A three-year-old child dragged his sister's coffin and cried out for justice in the military re

Late at night.

This private sanatorium in the western suburbs of Beijing is eerily quiet, as if a giant black hand has covered its mouth.

The shadows of the trees outside the window were stretched long by the streetlights, like a group of menacing ghosts twisting wildly on the curtains.

Qin Xiao sat on the chair by the bed, his posture as stiff as a stone.

He was still holding the bowl of unfinished porridge in his hand; the porridge had gone cold and a thin layer of rice skin had formed on the surface.

Sui Sui was asleep on the bed.

But he didn't sleep well.

Its small body curled up into a ball, like a frightened hedgehog, guarding itself to the extreme.

Her two little hands gripped the corner of the blanket tightly, her knuckles turning an unnatural bluish-white.

His brows were furrowed, and his eyelashes trembled violently every now and then, as if he were being chased in a dream.

Qin Xiao gently placed the bowl on the bedside table.

She moved very quietly, afraid of making the slightest sound and disturbing the sleep that had finally come to her.

He reached out his large hand, trying to smooth out the wrinkles between Sui Sui's brows.

My fingertips just touched that cool skin.

"No...don't cut..."

A very faint murmur escaped from Sui Sui's lips.

With a sob in her voice, and with a fear that went deep into her bones.

Qin Xiao's hand suddenly froze in mid-air.

His heart felt like it had been squeezed tightly, the pain so intense that he could barely breathe.

"Year after year?"

Qin Xiao called out softly.

"Wake up, it's a dream, it's all a dream."

But Sui Sui did not wake up.

She was trapped in that terrifying nightmare and couldn't get out.

In my dream.

It was that cold basement again.

It was that same pale, shadowless lamp again.

The older sister, Nuannuan, lay on the operating table, covered in blood, yet she was still smiling at her.

"Sui Sui, don't look..."

"Run!"

Then, a huge chainsaw came down.

Shila-

Blood and flesh flew everywhere.

"ah!!"

Sui Sui suddenly woke up with a start, letting out a short and piercing scream.

She sprang out of bed, her hands flailing wildly in the air as if trying to drive away unseen evil spirits.

"Sui Sui! Daddy's here! Daddy's here!"

Qin Xiao pulled her into his arms, his broad chest enveloping her trembling little body.

"It's alright, it's alright."

"The lights are on, all the bad guys are dead."

But this time, Sui Sui didn't quiet down as usual.

"pain……"

Sui Sui buried her face in Qin Xiao's arms, her whole body convulsing violently.

Cold sweat poured down like a tap that had been turned on, instantly soaking through the thin nightgown.

"It hurts so much..."

"My bones hurt..."

"My flesh hurts too..."

Sui Sui's little hands gripped Qin Xiao's arm tightly, her nails digging into his flesh, leaving several bloody scratches.

Qin Xiao panicked.

I panicked completely.

Although Sui Sui has been weak these past few days, she has never complained of pain.

Even when the rotten flesh was being pried open during dressing changes, she just gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Why does it suddenly hurt so much?

"Where does it hurt? Tell your godfather, where does it hurt?"

Qin Xiao wanted to check her body, but found that the little dumpling in his arms was frighteningly hot.

It's like a red-hot branding iron.

"It all hurts..."

Sui Sui cried out, her voice hoarse like a broken bellows.

That kind of pain wasn't the pain of a specific wound.

Instead, every nerve and every cell in the body is being cut and ground by countless tiny knives.

That's millions of ants gnawing at the bone marrow.

"ah--!!!"

Sui Sui couldn't hold back any longer.

She pushed Qin Xiao away abruptly and curled up on the bed like a cooked shrimp.

She was rolling around.

He banged his head against the bed board and punched his legs with his hands.

It seemed that only by creating new pain could she suppress the excruciating agony within her that threatened to tear her apart.

"Sui Sui! Don't move!"

Qin Xiao's eyes were red, and he rushed over to hold down her hands and feet.

"Someone come here! Call the doctor! Call Lu Ci!"

Qin Xiao roared at the door, his voice filled with unprecedented fear and rage.

He didn't need to shout.

Lu Ci, who lived in the next room, had already heard the commotion.

The door was suddenly pushed open.

Lu Ci rushed in with his medicine box before he even had time to button up his white coat.

Following behind were Chu Kuang and Shen Wansan, both looking anxious.

"What's going on?!"

Lu Ci rushed to the bedside and grabbed Sui Sui's wrist.

His pulse was erratic, like a tangled mess.

It was incredibly fast.

