CHAPTER 236: CHAPTER 236: ZHOU NA

Lai smiled faintly. He hadn’t always been without hope, but over time, the psychological torment... he gradually got used to it.

"You don’t need to worry. My condition isn’t fatal, and even if we don’t find an antidote, it doesn’t matter."

Ed looked at Lai, silent for a moment.

Lai seemed to be comforting himself, yet he truly seemed not to care anymore.

He recalled the way Lai used to be back then, treating everyone as an idiot and speaking venomously. But now, that once proud, genius aura had been worn away...

The moment Ed saw Lai, he noticed an unfamiliar sense of dejection in him.

The once effortlessly domineering male was now downcast.

Ed felt uneasy about it.

Lai shouldn’t be like this.

"What? You underestimate me?" Ed snorted, "I’ll tell you, in other aspects, I might not be as good as you! But in poison research, I’m surely not worse than you!"

Back then, he thought he must excel Lai in some area, so he started delving into this field! The poisons he’s seen are countless!

"I’ve decided to tackle this poison! If one year isn’t enough, then two, if two aren’t enough, five or ten! Until I solve it, I’ll stay here as long as it takes!"

Lai lazily lifted his gaze, "You’re quite ambitious, finding a place to stay for free, living off me without paying a cent!"

"So what if I’m freeloading? Don’t forget how you tricked me back then!"

Lai retorted indifferently, "Oh, a hundred bucks and you think you can live at my house forever? Even loan sharks aren’t as shrewd as you."

The banter between the two dispelled the heavy atmosphere just now, but everyone was well aware of the underlying truth.

"Fourth father, Instructor Ackman recently discovered a drug similar to the poison from back then, but unfortunately, it couldn’t be brought back successfully."

Yu Manman projected her test report on the lab screen, "The instructor secretly took a blood sample from a Fallen Species to test."

"This time, the test results showed about a seventy percent similarity to what I discovered last time."

Lai stood up, quietly observing the test report.

Ed also stared at it, his gaze solemn.

Lai turned his gaze to Yu Manman, "After your analysis, can you replicate it?"

"I should be able to." Yu Manman nodded, "Give me two days."

When she was learning from Lai, she had configured the type of poison Lai had been afflicted with, so with that experience, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

Lai nodded, "Then you do it."

If you don’t practice for a long time, you’ll lose your touch.

"Okay, no problem!" Yu Manman’s eyes lit up, "I actually started analyzing it yesterday, so I’ll try to recreate it today!"

"Two days?" Ed looked at her in surprise, "That’s so fast?"

"Is it fast? Maybe it’s because of my experience, this poison is quite similar to the previous one."

Then, Yu Manman said regretfully, "But if I had to develop an antidote for it by myself, it might take a week."

Ed’s mouth slightly opened, casting a slightly dazed glance at Lai, "Is she really not your biological child?"

Anyone who didn’t know might think she inherited his talent.

The word ’genius’ seems almost insufficient when referring to Yu Manman...

Facing Lai’s proud gaze, he thought that maybe Yu Manman’s talent might surpass Lai’s.

Ed’s eyes glimmered with delight, "Manman, are you interested in learning with me? I’ll be your mentor!"

In due time, Yu Manman will surely surpass the master!

Lai’s ever-changing toxins, perhaps he couldn’t solve them, but together with Yu Manman in the future, there’s always a possibility!

"Thank you, Professor!" Yu Manman’s eyes seemed to twinkle with stars, "I’ll definitely study hard!"

Ed sighed, "It’s a pity you’re not studying medicine..."

"Professor, I’ve already learned those fundamental basics, I don’t need to learn with everyone else. Besides, I also really like studying literature!"

If not for Fourth Father, she might have only learned some basic medical knowledge.

Once Fourth Father’s poison is cured, she would focus more on what she’s currently learning!

"Don’t worry, Professor, I’ll spend more time researching poisons."

Hmm... once she returns, she’ll team up to hunt Fallen Species, amass more points, and exchange them for exempt courses, so she has more time to learn from Professor Ed.

"Good!" Ed smiled, "My lab has all kinds of poisons, and even more than medications. Learning from me, you can’t go wrong!"

Furthermore, in some aspects, poison is also a medicine, just with greater side effects.

Used correctly, it can also achieve great results.

For many years, he has been researching how to turn ’poison’ into treasure, how to use poison to cure poison. This might seem like an unconventional method, but in some special situations, such seemingly dangerous methods can achieve unexpected results.

"Thank you, Professor!"

"Hmm." Ed glanced at Lai, "I won’t get in your way here, I’ll head back tomorrow!"

"But I’ll keep researching your poison, send me a blood sample every three days, and Manman and I will analyze and research the antidote."

Ed smiled with a tilt, "Who knows, maybe one day, after I cure the stubborn poison on you, I’ll become famous!"

"Then I can tell everyone outside that I solved a problem you couldn’t, and your daughter even acknowledged me as her teacher!"

Sigh, my damned desire to win! I must completely defeat him once!

Ed was already fantasizing about the scene where Lai courteously acknowledges that Ed is better than him!

"We’ll talk about it when the time comes." Lai looked at him.

Things aren’t even settled, and he’s already getting carried away.

But, what Ed said was right, learning from him would be better for Yu Manman.

He never specialized in this area, and in some respects, wasn’t as comprehensive as Ed.

"By the way, Fourth Father, Instructor Ackman came back with me also wanting to ask if you had any clues about the Burles family?" Yu Manman asked, "Like, Corbin! He disappeared back then too, and we still have no idea where he is."

"I think it definitely has something to do with him."

"Corbin..." Lai murmured.

Indeed, after he was poisoned by Esie’s poison, he suspected that the people behind Corbin wanted this poison.

And since Yu Manman discovered that different Fallen Species, Lai was even more convinced.

But as to who is behind Corbin, he really didn’t know, nor had any clues...

"Wait..." Lai suddenly remembered something.

When he was imprisoned by the Burles family, he would sometimes intentionally provoke Freya to extract information from her.

Once, she seemed to mention a name... Zhou Na.