In Luo Xiaole's eyes, at this moment, the mysterious Mo Chen seemed to have his veil lifted, suddenly falling into the chaotic mortal world...
As soon as the old man finished his introduction, Qin Li stared at Mo Chen and murmured, "Li Xuan... it's very abrupt, but I've tested your DNA, and you are indeed my flesh and blood...
For so many years, it's your father's fault for not protecting you..." He sighed, tears welling up in his eyes.
His concerned tone made Mo Chen's skin crawl, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
He knew very well that someone like Qin Li would never joke about such things; this was likely true...
He wasn't surprised either. For those without parents and a bizarre background, it didn't seem strange. Even in the gossip Luo Shu and the others usually talked about, there were many such stories.
But for so many years, he had lived as Mo Chen, step by step, on his own.
Now, with a few words from the other party, they wanted to turn him into someone else?
Had anyone asked him if he was willing?
What's more, the other party was a complete stranger to him, someone he even disliked.
"General Qin, I'm very sorry, I'm used to being on my own..." he declined, very frankly and decisively.
Qin Li naturally understood, "Perhaps you can't accept it for a while, after all, I owe you too much. But you are always my flesh and blood. Stay, and let me compensate you properly, okay? The Qin family is vast and wealthy, and I'll ensure you have food and shelter in this apocalypse!"
"Xiao Chen, no, perhaps I should call you Li Xuan now? Master knows how lonely and difficult your years have been. Isn't it a good thing to be able to depend on your father from now on, with brotherly affection?" The old man with white eyebrows and white beard also began to persuade him incessantly.
"Sorry... I think I've already found my 'home'." Mo Chen looked up at Luo Xiaole.
Qin Li glanced at Luo Xiaole and frowned, "Li Xuan, believe me, I can give you so much more than anyone else! Before long, this entire apocalypse will be our domain. Wouldn't it be nice to live freely by your father's side?"
Mo Chen fell into an eerie silence.
Qin Li: Stay and inherit the family business!
Mo Chen's Master: I think it's good!
Cheng Miao: I think it's good too!
Luo Xiaole: I don't think so...
Despite Qin Li's seemingly glorious words, what he wanted to give Mo Chen was a blood-soaked bun!
A blood-soaked bun earned with countless lives. Mo Chen had witnessed Qin Li's actions all along; could he stomach it?
Moreover, after hearing so much gossip about the Qin family last night, if it were true, wouldn't that be throwing Mo Chen into a fiery pit...
Besides, she didn't believe Qin Li's forceful attempt to keep Mo Chen was for his own good. She felt Qin Li was too hasty, as if he desperately needed a son to complete something...
It made her feel very uneasy...
Qin Li finally noticed Mo Chen's silence and began to backtrack, "Of course, you've suffered so much, and it's normal that you can't accept me right away. Why don't you stay here for now, and Father can tell you about the past slowly?" Qin Li's eyes held a hint of probing.
Mo Chen nodded as if he had exhausted all his strength.
Then, under Qin Li's ecstatic gaze, he took Luo Xiaole's hand and strode out of the restaurant.
...
"Mo Chen, are you alright?" Luo Xiaole looked at Mo Chen, who was gasping for breath, gave him a recovery buff, and gently patted his back.
"I understand, you didn't really want to agree to him." Luo Xiaole looked at him, reading the emotion in his eyes.
Mo Chen's emotions slowly subsided.
With a leap, they ascended to a rooftop in a surveillance blind spot, and then began to whisper in hushed tones.
"Everyone says Qin Li is like an ambitious, fierce tiger or leopard, but in my opinion, he's more like a sinister viper." Mo Chen felt a chill.
"Last night, when we were in the bathroom, I faintly saw black blood seeping from the wall, as if he had walled up someone who had turned into a zombie..."
Luo Xiaole chimed in, "And those zombies should have been chopped to pieces by him..." Otherwise, she wouldn't have seen those black vortexes of the zombies...
"Ugh..." Luo Xiaole said with disgust, how could someone be so perverted!
Mo Chen's expression was solemn, "Those who angered Qin Li should have met such a fate. He is using this method to warn everyone he once treated as 'guests'.
And I don't think he would make any exceptions for his so-called 'son'."
"So I want to stall them first. I want to know why my Master became like this, and didn't you still need to find other things in the mansion?"
Luo Xiaole found it somewhat amusing, "Indeed, nothing can escape your notice."
She told Mo Chen about her discoveries over the past two days.
"Then let's split up today. I'll go to the laboratory to continue searching for Qin Li's secrets, and you'll go find Master?" Luo Xiaole blinked her watery eyes.
Mo Chen couldn't hold back and quickly pecked her lips.
A victorious and doting smile bloomed on his lips.
"Okay."
...
Luo Xiaole headed straight for the laboratory.
This time, she was familiar with the route, avoided surveillance, and with a few leaps, reached the rooftop from which she had escaped.
She lifted an opening in the seemingly seamless square building material, confirmed no one was below, and then gracefully jumped down.
"We meet again." The staff member, upon suddenly hearing Luo Xiaole's voice, sprang back three meters as if he had seen a ghost...
"You, you! You're actually still alive!"
"Now, can we talk about our deal?" Luo Xiaole asked with a smile in her eyes.
"To be honest, I'm also in a terrible hurry today. Qin Mingyang, for some reason, has placed us under house arrest here and won't even let us return to our dormitories. It seems he's about to make a move against us!"
"Why would he do that to you? Aren't you all the main research force of the Qin family?"
"He thinks one of us has secretly hidden his ring!"
Oh... the ring... Luo Xiaole scratched her head guiltily.
The person was very anxious, "My safety is not important. I just want to notify you as soon as possible. Can you rescue my mother and the others quickly? Then I'll have no regrets even if I die."
Luo Xiaole got straight to the point, "Don't worry about that, I'll go later. Now, tell me, is Qin Li raising zombie kings on the outskirts of the base?"
"How did you know!"
"Why did he incite the zombie king riots and destroy so many bases outside? What benefit is that to him?"
"In his own words, only by turning the outside into an ocean and the capital city into an island will everyone desperately rush to the island, and those who hold power on the island will become true kings..."
Luo Xiaole: "..." Where did these strange and terrifying ambitions come from...
It was truly chilling.
"However..." the person paused, "although the zombie kings are irreversible, other zombies could originally be turned back into humans..."