Chapter 550: Didn’t You Say As Soon As Possible?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Even though Lu Zhou had flown in a plane countless of times, this was his first time in a helicopter.
Lu Zhou looked away from the faraway ground and subconsciously touched his st.u.r.dy seatbelt; this finally gave him a sense of security.
He looked at the people in the cabin.
There were five people in the cabin.
Other than him and w.a.n.g Peng, there were also two men and one woman.
Two of them were pilots, sitting at the pilot and co-pilot seats. As for the lady sitting across from Lu Zhou and w.a.n.g Peng, she looked quite young. Lu Zhou didn’t know what she did, but he felt like it was probably similar to w.a.n.g Peng’s job.
She even felt more military-like than w.a.n.g Peng.
Both from her posture and her vibe…
However, this was just Lu Zhou’s intuition, and it was often not that accurate.
Lu Zhou looked at w.a.n.g Peng and quietly asked, “I just told you to buy a train ticket, why did you get me a helicopter?”
w.a.n.g Peng: “Didn’t you say as soon as possible?”
Lu Zhou: “…”
“Okay, the real reason is that we have recently captured several overseas spies in Haizhou. Even though we are not certain if they are scheming against you, we’re taking the helicopter just in case.” w.a.n.g Peng smiled and said, “Oh yeah, I haven’t introduced you to these people yet, this is…”
Lu Zhou looked at the young woman sitting across from him. w.a.n.g Peng was about to speak but the woman spoke first.
“Yan Yan.”
Lu Zhou: “You’re also from the Ministry of State Security?”
Yan Yan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as if she wasn’t satisfied with this a.s.sumption. She replied in an almost insulting and ridiculing manner, “He’s the only one from the Ministry of State Security here.”
w.a.n.g Peng coughed and explained, “Doctor Yan is from the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Department, not the same as me.”
Even though Lu Zhou didn’t know what the General Staff Department was, he knew what a doctor was.
“Doctor? Military doctor?”
Yan Yan said in a concise manner, “You could say so.”
w.a.n.g Peng looked behind Ms. Yan, at the man sitting in the pilot seat.
“The one sitting in the pilot seat is Yang Guangbiao, also known as Captain Yang. Just like Doctor Yan, he’s also from the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Department.”
Compared to Yan Yan, the man named Yang Guangbiao seemed to be much older. Lu Zhou guessed that he was probably in his thirties.
Maybe because he was too focused on flying the helicopter, or perhaps it was just his personality, he didn’t talk much with Lu Zhou. He silently nodded to acknowledge Lu Zhou, then placed his attention back onto the helicopter controls.
Lu Zhou nodded at him and didn’t want to interrupt him.
w.a.n.g Peng said, “Sitting next to him is Captain Wu. He’s in the army and doesn’t have anything to do with us, he’s just helping to co-pilot.”
“Why did you put it like that?” Captain Wu, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, smiled and said, “All of the construction site safety is done by the military. What do you mean I have nothing to do with Professor Lu?”
Compared to the cold-blooded Doctor Yan and quiet Captain Yang, Captain Wu seemed much more talkative.
Lu Zhou nodded toward him.
“Thank you for all the safety work.”
Captain Wu smiled and said, “No need to thank me, we just occasionally patrol around the perimeter. The real hard work is being done by the scientific researchers on the front line.”
w.a.n.g Peng coughed and stopped the small chat. He said to Lu Zhou, “Didn’t I tell you about this before? We’re in a special time period. The higher-ups want to increase your security level. So, these two people were transferred from the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Department to a.s.sist us.”
Lu Zhou had a weird expression on his face, and he pointed toward his feet and asked, “Is this helicopter also transferred?”
w.a.n.g Peng coughed and said, “The helicopter obviously isn’t for you, we borrowed it from the military. We have to return it.”
Captain Wu smiled and said, “Don’t worry about that, I’ll fly it back when you don’t need it. Professor Lu, whenever you need it, just call us and we’ll arrange everything for you.”
Lu Zhou: “Thank you.”
Captain Wu smiled heartily.
“You’re welcome, I’m happy to serve the people!”
…
The helicopter was insanely fast, and the scenery below swiftly flew by. This 300-kilometer trip was completed in less than two hours.
Even a high-speed train wouldn’t be this fast. After all, it had to stop mid-way at Anhui.
However, after getting off this speedy machine, Lu Zhou felt like he couldn’t feel the bottom of his feet.
He swore that this was his last time flying in that thing.
Unless there was no other option.
Yan Yan noticed his discomfort, and she asked, “Do you need motion sickness medicine?”
“No thanks…” Lu Zhou stretched his stiff arms and shook his head as he said, “I don’t need a medic just yet.”
Yan Yan said in a serious tone, “Don’t force it, your health is part of my duties.”
“If I need it, I’ll tell you.” Lu Zhou took a deep breath of the fresh air and felt alive. He then looked at w.a.n.g Peng and said, “Please send me to Zhongshan International.”
w.a.n.g Peng immediately said, “No problem, the car is ready for you.”
It was pretty late when they departed since it was already dusk when they got off the chopper. When they drove into Zhongshan International, the sky was almost dark.
Lu Zhou finally arrived at his front door. As he looked at the mansion from the car, he sighed in relief.
I’m finally home.
He hadn’t been back here for more than a month, so he quite missed this place.
After Lu Zhou got off the car, he took out his keys and opened the door.
He suddenly noticed that Doctor Yan was following him.
Lu Zhou hesitated for a bit. He looked back at her and asked, “What are you doing?”
Yan Yan frowned and said, “Is there a problem? Doesn’t w.a.n.g Peng live here as well?”
Lu Zhou: “…”
There were so many problems with this that he didn’t even know where to begin.
Also, what do you mean w.a.n.g Peng also lives here?
Other than my parents and sister, no one else has ever stayed the night here before.
Since Lu Zhou didn’t say anything, Yan Yan thought that he had agreed. She said, “According to the higher-ups’ demands, from now on, I will be responsible for your health. This will probably continue until the end of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor project. In the meantime, thank you for cooperating with our work.”
Yan Yan looked at the mansion.
“Your house is pretty big, so there should be empty rooms, right? I don’t really care about my living environment, just give me a room that is close to your bedroom.”
What is this?
Living in my house?
No way!
Lu Zhou wasn’t happy at all, and he immediately said in a serious manner, “Ms. Yan, please respect my boundaries!”
Yan Yan: “???”
…
Without explaining the reason why, Lu Zhou refused to let Yan Yan into his house. Lu Zhou first took a shower and then made himself a cup of coffee. After that, he went into his study room, opened his computer, and turned on his home private server.
After the server was turned on, the sleeping robot vacuum cleaner woke up and began to clean the dust that acc.u.mulated on the floor.
Lu Zhou leaned back in his chair and sipped his coffee in a relaxed manner as he waited for Xiao Ai to appear.
After a few seconds of waiting, a notification popped up on the lower right corner of his screen.
[Master, you’re back! Happy~(•̀∀•́)]
Lu Zhou looked at the energetic Xiao Ai and smiled as he said, “Xiao Ai, let me ask you something.”
Xiao Ai: [Ok, ask me ~(cute.jpg)]
Lu Zhou sipped some coffee and contemplated it for a bit. He then asked, “About the plasma control scheme algorithm, is there a way to extract the algorithm?”
Xiao Ai went silent for a while.
Lu Zhou was wondering what this thing was thinking about when another text bubble popped up.
[Master, are you going to abandon me? ? ]
Lu Zhou nearly spat his coffee on his keyboard.
What the h.e.l.l do you mean abandon?