大厅里，欢声笑语依旧持续著。
陈朵被一群热情的女同事围在中间，虽然依旧有些不適应这突如其来的亲密。
但那双碧色的眼眸中少了往日的空洞，多了几分懵懂的暖意和细微的无措。
她像一只刚刚破茧、小心翼翼试探著新世界的蝴蝶。
廖忠看著这温馨的一幕，脸上露出了宽慰的笑容。
他拍了拍手，洪亮的声音盖过了现场的嘈杂：
“好了好了！热闹一会儿就得了啊！
这几天大家为了找陈朵，上山下河的，都没合眼，辛苦了！
现在人平安回来了，天也快亮了，都赶紧回去休息！
养足精神，明天……哦不，今天晚点再来上班！”
员工们虽然意犹未尽，但老大发话了，而且確实疲惫不堪，便也笑著应和。
三三两两地散去，临走前还不忘跟陈朵打招呼，说著“朵儿好好休息”、“明天姐姐再来看你”之类的话。
廖忠叫住一位平时性格稳重细心的女员工，低声交代道：
“小张，你一会儿带陈朵去休息区，挑一间安静舒適的房间让她住下。
记住，让她自己选，喜欢哪间就住哪间。
”他特意强调了“自己选”，这是王玄的话点醒他后，他决心做出的改变——给予陈朵尊重和选择的权利。
女员工小张认真地点点头：
“放心吧老大，交给我了。”
安排好了陈朵，廖忠脸上的轻鬆神色迅速收敛，变得凝重起来。
他大步流星地踏上楼梯，走向二楼自己的办公室。
还有更重要、更棘手的事情需要立刻处理——向董事会匯报。
他知道，自从他捏碎耳机，切断通讯之后，总部那边的那几位大佬，恐怕早就急得跳脚，血压飆升了。
……
与此同时，公司总部董事会会议室。
气氛確实如同廖忠所预料的那般凝重压抑。
巨大的环形会议桌上，菸灰缸里已经堆满了菸头。
脾气最为火爆的毕游龙毕董，在通讯突然中断、並且听到那头传来陌生声音和廖忠痛苦的闷哼声时。
差点就直接下令让华南附近的所有机动力量立刻赶往那个废弃工厂，甚至动了调用更强力手段的心思。
“还等什么？！老廖那边肯定出大事了！通讯都断了！立刻派人过去！”
毕游龙当时几乎是吼出来的。
“老毕，稍安勿躁。”
坐在主位上的赵方旭赵董推了推眼镜，镜片后的目光沉稳老练，他摆了摆手，制止了毕游龙的衝动。
“刚才最后的动静，你仔细回味一下。虽然混乱，但那个陌生的声音出现后。
小廖的痛苦声似乎停止了，而且……再没有后续的衝突声。”
他缓缓分析道：
“听起来，不像是敌人，倒像是……出现了第三方，並且出手干预了，结果很可能是好的。
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小廖做事有分寸，他既然主动断了通讯，或许有他的理由和不得已。
我们现在贸然大动干戈，反而可能打乱他的安排，甚至引发不必要的误会。
再等等，我相信，处理完现场，小廖会第一时间联繫我们说明情况的。”
赵方旭在公司內威望极高，且一向以深谋远虑著称。
他这番话有理有据，暂时压下了毕游龙和其他几位董事的焦躁。
但等待的滋味並不好受，会议室里的气氛依旧如同暴风雨前的海面，平静却暗流汹涌。
时间一分一秒地过去，每一秒都显得格外漫长。
终於，放在会议桌正中的一部加密通讯电话，骤然响起了急促的铃声！
所有人的目光瞬间聚焦过去！
毕游龙看了一眼来电显示，立刻说道：
“是廖忠的电话！”
“接，开免提。”
赵方旭沉声道，身体微微前倾。
毕游龙按下接听键和免提键。
“喂！毕董！”
廖忠那熟悉的声音立刻从扬声器里传了出来，听起来虽然有些疲惫，但中气十足，似乎並没有受伤。
听到这个声音，会议室里的几位董事都不约而同地暗暗鬆了口气。
至少人没事。
“喂，廖忠。”
毕游龙儘量让自己的声音听起来平稳。
“有什么事情就说吧！我开著免提，赵董和其他几位董事也都在。”
电话那头的廖忠似乎早有预料，深吸了一口气，然后开始用儘可能清晰、简练的语言。
將今晚发生的一切，原原本本、毫无保留地进行了匯报。
他从接到陈朵电话后赶往废弃工厂开始说起，讲到陈朵如何明確表示不想回公司。
自己如何试图强行带她回来，董事会如何下达清除指令，自己內心的挣扎与绝望，以及最后如何被逼拿出控制器……
然后，他重点描述了陈朵那出乎意料的一吻，以及原始蛊毒瞬间爆发带来的极致痛苦和濒死感……
“……当时我已经意识模糊，感觉马上就要死了。”
廖忠的声音带著一丝后怕的沙哑。
“就在那个时候，一个年轻人突然出现，然后他出手了。”
“他只是伸手搭在我的头上……然后，我就感觉一股非常温暖、非常奇特的力量涌进身体里。
那种感觉……无法形容。
原本在我体內疯狂破坏、根本无药可解的原始蛊毒，就像雪遇到太阳一样，眨眼之间就被那股力量化解得乾乾净净！
所有的痛苦瞬间消失，我的身体……完全恢復了，甚至感觉比以前状態更好！”
廖忠的描述让会议室里的董事们面面相覷，脸上写满了难以置信。
徒手瞬间化解原始蛊？这简直是天方夜谭！
廖忠继续匯报：
“他救了我之后，又询问了陈朵的意愿，然后同样用手搭在陈朵脑袋上，用了很短的时间。
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就把陈朵体內纠缠了她十几年、被视为无法根除的原始蛊……彻底清除了！
现在的陈朵，已经和一个刚刚觉醒炁感的普通异人没什么区別，没有任何危险性了。”
他顿了顿，补充道：
“做完这一切之后，那个年轻人就离开了。
我只问到了他的名字，叫王玄。
其他的，来歷、目的，一概不知。但他確实没有表现出任何恶意。
更像是一个……恰好路过、又恰好有能力管了件閒事的隱世高人。”
匯报完毕，电话那头陷入了沉默，等待著董事会的回应。
而董事会会议室里，则陷入了一片死寂。
几位董事，包括老成持重的赵方旭，脸上都露出了极其震惊和不可思议的神情。
徒手治癒连公司都束手无策的原始蛊？ 瞬间化解？ 一个名叫王玄的陌生年轻人？
这每一个信息点，都足以在异人界掀起轩然大波！
良久，赵方旭才缓缓开口，声音前所未有的凝重：
“廖忠，你確定……你所说的每一个字，都属实吗？”