Interstellar president (5): He is a person who is devoted to work and career!

The two of them kissed for a long time before finally sitting down to eat.

Zhou Qinghao said he had asked the cook to make something simple, but in reality, the meal was quite lavish.

However, the portions were all small, probably to avoid waste.

Gu Juntian had been extremely busy today and didn’t even have time to find a place to eat lunch. He had only eaten some snacks and milk that the butler had left in the car, so by now he was absolutely starving.

He began to eat heartily.

Zhou Qinghao had spent the whole day lying in bed and originally didn’t have much of an appetite, but seeing how much Gu Juntian was enjoying the food, he ended up eating a bit more as well.

While they were eating, he reached out to pinch Gu Juntian’s arm.

His little lover probably hadn’t trained specifically, but there was still a fair amount of muscle on his arm, and it felt nice to squeeze.

However, Zhou Qinghao didn’t actually care whether Gu Juntian had muscles—he just wanted to get close to him.

He liked touching Gu Juntian’s skin.

Zhou Qinghao was sure he didn’t have a skin hunger disorder, but whenever he was with Gu Juntian, he acted like someone who did.

Even just an arm—he couldn’t get enough of it. He wanted to keep pinching it, and also kiss it.

While eating, Gu Juntian glanced at his left arm, which had been constantly played with by Zhou Qinghao.

The original owner’s physique wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. Exercise definitely needed to be put on the agenda.

Also, Zhou Qinghao was seducing him again!

How was he supposed to eat properly like this?

After the meal, Zhou Qinghao suggested, “Shall we go to the bedroom?”

Gu Juntian was tempted, but firmly refused: “Later. I still have something to do. Can I borrow your study? I only need an hour.”

Zhou Qinghao said, “Of course. I’ll take you there.”

He almost never brought work home, and there wasn’t anything confidential in his study, so if Gu Juntian wanted to use it, he could.

Zhou Qinghao led Gu Juntian to the study, then found a spot to sit down and continued watching him.

Gu Juntian looked at Zhou Qinghao sitting beside him, looking just like a boss overseeing his work, and said helplessly, “With you here, I can’t concentrate… It’s six-thirty now. Give me an hour—I’ll come find you at seven-thirty.”

Zhou Qinghao stood up and gave his young lover a kiss: “I’ll wait for you in the bedroom.”

Once Zhou Qinghao left, Gu Juntian let out a sigh of relief and began writing a report to expose Zhou Jinhai’s secret laboratory.

He had already drafted it in his head during the day, and with the original owner’s memories from his past life, he included quite a lot of information in the report.

As far as he knew, this lab was established by Zhou Qinghao’s father after he was diagnosed with gene collapse syndrome. The initial funding came from Zhou’s father.

But Zhou’s father had already been living in a medical pod at the time and had no time to manage the lab.

And Zhou Qinghao? Back then, he was only a teenager, juggling both school and taking over the company, with no extra energy to manage a lab.

During that period, Zhou Jinhai often visited the Zhou family, reminiscing with Zhou’s father and mother. Zhou’s father softened toward him, not only leaving him many assets but also handing over management of the lab.

After Zhou’s father passed away, the lab essentially became Zhou Jinhai’s alone, and his actions grew increasingly reckless.

Gu Juntian wrote down everything he knew and, at the top of the letter, included the contact information of a high-ranking official from the alliance—someone the original owner had encountered in his past life while involved in this case.

In that previous life, it was to avoid this official’s investigation that Zhou Jinhai moved the lab’s researchers.

And while everyone thought the person behind the lab was Zhou Qinghao, that official believed Zhou Qinghao was being falsely accused and never stopped investigating.

This person could be trusted.

Originally, Gu Juntian had planned to disguise himself and send the report from a public location using public equipment, so the recipient wouldn’t be able to trace who sent it.

But now… after some consideration, he sent the message directly using Zhou Qinghao’s account.

If they trace it, then so be it—let them think it was Zhou Qinghao who filed the report. That way, it could completely clear Zhou Qinghao of suspicion.

After finishing the report, seeing that he still had some time, Gu Juntian reached out to the original owner’s mother.

The original owner’s mother had it even worse than the original owner himself. She had been deceived emotionally by a scumbag, gave birth to a child, and raised him with great effort, only for that son to choose to acknowledge his wealthy father without regard for her feelings once he found out the man had money.

In the original owner’s memories, she didn’t want anything to do with Zhou Jinhai, but once the original owner acknowledged his father, she had no say in it.

It was unclear what her fate had been after the original owner died.

If the experiment had succeeded and Zhou Jinhai took over the original owner’s body, then to avoid her noticing anything suspicious, Zhou Jinhai would have definitely killed her.

Even if the experiment failed, she still might have died. And even if she somehow survived, the grief of losing her son would have been unbearable.

