Crossflow

Tao Fengche was a little distracted from the moment he got in the car today, and even forgot to raise the baffle between the rear seat and the driver's seat.After waiting for the red light, the driver quietly glanced at the situation in the rear row through the rearview mirror, and his heart skipped a beat immediately.

... Young Master, what happened today?Frowning for a while, pondering for a while, smiling for a while, he performed the whole scene by himself, did he take the wrong medicine or was the soul penetrated?

From this moment on, the driver looked anxiously at the rear through the rearview mirror from time to time. Every time Tao Fengche's expression changed, his heart skipped a beat, and he had to take into account the complicated road conditions. It can be described as physically and mentally exhausted.

After finally reaching the destination, he breathed a sigh of relief and glanced back tentatively. Tao Fengche was still immersed in his own world.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the 6.5-meter-long Maybach was arrogantly straddling the main entrance of the research institute. Although the security guard of the research institute recognized the license plate and did not go forward to drive, the driver glanced at the display on the car. Screen, still can't sit still.

He summoned up his courage and said boldly, "Master, we are here."

If you don't get out of the car, you will be late!

"Huh?" Tao Fengche, who was wandering in the sky, finally came back to his senses at this time, cleared his throat a little uncomfortably, and then nodded calmly, "Oh."

He put on the calm mask again, reached out to take the schoolbag on the side, put it on his back and got out of the car.

The control of the research institute is very strict, and you have to go through security checks when you enter and exit, but Tao Fengche has a special status after all. As the heir of the Tao family, as soon as the security guard stepped forward, he suddenly said: "I'm going to be late."

Tao Fengche didn't refuse to check, but just frowned, and said this casually, but the security guard suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Although Tao Fengche entered the research institute in the name of "study", and the identity card also said "intern researcher", the security guards did not dare to really treat this young master as the same as others, and really detained him where he was Release after careful inspection.

He weighed it for a moment, then just took a casual look, scanned Tao Fengche hastily with the detector, and let him in. He didn't check out the temperature control box in his schoolbag at all.

He successfully cleared the level, but Tao Fengche didn't have any joy on his face. His expression remained unchanged and he walked straight to Jing Ning's office. He knocked on the door three times rhythmically, and when he got a response, he stretched out his hand and pushed it away: "Jing Ning Dean, I'm back."

"Yeah." Jing Ning didn't raise his head, his eyes still stayed on the experiment report in his hand, "Are you going to start school?"

"Yes." Tao Fengche nodded, "I'm going to apply for a school next semester, and I want to go around the lab first today to find out what I'm interested in."

The implication is that I don't want to follow the group today.

"Okay." Jing Ning glanced up at him and agreed.

Although Tao Fengche came here to study, he didn't really plan to treat him like an ordinary intern: "You know everyone in the courtyard, and I won't find someone to take you with me. Let's go around by yourself. After you decide Come and talk to me."

Jing Ning was very relieved of Tao Fengche, waved her hand after speaking, lowered her head and continued to read the report, and drove Tao Fengche away.

Tao Fengche stepped lightly, stepped out and closed the door.

——He really needs to choose his future study direction, but today is not for this.

Tao Fengche's eyes darkened when he thought of the temperature control box in his schoolbag and the bottle of potion hidden inside.

But the development of the matter was beyond Tao Fengche's expectation.

The night before yesterday, after the bodyguard sneaked into the "Chinese medicine factory", the medicine he brought out was in a form he had never seen before. He thought he would find the answer in the research institute, but he spent a whole day searching the research institute. I went all over the place, and even went around the exhibition hall dedicated to storing samples, but I couldn't find the preparation of the same color.

And according to his impression of that production base, it doesn't seem to be enough to develop too advanced drugs, at least it is impossible to surpass the research institute whose annual research and development funds are calculated in units of "[-] million".

It's a pity that the bodyguards didn't really enter the "Chinese medicine factory" to investigate in order to avoid alarming others. They just stunned the staff and stole a potion. The possibility that the potion was independently developed cannot be completely ruled out now...

Tao Fengche came out of the last laboratory on the schedule, waved goodbye to the person in charge, then took off the sterile suit on his body, stood in the corridor, frowned and pondered for a while, and finally decided to follow the original plan to find Jing Ning. trip.

Even though this Dean Jing clearly expressed his support for Sui Yuesheng at the funeral, and seemed to be completely in vain of Tao Zhixing's kindness, but after the long conversation with Xu Song last night, Tao Fengche already understood The reason why he did this - everything was pre-arranged by Tao Zhixing.

And before the conversation happened, Tao Fengche never doubted Jing Ning's loyalty—if you ask him who is the person who is the least likely to have two hearts in the current Tao Corporation, except for Xu Song, Jing Ning will take the second place. People dare to recognize the first.

Tao Fengche once thought about this matter, and finally came to a conclusion that Jing Ning probably didn't want Tao's downfall even more than he did.After all, apart from here, no one would be willing to give him such a high degree of trust in beta, and unconditionally support his various unconstrained ideas.

As long as Jing Ning said that it was related to scientific research, Dow's property would directly allocate funds to him; if it involved sensitive fields, it would use the secret private account of the Tao family; more special, similar to targeted stimulation For the medicine for the hippocampus, the research funds were even paid out of Tao Zhixing's personal account.

