Ying Qingcang took Xin Qing to the karst cave. It was a huge underground river, and the steam rising from it could soften people's hearts.
"You can take off your clothes and soak in the water." Obviously, Ying Qingcang was not one of them. He still criticized Xin Qing expressionlessly just because she and Zhang Mi played in the water for a while longer.
Xin Qing stood up, shook the water off her hands, and said calmly, "I just wanted to see if the water temperature was suitable."
"If we go further down, there will be hot springs like this every few dozen meters." Ying Qingcang ignored her and continued to walk forward.
Anam showed Xin Qing the tablet, and the data on it was the same as what Ying Qingcang said.
"There are 18 in total." Ying Qingcang glanced at them. "There are many smaller ones at the top, and we can build a villa there directly." Ying Qingcang's voice echoed in the karst cave, like a subwoofer with reverberation. It flowed into Xin Qing's heart effortlessly, like steaming hot spring water. She felt her mind becoming more and more muddled.
"Miss?" Ah Chul found that there was something wrong with her.
Xin Qing shook her head. "I'm fine."
"Let's go." Ying Qingcang turned around and left first. "The ventilation here is not very good, and the temperature is high, so the whole side of the mountain has to be emptied. Otherwise, people can't stay here for a long time."
Zhang Mi and Anam walked at the back and took some photos. Zhang Mi also took some bottles of water. When they went back, they would ask the experts to examine them. Who knew if the water was harmful to the human body?
Then they went to the villa area. They didn't know if Ying Qingcang did it on purpose or not, but he walked directly into the building they used to live in.
"I'm tired. Take a rest." He sat on the sofa and glanced at Ah Chul. "Boil the water."
Ah Chul immediately went into the kitchen. Zhang Mi bared her teeth at him from behind. Damn it, whose family are you from?
The food from before was still there. Ah Chul had already given it to the people at the stud farm at the foot of the mountain. It was obvious that they had not had the time to take it away. After boiling the water, they took out the tea leaves and sat around the living room to drink the tea. Zhang Mi stretched and said, "Let's take a nap before we leave. The air here is really good!"
"Alright, let's go upstairs." The bed that they had made was still there.
Xin Qing didn't sleep. Her mind was in a mess, so she decided to walk around.
Ah Chul was worried and wanted to follow her, but Ying Qingcang stood up and forced him back with a look.
"They're my people now. Please be polite," Xin Qing said grumpily as they walked in the woods.
Ying Qingcang followed behind her, walking at a leisurely pace. "If I remember correctly, even you are one of my people."
Xin Qing was stunned. She knew that he was talking about the 20 million yuan he had paid to buy her.
"Haha, do you have any evidence?" Xin Qing asked him.
Ying Qingcang shook his head. "No."
Xin Qing chuckled and was about to move forward, but she found that the villa was out of sight. She seemed to have chosen the wrong path and went directly into the depths of the woods. Seeing Ying Qingcang slowly approaching, Xin Qing kept cursing herself in her heart.
She knew that she couldn't resist him, but she still chose to go to a deserted place. Wasn't she looking for death?
"Haha!" Ying Qingcang had already walked up to her and looked around. "President Xin, you're deliberately seducing me again."
Xin Qing turned behind a tree. "I just took the wrong path." She pointed to the left. "Let's go back."
Ying Qingcang grabbed her. "Last time, we were by the fountain. This time, it's not a bad idea to try in the woods."
"Go away!" Xin Qing pushed him away. "Are you reminding me that you once raped me?
"Rape?" Ying Qingcang laughed. "I think President Xin's memory is not very good. You were very cooperative last time."
Xin Qing wanted to run. She threw herself forward, but Ying Qingcang pressed her against the tree trunk.
"Do you want to cooperate with me, hmm?"
His hot breath blew on her ear, and a tingling feeling spread to her lower abdomen. Xin Qing buried her head in his chest. "Is this the only way you know?"
Her muffled voice made Ying Qingcang laugh, but his words were bone-chillingly cold. "We used to have some kind of ancestral totem. Isn't it normal for us to desire each other's bodies?"
He pulled Xin Qing's coat open and slid his hand under her sweater. "I told you, I only have a physiological reaction to you."
"Stop it!" Xin Qing held his hand down. Just as her underwear was about to be pulled open, a clear child's voice suddenly rang out.
"My dear mommy! Pick up the phone! The cute Wangwang is looking for mommy! "
It was a call from home. Wangwang had specially recorded his own ringtone. Xin Qing panicked. Auntie Tian usually did not call her for no reason. She struggled a few times and said in a sobbing voice, "Let go of me. It's a call from home."
Ying Qingcang suddenly took a step back. Xin Qing ignored him and quickly took out her phone from her coat.
"Hello, Auntie Tian. It's me!"
"What?" Xin Qing's voice was obviously panicked. "I'll go back right away. You guys go straight to the hospital."
Ying Qingcang's eyes flashed with uncertainty. His whole body seemed to tense up, and even the air around him seemed to become tense. Xin Qing was already panicking. She did not even look at him. She staggered down the mountain and called Ah Chul as she ran.
Ying Qingcang frowned and clenched his fists. He waved them in the air and then quickly chased after her.
