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I heard

you tried to run again yesterday.

So I had to punish you.

Remember.

You are something I created.

You will never escape me in this life.

If you behave,

I'll take good care of you.

Your combat data and fitness tests last week

showed clear improvement.

Seems

you deserve a reward.

No need.

When we meet again,

I'll give you a real surprise.

Xie

Xin

Xu.

Weren't you dead?

This...

You explain it.

Back then,

the Special Administration Bureau ignored my wishes

and forced me into a secret experiment.

I barely escaped.

After that,

I found myself declared dead.

I would've thought the Special Administration Bureau knew this better than me.

So I'll trouble...

you, Siyuan.

I'll look into this

once I'm back.

The Special Administration Bureau tolerates no illegal acts.

What I'm more curious about

is how you two met at Seger Center

and fell in love.

It was surviving together.

Without Xie Xinxu at Genus,

I'd be dead many times over.

So you two got together back when you

were at Genus.

But I fell for Wu Nongyu instantly.

The moment I first saw you,

I had

this evil little thought.

In this life,

you will never leave my side.

In this life, you will never leave my side.

Siyuan, don't worry.

I will

take good care of you.

If you behave,

I'll take good care of you.

Siyuan, are you okay?

Were the chopsticks too slippery?

A little.

I know Nongyu.

You're not her type.

Is that so?

But

I'm the one Nongyu chose.

Look.

Your knees listen better than your mouth.

Don't be so resentful.

You'll never overcome

what I carved into your bones myself.

So,

were you angry just now?

Figures.

After all, Nongyu is very attached to me now.

All I have to do is wave,

and she'll come running.

Nongyu.

Coming.

Help me roll up my sleeves.

- Oh. - No need.

I've got it.

Siyuan, your hands are all wet.

Alright.

You two finish the dishes.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Whatever you're after,

come at me.

Don't drag Nongyu into this.

I truly love Nongyu.

I want to be family with her for life.

No matter what you want,

stay away from Nongyu.

Money,

status,

or a lifelong supply of inhibitors.

Name it,

and I'll give it to you.

That won't do.

After all, Nongyu and I have formed a pact.

Intimate relations is part of it.

And I need to stay healthy.

Nongyu still needs me to suppress the virus in her body.

You tell me.

Siyuan?

Since

you've just formed a pact,

the virus in your bodies shouldn't go berserk so easily.

Then being apart for a short time

shouldn't be much of an issue.

Nongyu,

let me tell you some good news.

The Bureau recently freed up a position.

Five hundred thousand a year,

full benefits, weekends off.

I was thinking

your husband could fill this position.

Siyuan.

Why wouldn't you give your own sister a shot first?

Sit properly.

But,

after your husband finishes on boarding next week,

he'll be sent to Sunset Creek Town on assignment.

Right on the border.

What's he going there for?

Just last week,

the Bureau sent a team there on a mission.

They lost contact the moment they arrived.

There's been no word since.

That's unsettling.

Could it be

some place like the Bermuda Triangle?

Disappearances are indeed frequent in that area.

That's why the Bureau is offering high pay

to get someone in to investigate.

This mission won't be easy.

Can you handle it?

The Bureau really

has no one else to take this on.

I've been worrying myself sick over it.

Your capabilities are obvious to everyone.

You wouldn't turn down

such a small favor, would you?

Of course not.

Then come in tomorrow to handle onboarding.

I should head to work as well.

I'll walk you out, Siyuan.

You're exhausted after just washing dishes.

I'm seriously starting to think you planned all this

just to live off me.

You latch onto me

and suddenly your life's on easy mode.

Then as compensation,

I'll make sure to take good care of you tonight.

No need.

A simple working partnership is enough.

I've arranged for Xie Xinxu

to investigate the disappearance in Sunset Creek Town.

Take Lin Juan with you

and quietly escort him back.

Then stage it as

an accidental disappearance there.

Why not just kill him?

No.

He and Nongyu have already formed a pact.

I need him alive.

I need regular samples of his body fluids

to keep Nongyu's condition stable.

Understood.

