Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

120. The Research Will Cause A Stir in The World

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Li Qinghao felt that he had had a long dream. He couldn’t remember what had happened in his dream, but he felt like Snow White in the fairy tale who slept for a long time because of the poison apple given by the Wicked Queen.

He opened his eyes and found himself in a strange room. He sat up and looked around. There was no one in the room.

‘Where am I now?’ Li Qinghao thought to himself.

He lifted the quilt and found himself naked. Li Qinghao frowned. In his view, only Nancheng Lie dared to undress him.

At the thought of that, Li Qinghao stopped frowning. He tried to recall what had happened before he lost his consciousness. The only thing he could remember was chatting with Nancheng Lie in Mu Ming’s villa, but everything that followed right after that was just a blur.

Li Qinghao was sure that the reason he had fainted away was because of an attack of TRKS.

He went to the bathroom, picked up a bath towel and wrapped the lower part of his body in it. Suddenly, some scenes flashed through his mind, but he didn’t see them clearly.

Li Qinghao began to brush his teeth. He looked at himself in the mirror for a long time. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but couldn’t tell why. After brushing his teeth, he washed his face and then walked out of the bathroom.

As he reached the door, he stopped. He walked back and looked carefully at his face in the mirror, but found nothing wrong.

He walked from the bathroom and searched the room for clothes, but found nothing. He had no choice but to leave the guest room, wearing nothing but a bath towel. The smells of delicious foods drifted from downstairs. Li Qinghao took a deep breath and felt hungry.

When he came downstairs, Li Qinghao saw Nancheng Lie, Yingli and Jin You eating at the same table. “What are you guys eating? It smells delicious.”

Hearing the voice of Li Qinghao, the three of them turned around at the same time. They fixed their eyes on Li Qinghao without saying a word.

“What’s wrong?” Li Qinghao felt a bit uncomfortable under their steady, searching gaze. He mistakenly thought they were surprised by the improper way he dressed. “Why are you looking at me like that? I didn’t find any clothes in my room, so I could only wrap myself in the bath towel. Is there anything wrong?” They were all men, and it was okay to be naked in front of them.

A few seconds later, Nancheng Lie asked in a tentative tone, “Xu?”

Li Qinghao rolled his eyes at Nancheng Lie and asked, “Where are my clothes?” He didn’t want to be half naked all the time.

Hearing this, Nancheng Lie, Yingli and Jin You looked at one another, surprised. The same question flashed in their minds– Didn’t he find that he became a teenager again?

Judging from Li Qinghao’s reactions, he really didn’t find that.

“Hahaha…” Nancheng Lie couldn’t help laughing. “Xu.” Nancheng Lie rose from his chair and ran towards Li Qinghao. “Oh great! Xu, you are awake!” He hugged Li Qinghao so tightly that Li Qinghao could scarcely breathe.

“Damn it! Let me go! Let me go, Nancheng Lie!” Li Qinghao struggled hard to escape from Nancheng Lie’s hold, but it was in vain… A few moments later, he finally realized what was wrong. He couldn’t push Nancheng aside. What was more… he found himself nearly 25 cm shorter than Nancheng Lie. When did Nancheng Lie grow to be so tall?

Ten minutes later.

Li Qinghao stood in the bathroom looking at himself in the mirror. He finally knew what made him feel strange. Although his features hadn’t changed, he looked much younger than before. His skin was delicate and glossy. All in all, he looked like a beautiful teenager.

Li Qinghao summed up their explanations and came to a conclusion. “So it’s all because I was injected with an overdose of the antidote?” he asked in a flat voice. If in the past, the way he spoke would add to his masculine charm. But now he was just a 163-centimeter-tall boy… Nancheng Lie burst into laughter. He had to admit that Xu was so lovely.

He had big eyes, white skin and black, shoulder-length hair. In the eyes of Nancheng Lie, Li Qinghao was like a cute elf.

Li Qinghao raised a questioning eyebrow and asked, “Something funny?”

Nancheng Lie shook his head. He held back his laughter and asked in a sympathetic tone of voice, “Are you okay, Xu?”

“What do you think?” Li Qinghao answered Nancheng Lie’s question with another question. In his view, Nancheng Lie was gloating over his misfortune.

Nancheng Lie comforted, “I know it’s hard for you to accept all this in a short time, but you can rest assured that Yingli and Jin You will continue to work on the antidote.”

“Humph!” Li Qinghao snorted coldly. “Continue to work on the antidote? I’m afraid that the antidote they are going to develop will make me a little boy of six or seven.” Li Qinghao came up to Nancheng Lie and grabbed him by the collar to pull him closer to him. “Lie, you have to remember that I’m a minor now.” With that, he pushed Nancheng Lie away.

Ah?

