Chapter 24 - 29: Infant
The faucet was gushing out water.
Washing my face, brushing my teeth, I noticed a sickly sweet taste on the tip of my tongue. Opening my mouth, both rows of gums were bleeding.
The side effects of the genetic suppressant...
Li Cheng silently raised the cup, continuously gargling until he spat out all the blood and then stopped.
Stepping out of the bathroom, my uncle's family had already left early, heading to a tailor recommended by someone else to order a suit—
My cousin Xue Lingyu recently received an offer from an Ivy League university abroad. The entire family was ecstatic about this, actively preparing for the interview that was half a month away.
In the living room, the tablecloth, wallpaper, and even the light bulbs had all been changed. Various certificates and trophies were placed in the most conspicuous positions.
All this had little to do with Li Cheng. He rode his bike to school, turned in his homework, and his gaze lingered on the empty seat on the right — Shao Wangshu had taken another sick day off and wasn't present.
During a previous PE class, he had seen a large scar on her left arm, which seemed to have been caused by frequent blood draws over a long period. He didn't know what for.
Li Cheng had heard an urban legend, saying that somewhere abroad there was an orphanage built in a castle, which received donations from the outside world all year round, providing a quite decent living environment and educational resources for hundreds of orphans.
However, in reality, these isolated orphans were all blood-related siblings—a super-rich person relying on IVF and surrogacy had commissioned others to 'raise' them in the orphanage,