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Xiao Xun, who went missing for almost 2 years and was not heard from, suddenly came back home. This matter startled the elders, but since he was an omega, there wasn’t any threat when dividing the property. They concluded that Xiao Xun only came back to show off at tomorrow’s hunting event. Although they were upset, they were still able to keep up with an elder’s demeanor.
A servant directly led them to the dining hall. It is said to be a dining hall, but the scale was comparable to a banquet hall. Two long tables were placed in the spacious and brightly lit hall, and enamel vases filled with flowers were placed on the tables at intervals. The servants were busy distributing tableware on the tables and serving exquisite dishes.
Han Xingqian thought some big shot was also attending today’s banquet, but Xiao Xun explained in a whisper, “Our family eats like this every day.”
A few of the young masters and young misses came down and sat down one by one at the long tables, most of which were holding their phones and sitting quietly in their seats. After the omegas sat down, they chatted and laughed courteously and softly; talking about each other’s newly bought jewelry, as well as gossip on the Song family, Qing family and the others in the Greyhound families.
Basically, the alphas came in one by one once the juniors and the omegas were all seated. The third uncle was still on the phone, his voice was a bit harsh in the dining hall when he was talking about business.
After a while, the whispered chatting in the dining hall ceased.
Han Xingqian followed the others’ line of sight and looked over. The old man of the Xiao family and the eldest uncle were coming down the spiral staircase together.
Old man Xiao Changxiu was full of vigor. His posture was straight even though he was in his seventies. The thin body unique to the Greyhound race was what made him not look old—only the unconcealed sagging wrinkles on his face gave him an inevitable aged look of vicissitudes.
Since old master Xiao Youzhang passed away, the entire Greyhound family was running as usual under Xiao Changxiu’s control. As long as the old man continued suppressing these ambitious sons, the Greyhound family would not fall into chaos.
From the moment Old Man Xiao Changxiu appeared in sight, Xiao Xun stared at him coldly—unlike other juniors who looked in awe, there was no respect in his eyes. Even the index finger of his right hand began to gently rub his thigh, making a slight movement of pulling the trigger.
When the eldest uncle entered the hall, he patted Xiao Xun’s shoulder perfunctorily and said, “All’s good now that your back.” Noticing Han Xingqian in a white coat, he frowned imperceptibly, and lowered his voice, “You must be Dr. Han, the one referred by Mr. Chen to treat Xiao Feng, right? You’re truly young and promising.”
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He may be saying this, but Han Xingqian could tell that he didn’t have much confidence in his medical skills. In this profession, doctors had always been more well regarded the older they were, but he still smiled and replied courteously, “Yes I am. I wish to see Mrs. Song Feng, is it convenient right now?”
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Xiao Zizhe, whose face was half swollen by Xiao Xun, walked in with an ice pack on his face and gave Xiao Xun a fierce look before sitting down.
At the dining table, it was only when the old man picked up his chopsticks that the others started eating.
Han Xingqian also came from a family of scholars, so his etiquette was impeccable. But since he was an outsider, he wasn’t seated where the alphas were, rather near the omegas.
This made it more convenient for him to observe the omegas of the Greyhound family.
There were both male and female omegas with fairly average proportions. Each of them could be considered as beautiful in appearance, elegant in manner, and well spoken. However, they pretty much would not go over to chat with an outsider, nor would they be impolite and talk about things that would make it awkward for the guest.
There was a vacant seat on the long table, and an omega wearing loose long pants arrived late when people were eating. Her cheeks, hands and feet were a little swollen, and she needed the help of a servant to walk.
Han Xingqian could easily tell that she was swollen because she had just given birth and was yet pregnant again. Among the omegas of the Greyhound family, the appearance of a bloated figure of a mother who had just given birth was extremely abrupt.
The people looked at her with a peculiar gaze. One of the young ladies lowered their head and secretly snickered, and was glared at by her mother sitting beside her as a warning.
“Eldest sister-in-law.” Xiao Xun barely recognized her from her out-of-shape appearance due to the swelling.
Song Feng embarrassingly apologized to the others, saying that the child kept crying so she had to coax them before coming, which was why she was a bit late.
Xiao Xun saw that it was inconvenient for her, so he stood up and pulled out her chair. Song Feng noticed him and lightly smiled. “You’re Xiao Xun, right? Thank you.”
Her eyebrows were not the soft and gentle type, but were a pair of rather aggressive raised eyebrows. Her facial features made her seem experienced and imposing, but her beauty was concealed by the swelling.
This kind of look wasn’t the type that was well received in the Greyhound family.
Eldest brother Xiao Zichi, who was sitting at the other long table, sat not far from them. Yet he didn’t care if his wife was having a hard time walking. There was even shame and resentment showing on his face when others laughed at his wife’s figure, so he simply turned his head away and stopped looking.
The smile on the eldest sister-in-law’s face was so stiff that it disappeared. She silently lowered her head and looked at the exquisite meal in a daze.
Suddenly, she straightened up in shock and left the table. She went to the baby’s room next to the dining hall and took the baby, who cried out of nowhere, from the nanny’s arms, and coaxed the baby with nervousness, she then only relaxed after confirming that the baby was not hurt.
