Worry

When Ivy was a child, her anemia reactions were much more frequent than they are now.

The dizziness caused by her first anemia occurred after her menarche. Yu Mo happened to be on leave at home, taking good care of her diet and daily life, and buying sanitary products for her. She still remembers the warm sunshine that day and the narrow house. In order to avoid being peeped and to prevent theft, a special protection system was installed on the windows. Although they could see the scenery outside the window, in fact no wind could get in. She lay on the sofa to rest because of the discomfort of her first menstrual period, and Yu Mo was taking notes on the table next to her. At fixed intervals, he would kindly remind her to change sanitary products.

Until she discovered his true identity - even before the real confrontation, Ivy trusted him wholeheartedly.

Now that I think about it, his reminder at that time was not necessarily out of "consideration". He was not afraid that her blood would stain her clothes and sofa, but he was using her as a test subject to test the amount of blood she lost and observe her anemic reaction.

She is a test subject that has been growing under scrutiny, a little white mouse in a glass cover, a green sprout in a test tube, a flower that thinks it is growing in spring.

It's all false.

Ivy never had a good talk with Yu Mo. If you don't tear some things apart, you can still keep a decent illusion; the truth is so bloody that she lacks the courage to use a microscope to explore it.

The precious blood was swallowed along his teeth. Her hands were still on Lorraine's hair. Ivy was extremely uneasy now. He was too hot to touch, like a stone exposed to the sun. The outside gave him an abundant temperature, and now her hands would also be warmed.

The most direct feeling was the wound. The strange grass branches here were unexpectedly destructive. It was not until the teeth gently bit it that Ivy felt the hidden, slight pain, like an ant bite, and also like the discomfort every time Lorraine hit a certain point with force. The worry about the toxins in the grass branches and the embarrassment of this posture forced Ivy to stammer: "Teacher."

Her hands unconsciously grasped Lorraine's hair tightly. The tension made her palms seem to be glued with some kind of strong glue. The air between her teeth and lips became increasingly dry. Ivy asked in a low voice: "Are you still not well?"

The cuts hurt even more.

She also heard a "ouch" sound from the side, and Ivy looked over vigilantly -

Thankfully, it's nothing dangerous.

Tsiri was unexpectedly dressed very conservatively. He used to dress like a flamboyant peacock in mating season, but today he was dressed like a mother hen who had just hatched 14 chicks.

Song Xu, with sparkling eyes and every strand of golden hair shining; Song Feng, with a sullen face and looking like a slovenly homeless man;

Xin Lan is in great spirits and looks so good that she can stand on the award podium at any time to receive the honor of District One's Most Inspiring Person of the Year.

There was also a strange woman.

She is tall, wearing a black casual suit, with short hair and a haughty and cold look, like a princess who only exists in feudal countries.

Song Xu did not approach them, but stopped at a distance. He was very cautious: "Sorry, will this disturb you?"

Song Feng said sarcastically, "It looks like the clothes are still on."

Ivy decided to change her mind. She wanted to save the biggest stone to kill Song Feng.

His words made this situation, which was already in a bad way, less embarrassing.

Lorraine stood up as usual, he didn't seem to care about being seen by these people; instead, it was Ci Li who burst into a sarcastic laugh.

"I thought you were very proud," said Tsiri, "it seems that you are just like this. As expected of you... Humph, you kneel down easily."

"That's because you have long legs," Ivy said. "It sounds like you've never knelt on one knee... Is it because your legs are so long that you don't need to kneel to reach such a height?"

Ci Li was stung by her sharp words.

What he hated most was being told he was not as good as Lorraine.

He is not as tall as the poor boy living in the sewers of the dark area, he is not as physically fit as the guy who only knows how to eat black bread, and he is not as good at studying as the poor guy who is almost semi-illiterate and can only speak two languages!

What kind of monster is Lorraine?

With a sweep of his vibrant red hair, Ci Li was about to mock Ivy - this girl with poor genes, who came from the 23rd District, temporarily changed her professional aspirations, and asked Lorraine to pay a certain amount of fines - for being involved in "murder cases" twice in a row. Did she come here specifically to harm Lorraine?

These words did not form, instead Song Xu pushed him away and squatted at Ivy's feet in surprise, the golden hair on his head rushed up as he leaned over: "Are you injured?!"

"Well," Lorraine said, "I'm disinfecting her."

Anya stared at Ivy. Her pure black eyes were like newly mined coal. The extremely cold dark black and white of her eyes made every one of her unhappy expressions particularly "intense".

"Use your lips to disinfect?" Anya looked at Lorraine's face. "Long time no see, Hector. You make me feel strange."

