Chapter 2124

Everyone is very busy these days.

Xu He was busy replacing the staff at the Experimental Center, striving to do so in the shortest time possible,

Song Shoujie was busy, following the list provided by Jin Chen, recruiting elites with utmost sincerity into the research institute, so that research on the pathogens in the contaminated zone could begin as soon as possible.

Jin Chen was busy……

Besides Xu Xuxing, no one knew what he was busy with.

That day, a bunch of special forces were brought back from the Special Safety Bureau, and in the blink of an eye they were collectively sent to another location for secret training, with signal shielding fully covering.

The shield was developed by Xu Xuxing; even the most advanced detectors currently cannot locate or detect the team members' positions.

Xu He had once tried to ask Jin Chen what he was doing.

Jin Chen immediately replied that it was better not to ask, otherwise he might become passive and neglect his work.

It must be said that Xu He's understanding is also excellent; from these words he grasped many meanings, wanted to advise something, but thinking of the Dean's ironclad proof of errors, he couldn't say anything.

As for Xu Xuxing, besides helping Jin Chen, the activity that consumes most of his time each day is resting, to ensure his body can withstand the research on the active gene vaccine.

In response, Song Shoujie repeatedly ordered Jin Chen, demanding that their weekly 'training' sessions not be too frequent.

Jin Chen remained silent, rare for him to feel an unspeakable bitterness in his heart.

His wife is too eager to learn; what can he do?

On the fifth day after receiving the cooperation agreement, Song Shoujie's research institute released information to the outside for the first time, indicating that they had begun researching a certain active gene that emerges from the bodies of pathogen-infected individuals.

This news made the Dean, far away in the contaminated zone, restless and uneasy.

On the sixth day, the Dean led the entire team back to the Experimental Center in the Upper City District.

In the senior meeting room of the Experimental Center, the atmosphere was so heavy it almost made people suffocate.

The Dean sat at one end of the long table, his face grim.

His fingers unconsciously tapped the tabletop, producing a 'da-da' sound, as if trying to suppress his inner anxiety.

"Xu He," the Dean said in a low, cold voice, "the recent situation at the Experimental Center, you seem not to have reported it clearly to me."

Xu He sat opposite, calm in demeanor but his eyes showed vigilance: 'Teacher, the daily work at the Experimental Center is normal; there is nothing special that needs to be reported.'

The Dean's gaze swept over Xu He's face, his tone probing and sharp: 'Really? Then why were all the guards and security replaced? The experimental team I recruited was also transferred away? Aren't you going to explain these?'

Xu He, prepared beforehand, replied: 'Teacher, these adjustments are to strengthen security management at the Experimental Center. The external environment has been unstable lately; we must heighten vigilance.'

"Teacher, Xiao Su has come." Xu He reminded.

The next instant, the conference room doors opened.

The Dean turned sideways, his gaze sweeping over Xu Xuxing and the No. 520 android as they walked in.

"Xiao Su, long time no see, come sit with Father." The Dean finally showed a kind and gentle smile.

Xu Xuxing, however, stopped in his tracks, looking at him with calm, indifferent eyes behind his protective goggles.

During those few seconds of mutual gaze between father and son, the Dean's smile showed no crack, yet it lacked genuine closeness and was full of pretense.

This pretense, mixed with utilitarian affection, was also the only way Xu Xuxing had ever felt love in the past; thus it has become this way now, as if forever separated from the outside world by a glass barrier.

Xu Xuxing averted his gaze: 'Dirty, will cause allergies.'

He took Jin Chen's hand and sat at the far end of the long table.

Since Xu Xuxing grew up, they have always interacted in much the same way, and the Dean has noticed nothing unusual.

Even from the side.

"Xiao Su, how have you been lately? Mother also says she misses you a lot, though she's a step behind me and will return in a few days."

Xu Xuxing nodded.

Then he heard the Dean ask: 'I heard Xiaosong is researching some gene; does he no longer care about your condition?'

So eager that he didn't even need to find a reason, as if they were still the tools he used to manipulate and conceal in the past.

The conference room instantly fell into dead silence.

The air was filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.

The Dean's gaze swept back and forth between the two people and the android, trying to find a flaw in their expressions, but none of the three showed any change.

Xu Susxing slowly, slowly lifted his eyes to look at his Father, calm to the point of near indifference.

Just see who will break it first.

Finally, Jin Chen spoke.

He embraced Xu Susxing, his blue eyes with a mechanical, icy feel turning to the Dean, "Rather than asking questions with answers in hand, you might as well just ask: how far has Song Shoujie's research progressed?"

Cold sweat seeped from the Dean's back.

He recalled the earlier message saying that Song Shoujie's team had discovered the complete map of the active gene chain.

At this moment, the android's words were practically a blatant provocation—how much does this android know? What do Xu He and Song Shoujie know?

"You are number 520." The Dean did not continue the topic.

Instead, he faced Jin Chen with a critical, solemn expression, "No wonder even Lao Song couldn't handle you; you're indeed strange."

"Xiao Susxing, Father cannot place such a dangerous android beside you; every robot you used as a child had to go through our screening, this time is an accident."

"No." Xu Susxing's attitude was unusually firm, his expression cold: "He is mine."

The Dean sensed something off, "What do you mean, this is just an ordinary robot, Xiao Susxing? You've never opposed Father over such things."

That was because he couldn't be bothered to elaborate.

Xu Susxing's brows and eyes showed weariness and impatience, even a confrontational tone.

After learning the truth, he was not sad, but that did not mean he was not angry.

Even someone as emotionally indifferent and naive, upon learning that his birth was meant to serve as a petri dish for germ research, could not remain unmoved.

Moreover, at this moment, this executioner was still trying to snatch his Jin Chen away.

Xu Susxing stood in front of Jin Chen, his jet-black pupils revealing an inhuman coldness, yet the soft fingertips beneath the table were clasped tightly together.

"He is not an ordinary robot, he is my lover."

After he said this, the expressions of several people in the meeting room varied.

The Dean fell even more into a stunned state as the thing under his control suddenly awakened more emotions, thus no longer under control.

No, no no no.

It must be that something went wrong somewhere.

"Xiao Su, you are controlled by this android." The Dean was very certain, directly summoned the mechanical security team that he personally brought back.

"You won't have a lover, nor should you learn to love."

The Dean sternly said, not realizing at all what this sentence revealed.

Jin Chen narrowed his cold eyes, when the mechanical security came in, he pulled Xu Suxing into his embrace, holding him tightly.

"Surely it was you, old thing, who tampered."

It's not because my wife is clueless about feelings.