VHBF -Chapter 126 The Bigshot Researcher Daddy (Part 16)

“Daddy…?”

Yinyin hadn’t opened her eyes yet. She subconsciously called out, her little hand groping in the air before being caught by a large hand.

Mo Linqing pinched her chubby little face and deliberately put on the Big Bad Wolf voice from TV, lowering his voice as he said, “Your daddy’s been taken away by the Big Bad Wolf—howl~”

The several senior figures from the research institute, whom Professor Mo had called in to deal with Lin Ju, were somewhat speechless. The corners of their eyes twitched. Ever since Professor Mo became a full-time dad, he often seemed like a completely different person—sometimes so childish it was unbelievable.

Once, in the cafeteria, because his daughter was getting along well with other researchers, he had actually glared and frightened people, snapping at a clueless young researcher, “If you want a daughter, can’t you go give birth to one yourself?”

It was… quite something.

That young researcher had almost been scared into wetting himself, terrified that if Professor Mo took offense, he might casually pull some stunt—or make life difficult for him in one way or another.

The director and Director Lin watched solemnly as the woman was dragged out of the laboratory by armed police, their expressions grave, brows tightly furrowed.

Director Lin recognized this woman—the troublemaking intern, Lin Ju.

Her clothes were almost completely soaked with sweat, her appearance disheveled, her face so pale it carried an abnormal grayish-purple hue.

After the initial wave of numbness passed, aside from pain in her chest and face, Lin Ju felt almost nothing else.

If she hadn’t seen with her own eyes that devil inject her with the virus, she would almost have believed it was all just an illusion.

She still hadn’t passed out. On the contrary, her mind felt abnormally alert.

Two armed police officers were about to drag her away for processing. Professor Mo had called the police, saying that this woman had secretly slipped into his laboratory to steal materials from a top-secret project, immediately alarming the entire institute.

The director, Director Lin, and the armed police captain brought people over. Even the researchers selected to participate in this project couldn’t sit still anymore and rushed over to see which idiot dared to sabotage their work.

Lin Ju refused to leave no matter what. She clung to a table leg and shouted in a trembling voice, “Wait, wait! I have something to say—I want to report someone!”

The director and Director Lin exchanged a glance. The director raised a hand, signaling the two armed police officers to stop for now and see what she had to say.

“I want to report—”

Lin Ju’s gaze fixed resentfully on Mo Linqing, then paused.

Mo Linqing was squatting by the small sofa, teasing the little one who had just woken up. He didn’t spare her even a fraction of attention. Even when those pointed words were spoken, he didn’t so much as furrow his brows, still coaxing gently, “Be good. Daddy will take you to the Rainbow Restaurant later, okay? Isn’t their strawberry cake your favorite?”

At the mention of food, the still-groggy and uneasy Yinyin’s eyes lit up. She climbed up and launched herself into her daddy’s arms, rubbing against him as she coquettishly said, “And—and that green yogurt is yummy too!”

Mo Linqing hooked her little nose. “That’s vegetable-juice yogurt.”

Father and daughter were enjoying themselves, utterly out of sync with the tense atmosphere in the office. Everyone’s gaze followed the implications in Lin Ju’s words and landed on Mo Linqing.

They watched as he seemed utterly oblivious, finished soothing his little daughter, then picked her up, as if about to leave.

Lin Ju’s eyes were filled with venom as they landed on the child in his arms. It was this little troublemaker—always ruining her plans.

If she hadn’t coincidentally run into this child this time, she would have left long ago. She wouldn’t have run into Mo Linqing returning, and she certainly wouldn’t have been forcibly injected with the virus by this devil.

Staring intently at the father and daughter, Lin Ju said word by word, “I want to report Professor Mo Linqing. He’s embezzling under the guise of supervision. He’s using the institute’s equipment and resources to privately develop a super virus that will destroy the world in the future. I entered his office to steal the virus and expose his terrifying plot.”

“He’s a complete madman. He will destroy the world!”

Lin Ju spoke earnestly, looking toward the highly respected director. “Director, I broke into Professor Mo’s laboratory for the sake of all humanity’s future. I didn’t do it on purpose—there was truly no other choice.”

Her words exploded like a thunderclap in Mo Linqing’s office. For a moment, everyone present wore blank expressions, eyes full of confusion.

The director frowned, hands clasped behind his back, and said nothing.

Director Lin’s chubby face twitched as he spoke, “Comrade Lin Ju, you need to take responsibility for what you say. Do you know the consequences of casually slandering a director-level researcher who has made major contributions to the country?”

“You’ve already made several mistakes. I hope you can stick to the facts.”

In fact, once they recovered from the shock, everyone present looked at Lin Ju as if she were insane. Professor Mo researching viruses to destroy the world?

It was as ridiculous as claiming that gravity made things fall upward—utter nonsense!

Professor Mo was a genuine genius of this era. At twelve, he had already completed all undergraduate coursework through self-study and was admitted to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After earning his doctorate, he refused teaching offers from top American universities and recruitment from multiple European and American research institutes, resolutely returning home to devote himself to laboratory work. Over the years, he had made countless contributions to the nation’s biopharmaceutical field. How could someone like that possibly create a virus to destroy the world?

