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The boy lay unconscious on the floor of the house, while the doctor was checking his pulse. His parents stood by his side, heartbroken and in tears, while others gathered around. Guo Zhiqian stood at the edge of the crowd, feeling downcast.
Zhang Xin clung to Tao Ziwen, complaining, "Ziwen Ge, that man in black scared me to death! I don't want to stay here; let's go back!"
Tao Ziwen remained silent.
Seeing Zhang Xin being so close to Tao Ziwen, Cheng Yuwan chose not to look at them.
After examining the boy, the doctor said, "The child has been injected with a large amount of anesthetic. Under normal circumstances, he would have already lost his life. Although he is still breathing, I’m afraid he won’t survive the night."
Zhang Wife broke down in tears upon hearing this, and the boy's father, Old Zhang, was also very sorrowful.
Cheng Yuwan squatted in front of Old Zhang and said, "Sir, please trust me. Let us take the child away; I will definitely find the best doctor to treat him."
Old Zhang wiped his tears and looked at the doctor. Clearly, he wanted the doctor to give him some advice.
The doctor sighed and said, "Well, we can only try to save him as if he were a live horse! If you hand the child over to them, there might still be a chance for him."
Wang Junpeng became anxious upon hearing this: "No way! This child is a witness to last night's robbery; he needs to be taken to the police station!"
Tao Ziwen hurriedly replied, "If you take him to the police station, he will die!"
"He's already turned into a monster and has such strength; how can you catch him alive?" Wang Junpeng said dismissively.
Wang Zhiyuan interjected, "Captain Wang, why are you only thinking about capturing someone? No matter what this child has become, he is still a life!"
Cheng Yuyao added, "Yes! Captain Wang, please let us take the child away!"
After hearing Wang Zhiyuan and Cheng Yuyao's words, Wang Junpeng looked troubled: "No matter what happens, the Sheriff ordered me to capture the culprit; I can't go back empty-handed!"
Tao Ziwen spoke again to Wang Junpeng: "This child is an important lead in the case of abducted children; he must stay alive! If we can save him, we can find out where the other children are!"
Wang Junpeng asked with a conflicted expression: "If I hand the child over to you all, how do I explain it to the Sheriff?"
Tao Ziwen asked him, "If the child dies and the clues to the child abduction case are lost, what do you think the Sheriff will do to you?"
"Well..." At this point, Wang Junpeng was completely at a loss.
To win Tao Ziwen's favor, Zhang Xin deliberately said to Wang Junpeng, "Then let us take the child with us. I can have my father say a few good words for you in front of the Sheriff; maybe the Sheriff will even praise you!"
Zhang Xin's words finally relieved Wang Junpeng of his worries: "Then... you can take the child, but you must clarify everything in front of the Sheriff!"
"Of course!" Tao Ziwen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Yuyao said to Old Zhang, "Sir, please let us take the child!"
The child's mother was still crying, and Old Zhang hesitated. The doctor urged Old Zhang, "Give them the child! Otherwise, he will only die at home!"
Tao Ziwen added, "Sir, please trust us!"
Old Zhang looked at the doctor, clearly still skeptical about Tao Ziwen.
Wang Zhiyuan picked up the child and walked toward the door. Zhang Xin asked in confusion, "Where are you taking him?"
Wang Zhiyuan replied, "Of course I'm taking him to the car! Sister Zhang, could you please open the car door for me?"
Zhang Xin exclaimed in surprise, "Taking him to my car?"
Tao Ziwen said, "There's space in our car; let's just put him in there!"
Seeing the child being placed in the back seat of the car, Zhang Xin disagreed: "He... he can't sit in my car! If he sits there, where will I sit?"
"You can sit in the front; Wang Zhiyuan and I will sit in the back."
Seeing Tao Ziwen's insistence, Zhang Xin was unwilling but had no way to refute it. She stomped her feet in frustration.
The Cheng Sisters walked from the house to the courtyard.
Cheng Yuwan said, "Sister, we can't go into the Zhou family. How about we give the token that Mom left us to Tao Ziwen and let him take the child to the Zhou family?" Seeing Cheng Yuying hesitate, she added, "Even though I have conflicts with him, I believe he is a good person!"
"Alright!"
Cheng Yuying took an envelope out of her sleeve, walked up to Tao Ziwen, and handed him the envelope. "Tao Ziwen, when you see Zhou Junsheng, show this to him, and he will save the child."
"Okay!" Tao Ziwen accepted the envelope and got into Zhang Xin's car with Wang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Xin angrily sat in the passenger seat, closed the door, and vented her frustration at the driver, Master Chen. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go!"
Master Chen quickly started the engine, and the car drove away.
As everyone watched the car disappear, Cheng Yuwan comforted the child's father and wiped away the tears of the child's mother. It was at this moment that Cheng Yuying noticed Guo Zhiqian.
Guo Zhiqian was still sitting in the courtyard looking dejected.
Cheng Yuying walked over to Guo Zhiqian and asked with concern, "Guo Zhiqian, what's wrong?"
Guo Zhiqian replied, "It's nothing, just feeling a bit unwell all of a sudden."
