Chapter 741: The Sanatorium Is Full of Fun 26

The second USB drive, this time Bai Wenran estimated it was for safety, she changed the encryption of the recorded text.

April 12

According to the investigation… Yi Fei An is off, I need to find solid evidence. I hope it's not him.

April 20

Yi Fei An's suspicion cleared.

Start investigating others; currently Jiang Qiu is the most suspicious.

That's the end.

Immediately after came a string of garbled code.

Afterwards, several USB drives were empty.

Jin Chen finished looking, collected all the USB drives and put them back, his expression somewhat complex.

No wonder he had his blood drawn so many times for experiments before; the protagonist never discovered the E-crystal matter.

On the days Bai Wenran was conscious, whenever blood was drawn, she would replace it with her own blood and then tamper with the data.

So in that lab, Bai Wenran had the fewest blood-draw experiments.

"Miss Kitty."

Jin Chen suddenly looked at Bai Wenran, who was straining to free herself, her fingers tangled in yarn.

"Thank you."

Bai Wenran tilted her head, very puzzled, not knowing what this person was saying.

"No need to thank me; can you help free my hands?"

She extended her ten bound fingers toward Jin Chen.

"Of course."

Jin Chen took out scissors to rescue the trapped Miss Kitty.

He kept her company playing with yarn balls in the room, and Jin Chen temporarily found no further useful clues.

He decided to investigate Jiang Qiu next, whom Bai Wenran had mentioned.

That suicide-prone guy full of doubts.

But his door was locked tight, and he wasn't there.

Jin Chen finally found him on the beach.

But just that glance made Jin Chen instantly become wary.

Jiang Qiu was chatting with Qiao Qing, his back to everyone, his voice very low.

Quite unlike his previous loud and boisterous state.

There's a problem.

Jin Chen's expression changed slightly, he feigned madness and approached.

"General! What are you doing here?!"

Qiao Qing heard the voice, immediately stopped talking, raised an eyebrow at the person running over madly.

Jiang Qiu also turned, clasped his fists in salute, "Your Highness! I pay my respects, Your Highness!"

"I've been looking for you forever, what are you doing chatting with the Empress in the Imperial Garden? Aren't you afraid the emperor will find out and chop off your head?"

Jin Chen coldly flicked his sleeve, snorted at Qiao Qing, "Really wanton! As the Empress, failing to restrain yourself, you're actually getting involved with the General."

Qiao Qing: "..."

He rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother.

"Your Highness, what do you need me for?"

Jiang Qiu was greatly shocked, "Could it be that the enemy state is invading again?!"

"Not at all."

Jin Chen waved his hand, pulled the two to sit on the beach, crossed his legs casually, his tone low.

"The Princess Consort and I have had a falling out; quickly give me an idea, how to win her back!"

Jiang Qiu sighed deeply, "Ah! Your Highness, you're of immeasurable worth; others can't even get into the prince's mansion."

"Why bother over just the Left Minister's legitimate son? If he's unwilling, just swap him for a more beautiful one!"

Jin Chen hummed twice, poking the sand with his finger, "No way, I've committed to him for life."

Jiang Qiu was vexed, scratching his head and cheek for a while.

"I really can't understand, Your Highness, why you alone are so deeply devoted to the Princess Consort."

Jin Chen opened his mouth, but gave no answer.

His lowered brows and eyes, however, hid a cold severity.

This is a test.

At this moment, Qiao Qing suddenly interjected.

"Jin Chen, how long has it been since you last injected the blue crystal liquid?"

After saying that, he recalled a moment, then immediately grabbed the person and stood up.

"Let's go now; you haven't injected in a long time."

Thinking of that strange blue liquid, Jin Chen felt a bit repulsed; even Shen Yan hasn't figured it out, but he wants to see what it actually is.

So after a few shoves, he obediently went along; even Jiang Qiu couldn't escape being dragged along.

On the way to the injection floor, they ran into Sheng Jiping heading downstairs.

"Ah Qing, what are you up to?"

Sheng Jiping held some documents; upon seeing it was Qiao Qing, he relaxed and casually asked.

"Bring them for injections, what are you doing?" Qiao Qing glanced at the documents, didn't ask further.

"The sanatorium's new batch of supplies needs to be purchased; I'll go check with the captain."

Qiao Qing nodded, "The captain comes every second Thursday of the month; today is indeed the day to check the supplies."

Jin Chen's eyes flickered slightly, he silently memorized it.

Sheng Jiping walked past the three and continued downstairs, brushing past Jin Chen.

Jin Chen lightly sniffed, as if he smelled something strange on him, but it vanished instantly.

Injection room.

Qiao Qing had the busy nurses in the room leave, leaving only Jiang Qiu and Jin Chen alone to prepare for the injection.

Jiang Qiu dramatically rolled up his sleeve with righteous solemnity, his expression tragic, as if he weren't getting an injection but preparing to go to battle.

He didn't really struggle.

The more Jin Chen looked, the stranger it seemed.

Since it wasn't his turn yet, he first wrapped the two E-crystals with Spiritual Power, just in case they went out of control later.

"Alright, it's your turn."

Qiao Qing swapped in a new needle and drew out the second vial of the blue crystal liquid that had been taken out.

"Hmph! What does the Empress intend to do to this king?"

Jin Chen coldly stared at him, as if his authority had been provoked, "These filthy palace torture devices, dare to be used on this king."

"The Empress really is bold… ahhh!"

Before his act was finished, Qiao Qing's needle had already landed on his arm.

Pushed in, it immediately caused muscle contraction.

Jin Chen, incredulous, looked at Jiang Qiu who seemed fine; after the injection he was drenched in cold sweat, and he shoved Qiao Qing away violently.

"So painful!!"

"What the hell is this!"

Jin Chen roared at him.

"Damn, why is it this painful."

"This body is too weird!"

Qiao Qing and Jiang Qiu also didn't expect Jin Chen to have such a reaction.

"It shouldn't… why does it still hurt."

Jin Chen directly sealed his limbs' meridians, but couldn't resist the E-crystals being awakened too quickly, which tugged at his nerves causing intense pain.

He curled his body tightly, immediately increasing the suppression of his Spiritual Power.

"Damn it, if I'd known I wouldn't have used myself as an experiment."

Although the pain was said to be tolerable, compared to Jiang Qiu's nonchalance, Jin Chen inexplicably felt unbalanced.

Jin Chen's reaction was truly too intense; Qiao Qing wanted to come over to check, but he was shoved away again, only able to watch helplessly as Jin Chen stumbled and flung the door open.

Outside the door, not far away, Shen Yan, who had heard the cries from the office, came running over.

"Honey..."

The moment Jin Chen, who had quickly stabilized, saw Shen Yan, his wailing instantly grew louder; he clutched his chest and dropped to one knee, as if he could no longer endure.

Even cold sweat dripped down, his face ashen.

"Jin Chen!"

Shen Yan quickly squatted down to support him; seeing this, he instantly grew tense, brows furrowed, to the point of not even noticing Qiao Qing still present.

"Pain, the injection hurts so much."

Jin Chen clung to him, acting all aggrieved and coquettish.

"The injection…"

Shen Yan lifted his gaze to the two empty tubes drawn from his neck, then turned to Qiao Qing, his expression cold and grim to the extreme.

"Mr. Qiao, why did you inject Jin Chen with an unknown liquid again."