Chapter 100
In the end, Feng Ran couldn't escape the matter. After Shen Shiqian learned what Basil had added to the gift, he angrily mobilized a large group to destroy it in the garden. After Feng Ran recovered from the shock and disbelief, he packed his bags and returned to Kempe with a resentful expression.
As punishment, Xingtong's language system was disabled for a month. In the communication interface, a zipper was put up on the mouth of the image it generated for itself.
Hilde and Kacchak stayed on Franklin Star and didn't return, while Tingyun, being an Alpha, couldn't stay with Fran, so Xing Tong arranged for him to go elsewhere, leaving Fran alone in the villa.
When Feng Ran stormed open the villa door, Fran was still holed up in the lab, looking even worse than when Feng Ran first found him. His whole body was red and swollen from overuse of hormones, and he still had bloodshot eyes and dark circles from lack of sleep. He was pale, thin, irritable, dirty, and sickly, looking like he could snap and die at any moment.
"You're here. I'm sorry, I messed things up."
He pressed the gland that was starting to sting again, took a few deep breaths, and began organizing the data on the lab table. Since Feng Ran hadn't spoken, Fran, under scrutiny, took the initiative to speak as before:
"Would you like to take a look at this? I extracted the gene encoding the regenerative neurons in Xiao Jiu and am trying to control its activity and expression. I've also designed several verification experiments regarding the relationship between tissue fluid fusion and cell strength..."
Feng Ran really wanted to pry open this person's brain to see what he was thinking. Was she so sick that she was about to die? As for Fran risking her life, she stood at the door with an imposing presence, and it was the first time she had ever felt so impatient with experimental research.
Feng Ran: "Take off your clothes."
Fran: "I even think that the alien energy cycle could..." His eloquent argument suddenly stalled, and he stood there stunned, "...What?"
Feng Ran: "I said take off your clothes."
Fran's white lab coat was so dirty from working day and night that it would even kick up a layer of dust if it fell on the ground. Underneath, he wore a very tacky and inexplicably black and white printed T-shirt.
Fran habitually hunched over, and when he took off his clothes, he looked even thinner. His emotions were hard to discern, as if all that remained on his face was a pale, sickly pallor.
"Turn around."
The old wounds were somewhat messy and grotesque, but the new flesh growing from the scars was a tender pink, like flowers blooming on the back. The unhealed marks stood out brightly red against the tender pink background, and the fragile glands were even turning purplish-red from the intense biting.
Are pheromones useful?
Fever was incredibly torturous, but Fran kept quiet about it. When he saw the reagent, he wanted to throw it away, but nothing could overcome his Omega instincts.
"It's terrible."
The key component of pheromones is a volatile phenolic substance. Conventional test tubes are sealed with rubber stoppers for easy handling. However, the time lost on the way from collection to attending Fengran's engagement party and then to delivery to the villa is enough to cause most of the pheromone to be lost, not to mention that the concentration collected was not very high to begin with.
Feng Ran had a terrible headache. He couldn't understand why Basil could bite so fiercely. If it weren't for the effects of the pheromones, Fran would have been bitten to death. In fact, Alphas are all about the same in terms of aggression. Feng Ran himself was no less aggressive when dealing with Shen Shiqian. It's just that Fran, as a fragile Omega, didn't have the same strong recovery ability as them, and his foundation was also particularly poor, so he seemed to be in a particularly bad situation.
Fran, who used to pray for survival when he defected to Feng Ran, is now recklessly risking his life without any regard for his own health.
Feng Ran: "Put your clothes on. I'll go talk to Basil."
Fran turned around, tears welling in her eyes: "Really?"
Looking into his eyes, Feng Ran couldn't bear it any longer, so he patted his head and helped him tie his disheveled hair back up.
"Let's put our research on hold for now and get your health checked out first."
"good."
Fran calmly accepted Feng Ran's discipline without any complaints, giving Feng Ran the illusion that the person had always been so well-behaved since being taken in, and that it was Basil who had corrupted him.
Feng Ran sighed, "Sigh, don't you always carry suppressants with you? If basil bites you, why don't you prick it?"
Fran: "I dare not, I'm afraid you'll be angry. My inhibitors are for escaping in critical moments, and the dosage is very high. If I give them to the young master, he can skip school for three days."
Fran: "He initially stayed by your side just to survive, but now he's willing to risk his life to stay by your side. Thinking about it that way, I can understand what that young master is thinking... um, um!"
Feng Ran couldn't stand the word "death" right now, so she pinched his mouth hard and said, "Stop spouting nonsense."
"Fran, I'll say it again, you are my property. Even Basil and Shen Shiqian cannot damage or abuse you at will. Whether you can stay by my side or not is entirely up to me."
Then Fran let out a listless "woof".
Feng Ran frowned: "What are you doing?"
Fran: "Am I not a pet?"
