Su Zhiyue woke up suddenly, took a few deep breaths, and thought of the boy again.
"Mom, I'm here!"
Her heart even stopped for a moment, and she couldn't tell whether she was in pain or joy.
This sound came from the consciousness of the little Doudou next to me.
"You really are~"
A large part of the reason she was willing to save the baby was because she remembered the boy who threw himself at her side and died with her.
"It's me. I'm too weak during the day to communicate with you. After all this time of sleep, I've accumulated some energy and can connect with your consciousness, but it won't last long. Let me make it short.
I am indeed your son. I stayed in your belly for more than three months, and then they took me away. You may not have been aware of it when they did this. They performed the operation for experimental reasons.
I was born in a simulation box, and when I had no independent consciousness, they noticed that my consciousness was different from yours, so they suspected that you were hiding your abilities.
For over a decade, they've been studying me, trying to transfer my abilities to the leader of the organization. He's even considered a brain transplant. I've usually been very cooperative, so they didn't keep a close eye on me.
I got the news that they were going to attack you, so I killed the guards and tried to save you, but it was too late."
She didn't know how to express it to her son who had grown up without her knowing, and now became a baby again.
Could it be that in the dark, she is allowing herself to truly become a mother?
"I'm the one who got you into trouble. You must have suffered a lot over the years!"
She knew how cruel and inhumane those so-called experiments were.
"Luckily, they thought I knew nothing, and I was very cooperative, so my life wasn't that hard. But I understand your situation. It's sad to think that you could have survived for 30 years in the hands of such inhumane people.
In the last two years, the leader, perhaps getting older and impatient, had been constantly eyeing my brain. He thought that by constantly monitoring my moods with some kind of detector, he could determine the distance within which I could probe his thoughts, and that as long as I stayed within that distance, I wouldn't notice.
Ha! I leaked all that on purpose. I didn't want him to detect it, so I didn't show any emotion. So I knew he wanted to replace my brain.
I have been thinking of ways to take you away and escape together, but before I could complete the plan, I found out that they were going to use cruel and vicious methods to deal with you..."
"Why bother saving me? If you can escape, you should stay away!"
"Even if I've cooperated with you over the years, I'm still doomed to die. If I can save you, two people will always have a better chance of success than one."
"It still cost you your life!"
"You should be happy. I think everything is fine now. There will be no more torturous experiments, and there is no need to worry about losing your head one day. You will be reborn and free. All the things in your past life are over. So, Mom, take care of yourself, and let's live happily in this life!"
"You're still happy. I almost gave up on you this morning. What if there's no hope..."
Her heart was pounding. If she had hesitated a little longer, the consequences would have been disastrous.
"There won't be any ifs. I can sense that you're actually doubting and speculating in your heart. Even if it wasn't me, you wouldn't be able to bear to see that poor child die like this."
She smiled, perhaps God had already determined it in his mind, "Okay, I want to be happy in this life, not be angry or depressed."
"I know you want to leave here and wander freely, but the life of wandering in ancient times was not pleasant. It is better to settle down here and enjoy a life of wealth and glory. When I grow up and want to be the emperor, I will grab it all for you!"
"No, I can't bear that. I get up earlier than the chicken, sleep later than the dog, and work harder than the donkey!"
"Okay, if you like a life of luxury and leisure, then let's live it leisurely! Have you received Bai's memories?"
"Yes, she is the legitimate daughter of the imperial merchant Bai Baiwan. She has three legitimate brothers, two half-brothers, and countless half-sisters.
In order to maintain his status as an imperial merchant for a long time, Bai Baiwan bought many beautiful women to be his concubines. Not only did he have them, but his sons also had them. Any daughters he had were eligible to become concubines.
"Using nepotism to win over officials?"
"Yes, he raised a daughter of good appearance and sent her to the backyard of a noble official. With money and filial piety, he made those officials pave the way for him. His business grew bigger and bigger, and the scope of his business became wider and wider."
"This is not a long-term solution. The building will eventually collapse, and once it does, it will be a grave sin."
"That's right, but unfortunately he couldn't see the truth. He kept expanding without taking good care of his reputation. He only sold inferior goods as good ones, and even dared to sell salt permits and smuggle salt. He even dared to tamper with the palace's purchases.
Using the excuse of a bad harvest, they gave inferior goods, but used the good ones to present to noble officials, or even the eunuchs in charge of purchasing, to use as stepping stones for their careers. They really don't care about losing their heads.
"There are always people he can't bribe. If so many officials and the nobles in the palace ever notice this, or if an official of a different persuasion exposes it, the whole family will be punished with death."
"What he did was effective. Ordinary people really can't stir up trouble. There are too many officials and nobles involved in this, both big and small, inside and outside the palace. Without solid evidence and strong confidence, he can't be touched.
The original owner was the eldest daughter of the Bai family, and was considered to be the richest married woman. However, because the Changping Marquis's Mansion was in decline, they had no money but insisted on acting like nobles. They had to use the best food and daily necessities, and their clothing, food and accessories had to be maintained at a high standard every year. They also had a lot of servants, and they had to put on a show every time they went out.
When the income was insufficient to cover the expenses, he came up with this idea: he married the daughter of a royal merchant. She brought with her a dowry of 300,000 taels of silver, as well as hundreds of boxes of treasures. Every year, the Bai Mansion would send gifts of gold and silver under various pretexts, thus filling the gap in the Marquisate's finances."
"According to the Bai family's way of doing things, they will definitely not just send gifts to the Marquis' Mansion. If every mansion sends tributes of silver and various treasures, how much profit will he have to make to support it? How can the goods be beautiful if the profit is too high?"
"The Bai family makes a fortune every year just from purchasing items for the palace, which shows how expensive they are."
"The prices are inflated, the goods are mediocre, and they are really bold."
"It was certain that something bad would happen to the Bai family sooner or later. Although the original owner was a woman, she was also quite alert. So after marrying into the Marquis' Mansion, she didn't just blindly seek profit for the Bai family, but also knew to leave a way out for herself.
At first, she had a good time for a few months, but later the old lady and the marquis always asked her to give money and things, saying that they were doing something to take care of the Bai family. After doing it so many times, she realized that something was wrong. When she took over the affairs of the mansion three months later, she realized that the marquisate was just an empty shell.
She gradually reduced her support for the old lady and the marquis, and only used the income from her own shop to cover the expenses of the mansion. This made them unhappy, and they ignored her and embarrassed her from time to time.
The old lady even resorted to the excuse of filial piety to try to harass them, but the original owner had her own ideas and refused to give them her dowry. She knew that once everything in her hands was taken away by them, that would be her death. They were only after money and material possessions.
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