Li Si left the laboratory again, but no one in the laboratory felt relaxed.
Because he is always elusive, and you never know when he will come back.
Like heavy rocks or sharp butcher knives hanging high on their necks, they will one day be dismembered.
Qi Su was sleeping on the experimental bed in the laboratory in a daze, staring at the ceiling with his eyes wide open, apparently unresponsive.
Gao Dongye sat aside, struggling inwardly as he looked at him. After a while, he opened the drawer and took out the USB flash drive inside.
He got this from Li Si.
Li Si's lies will one day be exposed, and by then the contents of this USB flash drive will become Qi Su's new chain. Even if it cannot hold him hostage, it will drive him completely crazy and then self-destruct.
He held the USB flash drive tightly in his palm, stood up and came to Qi Su:
"Qi Su..."
Qi Su seemed not to hear it and lay there motionless.
Gao Dongye took a deep breath and whispered:
"Whether you can hear me or not, I will only say these words once. If you can hear them, remember them in your heart."
"I'm sorry for you, and I won't excuse myself, but since you can still see the world with your eyes open and maintain your consciousness, please cherish it and don't waste it like this anymore."
After a long time, Qi Su's eyes moved slightly, and his eyeballs turned mechanically to look at Gao Dongye.
Gao Dongye breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows furrowed more and more tightly. He handed the thing in his hand to Qi Su:
"This is... the video from that day. I don't know if Li Si saved any extra ones, but I only found this one. Now I give it to you. Whether you want to destroy it or face it, it's all up to you. "
Qi Su's eyes fell on the small USB flash drive, his pupils shrank, and he didn't know what he thought of. He sat up suddenly, holding his chest and breathing heavily.
He didn't need to breathe originally, but now he felt like he was suffocating.
Gao Dongye turned his eyes away, not daring to look at him again.
"So? You lied to me first, and then you just sat behind the surveillance camera and watched helplessly, without doing anything?"
There was no trace of resentment in his voice, and even more hatred in his eyes. He just stared at the man in the white coat in front of him, wishing to peel off his skin.
"I originally thought you didn't feel guilty at all, but now I think it's even more ridiculous. If you feel guilty, how can you have the nerve to stand in front of me?!!"
Qi Su roared uncontrollably and wrapped his hands around Gao Dongye's neck:
"Tell me, I trusted you so much back then, why did you lie to me?!"
Gao Dongye was choked so hard that he couldn't breathe, but he didn't struggle. Even though his face turned purple due to suffocation, he remained cold and expressionless.
When Qi Su saw his face, he couldn't get rid of his hatred. After a while, he suddenly thought of something and asked with a sneer:
"That's right, for a person like you, except yourself, everyone is a tool in your eyes!! Then I'm curious, why did you let that dead girl go? Because of love?! People like you have Such a thing!!"
At this time, Gao Dongye's eyes were already distracted. He hesitated when he heard the question and said with difficulty:
"Just... to... repay... a favor..., I... don't... owe anyone else."
When Qi Su heard this, he thought it was extremely ridiculous:
"You owe me not much, look at the two people lying in the cold storage, you didn't even say sorry to them!!"
At this time, Gao Dongye could no longer respond to him. His eyes were bulging, veins appeared on his forehead on his delicate face, and his neck was red and swollen.
At the last moment, Qi Su let go and threw him to the ground.
Gao Dongye collapsed on the ground and coughed, and then began to retching uncontrollably.
Qi Su looked at him coldly. A man who usually paid attention to appearance was now in a miserable state on the ground.
Gao Dongye struggled to get up while holding on to the wall, staggeringly pressed the switch of the laboratory door, ready to go out.
There was a sudden pain in my back, followed by a crisp sound.
Gao Dongye lowered his head, it was the USB flash drive.
Qi Su's cold voice sounded from behind:
"Steal this from Li Si. I don't think you want to live anymore. Find an excuse to return it. Don't let him find a reason to turn you into a human or a ghost. Looking at you is enough for me. It’s disgusting, don’t be the same as you anymore, then I really want to vomit.”
When Gao Dongye turned around, Qi Su had fallen back on the bed and turned his back to him. He turned his eyes and saw the U disk on the ground, feeling a little uncontrollably absent-minded.
…
the other side.
Lu Yan took Mu Tang to visit Qin Zhen.
