On the Ark.

In most cases, one can control one's desires, unless one cannot resist them. Isn't that a truism?

Nightingale said, "It's probably because your blood is different from other people's blood."

“Hmm… Warfarin also mentioned it, I think it’s because I’m a primitive human? I don’t really understand.” Lin Ye shook his head, then seemed to think of something, turned to look at Nightingale, and said, “By the way, it feels like you know more and more these past few days.”

Nightingale said, "Because I've been reading all the time."

Which aspect are you referring to?

“So many,” Nightingale said softly. “Because in the R&D department, you can’t do research without enough knowledge. So I’ve been reading a lot of books, but compared to others, I still know too little. I need to read even more so that I won’t embarrass Shining and Nearl…”

Lin Ye was speechless: "Do you read books just to avoid embarrassing them? That's a strange idea."

“It’s not surprising, and it’s not just them.” Nightingale shook her head. “When I was sick, so many people took care of me. Now that I’m better, I want to do something for them. I don’t think just reading and working is enough.”

Lin Ye looked at the nightingale, the moonlight shining on its fair profile, which suddenly made him feel a little sentimental.

The little girl who used to follow him around, asking for a pineapple bun, has finally grown up.

No, did it grow up, or did it disappear?

Lin Ye suddenly felt a tightness in his chest. He said, "There's no need to push yourself too hard. Those who helped you when you were sick certainly wouldn't have acted with such intentions."

Nightingale gave a soft "hmm," then asked Lin Ye, "When did you get back?"

"today."

"Has the energy in the amulet run out?"

Lin Ye first hummed in agreement, then sensed something was amiss: "Why are you asking this?"

"You came to me not to replenish the amulet's energy, but to find it?"

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly: "Do you think I only came to you for this reason?"

"Is not it?"

Lin Ye took a deep breath, then reached out and vigorously rubbed Nightingale's head: "Of course not, you're not my tool, why would you say such a thing, making it seem like I only came to find you for the [Holy Domain]."

Nightingale's hair was instantly ruffled and messed up, but she didn't care. She just shook her head and asked, "What does 'tool person' mean?"

"It means exactly what it says."

“Literally speaking…” Nightingale tilted her head, “it doesn’t seem so bad.”

"Huh? Why would you think that?"

"Is it strange?" the nightingale asked.

"Of course it's strange."

“But I don’t find it strange. People need tools,” Nightingale said softly. “Just like you need me now, and I need you when I’m sick, so I don’t find it strange.”

Lin Ye's movements slowly came to a stop. He hadn't expected Nightingale to interpret the obviously unpleasant term "tool" from this perspective. If anyone else had said it that way, Lin Ye would definitely have thought they were being sarcastic, but Lin Ye knew Nightingale wasn't sarcastic; her eyes told him that she genuinely thought that way.

"Fool," Lin Ye said softly, "I thought you wouldn't be so foolish after you recovered, but I didn't expect you to still be just as foolish."

Nightingale frowned, somewhat displeased, and said, "I may not understand what 'tool' means, but I do understand that 'fool' is an insult. If I get angry, I won't help you replenish the energy of the [Sanctuary]."

Lin Ye felt a sense of familiarity with Nightingale's pouty expression, just like when he tricked her into drinking the medicine. He couldn't help but laugh out loud. Although he did have an amulet in his pocket that was completely devoid of energy, he didn't take it out. Instead, he said, "I already told you, I didn't come here to replenish your [Sacred Domain], okay?"

Nightingale looked up at Lin Ye: "What's that?"

Lin Ye took out a pineapple bun from his pocket and waved it in front of Nightingale: "Of course, I brought you a midnight snack."

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The author's rant: Yesterday I traveled all day, and after having a meal at the hotel, I was exhausted. I wanted to write, but I couldn't write anything until 2 a.m., and then I had insomnia and didn't fall asleep until dawn... As a result, everyone went out to play today, but I stayed in the hotel writing. So why did I go out?

