CHAPTER 113: CHAPTER 113: YOU WANT TO DIVORCE ME?

"When will Ruannuan wake up?"

The man looked at the motionless little female on the monitor, his voice tinged with urgency.

"No need to worry, it’s normal for body reconstruction to take some time." Despite saying this, Ruan Ying had been sitting in front of the monitor almost constantly these past few days.

Xu Mo had already recovered by this time, yet Ruan Li had been in a coma for ten days without waking.

"Instead of worrying, why don’t you think about how to explain things so she will trust you?" Ruan Ying’s lips curled slightly, her smile carrying a chill.

Xu Mo’s face froze, his handsome face full of gloom. After a moment of silence, he forced a bitter smile, "Like this, if she can remember me for a lifetime, that’s also good."

Seeing him so dejected, Ruan Ying originally wanted to comfort him with some words, but she heard the sound of the door opening.

"Teacher, how is Little Li now?" Lan Ruo walked in from the doorway, her face filled with concern.

Ruan Ying’s smile faded a little, "Everything is still fine."

Lan Ruo’s gaze lingered on the monitoring screen, taking in the peaceful sleeping figure of the little female.

"Does the teacher know when she might wake up?"

"The process of body reconstruction is very lengthy; one cannot hurry it. It could take a few days, or it could take years."

Seeing her indifferent reply, Lan Ruo wasn’t annoyed, casting a glance at Xu Mo, "Is this the teacher’s second successful experimental subject? The first Beastman with dual superpowers?"

Ruan Ying raised her eyes to look at her, Lan Ruo’s expression showing no signs of trouble. She acknowledged, "Lan Ruo, I’m tired, push me back to rest."

Lan Ruo laughed, "Okay, teacher."

Not long after they left, Xu Mo noticed the little female’s fingers moving on the monitor.

He thought he was seeing things, rubbing his eyes to repeatedly confirm.

Seeing the little female in the image slowly open her confused eyes, Xu Mo almost immediately wanted to rush to her room, but after reaching the doorway, he hesitated.

He withdrew his hand from the doorknob.

Ze passed by here, seeing Xu Mo standing like a statue. He kindly asked, "Do you need any help?"

The man before him was silent, like a child caught doing wrong, standing in place unsure of what to say.

Seeing Xu Mo in a daze, Ze judged by himself that he did not need help and left.

Xu Mo hid behind the door, his hand beside him clenched into a fist, as if that could calm his inner turmoil.

Even if he saw Ruan Li, what could he say?

Explain that everything he did was for her?

Explain that he was deceiving her from the start?

Explain... that he knew everything but kept it all hidden?

Click —

The door in front of him opened, revealing the figure he longed for.

However, she frowned slightly, her tone impatient: "Why is it you?"

The man’s lips moved, his red eyes silently watching her, but the words that came out were, "You’re awake."

Ruan Li chuckled softly, "I didn’t meet your expectations, I’m living quite well."

She stepped forward, her white floral dress gently swaying with her movements, but the man blocked her way.

"Your body hasn’t stabilized yet, you can’t leave."

"In three days, when your body has recovered, I will personally send you away."

Ruan Li pushed the man aside, "I can leave on my own, do you think you can stop me?"

Xu Mo stumbled a few steps, retreating until he hit the wall, "Without a spacecraft, you cannot leave this planet. In three days, I can take you back to S Star."

Ruan Li turned to look at him, the man’s face pale, his once bright red eyes now dim.

Did she really use that much force?

Seeing him lean against the wall as if pretending to be injured, irritation surged within her: "Why should I trust you? You never speak the truth, do you still think you can easily deceive me with a lie or two?"

"...This time I won’t lie to you." The man leaned against the wall, his voice hoarse.

"Alright, if you want me to believe you, why don’t you start by telling me from when you started deceiving me?"

"Was it when I was caught in the laboratory, and you were placed at my side as a bed warmer? Or when I exchanged blood to save you and brought you home? Or was it from the very beginning when you came to my side and started deceiving me?"

She saw the man’s face tense, his complexion growing increasingly pale, unable to say a word in explanation, her heart instantly filling with disappointment, "Since there was deception from the start, we shouldn’t have an ending."

"Xu Mo, let’s get a divorce."

The man’s bowed head suddenly lifted, his red eyes bloodshot, his voice trembling as he asked, "You want to divorce me?"

"Or do you think this marriage that exists in name only is necessary to maintain, and we don’t dissolve it, but please don’t appear before me again in the future."

He asked in a choked voice, "Not even in the last three days before you leave?"

"No."

The man suddenly turned his face away, his handsome face hiding in the shadows, but his chest heaved violently, revealing his turbulent emotions.

Ruan Li withdrew her gaze, feeling as if he was putting on another act.

"Alright... I... understand..."

The man’s hoarse voice slowly sounded, as if desperately suppressing emotions, but the heavy nasal sound was almost impossible to ignore.

Ruan Li crossed her arms, coldly watching him.

Until his upright figure slowly disappeared from her sight, Ruan Li looked away. She wandered through the entire research institute without anyone stopping her, wondering if she set a fire, would anyone notice.

Oh, the robots would probably sense it.

"Teacher, how long will you rest?"

Ruan Ying’s hand clutching the armrest slightly tightened, her smile not reaching her eyes, "So, are you going to manage my sleep schedule now as well?"

Lan Ruo smiled, "Teacher, it’s not that I want to, it’s just that His Majesty is a bit upset with the wait, please don’t make it difficult for me."

She clung tightly to the armrest, her lips slightly raised, "His Majesty is still so impatient, but you see, reconstruction takes time, trying to rush this would cause failure."

Lan Ruo reached out, prying open her clenched fingers one by one, holding them as if they were precious treasures, "Teacher, why do you treat your hands like this? They are invaluable, able to create countless value for the Empire’s future."

"The way you treat your precious hands, it pains me." She cradled Ruan Ying’s cold, slender hands in her palms, her face perfectly showing the concern of a dutiful student.

Ruan Ying tried to pull her hand back, Lan Ruo did not stop her, though her gaze showed a hint of regret.

"I’ll rest for two hours, are you going to keep watching me here on behalf of His Majesty?" She sat in the wheelchair, her pure white dress underneath, her posture upright, her slender spine holding up the thin garment, her slender white neck stretching into an elegant curve, making one feel it was not to be desecrated at a single glance.