"Long time no see," Lorraine leaned over and introduced Ivy, "This is——"

Ivy recognized her and was overjoyed: "Anya?"

Anya didn't really want to talk to her.

The girl looked very much like Alice and seemed to be about the same age.

Anya's previous work brought her into contact with many men and women working in the entertainment industry. In an era when humans can only live in fixed safe zones, with heavy work and oppressive life, everyone urgently needs some visual stimulation, coupled with superb beauty technology. Nowadays, all men and women working in the entertainment industry are "stunningly beautiful".

Compared with those beautiful stars whose every inch of skin has been carefully designed, Ivy is obviously a natural. She will not always maintain that breathtaking beauty, nor will she be regarded as "perfect without a single mistake." But this beautiful girl, who can be found with many mistakes if carefully picked out, makes Anya unable to look directly into her eyes.

Anya could point out many flaws in her based on the standard of being in the mirror, for example, her face became wider after being in the mirror, her teeth did not have that kind of correction surgery, one of her teeth was not as straight as the template, her hair was too much and too messy, and her muscles were too obvious, while the popular style now was the loose feeling without strong muscles...

But these defects made her face incomparably vivid. Anya looked at her cheeks and found that they looked so full that it seemed as if she could taste the sweet juice if she took a bite.

This girl has a special charm that makes Anya's heart palpitate.

It even smelled so delicious, even more attractive to her than Alice - fresh coconut water without any additives, so clean that you could drink it in just one sip.

Anya doesn't like her.

She didn't like the feeling of being out of control, she didn't like her identity as a competitor, and she didn't like the look on her face.

——If the other person was not Lorraine’s ex-wife, or if Lorraine didn’t think so highly of her ex-wife, Anya might take the initiative to make friends with her.

Unfortunately, one's identity cannot be changed.

Ivy still had that surprised expression on her face, with no sign of disguise at all; Anya was amazed by her superb acting skills. This incredible little girl, could she be so calm even when facing her competitors?

"Anya?" Ivy repeated the name again, her voice full of expectation. "You used to be a TV host, right? You once did in-depth military reports in the wasteland - by the way, you also made a documentary about the expedition team, right? When I was still in school, I really liked your show -"

"When I was still in school?" Anya asked. "Are you making fun of my age?"

"Ah? No," Ivy was stunned, and then immediately explained, "I wanted to say that I liked your program a long time ago. Especially your introduction to the expedition team. That documentary gave me a clearer understanding of the responsibilities of the expedition team... By the way, it was also because of the method provided by that documentary that I later joined the expedition team."

—and then met Lorraine and easily got what she couldn't get?

Anya said sternly, "There's no point in talking about this, little girl. Don't waste our time. Your tricks are of no use to me."

"Don't be so harsh to my students," Lorraine said, "Anya, this is not a TV station, nor is it your team. She is just a little girl who is expressing her love to you. Why do you have to hurt her heart with such sharp words?"

Song Xu had already stood up, but his eyes were still fixed on Ivy's wound. Yu Mo was not here, and they were both without bandages. He imitated what Luo Lin had taught in class and tore off a corner of his shirt.

"It doesn't matter," Song Xu said to Lorraine sincerely, "Teacher, you don't need to say these things. You were so harsh to Ivy before and said so many hurtful things to her. She has already adapted to your sharp and hurtful words. Compared with you, Ms. Anya's words are simply like 'hearing music to the ears'."

"You've learned poetry really well," Lorraine stopped Song Xu from trying to bandage Ivy's wound with a shirt, "but your medical knowledge is obviously not enough. You bandaged her wound with a sweaty shirt. Do you hope that she will get infected and die sooner?"

Song Xu's eyes widened: "Why can you suck it but I can't? There are a lot of oral bacteria!"

"Because the grass that scratched me might be poisonous," Ivy explained, "so..."

"So it's like in the TV dramas of the ancients, sucking it with your mouth, is it poisonous?" Ci Li laughed mercilessly, "What era is this? Are you still imitating this plot? Why don't you imitate the situation of being poisoned by spring drugs and rolling around like crazy?"

Before he finished speaking, Lorraine broke off a branch and hit Ci Li hard with it.

Bang——!

The crisp grass branch left a bright red scratch on Ci Li's cheek. The dry and cracked grass stems had tiny burrs on their ends. Lorraine pressed the burrs against Ci Li's face and warned, "Don't play such a mean joke on her. Ivy is so much younger than you, don't you have any shame at all?"

