Chapter 32 The Big Explosion of Trust Crisis
At 8:00 p.m., the light in the entire base dimmed, and looking across the woods in the distance, several rooms could be seen with lights on.
In the upscale office, softly lit, a woman sits at a large glass desk. In the center of the smooth, dust-free desktop, a transparent crystal computer screen folds up, its white light subtly refracting through the lenses.
Ji Fenglan pressed her hand to her forehead, the recorded phone call playing in her ear.
In the recording, the woman speaking a foreign language forcefully interrupts the previous sentence.
"I implanted a tracking chip in her brain. The closer you get, the stronger the fluctuations become. Your shielding device can only protect against things outside the base. Whether she is there or not, I don't need to say anything more."
Another voice spoke in the same foreign language—it was herself. Her excellent mentor not only taught medicine but also the language of her own family.
"Ha, so you called her here just to make sure she wasn't inside the base."
The woman didn't answer, but changed the subject: "Given your close relationship with my mother, I won't ask about your secret with S04. Just hand him over within three days."
In the recording, I think I let out a soft laugh.
"I never admitted that she was here." His tone sounded somewhat shameless.
After a brief silence, the woman spoke again.
“I own 15% of the shares in the Rose Group.”
There was silence again in the recording, but she could imagine that her amber eyes behind her glasses were so bright and captivating.
The woman, anticipating her shocked reaction, spoke with a firm, resolute voice, patiently and gently explaining the situation to her:
"30% of all the shares owned by Lin Zhijun belong to my mother. After her death, I, as her child, can inherit half of them. In order to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, she made a will. That will is in my possession. Hmph, my mother was very thoughtful, but she never expected that man would strike first, sell his own daughter, and publicly announce that he died of a sudden illness."
The woman paused, as if giving herself some time to process the overwhelming hatred she couldn't suppress.
The woman then continued, "I also know that before Mother died, she transferred 10% to you. Luo Jisha, you must have been very stressed these past few years because your assassination attempts on me and Lin Jingru failed. After all, with our deaths, Lin Zhijun would lose 40% of Mother's shares, and that agreement on actual control would also be null and void."
You understand perfectly well that he was able to secure the shares and become the de facto controller because he signed a condition: if the two parties have no offspring direct blood relatives, the 40% shares under his name will be redistributed, and the de facto controller agreement will be void. I haven't seen the original document, but it should be written like this, right? Lokisha.
“I don’t understand what you mean,” she said calmly.
The woman smiled deeply: "In the end, I owe you a thank you. If it weren't for you... Lin Jingru wouldn't have been able to completely sever Lin Zhijun's ties. Now he has thoughts but dares not touch his two remaining daughters."
She could tell that beneath the woman's reserved laughter lay a deep sense of satisfaction.
"Misik, just state your purpose." She was a little tired; nothing in this world was more precious than her time.
"Okay. Hand him over. After I've settled one thing, we'll discuss him properly."
"I'm very curious, what exactly is going on with S04? Why did you want her?"
"This cunning little fox, despite the bomb in her head, dared to conceal many details. I have a feeling she must have lied to me about something."
"Concealment? Deception? My future ally, could you please tell me?"
Missy was silent for a moment. This made her even more curious.
What the woman said next, about systems and hosts, was simply unbelievable to her at the time. She could only sigh that Missy was crazy with her desire for revenge.
But the next question made her suspicious.
"S04, are you with a woman?"
"What woman?"
Missy didn't answer, but muttered to himself, "Maybe he's dead."
She sensed something unusual in his voice, and pretending not to hear, asked again, "What did you say?"
"It's nothing. A maid stole the ruby ring passed down from my mother's family during the chaos. Well, she's dead, so I don't have to bother dealing with her."
"Um."
A maid? Could it be her?
Li Nai...
Ding-ding-ding
The emergency communication bell rang continuously in my ear.
Ji Fenglan snapped out of her daze, and the screen flashed red light as her glasses reflected the light.
Press the answer button, and the guard robot's cold electronic voice will sound.
"S04 has violently breached the No. 3 guard room in the banyan tree. The person is missing. We are currently locating the target, which should take about five minutes."
The time jumps to 8:35 PM.
Another brightly lit room, a typical staff room.
After walking through the cozy and simple shared living and sleeping area, the sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom, along with a faint, off-key humming.
The frosted glass door was covered in water mist, and inside the bathroom, which was twice the size of a regular single-room bathroom, the occupants were enjoying a shower.
Hot water poured down her head, and Li Nai tilted her head back, letting the shampoo foam wash away. Turning around with her back to the frosted glass door, she reached for the soap. She didn't notice a black, human-shaped figure pressed close to the door.
The soap was lathered in water, and the person hummed as they rubbed it on their body. However, they used too much force and the soap flew out with a "plop," splashing onto the floor tiles.
