Chapter 292: Chapter 287: Truly Tragic Chapter 292: Chapter 287: Truly Tragic F Country, Overseas Province.

Opposite the church was the cemetery.

Qi Si walked with measured steps toward a particular tombstone.

The phrase “Strong Gene No. 1” seemed rather glaring.

“Lin Quan.”

Lin Quan was Qi Si’s assistant.

He heard Qi Si’s voice and hurried over, “Mr. Qi.”

“Have they made any moves?”

“Not at all,” the assistant paused, then added, “However, the people they send out have suddenly all withdrawn.”

“Is that so.”

Qi Si lifted his hand and touched the cold tombstone.

As cold as the suffix of the name.

“I think this is an ominous signal. The people who come out of that place are always cold and dark… such an easy withdrawal is problematic in itself. It’s too easy to retreat.”

Qi Si pressed his fingertip a bit harder on the “Yan” character, murmuring indifferently, “Organizational cells, self-healing, extremely strong immunity… genes that can keep humans away from illness, transcending all understanding, the perfect genes… research on this stuff requires a living person, and she is that living person.”

As his fingertip grazed the engraving, he withdrew it.

Listening to his faint mockery, “How pitiful.”

In his eyes, there was no sympathy for this person; he only felt that such inhumane research was nothing but tragic.

The information Huang Mao provided was enough for him to understand what sort of research was being conducted there.

He hadn’t outright refused, but he hadn’t agreed either.

He needed to understand more.

So, he had to keep Huang Mao on the hook to acquire more information about the base.

Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Since he had already stood against them, he had to be prepared.

He would not make any move without preparation.

“Prepare the flight to Mo Country.”

Qi Si turned and left, skimming through the cool breeze.

*

Mo Country.

Inside the hospital, Shen Yan stood in front of Shi Lian, who looked at her with utter terror, and said, “May I have a word with Mr. Shi?”

“Shen Yan,” Dai Qiu stepped forward, “Shi Lian needs to rest.”

“I must have scared Mr. Shi with that fall,” Shen Yan said with a smile, looking at Shi Lian.

Shi Lian’s face turned even paler, and her body shook even more violently.

“Brother Qiu… I—I just have a couple of words with Shen Yan… You all go out first.” Her voice trembled terribly, yet she still requested to be alone with Shen Yan.

The others exchanged glances, sensing that something was amiss, but they couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

Everyone left, leaving just the two of them in the ward.

Shen Yan walked towards Shi Lian.

“Don’t come any closer!”

Shi Lian’s voice was suddenly higher and trembling.

Shen Yan said, “Actually, Mr. Shi, there’s no need to be afraid of anything. What you saw in the dense forest was just a relatively real act.”

“It wasn’t an act; it was real. You killed someone, you murderer!” Shi Lian got agitated again.

“I saved you,” Shen Yan reminded her.

Shi Lian shook her head, “Even if you saved me, you shouldn’t have killed! That was a person! How could you… ”

“Too brutal?” Shen Yan moved closer, looking down at her, “If I had stood by and watched, your body would have been devoured by the birds and beasts in the forest. Mr. Shi, you should not only thank me, but you also need to keep this secret for me, because I killed for your sake.”

Shen Yan’s murmuring voice was like a curse, assaulting Shi Lian’s morals.

Shi Lian covered her ears tightly, unwilling to hear such words anymore.

Shen Yan sneered with mockery, “Mr. Shi can go and expose me, claiming I’ve killed many people for you.”

“That’s not true, you’re just looking for excuses for your own bloodthirsty cruelty.”

“Mr. Shi, actually, I am a law-abiding citizen. In the country, I don’t even dare to harm anyone, so you don’t have to worry that I would inflict any harm on you.” Shen Yan lifted her hand and placed it on the trembling shoulder of Shi Lian, “Can we still be like before, okay?”

Shen Yan’s voice was very gentle; at this moment, she seemed like a harmless young girl, devoid of any aggression.

Shi Lian screamed inside her heart: Everyone has been deceived by Shen Yan!

“Remember, we are grasshoppers on the same string; let’s put an end to what happened in the woods right here.”

Shen Yan withdrew her hand and turned to leave the hospital room.

Upon seeing her exit, Dai Qiu immediately rushed in, “Shi Lian, are you okay?”

Shi Lian shook her head, her face pale and her eyes somewhat vacant.

Dai Qiu’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his eyes full of concern.

*

In the evening, Shi Lian was discharged from the hospital.

Aside from some minor injuries, it was mainly psychological issues that, once addressed, allowed her to leave the hospital.

Returning to the residence of the film crew, Shi Lian found herself surrounded by everyone, her body a bit stiff but evidently more relaxed than she had been in the morning.

The mid-recording of the show had been marred by such a serious accident, leaving Director Jiang with a headache.

On one hand, they needed to discuss compensation matters; on the other, there was Shi Lian’s psychological issue.

The film crew was responsible for half the fault.

Staying three days before returning to the country, everyone chose to walk around nearby to relax.

The air in the mountains and forests was fresh, and the scenery was beautiful.

This domestic program climbed the hot search lists, with the top three spots all related to it.

It was even more popular than the previous episode.

Most of the discussions revolved around the sudden accident that had occurred the day before.

The hot topic provided some consolation to Director Jiang.

The fact that no one had been seriously hurt was also a great relief.

Shen Yan kept her distance from Shi Lian and did not deliberately approach her again.

Shi Lian also avoided her.

Seeing Shi Lian talk to everyone, Shen Yan knew that she was forcibly suppressing the fear within her heart, appearing on the surface to have recovered.

Yet, any slight disturbance could make her react like a startled bird.

Shen Yan just watched from a distance before returning to her room to nestle in, even refusing Zhang Yu’s invitation to go out for a walk.

The next afternoon, Shen Yan dined in her room, incessantly searching for news from Mo Country on her phone.

She found nothing about what had happened in the forest.

Which meant, up until now, that no one had discovered anything that had occurred there, and the base had stopped sending people in to search.

Considering the base’s usual style, Shen Yan understood.

Those who were sent in had now become expendable pieces to the base.

Just like the several she had seen before, who ran errands for the base and ultimately passed away in obscurity.

Anyone who threatened the base would be eliminated.

Shen Yan put away her phone, planning to take a nap, when she heard a faint commotion outside followed by the sound of footsteps approaching from afar. She stood up.

“Yanyan, the master is here!”

The voice of Liu Su was filled with joy!

Shen Yan froze!

Then she quickly strode forward to open the door.

She lived in a bungalow; right outside was a parking space, and as soon as Shen Yan stepped out, she saw a man standing there, dressed in a black trench coat.

It might have been an illusion on Shen Yan’s part, but upon this encounter, it seemed Qi Si carried an even colder, more sinister and mysterious aura!

However, when you took a second look, that air seemed to have vanished, and he was just as cool and distinguished as before!

“Mr. Qi!”

A radiant smile quickly spread across Shen Yan’s face as she eagerly stepped forward to greet his arrival!

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