When Xin Qing ran down the mountain, Ah Chul and Anam were already there. Zhang Mi stood in front of the car and saw her. She asked anxiously, "What happened to Wangwang? Why was he sent to the hospital? "
Xin Qing got into the car and saw Ying Qingcang sitting next to her. She pursed her lips and said nothing. "Hurry up and start the car."
Ah Chul started the car. "Childe Shen is on his way to the hospital. Don't worry."
"Is it serious?" Zhang Mi was shocked.
"He has a fever." Xin Qing's face was pale. She did not notice that Ying Qingcang was holding her hand tightly in his.
"Ah," Zhang Mi said. She did not dare to say anything.
Chen Huan once said that if a child injected with the gene modification fluid had a fever at a young age, it meant that the child's body had rejected the fluid. There were two possible outcomes. The first was that the cells in the child's body had evolved. The modified fluid would stimulate the genes again and achieve a second evolution. The second outcome was failure. In the worst case scenario, the child would become an ordinary person.
When Xunxun was five years old, he had a high fever for three days. When he woke up, he had become like this. At the time, Ying Qingcang had thought that if Boss Wan's child could do it, so could his own son. Xin Qing, on the other hand, had agreed to the injection because she was worried that it would affect the fetus. She did not care whether her son was a genius or not. She only cared about his health.
But last year, Chen Huan had said that a few children who had received the injection had turned into idiots after the failure. Xin Qing could not accept that. All this time, she had been very careful not to let Wangwang get a fever. Wangwang had caught a cold during the New Year, so Xin Qing had not taken him to the mountains. But what was to come would come. There was no avoiding it.
After entering the city, Ying Qingcang suddenly said, "Stop the car. Drop me off here."
Only then did Xin Qing realize with a start that she had been leaning against him all this time. Her hand was also holding tightly onto his.
"Then … then …" She pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted. For a moment, she did not know what to say.
Ying Qingcang opened the car door and got out. "It's settled then," he said. "I'll send the proposal to Xin Enterprises later." With that, he closed the car door and left.
Zhang Mi stared at her. "You promised him?"
Xin Qing waved her hand. "We'll talk about it later. Let's go to the hospital now!"
In the hospital, Wangwang was lying on the bed. His face was red, and his little mouth was moaning from time to time.
Childe Shen and Uncle Fu stood beside him. Uncle Fu was already wiping away his tears.
Xin Qing pushed the door open. Childe Shen stepped aside when he saw them. "The hospital couldn't find anything wrong with him. I know what's going on, too. But I'm worried that his body temperature might be too high, so I gave him a glucose drip."
"I contacted Chen Huan on the way here, but she said there was no other way. Wangwang can only wake up on his own." Xin Qing's tears fell.
Zhang Mi hugged her. "Why are you crying? Wangwang is so brave. I'm sure he'll be fine!"
She remembered that Xunxun had only woken up three days ago. They lined up to get off work, but Xin Qing refused to leave. She insisted on staying by Xunxun's side. Hence, Zhang Mi and Ah Chul took turns keeping her company, forcing her to get some rest.
After midnight, Chen Huan arrived with Liuliu. The moment she saw Xin Qing, she shoved Liuliu into her arms.
"If anything happens to Wangwang, Liuliu will be your daughter. I don't want Xunxun anymore. I'll let him be your son."
Amused, Xin Qing hugged Liuliu and smacked Chen Huan's head. "What are you talking about? Didn't your Boss Wan give you any medicine again?"
"Xin Qing …" Chen Huan was so anxious that she was about to cry. "If I'd known there was something wrong with the gene amendment, I would never have given it to Wangwang!"
"Don't blame yourself for everything, okay?" Xin Qing put the sleeping Liuliu on another bed. "Asha doesn't have a fever, does she?"
Chen Huan had explained before that if Asha didn't have a fever, then her genetic talent wouldn't be as high as Xunxun's.
"Your son can do it! My son can do it too! "Xin Qing clenched her fists." Don't jinx me. "
"Yes, yes, yes!" Chen Huan nodded vigorously. "Our Wangwang can do it. He can do it!"
They had planned to keep it a secret from the other three children, but the next day happened to be a weekend. At noon, Xunxun brought the two younger ones to the hospital. When he saw his mother, he even glared at her.
"Mommy, little brother will wake up, right?" Asha saw Wangwang lying on the bed. His little body looked as if he was not breathing. Tears streamed down her cheeks.
Xin Qing gave her a knowing look. "Wangwang will wake up when the fever goes down!"
Xunxun couldn't bear to see Asha upset. He quickly comforted her. "Have you forgotten what I told you before?"
"No." Asha nodded. "I remember Brother Xunxun saying that if Wangwang has a fever, he'll become stronger. When he wakes up, he'll be as strong as Brother Xunxun!"
Xunxun was satisfied. Then, he added, "He'll be stronger, but not as strong as me."
Xiao Rui chuckled. He took Xin Qing's hand and asked her to get some rest. "Ah Chul said that you only slept for two hours last night. We're all here now. Go inside and sleep!"
"I'm not sleepy. I'm fine!" Xin Qing didn't want to leave.
Xiao Rui's face was stern. "Your breathing is two percent slower than usual. The magnetic field in your body is chaotic. Your nerves are also curled up. How can you say you're not tired?"
Xin Qing looked confused. She didn't understand a thing.
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