Heng: I Feel Like I'm Done For

After Elysia left, Mobius turned to Lin Li and said, "Did you two have a falling out?"

"..."

Lin Li's expression froze for a moment before quickly recovering. She replied, "Did we?"

"Anyone with eyes can see it, right?" Mobius chuckled, strode over to Lin Li, and looked her up and down, paying special attention to her face.

"Hmm... doesn't look like it..."

"What...?" Lin Li didn't understand what she meant.

"Tsk, it's nothing." Mobius changed the subject. "Go on, why do you have a conflict? Maybe I can give you some advice?"

"But... we really don't have any conflict." Lin Li turned her head, looking at the operating table in front of her, and lightly pursed her red lips.

"Has no one ever told you that you're a terrible liar?" Mobius spun Lin Li's chair around, making her face her. "In Flame-Moth, no one has ever lied to me right under my nose."

"..."

Of course, Lin Li wasn't going to reveal what had happened between her and Elysia. It was better to go along with the Doctor's words.

Coincidentally, she had a perfect example to shatter the Doctor's certainty.

"Didn't Elysia lie to you, Doctor?"

"Did she? When?" Mobius looked thoughtful upon hearing this.

After a short while, her expression visibly soured.

"It's about that incident... it's not surprising she lied to you too," Mobius said through gritted teeth. "My badge was stolen by a new recruit of Flame-Moth. Tsk, I was too careless."

Mobius sat back in her seat, seemingly no longer intending to press the matter.

Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open her phone when the institute's door was suddenly knocked on.

"Come in." Mobius didn't even ask who was knocking.

However, there wasn't much need to ask. Everyone who came to this laboratory was someone Mobius knew... as those she didn't know who dared to disturb her usually met a rather unpleasant end.

The institute door opened, and a head of striking chestnut-colored hair appeared in their sight.

Besides her, there was Heng, walking with Bianca.

"Stop." Mobius frowned, looking at the two, and said, "Bianca, come in. You, leave."

The "leave" was clearly directed at Heng, considering he was the one who had "kidnapped" her assistant. Not telling him to "get lost" was already quite a good attitude.

However, Heng didn't listen to Mobius. He pulled Bianca's hand and walked in.

Mobius was a little surprised. She hadn't expected Heng to walk in after she had said that.

Since that was the case, they must have something to ask of her.

The two walked to Mobius's side, and Heng spoke first.

"Um, Doctor... we need your help with something."

"Going on vacation? Approved. Bianca is leaving her position tomorrow anyway." Mobius didn't even try to guess.

"Uh... Doctor, it's not that." Heng gave a wry smile.

It seemed he had taken Bianca on vacation too many times before, for the Doctor to immediately say that.

"Not a vacation? Then what else do you need me for?" Mobius asked.

"Um... it's just... that..."

Heng stammered, unable to speak.

If Lin Li hadn't already known, she would have found it hard to believe that this scruffy, handsome uncle who couldn't even speak clearly was the captain of Flame-Moth's third special unit.

"Damn it, can you speak properly? Or do you want me to fix you?" Mobius frowned impatiently. "Bianca, you say it."

"..." Bianca also gave a wry smile and said, "Doctor, I'm actually here to confirm if I have... that."

"...?

Mobius froze for a few seconds, then slowly looked at Heng. The killing intent in her emerald eyes, hidden by her bangs, was almost palpable.

"You..."

"Cough, cough, Doctor..."

Bianca interrupted Mobius's "casting" in time.

If she hadn't done so, Mobius would probably have finished scolding them and then ordered Heng to be taken to the operating room.

And then, at the end of the surgery, she would have said:

"The surgery was a success. You are now a girl."

Of course, the above speculation was purely Bianca's baseless fantasy on the way. Although, given the Doctor's personality, she might actually do something like that.

Although Bianca hadn't explicitly stated what it was, as a woman, not only Mobius but even Lin Li, a girl who had never even held a boy's hand, knew.

Mobius calmed herself down, her expression returning to its usual impassivity.

"If you want to confirm something like that, you should go somewhere else, not my laboratory."

"Why? Doctor?" Bianca asked, confused.

"Because I will actually kill him."

Mobius uttered the most horrifying words in the most serene tone.

Bianca tensed up instantly, spreading her arms to shield Heng, and shouted, "Doctor, calm down! This has nothing to do with Heng!"

