Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 314 - 309: The Ye Family Head’s Request

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

The sound of boiling hot water resonated from the transparent health pot.

A slender, clean finger lifted the health pot and poured water into the adjacent teacup.

In a moment, the refreshing fragrance of green tea wafted from the teacup, slowly filling the entire room.

It was fresh and invigorating, which made one feel a jolt of energy.

Ye Xingming’s assistant placed three cups of tea on the table, setting them in front of Ye Xingming, Ji Ning, and Xiao Shun respectively.

"Sorry, our conditions here are quite simple. Next time, please come to my home." Ye Xingming glanced at Ji Ning and gestured for him to drink the tea, then raised his cup and took a sip.

Ji Ning looked at the teacup emitting white steam but did not move.

Xiao Shun likewise did not touch the tea.

How could Dean Ye drink such hot tea?

Ye Xingming appeared to be a standard researcher, exuding an aura of scholarly refinement. If his identity was not revealed, Xiao Shun would have thought he was a professor from some university, yet such a person turned out to be the head of one of the three top noble families.

Xiao Shun sighed inwardly but dared not show any expression, lowering his head to look at the floating tea leaves in the cup, blowing on the steam.

"Detective Ji, I heard from Xiao Ying that you’re also investigating the underground laboratory?" Ye Xingming spoke frankly after finishing half a cup of tea.

Ji Ning noticed a trace of worry on his face and countered, "What underground laboratory?"

"You don’t know?" Ye Xingming was quite surprised, scrutinizing her as if he couldn’t believe she was unaware of the underground laboratory.

"Isn’t the underground laboratory in the Nanling Pollution Zone the one you reported?"

Ji Ning lowered her head and blew on the steam from the teacup to conceal the coldness in her eyes, "Hmm..."

Ye Xingming frowned slightly, unsure of Ji Ning’s intentions.

"Detective Ji, have you seen this person in the underground laboratory?"

Ye Xingming pushed a photo in front of Ji Ning, causing her hand holding the teacup to pause briefly before she looked up.

In the photo was a young man, around twenty-five or twenty-six, whose features resembled those of Ye Xingming, like a younger version of him.

"Your son?"

"No, it’s my older brother, Ye Xingyan."

Ji Ning raised her eyebrows.

Beside her, Xiao Shun was surprised and looked up, prompting Ji Ning to glance at him, "Do you know him?"

Xiao Shun recalled some Security Bureau files he had handled and nodded slightly, "Ye Xingyan was extremely gifted in medicine, gaining international acclaim before he was twenty. He was a renowned medical prodigy in Hua Continent but suddenly went missing when he was twenty-six, and hasn’t been found since."

"Missing..." Ji Ning was not surprised, her gaze carrying a certain implication.

Ye Xingming looked at the photo on the table, his expression much more serious than before, "At first, we thought he went missing due to kidnapping, but after exhausting extensive resources, we found no clues. Until someone told me they saw a man resembling Ye Xingyan in an illegal laboratory in Hua Continent..."

The years Ye Xingyan was missing, he served as the head of an illegal laboratory in Hua Continent, conducting experiments that were prohibited and deemed dangerous by the research institute. If the illegal laboratory hadn’t been reported and infiltrated by an undercover agent, Ye Xingyan’s whereabouts would never have been exposed, and the Ye Family would still presume Ye Xingyan was missing or deceased.

The event dealt a significant blow to the Ye Family, resulting in Ye Xingyan’s position as heir being stripped and passing to his brother Ye Xingming. Later on, whenever the Ye Family occasionally heard Ye Xingyan’s name mentioned by the Li Family or Fu Family, it was invariably associated with some underground laboratory.

This left the Ye Family in despair; their once-great genius had fallen to such depths, gravely violating the family’s ancestral teachings, resulting in Ye Xingyan’s name being expunged from the family records.

The previous family head of the Ye Family also issued a strict command, requiring Ye Xingming as his successor to spare no effort to capture Ye Xingyan back to Beijing in his lifetime. Yet most Ye Family members were focused on research, clueless about capturing people, and despite sending personnel to search for Ye Xingyan, his whereabouts remained unknown.

"...So I wish to commission you to find him. The Ye Family will reward you generously after the fact!" Ye Xingming made his intent clear after recounting his story.

Beside him, Xiao Shun felt excited seeing the Ye Family head personally assigning the task, his gaze intent on Ji Ning, burning to respond positively for her.

This was a commission from the head of one of the top noble families, the Ye Family!

"No time."

Eh?

Xiao Shun gasped and almost bit his tongue, but Ji Ning had a faint expression, seemingly uninterested.

Ye Xingming seemed surprised, then slightly nodded, "I understand. The 120th anniversary celebration is coming up, you must be busy these days, perhaps once you’re through this period..."

Ji Ning said nothing, and Xiao Shun supplemented the conversation.

And so the topic was turned.

Subsequently, Ye Xingming brought up Sun Liguo’s matter.

He felt Ji Ning knew medical skills well, or else she wouldn’t have been able to implant so many needles in Sun Liguo’s body without him dying.

Thus, Xiao Shun was forced to listen to discussions on human medicine from the side, mainly due to Ye Xingming’s keen scientific inquiries and Ji Ning’s somewhat perfunctory responses.

Back and forth like this, the two spent a solid 2 hours in Ye Xingming’s office.

Xiao Shun ran to the bathroom three times.

Until the phone on Ye Xingming’s desk suddenly rang.

"Hello, this is Ye Xingming, okay, I got it. I’m heading over now!"

Ye Xingming’s face slightly changed, and after quickly hanging up the phone, he stood up.

Ji Ning bluntly stated, "Goodbye..."

Before she could rise, Ye Xingming invited her to accompany him.

"Wait a moment, Detective Ji, we have a special patient whose condition is worsening, I heard you have a healing ability, could you please come with me?"

Ye Xingming’s tone carried a hint of worry, and his gaze was sincere and forthright.

Xiao Shun originally thought Ji Ning wouldn’t agree, as they needed to catch a flight to Anhe City next.

The 120th anniversary celebration in Anhe City demanded a lot of police and security forces.

These security bureau detectives had already been assigned duty.

"Sure."

Hmm?

Xiao Shun was surprised once again.

Ji Ning followed Ye Xingming out quickly.

They were heading toward the bungalow area in front of the little white building.

Ji Ning’s eyes flickered slightly.

***

This bungalow area covered a larger area than the little white building, each house built to a uniform specification, neatly arranged, with its appearance resembling long factory buildings.

Ye Xingming led Ji Ning swiftly into one of the buildings, coincidentally seeing four experimenters preparing to enter the laboratory area through transparent glass not far away.

Each was dressed in tightly sealed isolation suits, covered from head to toe, as if the lab area within was as polluted as the Pollution Zone.

Ji Ning raised an eyebrow.

Ye Xingming pointed to the disinfection area ahead and explained, "The special patient is in a sterile chamber, we need to enter the disinfection area to change into protective suits first."

Then, he led Ji Ning into the disinfection area.

The interior resembled an old bathhouse, upon entering there were changing lockers, and on each side were two small changing rooms.

As you progressed, you reached the disinfection zone, where showerhead-like devices were installed around, and a disinfection lamp was overhead.

Currently, the disinfection lamp was not turned on.

Ye Xingming took a clean and heavy isolation suit from the locker and handed it to Ji Ning.

His eyes glanced at Ji Ning’s earlobes and said, "Detective Ji, the disinfection later will involve special light, it’s best not to wear earrings..."