Chapter 210, Shen Youyou's Past
What's wrong with the Shen family now?
The old man couldn't answer this question.
From the perspective of outsiders, and even from the perspective of the younger generations of the Shen family themselves, no one thinks there is anything wrong with the Shen family.
In these troubled times, the Shen family has indeed reached heights that many families cannot even dream of, but this is not what he wants.
In other words, this is far from what he wants.
The old man avoided Shen Bai's gaze and turned to walk towards the bed.
He coughed, his steps slowed, and his voice was firm: "The Shen family should not stop here."
Obstinate and refuse to repent.
The four words that came to his lips were finally swallowed back by Chen Bai.
He bowed to the old man's back and said in a calm tone, "Grandpa, have a good rest. I won't disturb you for now."
He left the room and closed the door quietly.
In the corridor outside the door, the moment he came out, the little girl squatting on the ground stood up, patted her skirt, adjusted her bun, and looked up at him.
The young man's gloomy expression eased after he saw the little girl.
He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, touched her bun as usual, and said softly: "Youyou, I'm back."
She looked at him with bright eyes, nodded, and pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly to show that she was smiling.
Only in front of Shen Bai would she persistently show her smile - it looked silly.
Knowing that this action was meaningless to the little girl, Shen Bai still cooperated with a gentle smile: "Youyou is so good."
He took her hand and prepared to go to the Military Control Building to report on his work.
The little girl's hands were very cold, and the touch was no different from that of an ordinary human child. If you touched them carefully, you would probably notice that her finger bones were thinner and harder - the metal was synthesized through multiple laboratory experiments to be the most suitable for simulating human bones. The advantage was that it was harder than human bones, but the disadvantage... was that it was not yet stiff enough to withstand all high-intensity and high-power physical attacks.
The first time he met Shen Youyou was in the laboratory.
At that time, there was no light in the little girl's eyes and her expression was dull.
She sat blankly in the chair, listening to the researcher's questions, shaking her head or nodding in agreement.
They were testing her learning ability and logical thinking.
The final conclusion is that the little girl has a strong ability to imitate, but her ability to learn on her own is almost zero.
The Shen family needs such a puppet to perform many tasks that are not known to outsiders.
Shen Youyou was allowed to stay.
As for other unqualified puppets, they will be destroyed.
They are thrown into landfills, chopped into pieces by giant machines, and then thrown into incinerators.
Of that batch of experimental subjects, only Shen Youyou was allowed to stay.
This was the puppet his father had protected with his life.
After learning about the puppet from other people, Shen Bai submitted an application to the higher-ups and officially took over all of Shen Youyou's research work.
However, he did not have any direct contact with her, but only observed her every move through the one-way glass every day.
Most of the time, she sat alone by the bed, motionless.
Occasionally, she would walk around the house aimlessly, probably because she was really bored and wanted to kill time.
Like the other puppets, she didn't show any superior qualities.
He spent twenty hours a day in the laboratory, and at least fifteen of those hours were spent watching her through the glass.
Although the other staff members found it strange, no one dared to raise any objections due to his status.
"Has Si Xu seen this child?"
Due to strict inspections from above, the Shen family's laboratory was temporarily sealed, and A117 was naturally transferred to the Xiling laboratory.
As an important figure in the laboratory, Si Xu should know relevant information about her.
"This..." Everyone in this lab is from the Shen family, so there's nothing they can't talk about. "Mr. Shen means there's no need to say hello to Si Xu for now."
Si Xu was just an assistant after all. No matter how capable he was, could he be as powerful as the bomb buried in his heart?
"You haven't seen him before?" Knowing that Si Xu was brought here by Jiang Yize, he wasn't as hostile to Si Xu as Shen Lang. "I'll find time to report to Special Assistant Si."
The staff member didn't object: "Okay - I'll get A117's information ready and hand it over to you right away."
Of course, this information is just superficial data, and important information cannot be handed over to outsiders.
I made an appointment with Si Xu, and he came very early the next day.
As usual, I went to the observation room of A117 first.
Looking inside through the glass, his expression changed slightly.
The door was wide open and the observation room was empty.
A117 is gone!
He casually placed the documents on the table and quickly walked down the stairs to the door.
There was indeed no one inside.
There was a pool of blood at the door.
"Ah, Mr. Shen, why are you here so early today?" A staff member walked in from outside, yawning, and greeted him politely.
"Where did A117 go?" He said in a deep voice, showing anger for the first time. "What's with this pool of blood?"
The staff member was startled: "Isn't A117 inside?" He walked closer quickly, then remembered something and slapped his head, "Oh no! I just remembered to help Lao Zhang and forgot to lock the door!"
"Lao Zhang?" Lao Zhang was the caretaker of the experimental subject Qin Huai. Shen Bai said coldly, "What happened?"
"That Qin Huai... he's gone mad again—he bit Lao Zhang, stole the key, and fled all the way here. I don't know how he opened the door, but he was caught inside." The staff member muttered, "That idiot must have thought this was the door to leave the lab—how could he get out after getting in? Or maybe he didn't suffer enough."
He didn't like the way the staff discussed the test subjects in that tone, so he frowned and said, "A117 is missing. It's your fault. I'll give you ten minutes to find her immediately."
Startled by his cold voice, the mumbling staff immediately nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, I'll go right away!"
The staff quickly left the observation room.
He rubbed his brows and walked out. When he reached the corridor, he went in the opposite direction of the man.
For some reason, he always had a hunch that A117 was still around the observation room.
At the end of the corridor, there is the laboratory's back garden, where the staff have afternoon tea.
He wandered aimlessly through the cobblestone paths of the garden, and then... under a patch of gardenias in full bloom, he found A117.
She must have been attracted by the scent of the gardenias, as she was squatting beside them, her head tilted up, her nostrils flaring.
Is she smelling the flowers?
He stood behind him without making a sound.
The little girl stretched her neck and smelled for a while, then raised one hand and gently touched the delicate white petals of the gardenia with her fingertips.
The branch of the flower swayed, and the dew on the petals slid down and dripped onto the girl's neck.
She felt cold from the dew, and shrank her neck and shook her body.
Seeing her movements, the corners of his mouth curved slightly - finally, the little girl in front of him looked like a normal child, not a puppet born only to carry out orders.
(End of this chapter)
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