"Zuimo... open the door. Brother ca to see you."
"I don't want to see you, go back."
"Don't, Zuimo, I'm your brother, you're not even seeing ?"
"Did Ye Xiaofan tell you that if I refuse to take the antidote, even if it's forced down my throat, it must be done?"
"I, no, no... how could that be? I'm just here to check on you."
"I said, I just want to punish myself."
"But, there's not much ti left; if you don't take it, I'm afraid..."
"You really ca to force to take the antidote." Shen Zuimo's thinking is so sharp, how could Shen Junjie be her match?
This woman has an unshakable determination; if she says she won't eat, she absolutely won't.
"Zuimo, open the door first, okay?"
"If you keep knocking and bothering , I'll throw the antidote out the window."
"No, okay, okay, I won't bother you. Zuimo, you^..."
"Go away. I don't want to listen. Let be alone."
Shen Zuimo knew she was being willful, facing the threat of death, yet she wasn't afraid at all. She even thought, if she just died like this, wouldn't it be a good thing for Xiaofan too?
In these two years, she has dragged him down so much.
If his life was without her, he would live very well, he could develop freely, and roam around as he liked.
Shen Zuimo was conflicted; she was reluctant to leave his embrace and just die. This was her only hope to live in the world, so because of this conflict, Shen Zuimo neither threw away nor took the antidote.
"Alright, have a rest first, I'll co see you tomorrow..."
"Wait..."
"Hmm? What's up?" Shen Junjie thought his sister had changed her mind and imdiately asked with joy outside the door.
"Tell him, tell him I've already taken the antidote, just waiting for him to co back."
"Ah? I, this..."
"I don't want him to be distracted at work. Rest assured, I know my body, in a few days I'll naturally take the antidote myself." Shen Zuimo said slowly.
"But, if he finds out I lied, won't that make him even more anxious?" Shen Junjie said helplessly.
"Can't you even lie? What use is having you as a brother? I didn't say I wouldn't eat it, just postponing it for a couple of days." Shen Zuimo said calmly.
"But..."
"No buts, consider this the first ti your sister has ever asked for your help."
"..."
Shen Junjie cherished his sister the most, and since she asked, how could he find a reason to refuse?
"Then you must take the antidote tomorrow, you promised ."
"I said in a couple of days, not tomorrow. Isn't there still over a week of ti?"
"You... hey, just rember, you have to take it."
Shen Junjie left the ward of the dical departnt helplessly, Zuimo was too clever, she had locked herself in the ward these few days, no one could get in. She barely ate anything, and if this continued, the stress on her body would be too great.
But what could be done? For now, they could only let her be for a while, after all, Zuimo's personality was too extre. If she was really angered, she might actually throw the antidote away.
"Hmm? Has Zuimo really taken the antidote?" Over here, Xiaofan had naturally received Shen Junjie's call with the lie.
"Absolutely, after taking the antidote she's now asleep, the doctor said to draw blood and test after she wakes up. If there's no problem, she should be fine." Shen Junjie felt that lying was a really painful thing.
Of course, Xiaofan's mind was also entirely on the fact that Zuimo had taken the antidote, not thinking much further, otherwise, he would have seen through the lie imdiately.
"Where's my Grandpa?" Xiaofan asked cautiously, the more people he trusted, the more at ease he'd be.
"Oh, I forgot to inform him, but he seems not to be in the country."
"Hmm, as soon as the test results co out, call imdiately."
"Alright."
Hanging up the phone, Xiaofan let out a heavy sigh of relief.
An issue was thus set aside, so the final battle was about to begin.
Ti was ticking away, and it was almost the ti Lingze ntioned. This operation must not fail. If they win, they could comfortably search for the antidote and then go ho. If they lose, then there's nothing left.
There were thirteen hours left before the mutant group's transport to the secret base.
Ti ca to three o'clock in the morning on July 10th.
Li San was already in place in Kyoto, and Xiaofan was ready to set off. Of course, before leaving, Lingze still needed to be handled first.
"Brother, Lingze should wake up in about half an hour." Tang Tianyou said slowly.
"Boss, the temporary police station is ready too. Penghai of the Hidden Assassination Squad has also sent two Japanese-speaking mbers to get in position." Lin Hongbin said calmly.
"Alright, Tang, you take Bin and the others to et up with Li San first. I'll set off in about an hour." Xiaofan said calmly.
"Brother, you're really not planning to exchange for the antidote?" Tang Tianyou asked hesitantly.
"No worries, there's still about two months' ti, the dicines you previously concocted, I've tried them, it should just be missing the last ingredient, the Three-color Figs. I just can't believe we can't find a single Three-color Fig in two months."
The deadly ti for the White Scorpion is forty-nine days, plus the few suppression pills left by Bai Xue can barely last two months.
Within two months, even if they couldn't find the antidote in Japan, Xiaofan believed his grandpa could find the Three-color Figs. Conversely, if they traded Lingze for the antidote, there's no guarantee it's the real thing, not to ntion being put in danger, Xiaofan wouldn't consider that.
In other words, since Lingze had already said everything, he no longer had any use left. A person with no utility value, and soone he loathed imnsely, what kind of end awaits, was easily imagined.
Yes, part of Xiaofan's plan involved killing Lingze. That's why Li San had been against it all along.
If they killed Lingze, Xiaofan would lose the leverage to trade for the antidote, reducing his chance of survival. Yet Xiaofan was firm in his decision, who could persuade him to alter the original plan?
Anyway, keeping him is just a nace, but before his life ends, Xiaofan still wants to use him one last ti.
And the ignorant Lingze, still in a coma, thought the Black Mantis was under threat from the White Scorpion and wouldn't kill him. However, in half an hour when Lingze wakes up...
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