Chapter 20 - Gene Repair Solution

Under the threat of the group's senior management, father Wu was starting to hand over his equity shares. Due to the huge amount of debt, the assets owned by him and mother Wu have been handed over under the premise that the police were not allowed to intervene in accordance with the agreement.

They were expelled from the villa, and had to move to the old house near the University that was under Wu Ye's name. Fortunately, it was very close to the hospital where Wu Li was treated, and the traffic nearby was also very convenient, this saved father and mother Wu a lot of trouble.

Wu Ye asked his father to hide what he had brought back. He casually took a set of clothes from the wardrobe and replaced his T-shirt and trousers, which had holes in it. Just in case, he pinned the pistol to his back and added a casual coat to make sure it was completely hidden before he went out with his parents.

People relied on clothing. They felt as though the clothes they choose changed their temperament. This fact along with all the life and death experiences Ah Ye had experienced over the past month made him feel as though his baby face of the past had matured.

When they left the house, although mother Wu didn't ask Wu Ye what had happened this past month, she still held her son tightly in her hand as if afraid that he would suddenly disappear.

"Mom, you and Dad wait for me here." Not far from the neighborhood, Wu Ye broke away from mother Wu's arm, and disappeared into the night in a flash.

"What is Ah Ye doing?" Mother Wu asked nervously.

"He must have noticed those people." Father Wu sighed as he answered.

In the dark alley, an unattractive man raised his hands and struggled to swallow as he begged for mercy. "Big brother, big brother. We have something to say, take it easy okay, don't get so excited!" With the cold gun barrel pressed against his temple, he could not bow his head. Motherf*cker, who told me that the second young master of the Wu family was a loser? Once he went back, he'd go and make their face's bleed! His skill was better than him, the retired veteran!

Wu Ye's eyes glowed dangerously, and buckled his arms to the man's neck, adding two more points of pressure.. "Who told you to follow us?" Damn it, they were already restrained to some degree, but must Wu Sen kill them all like this?

This time, Wu Ye really wronged Wu Sen.

The man hesitated for a moment, "No…" However, before he could say more, Wu Ye ruthlessly kicked him hard in the abdomen. The man immediately felt like his internals were turned upside down from that kick, and couldn't help but let out a blood-curdling screech. The pain nearly made him unable to stand steadily. At that moment, all thought of confidentiality agreement was forgotten. "It was Mr. Zhou Wang Yuan who asked us to do this."

"Us?" Wu Ye snorted, "If you don't want to die, tell your people to go away. Now go back and tell that old bastard, he clearly doesn't know what he's done. Don't tear away that last bit of face you still have and make everyone look bad. Worst case scenario we go all out in a life and death struggle. We have nothing to lose after all. I'm only afraid that someone might not be able to handle it when we go all out."

That man saw Wu Ye's eyes that were filled with dense murderous spirit, and felt himself trembling from the bottom of his heart. He had only ever seen this type of ice-cold and tyrannical atmosphere from some of the special veterans. Wu Ye was not a simple person. The man came to the conclusion that this task could no longer be completed.

With a change of heart, the man changed his expression to an apologetic one as he whispered, "Yes, I will tell you the truth. I also promise that my friends and I will never appear before you again."

Wu Ye snorted coldly, "You better remember what you said, just now. The next time I found you, I won't be as easy to talk to as I am right now."

At a close distance, Wu Ye could clearly see the fear in the man's eyes, and in the depth of his heart, there was a voice constantly bewitching him. 'Kill. Kill him so he won't become a trouble later.' For a moment, the man was no different than a smelly, lowly zombie in Wu Ye's eyes. He just had to gently pull the trigger. Then, the man would be no more. Wu Ye snapped out of that state, released the man whilst feeling a cold sweat on his back before leaving that gloomy and unmanned alley. Under the dim street lamp, Wu Ye stretched out his white slender hand, hardly being able to see it. At this moment, he could no longer deceive himself or others.

Even if he returned to the world he belonged to, he could not go back to who he was a month ago. Just like how opening Pandora's box had released everything inside and could not be taken back. Now that the devil inside had tasted the sweetness of blood, nothing could go back to how it once was.

[System, you screwed me.]Wu Ye grumbled.

System:[If it hadn't been for me, you would have died a month ago. Being tied to a useless host like you screwed me over.]

[...]Second young master Wu discovered that the system was no longer pretending to be dead, and its mouth had become more and more poisonous.

"Ah Ye, are you okay?" Mother Wu asked with concern, pulling her son left and right, assuring herself that no harm had come to him.

