Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 183: Report! Not One Year Old!

The next day.

Dawn was just breaking in the east.

The door of the Gu Family Courtyard was knocked on decisively.

Gu Lan opened the door, stunned in place.

Standing at the door were Manager Li from the logistics department of a certain military district and Mr. Zhou from the discipline inspection team.

Both had courteous yet apologetic smiles on their faces.

"We’ve come to apologize to Mr. Lin Wan Yi and Captain Gu."

Manager Li’s voice was loud enough for half of the residential area to hear.

Behind him were two guards holding mesh bags.

Inside were malted milk, brown sugar, and eggs.

And two pounds of pork belly with layers of fat and lean.

Mr. Zhou took out a document stamped with an official seal.

"This is the formal notification regarding the false accusations and sabotage by Sun Youde and others."

"Wang from the inspection department has been suspended for introspection! Relevant staff members have been severely reprimanded!"

"The organization will fully restore the reputation of Captain Gu and Mr. Lin Wan Yi!"

Outside the yard.

Neighbors peeked in curiosity.

Liu Meiqin was among the crowd, her face alternating between red and white.

Yesterday, it was searched as a "violation hotspot."

Today, two top officials personally came to apologize.

The slap was audible.

Inside.

Director Zhang from the electronics and technology bureau also came.

He didn’t come empty-handed.

He brought a formal appointment letter with a steel seal.

"Mr. Lin, Captain Gu."

Director Zhang solemnly placed the document on the table.

"After an overnight meeting and research, it was unanimously decided!"

"The TV project you participated in has been officially upgraded to a key research project!"

He looked at Lin Wan Yi and Gu Yanshen.

"On behalf of the bureau, I officially appoint Comrade Gu Yanshen as the head of the ’Dawn One’ project security team, fully responsible for project security!"

Then he turned to Lin Wan Yi.

"At the same time, I exceptionally appoint Comrade Lin Wan Yi as the project’s ’Special Technical Consultant’!"

"Enjoy the benefits of engineer-level!"

With this statement.

The room fell silent.

Gu Lan’s mouth formed an "O" shape.

A young lady from a business family becoming the technical consultant for a key project?

This was more bizarre than a storybook tale!

After seeing off the leaders.

The courtyard finally returned to peace.

Gu Lan looked at the messy room, then at her calm sister-in-law, and couldn’t hold back.

She burst into tears.

She rushed up and hugged Lin Wan Yi tightly.

"Sister-in-law! I was really scared yesterday!"

"I thought... I thought our family was really finished!"

Lin Wan Yi gently patted her back.

"It’s all over now."

Gu Yanshen walked over, his voice deep.

"Go call Aunt Wang to help clean up."

He directly pulled Gu Lan away from Lin Wan Yi.

Gu Lan sniffled as she walked away, turning back every few steps.

Inside, only the two of them remained.

Gu Yanshen said nothing.

He squatted down in front of Lin Wan Yi.

Then, he reached out and gently held her hand.

Lin Wan Yi tried to pull it back.

But he held it firmly.

He saw it.

On her fair, delicate palm, there were several deep crescents from fingernails.

A light scab had already formed.

That was caused yesterday, when she tried to buy time for Gu An by pinching herself.

Gu Yanshen’s Adam’s apple moved up and down.

He quietly stood up and fetched a medical kit from the cabinet.

He opened it.

Using a cotton swab dipped in some red medicinal liquid.

He squatted down again, holding her hand, as though handling a rare treasure.

With the cotton swab, gently, bit by bit, he applied it to the wounds.

His movements were very light.

And soft.

Lin Wan Yi’s fingertips trembled slightly.

She lifted her head and looked at him.

He kept his head down, his expression focused.

But in his usually calm eyes, a startling fury and fear were suppressed.

Lin Wan Yi’s heart softened.

She turned her hand and gently held his cool fingers.

"I’m fine."

Just then.

The phone on the table rang loudly.

Breaking the silence in the room.

Lin Wan Yi walked over and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

On the other end, a voice filled with a heavy nasal sound and choking came through.

"Sister-in-law... It’s me, Jiang Zhou."

"I’m sorry to you all! It’s all because of me that your family suffered..."

Jiang Zhou cried like a child on the other end of the line.

It was only this morning that he heard from factory colleagues about everything that happened at the Gu Family yesterday.

