flstandardbreds Chapter 253 The Poor Little Villain in the Apocalypse (32 chapters)
Chapter 253 The Poor Little Villain in the Apocalypse (32 chapters)
"Awake?" Before Xie Qingyu noticed, Ji Lingshen had already opened his eyes.
Xie Qingyu looked up, and Ji Lingshen's gaze fixed on Xie Qingyu's hand. "You like it?"
Xie Qingyu quickly withdrew her hand, but the warmth on her fingertips seemed to linger.
The two were in an awkward position, with Xie Qingyu being held in Ji Lingshen's arms.
Normally, people only thought that Ji Lingshen was not in good health, but at this moment they realized that he actually had broad shoulders and his muscles, though thin, were strong, and he could easily hold Xie Qingyu in his arms.
Xie Qingyu tried to get off his lap, but her body was still a little numb from just waking up, and even the slightest movement felt like ants crawling around.
Seeing Xie Qingyu's distressed expression, Ji Lingshen smiled and pulled Xie Qingyu up with his arms.
Xie Qingyu immediately tried to struggle upon seeing this, but unfortunately, she failed and her current position became even worse.
Xie Qingyu sat on Ji Lingshen's lap with her legs spread apart. Because Ji Lingshen lifted her up a bit, her current position was very uncomfortable, and she could even feel the burning heat.
Ji Lingshen didn't give her a chance to get down, holding Xie Qingyu's waist firmly with both hands, leaving her no chance to escape.
"Are you a little more awake now?" Ji Lingshen asked.
Xie Qingyu, standing in front of him, had red eyes from crying herself to sleep. She glared at him with a hint of anger, her eyes round and cute, somewhat like the rabbits he had seen in the laboratory used for experiments.
Cute, fragile, helpless.
Xie Qingyu sensed that Ji Lingshen was different from usual, hesitated for a moment, then stopped struggling and nodded.
After clearing her mind, the events that happened before she went to sleep resurfaced. The thought that she had cried herself to sleep in Ji Lingshen's arms made Xie Qingyu feel ashamed.
"Thank you." These were the words Xie Qingyu should have said to Ji Lingshen before falling asleep.
Ji Lingshen's ability to kill is not strong. Although the experimenter did not have any superpowers, there were people with superpowers living in his house to protect him.
Ji Lingshen is taking a considerable risk, and if he is discovered, the consequences will be severe.
The most important explicit prohibition within the base is that humans are not allowed to kill each other, followed by the protection of the experimenters' safety.
Ji Lingshen's actions amounted to circumventing both of these regulations.
"No need to thank me. This is what I should do for Uncle Xie. If he hadn't taken us in, we wouldn't have been able to live a comfortable life for a while."
This was the first time Ji Lingshen had talked about his encounter with Xie Cheng.
Xie Qingyu had never asked before, assuming it was just a typical story of first lovers reuniting.
Who knew that Ji Lingshen would tell a completely different story?
Xie Cheng was the one who rescued Chang Xinrui first, and then he learned from Ji Lingshen that there were other people trapped. After they were rescued, he recognized Chang Xinrui.
"Uncle Xie is a good person," Ji Lingshen comforted Xie Qingyu, patting her head.
Good people don't live long.
Especially in the end times.
"How can you be sure it was that person?" Xie Qingyu couldn't be sure which lab technician did it at first.
"I went to ask my father." Ji Lingshen's words surprised Xie Qingyu.
Ji Lingshen smiled and then said, "I told you before, he holds a very high position in the base, and he approves almost all the experiments in the experimental area now."
“He’s in that position, so he knows more about things than we do, even though he doesn’t usually pay attention to or care about those things,” Ji Lingshen said.
"But don't you and your dad have a bad relationship?" Xie Qingyu asked the question that had been on her mind.
Although her previous guess was correct, she really didn't expect that this information was provided by Ji Lingshen's father.
Xie Qingyu recalled Ji Ming's figure; his first impression of him was that he was serious, unsmiling, and earnest.
When the two of them went to the experimental area, they did not encounter Ji Ming.
“It’s not that we don’t get along…” Ji Lingshen paused, as if he didn’t know how to say it, “He doesn’t get along with anyone, he’s a person… without feelings.”
In this respect, the two of them are the same.
Ji Lingshen realized this fact at a very young age.
That was about a month after his mother passed away.
During this month, the nanny who was taking care of him also resigned and called Ji Ming, who was still working, to find another nanny.
Ji Ming has probably forgotten about it.
He didn't return home until a week later. When he saw Ji Lingshen in the living room, starving and eating cabbage by himself, he didn't react in any particular way.
They didn't even realize that a four or five-year-old child like him hadn't eaten at home.
After being at home for several days, he finally realized that no one was cooking for him.
So he bought a huge pile of bread.
The father and son lived under the same roof, but neither of them spoke to the other.
Later, whether it was because someone reminded him or because he thought of it himself, Ji Ming took Ji Lingshen to the laboratory.
At the time, he was completely focused on his experiments, and his proposed research ideas were rejected outright, as were his customized plans.
Without the support of the institute, Ji Ming suddenly had a brilliant idea: if the lab wouldn't let him recruit volunteers, he could use Ji Lingshen instead.
He didn't even consider asking Ji Lingshen's opinion, and Ji Lingshen's resistance had no effect.
During that period, Ji Lingshen was constantly injected with various drugs by Ji Ming.
He was brought to the lab as a child, and since the higher-ups knew he had no one to take care of him, they tacitly agreed that Ji Ming could put Ji Lingshen in his office.
This also provided Ji Ming with the conditions to carry out his operation.
After a while, little Ji Lingshen developed a strong aversion to going to the laboratory, hating the cold equipment and the white coats that smelled of disinfectant.
Ji Ming's actions remained undetected.
Ji Lingshen was only freed up after Ji Ming obtained the experimental results he wanted, provided data support to his superiors, gained the support of the research institute, and was given manpower for his project and recruited volunteers again.
But by then it was too late.
Later, Ji Ming married Chang Xinrui.
Ji Lingshen was placed at home to be cared for by her.
At first, Ji Ming would take her to the lab once a month for a blood test, but that was gradually no longer necessary.
Ji Lingshen might only see this nominal father once a year.
As a child, Ji Lingshen did not understand what the events of that time meant, but as he grew up, he came to fully understand Ji Ming.
Therefore, even though his experiments caused Ji Lingshen to experience some indescribable symptoms from time to time, Ji Lingshen never hated him.
no need.
They were all the same; they had no feelings for anyone else.
Whether you like it or hate it.