Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 440 - 453: One Against a Hundred

"Let’s not talk about it."

Wei Linnan smiled slightly, not caring at all about his dismissive attitude. He turned and retrieved a fingernail-sized piece of black material from the drawer of his lab. It looked like a rough little stone. Wei Linnan said, "I’m giving this to you. Wear it, and it can suppress the Scatana Factor in your body, preventing you from going wild again."

Lu Shifeng reached out to take it, skeptical.

Wei Linnan was simply too untrustworthy, and there was always a trap hidden somewhere in his words.

As if seeing his doubts, Wei Linnan smiled and said, "This time I’m not lying to you, I’m not playing word games, really. Too many sins lead to bad luck, so I like to do good deeds sometimes too. Look on the bright side, Mr. Lu, the Scatana Gene makes one very powerful, do you feel the strength? Longevity, vitality, one against a hundred, seven times a night, it’s no dream, hahaha..."

Lu Shifeng expressionlessly closed his palm around the little stone.

He took a few steps away, then turned slightly and asked, "In the future, if I have children with Xingyu, will it affect the next generation?"

"I don’t know," Wei Linnan answered decisively. With experimental subjects, if he knew everything, what would he need them for?

Lu Shifeng’s eyes narrowed slightly, a murderous aura gathering around him.

Wei Linnan said, "Don’t be angry. I promise you, when your wife gets pregnant, you can bring her to me for a free check-up, and if any problems arise after birth, you can come to me, lifetime healthcare, how about that? Do you know how many people would kill for such a deal?"

Lu Shifeng: "..."

He now wished he could tear Wei Linnan limb from limb to vent his frustration, but he knew he couldn’t. If the Lu Family and this underground base became enemies, it would be like Mars colliding with Earth, the deadly conflict between two great powers could shake the entire world. Besides, tearing Wei Linnan apart might not change his current physical condition.

Experimental subject...

He knew what those words meant.

If Wei Linnan didn’t dare make promises about what was happening to him, he wouldn’t be surprised at all.

"Remember what you said today," he coldly warned Wei Linnan. This was the best possible outcome. More entanglement would be pointless. He walked step by step out of the underground base.

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Su Xingyu was always somewhat uneasy, but when he finally returned, she felt slightly relieved.

Seeing him unharmed, she couldn’t help but ask, "How did it go? What did the doctor say about your condition?"

He put away all his inner irritation and told her blandly, "I’m fine, it’s already cleared up. I just caught a virus from the mountains. It comes on quickly but recedes just as fast. The virus isn’t contagious, so you and the kids don’t need to worry." During the day she had Mrs. Gui and others disinfect the entire villa inside and out, he’d seen it all.

But she didn’t feel guilty; it was only natural to take these precautions when someone at home was sick.

Upon hearing he was fine, she nodded and turned to leave.

He called out from behind, "Xingyu."

She turned to look at him, a strand of wind lifting her hair, making her momentarily breathtaking.

He was slightly dazed, then told her, "I’ll deal with Zhuang Heng’s situation tomorrow." The status with Zhuang Heng had been dragging on too long. In recent times, with Jue’s surgery and the incident at the kindergarten, it somehow still hadn’t been resolved. After last night’s scare, he didn’t want to wait any longer. He wanted to give her a complete home as quickly as possible.

She was slightly taken aback, instinctively refusing, "I said before, you and Zhuang Heng are none of my business, we..." She originally wanted to say ’we’re getting divorced’, but the image of his bloodshot eyes in last night’s storm, ordering her to leave, stopped her. The words just wouldn’t come out. She paused, then said, "We’ll talk about our matters later."

Just those words made him overjoyed.

If last night’s injury could bring about her current concession, no longer meeting him with cold disdain as before, then so what if he had injected Wei Linnan’s drug?

He looked at her deeply, reminding her, "You promised me that if I made it through, you would give me a son."

Su Xingyu: "..."

She had promised him, it was true, but she had been out of her mind last night when she spoke rashly. However, she said she’d give him a son, not that she’d bear him a son!

There’s a big difference between the two, isn’t there!

Su Xingyu inwardly fumed but didn’t dare to point out the difference in wording to him. She’d been really impulsive, almost telling him about Han’s parentage?!

This...

Wasn’t this going to pit Han for life?!

Thinking of the Lu Family’s excessively strict elite education made her dread letting Han acknowledge his parentage. Besides, as long as Han didn’t recognize Lu Shifeng, she still had a chance to leave. If father and son did recognize each other, what chance would she have to leave him?!

He had once hurt her so deeply.

Even if he loved her equally deeply, too, she was still bitten once and twice shy, with a weary heart unable to love again.

She didn’t answer Lu Shifeng’s words that carried an implicit expectation, turning and leaving him only with a vague silhouette.

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The next day, Su Xingyu had a shooting project at Cloud Magazine.

Although she’d had a lot of family matters recently, she didn’t want to hold up the shooting schedule with her private affairs, so she proceeded as planned.

The shoot went smoothly, and the model cooperating this time was very professional, finishing half an hour ahead of schedule. Su Xingyu, wearing a mask, was chatting and laughing with the staff, tidying up her gear and heading downstairs. No sooner had she exited the elevator on the first floor and reached the lobby’s front desk, when the receptionist turned to greet her saying, "Miss Axing, maybe you should wait a bit before going out?"

"What’s wrong?" Su Xingyu asked, startled.

The people around her also stopped to look over.

The receptionist, having seen her come and go these days, was already favorably inclined toward her congenial nature, nodded toward the front entrance direction. "Do you see the reporters lurking outside? It seems something happened over at Blade across the street, and someone’s here to make trouble for you."

Blade?

Making trouble for her?

Su Xingyu was a bit bewildered. Never mind that Lu Shifeng was all tender and cautious with her now - even back when he didn’t pay much mind to her, he wouldn’t be bored enough to make trouble for her.

A thought crossed her mind, and the answer soon revealed itself —

A woman dressed in an elegant light pearl white suit walked in, her long curly hair and high heels, carrying a limited edition Hermès handbag. She surveyed the lobby as if searching for something, quickly locking eyes with Su Xingyu.