Chapter 3

After a frantic morning, I finally settled all my belongings into my new place when I received another call from Leo.

"I came here for my test today, and they gave me a packet of pills. They said I have to take them all before I can claim kinship. Aren't you a medical student? Hurry up and check if these pills are safe."

Listening to Leo's demanding tone, I felt a chill in my heart.

Leo used to be like this all the time. Just because I was a doctor, he constantly demanded that I get his relatives priority appointments, even hoping I'd pay for their treatments out of my own pocket.

Every time I went out of my way to help them, Leo took it for granted and never even said thank you.

"That falls under lab testing, and these pills are from your dad's Everlife Pharmaceutical Group. If you want a detailed analysis of the ingredients, the testing fee would be at least ten thousand."

At my words, Leo immediately got agitated. "Aren't you a doctor?! Liam, I considered you my best friend, and you're talking about money with me now!"

I sneered inwardly. Leo clearly felt something was off, so he instinctively came to me for reassurance, so that if anything went wrong, he could conveniently pin the blame on me. As if I'd fall for that again!

On the other end of the line, Leo continued, "You won't even help with something so simple! It's like all my good deeds were wasted on you! And what about that time I saved you from the fire..."

Hearing him bring that up, I dropped the act. "Leo, was it really you who saved me that day?"

In junior high, my school building caught fire, and I fell unconscious. When I woke up, only Leo was by my side.

He swore then that he had saved me, that I owed him my life, which led me to be at his beck and call for years, repaying his life-saving grace.

It wasn't until my previous life, on my deathbed, that he confessed, "I just couldn't stand to see you doing well. That year, I deliberately locked you in the classroom, but I didn't expect you to be so tough...

"And since we were in the same hospital room, I decided to let you experience what it's like to owe me for life!"

Silence suddenly fell on the other end of the phone.

After a long moment, Leo stammered, "What's the fun in that, Liam? Is this how you treat me after I saved you? Stop messing around, just test these pills for me."

Listening to his childish words, I couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Actually, in my previous life, Leo had also secretly gone to the testing agency for a blood test, and after getting the pills, he immediately asked me about them.

At that time, I paid out of pocket to send the pills to the most reputable and fastest testing agency. Sure enough, we found that the drug had not undergone any human trials.

In short, Leo and the others were all lab rats for experiments.

This was Everlife Group's latest research project, marketed under the guise of "blood cleansing," claiming it could filter harmful substances from the blood.

And that elderly relatives could extend their lifespan and prevent aging by receiving blood from younger, blood-related family members.

At the time, many of the people who claimed kinship and took this "blood cleansing pill" developed severe blood clotting disorders and organ failure, leading to numerous deaths. Leo, following my advice, didn't take the pills and narrowly escaped.

Afterward, however, he believed it was a necessary screening process by the mogul, that those who died from the pills were simply "unhealthy" children. He was convinced he would be the one to survive and ultimately inherit the fortune.

He thought my persistent warnings were malicious and driven by jealousy, preventing him from joining the upper echelons of society.

This time, I played along.

"If you test these pills, and the mogul finds out, will he cancel your inheritance eligibility?"

"Will... will he?" Leo hesitated on the phone.

I smiled, calmly preparing to give him another push.

"The mogul is your biological father, after all. He wouldn't intentionally harm you, would he?"

Leo seemed swayed by my words.

"You're right! Maybe this is just a test of kinship! He has so many children; he must be using the pills to select the most obedient ones to inherit his estate!"

Yes, that's right. It was indeed to screen for suitable, drug-tolerant lab rats who would eventually become the mogul's ultimate mobile blood bank and endorsement for the Everlife experiments!