When Si Ming was undergoing a physical examination, Zhuang Li had already obtained the information of both the Xiu and Si families. It did not involve any family secrets, but was just a routine background check. The photos of all the relevant people were stored in a thick stack in a box.
Zhuang Li scattered these photos casually on the table, glanced at them, and with a flick of his finger, he picked out the most important one.
7480: "..." It's over, the child of destiny is dead!
In the photo, two little boys about seven years old are standing in front of an iron tree, smiling brightly. Judging from their looks, the boy on the left is Teng Xuan and the boy on the right is Xiu Yue. It seems that they have known each other for a long time.
Teng Xuan held a round fruit between his fingertips and raised it above his head as if offering a treasure. Xiu Yue stood on tiptoe to grab the fruit with a bright smile.
Zhuang Li scanned the photo into the computer, enlarged it several times, and used software to analyze it briefly, and found that what Teng Xuan was holding was indeed a seed of the iron tree.
According to investigative records, Xiu Yue was taken into Xiu Zhaotian's care at the age of fifteen. When Si Ming suddenly fell ill, the Xiu family was doomed to lose their sole heir. Xiu Zhaotian knelt before Si Lao for a day and a night before finally gaining the right to raise the illegitimate child.
Before this, Xiu Yue and his mother had been raised outside by Xiu Zhaotian, and happened to be neighbors with the Teng family.
Therefore, Teng Xuan and Xiu Yue actually grew up together and have a very deep relationship.
Zhuang Li picked out a few more photos one after another, squinted his eyes and looked at them for a while. The smile on the corners of his lips became deeper and deeper, but his eyes became colder.
One of the photos was a photo of Xiu Yue and his mistress mother taken in their own garden; another was a solo photo of Xiu Zhaotian standing at the door of the Xiu family's house; and the last one was a photo of Si Ming and Old Man Si taken at the Si family's house.
No matter which photo, there is always a plant in the background, that is Cycas.
"System, have you discovered? Xiu Zhaotian's mistress suddenly planted a lot of cycads in the year 0X. After that, Madam Si developed ALS and became paralyzed in bed. After Madam Si passed away, the Xiu family also inexplicably began to plant cycads everywhere. Fortunately, not long after, Mr. Si took Si Ming away, and these cycads lost their use."
"However, a few years later, the Si family's old house also began to plant cycads, and the number increased. At the same time, Si Ming was also diagnosed with ALS. What do you think is the reason?"
Without a database, the 7480 is just a fool and knows nothing.
"Master, could it be that Si Ming's illness is related to these cycads? It's not in the script, so I have no idea! In the script, Si Ming is just a tool to deliver wealth to Xiu Yue, and Xiu Yue is the backer of Teng Xuan, the child of destiny. The plot revolves around Teng Xuan's schooling and entrepreneurial journey, with not much else described."
"Master, this is really none of my business." 7480 pointed at his finger aggrievedly.
Zhuang Li snorted lightly and did not respond.
At this moment, Si Ming came back with a bunch of medical examination reports. He looked at the little curly-haired boy nervously and whispered, "The doctor said I can live for a long time. During this time, I will accompany you well. I will also leave all my property to you. There are nannies and nurses at home. You don't have to do anything. You just need to come to see me every day. It's not tiring at all, really."
He was still just a young boy, who had never tasted the sweetness of love, let alone how to please his beloved. He could only clumsily offer everything he had. Nothing else mattered to him, only the person in front of him was something he absolutely could not lose.
Zhuang Li looked up at him, feeling both pain and warmth in his heart.
"Please sit down, I have something to tell you." Zhuang Li pointed to the seat opposite him.
Si Ming, who was standing in place as punishment, sat down carefully, but he held the stack of medical examination reports tightly in his hand and was hesitant to hand them over.
"Put your head here." Zhuang Li hooked his index finger.
Si Ming immediately leaned his head towards the little curly-haired boy without asking any questions.
