Collecting Pearls

The door had not been shut properly when a heart-wrenching cry of agony suddenly came from outside.

Chi Li's brow tightened. Liasuo sneered. "Hear that? That'll be your fate soon enough."

Chi Li recalled those videos. "You're using them for experiments?"

"Not just them," Liasuo said. "All of you will become test subjects."

After Liasuo left, the cries were cut off from outside as well. If he could hear them, the prisoners could not be far away. They might all be held nearby.

That same day, Chi Li saw someone he had not expected to see.

The door suddenly opened. Bai Qi's pale blue hair looked even duller beneath the dim lights of the holding room, but his expression remained as calm as ever. "Chi Li, long time no see."

Leaning against the iron bench, Chi Li lowered his head and fiddled with a pearl in his hand. When he saw Bai Qi, he froze briefly and unconsciously straightened up.

Bai Qi's attendant brought over a chair. Bai Qi sat opposite Chi Li. "Surprised?"

Chi Li frowned slightly. He had an ominous feeling. Whenever Bai Qi appeared, it was never simple.

Chi Li tightened his grip on the pearl and slipped it into his pocket. "What do you want?"

Bai Qi coughed twice. Only when he came closer did Chi Li notice that his face was even paler than before.

"Yao Di wants to use you for experiments to force Si Jinyan out," Bai Qi said. "I told Yao Di not to do that."

Chi Li had already become somewhat wary of Bai Qi. Hearing this only made him more vigilant. "What do you want?"

"I don't want anything from you."

Those words sounded familiar. When Bai Qi had helped Chi Li recover his memories last time, he had said