Chapter 147
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Chapter 147 The Shadow in the Laboratory
On the way back to Lin Aoxue’s home, neither of them spoke.
Until the car drove into the Lin family estate and stopped in front of the small building, Su Rui finally said, “I’m going to find two more people to protect you now.”
“Mm.”
Lin Aoxue gave a faint acknowledgment, then gently bit her red lips without saying anything more.
For her, words of gratitude were always difficult to express, but she remembered everything Su Rui had done for her.
Looking at Lin Aoxue, Su Rui laughed, “Of course, all the expenses and costs will be your full responsibility. I’m just a poor man after all.”
Lin Aoxue really felt the urge to roll her eyes. She looked up at Su Rui, her eyes serious: “If you think the money isn’t enough, then next month I’ll raise your salary from 3,000 to 3,500.”
After saying this, Lin Aoxue turned and walked toward the villa entrance.
Su Rui stood there, grinning foolishly.
It seemed Lin Aoxue’s arguing skills had improved.
Lin Aoxue was naturally the type with a sharp tongue but a soft heart, cold on the outside but warm inside. She wouldn’t actually refuse to cover the daily expenses. Su Rui was protecting her life, so she couldn’t possibly be that stingy.
At this moment, Lin Aoxue’s mother Wei Shuling walked out from the living room, spotted Su Rui, and her eyes lit up!
“Oh my, little Su, you haven’t visited for so long! Come in, come in quickly. Look at you, every time you drop Aoxue off at the door and then leave, never staying for dinner. Why are you being so polite? Auntie is telling you, just treat this place like your own home, don’t be reserved, don’t be nervous…”
As soon as Wei Shuling saw Su Rui, she activated her upgraded chatterbox mode!
Lin Aoxue helplessly covered her forehead and sighed deeply.
She was absolutely certain that before meeting Su Rui, her mother was never like this. Although she had always been somewhat talkative, it was never to this terrifying and shocking degree.
Su Rui’s smile was equally bright. He glanced at the secretly exasperated Lin Aoxue and said, “Auntie, it’s not that I don’t want to visit you, it’s just that sometimes Aoxue gets embarrassed…”
Hearing this, Lin Aoxue glared fiercely at Su Rui, her eyes like daggers, wishing she could gut him right then and there.
What nonsense! She was embarrassed? Why would she be embarrassed? When had she ever been embarrassed? What was that supposed to mean?
What she thought, she said, so Lin Aoxue looked at Su Rui and coldly asked, “When was I ever embarrassed?”
Su Rui helplessly shrugged, secretly amused. Honestly, it was too easy to trick this girl.
Wei Shuling glanced at her daughter, then said to Su Rui, “Aoxue is cold on the outside but warm-hearted, and she’s shy. Su Rui, don’t take it to heart.”
Su Rui also glanced at Lin Aoxue and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t take it to heart.”
“Come on, join Auntie for dinner. You don’t know, your uncle is never home, and Aoxue doesn’t talk when she gets home. I need someone to chat with. Since you’re here today, you’re not allowed to leave right away. I won’t let you go until we’ve chatted until ten o’clock.”
Su Rui was pulled into the living room by Lin Aoxue’s mother, while Lin Aoxue followed behind with her arms crossed, not saying a word.
“Come, come, sit down. I’ll have the housekeeper make a few more dishes to nourish you. Look at you, you’ve lost weight since I last saw you…”
Lost weight?
Su Rui touched his face, then looked smugly at Lin Aoxue. Ah, he was truly a middle-aged women killer, with such strong appeal to older women. How could this be?
Lin Aoxue frowned slightly and said, “Mom, Su Rui can’t stay for dinner. He has things to do tonight.”
Wei Shuling looked at her daughter and said earnestly, “Aoxue, you can’t be like this. It’s nothing for Su Rui to come over for a meal. What’s wrong with a couple visiting each other’s homes for dinner? Why are you always obstructing? Are you embarrassed or are you embarrassed?”
Are you embarrassed or are you embarrassed?
For Lin Aoxue, this question was truly profound.
Su Rui was already feeling like his stomach would hurt from holding in his laughter. Indeed, this old lady had already accepted him as her son-in-law. This was a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law – liking everything she saw.
While Lin Aoxue was still pondering whether she was embarrassed or not, Wei Shuling continued, “Aoxue, let me tell you, you’re not getting any younger, you’re already a leftover woman. Now that you’ve finally met such an excellent young man like Su Rui, you must treat him well. Your mother has been through this, listen to me and you won’t go wrong. Otherwise, how do you think I got your father back then?”
“Mom!”
Lin Aoxue was about to collapse. Her voice finally rose in volume, making the old lady stop talking immediately.
Su Rui pinched his face, which was almost distorted from holding back laughter, and winked at Lin Aoxue.
“Are you leaving or not?”