She bent down to pick it up, and her eyes darted behind her calves, where she saw another pair of slender legs, barefoot and covered in mud and bamboo leaves.
Thief!
I looked up abruptly, and everything went black.
He leaned forward and quickly grabbed the scalding hot showerhead.
"ah!!"
He instantly let go, and just as she was about to crash into the other side, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, which was covered with water droplets. His cool palms cupped her wet, protruding lower abdomen, and with a slight force, she leaned back, her body touching softness through the thin fabric.
"Be careful, you can slip and fall even while taking a shower."
The familiar tone of voice reached my ears.
Their eyes widened in shock. How could Qi Shuihan appear?!
Her arms tightened suddenly, and the person behind her pressed closer to her back, his warm breath brushing against her ear. She turned her head as if electrocuted, and looked down to see a hand lightly clenching her lower abdomen, squeezing out white flesh between his fingers.
Two long fingers touched the dangerous black edge.
His feverish body shuddered.
"Qi Shuihan! What are you doing!"
She swayed and struggled while shouting.
"What do you want to do to me?" Qi Shuihan asked in a low voice, his lips close to her ear.
She was stunned. She even forgot that the other person's wet lips were rubbing against her ear.
What the hell?! They've turned the Heavenly Spirits upside down! How dare they question her?!
"Traitor! You betrayed me!" she shouted angrily, turning her head to the side. "Did you reveal my identity as a system?!"
She turned her head hard, but she still couldn't see the face of the person behind her.
I really wanted to stare intently at her face, especially those cunning fox eyes, and catch her red-handed.
The person behind him remained silent, creating a sense of oppression.
She used loud venting to mask her trembling fear: "Don't try to play innocent with me! Dr. Ji asked me about this system and this host yesterday. If it weren't for your big mouth, who else would know! You, you definitely used me as a bargaining chip to curry favor with her! Traitor! Traitor!"
She became more and more excited as she spoke, and with a wave of her hands, she managed to break free of her restraints completely naked.
In a flash, she decided to escape from the bathroom.
He pushed people aside and ran naked straight to the glass door behind him.
Grasp the doorknob and turn it.
Do not move.
She looked at her hands, which were wet and covered with fine foam.
Shake your hand and turn the doorknob again.
Ugh! I still can't open it.
More accurately, it remained completely still.
Looking down closely, the door frame was welded shut with shiny silver metal.
I instantly realized that she wouldn't be able to leave tonight!
Suddenly, a humming voice came from the shower behind her, and the singing was even more melodious than hers.
She hugged her arms and curled up, leaning against the damp, cold frosted glass, her eyes filled with fear and unease as she looked at Qi Shuihan.
Just then, I caught a glimpse of the silvery light emanating from Qi Shuihan's swaying fingertips.
After confirming that she had seen clearly, the other person faintly heard a soft laugh, withdrew their finger, turned on the tap, and hot water gushed out. After a thin layer of steam, the melodious humming continued.
Qi Shuihan stepped under the shower, raised one hand and made a vertical stroke in front of her, then slowly, as if tempting someone, pulled open the semi-transparent white shirt that was soaked and clinging to her body.
With her clothes half-open, Qi Shuihan turned around to face her.
Her chest was fully exposed.
She immediately covered her eyes and lowered her head.
Loud laughter echoed throughout the bathroom.
She only realized later that the other person had deliberately tricked her, and then mocked her after successfully tricking her.
LOL, what a load of rubbish! Everyone has their share of meat. It's stupid not to take advantage of a good deal!
She lowered her hand and stared angrily with wide eyes.
However, the other person had already turned their back and was shampooing their hair.
She was stunned.
It wasn't because the other person was completely naked like her, but because of a purplish-red scar that ran diagonally downwards for over twenty centimeters.
At the edge of the scar, capillaries emerged and spread across the skin, like a giant mutated centipede from a horror movie, terrifyingly clinging to the smooth, fair back of the beautiful protagonist. It came back to life as it wriggled slightly with the action of washing its hair.
"Don't keep staring at me like that, I'll get shy."
shameless!
"What's so great about you? I have everything you have."
"Sigh, you must be so envious of my slim waist." She deliberately swayed her waist. "I understand if you don't have one."
"Get lost." She touched her hot cheek. "I was looking at the wound on your back. Hey, how did you get here?"
"You heartless bastard." Qi Shuihan tilted her head back and rinsed the shampoo foam off her hair. "It was all because I was trying to save you that I got injured by the super zombie that Misi Ke bought at a high price. We almost, just a little bit more, and neither of us would have made it back here."
"You, you can abandon me. I was practically dead then." He touched his abdomen.