Zhuang Li placed a kiss on his cold forehead and whispered tenderly, "I don't want your property, I only want you. You are the treasure I care about most. Don't be afraid, I'm here, you'll be fine."
The skin on Si Ming's forehead was instantly tightened by the kiss, and then felt numb. The floating feeling was like a thread, running along his eyebrows into his heart, pulling his soul, making him taste the ultimate happiness and joy for the first time.
It took him a long time to retract his head, and the nervousness and anxiety on his face had all turned into unbearable laughter.
"I'm not afraid." He covered his forehead with his hands, his voice trembling with happiness.
"That's good. What I really want to say is that your illness isn't a genetic mutation, nor is it hereditary. It's the result of poisoning. When you get home, ask your grandfather to investigate your gardener, cook, and these three people. Of course, your father might also be an accomplice."
Zhuang Li placed the photos of Teng Xuan, Xiu Yue and Xiu Yue's mother on the table one by one.
This sudden bad news seemed less disturbing because of the sweet kiss before.
Si Ming was only slightly stunned before he reacted and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell Grandpa."
"When you get back, have your grandfather carefully check your diet. During World War II, a muscular dystrophy was prevalent among a tribe called the Chamorro in Guam. Due to food shortages, the people there had to consume large quantities of seeds from a certain cycad plant. Scientists once fed these seeds to monkeys, and the monkeys also developed muscular atrophy. This is how ALS was discovered."
Zhuang Li looked at the information collected by the agents and said slowly, "I've just read your mother's genetic test report. There's no genetic material that causes ALS. Let me see your report."
Si Ming quickly handed over the medical examination report that he had been holding tightly in his hand, without any resistance in his heart.
Zhuang Li glanced at it briefly, then looked up and said, "You don't have the genetic material that causes ALS in your body. The incidence of ALS is one in 100,000, which is very rare worldwide.
"Without the interference of genetic material, this one in a hundred thousand chance of happening to you and your mother is abnormal in itself. I only investigated the basic backgrounds of the Xiu, Teng, and Si families and didn't do anything extra. When you return, repeat my words word for word to your grandfather. He will know what to do."
Si Ming was stunned when he heard this. He lowered his head to look at his completely unconscious right hand, his mind in a mess.
Before fear could overtake him, Zhuang Li had already stood up, held his face and gave him a gentle kiss, repeating: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Just as his heart was about to tear open a thin, bloody crack, the sudden pain disappeared without a trace in this kiss, and all the damage was miraculously healed. Si Ming's eyes were red, but he couldn't help but smile.
Life is never perfect; there are gains and losses. If ALS is the price of meeting Curly, then he feels that this is the best arrangement of fate.
"I'm not afraid," he whispered cheerfully.
"Be good, I'm going to do the experiment. You go home to your grandpa immediately and ask him to investigate what happened. Call me to let me know you're safe after that. You must go to class tomorrow and can come to see me after school." Zhuang Li rubbed his lover's big head and gave him serious instructions.
Si Ming was filled with reluctance and didn't want to go to class at all. Seeing Curly every morning gave him the motivation to live for the rest of the day. If he wasn't allowed to come in the morning, he didn't know how he would make it through those twenty-plus hours.
Zhuang Li completely understood his feelings. He slipped a small magnetic card into his jacket pocket and whispered in his ear, "Come back after school this afternoon and I'll help you with your lessons. If it's late, you can sleep with me. Here's the room card. I'll be eighteen in two months, and we'll both be adults then. Do you understand?"
He chuckled as he massaged his lover's hot ears.
Si Ming stood at attention and said quickly, "I, I'll come over at night from now on!" He quickly added, "I promised you that I would study hard. I'll have classes during the day and tutoring at night. My schedule is just right."
"Be good." Zhuang Li smiled and kissed the corner of his lover's mouth, coaxing him again: "If you make quick progress, I will give you a reward."
"What reward?" Si Ming's eyes lit up.
