Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 439 - 452: Reunion with Wei Linnan

He originally wanted to say "monster," afraid of scaring her. Such an ugly appearance made even him disgusted; how could he expect her to have no qualms? But...

Does he still have the right to have her?

Without such complex thoughts, Su Xingyu simply asked, "What exactly happened? How did you suddenly...?"

Lu Shifeng casually replied, "I don’t know; maybe I caught some virus in the mountains. Xingyu, don’t worry. I’ll arrange for a driver to take me for a thorough checkup later. No matter what virus it is, it won’t burden you or the child." He didn’t mention the deal made with Wei Linnan. After all, that deal started because of her, and he feared she would feel guilty.

However, she hated him so much that she might not feel guilty at all.

But if she didn’t feel guilty, how could he bear that cold result?

So, not telling her anything was the best option.

Her expression was full of worry, "Which hospital will you go to for the checkup? Is this illness...so easy to diagnose?"

He said, "I have a place I trust."

She paused for a moment, recalling Wei Linnan’s underground base: "Are you going to the base that helped treat my face? The technology there is advanced; maybe they can find out the problem. Yet, it might be best to hide this illness from everyone. What if they catch you for experiments?" She worried further.

He reassured her, "I’ll be fine."

No matter how worried she was, he still needed to get a thorough examination for his bizarre condition.

Su Xingyu wanted to accompany him, but he stopped her.

He went to Wei Linnan’s underground base alone. The base was as orderly as ever, with a spacious area full of a post-modern sci-fi vibe, cold yet captivating.

When Wei Linnan saw him, he wasn’t surprised. In fact, since his internal mutation factor was triggered by the rain last night, Wei Linnan had been observing him from the shadows. Any astonishment had already faded last night, such as his ability to pull back into rationality with human willpower in the instant of transforming into a beastly creature, resisting the urge to harm his beloved woman despite the craving for blood and slaughter...

Is this what humanity is?

Wei Linnan, with interest, remarked, "Humans are a more powerful race than I imagined."

Lu Shifeng keenly picked up on the inconsistency in his words: "You’re not human?" If it were a day earlier, he would have never harbored such doubts. But the events of the past day and night were too fantastical, beyond explanation by existing human knowledge. On the way here, Lu Shifeng contemplated countless possibilities, each more unbelievable than the last.

Wei Linnan’s face displayed that mask-like smile again: "Whether I’m human or not doesn’t matter. What’s important is that I’m sincerely happy for the resilience of humanity. It’s not easy to find a race suitable to bear the Scatana life form. Previous test subjects like mice, gorillas, tigers, and lions couldn’t withstand the genes, resulting in various issues. Indeed, humanity is the spirit of all things on Earth."

Lu Shifeng frowned and directly asked, "Are you a mad scientist? Or an alien?"

The mask-like smile on Wei Linnan’s face didn’t lessen: "I’ve already said, it doesn’t matter."

Seeing that he couldn’t get anything out of this man’s mouth, Lu Shifeng prioritized the main points: "I might not hold you accountable for almost killing me, but you must tell me what I will become in the future. Did the beast transformation end yesterday? Has my body thoroughly defeated those genes, never to reactivate again?"

"Defeat?" Wei Linnan sneered, as if he had heard something ridiculous, "No race can defeat Scatana, none at all. You small human; you only overcame an extremely decomposed fragment of a Scatana factor—it isn’t even whole. And you haven’t completely eradicated it; it’s merely lying dormant. You better hope it never activates, because when it does, the Scatana Factor learns quickly and cleverly. It will absorb this experience and become ten, a hundred times more terrifying."

Lu Shifeng looked coldly at Wei Linnan. If looks could kill, Wei Linnan might have died hundreds of times by now.

But Wei Linnan wasn’t afraid at all: "Don’t think about retaliating against me, Mr. Lu. With your power or the militaristic forces worldwide, you can’t achieve it."

Lu Shifeng said, "Indeed, when I first saw the scale of your underground base, I realized its terror might exceed my imagination. But Wei Linnan, maybe I can’t destroy you, but I might still cause you enough trouble to damage you severely; that would be troublesome for you, wouldn’t it?"

Looking at him, Wei Linnan finally put away the mask-like smile on his face: "I hate being threatened."

"What a coincidence, I don’t like it either," Lu Shifeng stood his ground. "You set such a big trap for me with the experimental drug, putting me through life and death. It’s not too much to ask for a bit of compensation."

"What do you want?" Wei Linnan asked.

Upon weighing his options, he didn’t want to get entangled with Blade Group the Lu Family. He was here for biomedical research, not to antagonize anyone. The simplest problems should be solved in the simplest ways; he had no intention of wasting too much time outside of drug research.

Lu Shifeng said, "I want the optical transmission technology you have—the one you used to project images onto any piece of glass despite communication breakdown during last night’s storm."

Wei Linnan slightly squinted his eyes, surprised by the request.

"I thought you would ask me to cure your son’s autism," Wei Linnan noted.

"I won’t let you experiment on my family again." Previously, Lu Shifeng sought Wei Linnan’s help for Su Xingyu, unaware of his terrifying nature. But after experiencing that horrifying mutation during the rainy night, he dared not entrust his family’s health to such a deviant. He could only seek other benefits for Blade Group, like that formidable optical sensor technology, which might allow the Lu Family to make new leaps in the optics field.

He was the Crown Prince of the Lu Family, and he had to consider the family.

"Is that so? What a pity." Wei Linnan licked his lips, lingeringly; he was actually quite interested in researching the brains of genius children with autism.

"You can’t take that technology," Wei Linnan honestly told him, "Consider it as me having superpowers. By the way, you could have superpowers too, if you activate the Scatana Factor lying dormant..."