At the same time as her energy circulated, Bai Ningbing was extremely worried about Lin Guanqi.
What if something unexpected happened to her? What would they do then?
When Bai Zhi saw how the two of them behaved, she immediately knew that things were not as simple as she had thought—their relationship ran much deeper.
In fact, it seemed their connection was even deeper than she had imagined.
“You’re this worried about Lin Guanqi? Relax, she’s fine. When have I, your elder sister, ever failed at anything?”
Bai Zhi had absolute faith in her own research skills. Some might call her arrogant, but she truly wasn’t full of herself; after all, the title had been bestowed on her by Dragon Country itself.
“Yes, our genius researcher~”
It sounded like praise at first, but Ling Xue’s tone was unmistakably sarcastic.
“If you keep talking like that, do you want me to put your butt on your head?”
Bai Zhi picked up a tool meant for experiments and waved it at Ling Xue.
Seeing these experimental tools, Ling Xue immediately fell quiet.
“Come on, I was just joking. Don’t take it so seriously!”
“Just put down the experimental tool, okay? Let’s talk this out like normal people.”
While the two of them bickered, the machine stopped running, and Lin Guanqi was sent out.
[Virus detected! Beginning automatic virus elimination!]
Suddenly, the machine started making screeching noises.
“Bai Zhi, is your machine broken? Why does it keep making those weird sounds?” Bai Ningbing pointed at the machine as she asked.
But Bai Zhi was naturally confident that there was nothing wrong with her machine. If something she built ever had a problem, then no one in the world would be able to fix it.
“Of course that’s impossib—”
She didn’t even finish saying ‘-le’ before her prized machine embarrassed her on the spot.
A crackle of electricity sounded and the machine ground to a halt.
“If I’m not mistaken, this thing… looks broken?” Bai Ningbing pointed as she spoke.
Broken?
Bai Zhi pressed the start button, but the machine didn’t start up properly—was it really broken?
“But I used the most advanced materials; how could it break?”
But when Bai Zhi tried starting the machine again, it remained completely unresponsive. She had to admit—it really was broken.
“This machine? Really broken?”
Even if Bai Zhi didn’t want to accept it, the facts were right in front of her. Bai Ningbing walked over and patted her on the shoulder.
She said, “Face it, your machine really is broken.”
Could her skills have actually regressed, causing this?
She couldn’t believe it. She’d rather think there was a problem with the test subject than doubt her own skills.
After all, she’d done countless experiments, and this was the only time something had failed.
But fortunately, she still had the experimental report.
“Forget it, the machine can be repaired. At least the experimental report is finally out.”
Before the paper could cool down from the printer, Bai Ningbing snatched it away—she wanted to know the truth.
But after reading the report, disappointment covered her face.
Because the report showed all the indicators as completely normal.
Bai Ningbing tossed the report back at Bai Zhi.
With a look of disdain, she said, “Look at this crap yourself. Everything’s normal? Then why did I bother bringing her here? What a waste of time.”
Then Bai Ningbing pulled Lin Guanqi and headed outside.
“Hey, wait! I haven’t seen it yet. Wait for me!”
Before Lin Guanqi could finish speaking, she was dragged out.
Bai Zhi took the experimental report and looked at it—it really was a bit off.
Ling Xue came over to take a look as well.
She found that there was nothing useful on the report.
“Honestly, I think her criticism isn’t wrong. There really isn’t anything worth seeing in this report.”
“What, are you siding with outsiders now?” Bai Zhi was so angry she wanted to tug Ling Xue’s ear.
After making fun of her, Ling Xue immediately switched tactics and pretended to play dumb.
“Aha, when did I laugh? I didn’t laugh, that’s your imagination. I’d never laugh at you, don’t accuse an innocent person!”
Whatever, there was no need to argue. At the end of the day, it was her own poor skills that blew up the machine. This wasn’t like her at all.
“Forget it. You go on ahead. I want to figure out why the machine blew up. I won’t be joining you for dinner tonight.”
Ling Xue knew that when Bai Zhi got serious, she’d stay in the lab all night. She didn’t bother to persuade her—after all, this was Bai Zhi’s job and her hobby.
“Alright then, do you want me to bring you some food?”
“Yeah, barbecued pork rice, thanks.”
“You really have no shame, huh?”
Small Park.
The sky was gradually darkening. The two of them sat on a bench in the small park, enjoying the sunset.
“Why didn’t you let me see the experimental report just now?”
Lin Guanqi was a bit unhappy. She didn’t understand why Bai Ningbing went to such lengths to keep it from her.
Bai Ningbing had no intention of hiding anything and told Lin Guanqi straightforwardly.
“There’s nothing worth seeing in there. Just remember, you’ll always belong to me.”
Lin Guanqi was stunned for a moment when she heard this. Why would she say that out of the blue? Did the experimental report actually reveal something about her body? But the system had already prompted her that the virus was cleared.
A bold idea suddenly popped into her mind.
Could it be that the system’s intervention caused abnormalities in the test report, making them think she only had a few days or a year left to live?
“Can you at least tell me roughly what was in there?”
“If you really want to know, it’s just your physical exam report. All your indicators are normal.”
Physical exam report? Hearing those four words made her uneasy. Was Bai Ningbing just trying to comfort her? Had the system already tampered with the results?
[This system has never done such a thing. Host, do not slander me.]
If even the system said it wasn’t him, then it probably wasn’t. After all, he always admitted it openly when he did something.
If that was the case, then there was only one explanation.
Nothing had happened at all.
From the corner of her eye, Lin Guanqi caught sight of the Ferris wheel in the amusement park. She suddenly thought watching the sunset from the Ferris wheel would feel so warm.
So she suggested, “Bai Ningbing, why don’t we ride the Ferris wheel? I’ve always wanted to try it.”
Mentioning the Ferris wheel seemed to stir something deep in Bai Ningbing’s memory.
After a long moment, Bai Ningbing finally replied, “You said you want to ride the Ferris wheel?”