Zi Ye's fingernails dug deeply into her cheek, and even as the flesh rolled back, she still managed a shrill laugh, "Queen, you didn't agree to my conditions!"

Qin Zhiluo handed over a photo of a beautiful woman. "Do you recognize her?"

Zi Ye suddenly froze, her facial muscles twitching uncontrollably. "Mother..."

Qin Zhiluo was shocked. This was clearly her brother's mother. She had specifically asked Grandma Long for it because she couldn't find it online at all.

Qin Zhiluo pinched her arm in fear. Their mothers couldn't be the same person; the report couldn't lie.

Same face, different DNA.

Muscle regeneration, organ repair.

Experimental subject!!!

Could it be that the brother's father wanted to bring his wife back to life?

Impossible, when a person dies, they're dead!

Even if you rebuild it, it won't be the same as the original!

Yes, it's not the original one, so they are half-siblings!

This is absolutely terrifying!

Qin Zhiluo suddenly looked at Zi Ye, "Is your mother still alive?"

Zi Ye hummed a nursery rhyme off-key while repeatedly picking at the old scar on her palm with her thumb, "Mother has always been here..."

Qin Zhiluo grabbed Zi Ye's shoulders, "When was the last time you saw your mother?"

Zi Ye grabbed Qin Zhiluo's wrist, her eyes filled with greed as she looked at her. "Never seen this before!"

Qin Zhiluo excitedly shook off his wrist, "You just said this photo is of your mother, how could you not have seen it!"

Zi Ye stared at her empty hands in despair, her face contorted in pain, then burst into maniacal laughter. "Photos! His house was full of her photos. He said they were my mother..."

Qin Zhiluo slumped into a chair. "Zi Ye, where is he?"

Zi Ye had never seen her look so heartbroken. Her large, bony fingers interlocked, making a series of cracking sounds. "Why are you unhappy?"

Qin Zhiluo's eyes were red. "Don't you hate them?"

Fourteen years ago

Five-year-old Qin Zhiluo huddled in the dark dungeon of the Purple Division.

"I said, why did you disobey the leader's orders again today?"

Nine-year-old Zi Ye was roughly thrown into prison.

"May I have your name?"

Why aren't you saying anything?

"Could it be that it can't speak?"

"I secretly hid a steamed bun, so I'll share half with you."

...

"Why are you locked up again?"

"I came in first in training today, so I'll share half of the snack with you."

"I'll protect you from now on, we'll definitely escape!"

"Live freely on this earth!"

...

A few years later.

"Queen, you must stay by my side forever!"

"You're a bad person!"

...

Zi Ye laughed brokenly, "What is hatred?"

Qin Zhiluo calmed down for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Zi Ye, I will kill him."

"What he gave you was never protection, but imprisonment!"

Zi Ye looked at her with burning eyes, and she said she wanted to live freely.

Zi Ye suppressed the distortion on her face and slowly uttered a place name.

Qin Zhiluo was taken aback, her fingers clenched tightly, and she slowly took out the pastries from her bosom. "I can promise you, you'll die a quick death!"

Zi Ye opened her handkerchief, looked at the peach blossom cake, and smiled.

...

Long Yanli searched the entire villa but couldn't find the baby, even though the baby's watch was located within the villa.

Guandu appeared behind him. "Stop looking. Luoluo doesn't want to be found. There's nothing anyone can do."

Long Yanli gave him a deep look, then smiled self-deprecatingly, "Did I never truly enter her heart from beginning to end?"

Guandu said with a serious expression, "No, you are the only person in all these years who has been able to walk in!"

Long Yanli was taken aback, then nodded. "I'll sit here for a while. If you see the baby, give me a call."

...