Chapter 303: Killing is Easier than Saving

Just as Patriarch Chu promised, he came back in the morning, bringing gifts for Lyca and Shen Qui. This time, Matriarch Chu and the twins were still with him. This time, Matriarch Chu didn't hesitate to apologize to Lyca.

"Excuse me…" Lyca said. She found this situation truly awkward. After all, the woman bowing before her is already in her seventies. "Patriarch Chu… I am a very direct person." She was about to say lazy, but Shen Qui's gaze was enough to stop her. So she chose the word direct instead. "Let's just go directly to the things that you want me to do." She smiled. Pleasantries and talking like aristocrats are really not her strongest points. Seeing everyone's expression, Lyca continued. "I know that you wouldn't lower your head like this if you don't want something. What is it? Do you want me to create a bomb?"

"Do you want me to kill people?" she asked.

"Miss Xi… you are very— "

"Grandmother, Miss Xi is always like this." Chu Nan smiled at his grandmother. "Why don't we go outside first so grandfather can talk to them?" Chu Nan supported his grandmother and left with his brother.

"Please call me Lyca," Lyca said to the old man. She smiled. She knew that this person already had her background checked.

"You are very direct." Patriarch Chu was sitting opposite Lyca's bed. "I wasn't expecting that you would go directly to the point."

"There is no point in saying useless things." That would only prolong the conversation and decrease her sleeping time. "What is it?"

A sigh escaped the patriarch's lips. Smart people always act differently from normal ones. This will always make them stand out. As expected, her previous decision to invite Lyca was the right thing to do. The patriarch smiled inwardly. "I am hoping to recruit you."

"I am not looking for a job."

"…"

"Lyca please… listen to my proposal." The patriarch said calmly. He can hear impatience in Lyca's voice but he quickly ignored it. His current predicament cannot be explained in a few sentences. He needed time to talk to her about it.

"Alright. I am listening."

"My Chu Family is the richest family in the region, maybe even the whole country. However, there are things that even our money cannot buy." Slowly, the patriarch's face darkened. "My wife and I have three children. One of them died at a very young age because of Cancer. You see? Our money wasn't enough to save her. In fact, even if we spend all our money on her, she would still die. In the end, we chose to end her suffering and stop the treatments. After that, we have all of our descendants tested and found out that cancer that killed my daughter was hereditary."

The old man gave a mocking smile. "But we have money. We paid for the best chef who can give us the most nutritious food. We bought a farm and raised our own food. We never used anything with chemicals that could be harmful to our bodies. We do a check-up every six months and make sure that we exercise and stay active." He let out another sigh. "But can we really fight fate? One day, a piece of devastating news arrived. My grandson, Chu Munan had a benign cyst. Of course, with the help of money were immediately had I removed. But it came back. This time… it became malignant."

These words made Lyca speechless. So, they didn't want her to kill someone but save Chu Munan?

"Do you understand what I am trying to say?" Chu Patriarch asked. "The grandson that I loved the most, the heir of my Chu Family, have the same disease that took my daughter's life away." With this, Patriarch Chu stood and suddenly bowed at Lyca. "I am asking you to help them I will do my best to satisfy whatever it is that you want and support you in your future endeavors as long as you help my Chu Family!"

"Old Man… don't be too formal. You are too formal." Lyca said and gestured Shen Qui to stop the old man. "Stop bowing like that. You are scaring me."

"This involves the lives of my grandson! This is the future of my Chu Family."

"So Cancer…" Lyca ignored the old man's words. "Well… I have one question. Even if Chu Munan dies, there is still Chu Nan. There's no need to act like that." Her statement made Shen Qui want to face slap himself.

"Ah, you are truly different." Instead of getting angry at her words, the old man just gave a wry smile. "Chu Nan is with the police department. He cannot inherit my Chu Family. He was well aware that we never include ourselves in politics, even before he became like that. Chu Nan already agreed to give the Chu Family to his brother. Moreover, Chu Nan wanted to serve and protect people. As hypocritical as it may sound, his ideals are different from his brother. It was different from the whole Chu Family."

Lyca recalled the difference between that Chu Nan and Chu Munan. The difference was pretty obvious, and that made her recognize the twins immediately. They look kinda the same, but the expressions in their eyes were different. Too different.

"I can give you whatever you want as long as you help my Chu Family."

"Old man, why did you think that I can cure cancer? I am not some god. Cancer is not something that anyone can just cure. Plus, I have no talents in medicine. I am just someone who creates chemicals and kill people." If her guess was right, the real reason why they invited her here was because of the chemical that melted Zar Clint. How could creating poisonous chemicals be the same as creating something like that?

"Killing people is definitely easier than saving one." She added as she observed the old man's expression. For a few seconds, the old man stared at Lyca as a long stretch of silence followed.

"I have a team of people working to create something to kill the cancer cells. But none of them are as excellent as you. They were all doctors who graduated top of their class. But none of them could create something enough to melt flesh. In my analysis, someone who could create something like that could definitely create something that could save my grandson."