"It hurts...Second Father...Save me..."

When Sui Sui saw Lu Ci, it was like seeing a lifeline.

She stretched out her small hand, covered in needle marks, trying to grab Lu Ci's clothes.

But just as he reached halfway in, another violent spasm struck.

"Well……"

Sui Sui bit her own tongue.

Fresh blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

"Don't bite!"

Qin Xiao reacted quickly and stuffed his finger into Sui Sui's mouth.

"Bite me! Don't bite yourself!"

The teeth of the young girl were tightly closed.

Qin Xiao grunted, without even frowning.

Lu Ci quickly opened Sui Sui's eyelids and shone a flashlight into her pupils.

The pupils are constricting violently and are extremely sensitive to light reflection.

"Damn it!"

Lu Ci's face turned deathly pale instantly, even whiter than the bed sheets.

"It's a backlash."

Lu Ci's voice trembled.

"What backlash? Tell me!"

Chu Kuang was so anxious that he was jumping up and down, wishing he could replace his own head with Sui Sui's.

Lu Ci took out a sedative from the medicine box and deftly inserted it into Sui Sui's vein.

"That drug from 'Project Angel'..."

Lu Ci pushed the medicine while explaining through gritted teeth.

"That drug can block nerve conduction, making people unable to feel pain, and can also stimulate excessive activity in the cerebral cortex."

"That's why Sui Sui can walk 300 miles with her injured leg and still keep her mind so clear."

"but……"

Lu Ci paused for a moment, looking at Sui Sui, whose convulsions had gradually stopped but whose brows were still furrowed.

His eyes were filled with heartache and helplessness.

"The medication has worn off."

"It's like taking out a loan at a high interest rate."

"All the pain I blocked out before is now coming back with interest."

"and……"

"Her nervous system was forcibly modified with drugs and is now undergoing self-repair and reorganization."

"This process is like taking out all the nerves in your body and then reconnecting them one by one."

"That's slow slicing."

"Ten times more painful than being slowly sliced ​​to death."

The room was deathly silent.

The only sounds were the beeping of the monitor and the heavy breathing of several large men.

Qin Xiao looked at Sui Sui, who had fallen asleep in his arms.

Looking at the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth, he realized they were from biting his finger.

And there was the red scarf she was clutching tightly in her hand.

That was left to her by her older sister.

When the pain was at its peak, she bit down on the scarf and forced herself to swallow her screams.

"Is this the price to pay?"

Qin Xiao's voice was terribly hoarse.

"To survive, to send us a message..."

"This child has overworked himself to this extent."

Shen Wansan turned his back and secretly wiped away a tear.

"How much will it cost for treatment?"

"Second brother, what medicine do you need? I'll buy you any medicine in the world!"

"This isn't about money."

Lu Ci wearily took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.

"This is nerve damage."

"and……"

Lu Ci walked to the table next to him and picked up a lab report that had just been printed out.

That was the result of his tireless, sleepless days of in-depth analysis of Sui Sui's blood samples.

"Look at this."

Lu Ci pointed to a complex molecular structure diagram on the report.

"This is the core component of the residual drugs in Sui Sui's body."

Chu Kuang leaned over and took a look.

He works in chemistry and weapons, so he's familiar with this kind of structural diagram.

"This...this is a benzene ring structure?"

Chu Kuang frowned and pushed up his thick-rimmed glasses.

"Why does this look so familiar?"

"It's a bit like... methamphetamine?"

"So, it's methamphetamine?"

Lu Ci nodded, his expression extremely solemn.

"That's right."

"But this is not just about drugs."

"They modified the molecules of the drug by adding a special biological enzyme."

"This enzyme allows drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier and act directly on the hippocampus and frontal lobe."

"That's why Sui Sui has hyperthymesia and extremely high intelligence."

"These beasts..."

Lu Ci slammed the report on the table.

"They're feeding their children drugs!"

"Using highly addictive drugs to control these so-called 'experimental subjects'!"

"Once you stop taking the medication, you will not only experience severe withdrawal symptoms, but also neuralgia."

Qin Xiao listened to these technical terms.

Although he didn't understand some of it, he grasped the most crucial point.

Sui Sui is now in pain.

They are still experiencing the same pain as drug withdrawal.

Is there an antidote?

Qin Xiao raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Lu Ci.

"You are a miracle doctor."

"You must have a way."

Lu Ci fell silent.

He looked out the window at the pitch-black night, the darkest hour before dawn.

"Conventional methods won't work."

"There is no readily available antidote for this new type of synthetic toxin."