Wang Junpeng heard Guo Zhiqian's voice and came over. "Hey, Guo Zhiqian, if you hadn't said anything, I would have almost forgotten you were still here!"
Guo Zhiqian couldn't be bothered to respond. Wang Junpeng felt awkward and said, "Well, since Tao Ziwen has left, we should head back!"
Guo Zhiqian replied, "You can go back."
Seeing Guo Zhiqian's cold tone, Wang Junpeng wanted to retort but decided against it. "Let's go back to the police station to close the case!" Wang Junpeng called out to his five or six officers as they lazily made their way back.
Cheng Yuwan said to Cheng Yuying, "Sister, let's go too!"
Cheng Yuyao looked at Guo Zhiqian, who replied, "You all go ahead. I want to be alone for a while."
Cheng Yuyao asked Guo Zhiqian, "Is something bothering you?"
Guo Zhiqian remained silent. His father was the one who had recently kidnapped children, a fact he could hardly believe himself. How could he tell the Cheng Sisters about it?
When Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan delivered the child to the Zhou family, it was already evening.
Zhou Junsheng tore open the envelope that Cheng Sisters had entrusted to Tao Ziwen and pulled out a sachet embroidered with the character "Cheng."
Excited, Zhou Junsheng quickly asked, "Where did you get this sachet?"
Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan sat on the guest chairs, while Cheng Shuping sat on the other side.
"It’s..." Tao Ziwen thought of the Cheng Sisters and felt a bit sad. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "A young lady gave it to me. She told me that once you see this token, you will definitely be able to save this child."
The unconscious boy with yellowed skin was placed on the living room floor.
Zhou Junsheng squatted beside the boy, checked his pulse, then leaned down to examine his mouth, nose, and eyes. Afterward, Zhou Junsheng shook his head in disappointment.
Tao Ziwen asked, "How is he?"
Zhou Junsheng replied, "If it were seven years ago, I might have been able to save him."
Wang Zhiyuan asked, "You could save him seven years ago; why can't you do it now?"
Zhou Junsheng did not directly answer Wang Zhiyuan's question. He said, "Although I can't save him, I know who can."
"Who?" Tao Ziwen hurriedly asked.
"Your father!" Zhou Junsheng replied calmly. "Seven years ago, I worked on a project with your father. The project failed, and I stopped everything, sealing all the data and medicines. But your father continued his research until now. Only the medicine developed from that project has a chance of saving this child's life. I don't have it; your father should."
"Is that so?" Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan exchanged glances, suddenly enlightened. However, saving the boy was the priority. Upon learning that his father could save the child's life, Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan hurriedly bid farewell to Zhou Junsheng, picked up the child, and rushed out of the living room.
Zhou Junsheng returned to his seat, his hand stroking the incense pouch.
Cheng Shuping asked, "Junsheng Zhou, is Tao Gongjin testing us?"
Zhou Junsheng looked puzzled. "Testing what?"
"Testing whether we still have leftover agents from the 'living body' project?"
Zhou Junsheng continued to stroke the incense pouch. "Someone is testing me, but that person is not Tao Gongjin!"
Cheng Shuping naturally knew who Zhou Junsheng was referring to, but he still said, "If they are in Shanghai, our people would have discovered them long ago."
"They are in Shanghai! The girl I saw at Zhang Zhaolin's banquet last time might be my daughter!"
Zhou Junsheng's tone was unusually firm.
Guo Zhuanghuai sat dejectedly in a chair while Tao Gongjin paced anxiously in the laboratory. Sun Puyi remained calm.
Sun Puyi asked Guo Zhuanghuai, "Did you inject all the anesthetics into that child's body?"
Guo Zhuanghuai nodded. "Yes!"
Sun Puyi turned to Tao Gongjin. "Chairman, you don't need to worry. Those anesthetics can take down at least two elephants. Guo Zhuanghuai injected all of them into that child; it's a miracle if the child survives!"
Tao Gongjin lamented, "That was the only living specimen we spent seven years researching!"
Sun Puyi dismissed it. "If the living specimen dies, we can recreate it! That's better than letting it live and leak our secrets! What about you, Chairman?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Gongjin stared intently at Sun Puyi. Just then, the laboratory phone suddenly rang. Tao Gongjin reached out to answer it. "Hello... Where are you now... Then bring it here! Perhaps I can save him."
Tao Gongjin calmly hung up the phone.
Sun Puyi asked, "Chairman, who was that calling?"
Tao Gongjin replied, "My son, that kid is with him."
Guo Zhuanghuai and Sun Puyi looked at Tao Gongjin in surprise.
The boy had gone outside for a while, and now his son, unaware of the truth, was going to bring him back. Tao Gongjin was clearly excited. He instructed Guo Zhuanghuai and Sun Puyi, "You two stay hidden in the Laboratory and don’t come out. I’ll take two assistants down to meet him later. I don’t want him to know about what we’ve been doing."
Guo Zhuanghuai and Sun Puyi nodded, "Understood."
