"Who are you? Why do you know my name?" Wei Qianjin asked warily, placing her hand on the button on the bedside table.
Xia Chuhe glanced at the button and said calmly, "Your sister asked me to help her find you."
"Has something happened to my sister?" Wei Qianjin's hand was still on the button. "I didn't tell you the location, how did you find this place?"
“She’s alright. I found you because,” Xia Chuhe chuckled, “you are the brightest little light bulb in the world.”
A simple sentence made Wei Qianjin catch her breath, and she finally moved her hand away from the button.
Such childish and cheesy words made Xia Chuhe feel a little uncomfortable, so she added, "Your sister told me."
Wei Qianjin had a lonely childhood. She attended school at the base for a while, but was always ostracized because of her skin problems. Later, her older sister took her everywhere to find ways to treat her condition, and she had even less contact with peers.
Her older sister was her only playmate.
The two sisters sometimes play hide-and-seek, and she is always easily found by her older sister.
She asked her sister why.
My sister said, "Because you are the brightest little light bulb in the whole world."
With just a few words, he made her extremely happy, dispelling all the unpleasantness of being found.
Looking back now, perhaps it was just her unusual white hair and fair skin that gave away her location.
Sometimes, Wei Qianjin would think that if she hadn't cried to her sister about being bullied, her sister wouldn't have taken her to see a doctor.
Once they reach adulthood, they can naturally use gene therapy to repair genetic diseases.
But the more than ten years she and her sister missed will never come back.
When Wei Qianjing separated from his sister, the person who took her out of the city said that his sister owed the city lord a large sum of money to pay for his medical treatment. The city lord wanted to use her as collateral, and only after his sister repaid the debt could he regain his freedom.
The city lord wasn't too bad; he provided her with schooling and living expenses, and didn't mistreat her.
Unfortunately, even as she grew up, her older sister never paid off those resources.
Later, she awakened the superpower to control variables.
The city lord said that as long as she was willing to stay and work, he would let her sister leave the city and wipe the debt clean.
Wei Qianjin agreed, and she did it for seven years.
Over the course of seven years, the city lord would occasionally send her updates on her older sister. Without her sick younger sister to weigh her down, her sister seemed to be thriving and quite happy.
Of course, Wei Qianjin didn't completely trust the city lord. She used her meager connections to contact a mercenary, regularly sending him points each month to keep an eye on her sister's situation.
If Xia Chuhe hadn't come, Wei Qianjin might not have known for a long time that the city lord was a liar, and so were the mercenaries.
...
"Did you invent the machine that transfers pain in the factory that produces Bru?"
After Wei Qianjin lowered her guard, Xia Chuhe asked this question.
“No, I’m only providing theoretical support.” Wei Qianjin frowned slightly. “My sister touched Blue… I told her not to touch him.”
After a while, Wei Qianjin finally gave Wei Yinuo her advice.
She had conflicting feelings towards her sister.
Sometimes, Wei Qianjin misses her, misses the time they spent together, and misses her gentle care.
Sometimes, Wei Qianjin hated her, hated that she had ignored her for so many years, and hated that she had regained her freedom but had never thought of looking for her.
Now, upon suddenly receiving news that her sister had taken the initiative to contact her, Wei Qianjin didn't even know what to say to her sister.
Saying you're doing well?
She was confined to the laboratory, unable to contact the outside world, and her life was filled with experiments, which was far from ideal.
To say you're not doing well?
The city lord gives her points every month and provides her with free gene potions, accommodation, and food, which is quite generous.
"What does my sister want with me?" Wei Qianjin could hardly bear the torment of being waited for.
Xia Chuhe realized from Wei Qianjin's reaction to Bru and Wei Yinuo that there was a huge misunderstanding between the two sisters.
Wei Yinuo was unaware that the machine she hated so much was designed by her younger sister.
Wei Qianjin was unaware that the machine she designed was being used on her sister.
Xia Chuhe carefully spoke: "Wei Yinuo has been looking for you. She was trapped before, but was only recently rescued."
"Impossible! The city lord sends me updates on my sister every two weeks, and she's always been doing very well, hasn't she?"
Wei Qianjin showed Xia Chuhe the photos and information sent to her by the city lord and mercenaries, trying her best to prove that Xia Chuhe was a liar and that... her sister was doing well.
She sacrificed seven years of her life and freedom; her sister must live well.
Before presenting concrete evidence that Wei Yinuo was not doing well, Xia Chuhe asked Wei Qianjin a question: "Do you know that the machine you are researching will cause innocent people to suffer for others?"
Wei Qianjin said, "I know."
Did you know that this machine would be widely used?
Wei Qianjin's hands, hidden behind her back, gripped the bed sheet tightly, creating wrinkles. She said, "I know."
"You knew and still did it?"
Even through the bed sheet, Wei Qianjin's palms were still scratched with dents from the force of her fingernails. She said expressionlessly, "This is my job."
Xia Chuhe thought that Wei Yinuo should not suffer any more pain, but Wei Qianjin could taste a little of the truth.
Xia Chuhe showed Wei Yinuo's latest video: "Her injuries are severe, and she will never recover."
Wei Qianjin glanced at the video, then lowered her eyes and said, "This is fake. You're a liar."
Despite saying that, her eyes kept drifting towards the video.
Xia Chuhe said, "I can't bring Wei Yinuo to see you, but I'll prove it to you in other ways. Oh, and I also need to take a picture of you and bring it to her."
Wei Qianjin sat stiffly on the bed, helplessly covering her face with her hands, then lowering them again.
"Will this work? Will she recognize me? Why don't you come back next month? Next month, I won't inject the gene serum, and she should be able to recognize me at a glance."
Wei Qianjin used high-sounding reasons to cover up her despicable intentions.
She wasn't worried that her sister wouldn't recognize her; rather, she didn't want her sister to think she was doing too well.
Xia Chuhe glanced at the photo and said, "She recognizes you. She'll be happy to know you're doing well."
...
Dong Huimiao squatted in the corner, sulking, muttering to himself, "That damned Xia Chuhe, that untrustworthy bastard! He promised to show his body so I could have some involvement, but he's been gone for three days! That unreliable piece of trash..."
Xia Chuhe: "..."
The experiences of the Wei sisters were their personal privacy, and Xia Chuhe did not tell Dong Huimiao about them.
When Dong Huimiao asked Wei Qianjin how she was doing, he retorted, "When you didn't know the truth, were you doing well?"
Dong Huimiao was stunned for a moment before she realized that Xia Chuhe was referring to the time when she didn't know she was a substitute.
Based on my experience at the time, it was pretty good.
As I feel right now, I am in immense pain.
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