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Gu Wen could not shake the feeling that something was strange.
Sometimes your instincts told you something was wrong, and at first glance, it looked wrong too. But once you calmed down and examined it line by line, sentence by sentence, suddenly there was nothing wrong with it at all.
But would Three Lives Pharmaceuticals really care about the health of experimental consumables and treat them like human beings?
If someone had said that to Gu Wen in the past, he would definitely have thought they had been kicked in the head by a donkey.
“Old Gu, what do you think?”
Siwan had been waiting beside him the entire time, hope shining in his eyes. It was not difficult to tell that he genuinely wanted to participate in the drug trials and earn the money.
Ẃ е̇ b̄n оv̆ еl Ënu mа
“For now, I don’t see any problems.” After a long while, Gu Wen sighed. Had he really been judging them through tinted glasses this time? In the end, he decided to trust Mo Wendao’s judgment. With that kid inside the company keeping an eye on things, perhaps it would actually be a blessing for the people of the Lower City.
Gu Wen looked at Siwan again and suddenly put on a stern expression. “I heard you pledged your heart as collateral?”
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Compared to Mo Wendao, Siwan was far too worrying.
“Yeah, Old Gu.” Siwan grinned foolishly. “Don’t worry. I read the terms carefully. As long as I’m alive, it’s basically the company giving me free money.”
As far as he was concerned, this did not even carry the side effects of a drug trial.
Still uneasy, Gu Wen pressed him. “Why do you need that much money? Kid, tell me the truth. Have you gotten into gambling? Or have you started using enhancers? Come on, lie down. I’m giving you a physical examination.”
Ẇ еb n ov ėl Е̄n̈u m ǎ
“No!” Siwan hurriedly shook his head. He lowered his voice and furtively backed toward the doorway. Peering through the half-open door into the next room, he saw Lila sleeping soundly beneath a blanket. Only then did he casually lock the door and explain, “I found a connection that can get Lila into a school in the Middle City.”
He emphasized, “A legitimate school. If her grades are good enough, she might get hired by a corporation after graduation. Then she can stay in the Middle City and never have to come back to this hellhole again!”
Gu Wen said, “This connection of yours requires a huge sum of money, and in return, they’ll give you a recommendation letter. As long as Lila passes the school’s online interview, she’ll receive a temporary permit for the Middle City?”
“Holy shit, Old Gu, how did you know?”
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Siwan exclaimed in amazement. Then his expression changed, and he asked, “Wait, is it a scam?”
Gu Wen closed his eyes in frustration and sighed. “Kid, I really wish I could tell you that. Unfortunately, it’s real.”
Ӗn ům̆ а̂
To him, that was precisely the most unfortunate part.
Because of District 52 policy, schools in the Middle City opened a limited number of enrollment slots to Lower City children every year. The original intention had been to admit the best students and cultivate talent for corporations and even government departments. But more than a decade after the policy was introduced, those places had already become a money-making tool for school admissions offices.
Every slot went to the highest bidder.
The price of a place was enough to bankrupt an entire Lower City family. For an orphan like Siwan, even the money from pledging his heart was nowhere near enough. In the end, he would have to pledge every organ in his body and repeatedly participate in drug trials, all to purchase a ticket that allowed people from the Lower City to “dream.”
Gu Wen stared deeply at Siwan. He ought to stop him, but he also understood better than anyone that Siwan would not listen to anyone’s advice right now.
Because to the people living in the Lower City, the chance to “dream” was priceless, enough to make them fly toward the flame like moths even if they smashed themselves bloody in the process.
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He had been no exception.
“It’s real! It’s all real!”
After receiving Gu Wen’s confirmation, Siwan began gesturing excitedly. “The drug trials are fine, and the school slot is real too! Old Gu, you’re a lifesaver. You’re absolutely crucial!”
Gu Wen stopped looking at Siwan, who was celebrating by himself. Instead, he turned on the clinic’s old television and sent Mo Wendao a message:
『I carefully checked the plan. For now, I don’t see any problems.』
A few seconds later, Mo Wendao replied:
Ẃе̂ b nо́ v е̃ l̃ Ê nu̇.m̆а
『Then I can rest easy.』
Gu Wen tossed his phone onto the table and turned up the television volume to drown out Siwan’s celebration.
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It was still a report from News Channel 52:
“Early this morning, ‘Crow,’ one of the leaders of the Blood Hands, was murdered inside an interrogation room. The killer operated with extreme professionalism and did not trigger a single alarm throughout the entire incident. Legal Affairs Bureau Director Morse stated, ‘This is a grave provocation against law enforcement. The Legal Affairs Bureau has established a special task force and will spare no effort in pursuing the killer.’”
The next day, Sunday, Mo Wendao went to work as usual.
After his routine shower and disinfection, he sat in the office organizing the flyers for the next relief food distribution. To the people living in the neighborhood, no amount of advertising could compare with Old Gu’s judgment. Before long, Siwan would spread Old Gu’s verdict throughout the neighborhood.
En̄u̇m̃ а
“Morning.”
Before long, Xu Linna walked through the door with a yawn and a cup of hot coffee in hand. She set her fashionable briefcase on the desk and said, “I saw the news. The Blood Hands have plenty of enemies. It won’t be long before the other gangs carve up all their territory. According to our agreement, I can tell you how to get close to the laboratory developing the β-agent. But before that...”
“Do you know why I made you handle the market matter on your own?”
Xu Linna abruptly changed the subject and posed the question to Mo Wendao.
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“I don’t understand. Please enlighten me, Senior Sister.”
“If you want to enter that laboratory in the future, the prerequisite is a recommendation letter personally written by Director Xia Nuoya.”
Е n̄ ũm а
If it were anyone else, Xu Linna would have told them to wash up, go to sleep, and stop daydreaming. But Mo Wendao was different. Xia Nuoya had personally recommended him for the job, which already bordered on an exceptional hire. “So I was curious to see how far the director would go for you when it came to the Blood Hands. Now I understand.”
The Blood Hands leadership had been wiped out overnight, and Crow himself had even died directly inside the Legal Affairs Bureau’s interrogation room. Xu Linna had never seen Xia Nuoya go this far for any low-level employee before.
She was certain that this order had come directly from Xia Nuoya herself, yet that fact alone felt absurd.
The person in charge of Three Lives Pharmaceuticals in the Middle City had actually taken time out of her incredibly busy schedule to concern herself with a bottom-tier gang in the Lower City.
That also meant the relationship between Xia Nuoya and Mo Wendao was far more complicated than Xu Linna had imagined.
“Junior Brother, before that, there’s one more thing I need to ask you. You have to answer truthfully.”
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Xu Linna’s expression turned serious as she stared directly into Mo Wendao’s eyes. “Tell me, are you actually the director’s illegitimate son?”
“No.”
Mo Wendao said, “Senior Sister Xia must simply place great importance on her plans for the Lower City.”
Even as he answered, Mo Wendao sighed inwardly. This question had exposed precisely how much room Senior Sister Xu still had to improve her attainment in the demonic path.
For people of the demonic path like us, how could blood ties possibly compare to a powerful bond of mutual interest?
(End of Chapter)
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