set fire to his heart

"Mia?"

The call from Louis brought Mia back to her senses.

She looked at him: "Huh?"

Seeing her thoughtful look, Louis hooked his lips helplessly: "It's nothing."

"Ok?"

Mia closed the box and put it back into the handbag: "I just saw the gift from Yining, and I couldn't help but think of some past things."

"Um……"

Louie nodded.

Seeing her appearance, he asked, "So, are you really planning to leave? Or..."

"Let's go."

Mia put the bag back in place and smiled at Louis: "I don't belong here long ago. I'm not suitable to stay here, so you won't always worry about me."

Hearing what she said, Louis' lips parted slightly.

His eyes were complicated, he hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Mia took the initiative to explain: "I didn't mean to blame you. Before this, I was really reluctant to leave. I always wanted to make sure that they were all safe and sound before I could rest assured. I have left a lot of regrets in my life, and I don't want to leave more .”

"..." Louis felt a slight pain in his heart.

"But everything is fine now! My family is healthy and my friends are happy. I have no regrets."

Mia smiled at him: "I should also go back and manage my own life. The base should be very busy recently, right? I have nothing to do in the future. What are your next arrangements? Do you need me to be with you?"

Her sudden inquiry was completely beyond Louis' expectations.

A joyful light flashed in his eyes.

"Really? Would you like to come with me?"

Seeing Mia nodding, Louis said without hesitation, "Okay, I just happen to have a research project and I need to stay outside for a while. If you want, we will go there together. You should be interested in the content involved."

"What research?"

"About the development of new drugs."

Louis told her: "We have discovered new ingredients in some animals and plants, and we are going to conduct research on them, which may be used to make medicines. Don't you usually like to toss about these?"

After listening to his explanation, Mia was really interested.

"Okay, then we will leave someday."

***
After staying in the hospital for observation for another day.

Mia and Louie leave the hospital and return to their hotel room.

The two booked air tickets and were going to leave Beicheng the night after tomorrow for their next destination.

During this period.

Louis secretly watched Mia's emotions several times.

He was worried that she would commemorate Beicheng, and he was afraid that she would not be able to let go of his feelings.

Fortunately, Mia is fairly stable.

His worries also seemed superfluous.

"What new ingredients are there? Do you have any information for me to look at?"

Mia took the initiative to ask about Louis.

She is relaxed.

It seems that since Su Yining's wedding, she has completely settled down and maintained the previous life with him.

Louis was content.

Like offering a treasure, he took out a combination box from his suitcase.

"of course."

Louis took the lockbox to the coffee table in the living room, opened it, and saw several glass tubes of different sizes in the foam groove.

It contains some physical samples.

While displaying them, Louis opened the compartment and took out the materials.

"Here."

He took them out and handed them to Mia.

Subsequently.

He sat beside her, watched her take it happily, and flipped through it with relish.

Mia looked at it seriously and devotedly.

Louis, who was beside him, fixed his eyes on her.

Only at this time, he felt that he was very close to her, whether it was the physical distance or the spiritual distance.

And she is the most relaxed state by his side only when she is studying medical issues.

Thinking of this, the corners of Louis' lips curled up helplessly.

His smile was bitter.

Mia looked through the information carefully, checking the new ingredients they found one by one.

Just then, she discovered a term she had never touched before.

"Shupros."

Mia said its name and said, "It sounds like a person's name."

"It is indeed a name."

"Huh?" Mia wondered, "So this person discovered this ingredient?"

Louis shook his head and explained to her: "Shupros is the god of sleep among the Roman gods."

"But……"

Mia looked at the detailed records in the information, and frowned slightly: "Its effect seems to have nothing to do with sleep aid."

"fatal."

Louis' answer made Mia's eyes widen involuntarily.

She looked at him unexpectedly.

Louis smiled slightly, and said: "This ingredient is taken from a synthetic flower, and the predecessor of the cultivated bouquet is related to poppies."

"I see……"

Mia responded, and she continued to look down at the information.

There is a text on it: "It is as beautiful and deadly as a poppy, and its smell is sweet. It is addictive like love. It's just that this kind of love makes people ignore their own lives. Once you pick one, it will make you obsessed all at once. It’s a special feeling to be on it. It’s impossible for you to let go, but you want to love it but know that it’s a road of no return. It blooms quietly and dies quietly.”

When seeing this text record, Mia was curious.

"Will it be addictive?" she asked Louis, "very toxic and highly dependent?"

"Moisturizing things silently, long-term use will lead to dependence."

"Then... can I smell it?"

Knowing that she would ask such a question, Louis smiled angrily, and his eyes signaled her to be casual.

Get permission.

Mia couldn't wait to reach out to one of the glass tubes.

It contained some broken petals, completely dried up, but she had just unscrewed the peg...

A sweet and greasy smell immediately hit the nostrils.

Mia inhaled lightly to feel it, the fragrance was sweet, and there was an indescribable familiarity in the strangeness.

"strangeness."

She closed her eyes and recalled: "How do I feel, I seem to have smelled it somewhere."

"probably not."

Louis told her: "As of now, the research on this ingredient is immature, so its utilization value has not been fully put into use. And its side effects are not small, it will affect the blood and the body's immune system. In terms of current research use, There are also adverse reactions such as high fever and persistent vomiting, so it has not been used in the market.”

He had a normal academic discussion with Mia.

I don't know.

When Louis mentioned the key information of "high fever and persistent vomiting", Mia, who was still confused in memory, suddenly thought of something.

perfume.

If she remembered correctly, she had smelled a similar smell from Lin Zhiqing.

And, Shen Siqing's symptoms were exactly the same as the adverse reactions mentioned by Louis!
thought here.

Mia's eyes snapped open, and the hairs all over her body stood on end.

Seeing her shocked and unbelievable expression, Louis noticed something was wrong with her: "What's wrong?"