Due to access restrictions, Li Rui and the others were kept outside.
After passing through the electronic door, the smell of disinfectant confirmed that we had arrived at the medical area. It was much quieter than outside, and there weren't many people. At the very center was a garden, planted with many large-leaved plants for patients to rest and recuperate.
People in white uniforms who occasionally passed by bowed respectfully to Lu Yuan.
Xia Yixin initially thought that Chen Zhe and Hong Feng wouldn't do anything in front of everyone, but she soon realized that she was being too naive.
Instead of staying obediently in their hospital room, the two brazenly "spent time alone" in the open space of the central garden, under the watchful eyes of numerous surveillance cameras.
To outsiders, one of them was helping the other recover their physical functions and learn close combat skills, but Xia Yixin was an experienced person. Chen Zhe looked at Hong Feng with doting and smiling eyes, which was completely different from his usual cold demeanor.
This is practically dog food for an event!
She glanced at Lu Yuan and Wang Cheng, and it seemed that they were only focused on the competition between the two of them, so she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Chen Zhe, being an A-level gene user, had a natural advantage and seemed to have a lot of fighting experience before, more like a close-combat style. Hong Feng, on the other hand, was clearly a beginner and was completely controlled by him.
Xia Yixin was also reluctant to disrupt their "private time" right now, so she decided to wait until it was over before talking about it. But as they fought, she sensed a "crisis".
The two people in the open garden were unaware that they were being watched.
After Hongfeng woke up, she realized that she had made a huge misunderstanding. She felt even more guilty after learning that Chen Zhe had impulsively clashed with the executor after seeing her take the poison and was shot twice.
However, this misunderstanding wasn't entirely without its "gains." Chen Zhe's attitude gave her a sense of hope. Although neither of them made it clear, she had a strong intuition for the first time that he thought the same way she did.
She knew this feeling was dangerous. Every time she saw the detector on the executor, her heart would race. Fortunately, this was the treatment area, and the executors' monitoring was not strict. Moreover, because she needed to recover her physical functions, she needed someone to help her walk every day. They could even be alone sometimes.
For example, today, after several days of training, she had almost recovered. Chen Zhe took the opportunity to teach her a few self-defense skills. In the central garden, there was no concept of time at all.
Because of the difference in physical fitness, Hong Feng was already panting heavily after a dozen or so moves. She was pushed to the limit, bit her lip slightly, and suddenly stopped, looking like she was giving up.
Chen Zhe stopped and was about to say something when Hong Feng suddenly grabbed his wrist.
Hong Feng executed a beautiful back throw, panting heavily as she used her knee to brace against his back, her face beaming with a childlike smile. "How about it, are you giving up?"
Unfortunately, she overestimated her strength. Chen Zhe suddenly attacked, and she screamed. When she looked again, she was right next to Chen Zhe. The young man and woman still had smiles on their lips, but as they got closer, their heartbeats became erratic.
Little did she know, their interaction was making Xia Yixin's heart race. Seeing the ambiguous atmosphere between them, Xia Yixin didn't care about anything else and knocked on the floor-to-ceiling glass twice.
The not-so-small sound quickly shattered the ambiguous atmosphere that hadn't even had time to gather.
The two snapped back to their senses, and Xia Yixin quickly rushed into the open garden gate, saying in a reproachful tone, "You two aren't young anymore, can you even take a competition seriously?" She casually explained the situation that had just occurred, thankful that she had stopped it in time and the detector hadn't reacted.
Hongfeng jumped up like a child caught in a puppy love affair, while Chen Zhe remained much calmer, though the flush on his ears betrayed him.
Outside the central garden, Lu Yuan didn't rush in, but looked at the three people inside reminiscing with deep eyes.
Wang Cheng, who was next to him, took the detector down and looked at it suspiciously. Just now, the detector seemed to have emitted a faint warning, but now it was silent. Later, after Wang Cheng took it to the technical department, he was told that a certain component of the "Third Type Emotion Detector" had been damaged. Because it was inside the machine, it was impossible to destroy it remotely unless one had mental power of 3S level or above.
Wang Cheng didn't think the entire Allied Powers could do this, but he didn't dare to say anything recklessly. He simply replaced it with another one under the guise of accident repair.
Xia Yixin was so nervous because although she knew that there was nothing wrong with a third kind of relationship, the Allied countries still had a law that denied it. Before Lu Yuan made a clear statement, she didn't want Hong Feng and Chen Zhe's relationship to be exposed too early.
After subtly probing, she spoke to the two of them with a hidden meaning in her words.
"Chen Zhe, Hong Feng, some things can't be rushed. Perhaps we'll see the rainbow after the storm. You two can wait here patiently. If things really don't work out, we have other options." The worst-case scenario is that Xia Yixin leads them all to escape. Then, without the threat of the enforcers, he and Hong Feng can be together.
Seeing Chen Zhe and Hong Feng nod, she felt slightly relieved, but she failed to notice the deep look in Chen Zhe's eyes.
After Xia Yixin and Lu Yuan left the treatment area together, Chen Zhe and Hong Feng returned to their respective rooms.
Hongfeng was preoccupied with her own thoughts, feeling both ashamed and embarrassed because Xia Yixin had exposed her secret. Chen Zhe, on the other hand, was thinking more deeply. He understood Xia Yixin's intentions, but the fact that an A-level gene user had to be protected meant that Chen Zhe's actions during this time were not merely about taking care of and helping Hongfeng recover. He wanted to do something to protect the woman he loved and his companions, rather than just waiting.
At that moment, he heard a barely audible sound from the ward—the sound of the automatic door locking—and the green light on the monitor turned red.
“Mr. Chen, I think we can make a deal.”
If Xia Yixin were here, she would be shocked by the familiarity of that mechanical male voice.
Upon hearing this voice, Chen Zhe immediately stood up and stared coldly at the monitor. "Who are you?"
"I am V."
Chen Zhe knew that V had infiltrated PO's system. He had come into contact with V before and did not have any concept of this artificial intelligence other than "powerful". But now, this person who claims to be V shocked him and made him deny it.
"Who exactly are you? You can't be V." In Chen Zhe's knowledge, artificial intelligence cannot have self-thinking.
"Alright, it seems you humans still rely on past experiences to think. Mr. Chen, let's get straight to the details of the transaction. I now control the entire PO system, and the information I have on you is enough to accuse you and Miss Hong of committing the crime of a third kind of relationship."
Accompanied by the mechanical sound, a projection appeared on the wall in front of him. It turned out to be the memos that Chen Zhe had spied on Hong Feng and even destroyed. They recorded the changes in his feelings for her. Even Hong Feng did not know that Chen Zhe had kissed her forehead during her lunch break.
These images are sufficient to convict someone.
Chen Zhe's face gradually turned pale.
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