The original owner rarely contacted his mother, especially after starting his internship at Minghui Pharmaceuticals.

He had been too busy, and whatever free time he had, he used to date Ning Jianuo.

Now, when Gu Juntian took the initiative to contact her, she was very happy. She asked after him warmly, then asked when he would bring his boyfriend to visit her.

“Mom, I’m really busy with work right now. It’ll take at least half a year before things stabilize. After that, I’ll bring him to see you, and we’ll get married then,” Gu Juntian said.

He was determined to cure Zhou Qinghao within six months.

If he managed to treat gene collapse syndrome, he would become a hero of the Human Alliance and gain both power and wealth. By then, if he wanted to get married, Zhou Qinghao wouldn’t be able to refuse!

Gu Juntian felt a bit relieved—thankful that the original owner had never shared Ning Jianuo’s information with his mother.

Ning Jianuo was an orphan with poor genetic stability. The original owner had feared his mother wouldn’t approve, so he had only mentioned having a boyfriend, never giving any details or even his name.

So when the time came, he could just tell his mother his boyfriend was Zhou Qinghao.

Knowing how busy Gu Juntian was with work, his mother had no objections. She reminded him to treat his boyfriend well and asked if he needed any money.

Gu Juntian said, “Don’t worry, Mom. I’m not short on money.”

He only had seven credits left in his account.

But he could ask Zhou Qinghao for money.

Thinking of this, Gu Juntian sighed.

He hadn’t expected there would come a day when he’d be living off someone else.

But he had no choice. If he didn’t live off someone else, he wouldn’t be able to cure his wife’s illness. And if he couldn’t cure his wife’s illness, he wouldn’t have a wife!

On the other side, after bringing Gu Juntian to the study, Zhou Qinghao went downstairs.

Once downstairs, Zhou Qinghao turned to the butler and said, “Take me to see the car Gu Juntian used.”

He quickly saw the car Gu Juntian had used earlier that day.

The car was registered under Zhou Qinghao’s name. It looked low-profile but was actually very secure.

Zhou Qinghao opened the door and got in, then began reviewing the vehicle’s travel history for the day.

After seeing the places Gu Juntian had visited, Zhou Qinghao checked the belongings Gu Juntian had left in the car.

Those were things he had taken with him when he moved out of his rental—items that had belonged to the original owner.

There were awards and trophies the original owner had won during college, his books, and some of his personal belongings.

The original owner’s clothes were all quite worn out, so Gu Juntian hadn’t packed them. Anything related to Ning Jianuo, he had thrown away.

After looking through everything, Zhou Qinghao smiled.

He hadn’t expected that, not long after they met, Gu Juntian had already started moving in.

“Uncle Zhang, prepare more food in the car tomorrow. I think he ate the snacks from the car for lunch today,” Zhou Qinghao said as he stepped out of the car and addressed the butler.

“Yes, young master,” the butler responded.

Zhou Qinghao added, “Get along with him. I’ll be leaving this house to him in the future, so you’ll keep taking care of him. I’ll also set up a fund to cover all maintenance costs for the house, and your salaries will be paid from it.”

Since Gu Juntian had returned the keys to his rental and brought his things here, of course Zhou Qinghao couldn’t kick him out.

From now on, this house would belong to Gu Juntian.

As long as Gu Juntian lived here, he would think of him more often.

The butler, aware of Zhou Qinghao’s condition, fell silent for a moment after hearing this, then said, “Young master, do you want to investigate Young Master Gu?”

Zhou Qinghao replied, “No need. I don’t care about his past or his future. I only care about this one year.”

If they investigated Gu Juntian and found nothing, that was fine. But if something bad came up, it would only upset him.

He was already dying—what mattered was enjoying the present, not anything else.

After checking the car, Zhou Qinghao returned to the bedroom. At exactly 7:30, Gu Juntian came to find him, right on time.

Zhou Qinghao kissed him and led him to the bathroom. “Let’s take a shower first.”

Gu Juntian had a lot he wanted to say to Zhou Qinghao, but there was no chance to say it.

It wasn’t until after 9 p.m., once they’d finished two rounds of lovemaking and were lying in bed, that Gu Juntian finally had time to talk about serious matters.

“Zhou Qinghao, would you be willing to invest in my lab?”

“A lab? What lab?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

He had already checked where Gu Juntian had gone that day. In the morning, he went to Minghui Pharmaceuticals; in the afternoon, he went to the research complex.

Gu Juntian had mentioned wanting to quit Minghui and find another job. The afternoon visit must have been for that.

Gu Juntian showed Zhou Qinghao the payment record for the lab space he had rented that afternoon—two million credits.

“Minghui has a toxic lab culture. They always bully newcomers. When I worked there, I had to work overtime every day, with no end to the tasks. I wanted to quit and find something better. But after I resigned, they blacklisted me in the industry. I was so angry, I just rented a lab myself. If I can’t join another lab, I’ll make my own!”

