. She sees herself as a researcher, and in her mind, experts dedicate at least 80% of their lives to their careers, with family taking up only a small portion, or even none at all. This, she believes, is the normal life of academicians. If she focuses too much on relationships, it would be a desecration of her career. She has always used this attitude to define herself, as if caring more about Chu Yan would make her unprofessional.
Upon entering the base, she finally had that "finally here" feeling—the feeling that the life of an academician had finally arrived. "I'm finally here; I need to put aside all emotions and focus on experiments."
Because of 001, because she was reborn, she felt that Chu Yan would never leave her. She seemed to have forgotten that feelings are mutual, not that you don't care about someone when you don't need them, and that they have to be there when you need them. She was really too presumptuous. She even made Chu Yan give up his career for her, and what's worse, she made him give up his career and family and go abroad alone. It seems that she never asked him if he was willing.
Thinking this, Gu Yin said it aloud.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean you're taking this for granted? You haven't paid attention to your own feelings!"
Chu Yan felt heartbroken seeing the confusion in her eyes.
He gently cupped her face in his hands and whispered, "Let's not talk about when we were studying, but about when you started working in the lab. I don't know what you're thinking, but do you know? Whenever I'm with you, whenever I'm by your side, no matter how many people are around, the first thing you do when you turn around is look at me. Only after seeing me will you look at others. There hasn't been a single time when you didn't look at me first. That feeling of being valued makes me very happy. Your complete trust in me, and the fact that you think of me first for many important things, well, maybe you feel that you only come to me when you need me, and that's not right, but I think you entrust these things to me because you think I'm capable and trust me. It's not the kind of entrustment you think is natural."
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