Chapter 355 She Mixed Black Tea into the Sleeping Pills

When Lin Ye took out the pineapple bun, he was still a little nervous, afraid that Nightingale would refuse. After all, Nightingale was no longer the Nightingale she used to be; as long as there was a pineapple bun, nothing else mattered. It's like how children sometimes become obsessed with certain foods that seem ordinary to others, but as they grow up, they become just like everyone else, finding the foods that once seemed special to them now unremarkable, and might even dislike them because they ate them so much as children.

Fortunately, Nightingale didn't seem to mind. After glancing at the pineapple bun in Lin Ye's hand, she slowly nodded, took it from him, and then softly said, "I'm learning too."

"Learn?" Lin Ye didn't understand Nightingale's meaning. "Learn to make pineapple buns."

Lin Ye's mouth dropped open slightly: "Learn to make pineapple buns?"

“Hmm.” Nightingale nodded and said, “In my free time, I go to the cafeteria to learn how to make pineapple buns from the chef there. The chef’s buns are delicious, but mine are not; I always put too much sugar in them.”

Lin Ye was surprised that Nightingale would learn to be a prostitute, and found it amusing. He then laughed and said, "You're not a professional, so it's definitely not easy for you to do it well."

"Is it that it's harder to do a good job if you're not a professional?"

"Of course," Lin Ye said. "Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise."

"Are you a professional?"

"Of course not, my area of ​​expertise is veterinary medicine."

The nightingale lowered her head and said softly, "So what you're saying is wrong."

"What?" Lin Ye didn't hear clearly.

Nightingale shook her head: "It's nothing. Are you going to be staying on the island for a long time this time?"

"What are you saying? I'm not an overseas dispatched operator. Business trips are rare for me." Lin Ye coughed twice. "It's just that there's been a lot going on lately, but it won't be like this anymore. Kal'tsit also said that she'll let me get some rest."

Is that so?

"Yes...and what about you?" Lin Ye asked Nightingale. "I heard from Ansel that your R&D department will have a week off after this busy period. And since you're in the R&D department now, you don't need to go out with Shining and Nearl anymore, right?"

Nightingale nodded and said softly, "No need, but mainly because my legs are inconvenient, I need Sister Flash and Sister Nearl to take care of me every time I go out. If I encounter danger, I will only be a burden, so I will not go out in the future."

Nightingale's words silenced Lin Ye. He couldn't help but lower his head and look at Nightingale's legs. Her legs, like her memories, were affected by Oripathy, and coupled with her early war experiences which prevented her from receiving effective treatment, they had suffered great damage.

Her memories had been restored with Lin Ye's help, and her leg had been treated by Kal'tsit when she came to Rhodes Island. However, even with Kal'tsit's medical skills, she could not be fully healed. When she walks slowly, there is nothing abnormal about her, but she cannot run, and she needs to rest every now and then to prevent the old injury from recurring.

This is also why Nightingale chose to join the research and development department, working on the island from then on and no longer going out with Shining and Nearl. But this made Lin Ye feel very uneasy, because he knew very well how much Nightingale longed for the outside world. Even when her illness was at its worst, she wanted to break free of her "birdcage" and fly into the blue sky, but now…

Lin Ye suddenly wanted to do something. Although he hadn't figured out what he could do, he didn't want to just watch.

So he raised his hand and patted Nightingale's head: "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

The nightingale smiled and said, "Compared to before, I'm much better off now."

She's still as sensible as ever, it's heartbreaking.

Lin Ye sighed softly to himself, but said nothing more. He could tell that Nightingale was tired after a long day at work, so he suppressed his thoughts for the time being. After taking Nightingale back to her sanatorium, he returned to his office, where Skadi was waiting for him—it was their agreed meeting.

When he arrived at the office, Skadi was sitting on the sofa. She glanced at him and said casually, "You're late."

"Uh, sorry, something came up," Lin Ye said. "I was held up by someone."

