I Am the Only Fertile Woman in the Game-Chapter 107: Human Heart

Soter.

In the unnoticed dark alley, a tall shadow stepped into the night. He avoided all the Heavenly Eyes along the way and arrived at an abandoned factory where a young man, dressed opulently, had been waiting for a long time.

"Big brother, good to see you unharmed."

Without turning around, Lanze's spiritual power had already enveloped the shadow.

The man removed his cloak's hood, revealing it was Neo, who had long been missing.

"It seems leaving you alive that day was the right choice, otherwise I would have missed today's thrilling act." Neo approached him, sizing up the brother he hadn't seen for so long, and squinted, "You've changed."

Lanze gave a gentle smile, his face showing a benign expression as he said, "Have I?"

Neo felt a chill. He didn't waste more time on small talk, after all, there wasn't any real brotherly affection. He got straight to the point, "Zong Fang has urged Soter not to interfere with the Ancient Humans' research and even used his father's influence for this purpose. Your plan is doomed."

Lanze looked straight ahead, his eyes showing a void of emptiness, and said, "Isn't this outcome desirable?"

Neo frowned, "Did you never intend to let that human return to Soter from the beginning?"

Lanze lowered his gaze, making it hard to discern his thoughts.

"She hates being coerced the most, whether she returns to Soter or not isn't what's important, what matters is her fallout with Zong Fang."

Neo did not know how Lanze had found him, after his failed coup he had been hiding from Leberli's assassins. During the time he occupied the Imperial Court, he obtained Qiao Suisui's medical records, learning the secret of her identity, and then used the threat of exposing Qiao Suisui's identity to temporarily prevent Leberli from utterly destroying him.

By chance, he saw a reporter covertly gathering information, claiming to look for a female's data. He recognized it was Qiao Suisui from a blurred photo of her from behind. But he did not plan to sell her medical records to the reporters as it was his only bargaining chip, if not used wisely, it would be revealing his hand prematurely.

But Lanze found him and had him sell the information to the reporter.

Neo knew his younger brother. Lanze, as a child, was tender-hearted and simplistic. He couldn't even bear to punish the servants when they erred. He simply didn't understand why their father chose him as an heir, nor did he accept it. So, when Lanze presented his terms for a deal, he didn't take Lanze seriously.

Yet it was this kind-hearted brother who revealed his hiding place to Leberli's men, forcing him to flee daily. Eventually, Neo couldn't withstand it any longer and had to compromise, allowing Lanze to help him rise again in exchange for Qiao Suisui's medical records.

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Thus, the sudden exposure happened, and what he didn't expect was that immediately following the exposé was the research center's press conference. Everything was too coincidental. Behind the scenes, it appeared as though a mastermind was quietly watching everything unfold as expected.

Neo started to not understand Lanze.

"What exactly are you trying to do? Zong Fang is not easy to provoke. Aren't you afraid of his retaliation by exploiting him?"

Lanze smiled faintly and said, "If that day really comes, for her, I am willing. Besides, Zong Fang is too useful."

Lanze was precocious, and with his unique Talent experiences, he understood human nature more deeply than others. Such a person could either become a god or a devil in a mere thought, and was best at manipulating people's hearts. Gorba III recognized this trait in his youngest son and thus wholeheartedly supported his ascent to power. Neo, although capable, was far behind him in this aspect.

He informed Zong Fang about Qiao Suisui being the First Spouse to kill two birds with one stone.

In his foreknowledge, he saw Qiao Suisui and the son of the rebel leader holding a coupling ceremony. The scene was very fragmented and vague, and he could only speculate based on the few images he had seen.

Lanze had once been so worried that he couldn't sleep, even going as far as to write her a letter before leaving, just to ensure she knew the identity of the other party and made her choices carefully. In Lanze's view, falling in love with someone you shouldn't without knowing was a disaster. He didn't want her to get hurt.

But fate played tricks, and the letter never reached her.

Lanze thought this might be an opportunity given by fate.

An opportunity that allowed him to stand by her side legitimately.

Among these men, Sikoses and Leberli posed only benefits and no threat to her, so Lanze would not choose to deal with them but planned to mediate with them later. However, one man had to be eliminated, and that man was Anubis. But Lanze did not want to do it himself, as it would cause Suisui to hate him, so he needed a sharp 'knife'.

He planted a 'Heart Demon' in Zong Fang at the banquet, telling him that Suisui's true heart belonged only to one person, and that person was definitely not him.

This man was very strong, a rare talent, but he had one flaw, extreme egocentrism. Such a person would not allow others to covet his belongings, not to mention his strong possessiveness over Suisui. What he couldn't have, nobody else should even dream of having. Between genius and madness, there was only a thin line, and that line was Qiao Suisui.

Thus, Lanze set up a series of traps, one leading to another, first causing Zong Fang to become mentally unstable, leading to alienation in their relationship, then tricking Qiao Suisui into thinking Zong Fang was forcing her to lock her up in Soter. During this period, he only needed to watch the developments, letting the conflicts between them ferment.

Zong Fang was like a barrel of strong liquor, addictive at first taste, but if one drank strong liquor day after day, even if she liked it, she would definitely realize it was harmful to her. Not to mention, if there were wounds in her mouth, the strong liquor would only make it hurt more.

Lanze believed that after this, Qiao Suisui would definitely distance herself from Zong Fang, which Zong Fang would find unbearable. Furthermore, with the prophecy he told Zong Fang about the First Spouse, the man would surely do something extreme. In this way, not only would he make it impossible for Zong Fang to win back Qiao Suisui, but he would also get rid of Anubis.

Neo knew nothing of these convoluted machinations and didn't think Lanze possessed any strategic insight into human nature, dismissively saying, "Anyway, I've done everything you asked for, now it's time to discuss my conditions."

Lanze's smile grew more harmless as he politely replied, "Of course. Big brother, I already have a plan to help you rise again."

Neo looked serious and asked, "What is it?"

"Come closer, this matter must not be overheard."

Neo approached and leaned forward slightly to hear Lanze say, "Big brother, I actually had foreknowledge of your end, you were ultimately cut down by a man from Leberli, your legs severed and your body cast aside on the Deserted Star..."

"Heh!"

Neo suddenly grabbed Lanze's arm, looking down incredulously to find him holding a golden dagger that had plunged directly into his chest, blood blossoming on his clothes like flowers.

"You...."

Lanze still smiled, his expression unchanging, and continued, "I think that ending is too tragic, better let me change it for you. Big brother, go in peace; I will bury you alongside our father."

The young man pulled out the knife, and the tall man fell to his knees, his eyes wide, swallowing his last breath reluctantly.

Lanze took out a handkerchief to wipe the dagger, his blue eyes calm and innocent as the sea.

He slowly raised his head, closed his eyes, and used his Talent. His consciousness seemed to travel through tens of thousands of scenes, finally stopping on one.

The setting in the image seemed to be a school apartment corridor, with blood splattered on door number 702.

Lanze revealed a smile, then opened his eyes and murmured to himself, "Almost there, she needs me by her side now...."