He looked at Qin Chuan’s troubled expression, “You just made the right choice. This matter isn’t your fault.”
“If Xu An knew Yueyue’s true purpose, she probably wouldn’t have chosen to send Yueyue here.”
“People are like this. Once they develop feelings, even if they know it’s a terrifying monster, they will still rush towards it without hesitation.”
“Moreover, Yueyue is such a cute human cub, and she bears the mission of saving humanity.”
Dr. Ling spoke for a long time, but Qin Chuan didn’t even give him a glance, only looking at him coldly.
“You said you wouldn’t harm that child.”
Dr. Ling crossed his legs, his hands resting on his knees, his demeanor casual and natural, no longer showing the cunning appearance Xu An had seen.
“Don’t worry, this antibody is extremely potent. Blood only works if it’s taken from a living subject. Even for the vaccine, I wouldn’t kill that child.”
Qin Chuan’s brows and eyes grew even more stern.
“What I want is for this child to grow up healthy and well, not just to live like a dog.”
Dr. Ling looked at Qin Chuan now, his patience completely exhausted.
“Qin Chuan, no matter what, I am your elder. Is this how you speak to me?”
He then chuckled mockingly, “Grow up healthy and happy? Qin Chuan, what nonsense are you spouting.”
“Living sample, do I need to explain to you what those four words mean? What, are you going to send this little girl back? Let her go to school, make friends, live like a normal person?”
“Do you know why Yueyue’s father didn’t tell Xu An and the others what the true antibody was? Because no one can truly resist temptation. When Xu An didn’t know the antibody was Yueyue, I don’t believe she didn’t have the antibody on her mind.”
“It’s just that this period of shared time has allowed Xu An to develop feelings for this child. Combined with the relationship with Xu An’s mother, otherwise, do you think anyone would truly accept a walking vaccine?”
Hearing this, the calmness on Qin Chuan’s face finally crumbled.
“That’s not what you told me at first. You said you only needed blood samples in the early stages, and once you developed the serum, you would let the child go.”
Dr. Ling found it laughable, “Qin Chuan, are you three and a half years old? Why do you believe everything? Did I just realize you are such a naive person?”
“Ling Kun! You bastard, don’t push your luck too far!”
*Tch,* Dr. Ling snorted coldly and turned to leave, leaving Qin Chuan alone in the office, raging.
For the first time, Qin Chuan questioned his own decision.
The immense doubt made him uneasy. In his nearly 30 years of life, Qin Chuan felt for the first time that he might have made a mistake.
Xu An’s accusations echoed in his ears like a broadcast, circling.
Yueyue is still a child.
She is only eight years old.
Are you even human…
Qin Chuan also felt despicable for the first time, realizing he had been so malicious as to scheme against an eight-year-old child.
Xu An asked Qin Chuan when he started doubting her.
Actually, Qin Chuan had never doubted Xu An.
All of this was told to Qin Chuan by Dr. Ling.
It was Dr. Ling who, upon seeing Yueyue for the first time, noticed something was wrong. Coupled with Yueyue’s persistent high fever.
Initially, Dr. Ling approached Qin Chuan and asked him to cooperate with his act, which Qin Chuan strongly resisted.
Only when Dr. Ling questioned him, asking if he would abandon all of humanity for one woman, did Qin Chuan turn back to look at Dr. Ling.
Afterward, it was also Dr. Ling who repeatedly assured Qin Chuan that he would only examine Yueyue’s body to confirm if there were any problems, and that Yueyue would not be harmed.
Only then did Qin Chuan agree.
However, subsequent behavior after Xu An boarded the plane with Yueyue indicated that Yueyue indeed had issues.
Yet Qin Chuan had been testing Xu An all along, thinking whether Xu An knew about Yueyue’s condition and was deliberately feigning ignorance, or if Xu An was also completely unaware of the matter.
Subsequent actions showed that Xu An indeed did not know, but Xu An must have discovered something, which was why she was protecting Yueyue so fiercely.
Xu An’s abnormality further convinced Dr. Ling and others that Yueyue was indeed unusual.
Later, when she was sent to the hospital for examination, a scraped wound was found on Yueyue’s scalp. Although the wound was very small, Dr. Ling’s caution led him to have the structure and tissue of Yueyue’s scalp wound analyzed.
Indeed, a very fine piece of necrotic tissue, human tissue, was found around the wound.
Dr. Ling immediately had someone analyze Yueyue’s blood.
After a complete blood count.
They discovered residual zombie virus in Yueyue, who had a persistent high fever.
But miraculously, the zombie virus in Yueyue’s body did not, like other viruses, rapidly infect the entire body and spread to the brain.
Yueyue’s body had split into a new type of cell, and that cell was consuming the zombie virus.
Yueyue’s persistent high fever was precisely because this cell was working within her body, helping her resist the zombie virus.
Dr. Ling was ecstatic when he discovered this.
No one expected that the true antibody would be an eight-year-old girl.
However, to be safe, Dr. Ling still had someone examine the sample Xu An had handed over.
Despite feeling it was unlikely, Dr. Ling and Qin Chuan both hoped that the sample contained the real antibody, so that Yueyue’s existence would become proof.
Proof that the antibody could truly save humanity.
Instead of becoming a substitute for the actual antibody.
But the test results were very disappointing.
The sample contained only ordinary blue liquid.
It was simply a diversion.
Qin Chuan instantly connected Xu An’s abnormal behavior since boarding the plane.
Initially, he had suspected Xu An, and they had tested her.
But only later did Qin Chuan see from Xu An’s subtle micro-expressions.
Xu An might truly not know about Yueyue, but Xu An might have already discovered something.
So Qin Chuan and Dr. Ling decided that one of them would stall Xu An, while the other would take Yueyue away.
Initially, Dr. Ling had intended for Qin Chuan to face Xu An alone.
He knew from the first moment he saw Xu An that she was not someone easily fooled.
Dealing with someone like her would clearly be exhausting.
But Qin Chuan refused.
He said Xu An was highly vigilant, and if he went, he would reveal their hand.
But now it seemed, it no longer mattered whether Xu An discovered anything or not; the rift between these two had already formed.
And Yueyue was destined to become the insurmountable chasm between them.