At this moment, Lin Yuan was unaware that someone had set their sights on him while he was focused on uncovering the identity loophole of the female bartender. Meanwhile, overseas, there were others trying to prevent him from doing so.
In a pure white basement, a man in a lab coat sat with his legs crossed, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, fingers flying across the keyboard. Despite the unassuming nature of the experiment, any piece of equipment in the room could easily buy a house in a first-tier city.
Several lab technicians moved about quietly, instinctively treading lightly as if afraid to disturb the man.
"Yun, what have you been busy with lately?"
At that moment, the lab door opened, and a somewhat burly man with blonde hair and blue eyes approached and sat down in the chair beside him. His tone was somewhat displeased.
"I’ve been trying to find you for a while now. Have you forgotten we still have things to do?"
"My dear, I hope you won’t disturb my work right now. If my tail gets caught, you might lose that market over there."
"Oh?"
The foreigner observed as Yun continued to focus on his computer without looking up. Anyone who could converse with Yun was generally quite intelligent and even proficient in some coding.
As he glanced at the content on the screen, he couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment. "This person across from you must be a genius like you, right? From what I see, your work on identity information and forgery is quite intricate."
"Please don’t call others geniuses in front of me; it annoys me," Yun replied coldly, adjusting his glasses.
"Alright, alright. Let’s pretend I didn’t say that."
He knew that Yun had not severed ties with those back home; their communication mostly consisted of casual chats that wouldn’t affect their collaboration. However, this time felt unusually prolonged. In the past, Yun would only spend about an hour on this work; now it seemed he checked it almost daily without a fixed schedule.
After about ten more minutes, irritation crossed Yun's face as he slammed his laptop shut, causing everyone else in the room to fall silent.
"Jerrick, what do you want?"
"Can I ask what has you so upset? This is the first time I've seen you this angry—oh no, aside from that one time a few years ago."
"No."
Even faced with such indifference, Jerrick remained unfazed; after all, his goal wasn’t this.
"My company is about to develop a new product soon. I'm not very confident about its ingredients. Also, I heard you have made some new discoveries here; is that true?"
"Yes. I’ve had someone from Shangguan’s side bring over the specifics. What’s up?"
"My dear, I have someone under me who isn’t very bright. You know there are plenty of people in this world who aren’t exactly sharp."
He pointed to his own head.
All those components are with you; they originally belonged to me, didn't they?
Yun set the notebook aside and propped his head up with one hand, looking at him.
Do you want me to step in and deal with him?
No, no, no, not deal with him, Yun. I've never liked that kind of violent approach.
Yes, the other party prefers to have others willingly do things for them.
Except for him.
Can you help me see if those components can be analyzed in your lab? If so, I’ll have to teach this disobedient person a lesson.
Sure, do you have the drugs with you?
Here.
And they have been sterilized and disinfected; no one knows he did this, not even the shareholders.
A small transparent medicine box appeared in front of Yun.
This is it.
His relationship with Yun was inseparable; everyone could betray themselves, but Yun had to be tied to him.
The medicine was ground into powder and then slowly dissolved in various reagents.
Walton's many drugs could be showcased in this lab, with Yun being the core manager, although he himself did not participate in the development of these drugs.
However, he had a talent for analysis.
About half an hour later, Yun poured a pile of wastewater into the pool.
How is it? Any results?
I'm sorry, Jerick; he might have used some components I'm not familiar with.
It's certain that these components cannot be found on this land; perhaps you should pay attention to whether your subordinates brought anything else into your lab?
Other things?
Jerick narrowed his eyes dangerously, as if he was contemplating something.
I seem to have taken up too much of your time; let’s meet again next time.
Yun watched him hurriedly leave without trying to hold him back, his gaze shifting to the laptop on the side.
That President Fang probably won't last much longer either.
After staying up all night, Lin Yuan looked outside as dawn broke; he really wished he could just sleep through it all, but he couldn't.
Looking at the materials in his hands, Lin Yuan realized he had to hand these over to Team Leader Zheng. It was just the right time for breakfast, so he decided to grab a bite.
The shop owner handed him two steamed buns, a tea egg, and a cup of soy milk. He casually found a spot to sit down and was about to pull out his phone to watch some short videos when someone sat down across from him.
"Lin Yuan?"
The question seemed to confirm his identity. Lin Yuan looked up and noticed that he didn't recognize the person, yet there was something vaguely familiar about them. His memory quickly recalled a video Zhang Ya had shown him earlier; this person was one of the individuals in it. What did they want with him?
"My rental place has almost been turned upside down by you guys. What are you looking for?"
"That was just a misunderstanding. Please believe us, we mean you no harm."
Hearing that, Lin Yuan thought they probably didn't even believe it themselves. "If you have something to say, just say it."
He took a bite of his bun while listening.
"You must have had a tough life growing up without your parents. Do you remember having a grandfather? He misses you very much and is getting old, so he hopes you can be by his side."
"Furthermore," the person continued, "as compensation, he is willing to give you some money so you can live well."
The words sounded nice, but Lin Yuan wasn't interested in hearing more.
"If that's all you're here to say, then I'm sorry, but I'm not willing."
"If you come looking for me again, I will reveal the truth about what you're trying to pin on me."
Meanwhile, in a small villa abroad, several men in black knocked on the door. A little girl in a fancy lace dress bounced over to open it but looked frightened at the sight of them.
"You're not my dad."
One of the men in black took off his sunglasses and pointed a gun at the girl's head, speaking gently. "Tell Uncle, what gift did you bring for your dad last time you came from Huaxia?"
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