He paused for a moment, leaned in closer, lowered his voice, and asked, "Are you wary of Aunt Xu?"
"Isn’t Aunt Xu someone from the laboratory? Besides, she’s sent by the Doctor, so she shouldn’t be a problem."
Upon hearing this, Yun Qiqi raised her head, giving him a deep look; her dark pupils appeared even more profound in the night.
After a long while, she spoke softly, "Do you think... they can be trusted?"
"Who?"
Yun Qiqi said expressionlessly, "The Doctor and Xu Hong."
Seeing the deep, icy chill in her eyes, Shi Yunshen was startled for a moment, "Why do you suspect them?"
The Young Girl lowered her gaze and said softly, "I hate the laboratory."
She hated those blindingly white things, hated the rooms filled with the smell of disinfectant, and hated all the doctors and researchers in white coats.
And especially the Doctor whose eyes always glimmered with a keen light.
Even though the Doctor seemed gentle towards her, she just felt intrinsically that he wasn’t as he appeared on the surface.
"I don’t like it either..." Shi Yunshen paused, a bit uncertain, "But the Doctor shouldn’t be a bad guy. He’s just a bit obsessed with experiments; he’s still a decent person... right?"
Shi Yunshen didn’t see any problem.
His uncertainty was entirely because of her.
He knew Yun Qiqi had always been sensitive since childhood, particularly towards people’s goodwill or malice.
He asked again, "So your fuss about leaving, not wanting to stay in the laboratory, is because of this?"
"Mm."
Complex contemplation flitted across Shi Yunshen’s eyes.
After considering for a while, he still found it somewhat unlikely, and said, "Let’s observe for a while longer. I truly don’t see any issues. We grew up in the laboratory since childhood... they can’t possibly be bad guys."
"And what would they gain from deceiving us? We don’t have anything worth deceiving; we don’t have parents, nor money, and it costs them money to raise us."
Yun Qiqi looked at him, followed by a moment of silence.
She then pursed her lips and asked, "Do you think experimenting on humans is right? Especially in such a painful way."
Shi Yunshen was taken aback, having never thought about this question before.
Recalling the process of being researched while lying on the bed, his face paled slightly.
But he quickly said, "But the Doctor said it’s to treat us."
"We’ve had congenital diseases since childhood. Our parents didn’t want us and left us to the laboratory. Logically speaking... the Doctor just wants to save us, he should be a good person."
"That’s just what they say," the Young Girl’s cold face bore excessive indifference and rationality as she spoke softly, "and we’ve never seen any other human beings outside."
Shi Yunshen fell silent for a moment, indeed finding this a bit strange.
They were in the laboratory, and the Doctor never let them out.
It was only in the past two years that he could go outside to carry out some tasks assigned by the Boss, but Yun Qiqi was always kept inside.
He frowned, "The Doctor previously said he was worried we might have problems because our bodies are different from normal people, and only the children with stable conditions can leave..."
"I don’t know, I don’t like it there," the Young Girl frowned, "I just remember feeling very uncomfortable there."
Shi Yunshen pondered for a moment and then said, "Could it be that your memory is biased, only remembering those unhappy things? Treatment is originally quite painful..."
Yun Qiqi furrowed her brows, intending to carefully recall.