……

As for Wang Chong, the protagonist mentioned by Alina and Shuangxing, he was currently with a group of people who were building fortifications.

"Mr. Wang Chong, according to the eavesdropping specialist, an Ursus army of 10,000 is already heading this way. We've received the mission and, according to your previous instructions, have built bunkers, watchtowers, cliff-hanging firepower points, and established pass passes. I'm just not sure what else needs to be improved or added. After all, it's a force of 10,000, so everyone's a little hesitant."

Mud Rock brought Wang Chong to the mountain path where they had set up their fortifications. Wang Chong took a look at the current layout of the firing points, which was almost identical to the blueprint in his mind. He nodded slightly, then pointed at the map, then at the corresponding location and said,

"There's not much left to improve, but you can set up rock and log rolling points on this steep slope. Also, have your men clear the snow to the west of here in advance, and clear the snow to the north near us as well. We won't need it later. Most of our fortifications face west, so even if an avalanche occurs, the heavy losses will be borne by the attackers, not us."

"Mr. Wang Chong! Mr. Wang Chong!" At this moment, a hurried voice came from behind.

Chapter 103: Lady Honeysuckle, you don’t want little Lisa to…

"What happened? Why are you so nervous?" Wang Chong turned around and asked an infected person who was running towards him.

"Mr. Wang Chong, among the 1000 people you will be bringing later, one of the infected people has had a relapse. And because she is too young, the logistics medical team is unable to give her appropriate pain relief. And the little girl looks... very ill." The infected person said quickly, panting.

"Could it be Lisa's child? Mudstone, you can handle the rest of the matter on your own. If you have any ideas and can combine the fortifications with your abilities, that would be even better. I'm going to go check on the child first."

Wang Chong quickly said something and hurriedly followed the infected person back. Mudstone, on the other hand, began to study the map and the surrounding terrain, pondering what Wang Chong had just said.

……

"Little Lisa, hold on, Mommy is always here. The doctor will be here soon." In a small tent, Honeysuckle knelt on the ground and held Lisa in her arms. She let Lisa hold her hand tightly, letting her vent the pain while enduring it. Lisa's whole body was burning hot and she felt very uncomfortable.

"Well... Lisa... can... hold on." Little Lisa's lips were a little pale. It was obvious that she had tried her best to endure the pain brought by the stones in her body becoming active and pulling at her flesh and blood. The bitter taste in her mouth made little Lisa want to vomit, but she couldn't vomit anything.

"Here he comes, Mr. Wang Chong." At this time, the logistics officer in charge of Honeysuckle and her daughter saw Wang Chong's figure outside the tent and said excitedly.

"Mr. Wang Chong?" When she heard the other party say her name, Rendong was startled at first, but soon she saw the man who gave her a strange feeling appear outside the tent again.

"Go get me some warm water and clean cloths first. Leave them outside. Then comfort those ordinary people. I can quickly resolve this. Also, do some ideological work with the ordinary people assigned to the same group as this mother and daughter. You should already be familiar with the process." After Wang Chong finished his instructions, he immediately entered the tent. Seeing that it was indeed a familiar face, he said:

"Hello again, Lady Honeysuckle."

"Are you the doctor they are talking about?" asked Honeysuckle.

"Well, not really a doctor, but I can suppress the infected's condition and quiet the active Originium." After entering the tent, Wang Chong leaned over and released a black mist that began to envelop Little Lisa's body. He then asked, "Little Lisa, where does it hurt the most?"

"Hand...left hand." After seeing Wang Chong, little Lisa seemed to calm down a lot and answered slowly.

"Sure enough... the Originium has already appeared on the surface." Wang Chong untied the cloth covering Lisa's arm, which was used to cover the Originium, and began to suppress the location of Lisa's Originium crystals with black mist. Although Honeysuckle was extremely anxious, she could only wait patiently for the rescue process.

