There were fully armed guards standing outside the ward. After confirming the identities of Liang Jing and Li Yuebai, they let them in.
The furnishings in the ward were very similar to those in the intensive care unit of a hospital. Computers and various instruments made slight beeping sounds, and various red and green lines and numbers were displayed on the screen.
On the bed in the middle of the ward, Weng Zichen was lying quietly in his pajamas like an ordinary patient, seemingly in a coma, with faint marks of scales still appearing on his skin and an IV tube inserted in his arm. The entire bed was covered in a transparent plexiglass cover to prevent the patient from suddenly attacking and hurting others.
Li Yuebai followed Liang Jing into the ward, then turned around quietly and closed the door, then just stood at the door without taking a step forward.
He didn't want to walk up to Weng Zichen on the bed and carefully examine him from head to toe like he was visiting an animal. This was too offensive.
Liang Jing walked to the glass cover, knocked on it, and said softly, "Wake up."
Intercom facilities are installed on both sides so that they can hear each other when talking.
From Li Yuebai's perspective, Liang Jing's expression, movements and voice were all very awkward.
This kind of thing would be embarrassing for anyone.
They were a divorced couple who were fighting each other to death before, but in the blink of an eye, their relationship turned into this. Liang Jing had a cold, stubborn and strong personality and was not used to taking care of patients, but she couldn't treat her ex-husband like a laboratory animal, so she had always felt awkward.
The man on the bed opened his eyes - his pupils were still scary, like a snake - his eyes were full of anger, and he even snorted coldly.
From an outsider's perspective, it seems that the relationship between them has eased a lot.
"I made some new soup for you." Liang Jing raised the enameled bottle in her hand awkwardly: "Do you want some?"
The tone sounded like a normal conversation between a couple.
In fact, Liang Jing's usual tone is: "This is the latest alternative drug of hgx78423 type. I hope you can try it so as to better promote the next step of research."
Li Yuebai just casually suggested that she use a more humane way of saying it, but he didn't expect that she actually adopted it.
Weng Zichen sat up from the hospital bed, looked at the glass flask in Liang Jing's hand through the plexiglass cover with a disgusted expression. Vampires only desire human blood, and of course they have no interest in looking at such a substitute, but at the same time he was eager to get rid of this desire as soon as possible, so he finally sneered and nodded.
"I'll pass it over, don't forget to drink it." Liang Jing breathed a sigh of relief and spoke more gently. She placed the flask in a small pipe opening and pressed a button. The inside and outside of the glass cover were isolated. For safety reasons, things could only be transported into the glass cover through the pipe.
Li Yuebai stood at the door, looking at the black liquid in the flask from afar, feeling disgusted.
Maybe I was too tired and too nervous. I have been feeling uncomfortable since I came back from the museum. In fact, I also had several wounds in the earthquake, but I didn't have the energy to treat them. Now, I feel sick and dizzy.
Weng Zichen took the flask from the other end of the pipe, but did not rush to drink it. He just raised his head, and the strange-shaped pupils in his golden eyes suddenly narrowed, and he suddenly looked towards the door - he saw Li Yuebai's figure.
"Who? Liang Jing, who is that?" Weng Zichen shouted fiercely, "Did you bring someone else with you?"
"Don't get excited!" Liang Jing saw that he was about to quarrel again, and quickly retorted: "It's Gu Xisha, he is here to help you."
"Gu Xisha?" Weng Zichen looked over suspiciously. Li Yuebai was standing a little far away and couldn't see clearly.
"It's me." Li Yuebai had no choice but to step forward and said, "Mr. Weng, long time no see."
It was really embarrassing to say this. From a polite point of view, he should at least ask "How are you?" But Weng Zichen's situation was obviously not good. Li Yuebai didn't know what to say, so he had to step closer to the glass cover and nodded politely to Weng Zichen.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Weng Zichen saw him, his whole personality changed.
He had received soothing treatment for so many days, and his mood and physical condition were relatively calm, and the degree of danger had long been reduced a lot. However, as soon as he saw Li Yuebai, he immediately entered a manic state.
With a powerful swing of his arm, the flask was smashed to the ground, glass fragments flew everywhere, and black liquid splashed all over the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Weng Zichen's face showed a ferocious expression full of desire, his teeth were clenched, and he rushed towards Li Yuebai. Fortunately, there was a glass cover blocking him. Weng Zichen rushed to the glass cover and desperately grabbed and pushed it, but it was useless. The glass cover was pushed so hard that it made a clanging sound, but it still did not move at all.
"Gu Xisha, come here... come here!" Weng Zichen gritted his teeth viciously and made all kinds of dangerous gestures towards Li Yuebai.
"You, don't be impulsive!" Liang Jing had never seen Weng Zichen so out of control in these days: "Why... Don't be like this, I'll let him out!"
"No, you make him come over here!" Weng Zichen's expression showed not only madness and anger, but also... desire. He wanted to catch Li Yuebai immediately, tear him into pieces, and eat him...
Li Yuebai frowned, not understanding what nerve he had touched again.
