Half a year later, Si Ming was admitted to Q University.
Mr. Si personally sent him to the school gate and worriedly reminded him, "Study hard and don't let Xiaoli worry about you all day, okay?"
"I understand." Si Ming agreed absentmindedly, got out of the car, took out his cell phone and called Xiao Juanmao, but no one answered the other end.
Zhong Xingyun teased, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with Xiao Li?"
"We never quarrel." Si Ming glared at his friend and walked towards the teaching building. After holding it in for a while, he finally confided his grievances: "Little Curly said he would come to Q University to study with me."
Zhong Xingyun immediately burst out laughing: "Oh my God, Mr. Si, are you still a kindergarten kid? Do you need your parents to accompany you to go to school? Being your boyfriend is so hard! If you act like this, be careful that Zhuang Li falls for someone else."
"Shut up! Curly-haired little one looks down on others." Si Ming scolded angrily. After a moment of silence, he asked in a low voice, "Am I really acting like a bitch?"
"No, you're not acting at all, you're just a little clingy." Zhong Xingyun said, trying hard to suppress a smile.
While they were talking, the two had already arrived at the auditorium, ready to attend the welcome ceremony.
The school seemed to have spent a fortune decorating the venue, with flowers and bonsai scattered everywhere. A security gate was set up at the entrance, blocking the students in line and forcing them to be checked one by one to prevent them from carrying any prohibited items. Two rows of security guards guarded the entrance, their sharp eyes fixed on everyone who passed by.
Zhong Xingyun murmured, "Q University's show is so grand!"
Si Ming called Xiao Juanmao over and over again, not caring about these unimportant things.
The two of them lined up and went in smoothly.
The auditorium was already packed. A bright red carpet covered the stage in front, and beautiful garlands lined the steps on either side. In the front row sat school leaders, city leaders, provincial leaders, and even national leaders.
Is this really a welcome event? Zhong Xingyun was stunned by Q University's generosity, and the students sitting around him also showed surprise.
At this moment, the principal walked onto the stage and said with a hint of pride: "I will not speak at this year's welcome party. I would like to ask Dr. Zhuang Li to say a few words." He deliberately emphasized the two words "Zhuang Li".
The auditorium was quiet for a moment, and then it became lively.
A student shouted from the audience, "President, is the Dr. Zhuang Li you're talking about the same Dr. Zhuang Li I know?"
The principal smiled and asked, "How many Doctor Zhuang Li do we have in China?"
This statement indirectly acknowledged the situation, and the audience erupted in applause, with students cheering excitedly. To them, Zhuang Li was a deity! Today's experience was enough for them to brag about for the rest of their lives!
The principal added casually, "Oh, I almost forgot to mention that starting this year, Dr. Zhuang Li will be a distinguished professor at our school, teaching everyone about DNA editing technology."
The audience erupted in excitement. Some people clapped their hands until they were red with excitement, and kept exclaiming to those around them, "Oh my God! We must be the luckiest freshman class! Our professor is Dr. Zhuang Li! I want to take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments! My high school classmates will be so jealous!"
Only at this moment did Si Ming put down his phone and looked at the podium in disbelief.
Zhong Xingyun was stunned for a long moment before blurting out, "Fuck! The academic genius actually came to study with me! Do you think you must have saved the world in your previous life to have this luck?" As he spoke, he went to strangle Si Ming's neck.
Si Ming pretended to be impatient and slapped his friend's hand away, but the corners of his mouth rose wildly.
Zhuang Li, dressed in a royal blue suit, slowly walked up to the podium. He took out his phone, which had been scorching from being played, and looked at it. He curled his lips and said, "Are you guys wondering why I accepted Q University's invitation?"
"Yes!" The students in the audience responded in unison.
"Because my boyfriend got into Q University, I'm here to accompany him." He held up his phone, smiling helplessly yet dotingly, "Don't call me anymore. I'm right here, see? If you fail a test in the future, I won't give you a backdoor."
The students in the audience burst into laughter and turned their heads around looking for Dr. Zhuang Li's boyfriend.
