“It's not that | can’t tell you. | just... I'm not so sure either,” Mike said and pondered momentarily. After stime, he seemed to
have decided something as he turned to look at Lily and continued, “You've seen the core of this research. Other research is
ongoing at the stas well.
“However, all the research is stuck in this sphase, which means you must complete not just one but a couple. Still, the boss
said we should prioritize R10 if we can’t make it in time.”
After listening to him for so long, Lily finally heard the most critical thing. She instantly felt energetic again. “R10?”
“Yeah. All the research here is in numerical order. I'm sure you've noticed that from the documents you've browsed through. R10 is
the most crucial research out of all of them.”
“ls R10 the one I'm doing now?” Lily asked after sthought.
“No.” Unexpectedly, Mike shook his head. “The one you're working on right now is R13.”
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Lily was even more surprised. “R13? Wait, aren't they in numerical order? How did R13 start when R10 is still incomplete?”
Mike just nodded. He was as stunned as Lily when he first heard about this. “From what | know, there are R16, R17, and R18. |
heard it's already well over 20. It's just that most experiments failed.”
“Most of them failed, so that means swere successful?” Lily caught the keyword and asked.
“Yes, but they're slightly different from the experiments you're doing.” Mike paused and looked at his watch. “We can’t delay this
anymore. I'll talk to you about this again when | find another opportunity. We're only relatively safer out here because of the
surveillance cameras and aumonitoring systems installed in the building.”
“I know that,” Lily said simply, “I even know where they are.”
Mike was stunned but soon remembered that Lily and Alexander were experts in this field. However, he still worriedly reminded
her, “Even so, there might still be syou've missed. It's still better to be careful.”
“Yeah.” Mike was right, so Lily nodded in agreement.
“Let's go then.”
Fabian could not get what he wanted from Cameron, so he returned hdisappointedly. Upon entering the house, he saw Maria
sitting and eating leisurely in the dining room.
She cut a piece of chicken and placed it into her mouth as she chewed. She appeared calm, a contrast from a few days ago when
she would scream and cry nonstop.
Fabian threw Maria a glance. Seeing her in this state did not make him much happier, but it was better than seeing her cry all the
time.
“I'm hungry!” He sat and said habitually while a maid hurried to bring him his cutlery.
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On the other hand, Maria did not react at all and just stared at the two dishes before her. Although she looked calm, she was so
overly calm that it started to seem strange.
Fabian felt suffocated at the sight of Maria. He only felt slightly better after loosening his tie and unbuttoning the top two buttons
of his dress shirt. With a hoarse voice, he said, “Cameron is awake.”
“Oh.” Maria finally responded, but it was a monotonous reply.
Fabian felt genuinely uncomfortable due to her one-word reply and frowned. “He chasedout right after waking up and was
back to how he used to be toward us in the past! He was distant and hostile again!”
Just thinking about it riled Fabian up. He wondered how Cameron could turn against them so quickly.
What he had forgotten was that this was Cameron in his normal state. It was just that Cameron had changed recently and treated
him slightly better.
“Okay.” It was another one-word reply, making Maria seem to have nothing to do with this.