early morning.
Jiang Fei woke up in the big bed and immediately saw the clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
It has to be said, luxury is all about comfort.
In a metropolis with severe environmental pollution, the air in the entire Gu family building is purified, and the food and supplies are cultivated by specialists.
Jiang Fei stretched lazily, and the video call next to her started. The AI's mechanical voice came through: "Miss Jiang, after breakfast, Mr. Gu wants you to go to the top floor."
Jiang Fei gave a casual reply, turned off the video call, and stayed in bed for a while before getting up.
It was already half an hour later when they went to the top floor to find Gu Xi.
The top floor was empty except for the door to the front room, which was half-open. When Jiang Fei went in, Gu Xi was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, dressed in a sharp and neat suit, with no excess skin showing. Her light-colored long hair was still meticulously combed back.
Except for that night in the fighting arena, he always seemed to be as cold and precise as a robot.
"Gu Xi..." Jiang Fei lowered her eyes and called out to him softly.
Gu Xi turned to look at her, then walked to the table, picked up the cold silver square box, and handed it to her.
“This is…” Jiang Fei looked at the square box, which seemed very familiar.
"A prosthetic eye," Gu Xi said succinctly and calmly. "I told you, I'd give you an eye."
Jiang Fei looked up abruptly, a glint still lingering in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure: "So, going to the fighting arena to compete is for..."
"Yes." Gu Xi nodded.
After he finished speaking, he noticed a moment of brilliance in Jiang Fei's eyes, just like the way she used to look at him.
Gu Xi narrowed her eyes, realizing this move had been the right one: "I'll install it for you."
He said in a deep voice, then opened the box and walked up to her.
Jiang Fei's eyelashes trembled slightly, but she did not refuse. She simply tilted her head back and let him insert the prosthetic eye into her eyeball.
His hands were very cold, which was quite like him.
The prosthetic eye felt cold for a moment when it touched the eyeball. Jiang Fei closed her eyes tightly, her eyelids trembling uneasily. Once the discomfort in her eyes subsided, Gu Xi's deep voice came: "You can open them now."
Jiang Fei slowly opened her eyes. Her field of vision, which was originally narrow in one eye, had indeed become much wider. Although her left eye was still a little blurry, she was able to see the person in front of her clearly.
She looked up and saw Gu Xi standing in her half-blurred, half-clear vision.
Gu Xi was also looking at her: "How... how to raise her?"
Before the last word was finished, Gu Xi only heard Jiang Fei calling him: "Gu Xi".
Gu Xi looked into her eyes, which were bright and unobstructed. Her face, without makeup, was a little pale, yet it also had a touch of coquettish charm, and her lips had a slight upturn.
He disliked her overly attention-grabbing application and instinctively wanted to back away, but before he could act, Jiang Fei suddenly exclaimed, "I really don't know how to thank you!"
Gu Xi simply lowered her eyes and remained silent.
She didn't know how to thank him. She would find out when Ji Wei got engaged.
However, the next second, a white shadow flashed before Gu Xi's eyes, and Jiang Fei had already stepped forward and gently embraced him, giving him a big, extremely warm hug.
Gu Xi stiffened, instinctively wanting to push her away.
Before he could make a move, Jiang Fei quickly released him, lowered her head, her earlobes were bright red, and her voice was very low: "I'm sorry."
Gu Xi narrowed her eyes, then shook her head. Just as she was about to say something, her arm suddenly ached.
He couldn't help but reach out and clench his wrist tightly.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Fei keenly noticed his change.
Gu Xi shook his head, turned and walked towards the room behind him, saying coldly, "If there's nothing else, Miss Jiang, please go back first." His voice became increasingly restrained as he spoke.
Over the years, his body has become increasingly immune to sedatives, while research on pain perception in the lab has progressed slowly.
The injection I received yesterday only lasted one night, and my arms, leg bones, and even the metal bones in my spine are still aching.
"Does it hurt again?" Jiang Fei's voice suddenly came.
Gu Xi paused at the doorway, turning her head slightly: "What?"
Jiang Fei pursed her lips, and after a long while, she said in a low voice, "Before, no one knew your secret, and you always had to bear it all by yourself. Actually... now you don't have to be alone anymore..."
Gu Xi turned her head and looked at her with her eyes half-closed, her clear blue eyes full of depth and inquiry.
Jiang Fei seemed to have mustered up her courage, looked up and met his gaze with a smile: "I'll keep it a secret for you."
Gu Xi paused for a few seconds without responding, but after a while, a smile, barely audible, curved his lips: "Okay."
It's the same room as last night.
It's still the same sophisticated instrument from last night.
Gu Xi walked skillfully to the cold silver table, took off her suit jacket, but paused when she rolled up her sleeves before casually revealing her metal arm. She picked up the syringe from the sterile box and, without blinking, inserted it into the vein in her arm.
Feeling that her limbs were gradually getting better, Gu Xi slowly turned around, glanced at the woman who was still staring at her, walked to the table, drank a glass of dark green liquid in one gulp, and then walked to the refrigerator next to her, picked up another syringe and handed it to Jiang Fei.
Jiang Fei looked down at the syringe. The syringe was the normal size, but the needle was a full palm's length: "This..."
"Didn't you say you were going to help me?" Gu Xi looked at her, "to insert this needle into the third vertebra."
Jiang Fei was stunned for a moment: "This..."
"Don't dare?" Gu Xi's tone was somewhat cold, and she chuckled lightly before withdrawing her hand.
There are things he can't handle alone, but there are some things he can only do alone.