As time ticked by, Honeysuckle suddenly noticed that Lisa's tightly clenched grip was loosening, and her breathing had become much more even, clearly indicating improvement. Honeysuckle was astonished. When Lisa was ill, her symptoms often lasted all day and didn't improve. Back in Syracuse, they'd relied on painkillers and palliative care imported from Colombia for those infected with mineral sickness to suppress her pain.

As for the inhibitors for mineral sickness, they were all experimental products from cutting-edge medical facilities in various countries. They were difficult to mass-produce, and each one was extremely precious. Even though she and her husband had spent most of their savings, they had only managed to use this one through connections to purchase it, intending to use it in Lisa's most critical moment. The inhibitor was still on Jindong's person, and hadn't been found.

Originally, Honeysuckle had been planning to give Lisa her only life-saving inhibitor. After all, the current environment was too dire, and there was no way to slow or stabilize Lisa's oripathy. But she had never imagined that someone here could actually alleviate the symptoms of oripathy, and so quickly.

"It's been suppressed for now, but I'll have to take some special measures. Little Lisa's illness is quite serious, and she's weak. Even if I suppress it this way, it will cause irreversible damage to her. So I need a better method to cure her illness to a certain extent to avoid this irreversible damage... But if I want to take these measures, Madam Honeysuckle, you have to promise me something."

After saying this, Wang Chong paused, stared at Jin Dong, and slowly said, "Madam Jin Dong, you don't want little Lisa to suffer irreparable damage at such a young age, do you?"

Jindong was slightly startled, her expression turning grim. Having grown up in the harsh environment of Syracuse, she was naturally well aware of some of the baser things going on. Hearing Wang Chong's veiled words, she immediately assumed he was trying to get her to offer a higher-value bargaining chip. And now that she had just been detained, not only was she an illegal immigrant but she was also penniless, wasn't her potential leverage obvious?

Especially since he had spent some time in the East Country, where there were many plots with this tone. This familiar sentence structure really made Rendong think of that direction immediately.

Honeysuckle clenched her fists and was about to strike, but recalling the man's unpredictable speed and invulnerability, she feared she had little chance of winning. Furthermore, Lisa's condition depended on him, so she could only nod in humiliation and reply, "Okay... okay... whatever you want me to do, I'll do it."

Wang Chong watched with eyes of despair as his favorability towards Jin Dong began to decline, but he remained unconcerned. He knew exactly what was going on in Jin Dong's mind, but this was intentional. Wang Chong didn't speak directly. Instead, he extended his left palm and used the fingers of his right hand to cut a slit into the palm.

"Huh?" Honeysuckle was clearly confused by the other party's move. What was he doing? Why was he suddenly self-harming?

"Madam, please help little Lisa open her mouth. I know my method may be beyond your understanding, but my blood can cure mineral sickness." Wang Chong looked at Honeysuckle and then spoke.

"Your blood? To cure mineral sickness? This..." Suddenly, Jin Dong discovered that the blood dripping from Wang Chong's palm actually emitted a golden light. She had only ever seen red blood, not blood that glowed golden. For some reason, Jin Dong actually believed what he said.

"Lisa, open your mouth. Swallow well." Rendong reached out and held Lisa's chin, helping her open it. Wang Chong then controlled the golden blood and poured it into Lisa's mouth. Of course, the golden light was just a bluff, a way for Wang Chong to convince Rendong.

After swallowing the blood, little Lisa's expression was not as uncomfortable as imagined. Instead, she felt that her body was no longer so hot from the moment the blood entered her throat. She felt the pain and couldn't help but say, "Mom... Lisa doesn't seem to be in pain anymore."

"Does it really not hurt anymore?" Honeysuckle looked at the scene in surprise. She had just swallowed the blood, but the effect was so quick.

"Hmm... it's just that my hand feels a little itchy here, really itchy..." Little Lisa couldn't help but touch the spot where her crystal was. Honeysuckle immediately grabbed Little Lisa's wrist and said, "Don't touch it! Didn't mom tell you not to touch there..."

Before she could finish her words, Honeysuckle's pupils widened slightly as she saw a particle of Originium, smaller than a little finger, inadvertently fall off Lisa's arm. There was no flesh or blood on the gap, as if the Originium crystal had never grown there in the first place.