Lin Aoxue was thin-skinned, and couldn’t stand being teased like this, so she was really trying to send him away now.
Su Rui winked again: “That depends on Auntie’s opinion.”
Wei Shuling, seeing her daughter repeatedly trying to drive Su Rui away, was quite unhappy: “Aoxue, how can you be like this? Su Rui is our guest after all. This is too impolite of you.”
“Mom, I’ve said it many times, he has work at the company. Besides, I’ll treat him to dinner tomorrow night as compensation, okay?”
Knowing that being tough wouldn’t work, Lin Aoxue finally started to negotiate.
Hearing this, Wei Shuling immediately beamed with joy: “Good, good, good. You two should enjoy your private time tomorrow night. Make sure to take Su Rui to eat lots of good food…”
But unexpectedly, Su Rui interjected: “Auntie, tomorrow night is when Tianxiang Group’s Chairman Song Tianxiang is hosting a dinner. Aoxue asked me to accompany her.”
At this moment, Lin Aoxue again had the urge to strangle Su Rui.
“What? Accompany? That won’t do.” Wei Shuling took matters into her own hands and said, “How about this, I’ll arrange for you. The day after tomorrow, you two can have dinner together then.”
After saying this, Wei Shuling actually gave Su Rui a knowing look. Su Rui was a bit surprised but happily gave the old lady a thumbs up.
This old lady was truly the model of Chinese mothers-in-law! If all Chinese mothers-in-law could be like her, how many disharmonious incidents would be avoided each year?
“Fine, fine, fine. The day after tomorrow evening, I promise.” Lin Aoxue was about to be driven crazy by these two jokers.
After much difficulty, Su Rui finally left. Old lady Wei Shuling, watching Su Rui’s retreating figure, was still smacking her lips: “Look at what an excellent young man he is. It would be such a shame if you don’t hold onto him.”
Lin Aoxue pouted: “Guys like him are a dime a dozen in Ninghai.”
Wei Shuling looked at her daughter disbelievingly: “Really? Then let me ask you, from your childhood until now, how many young men have you met who are more excellent than Su Rui?”
Lin Aoxue originally didn’t want to answer, but hearing this question, she inexplicably thought about it and unconsciously said, “Actually, none.”
…
At twelve o’clock at night.
At this hour, even employees working overtime had long since left. Due to the explosion incident during the day, the research center had been closed early.
Now, the main building of Bikang Group was almost completely dark, with occasional flashlight beams passing through – those were Zhang Weiping’s security department staff on patrol.
After everything that happened today, they didn’t dare to be careless, especially the bootlicking department head Zhang Weiping, who was terrified. He immediately added overtime shifts and extra personnel, even personally leading the patrol team for the night shift.
Although they were all high-paid security guards, earning more than ordinary white-collar workers, if anything happened to Lin Aoxue, they could forget about staying at Bikang Group!
“Let’s go check the research center.”
Zhang Weiping personally led the team toward the laboratory. After entering several passwords and his fingerprint at the main door, it opened.
As the door opened, a faint smell of blood wafted out.
After a whole day, the smell of blood had not completely dissipated.
Smelling this, Zhang Weiping couldn’t help but recall the two corpses he had disposed of, and a chill began to spread through his heart.
Indeed, for Zhang Weiping, who was doing this kind of thing for the first time, it was really too much to ask.
Although this was ordered directly by Chairman Lin Fuzhang, who told him not to worry about any danger, after putting the two corpses in large sacks and dumping them at the landfill, Zhang Weiping’s heart was still pounding non-stop.
Ignoring the rule prohibiting alcohol during work hours, Zhang Weiping bought two small bottles of ten-yuan erguotou liquor from a small shop when he returned, and gulped them down to slightly ease his horrified, oppressed feelings.
And now, in the dark night, as he led his subordinates with flashlights to open the laboratory door and smelled the bloody scent, a trace of panic flashed through his heart again.
In the past, he would have definitely turned and left, not checking anything further, but now, for some reason, perhaps due to the pressure of losing his job, he somehow found a bit of courage in his heart.
“Go in, check carefully, don’t miss any corner or cabinet!” Zhang Weiping took a deep breath, was the first to step through the research center’s door, and then turned on the lights.
This place was different from others – it was the core area of the group, and there was no need to increase the risk factor just to save electricity.
The broken glass from the day had been cleaned up, and the disarranged tables and chairs had been put back in order, but Zhang Weiping still felt uncomfortable. The image of those two bloody, terrifying corpses kept lingering in his mind.
After carefully checking everything and making sure no corner was missed, Zhang Weiping finally said, “Let’s leave. Lock all the doors. Without the passwords and fingerprints, they couldn’t get in even if they grew wings.”
Taking one more deep look at the vast laboratory, Zhang Weiping finally closed the door.
After Zhang Weiping and his team left and the laboratory returned to darkness, a figure suddenly slid down silently from the ceiling!
