A god-tier fishing spot, anglers lined up to give me money.

Shirai Ito placed the teacup back on the table with a soft sound.

Looking at Liu Ruyan's icy face, he raised an eyebrow and glanced at his father.

Bai Nuowen stood up, set his teacup down, and nodded to Liu Ruyan:

"Since it's inconvenient for Madam Gu, we'll come back another day. Ito, goodbye."

The four people stood up one after another and walked towards the door.

Ye Xuan paused as he passed Liu Ruyan and said, "Me too, I was forced to. I apologize to Old Gu."

Bai Ningbing: "Sister Ruyan, I'm sorry, I have to go back now."

The door closed behind him.

Liu Ruyan stood still, her fingertips still trembling slightly.

He took out his phone to call Gu Shang back, but his thumb hovered over the screen for several seconds before finally putting it down.

Gu Shang is there; calling him would only cause trouble.

Walking to the window, I saw the Bai family's black van drive out of the gate through the glass.

"The Bai family," Liu Ruyan said softly, "they really know how to pick their time to come."

...

Inside the underground laboratory, the progress bar was still stuck at 10%.

Gao Wei had tried every possible method, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead onto the workbench, leaving a small water stain.

Gu Shang looked through the glass at his thinner son on the bed, watching the golden light in the tubes gradually dim.

Clutching his phone, he saw Liu Ruyan's number on the screen.

Inside, Gao Wei had stopped all operations. He rested his hands on the control panel, and sweat dripped down his chin from inside his protective suit and hood.

The flow rate of the golden delivery fluid was reduced to the lowest setting, and the dragon-shaped koi carp remained motionless in the tank, its entire body losing its luster.

Gao Wei raised his head and looked at Gu Shang through the observation window through the protective mask.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but his mask was fogged up. When he wiped his lenses and looked again, Gu Shang outside the window had already turned his face away.

10%. Countless sums of money were poured in, only to be returned with a mere 10%.

Failure was inevitable.

Gu Shang closed his eyes, and when he opened them, his eyes were a little red.

Gao Wei stood in front of the control panel for a full two minutes, his fingers resting on the keyboard without moving, his mind rapidly replaying all the steps he had just taken.

Valve opening, stable dosage, heart rate matching, energy frequency—everything is fine.

But that's exactly what happened. He started to doubt himself and realized that Gu Shang wouldn't do anything about it.

"How about we do it again?" Gao Wei muttered to himself, reaching for the main valve at the output end, preparing to raise the energy output to the highest level and forcefully inject energy.

Just as his fingertips touched the valve knob, in an instant

Everything has changed.

Without warning, the number on the big screen changed from 10% to 11%.

Gao Wei's hand froze in mid-air, thinking he was seeing things.

紧接着11%跳到30%，30%跳到70%，70%跳到95%。

The progress bar jumped to 100% in an instant.

The entire line turned from a glaring red to green, and a "Completed" icon popped up next to it.

Gao Wei stood there, completely bewildered by the situation.

Looking out the observation window, Gu Shang froze, his mouth slightly open, his expression shifting from despair to shock, and then from shock to bewilderment.

The two looked at each other through the glass, neither knowing what had happened.

But the progress bar really did turn green.

The heart rate curve started to bounce back up from its flat state, and blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, energy levels...

The golden light in the pipes shone brighter than before, and the plump body on the bed was enveloped in a soft halo.

Gao Wei snapped out of his daze, grabbed the monitoring tablet, and swiped his fingers across it to bring up the real-time fused data.

All data is green.

Energy conversion rate is 100%, the body's meridian capacity is 100%, and the gene transfusion modification has been successful.

At this moment, the dragon-shaped koi in the water tank woke up.

Its tail swayed gently, and its body regained its luster.

Instead of banging his head against the wall of the vat in a fit of rage whenever he saw someone, he looked at Gu Tianyu, who was still asleep on the bed.

This experiment tied it to Gu Tianyu.

Just then, the person on the bed moved.

Originally chubby with five fingers, it is now changing at a visible rate.

The fingers grew longer, the knuckles became more distinct, and the nails regained their blood-red hue.

Next comes the wrist, forearm, shoulder...

Gu Shang gripped his phone even tighter, pressing his entire body against the glass, not daring to blink.

He saw it.

The person lying on the bed gradually tightened the excess fat on both sides of their cheeks, their double chin shrank back, and after the fat receded, the contours of their eye sockets became clear.

His face changed from a round, chubby shape to a more angular one, with long eyebrows reaching his temples, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, and the curve of his lips exactly the same as his mother Liu Ruyan's when she was young.

Gao Wei stared at the person on the bed for a long time before finally managing to utter a single sentence: "It's done?"

Gu Shang was overjoyed, looking through the glass at his son on the bed who was getting thinner and thinner.

The person on the bed lay quietly, breathing steadily, with a peaceful expression—a handsome young man fast asleep.

Gao Wei glanced at the data panel again; all the indices had returned to normal.

Stepping out of the lab, she looked at Gu Shang and exclaimed excitedly, "Um... Mr. Gu, we did it! We really did it! All the data are normal, the young master's vital signs are stable, and the energy fusion is perfect."

Although I didn't know what happened just now, the result was good, it was a success!

When he said the last few words, his voice clearly rose, and he realized he had lost his composure. He coughed twice, but he couldn't suppress the urge to smile.

"I know, I know, Gaowei, you did a great job."

Gu Shang put down his phone, feeling completely at ease.

At this moment, Gu Tianyu's eyelids twitched slightly on the bed.

The dragon-shaped koi seemed to sense that its master was about to wake up, and it swayed its body excitedly.

Completely relieved, Gu Shang looked at his phone screen and saw Liu Ruyan's number.

This time, I dialed without hesitation.

The call was connected.

Liu Ruyan's voice lashed out: "How's Tianyu? Tell me, say something!"

Gu Shang took a deep breath: "You've lost weight."

"What?"

"He's lost weight," he said again, his voice brimming with barely concealed amusement. "Your son has lost weight, and he's as handsome as his old man was back then."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a suppressed sob, then Liu Ruyan's hoarse laughter and curses: "Gu Shang, you bastard, where are you hiding? Come out, I'm coming right now!"

"Tianyun Manor awaits you!"

Gu Shang hung up the phone and looked back through the glass window.

Gao Wei has returned and is currently removing the tubes from Gu Tianyu, pulling them out one by one.

That chubby kid is now a lean, handsome man with a well-defined eight-pack; he's a completely different person.

But this is how he truly is.

After all the tubes were removed, Gu Tianyu woke up at that moment. "Where...is this?"