Rescuing the Villainous Boss with a Little Dirty Master

Li Tianming put down his personal terminal, looked at the three people sitting to the side waiting, and showed his first smile in the past few days. "The new research samples will be sent over in a few days."

"Didn't you say you weren't coming?"

Lu Ming asked a question subconsciously, his tone filled with joy that was hard to ignore.

"But the quantity isn't as much as before, so it might be difficult to distribute them later."

As Jiang Heng listened to their tone, which sounded like they were discussing merchandise, she lowered her eyes to hide the coldness in them.

"Junior Brother Jiang, what's wrong?"

Sitting next to him, Li Cheng glanced at him with a scrutinizing look. This Jiang Heng has never seemed very enthusiastic about experiments; she even took a day off yesterday.

"I think with my qualifications, I probably won't get a research sample."

Hearing this, Lu Ming poked his head out and said, "What's the big deal? You'll be my assistant, and your senior brother will take you flying."

"Then thank you very much, Senior Brother."

After leaving Li Tianming's office, the three of them headed to their respective research labs. Lu Ming and Li Cheng's labs were on the second basement level. Through the reflection in the elevator doors, Jiang Heng saw Li Cheng turn around and catch up with Lu Ming.

"Tongtong, follow them and see what they have to say."

886 finally got its home turf. The data flowed out and, with the help of the wall-mounted surveillance and infrared scanning, it brazenly stopped above Li Cheng and the other person, openly eavesdropping.

"Lu Ming, the teacher has said many times not to reveal the source of the samples."

"When did I reveal anything?" Lu Ming retorted immediately, but then frowned as he realized what he meant. "Junior Brother Jiang can't tell either?"

"The teacher said it's not the right time yet."

"What do you mean? You've already brought them to the second basement level, is there still any need to hide it?"

"The teacher said that although Jiang Heng seems cold, he is the most easily moved to pity. If he finds out that the samples were tricked or even forced into coming, who knows what he might do."

Lu Ming scoffed, "Will being kind bring him both fame and fortune?"

"Let's keep it from them for now. The teacher has his own plans."

Upon hearing the message from 886, Jiang Heng pursed her lips, thinking it was all useless nonsense.

Once Li Cheng and Lu Ming separated, 886 retrieved the overflowing data stream. Just then, the elevator doors opened, but Jiang Heng didn't go in; instead, she turned and walked towards the observation room deeper inside.

Jiang Heng randomly chose an observation room, stood outside the glass wall, glanced at the notes posted next to it, and then carefully examined the robot inside.

This is the most mechanized of all the test subjects still under observation, codenamed 023. His limbs and face are completely mechanized, and the research team has recently been trying to mechanize his internal organs one by one, but the experiment has failed. It is said that countless recovery drugs were administered to keep this person alive.

Among all the robots in the Empire, the only successful case of internal organ mechanization was Lan's heart, and the research institute has not been able to replicate it since.

"023."

Jiang Heng murmured softly. The person who had been lying on the bed with their limbs locked, staring blankly at the ceiling, suddenly turned their head. The pair of mechanical prosthetic eyes, glowing red, were fixed on the glass wall outside, and the metallic gleam of their mouth flashed as they opened and closed. Jiang Heng was stunned for a moment. Had they heard his voice?

Jiang Heng couldn't hear the other person's voice, and could only try to decipher their lip movements, but unfortunately, she failed. The opening and closing of the two metal pieces made it extremely difficult to understand what the other person was trying to express.

"Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red light in 023's eyes dimmed, and he turned back to stare blankly at the ceiling.

But for some reason, Jiang Heng seemed to sense the other person's despair.

"Jiang Heng, what are you doing here?"

A cold voice suddenly rang out behind her. Jiang Heng turned around and saw Liang Yin walking towards her, carrying a stack of documents.

"Just browsing around, looking for research inspiration."

"There's nothing to see here; he's already been labeled a failure."

After saying that, she took a document from her hand and stuck it on the glass wall, below the note on the document.

The bright red words "Scrap" caught his eye. Jiang Heng's hands, hanging at his sides, clenched tightly. He stared at those two words, his voice calm, "What happens to failed products?"

"Centralized destruction."

Jiang Heng glanced at the thick stack in her hand, nodded, looked at 023 again, and then turned and left.

“Host, something’s not right with Liang Yin.”

He had only walked a few meters when 886's voice suddenly came to his mind. Before he could speak, 886 projected the scene he had seen onto him.

In the scene, Liang Yin walked to the spot where he had just stood, placed one hand on the glass, very close to it, her eyes wide open and red, as if trying to see 023 inside. Coupled with her head twitching slightly from time to time, the scene looked eerie no matter how you looked at it.

Jiang Heng waited for a long time but the other party didn't speak, so he could only suppress his doubts and leave quickly.

Back in her private research lab, Jiang Heng messaged Lan to check if he was available for a video call. The next second, Lan sent her a video call invitation.

"what happened?"

Lan quickly glanced at Jiang Heng, then looked at his location, and felt slightly relieved.

"I just heard that the research institute will be destroying a batch of robots soon. They say it's because the experiment failed."

As soon as she said this, Jiang Heng noticed that the other person's face darkened.

Has the time been set?

Not yet. Are you planning to... come and rescue them?

Jiang Heng frowned. This was unrealistic. Breaking into the research institute and then taking the person away was too difficult. Besides, not all the robots in the observation room could move freely.

He sent Lan the footage that 886 had recorded on the first day he saw the observation room, and then stopped talking.

Lan flipped through the newly received videos, not looking up for a long time.

Jiang Heng looked at the bulging veins on his neck and knew he was suppressing his anger. She sighed, unsure of what to say.

Just then, 886, which had returned to the robot's body, tugged at Jiang Heng's sleeve. Jiang Heng looked down and saw its mouth opening and closing, but no sound came out.

He didn't understand what the other person meant for a moment, so he patted its head and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

“Look at my mouth. 023.” 886 said, then continued to open and close his mouth without making a sound.

Jiang Heng's eyes lit up, and she realized that 886's mouth was opening and closing in the exact same way as 023's.

"So what did he just say?"

886's eyes flickered, and his voice lowered, "He said, kill me."

Jiang Heng stood frozen in her seat. Lan heard the voice of 886 and looked up, only to see that Jiang Heng's face had turned very ugly.

Who are you talking about?

Jiang Heng told Lan everything that had just happened, including Liang Yin's strange behavior.

Does Liang Yin usually leave the research institute?

"I've heard Lu Ming complain that she's been living at the research institute for the past few years."

"Jiang Heng, this person might be a starting point."

Lan looked at the person on the screen with some difficulty. He clearly didn't want Jiang Heng to take any risks, but now he had to push him forward.

Jiang Heng understood the emotions in his eyes and spoke with even greater seriousness, "Lan, I hope you understand one thing: I am someone who can fight alongside you."

For the first time in his life, Lan experienced the feeling of sorrow and fear arising from love. He took a deep breath, looked at the person in the video, and said solemnly, "Okay, I understand."

He knew that Jiang Heng was not a parasitic plant clinging to him, and that he should trust her abilities and was willing to place that trust in her.