Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 293: Apology? I Want You to Bow in Public! This Project—I’m in Charge!
Vice Minister Qian’s body suddenly froze.
The hand holding the magnifying glass began to shake violently.
"Bug..."
"Eating..."
The childlike voice uttering these two words felt like two heavy hammers, pounding his crown.
The view under the magnifying glass was frighteningly clear.
The tiny black bug, smaller than a sesame seed, was gleaming with a strange metallic luster, and its sharp mouthpiece was forcefully pressed against the green stem of the No. 9 wheat seedling.
It applied force.
Exerting all its strength, it attempted to pierce through the seemingly fragile surface.
"Click."
A barely audible, yet crystal-clear sound in the dead silent laboratory.
Vice Minister Qian saw it.
The sharp, needle-like mouthpiece of the tiny bug broke.
And the stem of the No. 9 wheat seedling remained intact.
Not a scratch was left.
"Clang"
The precision magnifying glass imported from Germany slipped from Vice Minister Qian’s trembling hand, crashing onto the cement floor with a piercing noise.
He staggered back a step, hitting the lab table behind him.
"No... impossible..."
His lips quivered, pointing at the wheat seedling, then at the bug still futilely struggling on the floor.
"That bug... that bug..."
A young researcher could no longer hold back.
Like a madman, he rushed forward, ignoring Vice Minister Qian’s presence, pushed him aside, and grabbed the tweezers from the table, skillfully clasping the tiny black bug.
He raised the bug high towards the lab’s lights, letting out a heart-rending scream.
"It broke! Its mouth broke!"
"It tried to bite the seedling, snapping its own mouth!"
The lab erupted; every researcher went mad in that instant.
They all swarmed in at once.
"Let me see!"
"Oh my god! It really broke!"
"This seedling... it’s... it’s impervious, absolutely invincible!"
Professor Wang hugged Gu An, his face flushed with excitement.
Dean Li rushed to the forefront, snatching the tweezers from the young researcher.
His hands were shaking too, but he didn’t look at the bug.
He turned and headed towards the microscope on the other side of the lab.
"Make way!"
He carefully placed the tweezers holding the bug onto the stage.
He leaned down, pressing his eye to the eyepiece.
With just one glance.
Dean Li was thunderstruck, his body suddenly froze.
For over ten seconds.
Slowly, ever so slowly, he raised his head.
Two streams of burning, old tears surged from the corners of his wrinkled eyes.
He did not cry aloud.
He simply announced to everyone in the lab, using a voice that was almost a roar and trembling.
"It’s it..."
"It’s indeed it!"
"The unknown pest that the Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency notification nationwide about half a month ago... The one currently spreading across seven provinces, causing widespread wheat root rot, making all pesticides ineffective..."
Dean Li raised his hand, pointing to the microscope.
"Code name, ’Rust’!"
"Boom!"
The entire lab exploded into chaos.
"What? It’s that ’Rust’?"
"We... we found wheat that can resist ’Rust’?"
"We succeeded! We really succeeded!"
Cheers, screams, and cries of joy filled the room.
In this sea of ecstatic joy, only Vice Minister Qian stood there alone.
His face turned from white to green, then to a deep red.
Dean Li snapped back from the ecstasy.
His eyes flushed red, like an enraged lion, took one step at a time towards Vice Minister Qian.
He pointed at the vibrant No. 9 wheat seedling, at the microscope.
Each word squeezed between his teeth.
"Vice Minister Qian!"
"Now, do you still think we’re writing a fairy tale?!"
"Now, do you still think we’re fabricating data to cheat for funding?!"
Dean Li’s questioning felt like a slap on Vice Minister Qian’s face.
The entourage brought by Vice Minister Qian all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.
Vice Minister Qian opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word.
He looked at the joyous lab, at Dean Li’s flushed eyes, at the wheat seedling that had performed a miracle.
Finally, his gaze fell upon the baby cradled by Professor Wang’s arms, curiously nibbling his small fist.
He took a deep breath.
Then, under the gaze of everyone who couldn’t believe it.
He adjusted the collar of his meticulously styled Zhongshan suit.
He stepped forward, passed through the crowd, and walked straight to Lin Wan Yi.