However, Jindong couldn't be mistaken; that tiny particle of Originium had fallen from her daughter's arm. With trembling fingers, she picked up the tiny particle and stared at it in disbelief. She had long heard that oripathy would worsen over time, and that even if the Originium crystals on the body were destroyed, they would grow again, growing more and more. But now, not only had her daughter's oripathy symptoms not recurred, but she had successfully returned to normal. Even the Originium crystals on her shoulder had begun to decrease, even if only slightly.

Suddenly, Rendong remembered that Wang Chong had said that his blood could "cure" the mineralogy...cure! He meant cure, not suppress or delay the onset!

Rendong couldn't help but look up at Wang Chong. She'd been disappointed countless times over the past year, and deep down, she'd given up hope. Even when she came to Ursus, she'd only heard there was a clinic in the city that specialized in treating infected people, and she'd wanted to find it to see if there was any cure. But she never imagined the person she'd been searching for so hard to find a cure for her daughter's oripathy would be right before her eyes.

"Madam, now is the time for you to fulfill your promise." Suddenly, the man's words reached Rendong's ears, waking her up from the rare surprise.

Yes, I have already promised him to do whatever he wants. Now that he has completely put his value before me, this is the only chance to make my child healthy again, how can I not seize it?

What's more, the other party was using his own blood to treat his daughter. Judging from the extent of the treatment, he might have to give his daughter countless more blood. If he didn't sacrifice anything, why would he let someone bleed to save his daughter? He didn't even realize how precious this golden blood was to him.

Thinking about it this way, the other party neither lets me commit murder or arson, nor lets me do life-threatening things that may make me never see my family again. He is just coveting my body, so I actually make a profit.

"Even if the child's father knew about this, he would definitely understand me." Rendong had already made up her mind. Now it was no longer the other party forcing her, but she had something to ask of him.

Chapter 104: Adopting a Daughter

"I understand... Then, can we change places... Lisa still needs to rest here." After taking a deep breath, Honeysuckle rubbed Lisa's head and said slowly.

"Why move to another place? We can solve the problem here." Wang Chong said.

"You..." Honeysuckle was choked up and couldn't speak. She had never expected that the other party would actually want to do such a thing in front of Lisa. She had long known that some people had unusual hobbies, but she had never expected that the other party would be so perverted.

But thinking back to the unique chance to cure Lisa, she could only sigh in her heart and prepare to take some other measures to replace it. So she said to little Lisa, "Little Lisa, you just recovered from your illness. You need to rest well. Next, close your eyes and lie down on the mattress to sleep. Remember, don't listen to anything, don't look at anything, do you understand?"

"I understand." Little Lisa nodded naively, and with the help of Honeysuckle, she climbed onto her mattress, lay down, and covered herself with the quilt. Honeysuckle found a few pieces of cloth and stuffed them into Little Lisa's fox ears and human ears. When she felt that Little Lisa could no longer hear, she got up and returned to her mattress. Then, while preparing to take off her coat, she said, "Let's get started... I'm ready."

"Wait, Mrs. Honeysuckle, have you misunderstood something?" However, just as Honeysuckle was about to take off her coat, Wang Chong directly stopped her from taking any further action.

"What do you mean?" Rendong stared at Wang Chong in surprise. What was the other party doing? Why was he trying to stop her?

"What I hope you will promise is not to spread the news that my blood can cure the lives of infected people. Keep it as a secret known only to you, me and little Lisa. You also have to make little Lisa keep it a secret as well." Wang Chong shook his head and said seriously.

"Ah... you want me to agree to this... this?" Honeysuckle was taken aback, then quickly realized the extent of her mistake. Even though she was the most ruthless killer in her family, a married woman, and a mother of a child, she felt awkward and uncomfortable after realizing she had caused such a huge mistake.

Fortunately, Honeysuckle wasn't the shy type. After putting her coat back on, she said, "Ahem... so you just want me to keep this secret?"

