Interstellar president (2): If he doesn’t agree, Zhou Qinghao will probably find someone else right away!

People with power, influence, and wealth don’t want to die.

In ancient times, emperors tirelessly sought immortality.

Entering the interstellar era, with genetic collapse syndrome troubling all of humanity—causing nearly one-third of deaths in the Human Alliance—those rich individuals were even more desperate to find a cure for genetic collapse syndrome.

But despite all their research, they made no breakthroughs and couldn’t stop their bodies from gradually falling apart.

In such a situation, some people began trying alternative methods to achieve longevity.

That secret laboratory, rumored to be funded by Zhou Qinghao, was dedicated to researching body replacement for humans.

A rich person’s body was no longer usable? No problem—they could get a young new body!

After the original owner came forward and accused Zhou Qinghao, the media relentlessly pursued Zhou Qinghao, and at the same time, a terrifying suspicion emerged.

Did Zhou Qinghao suddenly approach the original owner because he wanted his body?

Although the original owner was poor, he was very young and had extremely high genetic stability.

Investigations revealed that Zhou Qinghao left one-tenth of his assets to the original owner in his will. This might have been his way of paving the road for his future self.

After learning all this, the original owner became even more convinced of it.

After Zhou Qinghao took the original owner under his wing, he gave him a lot of money and took him out to enjoy food, drinks, and entertainment, but never actually did anything intimate with him. They hadn’t even kissed.

It was clearly suspicious.

On top of that, Zhou Qinghao constantly reminded the original owner to take care of his health, telling him not to drink or stay up late… The original owner felt that Zhou Qinghao had his eye on his body and wanted to swap bodies with him.

He accused Zhou Qinghao as a victim. Along with the police finding evidence of Zhou Qinghao’s father investing in the lab, and testimony from the lab personnel that the funding came from Zhou Qinghao…

Zhou Qinghao was thrown into prison and died not long after from genetic collapse syndrome.

The original owner received a large sum of compensation from Zhou Qinghao. At the same time, Zhou Qinghao’s older brother—who was also the father of the original owner’s rival in love—approached the original owner to acknowledge him as family.

It turned out the original owner was the illegitimate son of Zhou Qinghao’s older brother.

Zhou Qinghao’s older brother was named Zhou Jinhai, but he and Zhou Qinghao were not actually related by blood.

In the early years, Zhou Qinghao’s parents were unable to have children for a long time, so they adopted an orphan—that child was Zhou Jinhai.

Later, however, they unexpectedly had Zhou Qinghao and discovered that the now-adult Zhou Jinhai was hostile toward the young Zhou Qinghao.

After discussing it, the parents removed Zhou Jinhai from the family registry and gradually distanced themselves from their adopted son.

Still, Zhou Jinhai was the child they had raised, so Zhou Qinghao’s parents did not treat him unfairly. They gave him a considerable amount of assets, including shares in the family company.

More than twenty years ago, Zhou Jinhai had a relationship with the original owner’s mother, which resulted in the original owner’s birth. However, the two later broke up.

After Zhou Qinghao’s downfall, the company fell into Zhou Jinhai’s hands, and the original owner was acknowledged as part of the Zhou family, becoming a second-generation rich kid.

The original owner thought his happy life was about to begin.

But reality proved that he was far too optimistic.

Not long after returning to the Zhou family, the original owner went on a trip with Ning Jianuo, leaving the Capital Star.

During their travels, they were kidnapped by space pirates. When the original owner woke up again, he was already in a laboratory.

It turned out that before the police raided the private laboratory, a large number of researchers and data had already been moved elsewhere. What was left behind for the police was just an empty shell.

Moreover, the lab hadn’t been supported by Zhou Qinghao, but by Zhou Jinhai. After being relocated, the experiments continued.

Zhou Jinhai’s genetic stability was low, and he had a high risk of developing genetic collapse syndrome. For many years, he had been researching how to survive.

Doctors told him that if he truly wanted to swap bodies, the highest chance of success would be with someone who shared his bloodline.

Over the years, Zhou Jinhai had secretly fathered many children with different women, behind his wife’s back.

And among all of them, the original owner had the highest genetic stability.

The original owner died on the operating table just like that.

After Gu Juntian finished watching all the events unfold, he looked helpless.

Zhou Qinghao was just too unlucky!

He had treated the original owner quite well. That so-called “sponsorship” of the original owner was probably just because he wanted someone to keep him company.

And what happened in the end? He ended up ruined, his reputation destroyed, and he died in prison.

As for the original owner… from Zhou Qinghao’s perspective, he was a scumbag, but also incredibly unfortunate.

His mother was an ordinary person living at the bottom of society—average in every way except for having high genetic stability. And that alone made her a target for Zhou Jinhai.

After the original owner’s mother gave birth to him, Zhou Jinhai, afraid of being discovered by his wife, completely abandoned both mother and child.

The original owner lived a very difficult life growing up, and in the end, was even sent into a lab by his own father…

After receiving all the memories, Gu Juntian sat on a park bench, thinking about the future.

The original owner had deeply loved Ning Jianuo, but Gu Juntian had no good feelings toward him.

