Chapter 697 - 697 HER CRAZY ANTICS

697 HER CRAZY ANTICS

The people in the room turned to look at Hu Lei. Their doubt was written on their faces, and they glanced at Zhong Feng to see his reaction. Naturally, they were all a little apprehensive because they suspected he was Yuan Haoran’s replacement.

However, no one could stand his continued apathy.

He had not spoken to anyone apart from Hu Lei. This could be overlooked because he was a powerful man. He probably did not interact unless it was necessary. It was annoying when he refused to give ideas to help them solve the mystery.

But now, he was going to let his small female companion go through an electrical shock without a word of protest. It just felt a little unjustified and unnecessarily inhuman. The room was quiet while Hu Lei lowered her head and seemed to be removing contact lenses.

“Perhaps Tori should try.” Emi was the one who broke the loud silence in a low voice.

“What did you say?” Hu Lei asked with a chill in her voice.

Then, she raised her head and looked at Emi with predatory eyes. When her eyes were black-brown, she was a little more approachable. But her real golden eyes were frightening. They looked like they belonged to a vicious jungle animal.

Even though she was the smallest, she seemed to turn into a blade with that one look.

Inei felt a strong sense of danger and pushed Emi behind him. Yagi also stepped in front of Emi protectively because his instincts for violence had always been well-honed. As he suspected, that woman was not simple.

.....

She had an aura like no one he had met before. It was not only her killing intent that made her feel dangerous. It was the violence in that killing intent. It felt like she would not only end a person’s life. She would tear everything to bits.





“It was only a suggestion. My little sister did not mean anything by it.” Inei did not dare be careless when it came to protecting Emi.

Unfortunately, he forgot he was supposed to be keeping his relationship with Emi secret. At that moment, Yagi felt a big sense of relief at realising Inei was not his competition. However, he became tense again.

He had offended his future brother-in-law.

Hu Lei twisted her neck and shrugged her shoulders and cracked her knuckles as she felt like herself again. She used to hate the eyes her father gifted her, but now, she did not feel like herself when she hid them behind coloured contacts.

She liked her eyes.

“If you would all like to leave the room intact, hold your tongues. Even better, do not talk about him or even look at him. I am a little on edge. I might overreact.” Hu Lei smiled a little, but everyone could see she meant murder.

Zhong Feng smiled at his wife’s usual crazy antics. The group noticed that smile from the corner of their eyes, but they did not dare look at the celestial sight directly. The little woman beside him seemed a little unhinged when it came to the powerful man.

Zhong Feng took Hu Lei’s hand and silently asked if she was sure about getting on that table. The golden eyes melted with warmth because she knew why he was worried. In the Antarctica lab that looked exactly alike, she was tortured to her breaking point.

But she was alright.

At first, she felt overwhelmed, as if the memories would sweep her under their violent tide. However, she was realising that she was no longer living under the shadow of that cold prison. It was a thing of the past.

She nodded and touched his hand before walking to the table. Zhong Feng was a little worried about the electrical shock, but he also knew her. As long as she was not in danger, he was alright with being on the sidelines.

The group watched as she walked without hesitation and lay on the table. Zhong Feng stepped close because he did not feel comfortable with her being bound and vulnerable with strangers near. Moreover, he wanted to be sure she would be alright.

Hu Lei did not flinch or become tense when the electricity coursed through her body. In comparison to the electrical current her father used on her back then, this was a tickle. If anything, it was a little relaxing.

Like a massage for her nervous system.

“How is it?” Zhong Feng asked, but his face showed no signs of stress. If Hu Lei were in pain, he would know immediately.

“Pretty good.” Hu Lei was silent for a while as she looked at the ceiling. Her expression did not change but Zhong Feng knew she saw something.

The shackles released after the thirty seconds were up. She sat up and looked at Zhong Feng, letting him know she was fine. She turned back to the other four. Both Shi and Yagi were a little in awe because they knew the power of the electrical shock.

They could not believe that the small lady was able to speak comfortably while in pain. Immediately, they took her earlier threats a little more seriously. Some people had killing intent, but they could not follow through.

But it seemed that the woman was not just talking crazy.

“Who knows chemistry? The writing is some sort of chemical structure.” Hu Lei said.

The room was silent until the usual suspect Emi stepped forward. “I have a good grasp of chemistry.”

Hu Lei nodded and got down from the table. She walked to one of the benches and beckoned to Emi. She used her finger to trace out the chemical symbol on the surface. Although her mind was more on the other thing written, she still remembered it.

“I think that is phenolphthalein.” Emi thought for a while before drawing this conclusion.

“What is that?” Inei asked.

“It is a pH indicator used in laboratories. It turns into different colours, depending on the exposure to an acid or base. Well, it is more accurate to say it turns into a different colour, usually purple or pink, if it is exposed to a basic solution.” Emi answered.

She could not take too much credit for knowing because she was a teacher. She had reviewed most of the school books in the coursework in case she needed to cover for another teacher. She would not expect other adults to remember chemistry.