94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

"Driver, I want to get off!"

Xu Haoxiang said that the woman who was behaving strangely insisted on seeing him.

As Lin Yu thought about the various scenes from movies and TV series in his past life, he felt a chill run down his spine and straight to the top of his head.

"Hey, hey, no!"

Upon hearing Lin Yu say he was getting off the bus, Xu Haoxiang, who was also sitting in the back seat, rushed over and hugged Lin Yu tightly.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! I'm not going!"

"Are you out of your mind? This woman is clearly not normal. I don't even know her. Why does she insist on calling me over through you?"

Why the hell didn't you say so sooner?!

"This guy's obviously a spy!"

Lin Yu held Xu Haoxiang's face with one hand and frantically patted the back seat of the driver's car with the other:

"Parking attendant, I need to get out of the car!"

"Or you can drive straight to the police station, and we'll report you as a spy!"

The driver hesitated a bit, because those who can book a taxi by phone are usually their regular customers or VIPs.

Even if this young man claims to be a spy, he wouldn't dare to stop the car and let the distinguished guest off without the guest speaking.

He couldn't give up this job that could earn him several thousand a month.

Xu Haoxiang was still clinging to Lin Yu with all his might:

"Driver, don't stop, keep going."

"You're overthinking it, Brother Lin. How could Jiajia be a spy?"

"Jiajia is such a nice person, and her family is rich. She's just a girl with a junior high school education; her family must have given her the money!"

"The whole family is registered in Beijing. If they were really spies, wouldn't none of them be able to escape?"

"These days, who would go around having their whole family become spies?"

"I knew you wouldn't come with me if I told you, that's why I didn't. But she really just likes listening to cutting-edge technology; she doesn't understand it, just like me!"

"You have to believe me, bro. Someone like you who's good at studying won't understand, but I can tell from Jiajia's eyes that she's just as uneducated as I am."

Lin Yu tightened his grip on Xu Haoxiang's face, even squeezing Xu Haoxiang's face until it was deformed.

"Bullshit! Saying that makes things even weirder!"

"Even if I understand it, I don't really enjoy doing research, let alone watching it in my private time. I don't believe anyone who can't understand it would enjoy watching it so much?"

But when he heard Xu Haoxiang say that his girlfriend's whole family was in Beijing, Lin Yu loosened his grip a little.

Xu Haoxiang noticed that while Lin Yu was expressing doubt, the pressure on his face had lessened considerably. He quickly pressed his advantage:

"Hmm, you probably wouldn't understand."

"You only find it boring because you understand it, but for those of us who don't understand it, your stories about aerospace propulsion, satellite radar, and mythical creatures are no different."

"Besides, why don't you come with me and take a look? You can easily find out by testing the waters. Why run away now? You'll feel relieved once you see Jiajia."

"This is my brother's happiness for the rest of his life!"

"Even if what you say is true, and Jiajia is a spy, you still need evidence, right?"

"This is Beijing. You're having dinner with me at the number one Hunan cuisine restaurant."

"Even if they are a spy, what can they do to you? Don't overreact like that, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu also felt that there was some truth to it.

Spies are a bunch of rats in the gutter. Even if Yang Jia really is a spy, the reason we went to such lengths to find him is simply because we don't dare to cause trouble in Beijing.

Even if research is suspended due to lack of funding, it's still just a suspension of research.

In terms of benefits, he was also listed in the research team at Beihang University.

Beihang University pays a very high level of attention to its researchers; aside from the kind of passionate, random killings in the street, there's nothing anyone can prevent.

But apart from that, no one could take him away from BJ quietly.

But Lin Yu still fiercely increased the pressure on his hand, pushing Xu Haoxiang's head away from him.

"So I was wondering why you were willing to pay over 3000 to come and be my wingman, and you even said you couldn't live without me."

"So it turns out it really is me who's indispensable."

Lin Yu chuckled in exasperation. If Xu Haoxiang had said something earlier, he would have just assumed that someone wanted to get to know him and make friends.

But now that I'm in the car, the driver won't stop even if I ask him to, so I can only let people lead me around.

It instantly shattered his sense of security, and he became stressed on the spot.

Lin Yu was not very familiar with this era to begin with, and wherever he went, he felt both familiar and unfamiliar, leading to a somewhat disconnected life.

The vans we sat in didn't have onboard cameras, the streetlights at night were dim and not very bright, and there weren't cameras everywhere on the streets like in later times.

Most importantly, he could very well be under the surveillance of spies.

He couldn't help but overthink.

Lin Yu shoved Xu Haoxiang hard. Then he kicked him, crossed his arms, and scrutinized Xu Haoxiang:

"You'd better hope she's not a spy, or you're as good as dead. Even if you haven't made any mistakes yet, your old man will kill you."

Xu Haoxiang, with a shameless grin, gently patted Lin Yu's shoulders with both hands:

"No, Jiajia was just asking about things at school. Everyone knows about these things. She just has a particular interest in satellites and aerospace."

"I've met many people who all hope that our country can build its own rockets and satellites."

"Jiajia is just an ordinary person, Lin Yu, you're overthinking it. Didn't I come to the Aviation Academy to be cool in the first place?"

It's more than 10 kilometers from the Beihang University campus in HD area to Quyuan Building in Xidan, and it would take about half an hour to drive there.

The snow hadn't melted yet, making the ride a bit bumpy. Looking out the window, I saw that fireworks weren't allowed this year, and red ribbons with "Wishing you prosperity" written in various calligraphic styles hung on the shop signs along the street.

While the car was moving, Xu Haoxiang was still boasting excitedly about how good Yang Jia was to him.

Lin Yu gradually relaxed, after all, he really couldn't understand why there were so many ways to get close to him. If he was really a spy, why would Yang Jia choose to get close to Xu Haoxiang, that jerk, to get close to him indirectly?

That price is too high.

Xu Haoxiang was still talking about how Yang Jia paid off his 30,000 yuan gambling debt for him, his eyes full of pride.

Lin Yu responded casually, but his fingertips tapped lightly on his knees as he carefully examined the amiss, leaving no room for complacency.

Why is Yang Jia, a woman with only a junior high school education, so interested in cutting-edge fields like satellite manufacturing and artificial intelligence?

Even if a degree is valuable in this era, if Yang Jia comes from a wealthy family and only has a junior high school education, his desire to learn won't be very strong, and his understanding of knowledge will be quite limited. How could he suddenly become interested in satellites and aerospace?

In 1994, he could casually take out 30,000 yuan to redeem gambling debts, so his family background was by no means ordinary. It's not like auditing classes at Beihang University is prohibited. If you want to learn this knowledge, do you really have to go through a rich second-generation like Xu Haoxiang to access your original manuscript?

Ding An said that Xu Haoxiang was hiding notes when he was looking through things, but Xu Haoxiang just admitted that he didn't understand them. So what does Yang Jia want these incomprehensible manuscripts for?

"You said she always asks about what's new at school," Lin Yu suddenly asked, with a hint of probing.

"Did she ask me about the specific details in the manuscript? For example, the satellite's structure, or the algorithm formulas?"

Xu Haoxiang paused for a moment, then scratched his head:

"I think I asked her, saying that my roommate's drawings were really amazing and if I could explain them to her, but I couldn't understand them and couldn't explain them. She didn't ask any further questions, and only said that she wanted to see the manuscripts in person again."

"Later... as you know, I was looking for your discarded drafts when Ding An caught me red-handed, and I didn't go back to the dormitory for a while."

"If she hadn't kept begging me for it, I wouldn't have gotten caught red-handed by Liu Bo when I got back to the dorm. He pinned me down on the bed and beat me."