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The mess on the floor was quickly cleaned up. Mu Qingyan stared at the mechanical bodies that she had destroyed with her own hands for a few seconds, and then followed David Dai's instructions and entered the villa's meeting room first.
"Mr. Mu...Mr. Mu, please...have some tea..."
David personally brought over a cup of tea, and his attitude completely changed.
"Hey, I'll do it! Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Dai. I'll take care of Sister Mu! Please stay away from her~"
The one who was being mocked dared not speak out, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally asked:
"Kinsley...when will you and Mr. Mu..."
The celebrity took the tea bowl and leaned closer with a somewhat flattering tone:
"Sister Mu was protecting me the whole time just now, didn't you guys see? Sister, you must be tired tonight. Drink some water quickly, be careful of the heat~"
Everyone present had either a blank expression or seemed to be deep in thought. The atmosphere was very solemn. Fortunately, he was not affected at all and was still able to jump up and down like this.
Mu Qingyan did not accept his kindness and pointed to the table: "I'm not thirsty, just put it there."
Then, he slowly glanced at the few people who remained here.
It would be fine if it was the Dai family's father and daughter, since they were the main family after all, but why didn't Yan Chi and Ye Wanning leave?
Dustin sat opposite, still displaying his arrogant attitude, seemingly not caring at all who stayed or left.
After all, no matter who it is, after hearing his overt and covert threats just now, they would have to think twice.
"Yan, let's get straight to the point. You should know that in addition to nanorobots, BI has been conducting research on bionic technology and artificial organs, right?"
"These two technologies are strictly controlled in China and haven't been widely used, so their business is mostly focused on other continents. They say their success rate has always been good. What's going on? Did they replace the wrong heart this time, that of a prime minister or president?"
Dustin snorted and laughed:
"No, they are just an ordinary brother and sister."
"So, Lawrence Bedford asked you to come over here to reconstruct the body of the deceased girl and return it to her brother as a token of comfort?"
"Oh Yan..."
Dustin wasn't surprised at all by what the other party had found out. He leaned forward, his chin supported by his bony fingers, skilled in mechanical creation, his eyes full of malicious mockery.
"We both made the same accusation. Don't act like you didn't do it."
Yan Chi, who was sitting in the corner, stood up suddenly.
"Mr. Chu, please be careful with your words! Qingyan only did that because of me and the Yan family..."
But it was obvious that apart from Ye Wanning who was desperately pulling his sleeve, no one else present responded to his accusation.
This was the second time he was ignored tonight, something he could not tolerate as he had been surrounded by applause and flowers since he was a child.
But he knew in his heart that from the moment this "young genius" appeared, from the moment he knew that his fiancée, Mu Qingyan, who had been working in the operations position of Yan's and had been unknown for many years, was actually one of the founders of that business empire, he had almost no say in such occasions.
"Qingyan." Chen Chuxuan took over the topic awkwardly. "Although Big Brother didn't explain why Father asked him to go to Country E, but... medical accidents... are always unavoidable. Qingyan, what exactly did you discover during this that made you make such a fuss?"
"Father?" Dustin's tone shifted. "You're Lawrence Bedford's adopted daughter? Miss, it seems you don't know what your father has been doing behind your back."
"Dude! Can you be a little more gentleman when talking to a lady..." York sat in the seat behind Dustin and patted his friend's shoulder helplessly.
Dustin glanced sideways:
"The 'non-interference pact' hasn't been removed yet, so you'd better shut up."
He turned sideways and looked at Shen Chuxuan with a hint of anger in his expression:
"The development of technology inevitably brings about ethical and legal gray areas. Everyone understands this fact from birth. But, Miss Bedford, if I told you that all the artificial organs successfully transplanted by BI were taken from real human bodies, would you still call this a 'big deal'?"
There was silence in the conference room for a few seconds.
"Dustin...you...you're really kidding..." David's voice was a little dry. "Even if BI can exploit loopholes in other countries' laws, it completes at least hundreds of thousands of cases every year. If it's organ trafficking, how could such a large buyer not be detected..."
"Because that is not organ trafficking at all."
In line with Mu Qingyan's words, Dustin asked his assistant to release all the information he brought from Country E.
Illegally forcing or harming unrelated people in order to obtain their healthy organs is called organ trafficking.
However, if those who provide these to the patients are their relatives or friends, and it is completely voluntary, it can only be called a donation.
So, if a couple suddenly discovered that their first child had a congenital heart disease, and therefore had another child, just to provide a healthy heart with a compatible blood type and gene for the older sibling when necessary, without any rejection reaction,
What is this called?
"Bedford International has been established for nearly two hundred years, and has always had a department dedicated to 'organ reconstruction'. Initially, it simply provided... a storage place for children born 'with a purpose'. After all..."
