Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 294: You Call Me Whipped? My Wife Is the National Chief Project Leader!
Qian Jian Guo’s voice still echoed in the laboratory.
"Whatever she wants, just give it to her!"
"Whoever dares to obstruct is a national criminal!"
Dean Li and Professor Wang, both over a hundred years old combined, embraced each other, laughing and crying.
The surrounding researchers looked at Lin Wan Yi’s back, as if watching a walking deity.
Lin Wan Yi, however, did not look at them.
She walked to the corner enclosed by wooden boards labeled "play area," bent down, and skillfully wiped the drool from Gu Ning’s mouth, then picked up the two children, one in each arm.
She picked up a bottle and a diaper pack beside her and turned to leave.
It was as if the storm that was enough to go down in history had nothing to do with her.
Qian Jian Guo snapped out of his immense excitement and quickly caught up with her.
"Mr. Lin! General Manager Lin!"
He jogged, his respectful demeanor leaving the secretaries behind him dumbfounded.
"Where do you want to go? I’ll have the department send a special car right away! The highest standard Hongqi sedan! I’ll also assign you two bodyguards!"
Lin Wan Yi turned around, holding the children.
She politely shook her head at the unwavering Vice Minister.
"No need, Vice Minister Qian."
Her voice was soft, yet it made the entire laboratory quiet again.
"My husband has come to pick me up."
...
At the gate of the National Defense University.
A military green jeep was parked under the old scholar tree.
Gu Yanshen leaned against the car door, holding a washed-out cloth bag in his hand, inside were bottles and diapers.
His other hand was holding a cigarette, but it was not lit.
A few trainees who had just finished their class walked over, arm in arm.
Leading them was Zhao Tiezhu, his voice booming, shouting from afar.
"Yo! Isn’t this our living Yama?"
Zhao Tiezhu rushed over in a few steps, pointing at the cloth bag in Gu Yanshen’s hand, laughing heartily.
"Mr. Gu, what are you doing there? Delivering food for your wife and moonlighting as a babysitter?"
Another trainee joined in jokingly: "Tiezhu, you don’t understand. This is called tough guy with tenderness! Our Mr. Gu is now famously henpecked!"
"Hahaha! Henpecked!"
A group of people burst into laughter.
In their eyes, Gu Yanshen, such a prodigy, now looked like an ordinary house husband, standing at the school gate with diapers, waiting for his wife, which was really amusing.
Gu Yanshen ignored their laughter.
He put the unlit cigarette back into his pocket, his eyes only fixed on the direction of the school gate.
Zhao Tiezhu saw him not speaking, thinking he hit a nerve, and became even more enthusiastic.
"Mr. Gu, tell your brothers, are you strictly controlled by your wife? Do you have to rush home to report every day after class?"
Gu Yanshen finally looked away.
He glanced at Zhao Tiezhu, his face expressionless.
He opened his mouth, his voice calm, like stating an insignificant fact.
"My wife is doing research inside."
He paused, looking at Zhao Tiezhu and the surrounding faces waiting to see the drama, he completed the rest of the sentence.
"A national-level project."
"She was just appointed as the general manager."
The laughter halted.
Zhao Tiezhu’s smile froze.
The dozen or so rowdy trainees, like collectively frozen by an immobilization spell, stood dazed.
National-level project...
General manager...
These words exploded like bombs in their minds.
They looked again at the cloth bag in Gu Yanshen’s hand containing bottles and diapers.
This was no evidence of being henpecked.
This was clearly a medal of honor! A show-off!
Zhao Tiezhu opened his mouth, unable to utter a word, his face turned the color of pig liver.
At that moment, Lin Wan Yi, holding two children, walked out from the school gate.
Gu Yanshen immediately extinguished the cigarette in his hand and strode forward.
He naturally took Gu An from Lin Wan Yi’s arms, and with his other hand, skillfully opened the car door, protecting his wife and daughter as they got into the car.
The entire process was smooth.
After closing the car door, he looked back and nodded slightly at the group of trainees who had turned into statues, as a form of greeting.
Then he got into the driver’s seat and started the jeep.
The car vanished into the dust.
Leaving only a group of trainees in disarray by the wind.
"His... his wife... is the general manager?"
"Oh my God... I was laughing at him for being henpecked earlier..."
Zhao Tiezhu slapped his mouth with his hand.
"I am such a fool!"
Inside the car.
The two little ones had fallen asleep in the safety seats on the back seat.
Gu Yanshen steered the wheel with one hand, driving smoothly.
His other hand reached over, without speaking, wrapping Lin Wan Yi’s hand on her leg entirely in his palm.
His hand was hot, his fingers long and strong, gripping her knuckles gently.