Without a hint of hesitation.
He faced Lin Wan Yi, this woman younger than his daughter.
Deeply, at ninety degrees, he bowed.
"Comrade Lin Wan Yi."
His voice, hoarse, yet incomparably solemn. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
"I, Qian Jian Guo, for my obstinance just now, for my ignorance and prejudice..."
"Solemnly apologize to you!"
The cheers in the entire laboratory came to an abrupt halt.
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
That was Vice Minister Qian!
Notoriously iron-faced King Yan in the Ministry of Agriculture!
He actually... actually bowed and apologized to Lin Wan Yi!
Lin Wan Yi did not shy away, calmly accepted his bow.
"Vice Minister Qian, you are too kind."
Qian Jian Guo straightened up, he didn’t look at anyone else, but walked straight to Professor Wang.
On his face, there was no longer the severity and coldness from before, replaced by a complex expression mixed with excitement, admiration, and wild joy.
He looked at Gu An, as if looking at a rare treasure.
"Child... good child!"
He reached out his hands, cautiously, as if afraid to disturb something.
"Old professor, can... can I hold him?"
Professor Wang was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked at Lin Wan Yi.
Lin Wan Yi nodded.
Qian Jian Guo took Gu An from Professor Wang’s hands.
He held this carved little child, said three times "good".
"Good! Good! Good!"
He turned to everyone, loudly announced.
"This child is not an ordinary child!"
"He is the ’little sentinel’ of our national agriculture front!"
"He is the first to discover ’rust disease’ and alert us... a major contributor!"
Qian Jian Guo looked at Lin Wan Yi, with confusion and inquiry in his voice.
"Comrade Lin, I still don’t understand why this wheat seedling can..."
When all experts were in a frenzy and confusion, Lin Wan Yi spoke.
Her voice was very calm, yet clearly reached everyone’s ears.
"Vice Minister Qian, Dean Li."
"What we have done is not just to make it grow faster, grow taller."
She reached out her hand, gently stroked the emerald-like leaves of Seedling No. 9.
"We have given it a ’armor’."
"An invisible armor that allows it to resist pests and diseases."
She pointed to the bug with a broken mouth on the ground.
"This is the proof."
Armor!
This word, simple, straightforward, yet incomparably precise!
Qian Jian Guo’s mind buzzed, completely enlightened!
He no longer had the slightest doubt.
He held Gu An, strode to the center of the laboratory.
He turned, faced his secretary, issued a series of indisputable orders.
His voice echoed throughout Beijing Agricultural College.
"First! Immediately draft an emergency report to the highest level of the ministry in my name! From now on, Sample No. 9 project is listed as the highest level of secrecy, ’top secret’!"
"Second! The project is officially named ’Great Wall’! Our China’s agricultural iron Great Wall!"
He paused for a moment, extended his hand directly, pointed to Lin Wan Yi.
"Third! ’Great Wall’ project chief director, Comrade Lin Wan Yi! Full authority granted!"
"Fourth! Project funding, unlimited! Personnel, nationwide, as she deploys! Experimental equipment, worldwide, as long as available, buy it for me!"
Qian Jian Guo surveyed the entire scene, with a voice carrying the aura of warhorses and soldiers.
"Whatever she needs, give it to her!"
"Anyone who dares to obstruct, who dares to delay, is a national criminal! First take off his official hat, then ask me, Qian Jian Guo, whether I agree!"
The entire laboratory, after a brief silence, erupted with cheers ten times stronger than before!
Dean Li and Professor Wang, two old men together over a hundred years old, embraced each other, crying and laughing like two children.
Gu Yanshen was leaning against the door frame all the while.
He looked at his wife standing in the center of the crowd, surrounded by eyes full of reverence and enthusiasm.
Watched as she calmly accepted all this.
On his face, which had been cold and hard as ice for years, the lines unknowingly completely softened.
Qian Jian Guo strode to Lin Wan Yi, tightly held her hand, as if holding the food lifeline of the entire nation.
"Comrade Lin!"
"From now on, the entire Beijing Agricultural College is your support!"
"The entire Ministry of Agriculture is your support!"