"It's okay. Old man, do you know that Zhou Wangba sent someone to spy on you?" Wu Ye turned his head to ask Father Wu.

[T/N: Wangba (王八) is tortoise/cuckold/old male owner of a brothel/pimp. Basically insulting nickname. I don't know which one Wu Ye apply to Zhou Wang Yuan, so I just retain the original pinyin.]

"What old man, impudent brat!" Wu Yong glared at his son before slapping the back of his head. Only when he looked at his son's grimacing expression, did he realized that his son deliberately said that to amuse him, and he couldn't help but feel warmth in his heart. And the depression he was feeling before had dissipated a lot, since t Wu Ye had returned. He took a long breath, and laughed to himself. "He's afraid that I'll run away with your mother, and make him unable to receive the equity and money."

"Son of a b*tch. I told you he was a good for nothing, but you didn't believe me. If it was not for you, he might be guarding the door somewhere else now." Wu Ye indignantly said.

Zhou Wang Yuan was the first old man who followed Wu Yong from Jiang Shan. While he only had a junior high school degree and didn't have a lot of wisdom, Wu Yong originally thought that he was loyal to him and keep to his role. That's why he always took him along. Though it was undeniable that Zhou Wang Yuan did expend a lot of painstaking efforts to achieve all he had now. It stands true that without Wu Yong's support and protection, he would not have been able to get 20% of the group's shares and a fortune of more than 1 billion.

Wu Ye didn't like Zhou Wang Yuan, not because he was close to Wu Sen's uncles. The reason he disliked him was because every time he attended a banquet, Zhou Wang Yuan would begin to boast about his achievements once he had drunk a few drops of alcohol. Like how he had saved Wu Yong's life several times, or how he sold his house and land to help the factory survive during a crisis when the critical moment of the factory's life or death would be decided, or how fellow villager's businesses relied on him for a loan, and so on and so forth. Listening to him speak made it as if all the success the Wu family had today was all due to Zhou's own work.

Wu Ye disliked the way he blew his own horn bigger than the sky. He also disliked the way Zhou Wang Yuan always put an elder face in front of him, often lecturing him regardless of the occasion. Thus, Wu Ye didn't give him any face, and this led them putting each other in an awkward situation. And these awkward situations would happen quite frequently. For this reason, Wu Ye was often scolded by his own father.

Wu Ye was so angry it was unbearable, he immediately gave Zhou Wang Yuan a new nickname, which was 'Zhou Wangba'. It was only after that nickname was spread that Zhou Wang Yuan almost died from anger, and their relationship with each other became increasingly vile.

Father Wu sighed wistfully, "Yes, it's all my fault. All my life, I've been bragging about my unique insight, I didn't expect that in the end I couldn't see anyone around me clearly." the Wu Group was rich in assets, but it was not a listed company. It was composed of many large and small companies, spanning many fields. That's why some of the areas were rendered ineffective by subordinates.

The group had been developing for more than 20 years, and even without an excellent background, Father Wu had accumulated some connections during those times. However, he no longer had any energy like when he was young to deepen and reform the company from the top down. Originally, he planned for Wu Sen and Wu Ye to do these things for him. One person to understand the company's operation, and the other to stabilize the position of the company. However, he had no idea that Wu Sen simply couldn't tolerate Wu Ye's existence.

He remembered the moment his prided eldest son sneered at him while he said, "Wu Ye is a loser who can't support the wall. Wu Li is a sick son. Why should they inherit as many shares as I do? My mom even spent her entire life to build the group. Why should she let other people take advantage of her work?"

His old subordinate, who he regarded as his own brother, said to him, "Wu Yong, the Wu Group is where it is today not just because of you. I've given no less than you have. At the beginning, when the factory was on fire, and my only son was burned alive in it, I didn't say anything, did I? Emperor's take turns to reign. You have been in charge of Wu Group for so many years already. Isn't it time for my surname, Zhou, to be the boss, right? Don't be unwilling. Don't hate me. Hate yourself for having a good son."

"Ah Ye, don't say anything anymore. Your father is already upset." After her marriage, Mother Wu worked as a general manager of a company under the Wu Group for a few years. Later, after giving birth to Ah Li, she decisively retired from her post because her son suffered from a serious congenital illness. Since then, she had lived as an ordinary lady for more than a decade. All she thought of was taking care of her son, and taking care of her family. Thus she seldom asked about the company.

However, like Wu Ye, she also didn't like Zhou Wang Yuan's method. So she had mentioned to Father Wu that she'd like Zhou Wang Yuan's share be taken away. Yet, Father Wu considered old feelings between them, and the matter came to an end with nothing changing, which ultimately led to today's bitter pill.