Now, although the Tao family has replaced Sui Yuesheng in power, and has conducted a thorough investigation from top to bottom, Jing Ning has not been involved at all from the beginning to the end.That's why Tao Fengche had complete trust in him and had extremely high expectations——Jing Ning was well-informed, so he definitely knew what it was.If it's really unfortunate that even he can't recognize it, then just borrow an instrument in his private laboratory to analyze the ingredients.

But after Tao Fengche knocked on the door of Jingning's office and took out the contents of the temperature control box and put them in front of him, the latter's face suddenly changed drastically.

Jing Ning has always been a person who does not change his face when Mount Tai collapses in front of him. Even at Tao Zhixing's funeral, facing those murderous old guys, he is still able to fight with others with ease, but at this time At this moment, he stood up suddenly, and the movement was so large that he even flipped the seat.

There was a loud "boom" behind him, but he ignored it and snatched the medicine bottle from Tao Fengche's hand, his voice trembling slightly: "This thing... where did you get it?"

Tao Fengche swore that he saw a hint of panic in Jing Ning's eyes.

But what is it that can scare Jing Ning?It can't be some kind of biochemical weapon...

He couldn't figure it out, but he still answered honestly: "An abandoned production line, the address is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Jing Ning interrupted him: "Apart from me, you haven't shown this thing to anyone else, have you?"

"At that time, the bodyguard at home sneaked in to get it for me. Except for him, no one had seen it before. The bodyguard was raised by the family. Xu Bo picked people with a very strict mouth."

"That's good." Jing Ning nodded with a sullen face, took two steps forward and locked the door of the office, holding the bottle of medicine tightly with her right hand, and walked to the private laboratory inside without looking back, " You come with me."

...It can't really be a biological weapon, can it?That kind of targeted editing of genes is extremely lethal and can directly destroy a race?

Tao Fengche realized that something was wrong, especially after he followed Jing Ning into the door of the laboratory, and watched helplessly as the latter activated the signal shielding device and put the medicine into the hidden compartment.

"What the hell is this?" Tao Fengche's throat was dry, and he subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"It's a kind of... a medicine that shouldn't have existed in this world long ago..." Jing Ning looked at the hidden compartment with complicated eyes, which contained emotions that Tao Fengche couldn't understand.

"What is it used for?" Tao Fengche asked, "Is it a medicine that is only sold on the black market, or is it the kind that was destroyed before it was released?"

Jing Ning didn't speak for a long time, as if trying to organize his words, Tao Fengche was not in a hurry, and patiently waited for his reply.

Five minutes later, Jing Ning suddenly spoke, but asked a completely irrelevant question: "How much do you know about Chu Yin?"

"You mean...Auntie?" Tao Fengche thought at first that Jing Ning was asking someone with the same name and surname, but after seeing him nod his head, he was surprised to find that the person he was talking about was actually the person in his mind.

Chu Yin has passed away for more than two years. In order to avoid touching Zhao Jiayang's sad events, everyone has tacitly avoided mentioning him in their lives. The few group photos are also put away, as if he never existed Like in this world.

But today when Jing Ning suddenly mentioned his name, Tao Fengche realized belatedly that he had never forgotten this elder.

Tao Fengche sketched out a clear image of the character in his mind almost instantly.

Chu Yin is from Kyushu. She has round almond eyes, and the hair that reaches the nape of her neck is a little brown due to malnutrition. In addition, she is weak and sick, so her complexion is a little pale.

He likes spicy food, especially hot pot, but the doctor asked him to eat a light diet, so he was always supervised by Zhao Jiayang, and he would not eat this or that. No matter how coquettish and submissive Chu Yin is, she will not agree.

Tao Fengche has always remembered such a scene. He was still in elementary school at the time, and Chu Yin was only in his early thirties. Taking advantage of Zhao Jiayang's inattention, he secretly picked up a duck intestine with chopsticks from the red soup in the mandarin duck pot, and pointed at him. She squeezed her eyes to signal him not to speak, then stuffed it into her mouth immediately, narrowing her eyes happily.

Chu Yin's face is cold, and he doesn't usually smile very much, but he treats Tao Fengche as his own child, and always smiles very gently when he sees Tao Fengche. After he turned 40, a little smile line appeared in the corner of his eyes, and other than that, a little wrinkle nothing.

For a long time, Chu Yin fulfilled all Tao Fengche's fantasies about the role of "mother".

Even at such a tense moment, when Tao Fengche recalled this elder, his whole body softened, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he spoke with nostalgia: "Auntie..."

"He is in poor health and doesn't go out very much. Many people secretly say that he is condescending and condescending, but he is actually a very gentle and kind omega, and he looks very, very nice when he smiles." Tao Fengche said slowly, "He I have no children, but I have been doing charity, but I don't care about those false names. Most of the orphanages and orphanages funded by Dow in those years were his ideas and money, but they were all linked to Dow. name……"

Jing Ning has been listening quietly without interrupting, but the expression on her face is becoming more and more serious.

Tao Fengche felt uneasy for no reason, he stopped talking, and asked cautiously, "Did I say something wrong?"

Even he himself didn't realize how humble these words were, and Jing Ning couldn't bear to speak.

But he closed his eyes, and finally told the truth: "There is something wrong."

"What?" Tao Fengche subconsciously asked.

"Chu Yin is a beta."