In April 2015, Yu spent nearly a year in the United States, and his outstanding work at the Ebola virus laboratory in Los Angeles attracted the attention of many people, in addition to academia, top pharmaceutical companies, and intelligence and justice departments.

Although he has no intention of becoming a naturalized American, the purpose of his coming to the United States is to make the United States one of his places of residence for Li Miran.

The concern for him is not that his work in the laboratory is outstanding, but that he is being investigated along with his company as one of the people concerned about trade secret crimes.

And this company, in addition to the investment of the Yu family, the second largest investor is an independent individual, an American named Faye Wu.

That's right, it's Wu Yanfei, Li Miran's mother.

A few years ago, she took 250 million in cash and invested it in Yu Jingen's company, which is the predecessor of Jiezhi Medicine.

The reason why she became a shareholder in Yu Jingen's company, in addition to being optimistic about the future of this young man who grew up since childhood, is that she knows the relationship between Yu Jingen and Li Miran, and she believes that Yu Jingen can give Miran a better future.

McXi, a top pharmaceutical company in the United States, lobbied Yu Jingen for several months to lure him to naturalize and enter the United States for scientific research, but he was rejected.

What followed was the investigation of the intelligence and judicial departments, which lasted for two months, and did not get any substantial evidence to prove that Yu Jingen and his company had any conspiracy, which made Mike, who was eyeing him behind him, unwilling to be reconciled, and used unconventional means, one is to use reputation as a threat, create a peachy incident, and force him to comply, and the other is to artificially create commercial crimes to make him make a choice, either to stay in the United States and be obedient, or to be deported and lose face.

Before Yu Jingen, there was also a vaccine research expert from China who suffered the same dilemma, he did not give in, but he remained in the United States forever, in the way of death.

This person is Wang Xiyun's fiancé, Huang Zibing, the leader of the research team of the Ebola virus laboratory in Los Angeles.

It's just that Yu Jingen is much luckier than Huang Zibing, he returned to China, and as a close watcher, it is difficult for him to re-enter the United States. The same is true for Wang Xiyun.

Wu Yanfei was charged with a trumped-up trade secret crime, and although the case was controversial, she only appealed once and gave up more opportunities. At the same time, she beat Mike, McHee's boss and her second husband, to minor injuries and was convicted of intentional wounding and sentenced to five years in prison.

That's what you can't say.

Now that the combined power of all of us is in a foreign land, unable to compete with greater power, we choose to compromise, get out of our predicament, gain safety, and regain the opportunity to start over in the land of true freedom.

It takes time to sharpen slowly, and when the wings are full, then fight for the day.

In November 2015, Li Miran sat in this villa in Santo Monica, looking out the window, the blue sea, the boundless sea, the sky is high and the sea is wide for birds to fly, but she is trapped in a room, losing her freedom.

"Excuse me, I need to talk to your boss. She slept in her room, thought about it all night, and finally ruined her words, and she wanted to say a few words to him.

The bodyguard quickly dialed out and the phone was connected.

In the south of the city, at 12 midnight, the light in the study on the second floor was always on, and for two consecutive nights, the study was bright all night.

"Hey!" Yu Jingen was very tired, and he couldn't wipe away the stagnant hoarseness in his throat.

"Brother Jing En. Li Miran's tone was soft, not as manic as yesterday, she was calm and soft today, "I want to meet my mother and see if she is doing in it, is it okay?"

He looked at the dozens of cigarette butts inside, extinguished the cigarette butts in the ashtray, the numbness in his heart disappeared, the tense nerves were completely relaxed, and the body regained its warmth slightly, and he said, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

After a few seconds of silence, when Li Miran thought he was about to hang up, the other end of the phone suddenly asked, "What did you eat today?"

In the past year, in countless transatlantic phone calls, they were concerned about what each other had eaten in the day, what funny TV they watched, and who they met.

Now when Yu Jingen asked this sentence again, it seemed to be asking her, "Do you miss me?"

It's just that he didn't get an answer.

On the afternoon of the second day, when the sun was shining on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, Li Miran saw a person, lawyer Liu.

"Hello, Miss Mila!"

"Hello!"

A Chinese lawyer in his forties looks like a Chinese, and it is not difficult to find that his facial features will still be a little different, perhaps because he has spoken English for many years, changing the texture of those facial muscles that bite and spit words, and his facial features look not so plain.

"Entrusted by Mr. Yu Jingen, the change of rights to this property requires your signature to confirm, this is a document, sign here. ”

Li Miran could hear the faint taste of Cantonese in his accent, thinking that his parents or grandparents must have spoken Cantonese, they were among the first Chinese immigrants from Guangdong to come to the United States in the last century, and Lawyer Liu should be called Chinese like her. Ms. Liu is a Chinese child born in the United States, and she was born in China and obtained her identity from her mother.

Li Miran pushed the document aside, looked at the delicate box next to Lawyer Liu, she was familiar with the gilded logo on the box, and asked, "Let's talk about the second thing you came here first, okay?"

"No problem. Lawyer Liu smiled, he likes to deal with smart people, especially beautiful smart girls.

"This is what your mother handed you as a gift to you. ”

The box opened to reveal a pair of valuable red heels, studded with diamonds. The last time she talked to Wu Yanfei, the pair of shoes she mentioned was now handed over to Li Miran, and she didn't lose her words.

"As for the other items you put in Mike's house, because they are divorced, so your belongings need to be cleaned up, Wu Yanfei sold them at a discount, and then donated them to children affected by the Ebola epidemic in Africa in the form of funds, which is a donation book. ”

Li Miran didn't say a word, listened quietly, and quietly looked at the donation book, a total of 3 million US dollars, and there was no shortage of valuable jewelry and bags, which depreciated a lot.

There were tears in the corners of her eyes, and while she was sorry, she was happy, her mother was definitely not a mercenary person, and she would never do undignified things, and it was impossible to commit a crime.

Lawyer Liu looked at the girl's teary eyes, he couldn't bear it, "Are you okay?" ”

The water cup on the table was reflected in the sunlight, and the water surface was glowing with golden fluorescence, Li Miran looked down and didn't pick up the cup, she couldn't bear to spoil the golden moment of this glass of water.

After a few seconds, she said, "Excuse me, does my mother have anything else to explain?"

"Yes. Ms. Wu only has one sentence, everyone is fine, and there is no need to see each other. When Lawyer Liu said this, he saw Li Miran raise his eyes in surprise, not in disbelief, but in depression.

"She didn't see me. She didn't ask questions, but just followed Lawyer Liu's words to confirm what her mother meant.

"Yes, in fact, if it wasn't necessary, she wouldn't even see me, the lawyer. However, if you think about it another way, this is a good thing, at least it proves that she can live in prison. "It's a good thing that you don't have to ask for a lawyer to help you or tell your family about their current situation behind bars.

Li Miran lowered his eyes and smiled indifferently, "Thank you! ”

At the time of his resignation, Mr. Liu had a task that had not yet been completed, and he did not forget to remind: "The confirmation of the property right of the house ......"

Li Miran put the document in his hand, "I'll think about it and inform you later." ”