Chapter 20: Fire on the Fingertips, Cold in the Heart

He Fengyan frowned, while Ji Mingchen slowly turned sideways, looking at the woman in the cage.

The woman gripped the metal bars of the cage with both hands, gritting her teeth and cursing:

“Ji Mingchen, you are a born evil! You killed your brother and mother, you have no conscience, and now you’re using living people for genetic mutation experiments. You will be struck by lightning sooner or later!”

He Fengyan didn’t say a word, he went directly to the side of the cage and pressed the electric shock button. The next moment, the woman screamed, quickly falling to her knees. Her whole body trembled, and she dared not touch the bars in front of her again.

Ji Mingchen’s smiling expression didn’t change at all. As if something was aroused in him, he walked to the cage and slowly squatted down.

Even half-squatting, he was still an extremely elegant and noble figure: “So you’re cursing me like that?”

The woman struggled weakly, but still couldn’t get up. Her messy hair covered half of her face, and her black eyes glared fiercely, staring at the hypocritical smiling tiger outside the bars:

“You, you devil… God… God will punish you, you will suffer retribution sooner or later…”

“Really?” Ji Mingchen lowered his head and chuckled softly, his tone gentle as if whispering to a lover: “Then… I’ll be waiting to see it.”

“…”

Leaving the research building, Ji Mingchen smiled and asked He Fengyan next to him: “Captain He, do you think I’m a born evil?”

The question made He Fengyan somewhat apprehensive. After thinking for a moment, he replied: “They have a misunderstanding about Captain Ming. Captain Ming is a kind person, and what he does is just to help humanity better adapt to the survival environment of the apocalypse.”

Ji Mingchen curled his lips, his eyes cold: “Is it possible that you are just a follower of the devil, blinded by his deception?”

He Fengyan didn’t know how to answer. Facing a man who couldn’t see his joy or anger, but whose methods were extremely ruthless, he really didn’t dare to speak rashly.

Ji Mingchen didn’t ask any further. He raised his head slightly, his narrow, beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the remaining glow in the distant sky. The deep blue-purple night sky was rendered by a streak of orange light, melting the western sky into a dull pink.

A kind person…

Kind?

But when he scraped the knife on those people, he had no mercy. Sometimes when killing, the fire on the fingertips is hot, but the heart is cold.

Maybe that woman was right, he was a born evil, a monster, a monster born from countless sins and killings, a monster who stepped on the blood of his brothers and sisters and gradually transformed into a madman.

“…”

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When Ji Mingchen returned to the fifth floor of the ancient castle villa, he saw Mei Yasha in the corridor.

Upon seeing him, Mei Yasha reported: “Miss Wen chose to stay. This ancient castle villa only has five floors empty, so I placed her in the suite next to yours.”

Ji Mingchen was surprised: “She stayed?”

Mei Yasha nodded: “But I don’t know what’s wrong with her. She has a high fever of 40°C tonight and it won’t go down. It seems quite serious. I was about to go downstairs to find Dr. Lin…”

Ji Mingchen frowned: “Go get some medicine and tools.”

Mei Yasha: “Ah?”

“No need to alarm Dr. Lin, I’ll take care of her.” Ji Mingchen said.

Mei Yasha didn’t say anything. She knew that the boss understood medicine, but she had never seen him use his medical knowledge to take care of anyone. Until she met Miss Wen, she realized that the boss was really full of skills. Not only did he have the ability to torture people, but he could also take care of people.

The rooms on the fifth floor were all luxurious suites without exception. Not only were there bedrooms, but they also had living rooms, dining rooms, and viewing balconies.

Wen Yao was curled up in the bed in the bedroom at this time, covered with a silk quilt. Because of the fever, her skin was flushed, her sweaty hair stuck to her cheeks, and her breathing was erratic due to pain…

The sleeping girl’s face was peaceful and soft, yet strangely alluring.

Ji Mingchen pulled down her quilt and pressed his palm against her forehead. Feeling the scorching temperature, he turned to the bathroom to get a towel and a basin of cold water, then wrung out the wet towel and placed it on her forehead.

Mei Yasha brought up the tool medicine box: “Boss, do you need me to stay and help?”

Ji Mingchen looked at Wen Yao who was asleep on the bed, his eyes not straying: “No need.”

Mei Yasha understood instantly and retreated wisely.

Ji Mingchen walked to the door and opened the tool box on the cabinet.

A high fever of forty degrees, unconscious, it’s not hard to guess that it’s the side effects of the R-type zombie virus blocking vaccine. However, it seems more serious than he imagined. Physical cooling is not effective, so he can only give her an injection of antipyretic.

After extracting the medicine, Ji Mingchen returned to the bedside and sat down, looking at the beauty who was sinking in pain. His eyelids drooped, and his white, slender hand fell on the button of her collar.

One, then another…

When he unbuttoned the third button, Wen Yao unconsciously rolled over, and the snow-white skin under her collar accidentally touched the man’s fingertips.

Delicate and soft, a fleeting touch.

Ji Mingchen’s eyes under his long eyelashes darkened, he reached out and pulled her sleeve up to reveal her shoulder, and gently coaxed in a gentle tone: “Be good, don’t move.”

Wen Yao turned sideways, the quilt was pulled to her waist, and her white and smooth shoulders were exposed to the light. After being wiped with alcohol cotton, the silver needle tip sank into her skin.

She was already hot and uncomfortable, and this stinging pain was even more unbearable. She couldn’t help but hum softly, her voice soft and delicate, like a dreamlike moan…

“Bear with it, it won’t hurt once it’s in.”

Ji Mingchen didn’t think much of it at first, but after this visual and tactile stimulation, he inexplicably felt a tightness in his throat.

There was something… inexplicably itchy.

After the injection, he put the syringe aside and placed his fingertips on her collarbone. There was a shallow scar there, thanks to him.

He gently rubbed the shallow mark for a while, the man’s eyes were dark and lustful, his fingertips slid down leisurely, stopping on her fourth button, then gently flicking it back and forth.

But just as he hesitated whether to unbutton it, Wen Yao, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly frowned, her lips moved, as if she murmured something.

He didn’t hear clearly: “What are you saying?”

Wen Yao’s eyelashes fluttered, she shook her head slightly: “Don’t… don’t… don’t…”

“I haven’t done anything yet.” He smiled.

“Cold…”

Ji Mingchen then pulled up the quilt for her and gently covered her: “You’re not afraid of the cold wind of Beizhou, how could it be cold in Dongzhou.”

The sleeping beauty frowned, her head shaking slightly. Soon, tears welled up in her eyes, and wet tears flowed from the corners of her eyes into her hair.

Ji Mingchen reached out to wipe her tears, but his hand was grabbed.

“Don’t…”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t leave me again, I’m alone…”

The soft voice, with a trembling tail, was on the verge of tears, looking extremely sad and heartbroken.

Until this moment, Wen Yao’s behavior finally matched her appearance, weak, soft, helpless, and without any hesitation, she frankly expressed her emotions.

The smile on Ji Mingchen’s face fell, after a while, he reached out with his other hand and stroked her soft hair to comfort her: “Since you stayed…”

“Then be my little princess.”

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