Chapter 732: Chapter 731: Stop Loving Me Chapter 732: Chapter 731: Stop Loving Me At this moment, Lu Mian suddenly sneezed violently.
Yuren and Sikong Jian had brought a sedan to pick her up.
She was soaked to the skin, and even though the car heater was blasting warm air, she felt a chill in her bones.
Lu Mian curled up in the car seat a few times, aware that it wasn’t just because she had jumped into the lake to save someone, but also because of the side effects of the RE Factor.
Fortunately, it had taken effect after everything was over.
“What’s wrong?” Sikong Jian asked as he handed her a wet wipe.
Lu Mian rubbed her nose and scrubbed off the dirt on her skin with the wet wipe, “It’s nothing.”
“Mianmian.” Sikong Jian hesitated, watching her silently wipe her face and hands and silently handing her one wet wipe after another.
After a while, Sikong Jian finally asked, “Did you see any protective gear in the laboratory?”
“Yeah,” Lu Mian mumbled.
“Did you notice any material on it that looked familiar?”
Lu Mian’s fingertips stalled, touching the ring around her neck.
When Hua Ying had taken her to the laboratory, due to his overconfidence, he didn’t search her, so all of Lu Mian’s belongings were kept intact.
Seeing her reaction, Sikong Jian seemed to understand and didn’t say anymore.
It was Lu Mian who took the initiative to explain.
Sikong Jian was taken aback, and a sourness surged in his heart instantly.
How jealous he was of Xiao Qimo.
To have Lu Mian declare her trust without hesitation, to see how firmly she defended him.
Sikong Jian turned away, his mood sinking, and nestled in the co-pilot seat, silent.
Yuren glanced at Lu Mian through the rearview mirror, his expression desolate and lonely.
Some people never get a chance to perform before they have to leave the stage.
That line, he would never have the chance to say it out loud.
Lu Mian leaned lazily against the window, looking out at the scenery, but her mind kept recalling the letter Xiao Qimo had left her before he left.
He said he discovered the mo particles at the age of 18, which was a milestone in physics for him.
He said the mo particles were stolen from the laboratory, and he had been trying to retrieve them for years.
He said this happened on May 13, 2015; that was the day he announced his withdrawal from the Sufeng game and the day he left the Shadow Hunting Team. It was also on that day he sealed away everything related to physics and entrusted it to his grandfather’s care.
He said he would not forget that day.
He also said: I’m sorry.
Lu Mian thought to herself that even though he was just calmly narrating these events, her heart ached terribly.
She finally remembered that he had apologized to her several times.
Each one carried an unresolved weight that she had not understood before.
She wasn’t angry, really not angry.
She believed in his words, firmly believed them.
“Handsome Yu, please, drive faster,” Lu Mian said in a hoarse voice, eager to get back.
Yuren paused, “Okay.”
Lu Mian returned to the office as if she had never left; as quietly as she went out, her return went unnoticed.
And her expression was even more composed, as if she had simply gone out to buy a big head of cabbage, as if nothing happened.
Sikong Jian thought her ability to manage her expressions was top-notch, and no one would guess that this girl had just single-handedly taken down an illegal laboratory.
Just as when she saved number thirteen and became famous in one fell swoop.
The things she did exceeded the limits of a high school student.
Who could imagine that this devilish girl from hell was actually just a first-year high school student?
And her classmates were certainly imagining that in a distant place, she wasn’t playing, but capturing criminals instead.
Anyway, operations at the office were business as usual, with the only one feeling anxious being Wang Xintong.
She thought… Lu Mian surely wouldn’t be able to come back.
This news struck her like a bolt from the blue, frightening her into hiding straightaway in the infirmary, never to emerge again. She even quietly packed her bags, ready to leave the office as soon as she got permission.
As long as she didn’t have to deal with Lu Mian anymore, no one would know what she had done.
Lu Mian had no time to bother with her, and Wang Xintong could keep silent, which was exactly what she wanted.
She was now dominated by the side effects of the RE Factor, starting to show symptoms of fever and weakness.
Sikong Jian went to the infirmary to get her some fever-reducing patches.
“I can understand you, your body must feel like it’s been overdrawn.” Sikong Jian tore open the packaging of the fever patch, carefully applying it to her forehead.
Lu Mian, now in fresh clothes, lay on the bed, feeling somewhat weak.
Listening to Sikong Jian’s words “overdrawn,” she didn’t feel they could truly empathize with each other.
“No one in the office knows you went out, Yu has tampered with the surveillance and everything, so you can continue to be the good, obedient child.”
“Hmm,” Lu Mian curled her lips, “I have to at least fulfill the promises I made on the surface.”
So much for fulfilling promises on the surface.
Sikong Jian was both angry and jealous, it was because he cared!
He petulantly applied several more fever patches to Lu Mian’s face, “Take care of yourself first.”
“I know,” Lu Mian waved her hand lazily, “you go out first, I’ll be fine on my own.”
“Yeah, my boyfriend at home is the jealous type. It wouldn’t be good for him to find out,” said Lu Mian gently.
Sikong Jian stood up and walked away, his feelings a complicated mix.
As he nearly reached the door, he heard Lu Mian call his name.
The man’s phoenix eyes brightened, turning to look back, “Having regrets now?”
“…” Lu Mian stared into his eyes for a moment, then spoke earnestly, “Stop loving me.”
Sikong Jian’s chest suddenly ached with suffocation.
The light in his eyes dimmed instantly.
While New World Laboratory hadn’t been able to hurt him, that sentence nearly cost him his life.
Lu Mian steeled her heart and told him candidly, “I will probably only ever be with Xiao Qimo in this lifetime.”
Sikong Jian quickly muttered an acknowledgment, hastily leaving her room.
You don’t remember that incident at all?
Xiao Qimo was among the second batch to return.
Their safe return celebrated by everyone at the office, Daine strongly demanded a party, dashing into the kitchen to order an extravagant amount of his favorite Z Country dishes.
If they didn’t hurry to eat, it would be too late.
The network access at the office was gradually restored, and Daine, with mobile in hand, ordered several boxes of spicy strips for himself and the spicy strip fanatics on his team.
Buying spicy strips in Z Country was as if they cost nothing, whereas the prices would multiply several times if he purchased them locally.
Wa Zhiqi, Sun Hui, and Mo Fan were the first to seek out Lu Mian to share the good news.
They even forgot that a fiercely jealous man was watching them from behind.
Xiao Qimo, infuriated to the point of a headache, suppressed his jealousy and decided to first head back to his room to shower.
Lu Mian’s room was suddenly flooded with three people, scrambling to get her attention.
Seeing these lively bunch chattering nonstop before her, Lu Mian couldn’t help but find them rather endearing.