"Well, you should be able to realize its value. But I am only one person, and I only have so much blood. I can't possibly treat everyone. It's a drop in the bucket, and there are too many wolves and too little meat... Do you understand what I mean, Madam?" Wang Chong said slowly.

After listening to this, Rendong nodded seriously. She also understood the importance of Wang Chong and the significance of this secret.

"Little Lisa is very appealing to me. In addition, her illness broke out suddenly and her body is special, so I took the risk of using blood to treat her this time. But, please understand, Madam Honeysuckle, this blood of mine is very important to me. It is linked to my strength. I will not easily use my blood to save people unless it is absolutely necessary or the person is important to me." Wang Chong said slowly.

Hearing Wang Chong's words, Ren Dong's face paled. She naturally understood Wang Chong's refusal. But she had finally found a cure for Lisa's illness, and now she was being told she couldn't. Wouldn't she just have to watch her daughter's condition worsen?

If that were the case, she would have hoped that the man before her was a sex-crazed maniac, even if he had a bad habit. At least then she could still use her body to exchange for Wang Chong's chance to treat her daughter. She wouldn't be in such a state now, not knowing when her daughter's turn would come.

"Is there no other way? Don't you like little Lisa?" Honeysuckle couldn't help but say.

"Madam, besides the preciousness of my blood, there's another reason. Although my blood does have a healing tendency, it hasn't completely cured an infected person. Your daughter is still so young. Do you want her to take such an uncertain risk? I truly love this child, so I wouldn't use this blood to save her unless it's absolutely necessary. She's your child, after all. I can't make the final decision on what happens to her."

After saying this, Wang Chong stood up and covered Lisa with the blanket. He then walked out of the room and left a message: "How about this, if Lisa gets sick again, I will use my blood to save her. Although I can't cure her infection, it can at least prevent her condition from getting worse. It's like an inhibitor."

Listening to Wang Chong's words, Ren Dong murmured, "Until it's absolutely necessary, or until I become someone important to him?"

Suddenly, as if making a decision, Ren Dong stepped forward, holding Wang Chong back as he was about to step forward. She whispered, "I... I still hope you can continue to treat Lisa. I... I'm willing to let little Lisa take the risk."

"Madam...you..."

"And sir, since you like little Lisa so much, why don't you adopt her as your adopted daughter? How about it?" Honeysuckle asked seriously.

"Adopted daughter?" Wang Chong glanced at Ren Dong with a hint of surprise. He understood what Ren Dong meant. If he adopted Lisa as his adopted daughter, then Lisa would, at least in name, be a very important relative to Wang Chong. It was undeniable that Ren Dong was seizing every opportunity to cure Lisa. A truly compassionate parent.

Wang Chong pretended to think for a moment, then finally, with a look of compromise, nodded and said, "Ha... Since Madam has said so, fine, I will adopt little Lisa as my adopted daughter. I will give her a certain amount of blood every day to see if I can completely cure her mineralism."

"Thank you, sir... If you can cure Lisa, I, Honeysuckle... no, Ingrid Venice, will work tirelessly to repay your kindness. I'll be at your service." Honeysuckle felt relieved upon hearing Wang Chong's willingness to adopt Lisa as his adopted daughter. She even swore the oath using her real name, demonstrating her sincerity.

"Ingrid Venice? What a nice name... As for being a slave to me, there's no need for that. Since I have adopted Lisa as my adopted daughter, then Lisa's affairs are my affairs." Wang Chong said slowly.

"But……"

"Don't worry, this is all for our daughter, right?" Wang Chong said with a smile.

Honeysuckle couldn't help but feel a little moved, and even more ashamed of her previous groundless speculation and assumptions. She just didn't know why this sentence felt a little strange.

However, Rendong didn't think much about it. She just thought it was her own problem and had nothing to do with Wang Chong.

……

"I thought you would just take this place right away. With your abilities, even someone far inferior to you, with just your Noble Phantasm, would completely awaken her true nature, no matter how chaste and virtuous she was before."