Zhuang Li has never concealed his sexual orientation. It's said that if his boyfriend hadn't been diagnosed with ALS, he wouldn't have invested in gene repair technology. He actually specializes in software and mathematics, and has also achieved world-renowned results.
In other words, this love affair contributed to changes in human history.
Therefore, even in China, where people’s customs are relatively conservative, this couple received everyone’s blessings.
No one knew what Dr. Zhuang Li's significant other looked like, so someone said with a smile, "Okay, I'll be honest. Actually, I'm Dr. Zhuang Li's boyfriend."
"You are lying, I am the one!" Another male classmate curled his lips in disdain.
Si Ming, who was sitting in the back row, couldn't stand it anymore. He stretched his head over and pointed at his nose: "I am the curly-haired boy's boyfriend! He is here to accompany me to study."
Zhong Xingyun tried to pull him but failed, so he could only cover half of his face and groan in embarrassment.
Si Ming was still showing off to the people around him: "I am Curly's boyfriend, you are all fake. He likes me the most and always likes to pull my ears and call me a big fool. What the hell do you want!"
The boys around him: "..." Even the details are so realistic? Okay, you win!
Zhong Xingyun was so embarrassed that he couldn't even lift his head.
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A year later, Teng Xuan left the juvenile detention center in a wheelchair.
Teng Wei came to pick him up wearing a washed-out tracksuit. He hadn't shaved his face and his shoes hadn't been polished. He had lost a lot of weight and his eyes were covered with crow's feet. He seemed to have aged a lot after not seeing him for only twelve months.
Teng Xuan stared blankly at his father who was in such a miserable state.
"Let's go." Teng Wei didn't say a word of concern. He stuffed the people into a tattered second-hand car and drove to the low-rent housing outside the city.
"Dad, my ALS is caused by poisoning. Someone poisoned me!" Teng Xuan said anxiously, "Dad, take me to the hospital. Didn't Zhuang Li invent a gene repair drug? That drug can cure me!"
"I know who poisoned you. When you were seven years old, you went to celebrate Xiu Yue's birthday. What did you say to him?" Teng Wei asked very calmly.
In fact, after the bankruptcy, he had gone to the Si family to make trouble. Mr. Si played him some recordings, and he was despairing at the time. He couldn't believe that his son was so young and would hurt others, but thinking of Zhuang Li who was almost framed to commit suicide, he felt that his son's nature seemed to be like this.
It was his neglect of his son's moral education that led to this tragedy. He was the one who made the most mistakes and could not blame anyone else.
Teng Xuan was stunned for a second before shaking his head and said, "Who remembers what happened when I was seven? Dad, why are you asking this?"
"Is Madam Si's death related to you? Are you also responsible for Si Ming's paralysis? Because of you, I've been bankrupted by Mr. Si. It's also because of you that Zhuang Li completely left the Teng family. You still want to buy his medicine to cure your illness? You're dreaming faster!"
Teng Wei took a deep breath and continued, "Do you know how much that medicine costs? One shot costs 20 million US dollars, and I can't even afford 200 yuan right now.
"I originally thought that since you were out, I would take you to kneel and kowtow to Zhuang Li, hoping that he would give you an injection because I had raised him for a few years. Unfortunately, I don't even know where he lives.
"Zhuang Xin is his biological mother. She has searched everywhere but couldn't find him, let alone you? You may have forgotten what you did to hurt him, but he certainly hasn't. He has a stronger desire for revenge than anyone else. So don't even think about it. Just live like this for the rest of your life." Teng Wei parked the car on the side of the road, leaned over the steering wheel and cried bitterly.
How could he not be sad that his son was paralyzed? But no matter how sad he was, what could he do? He wanted justice for his son, but he didn't know who to turn to. He finally believed that all evil had a cause.
Teng Xuan stared blankly at the back of his father's head, his eyes widening as if he had seen some terrifying scene.
Fragments of the past flashed before his eyes, and then he was sucked into a vortex, becoming a black hole that swallowed everything around him. Was this his future? Hopeless and helpless, falling into the abyss forever?