However, even without Zhou Wang Yuan's existence, there were Wu Sen's ambitions, so there was no guarantee that there would be no Li Wang Yuan or Chen Wang Yuan. In the end, who would have thought that a person who's a loved one would turn around and give you such a lethal blow? It can only be said that wealth of others touched people's hearts and desires, and moved their soul.

Wu Ye saw that the old man was depressed, and felt bad for causing it. He patted his father's shoulder and comforted him. "Come on, old man. If worst comes to worst, we can always start over again. What's there to feel sad over? The old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best. I believe that in a few years, the Wu family's achievement will be even more brilliant than they are now!"

[T/N: The old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best is an idiom that I think I better keep as it is. It means a blessing in disguise.]

"Impudent brat, only knowing how to talk big." Father Wu stared at his son, "The taxi is coming, why don't you hurry up and flag it down."

"You know how to enslave me!"

Seeing her son's unwilling face, Mother Wu at long last smiled. No matter what lay ahead, as long as her son could come back to her side safely, she would be satisfied.

[TN: …mother's love knows no bounds. I feel very, incredibly touched right now as I translate this sentence.]

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the hospital.

Wu Li had temporarily escaped from death's clutches with his life, and had been transferred to the general ward. He was now asleep. Wu Ye, seeing his brother with an oxygen mask on his face, felt a heavy amount of sorrow.

[System, could I exchange for a new heart that would replace my brothers and make him healthy?] Wu Ye put Wu Li's exposed hand back into the quilt carefully.

[Yes,]The cold mechanical sound of the system didn't have emotions, so it would only objectively tell Wu Ye its analysis.[but he is not young. With your world's medical technology, a heart transplant is not the best choice for him. Besides, he is very weak. Even if you can exchange for a heart, he has a 90% chance of dying from the surgery. ]

Wu Ye's heart ached like a needle was inserted in it.[…is there anything else you can do to help him?]

The system didn't speak. However, it popped up the control panel, and showed Wu Ye a picture of a syringe with red liquid in it.[Low level gene repair solution?]

There's a note at the bottom of the picture: the drug is used to repair damaged genes, awaken cell vitality, stimulate life potential, repair defective organs, and correct malformed organs to a certain extent.

This thing was almost tailor-made for Ah Li!

[System, can this thing really cure Ah Li completely?]Wu Ye asked excitedly.

[At least five low-level gene repair solutions are needed.]Under the system's ice-cold machine voice, there was a trace of joy of the fish taking the bait.

As long as he could cure Ah Li, not to mention five, even if it was fifty or five hundred, he would find a way to get it!

[This thing is low-level, don't you have a middle-level or high-level one? Something that can solve the problem at once?]

[Yes, but you can't afford it.]

Wu Ye was a little discouraged at hearing this.[By the way, how many points and nuclei are needed for a low-level gene repair solution?]

[10000 points, 100 orange crystals (third-grade nuclei).]

"Sh*t, why don't you just rob me!" Right now, red crystal (quasi-third grade) were still scarce. He hadn't even seen a single orange crystal. Where could he find it? However, the conversion criteria of the system was irreversible. High-grade nuclei could be converted to a low-level nuclei, but the other way around was simply not possible. No matter how many low-level nuclei there were, it could never replace the high-level one.

The system went silent.

Meanwhile, Father Wu, seeing that Wu Ye didn't look very good, hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "Is the thing that is able to save Ah Li too expensive?" Father Wu had little knowledge of the system, and while he hoped that his youngest son would survive, he didn't want his second son to pay an unbearable price.

Mother Wu also looked at Wu Ye anxiously.

"It's just a little expensive. Don't worry. I'll find a way." Wu Ye pretended to be relaxed, trying to assure his parents.

[Can you give me a genetic repair solution on credit now?]Wu Ye's smile was always especially sincere when he was seeking other people's help.

[There is not enough residual energy to synthesize.]

Wu Ye's smile was a little bit stiff in the corner of his mouth, thinking These deceptive goods (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻.

In order to appease his parents, Wu Ye was patient as he told them the low-level gene repair solution's function, "…so, you can rest assured that Ah Li will certainly be able to get better. However, we do not have the materials needed to synthesize the genetic solution right now. I have to go to the other world to look for it, and it may take a while. Dad, there's something we have to plan before I leave."

Wait a minute. Something suddenly occurred in Wu Ye's mind, his face turned pale as he busily asked the system.[System, do you have enough energy left to take me back to the zombie's world?]

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