[GB] Boss Ruan, your husband doesn't want you anymore.

Chi Xiao could clearly see that his boss was distracted, so he swallowed back some of his amusing remarks.

After Chi Xiao finished explaining each of the photos on the table to Ruan Qian'an, he continued:

"Boss, Dr. Li has delivered the medicine. Please release the man."

Chi Xiao continued, "But this medicine cannot completely eradicate the problem."

Ruan Qian'an: "Then how dare he make demands?"

Ruan Qian'an tapped her fingers lightly on the table.

Then he said, "In that case, I should certainly give him a generous gift."

I picked up a pen from the table, grabbed a piece of paper, and wrote some code.

He handed it to Chixiao and said, "This is the key to the Group D experiment. You know what to do, right?"

Chi Xiao pushed up his glasses, the lenses gleaming: "Are you really going to do this?"

Ruan Qian'an: "Hmm."

"How can you expect people to put in real effort if they don't do it this way?"

With a faint smile and a hint of morbid excitement, Chi Xiao said, "Understood."

"Only if Dr. Li's child is also infected with that stuff will he go to great lengths to prepare it," Chi Xiao thought calmly.

Ruan Qian'an: "Has Dr. Li checked the medicine he brought over?"

Chi Xiao said, "I only gave Huo Jingmo the food after checking him."

Chi Xiao looked at Ruan Qian'an's expression and continued, "Huo Jingmo didn't notice."

A moment of silence fell over the room, broken only by the sound of Ruan Qian'an tapping on the table.

Ruan Qian'an stood up, supporting herself on the table with both hands. Chi Xiao was startled by Ruan Qian'an's movement.

Ruan Qian'an got up without pausing for a moment; the broken table, plates, and vases in the living room had already been cleaned up by the housekeeper.

Ruan Qian'an picked up her coat from the entryway and said to Chi Xiao, "I'm going out for a bit."

Chi Xiao nodded blankly, promising that he would keep a close eye on Xiang Xiang.

Suddenly he remembered that he had something important to report and shouted to Ruan Qian'an, who was about to walk out, "Boss, Xiangxiang's M-09 potion is gone."

Ruan Qian'an frowned, wondering how she could use it so quickly: "I understand."

Ruan Qian'an put on the hood of her down jacket and followed the green belt along the roadside in the community to a spot in the park where she sensed Huo Jingmo, and at the same time, she also sensed the presence of another person.

Ruan Qian'an's direction of arrival was blocked by a giant slide.

She was about to walk around the slide when she heard Huo Jingmo's gentle voice, and she stopped in her tracks.

Huo Jingmo said, "Don't cry, I will protect you."

Don't cry, I'll protect you.

Having spent her entire childhood in the laboratory, she was completely unaware of the value of money and was ridiculed at the banquet.

She got into a fight with someone in a fit of anger, but Ye Shu gave her a severe beating and made her apologize to the other person.

She didn't want to leave the banquet hall, so she ran into the host's garden, where she quickly got lost.

She tripped and fell hard on the ground while running too fast, and finally couldn't help but cry.

Tears streamed down her face relentlessly, and she couldn't wipe them away no matter what she did.

Unable to hold back her tears, she burst into loud sobs, which eventually turned into quiet sobs.

Suddenly the bushes next to me moved.

A very pretty little face peeked out from the bushes; Huo Jingmo emerged from within.

He exclaimed with delight, "I've finally found you!"

He came up to Ruan Qian'an and said gently, "Don't cry, I will protect you from now on."

"Okay?"

She knelt on the ground, looking at Huo Jingmo's outstretched hand, and stopped crying, her eyes still brimming with tears.

Her wet eyes and red nose made her look exceptionally pitiful.

"Huo Jingmo..."

Ruan Qian'an leaned weakly against the slide, and squatted on the ground as if she couldn't support herself any longer.

Chen Jue, sobbing, looked up at Huo Jingmo pitifully and said, "Really? Thank you."

Huo Jingmo smiled helplessly, looking at Chen Jue who was looking up at him pitifully, and was momentarily dazed.

Thinking of the bad things, he couldn't forget them no matter what he did. Huo Jingmo gave a bitter smile.

"Get up quickly, stop squatting."

Chen Jue suddenly stood up, but because he had been squatting for too long, his vision blurred and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Huo Jingmo reacted quickly and caught him.

Chen Jue blushed slightly and said, "Thank you."

Ruan Qian'an's face was hidden in the shadows. She stood up, her hands already bloody and mangled from her own self-inflicted pain.

She emerged from behind the slide with her hands in her pockets and said quietly, "Looks like I've come at the wrong time."

Ruan Qian'an's icy voice rang out, and Huo Jingmo's heart skipped a beat.

He hurriedly let go of Chen Jue's hand, shielded Chen Jue behind him, and looked at Ruan Qian'an with vigilance as if facing a formidable enemy.

Ruan Qian'an could naturally sense Huo Jingmo's nervousness, and she chuckled softly.

Whether it was sarcasm or not, the curve of her lips was slight as she said to Huo Jingmo, "Let's go back, it's quite cold outside."

Not only was Huo Jingmo stunned, but Chen Jue was also taken aback. Huo Jingmo looked at Ruan Qian'an suspiciously, wondering what she was up to.

However, I still keep an eye on her.

Seeing that she didn't make any move, he turned around and said to Chen Jue, "You should go back first."

Chen Jue nodded obediently, her tone almost like she was pleading, "I'll come find you again tomorrow."

Ruan Qian'an walked ahead with her hands in her pockets, while Huo Jingmo followed silently behind her with an indifferent expression on his face.

From the moment they returned home until they got home, the two of them didn't exchange a single word.

After returning home, Huo Jingmo went straight to Xiangxiang's room, showing no intention of speaking to Ruan Qian'an.

Chi Xiao, who was in Xiang Xiang's room, was also kicked out by Huo Jingmo.

The door slammed shut.

Ruan Qian'an stood outside Xiangxiang's door for a while. Chi Xiao scratched his head and looked at Ruan Qian'an standing outside, asking, "Boss, did you two have another fight?"

Ruan Qian'an: "No."

"Since Huo Jingmo wants Chen Jue to come here, there's no need to stop him."

Chi Xiao stared at her with an incredulous look for a while, unable to believe that she had actually let Chen Jue go.

Ruan Qian'an stepped out of the study. Chi Xiao looked helplessly at the loud door and then at his eldest brother.

Ruan Qian'an pressed a button in the study, and the bookshelf spun inward, with Chi Xiao following closely behind.

Ruan Qian'an picked up a dagger, cut her wrist, and dripped blood into a container.

......

Inside the manor hall.

A knight in white military uniform knelt on one knee behind the man sitting at the table and said, "Your Highness, Chen Jue has gained Huo Jingmo's trust."

The prince nodded and said, "That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is for Chen Jue to gain Ruan Qian'an's trust."

The knight reported, "Chen Jue said that Ruan Qian'an is very wary and not so easy to gain his trust."

She continued, "Chen Jue wants to meet her husband and children."

The prince snorted coldly: "Making demands before even completing the task, it seems she has forgotten my rules."

The knight replied, "Yes, sir."

As soon as the knight left, the steward came in and said to the prince, "Someone outside requests an audience."