After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 970

Chapter 970: A Pair of Ungrateful Wolves
Unaware of his inner thoughts, Zhouzhou focused entirely on the research.

Lu Shi kept an eye out for them, and when Alva arrived, he immediately helped Zhouzhou lie back down on the bed.

Zhouzhou had been staying up late these past few days to work on her research, and she looked visibly exhausted.

Alva, assuming it was because of the medicine, nodded in satisfaction.

He leaned in closer to Zhouzhou and Lu Shi, wanting to check on their condition, but Jing Bai suddenly stepped in front of him.

He fixed his gaze on Alva and said quietly, “Are you planning to plagiarize my research?”

Alva, who was usually very proud and the leader of A-country’s laboratory, had always been the one to initiate projects and delegate them for others to carry out in their labs. Many people wanted to steal his work—even just a scrap from him could win them awards.

Hearing Jing Bai’s words, Alva’s expression immediately darkened. “What did you say?”

Jing Bai met his gaze with calmness, “Don’t forget, we still have a competition. Before it, please don’t come here.”

“Or,” he added, “may I enter your office?”

Jing Bai’s lab had more than just genetic modification research, and Alva would never allow him inside.

Realizing this, Jing Bai smiled slightly and took two steps back. “Fine, I won’t look. But there are only two days left, so I hope you can speed up. Don’t disappoint me, or your head will belong to me.”

As he spoke, his eyes glinted with determination as he stared at Alva.

Zhouzhou couldn’t help but mutter to herself, wondering why these people were always so obsessed with staring at each other’s heads.

Hearing Jing Bai’s words, his expression remained unchanged. “You too,” he said, his gaze now focused on Alva’s head.

Alva suddenly burst into laughter, as though he had heard the funniest joke.

He could never lose.

Even if by some chance he did, he was confident he would still be the final winner.

Thinking this, Alva casually touched the remote control in his sleeve, his eyes darkening with malice.

It was just something he had created, and yet Jing Bai thought he could surpass him? A joke!

He scoffed and turned to leave.

Once he was out of sight, Zhouzhou and Lu Shi sat up.

They exchanged looks, and Zhouzhou said, “We need to hurry.”

Indeed, time was running out.

Jing Bai, however, remained calm. “On the day of the competition, living people as subjects will definitely be required to prove the results.”

At these words, his eyes shifted between the two of them.

Both Lu Shi and Zhouzhou immediately understood—they were the “test subjects.” The people who would be testing the drugs would certainly be them.

However, Ye Lingfeng had specifically forbidden this.

Jing Bai had spent years working on his drug, and it was highly unlikely he would make a significant breakthrough in just a few days.

No one knew what the results would be once the drug was administered.

At that moment, the Ancestral Master happened to walk by and, upon hearing the conversation, immediately interjected, “No, Zhouzhou cannot take the medicine! What if she becomes a monster?”

These past few days, he had been staying in Alva’s lab, using a concealed breath-holding talisman. Whenever he thought of the things he had seen in there, his scalp tingled.

The monsters and freaks in that place made the demons he had seen in the past seem tame.

What if Zhouzhou ended up like one of them? What would they do then?

He couldn’t let that happen—he had to wait many more years to get a small one to “bite.”

“No way, absolutely not!”

Lu Shi also disagreed.

Jing Bai spoke in a calm tone, “I promised I wouldn’t make you take the medicine, but you need to figure out how to handle this. Because when the time comes, I won’t be able to refuse.”

Otherwise, Alva would immediately sense something was wrong.

And the window of opportunity they needed to make him let his guard down would close.

This couldn’t happen.

It was their mission.

Zhouzhou rubbed her chin and furrowed her brow deeply.

At that moment, Ye Lingfeng’s voice came from nearby. “Tomorrow night, Zhouzhou and Lu Shi will fake their deaths. I’ll arrange for someone to replace you.”

Zhouzhou, curious, asked, “Who will replace us?”

Ye Lingfeng sneered. “A spy we just caught.”

And this spy had been lurking in Hua Country for many years. He spoke fluent Chinese, came from a neighboring country, and his appearance was similar enough to blend in without suspicion.

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou felt no pity.

She thought, such a bad guy, there was no need to let him off.

“Good,” she replied briskly, exhaling in relief. “With Dad around, I’m at ease. My Dad is the best.”

Jing Bai, overhearing this, seemed thoughtful.

Zhouzhou noticed and immediately turned to look at him. “Don’t lay a hand on my dad!”

Jing Bai glanced at her, then averted his eyes.

But Zhouzhou clearly read his lips: “Ungrateful wolf.”

He was the ungrateful one!

Zhouzhou stomped her foot in fury. Just wait—after the competition, she was definitely going to have a good fight with him!

Ye Lingfeng felt the same way.

He was already itching to deal with Jing Bai.

His fists clenched.

This guy was just too infuriating!

Just two more days of patience!

Father and daughter’s thoughts aligned at this moment.

Jing Bai, sensing their feelings, couldn’t help but mutter to himself, “A pair of ungrateful wolves.”

He was only trying to make them stronger. Why couldn’t they understand?

Clearly, the norms of human society didn’t suit him.

He was better off in the lab.

With that thought, he picked up his beloved reagent.

Perfect. They would never become ungrateful wolves.

Zhouzhou watched him, snorting lightly. After a few seconds, she moved a chair beside him and began helping out.

The competition was only two days away. They couldn’t afford to waste time fighting among themselves. They had to focus on solving the problem at hand.

Afterward, they could fight all they wanted.

With that in mind, Zhouzhou felt a surge of energy.

The Ancestral Master also said, “I’ll go keep an eye on that big bad guy.”

They had to watch out for any sneaky moves he might make.

Once there, he was startled by what he found.

Alva was on the phone, his face full of malice, exuding a murderous aura as he muttered something under his breath.

Ancestral Master hurriedly pulled out a recording talisman, capturing every word.

After a while, when Alva hung up and went back to his work, the Ancestral Master quietly left, taking the talisman to Jing Bai.

Zhouzhou was not convinced and leaned in to take a look.

She had studied some English.

However, after hearing just a few “I” and “You” words, Zhouzhou frowned and retreated quietly.

She thought to herself: After we go back, I need to practice more!

Being abroad is so inconvenient.

Jing Bai, on the other hand, immediately understood Alva’s words, his lips curling into a smile of “I knew it.”

He had known Alva wouldn’t keep his promise.

“He said, he’ll have a sniper target me. If I win, he’ll kill me.”

“But,” Jing Bai added calmly, “he won’t kill me right away.”

Zhouzhou, curious, asked, “What does he want to do then?”

Jing Bai’s tone remained calm, but the words that followed made Zhouzhou shiver.

“He wants to open my brain and study the freshest brain.”