Chapter 131: Educated Youth Who Abandoned His Wife and Child – 63

Later on, Shen Xiuyan didn’t stop there.

Back then, the common folk even joked that maybe he got bored of developing consumer products, so he turned his attention to weapons instead.

That year, he churned out a stream of advanced weapons, each one decades ahead of global technology.

This catapulted Huaguo’s name onto the world stage, and from that moment on, the nation finally had a voice in international affairs.

Hearing the news now, people across the country felt not only joy for their nation but also a deep sense of pride.

This kind of talent—he’s one of ours!

Let the other countries stew in their envy.

Watching those foreign nations grovel, waving wads of cash just to buy weapons—now that was satisfying.

Today, conversations like this were happening in every corner of the country, with endless chatter and discussion.

But no matter how noisy the outside world got, none of it had anything to do with Shen Xiuyan.

Today marked the official end of the project, and Shen Xiuyan was ready to fulfill a promise he’d made—to let his wife take a ride in the fighter jet.

It had all started with a casual comment from Mingyue. She’d said she wanted to ride in a fighter jet, and that alone was enough to steer his research in that direction.

But once he started, he realized—why stop at a regular fighter jet?

If we’re going to do this, let’s make it the best. And so, the stealth fighter was born.

Watching the people around him hugging and crying with joy, Shen Xiuyan said, “You guys go ahead and start packing things up. I’m heading to Q University to pick up my wife.”

Dean Qiu slowly raised a questioning brow.

On such a monumental day, and you’re thinking about your wife???

Hopeless. Absolutely hopeless…

Shen Xiuyan gave him a skeptical look. “No way… Dean Qiu, don’t tell me you forgot—you promised me before that my wife would be the first to ride the fighter jet.”

Dean Qiu: “…”

After a moment of stunned silence, Dean Qiu slapped his thigh. Damn, that really did happen…

He’d thought Shen Xiuyan was just joking at the time and hadn’t taken it seriously at all.

Who would’ve thought he actually meant every word…

Dean Qiu looked into Shen Xiuyan’s eyes and caught a subtle glint of threat.

It was the kind of look that said, “If you dare say you forgot, I’ll never develop anything again.”

Dean Qiu shivered. Suddenly, he remembered how the whole fighter jet idea had started—it was him who’d asked Mingyue to talk to Xiuyan about it…

So many years have passed, and you’re still the same wife-doting maniac, huh…

Hiss—

Wait a second!

The top brass is coming to inspect the project soon.

Would he still have time to make a call and explain?

If not, things were about to get real interesting—Su Mingyue enjoying the thrill of the fighter jet while the big boss stood awkwardly below, watching…

Just imagining that scene was enough to make him break out in a cold sweat.

But if he didn’t let Shen Xiuyan’s wife be the first to ride, and the guy really stopped developing things—what then?

Surely the top brass would understand!

Dean Qiu forced a fawning smile. “Of course I didn’t forget. Go ahead and pick her up. We’ll have everything ready when you get back so she can be the first to try it.”

“That’s more like it.” Shen Xiuyan beamed as he turned and left.

He couldn’t wait to share this achievement with his wife. Mingyue would definitely praise him.

Maybe she’d even give him a loving kiss—just thinking about it made him giddy.

The research staff watched Shen Xiuyan’s retreating figure and took a deep breath. “Dean, are you really going to let Professor Shen’s wife be the first to ride the fighter jet? What are we going to tell the top brass…”

“What else can we say? Just tell the truth,” Dean Qiu muttered, trying to comfort himself. After all, it was the top brass who had started this whole thing.

Even if it was meant as a joke back then, Shen “Hopelessly in Love” Xiuyan never took it as one.

He sighed and looked around the room. “Who’s going to make the call and explain things upstairs?”

The lab instantly fell silent—so quiet you could hear a mosquito buzz.

No one dared speak. No one wanted to be the unlucky one picked to call the top brass.

They just couldn’t.

Were they really supposed to tell the truth???

Wouldn’t the higher-ups think this was completely absurd? Like, off-the-charts ridiculous?

What if they actually got mad? Then what?

Wuwuwu… Why did Professor Shen have to put them in this impossible situation!

Sure, he always seemed a bit love-struck, but no one thought too much of it. Loving couples are like that, right?

But who would’ve guessed he was this far gone.

If being love-struck had stages, he was definitely in the terminal phase.

*

At Q University, a modest-looking car slowly rolled through the main gate.

A group of freshmen who had arrived early for registration stared in awe.

One of them nudged his sister with his elbow. “Sis, who’s that? How come they’re allowed to drive into campus? Even that famous professor who gave a lecture yesterday wasn’t allowed to drive in.”

His sister was a senior, in the same year as Shen Xiuyan and Su Mingyue.

She gave him a mysterious smile. “Take a guess.”

The boy looked at her mischievous expression and took a deep breath. “No way… is that my idol, Shen Xiuyan?!”

The girl nodded. “That’s him. No one else has that kind of privilege.”

Talking about his idol, the boy immediately jumped to defend him. “What privilege? He earned it. Look at him, then look at yourself. He entered the university the same year as you, became famous nationwide, made contributions to humanity, and is now a professor. And you? Still stressing over your graduation thesis.”

The girl felt like her brother had just stabbed her in the chest, but she couldn’t argue.

Shen Xiuyan—was he even human?

No. He was a god.

And she was just an ordinary person. How could she possibly compare to a god?