Secret Laboratory from the C Country’s Capital City.

Hei Yuhua took the lead of the group with Hei Yumei explaining to the other captured scientists the current situation. Many of the scientists were hesitant when they looked at the all-covered Hei Yuhua. He wasn’t even willing to show their face to them. How can they believe that he came here to save them?

An old scientist said, “Young man if you are truly here to save us, show your face.”

“That’s right. We can believe you while you are hiding your face.”

“N-No, everyone stop…!!” said Hei Yumei trying to stop the chaos.

Then suddenly Hei Yuhua raised his gun and pointed it at the forehead of the old scientist leaving everyone terrified. They never expected this young man whose face was covered would be this ruthless. These old men just wanted to show their importance and get more privilege from their savior. They used to be people who stood at the peak of science history.

No one dared to speak one more word while the old man whose life was hanging was frightened to the point he was crying silently. Especially when his eyes met with those aloof and glacial silver eyes, just these eyes alone were enough to show this young man’s indifference to human life and death.

Snort!

The sound of Hei Yuhua which seemed like a mocking gesture was heard but he moved his hand that held a gun and pointed it in the direction where the tied prisoners were. Clearly, one of them intended to escape and he had to shoot the side of his leg as a warning.

Bang!

AHHH!

Hei Yuhua remained expressionless as he did such a deed. He lowered his gun and coldly glanced at the writhing man on the floor. His wounded leg wasn’t even bleeding but his skin was scratched and the pain was real.

“If you try to escape the second time the next bullet would hit your head,” said Hei Yuhua.

The tied-up prisoners whose arms were dislocated all turned pale in fright. They are men who had seen real blood and death and just the coldness hidden within the depths of those argent orbs, was enough to terrify them to the core. They lowered their heads avoiding meeting Hei Yuhua’s gaze and the shaking of their bodies cannot be ignored.

Meanwhile, the Old scientist who wanted to cause chaos was shocked and speechless; his wrinkled face was now as pale as white snow. But Hei Yuhua ignores his reaction, even if he faints Hei Yuhua doesn’t care. He only came here to help Hei Yumei and told her parents nothing less and nothing more. The rest were just extra baggage that he decided to bring along upon thinking about his mate’s righteousness.

Hei Yuhua said to Hei Yumei, “Follow along. Seeing how many people of the Syndicate came for you means that the mad and stupid scientist decided to kill you. We should leave this place as soon as possible. You have 15 minutes more to gather everyone at the main hall. I will wait for you there. 15 minutes later, whether everyone is there or not, I’m going to leave.”

Then he glanced at the white-faced old man and said, “Plus, don’t think of getting the former glory you had before… You’ve been helping a Syndicate to mass produce illegal drugs for years. In the eyes of the government, you guys are accomplices to the crime. Now your place, Old Man. My patients for strangers are too short. Hmp!”

He walks away without any second thoughts after saying those words. It was only after Hei Yuhua mentioned their crime straight to their faces that they realized that Hei Yuhua’s words were correct. Even though they were forced to do such a crime, the fact that they’ve become an accomplice to it would never be erased.

A middle-aged lady scientist mumbled, “I’m afraid that even after we leave this place the government will put us under surveillance. We would never be free and ordinary people anymore. Well, that is unless we have people from the Upper Echelon of the government backing us up…”

All the scientists in the area felt their mood plummet after hearing these words. Only Hei Yumei, who knew about her Brother-in-law’s identity, felt like their family would not be burdened by this event. Plus, her elder brother’s authority in Aster Division is only second to the Director of the Intelligence Unit.

Hei Yumei comforted her parents and said to everyone, “Let’s go. We can’t waste any more time.”

Only after Hei Yumei said these words did everyone realize that they are running out of time. Based on the actions Hei Yuhua had made just now, obviously, he is a ruthless and decisive person. Once he said he would leave in 15 minutes then he would leave. This is regardless of the situation of other people. In the last fifteen minutes, the other scientists work together to gather their other comrades. There is no hassle at all as Hei Yuhua cleared up the way when he walked away with the prisoners just now.

Hei Yuhua was in the laboratory’s main hallway with the captured men who work for the Syndicate. He was sitting quietly on an empty couch closing his eyes as if he was napping. Papa Hei accompanied his daughter in helping their other comrades.

On the other hand, Mama Hei was staring at her son from a distance with longing in her eyes. She wanted to approach him but did not know what she wanted to say. But in the end, she made up her mind and sat beside Hei Yuhua.

Hei Yuhua noticed her approach but chose to turn a blind eye to it. It was unknown to him that his body language says otherwise, and he was hesitant to get closer to this lady who calls herself his mother. The words mother, father, and sister are foreign to him. He is an orphan who grew up alone and had no attachment to the word family.

But things changed after he met Ye Yuyan. This man had to revert everything he grew up into and change his cold and lonely world with something warm he calls love. This man gave his family love and gave him everything. No matter what, things have become bright thanks to Ye Yuyan.