After making a call from a public phone booth and confirming that his father might save the boy's life, Tao Ziwen returned to the car and sat in the back seat. "Let’s go to Dow Pharmaceuticals Building now!"
Zhang Xin sat in the passenger seat. Although she looked displeased, she still held some hope for Tao Ziwen. "Alright. After we drop off this kid, you should take me to the karaoke bar!"
Tao Ziwen coldly replied, "After dropping off the kid, I’m going home."
Zhang Xin was not having it anymore. "Then I won’t even drop off the kid! You all get out now!"
Wang Zhiyuan was also in the back seat, sitting next to Tao Ziwen with a child with yellowed skin between them. Seeing the conflict between Tao Ziwen and Zhang Xin, he quickly played peacemaker: "Tao Ziwen, Sister Zhang has helped us so much today; what’s wrong with you accompanying her to the karaoke bar?"
"I..." Before Tao Ziwen could respond, Wang Zhiyuan kept signaling him.
Tao Ziwen understood Wang Zhiyuan's intention and politely compromised: "I’m just tired today!"
Wang Zhiyuan continued along with Tao Ziwen's words: "Honestly, chasing that kidnapper today was really exhausting. Sister Zhang, how about we change it to another day?"
Zhang Xin sulked with an unhappy expression: "No way! It has to be tonight!"
Tao Ziwen wanted to explode at Zhang Xin, but Wang Zhiyuan quickly stopped him: "Sister Zhang, it really isn’t possible tonight! You have no idea how tough that thief is! How about tomorrow? Tomorrow night, I’ll drag him into the karaoke bar!"
Zhang Xin turned to Tao Ziwen, infatuated, and said, "I want Ziwen Ge to promise me!"
Wang Zhiyuan nudged Tao Ziwen, implying, "Just agree! Are we really going to take this monster in a taxi?"
Tao Ziwen reluctantly replied, "Fine, let's go to the karaoke bar tomorrow evening!"
Zhang Xin immediately broke into a smile and said, "I'll be waiting for you at the police station's entrance tomorrow evening!"
Finally, Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan coaxed Zhang Xin into getting the boy to the Dow Pharmaceuticals Building.
Tao Gongjin came down the stairs with two assistants and, upon seeing Tao Ziwen and the others sitting in the lobby, asked, "Ziwen, where is that child?"
Tao Ziwen replied, "In the car!"
Tao Gongjin asked again, "Is he awake now?"
Tao Ziwen shook his head, "Not yet!"
"That's good." Everything was going smoothly; Tao Gongjin felt like a thousand deer were leaping in his heart. "Let's carry him inside!"
With that, Tao Gongjin led his two assistants outside. Tao Ziwen and Wang Zhiyuan followed behind. As Tao Ziwen walked out of the Dow Pharmaceuticals Building with Tao Gongjin, he noticed shards of glass scattered in the flowerbed nearby and asked his father, "Dad, what happened here?"
The glass that had been broken by the pale yellow-skinned boy a few days ago had been repaired, but the glass shards and trampled vegetation outside the building had not yet recovered. Tao Gongjin quickly made up a lie: "A child was playing around a few days ago and accidentally broke this glass."
Tao Ziwen asked again, "Is that child okay?"
Tao Gongjin continued to lie, "He's fine! The second floor is a hospital; what could happen?"
Tao Gongjin reached the car, opened the door, and waved his hand for the two assistants behind him to lift the Pale Yellow-Skinned Boy out of the vehicle.
Wang Zhiyuan reminded Tao Gongjin, "Uncle, this boy is involved in a series of missing children cases. As soon as he wakes up, we'll know about the suspects in child abduction and all the children's whereabouts. So you need to keep that in mind."
Tao Gongjin: "We are engaged in research on Reagent to cure diseases and save lives. Even if it is not related to the cases of missing children, I will do my utmost to treat him!"
After that, Tao Gongjin asked Tao Ziwen: "Ziwen, how are things going with Zhang Xin?"
Tao Ziwen replied frankly: "We are completely different people!"
Tao Gongjin reminded him: "Her father is the largest shareholder of our group. If he wants to marry his daughter to you, it would be a blessing for our Tao family, do you understand?"
Tao Ziwen felt somewhat displeased: "You only know how to weigh the pros and cons. What else can you do?"
A wave of emotions surged within Tao Gongjin, and then he said: "If your mother were here, she would feel the same way!"
Neither father nor son spoke further. When they entered the hall, the two assistants had already carried the boy upstairs. Tao Ziwen, Wang Zhiyuan, and Zhang Xin bid farewell to Tao Gongjin. Just as the three of them were about to leave, Tao Ziwen hesitated for a moment and asked Tao Gongjin: "Dad, when will you come home?"
Tao Gongjin replied with regret: "Tonight... I may not be able to go back. The child you brought needs urgent treatment."
Tao Ziwen said: "Then you should come home after you treat him."
Tao Gongjin nodded: "Don't worry about me, just head home early!"
Tao Gongjin patted Tao Ziwen on the shoulder and then saw Tao Ziwen, Wang Zhiyuan, and Zhang Xin out of the Dow Pharmaceuticals Building, watching them drive away.
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