"unless……"

Lu Ci turned around, his gaze sharpening.

"Unless we can find the original experimental data of that 'doctor'."

"Or it could be the master formula for this batch of drugs."

"Otherwise, I can only use alternative medications to help relieve her pain."

But this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

"And it will cause secondary damage to her liver and kidneys."

Qin Xiao took a deep breath.

He hugged Sui Sui even tighter.

"try to find."

"Isn't that 'doctor' in international waters?"

"I'll go and bring him back right now!"

"Make him kneel before Sui Sui's bedside and prepare the antidote!"

"Don't act impulsively."

The shadow (the fourth brother), who had been silent all along, emerged from the shadows.

He was wearing that black trench coat, like a ghost.

"I've already sent people to keep an eye on things in international waters."

"That 'Poseidon' gambling ship won't dock for supplies until next month."

"A direct attack now could alert them, and if they destroy the data, Sui Sui will be truly beyond saving."

"What should we do then?!"

Qin Xiao roared in a low voice.

"Are you just going to watch your child die in pain?!"

"wait."

"Shadow said calmly."

"Wait until Sui Sui is feeling a little better."

"Once we get the ship's structural blueprints and security deployment."

"and……"

Shadow glanced at Sui Sui on the bed.

"This child is stronger than we thought."

"She'll pull through."

"After all, she is Lin Cang's child."

That night.

It was destined to be a sleepless night.

I woke up several times during the year.

I always wake up in pain.

But she didn't yell anymore.

She just silently shed tears, biting the red scarf, trembling in Qin Xiao's arms.

Qin Xiao held her like that and sat by the bed all night.

I wiped her sweat, fed her water, and told her stories about her and her father in the army.

"Sui Sui, do you know?"

"Your dad was a tough guy back in the day."

"Once during an exercise, I broke my leg, but I still managed to crawl five kilometers and win the red flag."

"You take after him in this respect."

Just like him.

As Qin Xiao spoke, tears fell onto Sui Sui's face.

As dawn approached.

Sui Sui finally stopped shaking.

The excruciating pain seemed to have subsided temporarily.

She opened her eyes and looked weakly at Qin Xiao, whose face was covered in stubble and who looked haggard.

She reached out her little hand and touched the prickly beard on Qin Xiao's chin.

"Godfather..."

Sui Sui's voice was very soft, like a feather brushing against the tip of the heart.

"What's wrong? Are you hungry?"

Qin Xiao quickly took her small hand in his.

Sui Sui shook her head.

She looked out the window at the gradually brightening dawn.

His eyes held a calmness and coldness beyond his years.

"I'm not afraid of pain."

Sui Sui Shuo

"When my sister had her leg amputated, it hurt much more than this."

"I will remember this pain."

"Wait until we catch that 'doctor'."

"I want him to have a taste too."

Qin Xiao was taken aback.

Looking at this child who is only three and a half years old, yet whose eyes are full of murderous intent.

I felt both gratified and bittersweet.

This child has grown up.

It was matured by hatred.

"it is good."

Qin Xiao kissed her forehead.

"Godfather promises you."

"Make sure he tries it."

"Try it twice as much."

……

The next few days.

The situation gradually stabilized year by year.

Although the excruciating pain still occurs from time to time, the frequency has decreased.

Lu Ci used traditional Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture to help her gradually heal her damaged nerves.

Shen Wansan even brought all sorts of expensive tonics to the hospital as if they were free.

They want to feed their children thousand-year-old ginseng and top-grade bird's nest, hoping to turn them into chubby little boys.

Sui Sui's face finally regained some color.

Although she is still thin, at least she is not like a porcelain doll that could break at any moment when she first arrived.

The rotten flesh on the soles of my feet has healed, and a layer of tender new skin has formed.

Although he still walks with a slight limp, he can already run on the ground.

That morning.

sunny.

Qin Xiao was sunbathing in the yard with Sui Sui.

Sui Sui sat on the swing, holding the Transformer she had taken apart, trying to figure out how to put the gears back together.

It's rare for all seven godfathers to get together.

They sat around under a parasol, holding an extremely serious family meeting.

The theme of the meeting is—

"On the Education of Lin Suisui".

"I think that's about right."

Lu Ci pushed up his glasses and looked at Sui Sui not far away.

"My physical indicators have basically returned to normal. Although I still need long-term care, it doesn't affect my normal life anymore."

"This child is too withdrawn."

"All he does all day is take things apart and space out; he doesn't like to talk."

"If this continues, you'll develop psychological problems."

"She needs to be introduced to people her own age."