"If we take her down straight away, it'd be a bit too boring. I've already used the same method on Aoi once. This time, I'm going to try something new. Wouldn't it be more interesting to slowly conquer her heart rather than just physically destroy her?"

Wang Chong smiled and left the house where Rendong and the others were, talking to the system.

"Besides, after trying this, didn't I get an unexpected surprise? Haha, I never thought that I would have another adopted daughter. This is the pleasure that can only be gained by trying different routines." Wang Chong said with a smile.

"Hehe, people call you godfather, and you call me goddaughter. But goddaughters are different~" The system emphasized the word "godfather".

"You guy... But after this incident, Honeysuckle's favorability has directly reached 70 points. It's not as far away as you thought to win her over." Wang Chong scolded with a smile, and then checked the data of Honeysuckle that the Eye of Sin had just obtained.

"Oh, host, you just left a person with a favorability of 70 points, and now you are welcoming a female character with a favorability of 80 points. You are so lucky to be here now." The system laughed.

"Huh? 80?" Wang Chong's pupils shrank slightly, and he looked towards the crowd in front of him, only to see a familiar girl with dragon horns slowly walking towards him.

"Tallulah?" Wang Chong saw Tallulah, her face slightly flushed, approaching him, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. When he checked Tallulah's favorability when he came back, wasn't it just 75? How could it suddenly increase by 5 points?

Tallulah slowly walked up to Wang Chong and said sheepishly, "Um...Mr. Wang Chong, could I talk to you privately?"

Chapter 105: Tallulah's Intentions

"Does this mean you... agree to my pursuit?"

"Shh! Don't speak so loudly!"

Although Wang Chong had a premonition the moment she saw Tallulah approach with 80 points of favorability, he was still somewhat surprised when he heard Tallulah say it herself. He knew very well that although the dragoness had begun to have feelings for him, she was very thin-skinned in this regard and had not yet taken the initiative to speak.

He had originally planned to wait until the end of the month, say goodbye to Frost Star, and then pretend to come and leave without saying a word, just to see if Tallulah would give him a show of regret after chasing her husband. But who would have thought that after bringing Alina back this time, Tallulah would actually come to him on her own initiative.

"Talulah, why don't you say it again? I just thought you came here to talk about some serious business as usual, but I didn't expect..." Wang Chong teased with a playful smile.

"Ugh... say it again?" Tallulah's ears were reddening. She had faced the infected, vicious enemies, and even the injustices of the world, and she had spoken so many bold words. But when it came to these sentimental matters, she felt strangely awkward, her words stuttering. Just like Tallulah's fashion sense, she still wore a rather androgynous uniform. Who knew when she'd finally wear that classic Gothic lace dress?

"Yes, I really want to hear you say it again seriously. Otherwise, I would have thought you were just too excited and said something wrong." Wang Chong approached Tallulah and pushed her against the wall as he did in the past.

"Also, saying the wrong thing is also a form of lying. You should understand what I mean, right?" Wang Chong said, pinching Tallulah's chin.

"I... why do you... always like to bully me so much?" Tallulah swallowed her saliva, recalling the several kissing experiences. She felt confused and a little depressed. She didn't know if she didn't do well enough, so she always let the other party "punish" her like this.

"Why? Haha, maybe it's because only at times like this does Tallulah show her true self..." Wang Chong said slowly with a smile.

"Eh? The most real... look?" Tallulah looked at Wang Chong's smiling yet serious face and found it difficult to look away for a moment.

"She's not the leader of some Reunion movement. She doesn't have to shoulder any responsibilities or fight anything. Nor does she have to consider her past as Black Snake's adopted daughter or her abduction. She's like a pure young girl... a true, titleless girl, Tallulah." Wang Chong traced Tallulah's face with his fingers and spoke slowly, "Just like when Yelena confessed, she was so bold because that's who she really is. Similarly, when I bullied you, the shyness and reserve you displayed reflected your true self, Tallulah."