"If you pass all subjects in the next monthly exam, I will give you a reward. You will know then." Zhuang Li kissed his lover's eyebrows full of expectation, and his faint smile revealed an indescribable meaning.
Si Ming covered his nose and stared at him blankly for a while, then picked up his schoolbag and strode out, saying excitedly: "Then I'll go back and come back tomorrow night. You must keep your word."
"When have I ever lied to you? When you get admitted to Q University in the future, I will accompany you to study. Wherever you go, I will go, and we will never be separated." Zhuang Li smiled and waved.
"Well, I will try my best." Si Ming stood at the door for a long time and was reluctant to leave. He only left while looking back every few steps until the security guard came to urge him.
He, who had once lost all hope in life, was now full of anticipation for the future. The road that had been hidden in darkness, with only a vague goal in sight, seemed to have become brighter and wider.
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After returning home, Si Ming told his grandfather everything that Curly had said.
Mr. Si sat stiffly on the sofa, his old face gradually tensed and then twisted into an unusually cold expression.
He relaxed his expression, then looked at his grandson and asked lovingly, "Zhuang Li said he didn't do anything unnecessary?"
"Yes." Si Ming held the small magnetic card in his hand lovingly, his ears red, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Okay, okay, this child is a good one. Grandpa likes him very much. Bring him home to have dinner with grandpa sometime." Grandpa Si caressed his grandson's head lovingly.
Si Ming nodded happily, "I'll tell him tomorrow, Grandpa, we're going to get married in the future."
"You must get married. You can't let her run away. Grandpa supports you." Old Master Si waved his hand and agreed to everything.
He is willing to pay any price as long as his grandson can save his life.
Si Ming pressed the issue further: "Grandpa, please call Lawyer Zhao over. I want to make a will and leave all my property to Curly Hair."
Mr. Si: "...Okay, I'll contact Lawyer Zhao tomorrow." People say girls are extroverted, so how come his grandson is also a money-loser?
Si Ming left happily. Then Mr. Si called Zhong Xingyun in and told him what had just happened. His tone was particularly cold: "Zhuang Li said that he didn't do anything unnecessary. Do you understand what he meant?"
Zhong Xingyun said solemnly, "I understand. He's not allowing the Ministry of State Security to conduct an in-depth investigation to give us room to maneuver. If the law doesn't intervene, we can resort to extraordinary measures."
Old Master Si waved his hands wearily. "I'm old now, and I'm not as ruthless as I was when I was young. I don't like to use any extreme means. If we find out the truth, I will make whoever did it get this disease and make him bedridden for life. Send people to take back all the property in Xiu Zhaotian's hands. Xiao Ming is already eighteen years old. How long does he want to play dumb?"
"He is Xiaoming's father after all. When I'm gone, he'll be responsible for taking care of Xiaoming. I've let him do what he wants all these years. Now that Xiaoming has Zhuang Li by his side, he's no longer useful." Old Master Si sighed, "I trust Zhuang Li. He's capable and resourceful, and he's more than enough to protect Xiaoming for the rest of his life."
"Xiao Ming is luckier than his mother!" When he said this, Mr. Si couldn't help but feel fortunate.
Chapter 147 Love Betting Live Game 17┃7480: Si Ming is just a gigolo!
Mr. Si is also a well-known figure in China. It didn't take him much effort to investigate everything behind the scenes.
There is no problem with the Si family's chef, but the kitchen helper and gardener had long been bribed by Xiu Zhaotian.
The gardener is responsible for planting cycads in the Si family's garden to ensure that enough cycad seeds can be collected all year round; while the kitchen helper is responsible for grinding these seeds into powder and mixing them into flour or seasonings.
Therefore, the year the Si family planted cycads, Si Ming also fell ill. He had consumed too many foods containing toxins.
Because his daughter had also died of the same disease, Mr. Si simply assumed it was hereditary and didn't think anything else about it. The doctor didn't ask any further questions, as he had no idea that people in modern society still eat starch made from cycad seeds every day.
