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Chapter 171

At noon, Lionel treated Calvin and Quinlyn to an extravagant meal.

Calvin was confused and quietly asked Quinlyn at the table, “What did you show him from your research?”

Before they came, the task force had suggested they each bring something impressive as a way to get their foot in the door for their undercover mission.

Calvin had prepared a symbiotic system from the Briarwood University Biology Department, which he thought was pretty impressive. But after Lionel saw it, his reaction was lukewarm.

Calvin spent the whole ride reflecting on where his work had fallen short.

Quinlyn, meanwhile, was happily munching on fries dipped in ketchup, chewing loudly as she mumbled, “I showed him the drug production plan.”

Calvin’s eyes widened. ‘Are you crazy? Can you just give him something like that?‘ He was so flustered that he grabbed the fries right out of Quinlyn’s hand.

Quinlyn glanced back at Calvin, pushing the plate toward him, reminding him not to snatch her fries. “There are plenty more fries here.”

‘I’m not craving your fries at all, okay?‘ Calvin thought sarcastically. He was getting more and more anxious.

Just then, Lionel, sitting across from them, warned, “What do you think you’re doing? Don’t you know how precious a biologist’s hands are? What if Quinlyn gets hurt? Let go.”

It took a moment for Calvin to realize they were undercover, and a cold sweat almost broke out.

Even though he was much older than Quinlyn, he was nowhere near as calm as she was. Initially, he wanted to protect her, but now he felt embarrassed by his own actions.

They finished their meal and had some coffee, slowly passing into the afternoon.

Lionel took a phone call, then cheerfully invited. “How about we take a tour of the lab? This morning, I showed the experts Quinlyn’s report. Some of them didn’t quite understand it. They were hoping you could explain it to them.”

It turned out that Lionel had spent the morning taking them around to stall and verify the authenticity of the plan. But after all that time, those people still hadn’t figured it out.

Quinlyn didn’t refuse, getting up to follow Lionel out. The three of them rode the elevator down to the basement. As they reached the bottom, Lionel pressed the alert button above. The elevator noticeably dropped a little.

When the metal door opened, a blast of cold air hit them, and Calvin, in his short–sleeved shirt, couldn’t help but shiver.

The entire space was flooded with bright white lights. Through layers of glass, they could see room after room filled with countless high–tech instruments. Some of these devices were so advanced that even Briarwood University had yet to acquire them.

to have built the lab

rooms, pushed the door open, and after

“Quinlyn, they can’t make sense of it. Looks like it’s up

at the group of over a dozen lab–coated experts, nodded, and spoke with a hint of disdain, “Looks like they’re not very sharp. I naturally wouldn’t put the core technology in

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froze for a moment, unable to tell whether

for the sake of the formula ratios, Lionel sweet–talked Quinlyn

wasn’t involved, was about to go explore other parts

here and watch. Once Quinlyn’s done making the product, we can all leave together,” Lionel said, turning around

then realized they

not get out of

wore goggles and gloves, adding materials to petri dishes while

were all dumbfounded. ‘She didn’t measure the grams or check ratios? She’s just

of perception. After handling something more than three times, she could almost always estimate its

took only two minutes to prepare the solution in the petri dish and toss it into the machine. A few minutes later,

into a small

expect it

her hand. “Want

never used drugs, so I wouldn’t be able to tell if it’s good or bad,” Lionel replied

foolish enough to get addicted

insist. After tossing the items to

was busy testing

to a hotel to rest. Actually, they were being monitored with two men in black

kind that can make people addicted?” As soon as

feeling beneath

the consequences of this? Did they agree with what you’re doing?”

she sat down on the sofa and spoke. “I made the drug, but

skeptical. “Then how are

addiction, Lionel would definitely not

looked at Calvin, her face blank, her eyes deep.

me.*

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