Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 38: A Mysterious Metal Box
The sudden increase in volume startled everyone in the room. Although they were puzzled, Xia Weiguo immediately stopped his actions. "Do you know what’s inside this?" he asked.
"I don’t know, but the color of this box looks like aluminum," Su Yijia replied with a slightly serious expression.
Xia Weiguo carefully examined it and confirmed, "It does seem to be aluminum."
Seeing the young girl reach out her hand, he didn’t think too much and directly placed the small box in her hand. The weight and the feeling of being unable to squeeze it made her realize that the small box was quite thick, and whatever was inside was probably the size of a fingernail.
"What exactly is inside this?" Xia Weiguo noticed that her expression was becoming more serious, and his attitude became even more cautious and serious. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
"In high school, I learned that only radioactive substances are stored in aluminum or lead boxes. We can check the book; it should have the answers," Su Yijia returned the small box to Xia Weiguo and focused her gaze on the notebook.
Xia Weiguo only had an education level up to junior high school, and he had forgotten all the knowledge. As he flipped through the book filled with densely packed small characters, it seemed to be some kind of research, and his straight back became tense.
After considering for a while, he handed the notebook to Su Yijia. "Take a look, see what kind of content is written here."
Su Yijia didn’t refuse. If this were some kind of top-secret research, even if she claimed she hadn’t read it during her journey, the investigators wouldn’t believe her. She quickly scanned a couple of pages and handed the notebook back to Xia Weiguo. "It appears to be related to synthetic materials used for high-energy storage."
However, with just a brief glance, she had already noticed an error but couldn’t point it out. Otherwise, even if she had a hundred mouths, she wouldn’t be able to explain how she, with her average grades just two years ago, could spot a scientist’s mistake at a glance.
It wasn’t really an error but rather a calculation error in this direction of thinking, resulting in a three to five times reduction in the final energy yield.
"That person who was chasing you is definitely an outsider. They must have stolen our country’s research results and are trying to take them away!" Xia Weiguo was so angry that he stood up abruptly.
Su Yijia silently reached out and held the hand of Qin Kaize, who had the same cold and determined expression.
"What should I do then?" She feigned fear appropriately.
"Wait for the security personnel to return. I’ll have them call in reinforcements and deploy them around the Qin family’s surroundings. It’s better if you don’t go out recently. The Su family is not safe either, and there are too many residents in the residential building. If they want to make a move, it’s too easy for them to escape," Xia Weiguo tried to speak in a calm tone to avoid frightening the young girl in front of him.
His gaze fell on the hands of Su Yijia and Kaize holding each other, making his determination even stronger.
"Kaize, don’t worry. Regardless of the cost, I will ensure Yijia’s safety," Xia Weiguo looked at Kaize’s eyes, which were filled with anxiety and anger, and made a solemn promise.
This made a glimmer of light appear in Kaize’s eyes, but his emotions didn’t improve in any way.
[Host, you have initiated the ’Protect the Research Professor’ mission. Upon completion of the mission, you will receive a reward for refining Detoxification Pills.]
"Is this reward just for show? I’m not poisoned, and ordinary people don’t need this. It’s not even something I can sell for money," Su Yijia complained as she opened the control panel. Seeing the materials listed there, she almost couldn’t maintain the innocent expression on her face.