As he spoke, Gu Juntian pulled out the timecard records from his days at Minghui to show Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao was always pulling him into bed without even asking about his past, which made Gu Juntian a little unhappy.

Love isn’t something you build just in bed!

They needed to understand each other better.

Right now, he wanted Zhou Qinghao to learn more about him—and while he was at it, play the victim a little and ask for money.

Zhou Qinghao fell silent as he looked at the records showing Gu Juntian clocking in at 8 a.m. and out at 10 p.m. every day.

This job really needed to be quit—otherwise, the two of them wouldn’t even have time to be together.

“If I set up my own lab, I’ll have much more flexibility, and I can also decide the research direction myself…”

“How much money do you need?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

Gu Juntian said, “To buy equipment and materials in the early stage, about twenty million. Also, I don’t want to waste time purchasing everything myself. Can you find someone to help me with that?”

Twenty million meant nothing to Zhou Qinghao. Especially since Gu Juntian wasn’t spending it frivolously—it was for establishing a lab.

He kissed Gu Juntian. “I’ll arrange a few people to assist you tomorrow, and I’ll allocate fifty million for you. Do whatever research you want.”

After saying that, Zhou Qinghao also transferred two million to Gu Juntian. “I’ll cover all the lab setup expenses.”

If his little lover had asked him for money to party and indulge, he wouldn’t have given it.

But this was just to start a lab… he was happy to pay for that.

Gu Juntian: “…” So this is what it feels like to have a financial backer? Just like that, he had fifty million?

Suddenly, he felt like he was quite valuable.

Zhou Qinghao sent out a few messages, then kissed Gu Juntian again.

Gu Juntian said, “It’s getting late. Let’s sleep.”

They had already done it twice—there was no need to continue.

Even if he could handle it, Zhou Qinghao couldn’t! Zhou Qinghao was already suffering from gene collapse syndrome.

Zhou Qinghao chuckled softly.

He really hadn’t been thinking of doing more—he just genuinely liked kissing Gu Juntian.

Honestly, he didn’t even want Gu Juntian to go to the lab. He just wanted him by his side all the time.

But he knew that wouldn’t be fair to Gu Juntian.

Zhou Qinghao said, “There’s a condition to my investment in your lab.”

“What condition?” Gu Juntian was a little worried. Surely Zhou Qinghao didn’t want to do it seven times a day? Humanity might be in the interstellar era, but the body’s limits were still the same. He was just an ordinary person.

Zhou Qinghao said, “You have to eat breakfast with me before you go, and be home for dinner in the evening.”

That was all? Gu Juntian said, “No problem.” That was exactly what he had planned anyway—he needed to monitor Zhou Qinghao and make sure he took care of his health.

“Let’s sleep,” Zhou Qinghao said, glancing at the time.

It was almost 10 p.m.—time to sleep.

If he wanted to spend more days with Gu Juntian, he had to take good care of himself.

“Yes, let’s sleep.” Gu Juntian pulled Zhou Qinghao into his arms and kissed him on the forehead.

At the same time, a certain Alliance official received a report sent to his private email.

How did this person know his private email address?

The official frowned, then immediately opened it to read—and the more he read, the angrier he became.

Even in the interstellar era, secret human experimentation was still rampant.

He had previously shut down a lab that had been illegally breeding babies for experiments. But due to a leak, several key researchers had escaped!

He had been searching for them ever since. Now, reading this report, he finally knew where those researchers had gone!

However, the report raised a few concerns. The person who wrote it clearly knew too much about that private lab—how did they know all of this?

As he was thinking this, his assistant had already traced the source of the email.

He looked and saw that the report had been sent from Zhou Qinghao’s home. The lab being reported was said to be funded by Zhou Jinhai.

So this was a feud among the wealthy? Zhou Qinghao was unhappy with Zhou Jinhai, secretly investigated him, and uncovered a major scandal?

Whatever the case—catching the criminals was what mattered!

The official immediately began organizing a response and didn’t sleep all night.

Meanwhile, Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao slept soundly.

In the morning, as soon as Gu Juntian opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Qinghao lying against the pillow, watching him.

Zhou Qinghao was more than ten years older than him, but right now, there were barely any traces of age on his face.

Still, Zhou Qinghao’s presence and demeanor were noticeably different from most people.

Seeing he was awake, Zhou Qinghao leaned in and kissed him.

Zhou Qinghao really liked kissing him—and truthfully, Gu Juntian liked kissing Zhou Qinghao too.

But first thing in the morning, a kiss was fine. Anything more was unnecessary.

He was someone devoted to his career—he couldn’t waste too much time in bed!

After having breakfast with Zhou Qinghao, Gu Juntian hurried off to the lab.