"So I like you very much, Tallulah. Your shyness, your slight resistance, these are all your charms that belong only to you, Tallulah. I can't help but savor them carefully. So... can I tell you the answer again now, Tallulah?" Wang Chong said with a smile.

"The real me..." Tallulah's eyes flickered with reminiscence. Which self was the real me? Was it the "daughter of the black snake" who studied makeup and aristocratic style in the mirror? Or the "fighter" who brandished a sword and ignited flames, leading the Reunion Movement to the bitter end? But neither of those things would be as shy, hesitant, and at a loss as she was now.

"That's right..." Tallulah blushed slightly, staring at Wang Chong and saying, "Originally, I was thinking... you've done so much for me, and yet I haven't reciprocated. That's just too much to bear. After thinking it over, I don't object to your actions. Perhaps I actually do like you, but I just can't figure out this emotion. That's why I came to confess, saying... I like... I like you."

"But, I was wrong... It's not that I have to like you just because I haven't responded yet, it's that I have liked you for a long time but haven't realized it yet. I only act like this when I'm with you. Perhaps, I only show this side of myself in front of the person I truly like... Even I'm so slow to realize it now."

Tallulah rubbed her fingers. Although she still felt extremely shy, she became more serious and faced her own heart.

"I like you, Wang Chong... I don't know when this feeling started... No, maybe I know, but I'm just too embarrassed... When you forcefully kissed me for the first time, something was wrong with me. You... You don't think there's something wrong with me, do you? I was forcefully kissed, but I actually... fell in love with you." Tallulah became more and more hesitant, but this also made her dig deeper into her deepest thoughts.

"No, because I'm the same." Wang Chong stroked Tallulah's slightly red lips with his thumb and said slowly, "Initially, I might have been seeking revenge and humiliation for your actions. You should also remember why I kissed you. But it was after that kiss that I discovered your true appearance, Tallulah, and fell in love with you... So in this respect, we are the same."

"Besides, since we are the same, it was not a forced kiss from the very beginning... This is called love at first sight, a kiss that was consensual." Wang Chong said with a smile.

"Then can you... kiss me again?" Tallulah's mood was aroused, and she couldn't help but say something much bolder than usual. "You know... I'm shy... I really can't take the initiative... Ugh!"

When their lips touched, Tallulah's body trembled noticeably. Wang Chong gently deepened the kiss, his tongue lightly tracing the soft shape of her lips. Tallulah responded awkwardly, her clumsy movements revealing a certain innocence.

Wang Chong savored this youthful beauty. He could feel Tallulah gradually relaxing. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned toward him. The sunlight from the window shone on them, casting overlapping shadows on the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, the long kiss finally ended. When they separated, Tallulah's face flushed slightly, and her eyes grew hazy. She lowered her head, not daring to look Wang Chong in the eye, yet she couldn't help but secretly glance up at him.

"Is this... okay?" Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, with a hint of uncertainty.

"Of course you can. Congratulations!" However, it wasn't Wang Chong who answered Tallulah, but a voice outside the window. Startled, Tallulah quickly looked out the window, only to see Frost Star giving her a thumbs-up in encouragement. Alina stood nearby, giggling, her hands covering her mouth.

“You…you guys! Why are you outside?!” Talulah’s voice unconsciously became louder. She had brought Wang Chong to her house on purpose because she didn’t want others to see this scene, but how come the two people she least wanted to see saw it?

"We just wanted to see if Xiaolu could succeed, so we came here to cheer you on. After all, Shuangxing said that Xiaolu always gave up at the most critical step because of shyness, so we planned to come here to encourage you... Haha, now it seems that it is completely unnecessary." Alina said with a chuckle.

"I underestimated your determination. Well done, Tallulah. Now my assist job is officially over. We'll be good sisters from now on and need to take care of each other." Frost Star said with a serious look on her face, and anyone could tell she was teasing Tallulah.

"You two! Are you still laughing at me?" Tallulah pretended to be angry and ran out of the house quickly, covering her face with her hands, and began to chase Alina and Frost Star who had already started running.

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