Chapter 54: Chapter 54 … Pregnant again?

Ji Muye had actually gone to look for Professor X.

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X was just an alias used by Lu Xining in public.

Only those inside knew the real identity of “Professor X.”

It was actually her.

“Mr. Ji came early this morning to ask for ‘Professor X’s’ consultation time. He wanted to ask ‘him’ to help treat someone.”

“This is the patient’s information.”

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“The patient has scars on his face from an injury, and despite many cosmetic medical treatments, they haven’t been able to heal, which is why he’s come to our lab.”

The assistant handed over a file.

She was one of the few who knew the relationship between Lu Xining and Ji Muye.

Lu Xining flipped open the folder.

Unsurprisingly, she saw Liu Xixi’s name.

She thought Ji Muye insisted on coming this time because he was worried about the two children.

The sunlight outside was bright and cheerful, chasing away the chill in the room, but it couldn’t dispel the shadows and chill in Lu Xining’s heart.

Ji Muye returned to the ward, holding a takeaway lunch in his hands, and his gaze immediately fell on the sofa, but she wasn’t there.

The bodyguard was standing guard by the bed and left upon his return.

As soon as Lu Xining entered, she met a pair of deep black eyes head-on. She moved her gaze away expressionlessly and sat down by the bed.

Ji Muye’s lips parted slightly, “I bought some food, you eat first.”

She spoke politely yet distantly, “Thank you, no need.”

Ji Muye didn’t understand why Lu Xining had suddenly reverted to her previous demeanor.

The lab’s ward was equipped with a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, and accompanying sofa.

The food he had brought back was all on the dining table.

Lu Xining didn’t eat, and Ji Muye lost his appetite as well.

The ward was silent, allowing one to distinctly hear their own heartbeat.

Fortunately, Ji Chao and Ji Ze finally woke up.

Ji Muye and Lu Xining immediately gathered around; the children were genuinely frightened this time and began crying upon seeing them.

“Don’t be scared, Xiao Ze. Daddy is here.”

“Xiao Chao, don’t cry. The bad person has been driven away by Mommy and will never appear in front of Xiao Chao again.”

Each of them held a child, comforting them, while the tears of adults silently slid down.

Lu Xining’s shoulder was wet with Ji Chao’s tears, and compared to Ji Ze’s loud sobbing, this child cried so softly, it was heartbreaking.

Once the children had calmed down,

she had someone conduct a full examination of the children to make sure all their indicators were within the safe range, and her anxious heart could finally settle.

Having just woken up, the children were very hungry.

Lu Xining asked the assistant to prepare some light meals, and she and Ji Muye each fed one of the children.

The day swiftly slipped through their fingers, and the children’s mood stabilized with them by their sides.

In silent agreement, neither of them asked the children about their memories of Luori Village, as both Ji Chao and Ji Ze’s bodies clearly carried the fear of those hours.

But at night, there was a problem.

The children began to sweat profusely, soaking their clothes.

Lu Xining had no choice but to cooperate with Ji Muye, wiping down the children with warm water and changing their clothes, until they finally settled down in the latter part of the night.

Her own clothes were damp from this ordeal, and Ji Muye wasn’t faring any better.

The two children were now very reliant on her and Ji Muye.

Because of the twins’ connection, they had a certain empathy, and if one woke up startled, the other would too.

The ZN lab’s location was special.

Unless she allowed it, outsiders simply couldn’t enter.

Yan Dong wanted to bring Ji Muye a change of clothes but wasn’t able to.

Considering that the children couldn’t be left alone, Lu Xining allowed someone to bring two sets of clothes for Ji Muye.

Having changed out of his bespoke suit into casual sportswear, Ji Muye looked several years younger, with an added boyish charm.

Ji Muye’s hair was half-dry, wiped with a new towel.

Fearing to wake the sleeping children, he didn’t use the hairdryer.

The wisps of hair on his forehead were still slightly dripping with water, slipping beneath his collar along his delicate contours.