While dating the original owner, Ning Jianuo had spent his money freely. Then, when a rich suitor appeared, he dumped the original owner without hesitation. Gu Juntian had no interest in someone like that.

Now that the two of them had broken up, it was actually a good thing. In any case, he would never be like the original owner—running back like a lovesick fool the moment Ning Jianuo showed regret.

As for Zhou Qinghao… Gu Juntian didn’t intend to get involved with him, but at the same time, he wasn’t going to let Zhou Qinghao be falsely accused by Zhou Jinhai either.

Gu Juntian had already decided: once he returned to the original owner’s rented place, he would immediately make an anonymous report about that lab!

In the original timeline, when the police received the tip and investigated the lab, it was already a little too late.

By then, the core researchers had all escaped.

But at this point in time, those researchers were still there.

If the police managed to raid the lab in one go, they would definitely discover that the person behind it all was Zhou Jinhai—not Zhou Qinghao.

After reporting that lab, next, he would focus on his own plans.

The original owner of Gu Juntian’s body majored in genetics, specifically researching genetic collapse syndrome. He had good grades and was already working in a laboratory.

After fully integrating the original owner’s knowledge, Gu Juntian believed he could continue researching genetic collapse syndrome just like the original owner.

If he could develop a cure for genetic collapse syndrome, he would achieve great success—fame and fortune would all be his.

Gu Juntian didn’t know who he used to be, but there was one thing he was sure of: he desired success.

So it was decided—after reporting the Zhou family’s lab, he would devote himself to his research.

As for romance… What was the point of dating? Building a career was far more important!

It was at that moment that Gu Juntian saw Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao appeared earlier than in the original timeline.

That would have been fine—but when the car window rolled down and Zhou Qinghao’s face appeared, Gu Juntian’s heartbeat quickened, and he couldn’t take his eyes off him.

Gu Juntian had a vague feeling something was wrong.

Wait—did he just fall in love with Zhou Qinghao at first sight?

Just as that thought crossed his mind, he heard Zhou Qinghao say he wanted to “sponsor” him for one million a month.

One million a month was definitely a lot, but he was a man determined to find a cure for genetic collapse syndrome—how could he throw away his career just to spend his days eating, drinking, and playing around with Zhou Qinghao during his final days?

At this point, Zhou Qinghao was likely already diagnosed with genetic collapse syndrome and was just looking for someone to accompany him while he enjoyed life.

Zhou Qinghao shouldn’t be looking for him—he should find someone else.

Gu Juntian wanted to refuse but then remembered that in the original plot, even though the original owner and Zhou Qinghao weren’t physically intimate, he still moved into Zhou Qinghao’s house. They ate together, went shopping together, watched movies together, traveled together…

Zhou Qinghao had been so innocent that he didn’t even realize the original owner didn’t like him—he gave him everything with a sincere heart!

If Gu Juntian refused, and Zhou Qinghao found someone else and got deceived—what then?

And then there was Zhou Qinghao’s illness.

Before, Gu Juntian had felt that life and death were fate and didn’t plan to get involved.

But now… after the original owner had hurt Zhou Qinghao so badly, shouldn’t he, as a form of compensation, try to cure him?

Zhou Qinghao sat in the car, and seeing Gu Juntian silent for a long time, spoke again: “Do you think one million’s too little? How about two million?”

Gu Juntian frowned and looked at Zhou Qinghao.

Was Zhou Qinghao just throwing himself into a trap? Offering one million was already bad enough, and now he was raising it to two million!

Zhou Qinghao was in such a rush that if Gu Juntian didn’t agree, he might go find someone else right away.

Gu Juntian said, “Deal—but I have a job. You can’t interfere with my work.”

Seeing that Gu Juntian agreed, Zhou Qinghao opened the car door and said, “I won’t interfere with your work. What do you do?”

Gu Juntian replied, “I research genetic collapse syndrome.”

Researching genetic collapse syndrome, huh? That was a pretty good job.

People had been searching for a cure for genetic collapse syndrome for a long time. In recent years, more and more researchers had joined the field. Until the disease could be cured, they’d never be out of work.

“Do you have to work today?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

Gu Juntian said, “I’ve already taken the day off—I’m not working today.” He had just requested time off earlier.

Not only that, he was planning to resign and switch to a different lab.

The original owner’s lab was owned by a pharmaceutical company. Gu Juntian felt their research direction was flawed, but as a newcomer, he had no say in the process.

Moreover, if there were any breakthroughs, the results would belong to the company.

He wanted to switch to another lab—preferably one run by the state.

Working there would mean a much lower salary, but the research results would belong to him, and he’d be protected by the government.

“Then how about I take you to my place? You can take a shower and eat something,” Zhou Qinghao offered.

Gu Juntian was slightly surprised—in the original story, Zhou Qinghao had taken the original owner to a hotel.

But going to Zhou Qinghao’s house wasn’t a big deal, so he agreed without hesitation.

Zhou Qinghao had the driver head toward his home, and the whole time, he stared at Gu Juntian without blinking.

Since this guy wasn’t working today… did that mean they could sleep together?