The cafeteria quickly filled up, most of the people Lin Yuhui didn't recognize. He and Salis chose a table and sat facing each other.
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Although not particularly interested in Salis across the table, Lin Yuhui was quite interested in the information she handled, so he leisurely ate while asking,
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"I'm new to this company and don't know much. How long have you been working here?"
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"Oh, about six or seven years," Salis replied while eating, looking at Hunter, her tone and eyes suggesting a lack of interest in the topic.
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"So, are you happy with your job?"
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"It's alright," Lin Yuhui replied, realizing he'd killed the conversation, he changed the subject.
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"Uh, I don't have children yet. Do you think embryo gene editing is reliable?"
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"Hehe, it's been over half a century, several generations," Salis said, a cheerful expression returning to her face.
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"Tell me the truth, Hunter, don't lie to me. Have you edited your own?" She had just finished speaking... She was serious for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh, before speaking in a delicate voice,
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"If you're worried, you can try. Anyway, the state government has funding for gene optimization. Having more children doesn't require you to get pregnant yourself; you'll just boost my year-end performance, but..." She paused, smiling, and looked at Hunter,
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"But, what kind of eggs do you want to use?"
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"Salice, have you prepared the flowerbed seeds for next spring?" Someone asked in a fleeting moment,
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"Oh damn, Vivian," Salice cursed, looking up past Hunter towards the figure.
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Lin Yuhui turned sharply and saw a slender, petite woman walk by, her movements agile. She wore a red and white checkered shirt with wide sleeves, the hem tied at her waist, and bright red tapered trousers that were loose around the hips and thighs but firm in the calves. The loose fabric swayed as she walked, exuding youthful energy and unrestrained spirit.
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As she turned, she giggled, her voice clear and bright, her bright eyes and red lips accentuated by her short, neat black hair. “She’s my good friend. She’s in charge of purchasing lab equipment. You see, she’s young, and a bit mischievous.” Lin Yuhui could detect a hint of bitterness in Salis’s words—the envy and jealousy of a middle-aged woman for a younger woman, admiring her youthful beauty while lamenting her own fading youth.
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“She’s so young and energetic, she must have many suitors,” Lin Yuhui didn’t want to ask Salis directly about her personal life, so she inquired indirectly.
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“Hehe, what, you’ve got your eye on someone too?” Salis asked teasingly.
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“No, no, I can’t have every woman I meet,”
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“Why not?” Salis muttered to herself, her voice slightly downcast, as she slowly stuffed food into her mouth. During the brief silence of their conversation, Lin Yuhui tried to shift her attention away from Hunter’s body and towards Salis’s thoughts. She seemed to sense that Salis wanted a child, hoping it would be Hunter’s genes. She wasn’t interested in other men in her life; she believed Hunter’s genes were optimized.
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Coincidentally, Lin Yuhui had also suspected this. He had already mixed Hunter's genetic material into other samples under the guise of blind testing and sent them for analysis. He was also curiously awaiting the results.
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Now it seemed that although social progress had made individual survival no longer dependent on labor, society still possessed its naturally formed structures. When money no longer served as a barrier, technological privilege became the barrier between classes, and the body he was using was a product of this. Previously, women wanted to marry into wealth and enjoy a luxurious life; now, it had become a more instinctive need—the desire for higher-quality genetic material.
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After lunch, Lin Yuhui usually took a nap, but this Hunter body didn't feel the fatigue he expected after lunch. He couldn't imagine what Hunter had done with that energy for nefarious purposes.
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Back in his office, he used a head-mounted holographic device, like recharging himself, to rapidly transmit sensory information to his brain through both sight and hearing, gaining an understanding of the company's specific business, technology, and commercial situation.
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"Trust," Lin Yuhui put down the headset and quickly realized the problem. This was a technological trust that spanned a person's entire life, from birth to death or even immortality. The next step was to control all aspects of society across industries. Perhaps this was why Hunter's brother, Theodore, had died so mysteriously before.
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And now he was in this position. No wonder Hunter's father had told him not to make any decisions; he must have been afraid the boy would unknowingly lose his life too.
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But now he was in this position! Lin Yuhui's survival instinct surged. Although he was already dead, Hunter's body was truly useful. The good life he hadn't experienced while alive was just beginning. How could he not be tempted? Therefore, he had to establish a firm foothold, accumulate strength, and fight against the dark forces behind it all.
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Lin Yuhui scanned his office, pondering the possible causes of Theodore's heart failure. Poisoning? Electromagnetic attack? Or physical attack? It was a pity he wasn't there at the time, and Theodore was already buried. Although he couldn't dissect him, if he were alive, perhaps he could still obtain some of his memories.
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Oh? There's also Grace. Thinking of this, Lin Yuhui lost all interest in staying in his office and immediately took a car home.
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He pushed open Grace's door, intending to hug and kiss her to build rapport and then ask her about her life with Theodore. But instead of the serene Grace waiting for him in her room, he saw her playing and frolicking on the bed with their two children.
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Lin Yuhui closed the door behind him and said softly,
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"Your, our, ah no, your children?" He was a little stunned, unsure how to phrase it.
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“Ah, yes, Theodore and I,” Grace said, stepping forward to kiss Hunter, then continued,
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“They are your children too, their souls are your children.”
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“Oh, yes,” Lin Yuhui thought to herself, though inwardly they were even more distant relatives in spirit, but how could she say it aloud?
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“No, Mom, he’s Uncle Hunter, we’re not his children. You…you told me to stay away from him? He’s not a good person,” the older girl pouted. Grace laughed at this, too embarrassed to look Hunter in the eye, and quickly explained with a smile,
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“Sorry, I taught the children that before, before you came back,” she said, her eyes darting away.
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“Uh, that’s right. Don’t let the kids be with me alone when you’re not around. Who knows when Hunter will be back?” Lin Yuhui answered cautiously.
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“Really? Hunter will come back? Will you leave?” Grace asked nervously.
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“Just in case. Don’t worry.”
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“Oh.” At the dinner table, the children’s return added to the joy. Grace sat happily beside Hunter, while George and his wife Gillian looked at the children with slight relief. Then Hunter formally inquired,
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“Dad,” although Lin Yuhui didn’t approve, he was eating and drinking at the man’s expense, using his son’s and daughter-in-law’s bodies—he could consider him a godfather, after all.
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“If I were to inherit the family business and bloodline, perhaps I shouldn’t mention him, my deceased brother Theodore. Was he involved in some conflict of interest? Do you know anything about it? Please tell me.”
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“Sigh,” Gillian sighed upon hearing Hunter’s words, shook her head, and looked at George.
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“Well, let’s talk after dinner,” George said.
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and then Add to home screen.