When he emerged, Lu Xining was ready to return to her room to change clothes, but before she left, Ji Muye called out to her.

His voice was deep and steady, “Do you know Professor X?”

Lu Xining looked at him and did not deny it.

Those black eyes sparkled with a dazzling light that was in stark contrast to the dim hospital room, reflecting against the moonlight outside the window.

He stepped forward until he was in front of her, his handsome eyes slightly narrowed, gazing steadily at her.

“Liu Xixi, she has some serious scars on her face. She just came to seek our help.”

“I heard that Professor X’s newly researched beauty pill can rapidly repair skin.”

Lu Xining let out a snort of derision, “What are you trying to say?”

She hadn’t heard the rest of his words, but she had already refused without hesitation.

“I don’t mean anything else, it’s just that Liu Xixi, she previously caused trouble for Xiao Ze…”

Ji Muye hadn’t finished speaking when he was interrupted by Lu Xining’s icy voice laden with deep loathing.

“I wish Liu Xixi would die, how could I possibly waste my time getting someone to help her? She has reaped what she sowed by wrecking someone else’s family and harming their child.”

“The last poison, this time’s dementia drug, clearly they’re all related to Liu Xixi!”

“No matter what your relationship is with her, I won’t let her off.”

Lu Xining spoke assertively, making her stance clear.

She had already instructed the relevant legal team to organize phone recordings and Han Lijuan’s testimony—it was only a matter of time before Liu Xixi and the Liu Family would be reunited behind bars.

As for Ji Muye…

Seeing the mockery and contempt in her eyes, Ji Muye felt a sudden tremor in his heart. He wanted to explain his actions, but clearly, Lu Xining wasn’t giving him the opportunity.

“You’re here because of the two children.”

“I also trusted you to come over. I think you should understand what’s more important, and not to confuse the means with the end.”

She passed by him, and her wrist was abruptly grabbed by the man.

His face was cold and noble, and lowering his voice, he said to her, “You’ve worked hard this time. Just connect me with Professor X, and I will handle the rest, including the aftermath.”

Lu Xining struggled to break free while rejecting him, “I’m not willing.”

“Those who harm others will harm themselves; she hurt my child and must pay a hundred, a thousand times the price!”

Lu Xining was extremely agitated.

Ji Muye took into account Lu Xining’s emotions, not daring to say too much, he took a deep breath to adjust his mood, ready to have a proper talk with her.

“The matter with Xiao Chao and Xiao Ze is being looked into, and the evidence you have here needs to be verified again.”

Her gaze paused for a moment, her mind blank for a few seconds.

Hearing Ji Muye’s words, she felt an instant disconnect between them, as if they spanned two different worlds.

A strong wave of nausea surged up from her throat.

She pushed the man aside and rushed into the bathroom, where the steam hadn’t yet dissipated, and the man’s clothes still laid on the rack.

She hadn’t eaten anything all day, leaving her stomach empty.

Lu Xining couldn’t vomit anything out.

She turned on the cold water to splash her face, and the coolness cleared her thoughts, amplifying her disappointment in Ji Muye which had now peaked.

Ji Muye stood outside the bathroom door, hearing her uncomfortable retching brought back the look of disgust and loathing she had shown him earlier.

His hand clenched into a fist at his side.

Lu Xining came out after washing her face, her lips pale and her slightly damp hair clinging to her cheeks, adding to her fragile beauty.

A slight pain twinged in her lower abdomen, and she instinctively covered her stomach.

Ji Muye reached out to help her only to be avoided.

His eyes darkened, looking at her hand protecting her abdomen, a suspicion flashed through his mind followed by an inexplicable pain in his heart.

“Are you… pregnant again?”

After speaking, he widened the distance between them.

The corner of Ji Muye’s eyes held self-mockery and a sneer at himself.

Lu Xining leaned against the wall for support; having not eaten all day, she felt very weak, and the pain in her stomach was especially unbearable.

The world in front of her began to blur.

She suddenly raised her hand slowly towards his face…