Before he could retract his hand, the syringe was suddenly taken away.
Gu Xi seemed surprised that she would accept it, and her gaze towards her showed a rare hint of astonishment, though it quickly disappeared.
"I can do it," Jiang Fei whispered.
Gu Xi stared at her for a while with her eyes lowered, then turned around and leaned to the side without saying a word, hesitating for a moment as she took off her shirt.
He never imagined that one day he would voluntarily expose his body in front of a living person.
He didn't even trust AI. No one could guarantee that a more advanced AI would one day infiltrate Gu's system and learn his secrets. He only trusted himself.
But once the words were spoken, they could not be taken back. After a long silence, Gu Xi finally took off her shirt. Her pale skin, which had been deprived of sunlight for a long time, combined with the metal, was a shocking sight.
Jiang Fei held a syringe in one hand and slowly placed the other hand on his back.
Gu Xi's body tensed up almost immediately, her distinct muscles twitching slightly, and that unfamiliar yet irresistible touch from last night returned.
He could feel the soft hand on his back moving gently down his spine, like a feather brushing against him, tickling him and making him uneasy.
Finally, the hand stopped, stopping at a certain point, and Jiang Fei's voice came: "Here?"
Gu Xi suddenly snapped back to reality, her expression instantly turning cold: "Hmm."
Jiang Fei glanced at the extremely long needle tip in her hand, then after a long while, she gripped the syringe with both hands, forcefully inserted it into his spine, injected the medicine, and then slowly withdrew it.
Gu Xi was about to get up almost immediately.
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Fei quickly stopped him, her hand inadvertently resting on his shoulder.
Gu Xi stiffened as he touched her warm palm: "What's wrong?"
"A small bump has appeared here; you need to rub it to open it up," Jiang Fei said, placing the syringe aside and gently pressing one hand on the injection site, carefully rubbing it.
Gu Xi was stunned.
The woman's hands were gently massaging his back.
This has never happened before.
From childhood to adulthood, all he learned was the law of the jungle and a clear hierarchy. Cruelty was the only "gift" God gave him, allowing him to climb to his current position.
Everyone was afraid of him, including Lin Ran.
He had considered letting Lin Ran see his modified body, but her fear made him abandon the idea.
Now, he never expected it would be Jiang Fei.
It shouldn't be her either.
Footsteps could be heard outside the door.
Gu Xi quickly snapped out of her daze, realized her own thoughts, her expression froze for a moment, and then she stood up, put on her clothes, and strode outside.
Gu Xi's favorability rating: 10.
Jiang Fei looked at the scene and the figure that resembled those from last night, and slowly curved her lips into a smile.
So what if the favorability rating dropped? It's gone back up now, hasn't it?
The next second, Jiang Fei suddenly thought of something: "Is there any way to treat Gu Xi's condition?"
[System: Gu Xi is also searching for a way to block pain levels above level six. The pain detection system she installed on Lin Jiu last time was a breakthrough.]
Jiang Fei pondered for a moment: "Where is the bottleneck?"
It really works; she didn't believe Gu Xi wouldn't know how to use it.
[System: Human test subjects are missing.]
Jiang Fei frowned.
Would someone as cruel as Gu Xi lack test subjects?
The system explained, "Human emotions are too complex; even slight fear can affect experimental results. Therefore, we cannot force humans to participate in experiments."
Oh, I see.
Jiang Fei narrowed his eyes, and after a long while, he laughed.
For her, who had blocked out the sense of pain, this experiment was just a change of scenery for a short rest.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fei slowly stood up and dusted off the wrinkles on his clothes.
A pitiful little guy who grew up in a cruel life-or-death struggle with beasts, a man tormented by tranquilizers to the point that even the most basic desires are a luxury, must be longing to be "saved".
...
Meanwhile, the tin-roofed house.
A black limousine was parked at the entrance of the alley, its headlights flashing in the gloomy, rainy weather.
Ji Wei walked slowly toward the tin shack, her eyes filled with exhaustion.
He couldn't find Jiang Fei, or even a trace of her, so he had no choice but to come here.
His fingerprints had already been removed from the fingerprint lock at the door. Ji Wei stood in the rain, staring at the fingerprint lock for a long time, before finally taking out a cable device and breaking the lock open.
The tin shack is still the same as he remembers it.
The kitchen where they used to cook together, the table and chairs where they used to eat together—the difference is that there is no trace of his presence in this house anymore.
Including a few pieces of clothing left on the sofa.
Ji Wei stared blankly at the sofa for a long time, then gently touched her left eye before walking over and curling up on the sofa.
For some reason, I suddenly remembered one night when Jiang Fei sat next to me, who was still blind, and described what the starry sky looked like.
Ji Wei looked out the window.
Actually, there are no stars in the sky outside.
Now, she's gone too.
After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard outside the door.
Ji Wei ignored it.
The assistant stood at the door, paused for a moment, and then said, "Mr. Ji, regarding your engagement banquet with Ms. Lin..."
Ji Wei frowned, instinctively wanting to refute, but her assistant's voice came faster: "Mr. Gu said that he will attend with Miss Jiang."
Ji Wei froze.
Miss Jiang, Jiang Fei.
So, she went back to Gu Xi's side? No wonder he couldn't find any news about her.
Thinking back to the day the memory reversal experiment ended, she stood there looking at him apologetically yet calmly, but when she looked at Gu Xi, a dark light flickered in her eyes…
Ji Wei's expression changed slightly, but she ultimately remained silent.
Since she will be there, he will be able to see her then, right?
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