"What's shameful?" Ci Li said sarcastically, "You are not ashamed to marry a girl who is nine years younger than you and knows nothing? You are not ashamed to use a resume that does not belong to you? Guess who would be a perfect match for him if he were still alive? He respected you as his own brother. What's the difference between your behavior now and sleeping with your brother's sister? Disgusting, perverted, crazy."

Anya held her breath.

She didn't understand what Ci Li was saying, but she felt that this matter seemed very important.

"Okay, everyone full of energy..." Xin Lan raised his hand, and the good guy and professional mediator finally came out. He said, "Listen to me..."

Tsiri's cheek hurt. He guessed that the broken grass stalks in Lorraine's hand must have pierced his skin again.

This shameless bastard!

He just spent a lot of money on a skin care surgery last week, which removed those annoying sun spots and reduced his pores - his skin was as smooth as a peeled egg, which he had managed to maintain for two weeks. Not everyone in the world has good skin like Lorraine, this bastard who doesn't know how to cherish it!

In this day and age when men also pursue extreme handsomeness, in order to appear in front of his true love in the best posture, Tseri pays great attention to his appearance; in his opinion, the anger of being beaten by Lorraine is not as great as having his skin damaged.

Lorraine is so good at hating people.

Xin Lan continued, "That's right. Obviously, there is a lack of medicine here. Lorraine leaned over and seemed to be licking Ivy's wound, but in fact, he was selflessly helping her disinfect. It is well known that saliva contains a small amount of lysozyme, which can inhibit the growth of microorganisms to a certain extent..."

"That's right," Ivy agreed immediately. She didn't quite understand Anya's hostile attitude, but she was happy to defend Lorraine's innocence. "The teacher is helping me."

"Teacher?" Anya looked between the two with suspicion. The weird and peculiar atmosphere between them made Anya a little alert. She couldn't convince herself that this was normal, but she had no right to blame anyone either.

When everyone was silent, Xin Lan briefly explained the whole story.

This made Lorraine very unhappy.

Only after they successfully escaped from the bottom of the abyss along the rope and saw Congcong, Tiger and Dangdang waiting above, Lorraine criticized them mercilessly as a leader.

"What do you think this place is? A playground for you to play house? Or a team building for relaxation?"

"You don't want to live? Or you don't want to have a brain?"

"Moving your brain won't cause an earthquake. They are not as fragile as you think. Similarly, your life is not as strong as you think."

…

How could those who had not taken Lorraine's class cope with such criticism? Several of them were scolded like wilted and pitiful little weeds.

Only Dodge, with his face covered by a hood, made a faint sound.

"I smell danger, about Ivy," he said, "and I have a feeling that she will suffer serious physical damage..."

"Her right wrist has been injured," Lorraine said sternly. "Who gave you the pass?"

"Dreven will help us get the application," Anya said. "I want to ask, Admiral Hector, why did you allow Ivy to come here with an injured right hand, but be so strict with the more combat-ready expedition team?"

Song Xu said, "Isn't that nonsense? That's Ivy. I admit that I am indeed one of the best students in Teacher Lorraine's eyes, but Ivy is also one of them! Her grades are better than mine and her qualities are higher than mine - is there a problem with Teacher Lorraine choosing her? Is there?"

Anya's expression became even worse, and she looked at Song Xu again: "What is your position?"

"Ivy's position is my position," Song Xu said, "Any questions?"

Anya doesn't want to talk to Love Brain.

This guy seems to be a guy who is not ashamed of digging holes, but proud of it.

His self-righteousness made Anya feel uncomfortable.

After learning that Yu Mo and the rest of the people went to the laboratory to get medicine, Lorraine's expression became even worse.

The opponent's resurrection and "counterattack" were faster than he had imagined, and this speed even exceeded his estimation of "Yuan".

Perhaps there is more than just yuan behind this matter.

When he saw Yu Mo again, the latter came over with a smile and opened his arms to Ivy under Lorraine's gaze. He didn't care about the eyes of the people around him at all and called her "Xiaobao" softly.

When he brought her to her, Ivy was still distracted by Anya's thoughts. The latter's hostility was so obvious that Ivy could sense it clearly.

She vaguely guessed the source of the hostility.

Because Anya had been talking to Lorraine, the language was normal, but the look in her eyes was different.

Just like when they entered the laboratory just now, although Xin Lan was closer and more friendly, Anya had no intention of communicating with him. She walked past him and asked Luo Lin: "Have you been here before?"

Just as she was distracted, Ivy was hugged tightly by Yu Mo.

The scent of plants and trees on him was so clear, so clear that Ivy had an illusion, as if the person holding her now was not the current Yu Mo, but the younger version of Yu Mo who had bravely confessed his love to her and accepted her when she was just beginning to fall in love a few years ago.

