Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 355 - 5: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 5)
This time, the apple was thrown into the fish tank, and the mermaid immediately grabbed and crushed it fiercely in the delighted gaze of Ren Yan. The fruit pulp drifted in the seawater and soon completely disappeared.
Ren Yan felt as if her heart was also crushed.
She liked the mermaid and had always helped and protected him in her own way. Regardless of how cold or wary the mermaid was towards her, Ren Yan remained undaunted.
Because she knew, like the mermaid, two lonely souls would eventually walk together, leaning on each other for warmth.
She reached out, gently stroking the fish tank with sadness and pain in her eyes.
"I know you’re in pain, I am too, but don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you."
The mermaid’s blue eyes stared coldly at her, full of caution and vigilance. Ren Yan knew that her efforts in the past few days were all in vain, just because Jiang Lai changed to a new method to torment him, causing him to now be filled with hatred towards her as well.
Even so, Ren Yan would not easily give up. She was determined to protect the mermaid she liked and never let Jiang Lai hurt him again.
The next morning, Jiang Lai, unusually early, got up before eight, holding a coffee, dressed in casual wear, and went into the gym accompanying the laboratory.
The researchers in the gym saw Jiang Lai and stared wide-eyed as if they had seen a ghost, incredulous to see the director in the gym.
Everyone greeted one by one, Jiang Lai nodded and got on the treadmill, selected a gentle mode and started running slowly.
The physical condition of the original owner was very poor. Under the gentle mode, after running for less than five minutes, he was out of breath with weak legs. Jiang Lai persisted till ten minutes, then timely stopped the machine, supporting himself as he walked down slowly, his pale face scaring the researchers beside him.
"Director, are you okay? Do you need me to call a health worker for you?"
"No need, you all continue."
This needed to be taken slowly, but there was something Jiang Lai felt was wrong, and that was during running, the heart rate of this body was very peculiar, so uncomfortable as if it was about to explode every minute and second.
Jiang Lai felt it was necessary to carefully check his body, but this research facility was underwater, and normally everyone went outside once a month for a full body check-up.
The original owner was quite busy and hadn’t been out for the past half year. This time Jiang Lai directly contacted the hospital outside and went for a check-up the next day.
The results came out, showing early symptoms of a heart attack which, if not inspected and treated in time, could carry a risk to life at any moment.
This examination result drew immediate high-level attention. As the director of the research facility, Jiang Lai certainly couldn’t just leave, so the management above directly hired an entire professional team treating heart attacks to enter the research base together.
In addition to this, more professional medical facilities were equipped to ensure the health of the researchers in the base.
Life was temporarily saved.
From then on, Jiang Lai’s sleep schedule was adjusted from one-thirty a.m. to eight a.m. to ten p.m. to six a.m., three meals a day were personalized nutritiously, and all the daily medications were precisely provided by someone according to Jiang Lai’s physical condition.
Now everyone in the research facility knew there was something wrong with Jiang Lai’s health, and every time Jiang Lai entered the laboratory, a few interns would take great care of her physical condition.
Although her personality was arrogant and her temper somewhat irritable, Jiang Lai was outstanding in this field, and she wasn’t very overpowering, sharing everything she knew without reservation. If something happened to her, and a new director was sent down from above, they would certainly not be as easy-going as Jiang Lai.
Ren Yan also silently kept an eye on Jiang Lai’s health, not out of concern for her recovery, but because since Jiang Lai now went to bed early and got up early, with a clear consciousness, she used to leave her access card carelessly in the office, but now she remembered to carry it with her.
Ren Yan hadn’t seen the mermaid for many days.
Every day she thought about how to sneak in secretly, but Jiang Lai had arranged for the mermaid to be in an even more hidden place, known only to one person among a few interns.
"Gao Qingjue, I want to talk to you."
Ren Yan took the initiative to find him.
The man at work saw Ren Yan, put down his pen immediately, and walked over with a smile.
"I thought you were going to pretend not to know me forever."
"You should know why I pretend not to know you."
Gao Qingjue sighed helplessly, looking at Ren Yan with a tone still tinged with pleading.
"Can’t we let bygones be bygones? Now we can get to know each other again, Yanyan, so many years of feelings, you can’t just forget them."
Ren Yan smiled wryly.
"Then help me with something. I want to join you in tonight’s project summary."
Every time the final summary was done by Jiang Lai with Gao Qingjue and another girl, Ren Yan had no chance to get close. She was unwilling, stubbornly refusing to bow to Jiang Lai, but now she couldn’t think of any other way.
Luckily, Gao Qingjue agreed to help her and nodded.
"You’re very smart. If you work harder, you can definitely impress the director."
"What use is it to impress her? I’m not like you all, who flatter and please against conscience."
A trace of helplessness crossed Gao Qingjue’s face.
"You’re just like this, once you’ve decided something, no one can change it, but forget it, I can still help you with this small favor. Just come to the director’s office after dinner." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
At this time, Jiang Lai happened to walk by. Ren Yan turned and walked away pretending not to see her. Jiang Lai didn’t care at all and focused her gaze on Gao Qingjue.
"Did you finish the blood analysis I asked you to do?"
"Yes, Director, oh right, there’s a lot of content in tonight’s summary meeting, can I find someone to help me?"
Jiang Lai nodded indifferently.
She knew who Gao Qingjue was going to find; she also overheard their conversation just now.
In the original plot, Gao Qingjue indeed betrayed Jiang Lai, replacing the anesthetic that should have been injected with something else, and over time, the male lead’s physical strength gradually recovered, eventually breaking through the cage and releasing other mermaids.
As the director’s most capable student, why did Gao Qingjue choose betrayal?
Of course, because of the heroine.
The two were university classmates who dated for two years. Later, Gao Qingjue went abroad to study for his future, and Ren Yan couldn’t bear it and proposed a breakup.
So after both entered the research base at the same time, Gao Qingjue was dissatisfied with Ren Yan’s cold attitude. After several failed attempts to win her over, he became disheartened and stopped taking special care of Ren Yan.
These actions, in Ren Yan’s eyes, were exclusion.
In the original plot, Ren Yan liked the mermaid, and she simply didn’t fancy the ordinary-looking, slender, frail Gao Qingjue.