Feng Ran: "That's not a dog. You're going to imitate a rabbit's bleating."
Fran was somewhat resistant to the rabbit sculpture: "If a rabbit starts squealing, doesn't that mean it's been raised to death?"
Feng Ran: "I won't raise you to death."
Fran: "Thank you."
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Compared to the other two accomplices, the pink-haired rabbit was remarkably well-behaved and obedient. It had come to the door in a fierce and aggressive manner, but in the end, it chose to handle the situation gently and even had to think of ways to treat the gland damage so as not to actually kill the person it had raised.
Before formally going to demand an explanation, Sherry first approached Feng Ran. The reason was that when the alien virus broke out, Sena's lockdown of the territory was not timely, and the movement of people caused a small number of viruses to break out in other places. Moreover, the district chief of the outbreak area, Qianyi Xingxing, was a ruthless person who actually chose to burn these patients to death to eliminate the possibility of infection.
He had buried this matter very well, and even within his jurisdiction, very few people knew about it. It wasn't until the recent parliamentary turmoil and the replacement of the external regulators that the matter was discovered through clues in Qianyi Star's new entry and exit policies and internal public opinion.
Tracing the source and transmission route of the virus is simple; just investigate which planets in the vicinity have implemented border control. It can only be said that Princess Sherry's team has some strength; by the time they got to Sena, he had already "committed suicide out of guilt," and the new lord was an ordinary person they had never heard of, without even a central notary.
The only person Sherry could think of who could quietly resolve a troublesome viral epidemic and replace a lord of a territory without alerting any superiors was Feng Ran. Of course, she went to attend Feng Ran's engagement party to confirm this matter, but before she could explain, she was taken away by Afra.
Of course, Sherry wasn't seeking revenge on Feng Ran. After all, Sena deserved to die; it was merely an independent political entity on a border planet, and she wasn't intolerant of it. Feng Ran's value, after all, went far beyond that. However, she couldn't stand idly by regarding the emergence of a highly dangerous new virus. The safety of the entire empire's people needed to be guaranteed, and she wanted to ask Feng Ran for the vaccine formula.
Feng Ran didn't rush to reply to her; instead, she turned around and asked the other party involved for their opinion.
[Feng Ran: Sherry asked me for a vaccine for the alien virus, planning to vaccinate all the people in the empire. Do you think I should give it to her?]
Orville was puzzled by Feng Ran's sudden message, but after reading the content of the message, he felt utterly exhausted and deflated.
[Orville: Why not?]
[Fengran: From your perspective, you should remain silent at this time.]
[Orville: But this is a matter of life and death. Aren't you researching vaccines to save lives?]
[Feng Ran: That's hard to say. After all, I only promised you and Jiang Lan that I would save the residents of Franklin Planet. As for others, they're not within my consideration. Besides, who knew that the winds of change would shift as soon as I returned to Kiria? Personally, I don't really want to clash with Basil, so perhaps now I can do as you wish and withdraw from the struggle between the council and the royal family.]
But this was not the outcome Orville desired; it would only make him feel even more guilty.
[Orville: I beg you...]
[Feng Ran: This is the second time you've tried to get something for nothing. What makes you think your pride is worth anything to me?]
[Orville: There's only so much I can do...]
[Wind-Burning: It's not limited, and it's not even too difficult for you, provided you're ruthless enough.]
From the perspective of whether or not one is ruthless, there is only one answer to this matter. Orville remained silent and did not reply, while Feng Ran continued to attack.
[Feng Ran: Joshua led the bullying of Afu at Sleica's banquet before, and Afu complained to me for a long time after she came back. If you beat up your brother and let her vent her anger, I'll give you face.]
[Orville: But this wasn't his idea...]
[Feng Ran: Of course, it's all about accountability. If you can beat Joey up, I'll grant you any request you make from now on, I'd even switch sides and join the council.]
As for whether joining the parliament would lead to a life of leisure like Olivia or becoming a troublemaker like the Bai family, it's hard to say. But even with the tempting offers from Feng Ran, Orville still couldn't bring himself to do it.
To say that Ceylonka was Bruce's right-hand man was an exaggeration; he was clearly a lackey.
So the education of love ultimately fell on Joshua. As the saying goes, your pain is my pain. Joey was shocked that the brother-obsessed Orville beat Joshua. He asked Joshua what the reason was. Joshua himself was also confused because Orville's opening line was "If you ever dare to be gay again, I will beat you to death." When Joey heard this, his face twisted in disbelief.
He felt good after twisting Feng Ran's body. He laughed so hard on the sofa as he looked at Xing Tong's report. He was joking. If he couldn't deal with Basil, couldn't he deal with others?
Shen Shiqian brought her a plate of sliced fruit. "Why are you smiling so happily?"
Feng Ran pounced on him and snatched half an apple from his mouth, grinning broadly: "Of course I'm happy because we're going to rob someone."
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