From Wage Slave to Tycoon

Perhaps because he was the one who had created it all, he was extremely confident in its safety.

But Su Chen still had to give him a warning to prevent any future incidents.

"Professor Chen, in the future, before you run any tests, you call me first for approval."

Professor Chen understood Su Chen’s point. After repeatedly promising to seek approval before running any more tests, he finally hung up.

As soon as he hung up, Su Chen saw Elder Xiao standing right beside him, watching. It startled him so much that he jumped and took two steps to the side.

"Elder Xiao, what was that for? You can’t just sneak up on people; you could scare someone to death!"

Su Chen then realized that Elder Xiao had probably overheard his entire conversation.

"What was that about a reactor on the phone just now? Are you conducting some kind of research over on Zheng Island?" Although Elder Xiao was no longer young, his hearing was still sharp. He had heard the voice on the other end of the line, and they were speaking Chinese.

From this alone, Elder Xiao quickly deduced that the call was from the Zheng Island complex. Moreover, judging by the change in Su Chen’s expression, the information from the call seemed to be a bombshell.

Su Chen felt a bit helpless. He had just been thinking about keeping a lower profile from now on, but one phone call had completely sold him out.

Looking at Elder Xiao’s seemingly omniscient gaze, Su Chen smacked his lips. Since this thing was going to be handed over eventually anyway, he figured he might as well lay his cards on the table. There was no point in struggling anymore.

"Ahem... It’s nothing major. We just figured out controlled nuclear fusion, that’s all," Su Chen said in an airy tone.

"Oh, it’s just controlled nuc—" Elder Xiao caught himself mid-sentence. He grabbed Su Chen’s shoulders and demanded loudly, "What did you just say? You’ve succeeded in developing controlled nuclear fusion?"

"Yup. Professor Chen and the others also built a super-miniature nuclear reactor in the complex!"

’Since I’ve already said this much,’ he thought, ’I might as well tell him everything.’

Now it was Elder Xiao’s turn to be dumbfounded. Super-miniature nuclear reactor... Such simple words, yet when strung together, they were a bit hard to accept.

One had to understand that the energy produced by nuclear fusion was over a hundred times greater than that of nuclear fission. Even a super-miniature nuclear reactor, if it exploded... the blast would create a massive mushroom cloud.

"You people really have some nerve!" At this point, Elder Xiao didn’t know what else to say.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

’Blame Su Chen? He’s just a hands-off manager; what’s the use in blaming him!’

’Blame the top scientist who developed controlled fusion? Forget it. That person is one of the nation’s top talents. They need to be protected, not blamed.’

"Xiao Chen! You little brat, get your ass in here now!" Elder Xiao roared toward the front courtyard. His voice was so thunderous that Su Chen felt his ears ringing.

Xiao Chen quickly ran in, still wearing an apron. It looked like he had been cooking.

Seeing Su Chen standing to the side, Xiao Chen smiled and greeted him, "Tonight, you have to try the braised pork trotters your big bro is making. I guarantee they’ll be so good you won’t be able to stop."

Su Chen gave an awkward smile. No matter how delicious those braised pork trotters were, he probably wouldn’t get to eat them tonight.

"’Eat, eat, eat! That’s all you know how to do!" An enraged Elder Xiao kicked Xiao Chen right in the rear, sending him stumbling.

Xiao Chen took the opportunity to dart to Su Chen’s side and whisper, "What’s with my grandpa? Did he eat gunpowder or something? Why is he so furious?"

’More than gunpowder,’ Su Chen thought, ’it’s like he ate a nuclear bomb.’ He just smiled and didn’t answer Xiao Chen’s question.

At this point, Xiao Chen also realized that something serious had happened.

Sure enough... the very next second, Elder Xiao’s usual gentle demeanor vanished, replaced by an overwhelming aura of fierce authority, as if a great tiger had just awoken.

Su Chen felt his own breath quicken.

"Xiao Chen, receive your orders!"

CLACK! Xiao Chen took a resolute step forward, the earlier smile completely gone from his now-chiseled face.

"Take all your men and proceed to Zheng Island immediately. Take control of Su Chen’s research base. No one is allowed inside. Confiscate all communication devices. Not even a fly is to get out!"

"Sir!" Xiao Chen immediately untied his apron, pulled out a secure internal phone he carried with him, made a call, said a few brief words, and hung up. Without another word of greeting, he jogged away.

Although Xiao Chen was curious about what was happening, his sense of duty told him that the priority was to get to Zheng Island and secure the research base as quickly as possible.

Elder Xiao shot Su Chen an annoyed glance. ’To think this kid had managed to order me around like this.’

"You’re staying here today. Don’t go anywhere. The kitchen should have dinner ready soon. You can eat by yourself then."

After speaking, Elder Xiao prepared to go back inside. But then he seemed to think of something, pulling back the foot he had just put forward. He turned back to Su Chen and said, "I won’t confiscate your phone, but you’d better be sensible."

"I know!" Su Chen understood what the elder meant and waved his hand, signaling for him to go take care of his business.

Controlled nuclear fusion could be considered a matter of national destiny. Su Chen naturally knew what Elder Xiao was about to do. Ignoring that the elder was still watching, he plopped right down onto the lounge chair.

’Things have already gotten to this point anyway. It’s more comfortable to just lie back and accept it.’

Seeing this, a hint of a smile appeared on Elder Xiao’s face, but it vanished in an instant.

After returning to his room to change clothes, he made a few phone calls and then left the courtyard residence with his bodyguards.

Looking at the now-empty central courtyard, Su Chen couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.

"Sigh... what a mess this has all turned into!"