Maybe it’s because I broke the illusion created by Weng Zichen last time, so Weng Zichen is still angry?
No matter what, we can't continue to provoke him.
Li Yuebai nodded to Liang Jing, then turned around and walked out quietly.
I returned to the corridor, said hello to the guard, and waited here for Liang Jing to come out.
Unexpectedly, within a few minutes, the intercom rang. It was Ye Qing's intercom, which Li Yuebai always carried with him.
When I picked up the phone, it was indeed a video call from Director Yang.
"Hello, hello, Xiao Gu? Why are you still holding Ye Qing's walkie-talkie? Where is Ye Qing? Have you found Ye Qing?" Director Yang looked anxious and impatient, and his voice was louder than usual.
"Sorry, I couldn't find him." Li Yuebai felt depressed when he thought of Ye Qing. "After the earthquake, I took his walkie-talkie, but I couldn't find him. Of course, the walkie-talkie is still with me."
"Are there any clues about his whereabouts?" Director Yang asked.
Li Yuebai thought of the gray underground parking lot and the blood-stained teddy bear. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "No, there is no clue."
"Let me show you a surveillance video. Please help me make an inference." Director Yang sent the video to Li Yuebai without saying a word.
The video shows the familiar underground parking lot, and the time was more than two hours ago.
Ye Qing - Ye Qing appeared in the video. He was driving out of the underground parking lot, but he was driving with only one hand - the other hand was holding a little girl in his arms - her face could not be seen clearly, but her soft and petite body and pink dress could be seen. The little girl was motionless, and her body was covered with black and red bloodstains. She looked very disgusting in the blurry video.
Ye Qing...
Li Yuebai tried his best to resist the urge to vomit, but his mind was already buzzing with confusion.
When he heard the cry for help on the phone and picked up the blood-stained teddy bear, he had thought about this possibility, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that no murder had occurred. But... now he no longer has even a glimmer of hope...
"We just received a report from a man in the community that his daughter was missing. We checked the surveillance footage and found this." Director Yang said in a serious tone, "Ye Qing is a subordinate I trust very much, but after he left the team without permission, he dared to do such an incredible thing. He is suspected of committing a crime and must be thoroughly investigated!"
"I..." Li Yuebai, who always boasted that he was smarter in critical situations, really didn't know what to say this time: "I..."
"What's going on, Xiao Gu, can you provide some more clues? Why are you always trying to cover up the truth?" Director Yang yelled, "Xiao Ye is a reliable person, how come he suddenly became a suspect in child kidnapping? What on earth did you do?!"
It's my fault, all my fault.
Li Yuebai closed his eyes and let the cold sweat flow down his spine.
He didn't know how he hung up the intercom. He only knew that Director Yang had already dispatched a large number of people to track down the whereabouts of Ye Qing and the girl. This was a case involving human lives, so they could not be negligent.
However, Li Yuebai was already in despair. According to his judgment, the little girl was probably in danger.
He remembered very clearly that the moment Ye Qing became a vampire, he immediately suppressed him and tried to suck his blood. He might be able to resist that kind of power and violence, but that delicate and young girl... there was absolutely no way she could last more than a minute.
When facing enemies and villains, one can think of various ways to deal with them, but this time the opponent is Ye Qing... Facing Ye Qing, Li Yuebai felt helpless and extremely desperate.
At this moment, Liang Jing came out of the ward.
"You look so bad? What happened?" Liang Jing looked at Li Yuebai's bad complexion with concern and led him into the laboratory.
As soon as he entered the laboratory, Li Yuebai sat down on the floor. He didn't even have enough strength to stand.
"Xiao Gu, what's going on? You look like you just killed someone." Liang Jing sighed, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him, but he didn't take it.
"Nothing." Li Yuebai held his forehead tiredly: "How is the human blood substitute?"
At this point, the substitute has become the biggest life-saving straw in his mind. Only that kind of thing can save Ye Qing from the brink of demonization.
However, just now, the bottle of black liquid was smashed by Weng Zichen.
"Not good enough, still not good enough." Liang Jing also frowned: "I just comforted Weng Zichen. Although the bottle was broken and can't be drunk, the liquid is all over the floor and the smell can be smelled... No, judging from his reaction, the substitute bottle still doesn't have the temptation of human blood."
"..." Li Yuebai nodded. He should understand that the progress of scientific research is always a long process. Liang Jing is not a god, and it is impossible for him to come up with a panacea all at once.
"There is something I must tell you." Liang Jing thought for a moment and said, "I just asked Weng Zichen why he was so excited after seeing you, and asked him if he hated you. He said..."
"?" At this critical moment, Li Yuebai actually didn't care whether Weng Zichen hated him or not.
"He said he didn't hate you." Liang Jing's expression was also very confused: "As soon as you walked out, he immediately calmed down. He said... it was your presence that drove him crazy."
"I……?"
"Weng Zichen said that he just heard your voice and saw your appearance, and he had a strong urge to eat you." Liang Jing was not joking at all, and spoke word by word: "Yes, he said that he wanted to eat you."