That’s why when he met HeinYumei for the first time she didn’t hate her as much as he thought he would and didn’t envy her at all. Because Ye Yuyan had given him the love he had always wanted, the pain of abandonment cannot be erased in his heart. If someone is going to ask him what is the happiest memory he remembers in childhood, Hei Yuhua can only answer with silence. To him, his past is nothing but an empty timeline in life.

There is no joy, sadness, ambition or whatsoever. Only the vague scene of a couple hugging while crying was imprinted on his mind. Hei Yuhua believes the two people in those vague memories are the parents who abandoned him at such a young age.

When he meets Hei Yumei, he suddenly finds out that he wasn’t abandoned intentionally, instead, he was being protected by his parents from the Syndicate who wanted to give him freedom. But in exchange for this freedom, Hei Yuhua lost what he could call family. He comes freer than anyone from the Hei Family but lonelier than anyone from the family.

So Mama Hei’s sudden approach not only made Hei Yuhua uncomfortable, he was even feeling a bit of rejection towards her. But this is normal, he might have allowed Hei Yumei to call his brother a bit of kinship, and other things are impossible at the moment. The only reason he appeared with Hei Yumei in this place is that Lord Hei told him that if he doesn’t come to the Secret Laboratory on his own, he would lose the people he can call his family.

He was stunned for a moment but had to make a decision as soon as possible. This is because Ye Yuyan was exposed by the media and this must include their team’s presence or else Poppy and his Syndicate would notice their future plans. Lou Wei and Yun Jie had to stay whole Hei Yuhua on the other hand can appear and also not appear. After all, Hei Yuhua’s other identity, Hua Heiyu, is an eccentric person who only does what he wants. Poppy knew about this and wouldn’t even be surprised if he learned that Hydrangea stayed home while the others worked overtime.

Hei Yuhua becomes the person to help Hei Yumei to save people from the Secret Laboratory. That’s why he is here right now. 𝒷𝒹ℴ𝓿𝓁.𝓬𝓸𝓂

Suddenly being approached by the lady he can call mother made him feel discomfort in his heart. This was after all their meetings after all those years.

Mama Hei asked, “Can I sit beside you?”

“Do what you want,” said Hei Yuhua as he even didn’t look at her. Even her voice was a bit forced and hoarse.

Feeling the space beside him sink, Hei Yuhua can also feel his heart sinking. He wanted to move away from her and leave but that would be quite an awkward scene. He can only pretend to be blind and choose to ignore her.

Mama Hei keeps glancing at Hei Yuhua but unfortunately, she is unable to see through his mask which covers his face. But Mama Hei could already see some features that are similar to hers and to her husband’s, like the shape of his eyes or the size of his nose. Watching Hei Yuhua silently is all that Mama Hei can do at the moment.

“I don’t know if you are listening. If you do that’s good even if you don’t that’s also good. You see, I used to have a cute little son. He was born to me and my husband. Our first child. We love him so much, especially those silver eyes that look like the moon itself. But sadly, we can’t give him happiness and freedom.”

“My husband and I were captured when we were just a young married couple. Both of us were orphans and grew up supporting each other in the end, finally getting married. In the laboratory that imprisoned us, we finally got to welcome our first baby. It was an adorable boy and we named him Yuhua.”

“Yuhua is a very smart baby. He could recognize us as his parents but would try if a stranger carries him. My husband and I love him a lot. But one day, a young mad scientist Datura was taken back to the laboratory. He looks so young yet so cruel. He wanted to use our son as an experimental subject.”

Hei Yuhua’s thoughts, ‘So the Red Poppy Syndicate already existed when Ying Su was only a young boy. This must be because his past memories still live with him. He remade the syndicate faster than the first time and as the world resets only his memories were unaffected by it. But I met Datura in my teens, which means the inhumane laboratory I’ve destroyed before is under the Red Poppy Syndicate.’

Mama Hei continues her story. She didn’t care even if Hei Yuhua was not listening to her but she still wanted to tell her son that they’d never want to abandon him in that orphanage.

“Of course, we never agree to it. So in the end, he planned to escape from the Syndicate as a family. The people in the laboratory who were captured like us helped in our escape. But we were only able to enjoy our lives outside the laboratory for a week before we were once again captured by the Syndicate. To hide our son from Oleander, we can only leave him in the hidden compartment of the orphanage. Intending to come back to our son after we try to escape.”

“That resulted in the Syndicate threatening the lives of those who helped us. Telling us they would kill everyone who had in hand of letting them escape. Until now, we couldn’t get out of this prison called Secret Laboratory. Those old men from before were just anxious. Please forgive him. They were already here even before we arrived. Imprisoned here longer than any of us.” said Mama Hei.

Hei Yuhua remained silent as Mama Hei told stories of the past, something interesting and anything just so at this moment can be considered as a time spent together with her son. She had always wanted to spend some time like this with her son. Now that she was given an opportunity to do so, Mama Hei wouldn’t waste it even for a second.