Gone

That night.

The sky slowly darkened.

In Zhong Lizhen's kitchen, Dong Xuebin hummed a little tune. His earlier strange mood had vanished, replaced by high spirits as he cooked.

Washing vegetables...

Chopping vegetables...

Stir-frying vegetables...

Dong Xuebin was thoroughly enjoying himself.

The reason was nothing else but the news about the Experimental Base.

That was an Experimental Base directly under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Even the provincial branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences could not get involved. Although Zhong Lizhen had kept the details confidential, the country had paid such a huge price to bring Professor Zhong back from abroad—granting her the rank of Major General, making her an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and reportedly even having senior central officials receive her personally. In that atmosphere, even one of the smallest projects under Professor Zhong's charge could not possibly be ordinary. Aerospace Field? Software Field? Military Field? Quantum Field? In any case, it would not be small. If such a major project could truly land in Zhenshui County, its other significance might be secondary, but its political significance would be immense.

It would be wonderful if it could come through!

He absolutely had to fight for this!

A rough outline had already formed in Dong Xuebin's mind. He stir-fried while pondering it, his thoughts racing, because what he lacked now was political achievement.

He had been in Zhenshui County for two months, but he had been on sick leave for nearly one of them. In truth, he had only worked for a month. If things continued like this, when would it ever end? He had promised Hui Lan that he would strive to be transferred back before the child was born. The baby would arrive in a few months, so there was not much time