In fact, Xiu Zhaotian even wanted to harm Grandpa Si. These poisonous powders were supplied to the grandfather and grandson indiscriminately. Unfortunately, Grandpa Si's body was particularly strong and he was able to resist the invasion of the toxins.
This is related to his early experience in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression in YN. At that time, the environment was extremely harsh. In order to survive, he often ate plants with trace amounts of toxins, and over time he developed antibodies.
Besides the Si family's cook and gardener, the Xiu family's cook also had problems. He had long since retired, leaving City B with a large sum of money for Hai Province, where he built a house in a small county town and settled down there, living a comfortable and carefree life every day.
The person sent by Mr. Si only played a recording of his grandson, and he confessed everything. He said that he took money from Miss Fangfang and put a kind of starch in Mrs. Si's food. The starch was non-toxic and he had tasted it himself. Mrs. Si's illness had nothing to do with him.
The so-called Miss Fangfang was Xiu Zhaotian's mistress, Xiu Yue's mother, Zhou Fangfang. She was kept away by Xiu Zhaotian at the time and had no access to Mrs. Si, so he could only bribe the cook to secretly poison her.
That's why she suddenly started growing cycads. No one would go to the flower and bird market every day to buy cycad seeds for no reason. She was afraid of getting suspected, so she had to produce the toxin herself.
Whether Xiu Zhaotian knew about her action or not, Mr. Si had no way of knowing, but he knew that after his daughter's death, the Xiu family's garden began to plant cycads, and this was Xiu Zhaotian's order.
His wife's death made him taste the sweetness, so he wanted to do the same to kill his son.
Fortunately, Mr. Si acted decisively and brought his grandson back to the Si family as soon as his daughter died. Otherwise, it would be unknown whether Si Ming would still be alive.
Mr. Si took off his reading glasses and rubbed his eyes. He felt that the ugliness of human nature was so great that even an old veteran like him dared not look directly at it.
However, after adjusting his mood and turning to the next page of the investigation report, he discovered that human hearts could be even more terrifying than hell.
Mr. Si never imagined that the idea of poisoning his daughter with cycad seeds was actually thought up by Teng Xuan and Xiu Yue, then only seven years old. What's wrong with their brains? Are they born evil?
Mr. Si felt a chill in his heart.
Zhong Xingyun knew which passage he had read from his reaction and immediately took out a recorder and said, "Don't disbelieve me, this idea really was thought up by the two children. This is the confession of the nanny who left Zhou Fangfang ten years ago. She watched Xiu Yue grow up and knows the story of the mother and son best. Please listen to it."
The recording began to play, and a voice filled with fear said, "I, I really wasn't involved in that incident. I left the Zhou family because I heard something I shouldn't have heard. That day happened to be Master Xiu's birthday. I worked hard to make him a birthday cake, but he smashed it, so I remember it very clearly.
"That day, Mr. Xiu had originally promised to come and celebrate Master Xiu's birthday, but he was absent because Mrs. Si suddenly fell seriously ill and had to be taken to the hospital. Master Xiu was furious and told Master Teng that he hoped Mrs. Si would die. If she died, he and his mother could return to the Xiu family. He would have a father from then on.
At this point, the nanny visibly swallowed, as if recalling a terrifying memory. "After hearing this, Master Teng suddenly pointed to the iron tree outside the window and said, 'If you want Madam Si to die, grind the seeds of this tree into powder and feed it to her. After eating it, Madam Si will gradually become paralyzed and die, and no one will even notice anything.'"
"I, after hearing that, didn't realize that what the child said was true. I didn't feel scared at all, but angry instead. I think Master Teng's character has gone astray and needs to be properly educated.
"But as a nanny, I have no right to lecture the two young masters, so I told Zhou Fangfang about their conversation and asked her to pay attention to the children's mental health.
