Chapter 250

Even Celine looked at Ye Su with expectation. She had only thought about running away with Ye Su at the time, but now she realized a serious problem: if the Hua Nation government didn't accept her, she feared she would be deported back.

Moreover, after hearing Ye Su’s description, Celine really didn't want to give up the light before her. She truly did not want to return to that dark country and live a life of constant fear.

Since leaving the research institute with Ye Su, Celine had encountered many unexpected attacks. The previous highway robbery was not an isolated incident; if not for Ye Su’s powerful abilities, she feared she would have already become bones by the roadside.

Ye Su looked at the expectant eyes of the group and said with some regret:

"As far as I know, our country’s citizenship is very difficult to obtain. You can try, but since you are always at sea, you can take on some tasks for the Hua Nation; even stopping there for a short time is not a problem."

As he spoke, Ye Su looked at Lao Qin, who had spoken first: "I estimate your business might not be able to continue by then; we are very strict with inspections there. Of course, if you have the connections to acquire some top-tier equipment and technology, it might actually be possible."

Hearing Ye Su’s reply, everyone showed satisfied smiles. Ye Su turned back and noticed that Celine, beside him, had tears welling up, her eyes red.

"Baby, what’s wrong?"

When Ye Su heard Celine’s concerns, he was momentarily amused and exasperated, putting on an arrogant expression.

"You don't need to consider these problems while you're with me. Getting citizenship or staying by my side is just a matter of a single word."

Celine only took it as Ye Su comforting her; after all, Ye Su had just said it was very difficult, and now he said he could solve it—how could that be?

With a longing for their future lives, the group’s spirits lifted. The chef also brought out his full effort to prepare a full-fish feast for everyone.

Everyone ate until they were stuffed and couldn't eat another bite, and only then did the captain have someone pack the remaining fish with ice to save for dinner.

In the following period, the crew members always found various excuses to visit Ye Su, and Ye Su would sometimes go out to catch fish to improve their meals.

When idle, he would brag with them. Lao Qin was happy to see this; ocean voyages were far too dull and tedious, especially in such a stifling environment.

Ye Su also learned how the women in the dark corners inside the shipping containers survived; sometimes, after crew members came to see him, they would take one or two back with them.

During this time, a major event occurred in the Hua Nation. It was exposed online that Ye Su’s research institute was embezzling national research funds and resisting investigation.

At first, the public was rational; after all, everyone knew that the vaccines they had injected and the Transformers that had performed meritorious service on the front lines all came from this institute.

However, the online leaks were detailed and convincing. Most importantly, the institute was staffed entirely by women, which seemed obviously abnormal to outsiders.

Coupled with online public opinion demanding a thorough investigation, the Chairman had originally intended to suppress these rumors, but the opposition, led by Minister Liu, blocked the Chairman’s door, demanding an explanation...

Minister Liu and the others had internal information and already knew that Ye Su had been out of contact for over a month. They all guessed that Ye Su might have died in the explosion at the Beautiful Country’s experimental base.

Targeting the institute this time was also a test for the Chairman, fearing that this might be a trap set by the Chairman to eliminate dissent.

"Chairman, they are forcing your hand!"

Seeing Minister Liu and the others leave the Chairman’s office with their heads held high, the assistant hurried in to complain.

The Chairman was also overwhelmed with stress at this moment. Facing the officials' pressure, he could only insist on giving an answer tomorrow. The group didn't dare to push too hard, and seeing their goal achieved, they retreated from the office.

The Chairman picked up his enamel tea mug and gulped down a mouthful, saying somewhat despondently:

"I am truly an incompetent Chairman, unable to even protect the assets of a hero. Tell me, was I too lenient with them before?"

The assistant hurriedly refilled the Chairman’s cup and sighed:

"If you ask me, we should have cleared out these parasites while Ye Su was still here. As the saying goes, a tree won't grow straight without pruning. Now that Ye Su is gone, they’ve started to get arrogant."

Speaking of Ye Su, the Chairman sighed again. If he had known, he wouldn't have let Ye Su go to the Beautiful Country to investigate those newly appeared evolved humans. After all, they had Transformers and laser weapons domestically, which were enough to maintain national dignity.

Since the base explosion, evolved humans from the Beautiful Country had become rare. Instead, many war machines similar to animals had appeared on the front lines; they had low intelligence but good attack and defense capabilities, and possessed strong self-healing abilities.

The Chairman smiled dejectedly; he was truly old and prone to overthinking, and now he felt inadequate in handling matters.

