Chapter 25: Life and Death Separation (6)

  "Ouni, be good and listen! Next time I'll tell you a story, but now just behave and let me take you to see the doctor, okay?" Zhang Fan placed his hand over Ouni's lips, silencing her.

  Ou Ni lightly kissed Zhang Fan's fingertips and smiled, her hand slowly fell on Zhang Fan's arm, pulling his hand away from her lips. "Let me speak! I'm afraid that in the future, we won't be able to talk anymore."

  "Ou Ni..." Zhang Fan wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Ou Ni.

  "That night, I was supposed to take my mother to see a doctor, but she refused. When I woke up, I found myself not in my own room. I was lying on an operating table, surrounded by several people wearing white robes. I thought it was a dream, but such a dream is too terrifying. I heard them discussing where the hormone gene should be transplanted, some said under the neck, others said in the ovary. I just lay there listening to their debate about how to deal with me. I couldn't move or speak, I could only stare with my eyes open, but why did I have to keep my eyes open? The situation was terrifying, why did they want me to see it?"

  Ouni's voice was calm, without a hint of fear or helplessness. But Zhang Fan felt the terror and desperation that Ouni had experienced when she suddenly encountered this misfortune. Zhang Fan held Ouni tightly in his arms and whispered: "It's okay, Ouni. It's okay, I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you."

  Ouni smiled and comforted him. "It's okay, it's all in the past. Now that I think about it, my irregular surges of desire back then were probably due to some hormonal genetic reason! That was just a minor surgery, the main purpose of which was brainwashing. Because after that surgery, I was no longer Ouni Yekaterina, but just Ouni, a beautiful vase without self-awareness, and anyone could pick up this vase and use it." Ouni continued to speak in a tone devoid of emotions, recounting her past story as if it were someone else's. But these words, when heard by Zhang Fan, felt like a hammer pounding his heart, producing a dull thud that echoed in his chest cavity, making him feel especially uncomfortable.

  "I think my mother must have received the same treatment! Maybe it was even better, but nobody knows because I'll never see my mother again to ask her what really happened back then. Oh... you don't know who my mother is, do you? She's Countess Yekaterina! Who would have thought that they not only brainwashed us but also completely erased our family ties, making us unrecognizable to each other? When I was searching for clues in the old castle, I saw her photo and just felt like I'd seen this person somewhere before, without realizing it was my mother, the one I relied on for survival!" As soon as she mentioned her mother, Ouni couldn't hold back her sorrow anymore. Her tears flowed out like a spring, wetting her face, Zhang Fan's chest, and his heart.

  "Ouni, I will avenge your mother, believe me, I will. I won't let those people get away with their evil deeds, they are too cruel, too detestable."

  "I've always thought about the time we met, when I let you go, I was thinking that our time together should have been very good. Now that I remember it, it's still the same feeling. You gave me warmth, a sense of being protected, and a feeling of dependence. These feelings haven't existed since after being brainwashed. Fang...I really, really like the feeling of being with you." Ouni looked up at Zhang Fan's face, smiling, with a happy expression on her face.

  Zhang Fan lowered his head and kissed Ouni's face, whispering in her ear: "Ouni, I also like the feeling of being with you. You don't know how beautiful you are? The first time I saw your body in the wooden house, I couldn't help but think about it for a long time. You're really sweet, so sweet that it's addictive."

  Ouni glanced at Zhang Fan with a slanted gaze, pouting and scolding with a smile: "You're such a ** man." But as soon as she finished speaking, her body shook violently, and a more intense coughing fit filled the entire room. Zhang Fan held Ouni in his arms, feeling her body tremble uncontrollably in his embrace as she coughed. A heart-wrenching sorrow spread throughout Zhang Fan's chest. Ouni, why did you have to meet me, why did you have to suffer so much?

  It took a long time for Ouni to calm down, and she panted as she spoke to Zhang Fan: "Although I've been in this base for quite some time, I'm not very familiar with its structure. They don't have many defenses, but there are many places that only special personnel can enter. Right at the center of the base, where we were warned not to enter, I think all the secrets must be there! If you want to go, remember to take the elevator down to the underground room, but be careful... because the passage connecting the base and its core is only through that elevator, and the guards inside will definitely be at the elevator door, so you must... be careful... be careful..."

  Ouni said to this, suddenly hugged Zhang Fan tightly, the strength was so great that Zhang Fan felt a bit painful. "Fan... I feel so cold... so cold..." Ouni's hands suddenly softened and slowly fell to the ground. Hugging Zhang Fan came quickly, letting go of Zhang Fan also came quickly.

  Zhang Fan held Ouni tightly, not daring to look at her face, but the Ouni in his arms had already become quiet and still. "Ouni... Ouni..." Zhang Fan called out her name repeatedly, but this time there was no response. Zhang Fan's tears finally fell from his eyes, he wasn't heartless, even hearing an ordinary woman's experience would make him feel heartache. Moreover, this woman deeply loved him, sacrificing everything for him, although they had never spoken the word "love" from start to finish, but love truly existed between them. This was something that couldn't be erased, not even by brainwashing.

  The chaotic footsteps sounded outside the door, and those who were late to react finally arrived here, they are about to bear Zhang Fan's grief-stricken anger.