Mr. Ding,

such a big incident just happened at the institute.

There's still a mess waiting to be cleaned up.

Can't you postpone this family visit a couple of days?

Mo,

with so many people here,

you're the most promising one.

You just lacked an opportunity before.

So with me leaving now,

you know what that means.

Don't worry, Mr. Ding.

I'll do my best.

Good.

Hello. Li Mo, right?

This is Hu Ji, the incoming director.

You've got the wrong institute?

We haven't been told about a director change.

You didn't get the notice?

Mr. Ding falsified his resume

and has been dismissed.

[Xu]

I'm on my way.

I'll be there in two hours.

[Lawson Convenience Store]

Did everything go smoothly?

Mr. Ding.

I finally understand now

what you told me back then.

If you don't want to die of pneumonia from a high fever,

drink the medicine.

I know you're a Ren who escaped the Special Administration Bureau.

I once was too.

After the side effects

left me crippled,

they discarded me.

Now I'm researching a cure to eliminate the virus.

Interested in joining me?

Working at this institute

[Genus Biological Research Lab] will make it easier to obtain inhibitors.

[Recruitment Notice] At the same time,

it also offers better conditions for drug research.

I'll find a way to get hired first,

then bring you in.

But

I want to find someone first,

and make a trip to the Special Administration Bureau

to settle some old scores.

I wouldn't advise you to

walk straight into the Special Administration Bureau right now.

Xu,

some paths look close at first,

but once you walk them,

they demand tremendous resolve,

and enough patience,

sometimes even a bit of luck.

You're right.

That road isn't as short as it seems,

because that man

has almost no weaknesses.

So I can only take a detour,

and go find Nongyu first.

Enduring the longing for her

has already reached its limit.

Then

luck suddenly favored me.

Nongyu

turned out to be that man's sister,

his greatest weakness.

That means

as long as I invest enough resolve and patience,

the reward I gain

will be doubled.

I'll have, in the worldly sense,

a life that can be called happiness.

And I'll keep Wu Siyuan

on edge every single moment.

Mr. Ding,

you didn't see today

how Wu Siyuan looked,

furious to the breaking point yet unable to touch me.

Such a shame you missed it.

So

Wu Siyuan was the one who imprisoned you?

Yes.

So

I hope I can successfully form a pact with Nongyu next,

then spend some time making her hate Wu Siyuan,

until she relies on me alone with her whole heart.

Wu Siyuan will live every day in fear.

In the end,

he will even be abandoned by his own sister.

There is no punishment more entertaining than that.

You and Nongyu have not formed a pact yet?

She has to stay with me for a lifetime.

I have to wait patiently until she truly falls in love with me.

Only then can I bind her completely.

But if you make a move against her brother,

how could she ever fall in love with you?

She will never know about this.

She is very perceptive.

If she cannot feel your love,

she will not give you her emotions.

I can't form a pact with you.

We don't truly like each other yet.

Personally, liking someone

is showing respect and understanding.

A relationship

where you can hand over your most cherished thing to the other person.

A relationship that you might never understand.

Mr. Ding,

is there any medication

that could let me experience emotions

like a normal person?

Pretending to be normal is not difficult for you.

As long as you invest more time and patience,

maybe you really can make her believe

that you have fallen in love with her.

I am genuinely curious

what real love and being loved

actually feel like.

Xie Xinxu.

Besides,

I have already found a very good test subject.

After meeting her,

it was as if a switch inside me had been flipped.

Every particle of my being

surged toward her

in a sudden blaze of heat.

That intensity often scorches her,

yet somehow never drives her away.

It took me some time to realize

that the thread

binding us so tightly wasn't something

I had stubbornly wound

around her palm.

From the beginning,

it had always been

her choosing to hold me gently.

Mr. Ding, you really know how to launch a surprise attack.

Was it more sudden than your wedding?

You had me rushing around

to prepare a wedding gift.

Wow, that is way too generous.

♪You smell like something strange♪

♪Like wood♪

♪Like wine♪

♪Like the fading rain♪

♪It's not a problem I can fix♪

♪Maybe I'm just meant to be your toy♪