Treasure

After a long while, Professor Fang looked at Ye Min with a kindly smile. "That 'Blue Sky Supermarket' in your hands... Miss Ye, I wonder if you could introduce me to that Miss Xiaoxiao?"

"Of course!" Ye Min hugged Blue Sky Supermarket a little tighter to her chest.

Damn! I've never seen something worth tens of billions of dollars before. I'll hold on to it for as long as I can!

Even if Professor Fang hadn't asked, Ye Min would have dragged him back to the Chu Group by force if she had to. If this news got out, it would cause an uproar. Even the Chu Group couldn't withstand that kind of pressure.

The Chu Group president's office.

Chu Feng hung up without a change in expression, then looked up at Chu Xiaoxiao, who was watching her expectantly.

"Mom? Are the test results in?" Chu Xiaoxiao asked, feeling a little uneasy. Now that the moment had come, she was still nervous. After all, the whole thing was just too bizarre.

After a long pause, Chu Feng finally spoke in a low voice. "It's real. Its quality even far exceeds our expectations..."

Heaven knew how shocked she was. That one kilogram of nuclear fuel was worth as much as her entire Chu Corporation!

And its strategic value was even more immeasurable!

"Yay!" Chu Xiaoxiao pumped her little fist, then blushed and said excitedly, "So that means I can skip class whenever I want from now on, and I can even—cough, cough! I mean, I can't believe this is real. It's unbelievable!"

Chu Feng watched her daughter switch to an expression of shock in an instant and rolled her eyes helplessly.

Her expression turned serious as she called the security department. "Hello, this is Chu Feng. Have the group's security department assemble all security personnel at once and head to the yacht marina to protect Team Leader Ye!"

"Yes, I mean all of them! Leave two to guard the entrance, and send everyone else out! Put them on the highest security level! Now! Immediately! If they're not at the marina within half an hour, you can pack your things and get out!"

"Click!" Chu Feng hung up and let out a long breath.

"Mom, you're so badass!" Chu Xiaoxiao said with a grin, giving her a thumbs-up.

"You still have the nerve to laugh! Do you have any idea what a huge mess the Chu family is in?" Chu Feng said crossly.

"Hehe, the Chu family has never been afraid of trouble. We're only afraid there isn't enough of it! Mom, I had the group's intelligence department collect the information ahead of time. Take a look!" As Chu Xiaoxiao spoke, she handed her a report she'd prepared earlier.

"Oh! So you had this planned all along. You're that confident in him?" Chu Feng looked at her with a faintly amused expression.

Chu Xiaoxiao blushed slightly but didn't deny it.

Chu Feng lowered her head to read the report in her hands. The more she read, the more alarmed she became.

Uranium was such a sensitive resource that it was under strict state control. Rabbit Country was vast and rich in resources, but its proven uranium reserves were woefully inadequate, making it a "uranium-poor country."

According to the intelligence team's analysis, the country had all the technology needed for nuclear power plants, which had an overwhelming cost advantage over traditional power facilities. But because uranium was scarce, it couldn't promote nuclear power on a stable, long-term basis. As a result, there were only a handful of nuclear power projects in the country, and the State Council wouldn't even approve proposals for nuclear plants in most regions.

So every year, the country had no choice but to import uranium at a high price from Kangaroo Country (Australia). And what it received was only low-grade uranium ore, which was extremely costly to extract and purify. The country was also constrained by its supplier when it came to certain foreign policies.

Chu Feng had only to think it over briefly to understand what this meant to the country. If the Chu Corporation could secure a stable supply channel for the nation, it would undoubtedly become one of Rabbit Country's most prominent companies—one of strategic importance, no less!

Of course, that hinged on one thing: having the ability to protect such enormous interests. And that was exactly what worried Chu Feng.

A man may be innocent, but his treasures could bring him trouble!

Just what kind of monster did that guy take in? Chu Feng thought wryly.

The lobby of the Chu Group.

A receptionist was touching up her eyebrows in a little compact mirror.

"Ooh, where are you off to looking so dressed up? Got a date?" her coworker teased.

"Hey, that new hire from overseas asked me to see a movie tonight. He's asked me out several times over the past couple of days, and I really couldn't turn him down this time." Though she said that, there was no hiding the romantic glow on her face.

"Oh, that handsome guy! When did you two get together? Spill it!"

Before the receptionist could answer, hurried footsteps sounded from the elevators.

"Move, move! Everyone, keep up! If anyone lags behind and costs me my job, I'll dock a whole year's bonus!"

The voice reached them before its owner did. The booming shout made the receptionist's hand jerk, and she nearly dropped her eyebrow pencil.

The two receptionists turned in surprise. Dozens of fully equipped security guards, led by the security chief, strode past them with grim expressions. The office workers in the lobby stared in astonishment and hurried out of their way.

The group jogged past the front desk, filed into three seven-seat SUVs outside the building, and roared away.

The two receptionists stared blankly at the scene, then turned to look at each other.

"Pfft!" The coworker burst out laughing when she saw the receptionist's makeup.

The receptionist picked up her mirror. Good grief! Her perfectly fine willow-leaf eyebrows had turned into sharply slanted arches. She was instantly furious!

An hour later, the receptionist—who had somehow managed to redo her makeup at astonishing speed—admired herself in the mirror and finally nodded in satisfaction. She took a Givenchy lipstick out of her purse.

"Wow, isn't that the lipstick you spent two months' salary on? You never use it. You're really going all out today!" her coworker exclaimed.

"Hmph! You have to give it your all, even when fighting a rabbit as a lion! Just you wait! Tonight, I'll have that overseas returnee eating out of my hand!" The receptionist lifted her chin proudly.

Then she carefully traced her lips in the mirror. The vivid red made her look even more alluring.

"Bang!" The door was flung open.

"Move, move! Set up a five-meter security perimeter! You lot, clear out the elevators!" The same familiar booming voice rattled the windowpanes.

A crowd of burly security guards came rushing in, surrounding two people. They even had riot shields positioned in front and behind them!

Some people in the lobby recognized the woman being escorted in the middle. She was Team Leader Ye, the Eldest Miss Chu's personal bodyguard. The other person was an elderly man with white hair.

Team Leader Ye held a plastic bag in one arm, her other hand poised at her waist as she kept a wary eye on her surroundings.

The old man kept glancing at the things in Team Leader Ye's arms, looking just as tense.

The group warily scanned their surroundings, then filed into the elevator. Their imposing presence left everyone in the lobby speechless.

Only after they had gone did people start talking.

"Who's that old man? With this level of security, even the country's leaders don't get this kind of treatment, do they?"

"What do you know? Didn't you see the bag Team Leader Ye's carrying? They're obviously protecting a priceless treasure! The old man's probably just an appraiser."

"Come to think of it, that could be it! I heard a while back that the group found a treasure out at sea. The Eldest Miss Chu was kidnapped twice because people coveted the treasure and wanted to force her to reveal its location!"

"You heard about it too? I didn't believe it before, but now... Tsk! It must be true!"

Hearing the chatter around them, the receptionist's coworker nudged her with an elbow. "Hey, that's big news! Our group found a huge treasure!"

But after waiting a while, she got no response. She turned to look in confusion and saw two trails of tears running down the receptionist's pretty face, ruining her freshly applied makeup.

A vivid red streak ran from the corner of her mouth to her cheek. It was a horror-show look straight out of a costume party.

"Pfft!" Her coworker burst out laughing on the spot.