"Did it frighten you today?" he asked, his voice very low.
Lin Wan Yi shook her head, leaning on the seat back: "No."
"Hmm."
He responded, but his fingers tightened even more.
"In the future, give me some face when we’re outside."
Lin Wan Yi tilted her head to look at him.
The man looked straight ahead, his jawline tense, with a demeanor of seriously driving.
But his ears were slightly red.
"What face?" Lin Wan Yi asked deliberately.
"Don’t tell them I wash diapers at home."
Lin Wan Yi couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.
She turned her hand and used her fingertips to scratch his palm.
Gu Yanshen’s body tensed for a moment, making the car slightly sway.
He cleared his throat and changed the topic.
"Is everything confirmed for the project?"
"Yes, it’s confirmed," Lin Wan Yi withdrew her hand, "It’ll be very busy afterward."
"No problem," Gu Yanshen said, "Do whatever you want to do."
The atmosphere in the car was silent for a moment.
Lin Wan Yi watched the street scenery quickly retreat outside the window and suddenly spoke.
"Gu Yanshen, besides the agriculture project, I want to try something else."
"Like what?"
"I want... to research the small parts inside radios or televisions."
This was her first time, in front of him, clearly expressing her interest in industrial technology.
Gu Yanshen’s hand gripping the steering wheel was as steady as a rock.
"Okay."
He just said one word.
He didn’t ask why, nor did he ask if she understood.
"Whatever you need, tell me."
"I’ll find it for you."
...
Back at the Gu Family Courtyard.
As soon as they entered, they heard Gu Lan’s furious voice from inside the house.
"I’m so mad! I’m so mad!"
Gu Lan was wearing a floral shirt, facing a transistor radio, slapping it hard.
"Why isn’t it making any sound again! It was fine yesterday!"
Seeing Lin Wan Yi and Gu Yanshen return, she immediately complained.
"Brother! Sister-in-law! Look at it! It’s a piece of junk!"
Lin Wan Yi handed the child to Sister-in-law Liu, who followed them out, and walked over for a look.
"Is it broken?"
"Isn’t it though!" Gu Lan plopped down on the sofa, puffed up with anger, "I can’t even enjoy a radio drama! Took it to the supply and marketing agency, the old master there said the parts inside are broken, he doesn’t have them, can’t fix it!"
She hugged a pillow and complained, "There’s a recycling station in the west of the city, I heard they have all kinds of junk, but the boss there is a weirdo, with a stiff face all day, ignoring everyone, who wants to go see his face!"
Lin Wan Yi’s movement of picking up the teacup paused.
West of the city, recycling station, weirdo.
These words were like keys, unlocking a deep memory from her mind.
Jiang Zhou.
The man later known as the "Father of China’s semiconductors," before his rise, wasn’t he just a "weirdo" tinkering with parts in a recycling station?
At the dinner table.
Lin Wan Yi intentionally used spiritual spring water to stew a pot of fish soup.
The milky white soup was incredibly delicious.
Gu Lan, a moment ago still sighing over the radio, was immediately drawn to the aroma of the fish soup.
"Sister-in-law, this fish soup... is too delicious!"
She didn’t mind it being hot, drank three big bowls in a row, her face flushed, without any regard for her appearance.
Putting down the bowl, she let out a satisfied burp.
Lin Wan Yi slowly drank the soup, waited until she almost finished eating, then put down the spoon.
"Xiao Lan."
"Huh? What’s up, Sister-in-law?" Gu Lan asked, her mouth still stuffed with fish, mumbling indistinctly.
Lin Wan Yi looked at her.
"Tomorrow, you’re taking me to find that weirdo you mentioned."
Gu Lan’s movements stopped.
She swallowed the fish in her mouth, showing strong resistance.
"Ah? Go to that recycling station? Sister-in-law, I’m not going! That place is dirty and smelly, all dust!"
Lin Wan Yi didn’t speak, just quietly looked at her.
Gu Lan was a bit unsettled by her gaze, her voice also lowered.
"Sister-in-law, can we not go..."
Lin Wan Yi picked up the remaining bowl of fish soup on the table, preparing to take it to the kitchen.
"Going or not?"
She asked.
"Do you still want to drink fish soup in the future?"
Gu Lan’s eyes instantly went blank.
She looked at the bowl of fish soup emitting a deadly aroma, then looked at Lin Wan Yi.
The next second.
She jumped up from her chair, quickly ran to Lin Wan Yi’s side, tightly hugged her arm, with a flattering smile on her face.
"I want to drink! Of course, I want to drink!"
She flattered Lin Wan Yi by massaging her shoulders.
"Sister-in-law, you say, what time shall we set out tomorrow? I’ll take my brother’s car to pick you up!"