Lin Ye originally didn't want to mention Warfarin, after all, it felt strange to be targeted by a vampire, but then he remembered that Warfarin seemed to be targeting not only him, but also Skadi, so he quickly said, "You should know this person too."

"I know him?"

“Yes, Dr. Warfarin.” Lin Ye originally thought that with Warfarin’s “reputation” on Rhodes Island, Skadi would definitely understand as long as he mentioned her name. But Lin Ye did not expect that Skadi’s level of information isolation had reached an unprecedented level.

“Warfarin?” Skadi shook her head. “I’ve never heard of her.”

"Never heard of it?" Lin Ye was quite surprised. "You've never heard of Warfarin?"

"Who is this person? Why do I have to have heard of her?" Skadi was also puzzled.

Lin Ye thought to himself, "You're like a lamb being eyed by a wolf, not even knowing who the wolf is." But upon closer inspection, Skadi didn't seem like a lamb at all; Warfarin's idea of ​​devouring Skadi was clearly wishful thinking. However, just in case, Lin Ye still told Skadi Warfarin's identity and warned her to be careful of Sleeping Tea.

“Black tea?” Skadi seemed to remember something and said softly, “There seems to be such a person… So that’s it, she is Warfarin? She’s actually a blood demon.”

"Hmm? You know who Warfarin is?"

“I understand,” Skadi said calmly. “A year ago, she gave me something and made me drink it.”

Lin Ye was shocked: "Black tea?! She actually did that? Did you drink it?"

Skadi shook her head: "No."

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily you were alert enough."

“It’s not that I’m vigilant enough,” Skadi said calmly, crossing her long legs, “but that no one could possibly drink that stuff.”

"why?"

Skadi said seriously, "Because she didn't put sleeping pills in the tea, but rather a little bit of tea in the sleeping pills."

Lin Ye: "..."

"Alright, now that you're here, let's get started." Skadi slowly stood up, looked directly at Lin Ye, and said slowly, "Take off your clothes."

Chapter 356 Miss Skadi is developing the body for Dr. Lin Ye

"Dr. Lin? Dr. Lin..." Lin Ye felt someone poking his face in his sleep. "Dr. Lin, are you still alive? Dr. Lin, are you still alive? If you are, blink."

The voice seemed familiar, but Lin Ye, still dazed, couldn't even open his eyes and couldn't remember who it was.

Then he heard the woman continue speaking in his ear.

"There's absolutely no response. Dr. Lin is probably dead."

Another surprised female voice rang out: "How could he be dead? Your judgment is too arbitrary."

"There's no response anymore, he's already cold," the woman said. "You should trust Operator Shining's judgment. Operator Shining is Rhodes Island's most professional programmer-on-a-side medical operator. It was my judgment..."

Lin Ye finally opened his eyes and saw a pair of long legs wrapped in black stockings and a pair of golden eyes.

Seeing that Lin Ye had woken up, the white-faced owl blinked its eyes, then opened its mouth slightly and made a flat sound: "Huh, he actually came back to life."

"You're a zombie my foot!" Lin Ye said irritably, then looked up and followed the black thigh upwards, seeing another pair of orange eyes. After a couple of seconds of stunned silence, he remembered who it was. "Tianhuo? What are you doing here?"

Before Skyfire could speak, White Owl explained for her: "Trainee Operator Skyfire is here to register."

"Register?"

"Yes, the internship agreement needs your signature." The White-Faced Owl took out Skyfire's internship report and waved it in front of Lin Ye. "Have you forgotten?"

Lin Ye then remembered that he still had this job; he had just signed the contract for Lappland a month ago, how could he have forgotten? So he sat up straight, then looked at the white-faced owl and asked with some confusion, "What are you doing here?"

White Owl replied, "Operator White Owl is here to work."

"Going to work?" Lin Ye almost forgot that White Owl was his assistant, so he sneered twice and mocked, "Do you even remember that you have a job here?"