He heard about Captain Gu being taken away, and how his sister-in-law was blocked at home by the investigation team with the child.

He was frantic at the time, desperate to rush to the family compound.

"Jiang Zhou, calm down."

Lin Wan Yi’s voice carried an assurance of peace.

"The root of this matter isn’t you, but those who have malicious intents."

"Gu Yanshen has returned, we’re all fine."

She paused.

"Now is not the time to blame oneself."

"The project has been upgraded; we have more important things to do."

"Haven’t you always worried about not having a production workshop?"

The crying on the other end of the phone stopped.

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean?"

"Wang Jian Country from Hongxing Factory has fallen, and the people in the factory are now on edge. I’ve heard they have a workshop that has been idle due to equipment issues."

Lin Wan Yi’s thoughts were exceptionally clear.

"Go and talk to the factory leadership."

"Say that we are willing to invest, acquiring the usage rights to that idle workshop for independent renovation."

"I’ll handle the issue of money."

Jiang Zhou was stunned.

He was only thinking about regret and guilt.

But sister-in-law was already considering the next move.

Such vision, such foresight!

"Okay! Sister-in-law, I understand!"

Jiang Zhou’s voice was reignited with fighting spirit.

"I’ll do it right away!"

He hung up the phone.

Lin Wan Yi walked into the kitchen.

The two kids must be hungry.

She took out a bowl of spiritual spring water from the space.

And grabbed a small handful of refined rice.

Using a small pot, she slowly simmered it on the stove.

Soon, a sweet aroma of rice filled the entire room.

She scooped the soft and mushy rice paste into two small bowls, letting them cool.

Then, she brought them into the room.

Gu Ning was already hungry and whining.

Lin Wan Yi used a small spoon to feed her mouthful by mouthful.

The little girl was eating messily, her little feet happily kicking around.

On the other side.

Gu Yanshen was clumsily feeding Gu An, imitating his wife’s actions.

Gu An was very cooperative.

The small bowl of rice paste was quickly emptied.

Gu Yanshen put down the bowl, ready to wipe his son’s mouth.

The next second.

An unexpected scene occurred.

Gu An.

The little one who had just turned a month old.

Reached out his chubby little hand and grabbed the small porcelain spoon on the table.

His small hand held it steadily.

Then, he raised the spoon, clumsily putting it into the empty bowl in front of him.

Once.

And again.

He mimicked the adults’ actions from earlier, using the spoon to scrape seriously at the bottom of the bowl.

He scraped up the little bit of rice paste left at the bottom.

He worked hard to bring the spoon towards his mouth.

Even though the movement was still clumsy, and most of the rice paste spilled from the spoon.

However.

He succeeded.

Gu Yanshen watched this scene, his whole body frozen.

He even forgot to breathe.

Hand-eye coordination.

The ability to mimic.

Self-feeding.

This... can a month-old infant do this?

At that moment.

Footsteps were heard at the courtyard gate.

"Is Mr. Lin home?"

It was the voice of Dean Li from the Agricultural College.

Beside him was an old man with gray hair wearing reading glasses.

"Elder Liu, please take it slow."

Dean Li supported the elder as they walked into the courtyard.

"I heard something happened at your place, so I brought Liu, an expert in child development from our Agricultural University Affiliated Hospital, to look at the child."

Elder Liu, who spent a lifetime dealing with children, was most amiable.

As soon as he entered the room, his gaze fell on the two children.

Then.

He saw it.

He saw Gu An holding the spoon and feeding himself.

Elder Liu’s steps halted.

He couldn’t believe his eyes and pushed his reading glasses up his nose vigorously.

He thought he was seeing things.

He watched Gu An’s precise and steady movements, and his expression changed from amazement to shock.

He turned to ask the accompanying publicity officer in a dry voice.

"This... how old is the child?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Looks like his coordination and intellectual development far exceed those of ordinary people!"

"Is... he one year old?"

The officer gulped nervously.

He instinctively stood straight, legs together.

Then, using all his strength, he loudly replied.

"Report, Elder Liu!"

His voice was so excited it cracked.

"Not one year old!"

"He’s..."

"Just 6 months and three days old!"

Once the words were said.

Elder Liu’s hand trembled uncontrollably.

His face looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Plop!"

His reading glasses fell straight down from his nose.

Landed on the floor tiles.

The lenses shattered into pieces.