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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.

Lionel to

rooms, pushed

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

dozen lab–coated experts, nodded, and spoke with a hint of disdain, “Looks like they’re not

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unable to

ratios, Lionel sweet–talked Quinlyn and led her

seeing that he wasn’t involved, was about to go

product, we

a moment, then realized they were now

drug, they might not get out

the workstation, remained calm. She wore goggles and gloves,

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

something more than three times, she could almost always estimate its weight down to the gram. There

the midst of the dazzling crowd, Quinlyn took only two minutes to prepare the solution in the petri dish and toss it into the machine. A

off and placed it into a small

it done?” Lionel didn’t expect it to

her hand.

be able to tell if

get addicted himself. “I’ll

After tossing the items

busy testing the purity of

Actually, they were being monitored with two men in black standing outside

that really a drug? The kind that can make people addicted?” As soon

room, casually feeling beneath the desk,

you think about the consequences of this? Did they agree with what

devices, she sat down on the sofa and spoke. “I made the drug, but it won’t harm the

was still skeptical. “Then how are

addiction, Lionel would definitely not

blank, her eyes deep. “But

me.*

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