Song Feng slapped Yu Mo on the back of his hand: "Don't hug me in public, it's important to focus on business!"

Lorraine, who was reprimanding Iris's captain Rong Qi at the moment, looked over here and his gaze stopped at the moment Yu Mo touched Ivy's hand. His eyes were as heavy as a cumulonimbus cloud.

"I'm sorry, of course I know. The most important thing now is to find medicine, and it would be best if we could repair Xiaobao's right hand that was maliciously injured," Yu Mo smiled softly, his smooth silver hair making his skin look even more clean and white - so clean that it seemed to have discarded all impurities and did not contain a trace of filth. "I haven't seen Xiaobao for too long, I'm a little excited."

When Song Feng mentioned his "right hand that was maliciously injured", his lips turned as white as paper.

——If he hadn't wanted to win so badly and wanted to overpower her, Ivy's wrist wouldn't have been injured so badly.

At that time, Song Feng's competitive spirit was too strong, and he wanted to overwhelm his opponent.

"You just saw him today," Lorraine said. "Don't make it sound like it was a matter of life and death, Dr. Yumo."

His deep voice made Yu Mo laugh: "Are you so cruel to everyone? Like a cold-blooded killer..."

"Of course not," Xin Lan smiled gently, and said, "Admiral Hector has always taught students according to their aptitude. Some students need moderate praise, while some students need moderate sticks."

Ivy really wanted to ask Lorraine, in his eyes, did she need moderate praise or moderate beating?

Well, if the two were still engaged, he might calmly and seriously say that he needed meat and wood.

"Have you found the medicine?" Lorraine asked Yu Mo. He said, "Where is the bone growth agent?"

"It's a pity," Yu Mo sighed softly, "So far, I have only found the drug formula and some raw materials that can save Professor Asher. Now I am discussing who will deliver the medicine... As for the bone growth agent, I haven't found it yet."

It is obvious that Yu Mo is lying again.

The "little treasure" and the hug just now have already made Luo Lin irritable enough, not to mention the fact that Yu Mo has hidden his "memories" in some way. This guy who secretly transferred a lot of memories to the cloud and sealed them up, and also hid a lot of important information, is still pretending here, and continues to confuse Ivy with that gentle shell and ambiguous feelings.

Lorraine resisted the urge to shoot him again.

At least not in front of Ivy.

The troops were divided into two groups. Alice, Yu Bai, Rong Qi and the Green team went to deliver the medicine back; the rest of the people continued to follow Lorraine to collect data, search for medicine and the bodies of those who died in the previous battle.

Anya, who was supposed to go back to take care of her father, insisted on staying.

And swinging.

When more people gathered, Ivy would no longer stay so close to Lorraine.

He is a leader, and he is the core member of any team. Ivy is aware of her own abilities, and she is suited to being at the front and being a brave vanguard warrior, rather than being part of the advisory group surrounding the leader.

Especially now, with Anya.

Xin Lan didn't bother to explain to Ivy about Lorraine and Anya's past. In fact, there was nothing to explain. It was just a purely one-sided affection, just like Ivy and Song Xu - even worse than them.

Lorraine rarely gets upset with Song Xu, and Xin Lan, who is good at data substitution and analysis, draws conclusions naturally, and Ivy doesn't care about Anya either.

Coupled with the resurrection and secrets of "Yu Mo", Xin Lan needs to report to Lorraine alone.

The Yuan laboratory was under another merry-go-round. It was wider and brighter than Ivy had imagined. It probably had a complete solar energy system. The lights and some facilities were still usable. Several laboratories were connected together, and the corridor in the middle was wide enough to drive a sports car.

Lorraine and Xin Lan were discussing something, while the rest of the people were on standby. During the break, Ivy wandered into a room labeled "Embryo Research" and found that there were no experimental samples left. It was so clean and tidy that it looked like a model laboratory room in a school photo shoot. She touched the test tube racks and glass culture dishes on the table, and when she thought that she might have been born in these places, she felt a sense of unspeakable loss in her heart.

The guy who made her feel even more depressed came.

"No matter from which angle you look at it, your divorce with Lorraine is a good thing," Song Feng said abruptly, standing behind her. "In fact, Anya and Teacher Lorraine are a perfect match, a strong combination."

Ivy said, "What are you doing? Are you looking for trouble?"

She was suspicious: "Are you asking for trouble? Do you feel any special pleasure from being naughty and beaten suddenly?"

“Ivy,” Song Feng said, “you know what I’m talking about.”