Han Xingqian closed his eyes to feel sister-in-law’s heart rate, pulse and breathing. He roughly understood her condition—postpartum depression, it was inevitable for it to get worse in this environment. It could torture a strong woman who was originally the president of the company to look so haggard.
Fortunately, their real purpose was to attract people’s attention in the open, otherwise it would not be easy to cure sister-in-law’s illness.
Besides the eldest sister-in-law’s illness, Han Xingqian also discovered a strange phenomenon. The omegas at the dining table basically chatted and laughed softly. They would sometimes take small bites of food, it was as if eating was just a show of grace.
Han Xingqian was confused and wanted to ask Xiao Xun. He noticed that Xiao Xun, who was sitting next to him, also didn’t eat much; the amount of food on the plate didn’t seem to lessen for a long time.
“The omegas won’t eat at the table.” Xiao Xun explained to him softly. “When lunch is over, the servants deliver the meal to the separate dining room in their bedroom.”
“Why?”
“Because everyone is wearing a corset. The corset is very very tight, making the waist small. Eating just a bit will make them full, so they can only wait until lunch is over before heading back to their room to untie it and eat. But they also can’t eat too much, because they’ll get fat.”
“Even if they don’t wear a corset, they can’t keep eating. Others will think this omega is gluttonous, which will lead to becoming fat, which will make them ugly, which will make the elders feel shame, which will make it hard for them to get married. If they can’t get married, they can’t bring benefits to the family, and an omega that can’t bring benefits is useless.”
“Bullshit.” Han Xingqian swore in a low voice. This kind of etiquette, which was the exact opposite to modern medical theory, struck him as ridiculous and foolish.
Xiao Xun trembled. His tail was silently sandwiched between his legs, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
Taking advantage of people gathering in the dining hall, Bai Chunian and Rimbaud’s actions went much smoother. Because most of the servants were helping out in the kitchen and dining hall, places like the data backup room, where few people came, were extraordinarily quiet.
Rimbaud short-circuited a few electric switches to distract the security guards near the backup room. Bai Chunian picked the lock neatly while joking quietly, “Yo, Han-ge swore. How uncharacteristic.”
No matter how complicated the door lock was, in Bai Chunian’s hands, it wasn’t worth mentioning. He gently pushed open a gap, put on a pair of glasses, and checked to see if there was an infrared alarm inside. After confirming that it was safe, Rimbaud restored the switch to normal, and entered before the door of the backup room was closed.
“Don’t randomly touch things.” Bai Chunian put on a pair of rubber gloves and quickly went through the file rack for back-up files.
“It’s this.” Bai Chunian took out a bound copy of the contract from the latest file on the rack. They were all transportation contracts signed with the 109 Research Institute; including the purchase list of some finished pharmaceutical products and raw materials that would be sold overseas, among which the most demanded drug “monocrylene” was also included.
Bai Chunuan took a photo of everything with a mini camera and sent it back to the Tech Department. The stealing task was completed and everything went well.
When preparing to leave, Rimbaud pointed at the file on the bottom of the shelf. “A stack fell out.”
Bai Chunian was a little perplexed. He picked it up to read.
This was a stack of OEM contracts. Meaning, after the research institute entrusts the Greyhound family to transport the raw materials, they process the raw materials into semi-finished products in their own factories, and then send them to the major cultivation bases under the research institute. The core technology was actually still in the hands of the institute.
The raw materials and ingredients of some basic drugs were written in the contract by category. Bai Chunian had already kept the basic ingredients of various drugs in mind. Through the ingredient list on the contract, Bai Chunian recognized that these raw materials used to synthesize the SH shielding agent, AC accelerator, and IN infection agent were roughly calculated according to the tonnage. It seemed that some raw materials would be left over, and some unfamiliar raw materials would be added.
He took photos of these materials and sent them over to the Tech Department, and also sent a copy over to Han Xingqian.
Not long after, Han Xingqian said, “This is the raw materials for artificial synthesis booster. We have detected this kind of special gene from you, Rimbaud, Golden Silk Spider and his brother. It is harmless to the body and will only help you establish a connection in your body. It’s just that the one in your body is natural, while this is artificial.”
“Synthesis booster… What’s its use?”
“It forcibly combines two unrelated glands together, letting one gland feed on the other. However, there are definitely side effects and limitations, and the scope of use is very narrow.”
“Oh.”
Attached at the end of the contract was a photocopy of a blurry black and white photograph—it was of a ghost experimental subject with a white cloth draped over them. Their hands were piously clasped against their chest, and they held a sphere-shaped object the size of a fist in their palms.
The note read: Experimental Subject 200, Eternal Undead. Taken on March 20, K034.
Although the photocopy was unusually blurry, Bai Chunian had a strange intuition. He couldn’t help but stare at the ball the size of a fist held by Eternal Undead in the photo.
Thank You for the new chapter (ฅ^ω^ฅ)♥
Finished catching up with the bingeing 😁 I really can’t wait for Xiao Xun to deliver that sh*tty family its rightful comeuppance.
Thanks for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Ugh, can someone just, like, poison the soup or something? Poisoned soup will take care of all these terrible alphas and the omegas aren’t eating the food anyway so they won’t get hurt.
WAITWAITWAIT, SHIT, IS THAT ORB THE PEARL? IS THAT EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT FISH BABY?
IS THE BALL THE PEARL? THEIR BABY???? PLEASE AAAAA