"Zhou Fangfang was stunned. I can still remember the look in her eyes at that time. It was terrifying and creepy. She immediately called the two children into the study to talk. A few days later, she introduced me to a boyfriend. He was very handsome and gentle. I fell in love with him."
At this point, the nanny began to sob softly, and after crying for a long time, she suppressed her tears and said, "For him, I quit my job with Zhou Fangfang, because that man said he didn't want his wife to be a nanny, and it would be embarrassing to take her out.
"I left the Zhou family and followed that man to work far, far away. But as soon as I arrived, he disappeared and stole all my bank cards. All the savings I had painstakingly saved for over 20 years were gone. Wow...
"I later went to the police station to report the case, only to find out that the man's name was fake, his job was fake, and his family background was fake. He was a complete liar! I had no money, no family or friends, so I had no choice but to stay in that place and do odd jobs every day to make ends meet.
"Later, I met a kind family and my life gradually settled down. I then followed them back to City B. Later, I suddenly saw the news of Mrs. Si's death in the newspaper. I discovered that her cause of death was exactly the same as what Young Master Teng had described. It suddenly occurred to me that Zhou Fangfang might have been targeting me for a long time. That man was deliberately introduced to me by Zhou Fangfang! She is so vicious!
"Mrs. Si's death must be related to Zhou Fangfang! She must have listened to what Master Teng said back then! It's all true, everything that child said is true!"
The recording ended here, but the study was not quiet. Instead, the heavy breathing of Mr. Si could be heard.
He crumpled the investigation report in his hand and said in a cold tone, "We will return the same way these people treated us. Don't alert them. Let them enjoy the rest of their lives."
"I understand." Zhong Xingyun nodded in agreement, then left the study quietly.
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Two months later, Zhuang Li walked into a laboratory followed by a group of scientists.
The laboratory was already filled with people, including China's top leaders, managers from various departments, and several military generals. They weren't chatting and laughing over drinks, nor were they gathered together to exchange ideas. Instead, they gathered around a white round table, waiting solemnly.
Zhuang Li's arrival attracted everyone's attention.
Faced with so many important figures, Zhuang Li remained unfazed. He walked directly to the control panel and said slowly, "We'll begin testing the performance of this software now. This information was provided by you, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a light screen appeared on the white round table, showing a table filled with various data.
These data are provided by the military, and only you big guys understand what they mean.
Zhuang Li and his team only need to input this data into the newly developed software to simulate the real world.
"Yes, there is no mistake in the data." A general from the military took out a table and carefully compared it with the table on the screen.
"Then I'll begin." Zhuang Li clicked the start button, and the parameters transformed into blue dots of light, appearing on the screen. They flickered in various places before converging into lines, forming buildings. More and more buildings appeared, gradually expanding into a city.
Soon after, the center of the city began to sink, bringing down a skyscraper built atop it and crushing several smaller buildings around it.
A few minutes later, the center of the city sank deeper, bringing down more than a dozen buildings.
The countless blue lines that made up the city suddenly turned red, indicating that the city was extremely dangerous and could no longer be lived in. The lines that formed the foundation kept flashing, indicating that the depletion of groundwater was the culprit for the city's collapse.
Zhuang Li didn't know where this city was. He just constructed such a city based on the data provided by the superiors, such as geological structure, total groundwater volume, climatic conditions, number of buildings, layout, floor height, etc., using the computing power of the software.
He looked at the bosses, waiting for their evaluation.
The general with the highest military rank stared at the screen for a long time before he said in a deep voice, "I have a video I want to show Mr. Zhuang." Then he handed over a chip.
Zhuang Li put the chip into the computer for reading, and adjusted the line city on the light screen to its state before the collapse.
So this linear city completely overlapped with the 3D city stored in the chip, and every building was perfectly embedded in each other. There was no building that existed in the linear version but not in the 3D version.
It goes without saying how powerful the computing power of this software is.
But this is just the beginning.
