Chapter 483: Turns Out It Wasn't a Beauty Trap

Pervert?

And he deserved to die.

There's a story here… Yu Dazhang looked at Ying Xuelian's gnashing-teeth expression and felt a sudden itch of curiosity.

Some truths can't be reached by deduction alone.

Like right now.

Who would have thought Researcher Zhang and Ying Xuelian had a past no one knew about.

The parties involved never spoke of it, so outsiders would never think in that direction.

"Mm-hmm, go on, tell me in detail."

Yu Dazhang nearly blurted out the words "I love hearing this."

Ying Xuelian realized she had lost her composure, took two deep breaths, and only after her emotions settled a little did she speak again:

"He came here two years ago, and not long after arriving, he set his sights on me."

"If it were just a normal pursuit, I might have been able to endure it, but he was truly too perverted—I felt his gaze locked on me every single moment."

Her voice trembled slightly, as though recalling some unpleasant memories:

"The word 'studying' you used earlier is very accurate—he studied me every single day, as if I were one of his research subjects."

Yu Dazhang could understand her feelings.

Some love is heavy, even suffocating.

Being deeply loved by someone you don't love can bring emotional pressure and burden.

And if that person is obsessive, it's even more fatal.

"Didn't you ever reject him?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"Of course I rejected him." Ying Xuelian suddenly raised her voice:

"And more than once—I told him clearly that there was absolutely no possibility between us."

Her emotions were somewhat agitated:

"But he just clung on shamelessly, like a rogue, pursuing me in ways he thought were deeply moving."

"You can't even imagine—he was so perverted that he secretly installed a camera in my room."

Saying this, her body trembled slightly, clearly furious about the matter:

"And it was precisely because of that camera that he discovered my true identity."

Yu Dazhang had wanted to ask how the other party had gotten that camera in, since not just anything could be brought into this place.

But on second thought, for a researcher to get his hands on such electronic equipment didn't seem all that difficult.

At this moment Yu Dazhang suddenly felt like laughing.

They say high-end crimes are often caught because of low-end ones—looking at it now, that saying really does hold some truth.

Ying Xuelian's identity as a spy had gone undiscovered for so many years, yet was exposed by a suitor's peeping.

How ironic.

No wonder Ying Xuelian looked like she wanted to spit blood every time the subject came up.

Anyone in her place wouldn't be able to accept it either.

Yu Dazhang could roughly guess what happened next.

Since Researcher Zhang hadn't exposed Ying Xuelian's identity, that meant he had other designs.

"And then you two…" Yu Dazhang started, then hesitated.

Ying Xuelian gave a slight nod.

He still wanted to ask what perverted tricks Researcher Zhang had played, but could only think it.

At the same time Yu Dazhang also understood why Ying Xuelian was so determined to kill Researcher Zhang.

For her, he was a ticking time bomb that had to be dealt with.

But eliminating Researcher Zhang would also trigger a chain of reactions.

First, the National Security Bureau would step in.

Anything that might threaten national security—the National Security Bureau would investigate to the end.

Second, Institute 53 would be locked down.

Until the matter was fully investigated, no one inside could leave without authorization, and vacations were naturally suspended as well.

"So Liu Hai was the tool you people used to cover your identities."

Yu Dazhang said in a low voice:

"He was the real scapegoat."

At first he had guessed Liu Hai was Ying Xuelian's accomplice.

But Liu Hai didn't even know there was still a mole inside Institute 53. Both of them came from that education foundation, yet one was open and the other hidden—Liu Hai's role was self-evident.

His very existence was to provide cover for Ying Xuelian at critical moments.

"That's right."

Ying Xuelian admitted openly:

"The information relay in the grove was just a performance for the National Security Bureau—to expose Liu Hai on one hand, and to confirm the extraction route on the other."

"But Liu Hai could only buy time. You would still realize someone was still embedded in the research team."

So she had thought it all through long ago… At this moment Yu Dazhang also understood why she had been in such a hurry to escape.

Even with Liu Hai exposed, two logical gaps remained unsolved.

One: Researcher Zhang wasn't betrayed by Liu Hai.

The National Security Bureau would confirm this on their own.

2, the fact that both sides chose the small grove as the drop-off point is itself the biggest vulnerability.

Liu Hai could only send out a signal, not specific information.

So how did the other side know there was a small grove near the experimental zone?

This was clearly arranged long before Liu Hai entered Institute 53.

Therefore, from this point alone, it is confirmed that there has long been a mole inside the experimental zone.

Ying Xuelian knew she could not resolve these two logical flaws, which is why she tried to escape.

"The person the other side actually wants to extract is you."

Yu Dazhang stared into Ying Xuelian's eyes, not missing any change in her expression:

"So you've already gained access to the core secrets of the entire research project."

"You could have transmitted the data out, but once they got it, they would abandon you without hesitation."

He paused, then his voice grew low and serious:

"So your only condition is that they extract you from here."

He had only guessed half of it right before.

The other side's target was indeed a person—but not the two academicians, it was Ying Xuelian.

She knew she could no longer hide, so she planned to use the other side to leave this place.

Ying Xuelian nodded:

"Exactly right."

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then asked:

"How did you learn the specific details of the project?"

This was what he himself was curious about.

In his view, this woman had every opportunity to use her beauty as a weapon.

The intellectual elegance she radiated was deadly to highly educated individuals.

And in this isolated mountain valley, her beauty would be amplified infinitely.

That researcher Zhang was proof of that.

But Ying Xuelian's next answer took Yu Dazhang completely by surprise.

"I figured it out."

When speaking of her field, her eyes instantly lit up, her face glowing with confident pride:

"I was involved in this project from its inception; as my work deepened, the information I accessed grew ever more extensive."

"Of course, if you look at just one module alone, you cannot see the full picture of the entire project."

She straightened her posture and said firmly:

"But when all the modules and components are laid out before me, I can naturally deduce how they will ultimately fit together."

It wasn't a beauty trap… Yu Dazhang looked at her with quiet disappointment.

She could have achieved her goal with her looks, yet chose to rely on her talent instead.

What a waste.

Before Yu Dazhang could speak, Ying Xuelian beat him to the question:

"In the foundation documents you mentioned earlier, was my name mentioned?"

"Yes." Yu Dazhang replied:

"And mentioned multiple times."

(End of Chapter)