Pitiful people always have something hateful about them. Although Shao Rong's life seems truly miserable, it's all self - inflicted. Han Shuo, who was dragged into being monitored with her, is the truly unfortunate one.
After such a long period of surveillance, those in charge have been constantly exploiting the value of their rebirth. Once they reach the time of their previous deaths, they will be of no use to those in charge.
So, ever since Shao Rong realized this, she has been working hard to study, aiming to reach the pinnacle in a certain field. She doesn't want to be a dispensable person and end up as a discarded pawn.
Han Shuo's parents haven't abandoned their son. Even if he becomes useless in the end, the Han family will still protect him. Shao Rong is truly isolated and helpless.
It's not the time when she is completely useless yet. She's not in a hurry to take revenge on Miaomiao. Although the surveillance around them has relaxed a bit, it's only relatively loose within their residences and schools. They are still under real - time monitoring outside. If Shao Rong hadn't lost control of herself when she suddenly saw Miaomiao, she wouldn't have come to provoke her.
Knowing that she is still in a precarious situation, Shao Rong hides her venomous look and the urge to see Miaomiao suffer, quietly waiting for an opportunity.
"Brother, can you come over? I'm home."
When school was over in the evening, Wei Ziqi suddenly received a call from Du Ziming.
Over the years, his relationship with Du Ziming has been neither close nor distant. In fact, it's just that Du Ziming occasionally writes him letters, telling him about daily trivial matters.
A few years ago, after Du Ziming found him, he was sent by Mrs. Du to the old rural mansion and was effectively imprisoned. No one expected that Mrs. Du would be so crazy as to install eavesdropping devices on all his clothes. So, everything that Wei Ziqi advised him was known to Mrs. Du. When Du Ziming went back, he had no chance to get close to Uncle Du and was sent away overnight.
It's probably because a long time has passed and Du Ziming has behaved very obediently. Mrs. Du thought she had completely tamed this son. So when Du Ziming proposed to go back to school in the imperial capital, Mrs. Du didn't refuse.
But this kid comes back. If he doesn't try to get close to Uncle Du, why does he come to him?
Wei Ziqi doesn't believe for a moment that Mrs. Du would let Du Ziming go so easily. He probably has monitoring devices all around him now. Even if he goes, it won't help because he has no say in that family.
However, considering Du Ziming's persistent and enthusiastic attitude over the years, Wei Ziqi decides that he'd better go there.
When he arrived at the Du family mansion, the huge villa's gate was wide open. After he walked in, he didn't see a single person. Although he had never been to the Du residence, he could see the maids walking back and forth behind Uncle Du during occasional video calls.
Where have all these people gone?
Did Du Ziming send them away?
But where is Du Ziming?
The mansion was full of oddities, and Wei Ziqi couldn't help but become vigilant.
"Du Ziming, I'm here. Which room are you in?"
Wei Ziqi walked to the corner staircase and shouted upstairs, but there was no response. The next second, a sharp pain came from the back of his head. His vision went black, and he fainted.
Miaomiao, who returned to the research institute alone after separating from Wei Ziqi, saw her busy and chaotic teachers, senior brothers, and sisters and quickly went up to help.
There was a problem with the project. The data from the second and third tests didn't match. They didn't know what had gone wrong in the middle, and the problem happened to be in the part that Wei Ziqi was in charge of. Retesting would take a long time.
Grandpa Sun quickly pulled Miaomiao over and asked, "Where's Xiao Wei? Why didn't he come back with you?"
"Teacher Xiao went to find his younger brother."
"Brother? Isn't he the only child in his family? Forget it. It doesn't matter. Where is his brother? I'll go find him. This set of data must be re - checked. He's in charge of this part and is very familiar with this set of data. We can't do it without his participation."
Grandpa Sun was in a hurry to pull Miaomiao to change clothes, but when they got to the changing room, they were stopped by a senior.
"Teacher, Senior Sister Tong has something urgent to talk to you about."
"I have to find Xiao Wei first. We'll talk about your matters when I come back."
"Senior Sister Tong is in a real hurry. She said she must invite you over."
"Grandpa Sun, you go to find Senior Sister Tong first. I'll go find Teacher Xiao. I know where his younger brother's house is."
Seeing the senior looking so urgent, Miaomiao suggested. Grandpa Sun glanced at her and then nodded, which was his approval. He followed the senior back into the laboratory.
It was just going to find someone. It wasn't a big deal.
Miaomiao thought so too. It was just finding someone.
After leaving the research institute, Miaomiao took a taxi to the Du family. In her hurry, she only took her wallet and even forgot her phone.
At this moment, Wei Ziqi had slowly woken up. The person who knocked him out didn't hit him too hard, so he regained consciousness in a few minutes.
But after regaining consciousness, Wei Ziqi found that his hands and feet were tied to a stool. In front of him was the Du family's dining table with plates and delicious food on it. Beside him were Uncle Du and Du Ziming, both tied up tightly.
"Are you all awake?"
A woman's voice came from behind. Wei Ziqi struggled to turn his body and looked behind him. It was Mrs. Du.
What's this all about?
Wei Ziqi was completely confused. It was understandable that he and Uncle Du were tied up as Mrs. Du didn't like them. But why was Du Ziming, who had always been protected by her like the apple of her eye, also tied up?
"Mrs. Du, what does this mean? I was just invited here. I have no other intentions. Treating guests like this doesn't seem right, does it?"
Wei Ziqi kept a calm head and tried to find out Mrs. Du's intentions, but he was ignored and scoffed at.
"Our whole family is here today, all together. It's really not easy to get you all here. Why do you have to make such a fuss? Why do you have to go to this extreme? Lao Du, our family of three used to be so happy. Ziming was so obedient and well - behaved. Why did you have to look for your biological son? Was all those years of raising a lie? Without blood relation, does all the love you once had for him not count anymore?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Ziqi is my real son. Of course I have to find him when he's been away. After I found Ziqi, did my attitude towards Ziming change? Did I ever be stingy with him? People have hearts. How could I easily give up the child I've raised for so many years? But you, you're crazy. You couldn't get what you wanted, so you snatched someone else's child to be your own to satisfy your perverted love."
Uncle Du's attitude had changed completely. Gone was his former gentleness. His eyes were full of disgust when he looked at Mrs. Du.
Wei Ziqi finally understood. Du Ziming was actually the son of that painter and was taken by Mrs. Du to replace the real one.