Jiang Jingguo opened the door, and the officer walked in with several SWAT officers.
Everyone else waited at the door. They all knew that the controlled nuclear fusion Jiang Fan had developed was a top-level national secret. Only authorized personnel had the right to handle it; everyone else was forbidden from coming into contact with it!
A moment later, a SWAT officer came out carrying a computer. Another SWAT officer followed beside him, gun in hand!
Several more SWAT officers remained inside, scanning the contents of the room with some unfamiliar instruments.
Only after finding nothing else did they stop.
Jiang Jingguo and Li Guiqin were left utterly bewildered!
"Mr. Jiang, please rest assured. You'll be compensated for your computer and everything else we've taken!"
The officer told them!
Jiang Jingguo did not want any compensation. All he wanted now was to know what exactly had happened to his son, Jiang Fan.
Yet the officer still had not said a word to them about it.
The officer took out a satellite phone and made a call.
"Minister Zhou, we've collected the relevant items from Jiang Fan's home, but Jiang Fan isn't here..."
"Understood!"
After finishing his report, the officer spoke to Jiang Jingguo.
"Mr. Jiang, where is Jiang Fan right now?"
"I don't know either," Jiang Jingguo said!
"Then please give Jiang Fan a call now!"
"I can call him, but could you tell me what exactly has happened to Xiao Fan?"
Jiang Jingguo spoke. He had thought it over for a moment just now: the entire residential complex had been sealed off because of his son, and Elder Long and Elder Qiao had both come for Jiang Fan. He was certain something major must have happened!
Otherwise, they would not have made such a grand display!
"All I know is that Jiang Fan invented a material for solar photovoltaic panels. I don't know anything else!"
The officer spoke. This was the cover story Minister Zhou Huaide had devised, actually intended to conceal the controlled nuclear fusion Jiang Fan had developed.
Materials for solar photovoltaic panels were not particularly high-tech research, and the technology was already largely mature. The public would find it easier to accept, and it would not arouse outside suspicion!
After all, there had been students before who invented some technology and earned special admission to the nation's top universities.
If they publicly announced that Jiang Fan had developed formulas and data for controlled nuclear fusion, the entire world would probably boil over!
Those hostile nations with ill intentions would likely send spies or assassins to target Jiang Fan immediately. Such things had happened before.
So announcing to the outside world that Jiang Fan had developed a material for solar photovoltaic panels was also a way of protecting him!
Hearing the officer say this, Jiang Jingguo was instantly overcome with excitement. Everything that had happened before finally made sense.
And Elder Long and Elder Qiao had just said they represented Dragon University of Science and Technology and Huaqing respectively. Could they be here to offer his son special admission?
At this thought, he looked excitedly at Li Guiqin, who was still too stunned to react!
But right now, he had to contact Jiang Fan first and get his son to hurry back. If Elder Long and the others grew angry and left after waiting too long, no amount of regret would help!
Who would have thought! His son was so capable that he had actually developed a material for solar photovoltaic panels. He had really made his father proud.
So what if he had scored 300 on the college entrance exam! Hehe... He could still get into one of the nation's top universities.
The more Jiang Jingguo thought about it, the more excited he became. He then took out his phone and called his son directly!
At that moment, Jiang Fan was blushing, stiff with nervousness as Chu Ruoxi held his hand!
Only after they reached a corner did Chu Ruoxi glance back and release Jiang Fan's hand. Then she said indignantly!
"Hmph! A bunch of snobs. Next time Teacher Wang isn't around, I'll knock you all down a peg!"
When Chu Ruoxi turned back to face Jiang Fan, she noticed that his face was bright red.
"Huh! Jiang Fan, what happened to your face?" Chu Ruoxi asked in confusion!
Jiang Fan touched his burning face and explained in a fluster.
"The... the weather's too hot!"
Chu Ruoxi paid it no mind and was ready to take Jiang Fan farther along.
Meanwhile, waves surged through Jiang Fan's heart. It was her first time having a girl hold her hand, and for so long at that. He could clearly feel the electric current that had come from Chu Ruoxi's hand just now.
It had sent his heart pounding wildly, thump after thump.
Was this what it felt like for your heart to flutter?
Just as Jiang Fan's thoughts were running wild, his phone rang. He looked and saw that it was his father, Jiang Jingguo.
"Hello! Dad!"
"Xiao Fan, where are you?"
Jiang Jingguo's excited voice came through the phone.
"I'm at school with my classmate Chu... Chu Ruoxi!"
As Jiang Fan said Chu Ruoxi's name, his heart distinctly faltered in panic.
"Oh..."
Before Jiang Jingguo could speak, another man's voice came through the phone, deep and resonant!
"Hello, Jiang Fan. We've received your email. Is it convenient for you to talk right now?"
At the mention of the email, Jiang Fan immediately grew nervous. He glanced at Chu Ruoxi, who was chasing a butterfly, and said!
"Yes!"
"Good. One moment!"
A few seconds later, there was the sound of a door closing. The other man lowered his voice and said a few brief words, then hung up!
The gist was that, from this moment on, he could not mention the contents of his email to anyone. To the outside world, he could only say that he had developed a material for solar photovoltaic panels.
The man also instructed him not to leave the school. They would come to pick him up shortly!
Jiang Fan hung up without feeling surprised. Having once been a scientific researcher, he understood very well the significance of the controlled nuclear fusion formulas and data he had sent!
It would be no exaggeration to classify them as top-level national secrets. He was quite satisfied with the country's response.
With the country attaching such importance to him, he guessed that getting into Dragon University of Science and Technology should pose no problem at all!
Thinking that he would soon receive the system's reward, Jiang Fan could not help laughing!
"Jiang Fan, what are you grinning about? Come help me catch that butterfly."
"Oh!"
Jiang Fan answered, then caught up with Chu Ruoxi and joined her in trying to catch the beautiful butterfly!
The butterfly danced gracefully. Its downy white, thin wings were slightly translucent, like pure white gauze, and bore delicate, intricate patterns, exquisite, elegant, and beautiful.
Although the butterfly did not fly fast, Jiang Fan and Chu Ruoxi simply could not catch it!
Just as they were about to give up, the butterfly drifted gently onto a flower beside the path!
Chu Ruoxi raised a fair finger to her lovely lips!
"Shh!"
Then she tiptoed toward the butterfly. When she was almost within reach, she slowly extended her small hand. Then she suddenly grabbed at it!
The butterfly leisurely flapped its wings and flew higher!
"Aw, I was so close!"
Chu Ruoxi said with an adorable pout!
She could only watch as the butterfly flew high into the air. Under the sunlight, it actually shone with a golden radiance!
Whoosh, whoosh...
The sound of rotor blades rang out!
"Oh! Jiang Fan, look, a helicopter! I really want to ride in one and see what it feels like!"