Nancheng Lie was dazed. He blinked and didn’t seem to understand what Li Qinghao meant.  After a few seconds, he finally snapped out of his trance. “Don’t do that…” he yelled.

In the living room.

After learning that Li Qinghao had regained consciousness, Nancheng Yunsen came to visit him with a basket of fruit. Yunsen knew that something unusual had happened to Li Qinghao. On the surface, he was here to show concern for Li Qinghao. But in fact, he was just coming to see the fun.

“Are you all right, Xu?” Nancheng Yunsen looked at Li Qinghao, who was sitting on the sofa, and greeted him with concern. However, his curved lips betrayed his real intention; otherwise, Li Qinghao might have been deceived by the contrived, concerned look on his face.

With a smile, Li Qinghao replied, “Thank you for your freezer, Bro. You must know more about my physical condition than I do. So, why do you ask me this question?”

Nancheng Yunsen burst out laughing. “All right, Xu. But you look really… Hahaha…” He laughed so hard he doubled up with laughter.

Li Qinghao glanced sharply at Nancheng Yunsen. “Bro, you are nearly forty, right?”

“So?” Nancheng Yunsen got a bad feeling.

“I suggest you try this astonishing antidote. After all, once you reach the age of forty, you will soon be fifty.” Li Qinghao’s lips curved into a meaningful smile. “You are aging quickly.” He didn’t allow anyone to make fun of him.

Hearing this, Nancheng Yunsen stopped laughing. He gazed at Li Qinghao.

“Why are you looking at him like that? Don’t rob the cradle. He’s too young for you.” Nancheng Lie immediately took Li Qinghao in his arms and shielded Li from the intense gaze of Nancheng Yunsen.

Crack! Nancheng Yunsen clapped his hands. “Xu, your words enlighten me. Come on, give me an injection of antidote. I want to get younger…”

At these words, everyone in the living room rolled their eyes at Nancheng Yunsen, speechless.

After Li Qinghao regained consciousness, Yingli and Jin You took some of his blood for tests once again. They confirmed that the virus in Li Qinghao’s body had been wiped out.

“But we are not sure what exactly the sequelae of an overdose of antidote to TRKS are. So, you have to come here once a week for a check-up,” Yingli said with a serious expression on his face.

Li Qinghao nodded, “Okay, I got it.”

“What about his physical condition and the further development of the antidote to TRKS?” Nancheng Lie thought that it was good for Xu to be a teenager again. But the biggest problem he was facing now was that Li Qinghao was under age. So, Nancheng Lie hoped that Li Qinghao could be a few years older.

“We need more time to do further research.” Yingli turned to look at Jin You and asked, “Are you interested in continuing this research?”

Jin You’s eyes lit up. Yingli saw a genuine love of science in Jin You’s eyes. “If the antidote we’ve developed can make people become younger by changing the human skeleton without any other sequelae, our research will certainly cause a stir in the world.” By then, the consequences would be more serious than another world war if their findings were revealed.

“I have a proposal,” Nancheng Lie said. “I have a private island, which is originally used for vacation. It has a first-class security system. If you want to continue the research, I can give you the right to the use of the island and moreover, I will pay all the expenses of the research. What do you think of my proposal?”

Nancheng Lie’s proposal was very attractive, especially for the researchers, such as Yingli and Jin You. To Nancheng Lie, Li Qinghao’s physical condition was a variable. No one could guarantee that there was no other sequela. Therefore, the research should be continued.

“Okay.”

“I need to make some preparations.”

Yingli and Jin You said at the same time.

They needed more researchers to join them in the following study. Every member of Yingli’s research team had once signed a confidentiality agreement. They didn’t yet know the purpose of the research. If Yingli decided to continue to hire them, sooner or later they would learn the secret about the sequela of an overdose of antidote to TRKS.

It was a very dangerous thing.

But since Nancheng Lie said so, it meant that he had a complete and thorough plan. He had said that he would never again put his beloved Xu in danger.

Whither Qinghao should go after leaving Yingli’s home became a very important question. But in the eyes of Nancheng Lie, there was no doubt that Li Qinghao should stay with him.

“Needless to say, he’ll go to my home with me.” Nancheng Lie held Li Qinghao in his arms. “Xu.” He lowered his head and planted a kiss on Li’s face.

Li Qinghao was now petite, and Nancheng Lie could easily take Li in his arms. In the past, they two had been almost the same height, and Li Qinghao had always refused to stay in his arms.

Nancheng Yunsen was deeply ashamed of his younger brother. It never occurred to him that his younger brother was a pedophile. “You are right, bro. It’s impracticable to send Xu back to Li’s residence. We need to fake up an excuse to stop the Li family from seeing Xu.” If there were no accidents, Xu would grow taller in the next few years…