Ivy turned around: "I don't know."

"Based on the matching degree of the mate selection questionnaire, there may be problems sometimes," Song Feng said solemnly, blocking her way, "Why didn't you tell me about your divorce with Teacher Lorraine?"

"It's incomprehensible," Ivy frowned, "Why should I tell you? Are you my son?"

After she finished saying that, she pouted again.

"I don't want to give birth to a son like you," Ivy said. "You'll pollute my womb."

"Pollution?" Song Feng seemed to be stimulated by something. He nervously grabbed Ivy's hand and asked directly, "Then it wasn't pollution when you let Luo Linchao in? It wasn't pollution when his stuff went in? He was not nice to you at all. He had a bad attitude and harsh language. He punished you at every turn. No matter whether you were married or divorced, you had to call him teacher. Can you tolerate such a serious feeling of inequality?"

Ivy's right hand was injured, so she couldn't punch him hard enough to break his teeth.

She said, "Let it go."

"I won't let go," Song Feng said. "Isn't it good to be a dog that listens to you? Why do you still want to be someone else's dog? Don't you really want to be the one holding the leash?"

Ivy felt insulted.

Deeply insulting.

It sounded like she was being cheap.

"That's right. You've always looked down on me and Song Xu," Song Feng said mockingly. "Seeing that we two brothers are all doing everything for you, you feel very proud, right? Very happy, right? You enjoy it... and you look down on people who take the initiative to love you, right?"

Ivy said, "How disgusting! When did you learn to say such disgusting words? Ah, you are so disgusting - so disgusting that if I put a candle wick in your mouth, it will burn for ten years!"

"Whatever you think," Song Feng stared at her, "Since you're divorced, it proves that you two are not suitable. It's very difficult to cross the class through marriage... Ivy, you can choose an easier path, which may not give you such a high altitude, but I'm sure you won't fall. Whether it's me, Song Xu, or both of us together... we can all give you something better and more suitable for you. You don't have to wag your tail and act nice to Lorraine anymore - um!"

Ivy bent her knees hard and hit his son's head hard with her knee.

Song Feng loosened his grip after the chicken flew away. The injury caused by the fatal chicken hitting made his lips turn white all of a sudden. He slowly squatted down. Even so, Song Feng was still panting to remind him.

"You are not Anya's opponent, you know? Anya left the TV station because of Lorraine... Also, Hector's family had talked to Anya's father about getting the two of them married, and they almost got engaged..." Song Feng said with difficulty, "Her father's position is too high... It's too easy to have another 'unidentified missing person' in District 1; Lorraine is so arrogant, so there should be another arrogant person to torture him. This is what is written in romance novels..."

Ivy ran out in one breath and bumped into Lorraine who was talking to Xin Lan.

Anya is also seen not far away.

She lowered her head, walked past the two people in one go, and went to find Dangdang and the others.

Lorraine directly grabbed her arm: "Ivy."

Ivy said, "Congratulations, it looks like your dislocated arm has healed."

"Song Feng just passed by," Lorraine lowered his eyes, "What did he say?"

Ivy said, "Let me go, teacher, I won't delay your business——"

"—it must be Anya."

Xin Lan, who was about to leave, suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Ivy. He could clearly tell that this emotion belonged to "depression", "jealousy" and "depression".

The smart chip immediately analyzed the reasons for the emergence of these complex emotions.

"Song Feng told you about Anya's affairs, which might involve Lorraine," Xin Lan asked, "is that right?"

Lorraine frowned: "What's the relationship between me and her?"

Ivy said, "You hurt me!"

After loosening her hands, Ivy hurried to leave, but Lorraine reached out and pulled her back - this time he didn't grab Ivy's arm, but blocked it with his arm - Ivy staggered back to his side.

"If that's the reason," Lorraine said, "don't worry. I can talk to you slowly after we leave here."

"What should I worry about?" Ivy said, "I don't worry about anything. What happens between you and her has nothing to do with me."

Her anger was rising very obviously. Xin Lan was scared and wanted to force Luo Lin to kiss her.

Big data analysis shows that now, if the master forcibly kisses her mouth, this anger will be greatly reduced to a certain extent.

"Well," said Lorraine, "but I'm a little worried."

Ivy said, "It's great that you would worry about such a trivial matter..." She felt that this kind of quarreling conversation between children was just like a tongue twister, but her mouth still uncontrollably said "worry" and "worry", as if saying it out loud could make her feel "at ease".

"It's not that kind of thing," Lorraine said. "Because of you."

He said very slowly, enunciating each word: "I was worried that this would worry you."