Even if they believed Professor Mo had the capability, he had no motive to do such a thing.

He came from a military family, with impeccable credentials. Old General Mo was retired at home; the family was full of martyrs. Anyone might turn antisocial—except him.

Seeing that everyone remained unmoved and even warned her against slandering Professor Mo, Lin Ju roared, “If you don’t believe me, examine my body!

“This pervert Mo Linqing injected me with the Z virus! Once it activates, it turns people into complete monsters! He’s insane!”

Her eyes were bloodshot. “You can’t cover this up. I demand a medical examination!”

Not only did the institute’s senior staff hear this, the researchers who had come to watch the commotion heard it too. Since things had reached this point, it couldn’t be handled privately anymore.

To prevent wild speculation and harmful rumors from spreading, Director Lin immediately suggested to the director that Lin Ju be examined publicly, with the entire process and data fully transparent—no one would be wronged!

Before saying this, Director Lin deliberately glanced at Professor Mo. Unfortunately, that man didn’t pay the slightest attention to this side. Even with the situation about to explode, he remained indifferent, not sparing a single glance.

Mo Linqing curled his lips upward, promising the little one all sorts of treats until she finally forgot today’s fear. He deliberately used his body to block Lin Ju from view, not letting the child see her.

All Director Lin was left with was the back of his dark head.

Director Lin: “……”

Mo Linqing was about to take the child out when the director finally spoke. “Xiao Mo, stay for now and listen to what’s going on.”

His plans to take the kid out for food and fun interrupted, Mo Linqing finally spared the woman on the floor—howling like a mad dog—a glance.

He snorted. If it weren’t for the child, under normal circumstances he could have dealt with this woman without leaving a single trace.

He didn’t want the main personality to someday tell the child that her dad wasn’t a good person. Mo Linqing wasn’t going to give that guy the chance!

He turned around, sat down casually, crossed his long legs, pressed the little one against his chest, and spoke curtly, “Fine.”

As the instruments scanned Lin Ju back and forth, Mo Linqing’s fingers twitched slightly, amusement in his eyes. Did they really think his work would be that easy to detect?

Since he had decided not to leave evidence, he wouldn’t leave something so obvious. The Z virus he injected into Lin Ju was an improved version—it wouldn’t activate immediately, nor could it be detected by any equipment.

At the very least, it would take half a year before it flared up. By then, Lin Ju would already have left the institute. No matter what, it couldn’t be traced back to him.

Several senior researchers from the institute were responsible for the examination. After finishing, they shook their heads. “Two fractured ribs in the chest area and minor skin abrasions. No other abnormalities. She’s very healthy—every data point is normal.”

Others looked down at Lin Ju, their eyes filled with an as expected expression. This woman was clearly lashing out in desperation, biting at anyone she could. She’d had the audacity to steal from Professor Mo, and now that she was about to be taken away, she tried to turn the tables and slander him. Truly despicable.

The director, who had remained silent until now, said, “Our institute has already terminated Lin Ju’s internship prior to this incident. What she’s done now goes beyond internal theft.”

“She is suspected of slandering Professor Mo of our institute and spying on a national-level top-secret project, as well as theft. We ask the police to investigate thoroughly as soon as possible.”

Normally, any incident at a tightly secured national research institute was a big deal.

Especially when it involved a top-secret project. With a single call from Professor Mo, not only did the armed guards arrive, but a special criminal investigation team was also dispatched to handle the case.

Seeing that the machines couldn’t detect anything and that she was about to be taken away for investigation, Lin Ju suddenly remembered—in the beginning, when the Z virus was disguised as a cure-all drug, it also took half a year before it activated.

That drug had undergone multiple rounds of testing before entering the market. Since nothing had been detected back then and it had been hailed as a miracle medicine, how could it be easily discovered now?

She abruptly looked at the man and caught the faint smile at the corner of his lips. Only then did she fall into complete despair.

How could she have forgotten this devil’s methods?

Lin Ju looked at the child in his arms. Even now, she still didn’t understand why her spatial ability had suddenly failed.

Yinyin moved, stood up on her daddy’s leg, and peeked over his shoulder.

That bad older sister was glaring viciously at her.

Yinyin shivered, hugged her daddy’s neck tightly, and suddenly found her courage. Puffing out her cheeks, she complained in a soft, milky voice, “Daddy, that bad sister hit me!”

“She pinched Yinyin’s neck!”

Mo Linqing already knew all of this, but the others didn’t.

He patted Yinyin’s head. “What else did she do to you?”

Yinyin hid entirely in her daddy’s arms, peeking out half a little head. Her gaze toward Lin Ju held both fear and anger. “Bad sister stole Daddy’s things. When Yinyin saw her, she disappeared.”

“Then she came back again, and she grabbed Yinyin’s neck. It hurt.”

With every sentence Yinyin spoke, Mo Linqing’s gaze darkened further. He even felt that he had been too merciful earlier—just injecting a virus wasn’t enough punishment for this woman. He should have kept her in the lab and tested hundreds, thousands of drugs on her.

Unlike Mo Linqing, whose focus lay elsewhere, the others were struck by the information hidden in Professor Mo’s daughter’s childish complaint.

Lin Ju suddenly disappeared—and then suddenly reappeared?

What did that mean?