"Forget it, forget it. Go notify those girls at Ye Su’s research institute and tell them to lay low for a while.

By the way, their leader is named Lin Fei, right? Tell her to restrain the others and absolutely not to be impulsive."

The assistant nodded and retreated. The Chairman watched the assistant’s back disappear at the door, lost in thought, sighing from time to time.

After leaving, the assistant got into a dedicated car and headed straight for the research institute, not noticing that someone was following behind.

"Minister Li, the Chairman’s assistant has already left. It looks like he received the Chairman’s instructions to head to the research institute."

On the other end of the phone, Minister Li and the others, after leaving the Chairman’s office, hadn't separated but instead found a conference room to drink tea and discuss the details of searching the institute tomorrow.

Upon receiving the call from his subordinate, Minister Li’s face immediately broke into a smile, sweeping a glance over the group, each harboring their own ulterior motives.

"My man just called. We applied enough pressure, and that old man finally couldn't sit still. It looks like he’s gone to notify the institute."

"When people are pushed into a corner, they tend to make foolish moves. I’ve already arranged for people to guard the entrance of the institute. As soon as anyone comes out, I’ll detain them."

Hearing that Minister Liu had made arrangements at the institute, Minister Li didn't respond further but silently picked up his phone and sent a text message to the subordinate who had just called, telling him to just guard the entrance and not get involved.

"Minister Liu truly has foresight. We were negligent and almost ruined a major matter!"

Hearing these compliments, Minister Liu thought to himself: *A bunch of old foxes. Who doesn't know you all have backup plans? And since I was the last to join, if I don't act first to seize the advantage, how will such a big piece of meat as the institute ever fall to me?*

After some empty pleasantries, no one had the mood to keep talking, and they all excused themselves, claiming to have matters to attend to. In reality, they didn't want to miss this good show and went to arrange for people to keep watch.

Minister Liu watched the old guys walk away with brisk steps, looking as if their houses were on fire. If it weren't for their promise to help him secure the Chairman’s position, Minister Liu wouldn't be in cahoots with these snakes and rats.

Inside the institute, the women were still discussing the rumors online. At this moment, Chen Yimeng spoke up:

"Sister Huayi, your family’s pharmaceutical company’s stock has hit the limit down, and the industries of other sisters seem to have suffered varying degrees of losses as well."

Just as everyone was looking troubled, Lin Fei also spoke: "It seems these people want to take action against us while Ye Su is away."

Lin Fei also knew through security that for the past few days, there had always been people acting suspiciously outside the institute. Originally, after the last attack, Lin Fei had strengthened security management.

She just happened to run into the spies sent by various factions over the past few days. At first, Lin Fei thought they were the same people from the last attack, so she had also restricted the women from going out.

But now, through the online public opinion, Lin Fei realized these events were very unusual, as if they were a conspiracy targeting the institute.

Thinking of this, Lin Fei asked: "You don't need to be too anxious. The captain hasn't returned, so he must be held up by something. When he returns, everything will naturally be resolved.

By the way, how is the work I tasked you with going?"

"Don't worry, we’ve already saved all the data onto hard drives. What’s left behind is the erroneous research direction we had previously."

Hearing Zhuo Lin’s report, Lin Fei nodded. The newly joined Guan Meng had some doubts, feeling that Lin Fei was making a mountain out of a molehill, but she could only follow orders.

"Sister Lin Fei, will they really take action against the institute?"

The women were all worried. If the institute were sealed, where would everyone go?

Just then, Lin Fei received a notification from security that someone had come to see her. Through the video feed, Lin Fei saw the visitor: it was the Chairman’s assistant.

She hurriedly notified security to lead the person to the table in the lobby. At the same time, Lin Fei looked at the others and said:

"You stay here; I’ll go see what the Chairman’s assistant wants."

Watching Lin Fei turn and head downstairs, the women looked at each other. Suddenly, Li Yimeng whispered:

"Should we go take a look?"

Everyone was tempted and immediately looked at Zhuo Lin.

"Why are you looking at me? If you want to go, then go!"

Lin Fei didn't know she had a group of little tails following her. She hurried downstairs to the temporary reception room and met the Chairman’s assistant there.

"Assistant Wan, what brings you here this time?"

Assistant Wan hesitated, not knowing how to start. Lin Fei also watched him quietly.

"Actually, the Chairman sent me to notify you that someone will come to inspect the institute tomorrow. You should prepare in advance."

Lin Fei was stunned. She hadn't expected her guess to be so accurate; someone was really going to take action against the institute.