Chapter 149: Shang Is No Exception!

“Master, it’s all thanks to you this time. Thank you…” As soon as Lin Qingyou returned, she treated Ji Mo Sheng to a feast.

However, Ji Mo Sheng didn’t seem very enthusiastic.

Wasn’t Master always the one who loved good food and drinks the most?

Lin Qingyou frowned slightly. “Master, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing… nothing…” Ji Mo Sheng looked at Lin Qingyou deeply.

Yin Hanyu sharply observed Ji Mo Sheng—he seemed to have something on his mind.

“Did you discover something else?” Yin Hanyu suddenly asked.

Ji Mo Sheng picked up his chopsticks and changed the subject, “It’s just that seeing so many children being used as test subjects… it doesn’t sit well with me.”

Who would feel at ease about something like this?

Yin Yichen said with sympathy, “Today, I saw them reporting to my uncle, so I deliberately eavesdropped.”

“What did you overhear?” Lin Qingyou asked quickly.

Yin Yichen sighed deeply. “Originally, the children in Angel Kindergarten were all unfortunate kids. Most of them were born with physical defects…”

“Physical defects?” Lin Qingyou asked. “What kind of defects?”

“Well…” Yin Yichen sighed again. “They were born unhealthy. Many were deformed and abandoned since birth.”

“Some were blind. Some were deaf. Some had weak muscles and couldn’t move properly. Some had dwarfism and would never grow tall. In short, they were all physically unwell.”

“So, they were abandoned from a young age with no one to care for them.”

“Those poor kids thought that entering Angel Kindergarten meant a new life, a home… but little did they know, it was just the beginning of another tragedy.”

“Who wouldn’t feel the same?” Lin Qingyou recalled the time at Pei Mingzhu’s birthday banquet. Although some were just there for appearances, a good number of people sincerely wanted to donate money and supplies to help the children.

But Pei Mingzhu used their kindness to harm others…

“This Pei Mingzhu is simply heartless…” Yin Yichen became angrier as he spoke. “How could she use children for experiments? They were already suffering enough…”

“Because no one cares about children like them. If they go missing, no one investigates, so they won’t attract attention from authorities,” Ji Mo Sheng said. “That’s how I discovered their secret base at the border. The principle is the same.”

In the chaotic, war-torn borderlands, orphans with no parents or guardians were everywhere. If they disappeared, no one would look for them.

So, abducting these children came with no consequences.

They were nothing more than lab rats—if they died, they died.

“That’s not all,” Yin Yichen continued. “I overheard my uncle say that the Pei family specifically targeted children with congenital disabilities.”

“They wanted to use these children to prove the Pei family’s medical skills. That ‘Shang’ is a successful experiment.”

“I heard that Shang was born deformed. He wasn’t expected to live long. But because of the Pei family’s experiments and research, he managed to survive. That’s why he is so grateful to the Pei family.”

“He didn’t just survive,” Ji Mo Sheng interjected. “He’s now a weapon.”

“A weapon…” Lin Qingyou picked up the conversation. “So, Pei Mingzhu said before that because of Shang’s success, the Pei family went further and further down this path, until they lost their way…”

After all, if they could truly turn a person into a superweapon, that would be an unstoppable force.

And transforming a dying, deformed child into a superweapon?

“Heh, seems like the rumors were true,” Ji Mo Sheng sighed.

“What rumors?”

Everyone looked at Ji Mo Sheng.

Ji Mo Sheng said, “When I was younger, I once visited the Xiao family—your grandfather’s house, Lin Qingyou.”

“At that time, your grandfather mentioned an idea. He originally wanted to collaborate deeply with the Pei family’s old master.”

“He believed that traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine could complement each other, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.”

“But that Pei family elder had a deep bias against Chinese medicine. In his eyes, it was as illusory as floating clouds, flashy but impractical—completely incomparable to Western medicine.”

“He thought Western medicine was fast and direct, solving problems instantly. He dismissed Chinese medicine’s philosophy of ‘nurturing’ as a waste of time.”

“Your grandfather even said that Pei’s old master was a research fanatic, practically obsessed to the point of madness…”

“He even sighed back then, saying it was fortunate they never finalized the collaboration.”

“Looking at things now, it was probably because Pei’s old master had something to hide and didn’t dare work with outsiders,” Ji Mo Sheng concluded. “Shang is definitely his creation.”

Yin Hanyu nodded, agreeing with Ji Mo Sheng.

Because Yin Haoting once said that when they led the special forces to destroy the Pei family’s research base in Yanshan, Pei’s old master didn’t show any signs of despair over losing his life’s work.

That research-crazed old man likely believed that Shang was his greatest success. As long as Shang lived, his research lived on.

“By the way…” Ji Mo Sheng turned to Lin Qingyou and Yin Hanyu. “What do you plan to do with Pei Mingzhu and Shang?”

“Naturally, we’ll get rid of them. But…” Lin Qingyou said, “They probably have more accomplices and other research bases, so we need to interrogate them first.”

Ji Mo Sheng chuckled. “My dear apprentice, do you think you can torture Shang into talking?”

“Isn’t Pei Mingzhu still an option? She grew up pampered—she won’t withstand much torture. Plus…” Lin Qingyou smirked mischievously. “We still have Leng Yifeng.”

“That Shang may fear nothing, but he cares about Pei Mingzhu and Leng Yifeng.”

No matter how strong someone is, they have a weakness.

Shang was no exception.

“Then let’s visit the prison together.”

“Alright.”

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Inside the prison.

Pei Mingzhu’s body twisted in agony, her face as pale as paper. Large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead as she let out bloodcurdling screams.

“Ah… it hurts… it hurts so much…”

The excruciating pain felt as if it were tearing her soul apart.

“It hurts… it hurts… help me… Shang, save me… save me…”

At this moment, Shang was in the adjacent cell.

Through the narrow gaps between the iron bars, he watched helplessly as the woman he loved suffered, his heart wrenching in pain.

“Miss… Miss…”

“Ah… it hurts… it hurts so much… I can’t take it anymore… kill me… just kill me…”

“Miss… Miss, you must hold on!” Shang called out anxiously, his eyes red. He desperately shook the prison door.

“It’s useless,” Lan Si said coldly.

Suddenly, Shang turned to look at Lan Si outside the cell. “Let her go, and I’ll make a deal with you…”