"I'm hungry!" Sui Yi said to the man, who looked at her with amusement.

"I'll find you something to eat, but you have to let me go first, right?"

Sui Yi then remembered that she was still ambiguously wrapped around the man's neck, and she quickly let go.

"Heh!" The man stood up, gave her a mocking look, walked to a table, took out a knife from a box, then took out a bowl from the side and slashed his wrist.

Blood gushed out, and Sui Yi was instantly paralyzed with fear, her mind blank. Although she desperately wanted to bite him and suck his blood, she didn't actually do it. But seeing this scene made her feel uncomfortable.

The man drained a whole bowl of blood, casually found some gauze to bandage the wound, and then walked towards Suiyi with the bowl in his hand.

Seeing the delicious food before her, Suiyi looked at the man but didn't move.

"Do you want me to feed you? Drink it quickly, don't waste it." Perhaps because the man had just bled, his voice was a little hoarse.

"I……".

"Keep drinking, otherwise it'll be a waste, you know?"

He reached out and touched her hair, speaking gently.

Taking a deep breath, Suiyi drank his blood. She felt a pang of unease.

After finishing his drink, Suiyi put the bowl aside, stood up, walked to the table, and took out the bandage he had just used. There were still some medicines in the medicine box. Suiyi took them out, walked to the bedside, sat down, took his hand, and untied the bandage he had haphazardly wrapped.

I carefully applied the medicine to him and then bandaged him up!

The man gazed intently at Sui Yi, a warm feeling welling up inside him. How could he possibly have any excuse to let a girl like her go? Of course, he would keep her firmly by his side!

After the bandage was finished, Suiyi looked up at him. His smooth chin, sexy thin lips, and affectionate eyes were truly hard to resist.

"From now on, just give me artificial blood-generating drinks; there's no need to give me my own."

"Are you heartbroken?"

"I... I just couldn't stand it."

"How could I let you drink someone else's blood, even if it's artificial?"

The man's words were as solemn and resolute as a vow. This left Sui Yi at a loss for what to do. Having so many favors owed was truly putting her under immense pressure.

"For you, I must become human." Sui Yi suddenly uttered such a soul-stirring sentence, making Luo Jingli unable to resist reaching out and pulling her into his arms.

"Okay! Let's work together to develop a potion to make you an adult." The man murmured, holding the cold body in his arms tightly.

"Alright! Now that we have a common goal, how about we get started now?" Sui Yi was a little impatient.

"Okay! You rest here, I'll go and do some research." The man released Sui Yi and turned to leave.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?" she asked, taking his hand.

"I'll go organize the records. You can leave the potion research to me to pass the time!" The man smiled and looked at the woman in front of him, feeling more satisfied than ever before.

Life here is like a beautiful song, but it's a different story at the base.

As darkness fell, Qu Wanbing and the others still hadn't seen Luo Jingli and Sui Yi, so they asked Zhao Wen to send people to look for them, but they couldn't find them either, and they couldn't help but feel anxious.

“Miss Qu, you don’t need to worry. Perhaps Miss Ming and Mr. Luo had something to do and left without having time to inform you.”

"But what could be so urgent?" He Xingyong asked.

"Don't worry, with their skills, I doubt anyone can do anything to them. Just wait inside the base; they'll come back for you once they've finished their business." Zhao Wen knew that with those two's abilities, nothing bad would happen to them.

"Alright! Then we'll have to bother Captain Zhao. Would it be convenient for us to stay at Zhou Ze's place?" Bei Zhi Qiu asked.

"Okay, follow me." After saying that, Zhao Wen took the lead and went out to the registration office to register. Then he led them to where Zhou Ze and the others were staying.

"You'll be staying next door. Here's the key. I have something to attend to, so I'll have to go now. Please settle in and get ready to move in." He handed the key to Bei Zhi Qiu, gave her some instructions, and then left.

"Sister Bing, shall we stay here and wait for Sister Xia?" Lan Yu asked.

"Yes! Since Sister Xia isn't here, we need to take good care of her friends and younger brother."

Qu Wanbing and the others settled down at the base, waiting for Ming Chuxia to return and find them.

A year has passed, and Suiyi and Luo Jingli are finally just one step away from succeeding in their research on the potion!

Meanwhile, Qu Wanbing, after getting to know Zhou Ze and the others, quickly formed a monster-hunting team and gained a reputation in the base. Even the youngest member, Ming Xiachu, awakened a fire-type ability without any major incident.

"Sister Bing, when is my sister coming back?" the little boy Ming Xiachu asked the woman in front of him.

"Sister Xia will come back once she's done what she needs to do. Don't worry, Sister Xia and Mr. Luo are so capable, they'll definitely come looking for us." Qu Wanbing stroked the little boy's head and said with a loving smile.

The people at the base were thinking about Sui Yi and the other woman, and the two of them were now preparing to leave the lab to go to the base to find them.

Because the research on the potion has reached its final stage, only one step remains: adding the spiritual spring water from the female protagonist Qu Wanbing's space. Once that's done, the project will be complete.

"Let's go!" Luo Jingli put the things he needed into his space, walked up to Sui Yi, took her hand, and said gently.

During this year, their relationship progressed rapidly. Although they hadn't crossed the final line yet, Luo Jingli was simply waiting for the right moment to unleash his ultimate move.

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