No, no, no, there is still hope, there must be hope!
"Where is Xiu Yue? Does he know that I'm coming out today?" Teng Xuan asked in a trembling voice.
"Xiu Yue?" Teng Wei wiped the embarrassment from his face and sneered, "He's paralyzed. His mother ran away with all the money, and his father worked odd jobs everywhere, not even having enough money to buy him medicine. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, Xiu Yue admitted everything.
"He confessed everything not long after he became paralyzed. He said that Mrs. Si was killed because of your idea. Teng Xuan, you were only seven years old and you knew how to kill people. Are you my son? Are you the reincarnation of a devil?" At this point, Teng Wei actually became scared. He turned back to look at his son, and the pity in his eyes was slowly fading away.
Teng Xuan looked at the pair of eyes that were gradually losing their warmth, and vaguely saw the black hole again. It had expanded!
Three years later, due to lack of money to treat their deteriorating health, Xiu Yue and Teng Xuan died of respiratory failure one after another.
One night, Zhuang Li heard 7480's reminder: "Master, there is a gold finger dropped nearby, please recover it quickly."
Following the location signal, Zhuang Li arrived at a dilapidated residential building and saw Teng Wei standing over the body. He was emaciated, his cheekbones sticking out, his face sunken, like a walking corpse.
Seeing the handsome young man who had grown considerably, Teng Wei was stunned. After a long while, he trembled and got up. He bowed 90 degrees and said sincerely, "I seem to have owed you an apology back then."
The last time I saw Zhuang Li, he said all kinds of nice things to me, but the only thing he didn't say was "I'm sorry."
Zhuang Li waved his hand without saying a word, walked past the old Teng Wei, came to the stained steel bed, and brushed Teng Xuan's face through the air.
Teng Xuan's eyes, which were wide open, immediately closed.
Teng Wei thought Zhuang Li came to see his son off, and he was so moved that he burst into tears.
Zhuang Li took out a bank card and placed it next to Teng Wei. He then walked out slowly, saying without looking back, "This is the tuition the Teng family paid for me. I'm returning it to you. The password is six zeros. Actually, I should have given it to you back then, but I was busy with experiments and forgot."
When he reached the door, he waved and said, "Goodbye."
Teng Wei clutched the bank card tightly, crying even louder. To him now, this card was undoubtedly the most precious gift, a piece of driftwood for a drowning man.
He staggered to his feet and ran out the door, but the young man was no longer there.
At the same time, 7480 was checking the cheat code while reporting to the host: "It's a D-level cheat code, the Eye of Causation."
Zhuang Li sat in the back seat of the car, his eyes closed as he muttered to himself, "The Eye of Karma? Can I see karma with a pair of eyes? Seeing the cycad fruit means I saw Mrs. Si's death and Si Ming's paralysis; seeing the online diary means I saw the original owner's suicide by slitting her wrists?"
"Probably. Let me take a look at the script."
7480 flipped through the script and exclaimed, "Master, there's this passage in the script. Xiu Yue couldn't handle a big deal, so he asked Teng Xuan to step in. Teng Xuan carefully examined the big client and told him not to take a certain road tomorrow. The client followed Teng Xuan's advice, avoided a car accident, and the big deal was finalized. Teng Xuan's eyes really can see cause and effect."
"He used those eyes to get rid of a lot of people, didn't he? What a sin!" Zhuang Li put the golden finger into the energy tank and said nonchalantly, "Burn it."
7480, who was about to persuade him to leave the Eye of Karma behind: "..." The Great Demon King must be the most arrogant host in history, no doubt about it!
"In fact, the Eye of Cause and Effect is very useful, because it is possible for us to travel to the spiritual world. The spiritual world is different from the real world, and many difficulties cannot be solved by science and technology. Master, next time you encounter such a golden finger, you must handle it with caution." 7480 made pertinent suggestions.
"I believe science can solve everything, so why not give it a try?" Zhuang Li smiled with interest. "The supernatural world? That must be very interesting."
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