Jason seemed to choke.
"Some parents couldn't bear to see their children, whom they'd spent every day with, put on the operating table. But later, with the continuous development of bionics and cloning technology, BI successfully achieved the goal of giving birth to babies without the mother's pregnancy. This further alleviated the guilt of patients and their families, and without violating ethics or personal morals, it became easy to obtain healthy 'replacement specimens'..."
As the cold words reached their ears, everyone felt a chill all over their body.
David's eyes were almost blurred:
"It's not...bionic organs...it's...bionic people...So, those welfare organizations and orphanages under BI..."
“No no no!!!——”
Ye Wanning covered her ears and screamed in fear.
They didn't really calm down until the Dai family's servant and Yan Chi took the girl away from the meeting room.
Bionics and robots cannot be equated.
However, no matter how many times top scientists and philosophers throughout the ages have debated, they still cannot determine where the line between bionic humans and real humans lies.
Bionic people have flesh and blood, can cry and laugh. Even if they have been kept in captivity, can they only be regarded as containers that carry healthy organs?
"Qing Yan..."
Shen Chuxuan's face was full of pain, and she looked over for help. Kinsley's constant comforting words beside her were almost ignored.
Dustin gave his assistant a look, and the latter continued.
"The BI incident occurred to a brother and sister. The brother suffered from multiple organ failure, which led to the birth of the sister. Because the brother loved the girl from birth, his parents did not force the two to separate. Instead, they regularly sent the sister to a BI-affiliated hospital for medication and mind-training—commonly known as brainwashing—in order to make her willingly donate her organs..."
Dustin still remembers listening to the boy, who had just reached adulthood, tell him everything.
"When I was little, I didn't understand much. I only knew that every time I was sick and had to be hospitalized, my sister would get sick too... I even thought we had telepathy..."
He didn't realize that his body functions started to get better and better after he came out of the operating room, but the little girl was getting weaker and weaker.
"Ms. Mu," Jason said, bowing slightly. "Boss wasn't asked by BI to solve the problem. Instead, that brother asked him for help when he was desperate. However, after he arrived in Country E, Lawrence Bedford also learned of the matter. Boss had to deal with him for a long time, which is why it took so long."
After all, the only one who can compete with BI now is Dustin's Infinity.
Mu Qingyan didn't ask Dustin how he knew about this, but was a little surprised that he would actually intervene.
"Yan, I know what you are thinking, but don't forget—"
Dustin relaxed back in his chair.
"You just destroyed every single one of the advanced autonomous robots I built with my own hands. Although mechanical bodies can't be equated with humans, do you think they would feel lost and sad when they tore their own bodies apart? Yan, are you killing people?"
"What do you want to say?"
After listening to this disgusting story, Mu Qingyan was obviously in a bad state.
"I mean, Yan, have you ever thought that, perhaps, we are the same kind of—"
"Shut up!"
Perhaps because his thoughts were touched upon or what, Mu Qingyan slammed her palm on the table, interrupting Dustin's words.
Dustin showed a barely perceptible look of triumph on his face, but he still changed the subject:
"It's not that I'm nosy, but I really can't stand those scumbag parents and that girl who had her entire body stripped clean. You always thought I was cold-blooded, but you really should have seen the expressions on the parents' faces when the little girl's brother tried to cut open his own chest with a knife."
...
"Chuxuan...I...I'm so sorry..."
On the way back in the car, Mu Qingyan looked at Shen Chuxuan, who had been silent all the way, and apologized softly.
"Qing Yan, can I ask you, with your ability, why do you have to come to Shen's? My father... Could it be that you..."
Mu Qingyan was stunned.
Light and shadows kept passing across her beautiful face, but they could not reveal any changes in her emotions.
She clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms, and the pain finally made her suppress the answer that was about to come out.
"Oh... I... a high-level robot left by my teacher... cannot be repaired normally. It must rely on Shen's nanorobots. The repair process will be very long, and I need to master this technology. As for your father's matter, I just happened to hear... York mentioned it..."
"Yes...yes, sorry Qingyan, I shouldn't ask you that..."
Mu Qingyan felt a pain in his left chest.
——Chuxuan...don't apologize to me...
Soon, the car arrived outside the Shen's manor.
"Ayin, please send Qingyan back..."
"Don't...Chu Xin, it's better to let Kinsley accompany you." Mu Qingyan was really worried about the other party's condition.
"I'm fine. Besides, Mr. Tanaka is here."
The omnipotent Tanaka had previously taken care of Shen Chuxuan, who was studying alone abroad. Kinsley naturally knew about this, so he turned around and advised:
"Take good care of my sister and let her rest early."
"Yes, sir."
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