"That's right!"

Shen Wansan was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

"I've already made contact with the best elite kindergarten in Beijing—Golden Sun International Kindergarten."

"All the teachers there are PhDs who have returned from overseas, and the nannies are trained at five-star hotels."

"Besides, I've already donated a building to the kindergarten. If Sui Sui goes there, she'll be the boss; who would dare bully her?"

Chu Kuang frowned.

He was holding a screwdriver and turning it around.

"Why are you going to kindergarten?"

"Those little brats do nothing but cry and wet their pants. How could they possibly play with my Sui Sui?"

"With Sui Sui's intelligence, sending her to kindergarten would be a complete waste of her time and a disservice to her!"

"If you ask me, just come with me to the research institute."

"I'll teach her how to build missiles, that would be so exciting!"

"Nonsense!"

Qin Xiao glared at Chu Kuang.

"She's only three and a half! What kind of missile could she be building?"

"Old Lin's biggest wish back then was that his daughter could grow up happily like any other child."

"I also think I should go to kindergarten."

"Learning to sing and dance, making some friends—that's what childhood is all about."

"Besides, with so many of us protecting her, how could we let her suffer any mistreatment at kindergarten?"

After a heated debate.

Ultimately, the resolution to send Sui Sui to kindergarten was passed with a vote of 6 to 1 (Chu Kuang's objection was invalid).

Qin Xiao stood up and walked to the swing.

Squat down and try to make your expression look kind and friendly.

"Sui Sui."

"Your godfather wants to discuss something with you."

Sui Sui didn't even look up, still fiddling with that gear in her hand.

"I'm not going."

Two words.

Clean and efficient.

Qin Xiao: "..."

I haven't said it yet!

How did you know what I was going to say?

Qin Xiao felt a little embarrassed.

Sui Sui finished installing the gears, raised her head, and looked at Qin Xiao with the kind of look one would give someone an idiot.

"You two argued over there for half an hour."

"The sound was so loud."

"I'm not deaf."

"and……"

Sui Sui pointed to the flyer in Shen Wansan's hand.

Printed on it are several grinning children and the words "[Golden Sun Kindergarten is now enrolling!]".

"I saw those ugly flyers."

Qin Xiao: "..."

This kid is too smart to be easily fooled.

"Cough cough."

Qin Xiao cleared his throat, trying to reason with her.

"Sui Sui, look, all the other children are going to kindergarten."

"There are lots of fun toys there, and lots of friends too."

"You can play games with them, that would be so much fun!"

Sui Sui pouted.

He looked disgusted.

I don't play with idiots.

"All they do is have runny noses, fight over toys, and cry over the smallest things."

"childish."

"I want to go to Third Uncle's laboratory."

"I want to see that particle collider."

Upon hearing this from afar, Chu Kuang was so happy that he slapped his thigh.

"Listen! Listen!"

"That's the awareness of a genius!"

"I knew the kindergarten wasn't good enough for our daughter!"

Qin Xiao shot Chu Kuang a sharp look, silencing him.

Then he turned around and continued to plead earnestly.

"Sui Sui, the lab is too dangerous, there's radiation."

"You're not fully recovered yet, you can't go."

"And this is also your father's wish."

He hopes you can have a happy childhood.

Mentioning Dad.

Sui Sui's eyes dimmed slightly.

The man who always lifted her up high is gone forever.

"But……"

Sui Sui still doesn't want to go.

She felt that being with her peers was like a human infiltrating a troop of monkeys.

Unable to communicate.

"How about this?"

Qin Xiao's eyes darted around, and he unleashed his trump card.

"Let's make a deal."

"Go to kindergarten and experience it for a month."

"If you still find it boring after a month, then don't go."

"And as long as you go to school obediently."

"I'll have Third Uncle take you to the lab this weekend and teach you how to assemble that... that robotic arm."

Sui Sui's big eyes lit up instantly.

robotic arm?

That robotic arm that can rotate and cut 360 degrees?

She had wanted to try it herself for a long time.

"real?"

Sui Sui looked at Qin Xiao with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

"When has your godfather ever lied to you?"

Qin Xiao patted his chest and assured him.

"I'm a dog if I lie."

Sui Sui lowered her head and thought for three seconds.

My brain quickly calculated the gains and losses.

Spend a month in kindergarten doing nothing = gain access to a top-tier laboratory + learn how to assemble a robotic arm.

This trade is a sure thing, no loss.

"make a deal."

Every year, they reach out their little hands.

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gave her a high five.

This girl is even harder to deal with than a negotiation expert.