It had just rained during the day, and the sky was washed clean, revealing a rare array of stars against the dark backdrop.
A crescent moon hangs high in the sky, gently scattering its shimmering white light.
Li Weiwan stood at the foot of the Zhu family villa's outer wall, struggling to drag the unconscious Shi Jing.
"Wow, it's heavier than a pig for Chinese New Year!"
While complaining, he dragged Shi Jing to the base of the wall, and after putting him down, he went back to drag Jiang Jingwen.
Although Jiang Jingwen is tall, she is slender, so it is much easier for her to drag the load than for Shi Jing.
Li Weiwan also dragged her to the wall and placed her next to the time mirror, then raised her wrist to look at the time on her watch.
"10:05, in six hours it will be 4:00 AM... Tsk, that's way too long."
Although it was well-hidden by the wall, it was still a public place, and it would be troublesome if others saw two people faint there. So, after thinking about it, Li Weiwan decided to call his assistant and have him drive over to get the people out.
His research lab wasn't far from the Zhu family's residence, and his assistant arrived at the community by car half an hour later.
The two of them worked together to drag the unconscious Shi Jing and Jiang Jingwen into the car.
The car discreetly drove away from the residential area and sped towards the research institute.
"Brother Li, what caused this accident this time?" The assistant frowned, looking somewhat troubled.
“Sigh…” Li Weiwan sighed with a headache, “I stripped Zhu Xingye of his negative emotions too cleanly, which caused large blanks in his emotional landscape. If these blanks cannot be filled, his remaining emotions will automatically distort and deform until they fill those blanks.”
"How could this happen?" The assistant had never expected such an unexpected turn of events.
Li Weiwan held her forehead, looking distressed and anxious, her face turning pale.
"I don't know why this is happening, but that's how things have turned out. The only solution now is to stop this experiment immediately, otherwise, something terrible will happen."
Upon hearing this, the assistant turned to look at Li Weiwan: "Brother Li, but this experiment is our last chance. If we stop now, then Zhu Jinzhao and Shi Jing..."
“…Let me think of another way.” Li Weiwan turned to look at Shi Jing, who was sleeping in the back row. “There are still six hours left. If I can’t think of a solution after six hours, then Jing will only have one day left to live.”
"Sigh... what other options are there?" the assistant muttered under his breath. "We've exhausted his essence and blood, and almost used up his heart's blood. Nine experiments have nearly turned Shi Jing into a dried-up corpse. In the end, we had no choice but to extract all his lifespan. What else is there to extract? If we extract any more, he'll die on the lab table..."
"But it doesn't matter. Whether Jing draws the drug or not, she'll die anyway. It's just a matter of where she dies."
“…Liu Xing.” Li Weiwan frowned, disliking hearing Liu Xing say such things.
Liu Xing reluctantly shut his mouth, but after a moment, he couldn't help but say, "Brother Li, whether we want to find other ways or not, we must prepare for the worst."
"I know." Li Weiwan leaned back weakly in her seat and slowly closed her eyes.
"I made this plan when I started my first experiment, and I can accept whatever the final result may be. It's just... these two people have suffered so much, and I really don't want to see them end up like this."
Liu Xing: "But fate is beyond our control... We have done everything within the limits of human power. If we still cannot change their fate, then it proves that God is determined to kill them."
“Heh,” Li Weiwan gave a bitter laugh and said nothing more.
Meanwhile, at Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
Zhu Qian had just finished checking in when he suddenly fainted without warning.
“meinGott!”
The staff behind the counter exclaimed in surprise and quickly got up and ran out to check on Zhu Qian's condition.
"Second Brother!"
Zhu Ning had just returned from the phone call when she saw Zhu Qian being carried onto a stretcher by airport staff.
He opened his eyes wide in terror and ran over like a madman.
"Second brother! Second brother, what's wrong with you!"
Zhu Qian closed his eyes quietly, as if he had suddenly fallen asleep.
"Second Brother!" Zhu Ning rushed to the stretcher and waved away the staff blocking his way.
"Second brother, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly lost consciousness. Before the staff around him could react, he collapsed in a disheveled state beside Zhu Qian's stretcher.
"Oh!"
Airport staff were terrified and quickly called for another stretcher to be brought out, and carried the two brothers who had suddenly fainted to the medical room.
Meanwhile, Zhu Jinzhao is still locked up in a villa that resembles a cage.
It was already very late, but she wasn't sleepy at all.
She sat on the second-floor balcony, gazing expressionlessly at the flowers in the garden.
These flowers are really pretty, but because their owner is Zhu Xingye, Zhu Jinzhao finds them inexplicably annoying. If she had something else to do to pass the time, she wouldn't bother sitting here staring at these boring flowers.
"Knock knock knock—"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Zhu Jinchao frowned, immediately becoming extremely vigilant.
"Who?" she asked in a cold voice.
"It's me, Deng Yingke."
"Deng Yingke..." Zhu Jinzhao recognized the name. She had heard Zhu Xingye call it a few times, but she didn't know which person in the villa he was calling.
"Who are you to Zhu Xingye?" Zhu Jinzhao asked again.
"Hmph..." Deng Yingke chuckled, "I am President Zhu's private doctor."
“…Oh.” Zhu Jinzhao knew who he was instantly.
But instead of opening the door immediately, she slowly got up from the chair and walked into the room at a leisurely pace.
"What do you want?" she asked impatiently, looking at the closed door.
Deng Yingke: "You got caught in the rain during the day, and President Zhu was worried you might get sick, so he specifically told me to keep a close eye on you. I guess you're about to go to sleep now, so I thought I'd come in and take your temperature one last time."
"No need," Zhu Jinzhao refused without hesitation. "I'm perfectly fine, I'm not sick at all! I don't need you to come and check me!"
Deng Yingke's tone was somewhat helpless: "Miss Jinzhao, I know you're healthy. But this is President Zhu's order, and if I don't do it, President Zhu will be angry."
"You know he has a bad temper, and he can be quite scary when he gets angry."
Zhu Jinzhao: "..."
Although she disliked everyone around Zhu Xingye, she didn't want them to suffer Zhu Xingye's wrath because of her.
Besides, it's just taking her temperature; it's not an unreasonable request. She can just cooperate and nothing will happen.
"...Okay." She rolled her eyes at the door, but still agreed to Deng Yingke's request.
She walked to the door in her slippers, and just as she turned the doorknob to open the door, she suddenly felt dizzy.
Immediately afterwards, she lost all consciousness.
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