Chapter 71: Many Doubts
At that moment, Pat's face turned bright red.
A sense of humiliation arose in my heart.
Normally, he was used to being flattered by the chairman, especially with so many subordinates watching him. Now, he was being forced to kneel before a woman, which was incredibly humiliating.
Jiang Nuo walked over and leaned against the boy like a little bird, but her gaze was calm and clear, and she only glanced at Pat indifferently.
"Theo, what's going on?"
The boy put his arm around the girl's waist, his gentle tone completely different from before: "The auction organizers sent a small fry over, but his master, Arnold, is probably afraid I'll kill him in a fit of anger, so he didn't dare to come."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Pat, kneeling on the ground, kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, inwardly groaning in despair.
He really was just following orders and knew nothing about the inside story!
Sure enough, this was not a good job.
“Executive Officer, I’m telling the truth. The chairman has been acting mysteriously lately and rarely shows his face. I don’t even know where he’s gone. Moreover, he was the one who decided to auction off that bottle of black snake blood. It has nothing to do with me.”
At this moment, Pat only wanted to shift the blame, because he was more worried about whether he could safely leave Silver Dragon Star.
"Tell me everything you know."
“This…” Pat hesitated.
The next second, he felt the oppressive aura on his body surge, and his body crawled down, almost touching the ground, looking extremely ridiculous.
"I'll talk, I'll talk," Pat gasped for breath, "Actually, this was...it was brought out by the Castile family..."
Pat hesitated halfway through his sentence, then looked up cautiously at the boy. Sure enough, he saw a slight change in the boy's expression, and the girl also frowned.
"go on."
Another command rang out.
Pat forced a smile and said, "I don't know much either, but I heard that not long ago, the medical center in the central star system treated a patient who was poisoned by snake venom. This person was a member of the Castile family and was brought here urgently."
"This black blood is extremely strange, the toxins are difficult to remove, and its origin is unknown. The Castile family said they accidentally discovered it on a mutated corpse in the Shattered Star Zone during a training expedition. They sought a solution from the medical center's rescue team, but ultimately, despite their best efforts, they were helpless and could only temporarily save the poisoned person's life. The chairman ordered that this black snake blood be put up for auction, and I simply did as he said—"
"Aren't you afraid that this behavior will cause more innocent people to be poisoned?" At this moment, a girl's sweet voice came, and it was Jiang Nuo who spoke.
Pat quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, we have already tested it. Ordinary skin contact will not cause poisoning unless there are open wounds on the body and the poison mixes with one's own blood. Therefore, the auction also included a clause that this item must not be used to kill or injure people."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuo looked puzzled. She remembered that when the blood dripped onto her body during the filming, it seeped in, which was not like what Pat said. Could it be... that she was special?
“Theo, he’s lying. I didn’t have any wounds on my body at the time, and I was only conscious, yet I was still poisoned.” Jiang Nuo voiced her doubts, like a child tattled on someone.
Theo smiled and gently patted her head.
"Yes, I know," the boy replied gently, but the coldness hidden in his eyes was even deeper.
Because Nuonuo's condition didn't seem like she'd been poisoned by a deadly toxin; rather, it appeared she was being forcefully possessed by that blood-like aura. Pat, however, was frantic, his voice almost breaking with tears: "Respected female lady, I truly didn't lie. We've tested it before; ordinary contact can't cause poisoning. I... I don't know why you're experiencing this. Please, Executor, have mercy on me! I apologize to this lady, I'm so sorry, so sorry..."
Jiang Nuo watched the person crawling towards her and kept backing away. The boy's eyes darkened, and he kicked Pat in the shoulder, preventing him from taking another step forward: "Get lost."
Pat was so frightened that he stood still and dared not move.
Theo glanced at the organizing team in front of him, his expression grave. What seemed like a simple act of apology had revealed many suspicious points to him.
This reminded him of what Bi Lin had said:
[The mutated species' genetic instincts for reproduction cause their pheromones to double their attractiveness when encountering females with higher fertility levels, allowing them to find marked females.]
The words of the Dean of the Interstellar Academy are still trustworthy; his blood contains a large amount of male pheromones, which are stimulated by the instinct for reproduction.
Therefore, someone in the Castile family or the organizers must be lying.
This bottle of blood was probably extracted while the animal was still alive. It wasn't found on the corpse of a mutated species, as Pat just said, because once an orc dies, its pheromones gradually disappear and wouldn't be this strong.
"Nuonuo, go back and wait for me. I have some things to take care of. I'll have dinner with you later, okay?" Theo's gaze suddenly turned to his side.
Jiang Nuo frowned: "Are you hiding something from me?"
Hmph, they even deliberately tried to get her away.
Theo wasn't in a hurry. He leaned closer to the girl and whispered, "I'm afraid some of what I'm about to say might be too harsh and offend Nuonuo's ears. Don't worry, I'll tell you everything little by little when we get back tonight."
As he spoke, a smile appeared in the boy's eyes, a gentle, tender smile.
Jiang Nuo's eyes darted away, her expression slightly shy, because she could tell from the man's tone and demeanor that it was exactly the same as when he was tormenting her in bed—a scoundrel.
The girl made a face, turned around and left. The moment Jiang Nuo left the reception room, the boy's expression changed drastically. His gentleness vanished, and his aura became solemn and cold.
……
After leaving the Star Tower, Jiang Nuo did not rush back to her residence, but went to the incubation base within the Silver Dragon Star area to visit the cubs by herself.
The little ones are raised very well. The incubation center has a professional care team. Most of the staff are female, with a few males, and the rest are intelligent care servants.
Incubation room.
The three beast eggs lay quietly under the warm light, the beast patterns on their surfaces becoming clearer, and the eggshells more translucent than before, as if the little ones were about to hatch.
"Miss Jiang Nuo, please rest assured. Mr. Theo has repeatedly instructed us to take good care of the babies. All the facilities here are the best. Moreover, Mr. Theo comes every two days on average." A female staff member smiled with exceptional kindness.
Jiang Nuo nodded in agreement. She had to admit that Theo was a very competent father.
She hadn't had to worry about the baby since it was born; the task of raising the baby was almost entirely left to Theo.
"Ok?"
Just then, Jiang Nuo noticed that the bracelet on her wrist made a notification sound.
Has someone contacted her?
(End of this chapter)
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