Chapter 834
“Sophie, I won’t be leaving you all alone here anyway. Even if you tell me to leave, I won’t go.”
Butterfly was persistent in her words.
“Fine, then you’ll stay here!” As Sophie knew Butterfly’s personality well, she didn’t say anything more.
The group headed toward the temporary medical research center, which was a place that existed in secret.
Since the International Medical Association had been completely destroyed, Barney’s exact location would surely remain a secret.
Barney finally heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing Sophie and Arius arriving at the facility.
“I’m relieved to see the both of you safe and sound. Otherwise, I’ll never be able to forgive myself.” He was the one who summoned them there. It would be hard for him to be at ease if something bad happened to them in this place.
“How could you think like that, Dr. Smith? We’re totally fine. Besides, even if something really happened to us, it’s our fate. You don’t have to blame yourself for it.”
“All right.”
“This is the result of my research, Dr. Smith. I have discovered what caused the virus mutation, and I believe we can find a way to resolve this problem.” It shouldn’t be difficult to fix the rest of the problems now that they have determined the cause.
“Okay. Let’s work hard together. We’re racing against time now, so we’ve got to solve this before the Grim Reaper knocks on the door.”
As of right now, Anglandur was in a state of chaos.
There was no telling what would happen next if they didn’t act quickly, and it was already at its worst point right now.
“Okay.”
“What about them? We’re here to do research, so they won’t be much help if they stay. Why don’t we let them return home instead?” Barney said as he looked at Butterfly and Tristan.
“Dr. Smith, it isn’t absolutely safe here. With both of them around, we can conduct our research and experiments without worrying about safety,” Sophie explained the purpose of having Butterfly and Tristan here with them.
Barney eventually nodded and agreed after pondering for a brief moment.
It didn’t make much of a difference to Barney.
Everything else was irrelevant as long as Sophie was trustworthy enough.
“Butterfly, please follow Arius,” Sophie said to Butterfly, who nodded immediately.
“Don’t worry. I’ll protect him well.” Butterfly also knew that Tristan would remain by Sophie’s side and protect her. In this case, she could only protect Arius for now.
“Okay.”
As everyone headed to their respective laboratories, they began a new round of research.
While Sophie was busy with her work, Tristan couldn’t offer her any assistance since he didn’t have any knowledge in that aspect.
Therefore, he had no choice but to watch beside her.
Oh, so that’s what my woman looks like when she does her research! It’s so amazing and cool of her to be so focused on her work.
Tristan stared at her with a besotted look on his face.
At that moment, he really wanted to hug and kiss her, but he knew it wasn’t the right time for him to disturb her. Therefore, Tristan chose not to do anything and simply observed her quietly.
Sophie kept herself busy until someone brought them food when it was time for lunch. After that, she stopped working and went to eat with Tristan.
“Is it boring for you?”
Life in the laboratory is dull. He must find it boring to be here and have nothing to do!
“No! I think it’s quite interesting.” Wherever she was, he would never get bored at all.
“All right. You should eat more.” After that, Sophie filled Tristan’s lunchbox with meat from her own.
“You should eat more too. It’s you who’s putting in the effort. I’m just sitting there doing nothing.”
“I will.”
Due to the fact that it was a secret base, there was no cafeteria available, so they were only provided with packed meals.
As the facilities provided were mediocre, Tristan was quite concerned with Sophie’s health.
After lunch, Sophie leaned against Tristan to rest for a while, feeling exhausted from all the mental work she had been doing.
She was satisfied enough with only resting her eyes for a while.
Because Tristan knew she was exhausted, he did not disturb her sleep. Instead, he allowed her to lean on him for as long as she needed.
Sophie, too, didn’t realize she could even fall asleep during a critical period like this. It wasn’t until half an hour later that she finally woke up.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?” How could I fall asleep at a time like this?
“It’s okay. You’ll work more efficiently after a short break.” Tristan merely thought that she was too tired and wanted her to rest for a while.
He just didn’t wish to see her so exhausted like that.
“All right, then. I’m going back to work. You can rest for a while, and I’ll call you if anything happens.”
He hadn’t been able to take a good rest since the incident with the International Medical Association, so it was time for him to do so.
“Okay.”
Meanwhile, in Jipsdale, the Lombard family was even more anxious after learning about the situation in Anglandur. They knew the country was truly in chaos at the moment.
It was so worrying for Ysabelle that she couldn’t even eat at all.
“Tell me, Aunt Sarah, will Uncle Tristan and Sophie return home safely?” Those terrorists are really scary!
Sarah’s expression was grim as well.
“Don’t talk about something like this in front of Grandpa. He’ll be worried sick.” Surely Sophie and Tristan will return to us safe and sound. What they’re doing there now is righteous and good. They will come home to us, won’t they?
Although Ysabelle knew she couldn’t say such things at home, she couldn’t resist the urge to express her feelings. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to sleep.
“Why don’t we give them a call, Aunt Sarah?” Even though they couldn’t go to Anglandur to visit them, hearing their voices was good enough for them.
“Okay.”
Sarah then quickly made a phone call to Tristan. Surprisingly, the call went through almost immediately.
“Hey, Sarah! Yes, don’t worry. We’re fine. Sophie’s super busy right now, so she couldn’t talk much to you.”
As soon as the call got through, Tristan briefly chatted for a while and hung up after that.
Ysabelle wanted to chat with Sophie for a bit, but she didn’t have the chance to do so.
“Why is Sophie so busy?” Sophie always seemed to be preoccupied with something, no matter where she was.
“All right, enough of that. You can feel at ease now that we know they’re safe and sound. With Tristan around, he’ll protect Sophie well.”
They should all have faith that the duo would be able to return home safely.
“All right. I know.”
Feeling extremely bored, Ysabelle had no choice but to look for Felix. Despite being busy, Felix took some time off after seeing her arrive at his office to accompany her.
He even requested his secretary to bring some desserts over.
“What’s wrong? You seem really unhappy. Could it be that I’m too busy these days and don’t have time to accompany you? Once I’m done with all my stuff, I’ll definitely spend more time with you.” Felix missed her too, but the problems at hand were simply too overwhelming for him to handle. He needed to take care of everything well so Tristan wouldn’t have to worry about anything while he was in Anglandur.
“Leave me be. I’m just feeling bored.”
Felix wrapped his arms around her waist.
“How could I leave you alone? You’re the one I care most about in this world. I don’t care about the others, but you will always matter to me.” After finishing his words, Felix kissed her on the lips. She was his most treasured sweetheart, after all.
