For some reason, Eugene’s heart started pounding when he finished listening to the story. “In that case, is it possible that Carter and his siblings are actually from there? Indeed, they’re very clever, and they said they were brought up by an old man who was also a professor, as well as many adult men and women. Could they be referring to your main doctor’s research institute?”
Olivia also thought it was plausible. “But I don’t think this research actually worked. If Carter and others were indeed a product of this research, wouldn’t it mean that this research was a success?”
Eugene was anxious to find out about it. “But Carter and others said the old man never let them go out for fear that they might end up in danger. Could your main doctor have said so on purpose to mislead the public? After all, if such a technology becomes mature, many countries will be scrambling for it. Of course, the kids would be in danger, too. They might end up being abducted for research.”
A nameless shudder ran through Olivia. She dared not imagine what it would be like if the Rogers siblings were abducted for research. “Wait a minute, don’t scare me. Aren’t the three of them your children? How could they possibly come from my main doctor’s research institute? Have you donated your sperm before?”
At this moment, however, Eugene was unusually sober. All at once, the incident from many years ago sprang to his mind. Looking at Olivia, he nodded solemnly, saying, “Uh-huh. Do you still remember me telling you that my mom’s legs were healed by a reclusive expert? He didn’t charge me for that, but he asked me to donate my sperm to him. That was many years ago, though. Had you not brought this up,
I’d have forgotten about it.” “Don’t tell me my main doctor was the reclusive expert you’re talking about?”
Eugene replied, “I don’t know. I don’t even know. what his name was or how to contact him. I only ran into him on Promise Island when he was treating someone else. I saw that he was very skilled in medicine, so I asked him to treat my mom, but he didn’t want anything in return. But after learning that Promise Island was mine, he made that request to me.”
“Tell me what he looked like.” Eugene thought back on it for a while. Then, he said, “He was wearing a white robe at the time, with white hair and a white beard. He appeared to be in his mid-fifties and was very thin and of average height. His eyes were sharp and gleaming, though, and his medical skills were superb. My mom regained feeling in her legs shortly after he treated her, and she underwent rehabilitation afterward to become the way she is today.”
Olivia replied in surprise, “This man you’re talking about does sound quite like my main doctor. So, it’s not impossible that those kids were from his research institute.”
Eugene asked, “What about their mother, then? Is there no way to find her?”
Olivia replied, “It’s gonna be difficult, I’m afraid. My main doctor is a research maniac. In order to select the best genes, once he came across someone like you and felt that you were super intelligent, he’d first make you owe him a favor and then ask you so that you’d find it hard to turn him down. That’s also how I ended up donating eggs to him, by the way.
Of course, he’d mostly choose from sperm and egg banks, but it’s going to be really difficult to find their mother unless we find him. That being said, even we’re often unable to find him, let alone the outsiders. He often says he’s traveling around the world when in reality, he’s gone back to his research institute, Didn’t Carter mention it. to you?
That place is like a secret base that even North has trouble locating. And besides, even if we find him, he may not know who the egg donor was. Where are we gonna look for her when many people nowadays donate their sperm or eggs anonymously?”