"Nothing to do with him? Oh, I didn't realize, Bianca, that you could get pregnant on your own."

"..." Bianca opened her mouth, seemingly at a loss for words due to Mobius's dark humor.

Seeing her silence, Mobius shifted her focus back to Heng and said, "You're a grown man, standing behind Bianca. Have some shame."

"..."

Heng also fell silent.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stand in front, but the distance between Bianca and Mobius was so small that even Lin Li, who was sitting behind them, couldn't stand there, let alone someone as relatively sturdy as him.

So, he gently pulled Bianca behind him, exchanged a glance with her, and replied, "Doctor, can we confirm it here then?"

"Of course."

Mobius let out a cold laugh, turned her head, and called to Lin Li, "Lin Li, get me a syringe from that drawer."

After speaking, Mobius paused, glanced at Heng, and added, "Get two, one big and one small."

"Mm-hmm, okay Doctor." Lin Li started rummaging through the drawers.

"..."

Heng and Bianca already knew what was about to happen.

Bianca tightly gripped Heng's sleeve.

He gave her a warm smile, stroked her chestnut-colored long hair, and gently comforted her, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of pain."

"What if I'm not worried about you? I'm afraid of needles myself." Bianca retorted, rolling her eyes, and let go of his sleeve.

"...?"

Heng was dumbfounded.

This didn't seem right. Shouldn't Bianca be worried about him? He thought he had delivered his lines so well, he had even moved himself.

Damn it, women's minds are truly the hardest to guess. It seems he'll have to read more books on the subject from now on.

Lin Li was fast at finding things, perhaps because the two syringes were quite noticeable.

She actually found them quickly, but there were many sizes and types of syringes in the drawer, making it difficult for her to choose.

It was a difference of about 1.1 and 1.2.

When Mobius said that, she knew what the latter intended to do: give Heng the large one and Bianca the small one.

She wanted to minimize Heng's suffering as much as possible, but she didn't dare to be too obvious under Mobius's gaze, so she picked out syringes with a difference of about 1.1 and 1.3 and handed them to Mobius.

Then, the latter walked over and took out the largest syringe from the drawer, about twice the size of a normal syringe. The needle alone was a millimeter thick.

Lin Li's mouth fell open, and she looked at Heng with sympathy.

He clearly hadn't expected Mobius to be so ruthless, and a little sweat was beading on his palms.

"Lin Li, bring two chairs over for this young couple."

"Okay."

Lin Li was very efficient. She now had a rough idea of what Mobius's work tasks entailed.

Heng and Bianca sat down on the chairs.

"Lin Li, iodophor, cotton swabs, alcohol, water, tubing."

"Okay..." Lin Li could barely hear Mobius's words and took a moment to react before starting to search.

Fortunately, they were relatively easy to find.

By the time she handed the items to Mobius, the latter had just put on her gloves.

After this, there was nothing for Lin Li to do.

She watched the entire process from the side.

When Bianca got the injection, she felt nothing, as it was a normal-sized needle.

But when it was Heng's turn, she couldn't bear to watch.

Bianca, like her, didn't dare to glance at Heng, even though she was very worried herself.

Although she knew the Doctor wouldn't actually kill Heng as she said, but... given the Doctor's personality, such an event would at least cause Heng to bleed quite a bit.

As expected, when Mobius pulled out the syringe, Bianca looked and saw a whole glass bottle filled under the tubing, with dark red blood quietly resting inside.

It had to be at least six hundred milliliters, Bianca thought, looking at Heng's complexion.

His face visibly paled, his breathing growing shallow.

Lin Li watched with a pang of fear, wondering what would happen if it were her turn. If that much blood was drawn from her, she might just die.

Was it still possible to leave this laboratory?

"Stop pretending. You can't handle losing this little blood?" Mobius sneered. "I recall you've donated over 800 milliliters before. With your 70-kilogram weight, that's about 5,000 milliliters of blood in total. This amount shouldn't be anything significant."

"Hiss... It's not significant, but Doctor, you're drawing way too much!" Heng forced a smile, slightly moving the cotton swab away. He glanced at the large gash on his arm and couldn't help but tremble. "My 800-milliliter donation took ten minutes to finish. You... you did this in less than two minutes. I'm lucky I didn't go into shock from blood loss..."

