Chang Tianxiang's words made the others feel even worse.
They all knew Chang Tianxiong would never come back, but no one had ever brought it up in front of Chang Tianxiang, as if he were still alive.
Today, while Lu Daoxing was suffering the loss of his wife, Chang Tianxiang took the initiative to break the silence.
Li Tianming said, "Let Old Chang stay with Old Lu. We'll wait somewhere else."
After leaving the hospital room, Li Tianming said, "Old Wu, call Principal Zhao and let him know what's happening at the hospital. He must be worried too."
"Alright."
"Old Zhang, go with Fenghe and examine Yang Dan's body. See if there's anything unusual. Contact me immediately if you find anything."
"Okay."
"Old Hao, do you have any interrogation drugs?"
"I do."
"Question that nanny. See if she's the one crying 'thief' after stealing herself."
"No problem!"
After making all the arrangements, Li Tianming sat down on a bench outside the ward. Qin Siyang sat beside him.
Li Tianming looked up and let out a long sigh, "You probably won't believe this, but I expected Yang Dan would make this choice someday."
"I believe you."
"Hm?"
"You told me before that when choosing a partner, you should find someone who understands you. Professor Lu and Aunt Yang lived in completely different worlds, and Aunt Yang had strong self-respect. Something like this really wasn't impossible."
Li Tianming chuckled, "I thought you didn't take my words to heart that day."
"I've always listened to what you said," Qin Siyang lowered his head and looked at the irregular patterns in the marble floor, "It's just that listening doesn't change anything."
Li Tianming paused, then nodded, "You're right. I can't even clean up my own mess. Forget it. Let's talk about Old Lu."
"There's nothing to say. Once Professor Lu gets through this, he'll definitely choose revenge. No one will be able to stop him."
"Yeah... that sounds right."
Wu Yu, Hao Liang, Zhang Kuang, and the others gradually returned and sat down with Qin Siyang and Li Tianming.
Hao Liang clenched his fists, "Damn it! That nanny really doesn't know anything! She doesn't even know when she was drugged with sleeping pills! What kind of nanny is that?"
Zhang Kuang still looked sleepy as ever, "We didn't find anything unusual in Yang Dan's body. Whoever altered her memories must have been an expert."
Wu Yu asked, "Old Zhang, if you didn't find anything wrong with her body, how do you know her memories were altered?"
"Isn't proving her innocence with her own death enough?"
Wu Yu let out a long sigh.
No one spoke after that. From time to time, they glanced toward the hospital room.
They said nothing, yet they all understood.
They were waiting.
Waiting for Lu Daoxing to come out.
They knew he would come out very soon tonight.
Looking utterly drained, Qin Siyang received a text message from Wen Shu.
[Aren't we having dinner together tonight?]
Qin Siyang had been so busy that he'd forgotten she was waiting for him.
But he had no appetite.
[Sorry. Something came up. I can't make it.]
[Got it. Stay busy. Make sure you get some rest.]
Qin Siyang put away his phone and continued waiting.
As expected, around midnight, Lu Daoxing and Chang Tianxiang walked out of the room one after the other.
Compared to before, when he had barely been able to walk, Lu Daoxing had recovered.
Only his eyes had become completely dull.
He walked past everyone without stopping and simply said, "Sorry to trouble you all. Please come back to Miracle Tower with me."
No one asked any questions. They stood and followed him.
Without saying a word, Lu Daoxing packed up every one of his laboratories while everyone else waited in the first-floor lobby.
Only when dawn was approaching did Lu Daoxing finish and come downstairs.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
He handed each of them a storage box.
"Inside are my research materials and my tools. Based on what I know about each of you and what you need, I took the liberty of dividing everything up."
"Old Lu, what are you..."
"I'm leaving."
"Where?"
Lu Daoxing answered a different question instead.
"My wife was driven to her death."
Silence fell again.
Everyone understood.
He was going to take revenge.
Wu Yu took out a storage box and placed it in Lu Daoxing's arms.
"Old Lu, good luck."
"Thank you."
Li Tianming and the others each took out a storage box of their own and handed it to Lu Daoxing.
Finally, Qin Siyang stepped forward and gave Lu Daoxing three storage boxes.
"So many?"
Slightly puzzled, Lu Daoxing opened them to see what was inside.
The first storage box contained over a hundred Nightmare Octopus corpses.
The second contained five thousand bottles of Sequence potions.
The third contained three crimson crystals the size of eggs, a large piece of Heart of Vines, one inner leaf, one middle leaf, and one outer leaf of Titan Foxtail Grass, the remains of rare medium-sized gods such as the Lava Crocodile and the Ice Crystal Giant Moth, as well as Yang Dan's suicide note.
When Lu Daoxing saw Yang Dan's final letter, he closed his eyes.
"Thank you, Xiao Qin."
Then he gave everyone a deep bow.
"Thank you, all of you. Meeting you and working alongside you has been the greatest honor of my life."
Then he looked at Li Tianming.
"Old Li, when we first entered the Safe Zone, you saved my life. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay that debt in this lifetime. Hopefully I'll get the chance in the next."
"I don't believe in that nonsense about another life," Li Tianming sighed, "Stay here, and we'll call it even."
Lu Daoxing shook his head, "Old Li, I'm sorry. My heart is dead."
Li Tianming lowered his head and sighed without saying a word.
After sharing his material contract with Qin Siyang, Lu Daoxing boarded a capsule pod and left Miracle Tower.
———
Jiang Yuanrui was enjoying a foot massage, humming contentedly to himself.
His phone rang, and he answered leisurely.
"Hello, Big Brother. What's up?"
Jiang Hao's voice came through.
"Yang Dan is dead."
"What did you say?"
Jiang Yuanrui kicked away the female worker who was still massaging his feet and jumped up from his chair.
"Dead? How did she die!"
["Suicide."]
"...What about Lu Daoxing?"
["This morning, he transferred all his patents, technology, and assets to Li Tianming, then disappeared."]
"Disappeared?", Jiang Yuanrui sucked in a sharp breath, "He... he wouldn't be planning to..."
["Guo Jiuxiao and I both believe his strength is well above Tiger Suit Diamond Eight. It's probably above Ten. Be careful."]
Jiang Yuanrui hurriedly hung up and immediately made another call.
"Hello! Kill the staff member who took Yang Dan's God-Hunting Tool immediately!"
"Then issue a public apology in the name of the Ministry of Economy! Say that Yang Dan's God-Hunting Tool was stolen by a malicious employee, the investigation has now been completed, and she had already paid off her debt! The Ministry of Economy officially clears her name!"
"Hurry! I want every forum to see that announcement within five minutes! If not, you're fired!"