The 3D version of the city began to sink like the line version. Suddenly, the skyscraper standing in the city center collapsed without warning, crushing several surrounding buildings.
The same thing happened to the Line City that was played simultaneously.
The line-board skyscraper collapsed at the same angle, in the same way, and at the same speed as the 3D version. Even the process of how the surrounding buildings were crushed was exactly the same.
This was followed by larger-scale landslides and the collapse of more buildings. The 3D version and the line version showed striking similarities and synchronization.
Ordinary people have no idea what this means, but everyone standing in this laboratory has shocked expressions.
"Mr. Zhuang, the 3D projection you're seeing isn't an animation; it's a real scene captured by our satellite. This city was a secret military base we built in the Wolong Mountains, and it collapsed ten years ago. Your software simulates a real event, and what we're providing you is merely data from that time."
A general spoke in a deep voice, "If we had the software you developed ten years ago, perhaps our designers wouldn't have made such a fatal mistake when designing and building this base. In other words, you used only the data we provided to construct a real-world city, and demonstrated its development and end without the slightest error. The performance of this software is truly exceptional! It far exceeded my expectations!"
The general handed over a few forms and pleaded, "Here are some more data. Can you continue the simulation?"
Zhuang Li took the form and quickly entered the information, and buildings of different shapes continued to appear on the light screen, but the final result was collapse, either due to geological disasters or design flaws.
Following the buildings, cruisers, submarines, aircraft carriers, and other weapons and equipment appeared on the screen, but they all sank. The software also used red lines to highlight the design flaws that led to the accident.
The general was not surprised by the result. He took out photos of these real buildings and warships and distributed them to the bosses.
The scene in the photo did not deviate at all from the software simulation. All the buildings collapsed in the same way, and the warship sank during the sea trial.
In other words, this software only needs to input various parameters, such as floor height, clear height, load-bearing capacity, displacement, tonnage, etc., to restore the overall appearance of the building or warship 100%, and can also predict their development status after they are put into use.
This software, which perfectly reproduces reality and predicts the future, far exceeded everyone's expectations. It's no exaggeration to say that it's a time machine in another sense.
If all the parameters of a city are input and the data is updated every few days, then this software can be used as a major disaster warning system; it can also be used as a master control system for building new cities.
Its powerful computing power can handle almost all tasks, such as weather forecasting, financial analysis, medical testing, weapons manufacturing, industrial design, etc. Compared with Matlab, it can do everything.
While everyone was still in shock, Zhuang Li casually said, "Actually, I've collected detailed parameters of this city online and created a simulation. You can take a look."
He clicked the start button, and a panoramic view of City B appeared on the screen in the form of lines. The flow rate of time was twenty-four hours to one minute.
Two minutes later, a hotel in Dongcheng District collapsed without warning. A red arrow marked the hotel's location in time, and a sharp warning sounded.
Everyone's attention was drawn over there.
The national leader made a decisive move and said, "Send someone to investigate this hotel immediately!"
Half an hour later, the head of the inspection team called, his voice tinged with relief. "Chairman, we just checked. The construction team knocked down the hotel's load-bearing columns, and then added three floors of guest rooms, far exceeding the foundation's bearing capacity. When we arrived, the walls were already cracking, and the situation is extremely dangerous! We've apprehended the hotel's management, and all residents have been relocated to a safe location. The surrounding area has been cordoned off."
"Okay, I understand." The leader hung up the phone, took a deep breath, raised his hands and clapped vigorously, saying with great confidence, "Mr. Zhuang, do you know that China will change because of you?"
Zhuang Li nodded and said calmly, "My next plan is to completely cure cancer and certain terminal illnesses caused by gene mutations. You can look forward to that day; it won't be too far off."
National leaders: “!!!”
The thunderous applause paused for a moment, but became even more enthusiastic in the next second.
7480 was stunned: "Just lie down, just lie down and win? How did Si Ming just lie down and win again? Did he use up all his luck to just meet the host? This gigolo, I puke!
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