"Indeed. You're quite lucky then," Mobius said calmly, storing the two glass jars.

Heng took the opportunity to compose himself. If he had fainted here... who knew what the Doctor would do.

"So, Doctor, how long do we have to wait for the results?" he asked.

"No need to wait. I already know."

"?"

"Mm, yes, she is pregnant. Though not even a month along. A pity," Mobius sighed.

None of them knew what she was lamenting, nor did they dare to ask.

"When did you discover she was pregnant? Tell us about it?"

Perhaps to lighten the mood, Mobius changed her serious demeanor and picked a casual topic.

Bianca picked up the conversation. "Hmm... It was on Saturday. You and I went to the food street, ate that stuff, and then I couldn't stop throwing up when we got home."

"At the time, I didn't think much of it. I just assumed it was like you, Doctor, saying that eating spicy food followed by cream would cause discomfort. But I threw up again the next evening, which made me think something was wrong, so I came to you for a check-up."

"...Should I say this is quite a coincidence?" Mobius mused for a moment. "You two come to me for a check-up today, and Bianca resigns tomorrow... Tsk, I can't even imagine how comfortable your lives will be from now on."

Mobius clicked her tongue as she spoke, looking quite envious.

But upon hearing this, both of them couldn't help but shiver.

"Originally, I thought you were mentioning your resignation because you were about to start something. I didn't expect it to be almost over already..."

"Doctor, what do you mean...?"

Bianca didn't understand Mobius's words.

"You don't understand? Hmm... No need to understand, really. It's just some meaningless rambling." Mobius shrugged and asked, "Bianca, have you been in contact with those two graduating students recently?"

"Yes, Doctor, we've been in constant contact. They said they're available to come anytime this week."

"Alright. Then have them come next week," Mobius said casually.

Her tone made it impossible to tell if she was saying it intentionally.

"Can you still walk? Do you want me to have Lin Li help you?"

"Hey, why wouldn't I be able to walk? I'm as strong as an ox right now..."

Heng stood up from his chair and took a few steps, but his vision suddenly went black, and his legs buckled uncontrollably.

As Heng stood up, Lin Li had already put down her phone. Moving at top speed, she rushed forward, preventing Heng from falling directly onto the ground.

She could imagine a scene:

As Heng lay on the ground, Mobius saying, "No sleeping here," and dragging Heng into the operating room.

Hiss... That was too terrifying.

"You shouldn't push yourself."

Bianca chuckled seeing Heng in that state.

"How is this pushing myself? I can't possibly not be able to stand, can I?" Heng said, motioning for Lin Li to release her support.

But the result was that he truly couldn't stand.

Just as he had said earlier, losing 600 milliliters in two minutes meant he was lucky not to have fainted, let alone stand and walk.

Bianca, though not as severe, was likely not much better.

"Alright, if you really want to have surgery here, you can just say so. No need to put on such a dramatic act," Mobius quipped. "Lin Li, go see them out. Remember to come back."

"Okay."

Lin Li nodded and supported Heng, but felt that this method wasn't ideal. She then said to him, "Is it okay if I escort you in a different way?"

"Uh, if possible, I'd prefer it to be as gentle as possible."

"That means no," Lin Li replied, directly lifting Heng.

Yes, she lifted him horizontally across her waist, hooking her right arm around his waist.

Heng was completely stunned when he was lifted.

Not only him, but even Mobius found it somewhat unbelievable.

"Is this okay?"

"I don't think I ca—"

"Then I'll carry you," Lin Li interrupted.

"Okay, fine, I can do it then." Heng backed down.

He really hadn't expected that this quiet-looking girl would be so strong!

God, how fantastical is this world?

"Okay, let's go. You lead the way."

Lin Li and Mobius exchanged a glance, confirmed their plan, and then led Heng out of the laboratory.

Watching them leave completely, Mobius took out two more papers. She found Lin Li's and wrote: Strong, fast.

"Hmm... Vill-V said Lin Li and Elysia were having a conflict, but they don't look like it at all... but she wouldn't lie."

"However, these two do seem a bit strange. When they interact, I can see a hint of fear in Lin Li's eyes... It couldn't be that she's afraid Elysia would make a move on her, right?"

"Given Elysia's personality, that's actually quite possible."

Alone in the vast laboratory, Mobius muttered to herself, unheard by anyone.