Can't wait

  "What did you say?"

  "Last time, Colonel Yao who sent the specimen seems to have decided to identify it himself this time and is currently borrowing a university laboratory to do so."

  "Wen Shitong's breathing quickened in the receiver: 'You said he identified it himself? Why?! Didn't you say that even if they switched it, nobody would care?'"

  "I think this is quite strange," Shen Guangyu said thoughtfully. "In the past, if the Lu family didn't acknowledge it, then they just didn't, and there was never any suspicion. However, I've heard that it's been many years since they last verified, ever since the eldest son of the Lu family took charge of his sister's affairs."

  "You - are you just talking nonsense? Wen Shitong suddenly became anxious, furious to the point of death, and spoke recklessly. "You need to know that my family's Mingzhu, my family's future is all tied up in this matter."

  "Listen to me first." Shen Guangyu observed the surroundings again to make sure no one was around, covering the receiver. "From what I've heard, in the past, before there was mature DNA technology, the Lu family was already very cautious about recognizing their daughter. Later on, because our center was one of the earliest technical centers in the country to carry out this kind of work, the Lu family initially often sent samples for first-time testing to our center for examination. About two years later, when the Lu family's son took charge of this matter, the number of times they sent samples almost dropped to zero. So, the Lu family must be extremely cautious about recognizing this little girl. I dare to switch the package precisely because of this reason - the Lu family is already used to 'the result being not'."

  "But this time—"

  "This is a strange point, I originally thought it was Colonel Yao who sent it over, not the Lu family. The possibility should be lower. However, after listening to it, it seems that Colonel Yao sending the specimen is for the first time."

  "What do you mean?" Wen Shitong breathed like an old cow, "Is it that this specimen is more likely?"

  "I see, since it's all done by themselves with their own hands, it's very likely that the other party has confirmed that they've finally found the real one this time."

  Both sides were suffocatingly silent on both ends of the phone.

  Shen Guangyu could almost imagine Wen Shitong slamming down the phone in exasperation.

  However, the phone suddenly changed hands, and a slightly younger, calmer male voice said: "If that's what you're saying, go to the lab building and pull the switch first."

  "Who are you?" Shen Guangyu was startled, and naturally, the fewer people who knew about his misdeeds, the better.

  "We are on the same boat, so you don't need to ask who I am," he said.

  It's said that the other party's tone makes people feel more reliable than Wen Shitong, Shen Guangyu listened to half of the words and asked: "You let me pull the circuit breaker, aren't you afraid of startling the snake by hitting the grass?"

  "If you do it well, the other party will only mistakenly think it's a jump. Moreover, preventing the other party from getting results is urgent. You and I both understand that the first result is the most important."

  After careful consideration, I feel that the other party is reasonable. Once a sudden power outage occurs, the data that can be quickly produced may disappear, and the worst result is that everything disappears, which must be redone, but it's hard to say whether the sample size is sufficient for redoing. In short, it effectively delayed time.

  Ran back to the lab building and snuck in while the security guard was accompanying a group of students upstairs to retrieve their belongings.

  In the laboratory with closed doors and windows

  The final step of the inspection has been completed in an orderly and efficient manner.

  Two stern faces, two pairs of solemn eyes, gathered in front of the computer screen rows and rows of data, emerging numbers 1 line, 2 lines, 3 lines...... 15 lines......

  Bang!

  In the instant when the last line of data appeared, everything around suddenly fell into darkness.

  The machine stopped spinning, the computer screen flickered and turned black, and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere filled the laboratory.

  Accompanied by the sound of students and teachers shouting from upstairs

  "The power is out!"

  "Why did we lose power when the building across from us didn't?"

  "It might be a short circuit or a tripped switch, I'll go take a look."

  The security guard teacher, wearing slippers, hurried to the laboratory where the distinguished guest was staying, opened the outer glass door and shouted inside: "Sorry, Colonel Yao, it seems that the students upstairs accidentally caused a short circuit when plugging in the power strip."

  Chattered on and on about the reason, but didn't hear any response from the other party. The laboratory was pitch black, couldn't see the expression of the other party clearly. The security teacher got nervous, swallowed saliva: "Didn't disturb your experiment, did I?"

  In the darkness, two pairs of eyes met, and at the same time, a sharp light flashed.

  Yao Ziye's calm and gentle voice came from the darkness: "I think, no."

  "That's great." First, he touched his chest, and then hesitated, unsure. The teacher on duty asked again, "It didn't affect your experiment process or results, did it?"

  Light footsteps moved from indoors to the doorway, and into the corridor, where they caught a slant of sunlight shining in from outside.

  The gatekeeper teacher looked up and saw that Yao Ziye was standing at the door, with a pair of narrow eyes under his hair, slightly closed as if they were cat's eyes, as if ready to observe everything around him at any time.

  "Is anyone coming?" asked Yao Ziye with a smile.

  The security guard teacher apologized again: "Sorry, it's a group of students who came over, they have no sense of propriety, moving things around randomly, this is not..."

  "No, I'm asking." Cutting off the other person's words, he looked down the corridor with a raised eyebrow, "Who came over this afternoon?"

  "The number of people who come every day is always the same." The slightly older gatekeeper teacher had a poor memory, and when asked by his superiors, he became flustered and incoherent. "Alright, I'll go get the visitor registration form for you to see."

  "It's nothing." He stretched out his hand to block the other person and said, "I was just casually asking, didn't mean anything."

  "Colonel Yao, really didn't affect your experiment?" The gatekeeper teacher was still tense after being asked three times.

  Able to receive a deep and long gaze from behind, Yao Zi's slightly hooked mouth corners determined: "No, the result is the same as before, there's nothing good to say."

  The security guard teacher thanked heaven and earth and left.

  Listening to the sound of slippers leaving, it seemed to be mixed with another escaping footstep. Yao Ziye suddenly lowered his eyes, pulled up the glass door, and when he returned to the inner laboratory, he also locked the door with a click.

  In the darkness, his eyes met Lu Jun's: "You heard everything."

  "There are no surveillance devices here." In the dark, Lu Jun's eyes kept flashing.

  "Yes. At first I chose here also because it's an old building, and at the end of the year it may be demolished and rebuilt, so there are no surveillance facilities installed."

  Every advantage has its disadvantage. Likewise, it is the same for others.

  At least, the other party can't grasp whose specimen they are holding.

  With his arms crossed, Lu Jun's eyes stared at the black screen as his cold and menacing voice floated in the darkness: "The most important thing to do now is to destroy the specimen."

  Gazing at the computer screen with him, which was still filled with the lingering shadows of the night, his narrow and long eyebrows slightly furrowed in concern: "Did you see the last line clearly?"

  Sixteen pairs of parent-child identification, as long as one pair does not match both, can turn the table. Although this is just the first step, for the Lu family to finally confirm, many more repeated tests are needed. However, this initial step has already laid an unprecedented foundation - finding her signs.

  "I know without looking." Before my eyes, a slender face with glasses that seemed transparent appeared, the ice in his dark pupils cracking open, and the light flowing out was eager to escape.