Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1184

Listening to the two bickering, Shanley closed his eyes, his thin lips parting as he said coldly, "Why don't you two take this outside?"

Jimmie immediately shut his mouth, his chest heaving with anger, his face grim.

"Tsk."

Luella pulled her gaze back, started the car, and glanced at Shanley through the rearview mirror. "Actually, you don't need to make a special trip to Subterra Vanguard."

"Since Juniper disappeared, people at Subterra Vanguard are unsettled," Shanley kept his eyes closed, sinking into the seat. "I need to tell them in person that she's coming back."

More importantly, he needed to keep busy so his mind wouldn't wander.

He didn't dare go back to Cloudscape Community.

He couldn't even bring himself to answer phone calls from his grandparents or his parents at the old estate.

He was in a daze, the image of his girl haunting his mind whether his eyes were open or closed.

"Fine."

Seeing him looking like a walking corpse missing part of his soul, Luella didn't try to persuade him otherwise.

Her eyes drifted to the passenger seat, locking onto Jimmie.

What bad luck!

—

In a remote, small estate.

Juniper was locked in a fully equipped suite that allowed her to live comfortably while conducting gene modification research.

It had been two days.

She had been locked in this hellhole for two days.

"I'm hungry."

Juniper crawled out of bed and shouted at the guards outside her door, "Today, I want Chicken Fajitas, Cajun Crawfish Boil, Braised Short Ribs..."

Listing off dishes again?

She looked so tall and slender; how could she eat so much?!

"Are you done yet?"

The subordinate's mouth twitched, completely exasperated. "Specter, the groceries in the kitchen were just bought this morning, and you wiped them all out in one meal."

"Oh."

Corvus's lips curled into a faint smile. "It's a shame, though. That project was destroyed by your parents, and all the data was lost."

"But that's fine. Now I have you." Corvus's tone suddenly shifted, becoming cold and ruthless. "Once I re-establish the data, I can apply it to others."

For instance: optimizing Juniper's genes and then transplanting the modified, successful genes into someone else's body.

Even a fool could become an absolute genius after receiving gene modification.

And anyone who had their genes modified would pass on those superior traits to their children.

He would be the one to decide just how brilliant people could be.

However—

"Specter, I don't have time to play games with you," Corvus warned her sternly, seeing her lazy demeanor. "If you don't figure out a way to break through this obstacle within a month, I'll kill you."

"A month?"

Hearing this, Juniper smirked, her clear voice ringing out, "Two weeks is all I need."

"Two weeks?" Corvus looked mildly surprised. "My team has been researching this for over a decade without success, and you can do it in two weeks?"

"Just because your team is a bunch of useless hacks doesn't mean I am."