The cub responded with an "oh," then lowered its head and asked no further questions, though its colors began to fade.

Zhao Gang asked, puzzled, "Why is Xiaoxiu unhappy?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu pushed open the door, put the backpack containing her water bottle and Abeibei on the table, sat down on a small stool, and stared at the man in front of her.

I thought to myself, I just found out my own father was murdered, can't I be unhappy for a while?

Receiving no answer, Zhao Gang scratched his head and decisively decided to let it go and stop thinking about the complex emotions of human beings.

He should just make stir-fried meat for the cubs.

You'll be happy when you're full.

Just as Zhao had set up the pot, a piercing "buzzing" sound from the loudspeaker suddenly came from inside the building.

Residents came out of their apartments and onto the corridor.

All that could be heard from the loudspeaker was a serious female voice:

[Urgent Notice: The security team will be conducting routine checks in five minutes. All residents in the building are requested to remain in their rooms and wait for the checks!]

[Residents outside are requested to return to their rooms as soon as possible to await inspection; failure to do so will be considered as disobeying a routine base inspection and will be dealt with seriously!]

[Repeated! All residents in the building are requested to remain in their rooms for inspection and are not permitted to leave!]

The announcement was broadcast three times in a row, followed by the alarm bell urging residents to return to their rooms, which rang for a full five minutes.

When the time came, the floor manager of each floor would lead a team of fully armed people into the floor to begin the routine inspection.

This scene doesn't look like a routine inspection; it looks more like an arrest of a fugitive.

Those people were wearing uniform protective suits, armed from head to toe, and equipped with the latest technological weapons.

The building manager, who usually swaggered around the apartment building, stood before them with his head bowed so low it almost touched his chest, looking extremely humble.

Zhao Xiaoxiu felt inexplicably flustered.

I subconsciously turned around and looked into the house.

Zhao Gang was squatting in front of the stove, chopping the firewood they had picked up along the way that day with a wood-chopping knife.

He acted as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Xiaoxiu's panicked mood suddenly calmed down.

She thought that his calm demeanor meant he was confident in handling the inspection.

Soon, the inspection team arrived at Zhao Xiaoxiu's house.

The father and daughter opened the door early and stood obediently at the door to wait for the inspectors to arrive.

The building manager read from the document book: "Sir, this is 5023, a father and daughter. The father's name is Zhao Gang, he is thirty-one years old this year, and the daughter is Zhao Xiaoxiu, she is three years old this year. She is a healthy child and receives the child relief nutrition solution distributed by the base on time every month."

The leader's expression changed slightly: "Zhao Gang?"

The building manager responded with "yes," but the person in charge wasn't asking him at all; instead, he was asking his assistant.

The assistant held a spherical machine in his hand. He touched it twice, and a screen instantly unfolded, with lines of data scrolling by rapidly.

Suddenly, the assistant tapped the screen, and Zhao Gang's profile appeared.

"Director, this person is on the list of fake drug buyers at the arena," the assistant whispered to Yang Mei, the person in charge.

Yang Mei nodded and looked up to examine the father and daughter in front of her.

The child looked a little malnourished, but was very well-behaved and not intimidated by so many people.

That man... his eyes were darting around, he looked like a scoundrel with a crooked mind and a penchant for petty tricks.

Zhao Xiaoxiu secretly observed her father's expression, and could only admire him—he was exactly the same as her unreliable biological father!

"Just cooperate."

Yang Mei took out a handheld scanner, turned it on, and gestured for Zhao Gang to come forward so she could check it.

Zhao Gang walked forward lazily.

The building manager whispered, "The arena that sold fake evolution potions has been shut down. The base came because they're concerned about your health. Cooperate well with the inspection."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaoxiu weakly asked in her heart: Is that so?

She thought these people didn't seem to be from the base, but rather from a biotechnology company.

If we care about people who bought counterfeit drugs, why not just investigate them separately?

The entire building is being searched now, and it feels like they're looking for something or someone.

Or perhaps, they didn't even know what they were looking for. Thinking this way, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt a little relieved.

The scanner scanned Zhao Gang from head to toe.

Yang Mei, seeing the green light indicating no abnormalities, still felt uneasy and asked Zhao Gang to have his blood tested again on the spot.

This action made Zhao Xiaoxiu's heart, which had just settled down, jump up again.

No matter how closely a living father imitates a human, his genetic sequence can never be the same as that of a human.

"Dad." Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at Zhao Gang nervously.

Zhao Gang patted her head to reassure her.

He stretched out his left hand and let Yang Mei draw half a tube of blood.

The spherical machine in the assistant's hand was very powerful; the blood test results were displayed very quickly.

Because she was facing away from the screen, Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't see what was displayed on it, and she held her breath in nervousness.

[Results are normal]

Yang Mei took a deep breath in frustration and pointed at Zhao Xiaoxiu, "Give her a look."

The testing personnel stepped forward with the instrument, scanned Zhao Xiaoxiu from head to toe twice, and nodded to Yang Mei, "Normal."

Yang Mei nodded and waved, signaling everyone to go to the next shop.

She stayed at the back of the line and stared at Zhao Xiaoxiu for a long time.

Suddenly, he called his assistant back, "Get her a blood test."

Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately looked up at Zhao Gang, her hair standing on end. What if her healing ability was exposed?!

Zhao Gang's heart skipped a beat; he hadn't expected this.

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