After rinsing her hair, Qi Shuihan lathered up with soap: "You looked like you were about to die, which scared me. How could I possibly abandon you?"
She stared blankly at Qi Shuihan's bathing movements, and her movements clearly paused when she mentioned Qi Shuihan's near death.
I pressed my hand to my chest, where a sadness called "being moved" lingered.
Presumably not hearing her voice, Qi Shuihan turned her head curiously: "What's wrong?"
As he spoke, he turned around, and suddenly, Qi Shuihan knelt on the ground, clutching his head, his expression pained.
"Qi Shuihan!"
She rushed over, and just as she was about to check on him, he fell towards her. She caught him and pulled him into her arms.
"How come?" She remembered what Dr. Ji had said: the virus could damage brain nerves, and she guessed that Qi Shuihan was the same.
He rubbed the other person's temples with his fingers. "Relax, relax."
Qi Shuihan grasped her hand, her eyes revealing genuine vulnerability: "I'm sorry. I have no choice, I really have no choice. They planted a miniature bomb in my brain. I want to live, to live a life I can control."
Li Nai avoided her gaze and remained silent. It seemed that she was the one who had told the truth.
"Besides Dr. Ji, Missyco must know too, right?"
Holding her hand tightly, Qi Shuihan closed her eyes to relieve the intense headache. When she opened them again, her eyes sparkled like stars.
Her lips trembled, and uttering a single "yes" seemed to have exhausted all her energy.
“I didn’t reveal your true identity as the system; I switched your identities. Missy asked me how to become the system’s new host.”
“So, Missy kidnapped Mimi and abandoned me as her host… No.” She shook her head, her eyes slightly unfocused: “She disposed of me as her host. She, she wanted to kill me.”
A plug appeared in her mind; once plugged in, all the circuits would be electrified.
"I'm sorry, Li Nai. I arrived too late, and you almost died in the mouths of zombies."
"No, no, it was you who saved my life."
She felt inexplicably cold all over, and goosebumps rose on her skin. She hugged herself, trying to stop the shivering, but couldn't.
Qi Shuihan's headache suddenly disappeared. He frowned, sensing something was wrong. He looked for a bathrobe in the cabinet, took it out, wrapped it around Li Nai, then nimbly picked her up in a princess carry, took away the silver metal that sealed the door, opened the door, and walked out of the bathroom.
"We've been waiting for you for so long."
The bedroom and living room shared a single room, filled with tall, armed robots. Ji Fenglan sat demurely on the sofa, first glancing at her watch, then at Qi Shuihan's naked body. Her eyes narrowed slightly behind her glasses.
Qi Shuihan remained unmoved by Ji Fenglan's intrusive gaze, even proudly raising her chin.
"Oh, I'm so sorry to have made Manager G wait for us after we showered." He sounded quite apologetic.
The two locked eyes.
Li Nai nervously looked back and forth between the two of them.
Ji Fenglan was the first to look away, her gaze falling on Li Nai. She stood up and, under the protection of the armed robot, approached Li Nai and Qi Shuihan.
He touched Li Nai's forehead, and then touched his own forehead.
Leaning over, she asked Li Nai with concern, "Did you catch a cold while taking a bath?"
Without waiting for Li Nai's reply, he took the initiative to intervene and try to take Li Nai's body away, but Qi Shuihan held on tightly.
Li Nai glanced left at Ji Fenglan's calm, kind face, then right at Qi Shuihan's fox-like eyes, which were narrowed with a dangerous glint in them. She no longer felt cold; her head was burning hot.
Ji Fenglan stepped back, her hands seemingly about to let go.
At the same time, Qi Shuihan extended both arms to Ji Fenglan instead of backing away.
"G Manager, could you please take care of the patient?"
After saying that, he was about to release his arm and pull it back.
Both of them thought the other was playing hard to get and would never give up on winning Li Nai over.
"Ouch!"
Li Nai was thrown heavily to the floor between the two men, rubbing his buttocks, angry but unable to utter a word.
The two simultaneously withdrew their gazes from Li Nai and resumed their silent battle of wills.
"So the injury on your back was from saving her," Ji Fenglan said gently.
Qi Shuihan's smile remained unchanged.
“Sigh, I told you back then that bringing Li Nai back to the base was your top priority. But you insisted on releasing all the zombies to attack Mishiko’s base. However, I can understand, the group’s mission cannot be ignored. It’s her…” Ji Fenglan’s reflective glasses looked down at Li Nai’s trembling eyes.
Do you understand?
Qi Shuihan's smile widened, almost distorting her features, as she glanced at Li Nai's drooping head out of the corner of her eye.
There was no anger, no shouting or questioning; it was eerily quiet.
This side of Li Nai made her feel...afraid?
The fox-like eyes widened in surprise, then a smile crept across them as it savored the strange feeling.
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