Looking at the familiar temporary hospital, Lu Yan sighed.
Qin Town is really in trouble, and I have been lying here for almost a month. I go out for a trip, and then I have to lie down again when I come back.
But fortunately, he brought medicines and medical equipment from Mingyue Base, as well as extra generators. This time at least Qin Zhen doesn't have to withhold medicines from Soso, so it can be healed faster.
When I arrived at the ward, I was about to raise my hand to knock on the door when the door was opened.
What leaked out from behind was Major General Li's serious face.
Lu Yan paused for a moment, then raised his hand to salute, and Mu Tang also followed suit.
There was no smile on Major General Li's dark face. He nodded seriously to Lu Yan, then looked at Mu Tang:
"You are not a soldier, so you don't have to salute me."
Mu Tang was stunned for a moment, then put down his hand and turned to look at him again.
Major General Li: "..."
The two people stared at each other for a while, maybe it was too embarrassing, and Major General Li said dryly:
"You are very good. If you are willing, you can join the army. We welcome talents like you."
Mu Tang understood this time, this was a compliment to her, her little face immediately burst into a bright smile, her eyebrows were crooked, and she said happily:
"Thank you for the compliment!!"
It was probably because no one had smiled so brightly in front of him for a long time. Major General Li's face looked a little unnatural. After controlling his expression forcibly, he turned around and said to the ward:
"take a good rest."
Then he turned to look at Lu Yan:
"I'll leave first."
Lu Yan nodded and pulled Mu Tang out of the way.
Major General Li also nodded and left quickly, disappearing after a while.
Only then did the two of them look into the ward. Mu Tang happily jumped in and said in a brisk voice:
"Qin Zhen, we came to see you. Are you feeling better?"
Lu Yan also walked in.
In the room, Qin Zhen was half-sitting on the bed. He had a few more patches on his face and a splint hanging on his body to fix his bones. He was struggling to tell Mu Tang that he was fine.
Seeing Lu Yan walking in, he smiled reluctantly:
"Hehe, here we come."
"..."
Lu Yan was a little distracted for a moment. In the ambulance on the viaduct, Qin Zhen's first words when he saw him were the same, "Here he comes," and even his laughter was the same.
This was actually their invisible agreement. Qin Zhen went to the hospital a lot, and almost every time he saw his comrades who came to visit him, he would start with this.
He is telling everyone in his own way:
Don't worry, I'm fine.
But last time Qin Zhen was seriously injured physically, this time, the mental injury is probably more serious.
Qin Zhen smiled twice and could no longer raise the corners of his mouth. He lowered his head to hide the expression on his face and whispered:
"You're not as handsome as before when you smile. Just take a look."
Lu Yan also smiled and said in a pretending relaxed tone:
"When did you laugh when someone said you were handsome? Don't be so narcissistic."
Qin Zhen said "Hey" and sat up. Just as he was about to work up the energy to make a fuss with Lu Yan, he found that he didn't want to say anything, so he leaned back on the bed and touched his hair:
"Just say so."
The smile on Lu Yan's lips gradually disappeared, and his heart sank again.
Mu Tang patted Lu Yan's hand and whispered:
"Lu Yan, I want a jar, my jar."
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on. Without knowing why, he took out the small jar where she kept her "baby" and handed it to her.
Mu Tang came back to Qin Zhen's bed with the jar in her arms, then awkwardly opened the lid and took out a small biscuit:
"Qin Zhen, eat this!"
Qin Zhen looked at the biscuit and was just about to shake his head and say no, when Mu Tang had already torn open the packaging bag.
Seeing her eager eyes and the concerned Lu Yan behind her, Qin Zhen could only take a piece and stuff it into his mouth.
A slightly bitter sweetness fills your mouth.
Mu Tang asked expectantly:
"How's it going? Do you feel a little more relaxed?"
While Qin Zhen was chewing biscuits, he really felt that his tense nerves had relaxed a little. Although it was only a little bit, this was the little girl's wish. Qin Zhen still said exaggeratedly:
"Thank you, it's much better."
Mu Tang smiled with narrowed eyes and forcefully stuffed the remaining biscuits into Qin Zhen's palm.
Lu Yan moved the chair next to the bed next door and placed Mu Tang on it. Then he opened the chair next to Qin Zhen's bed and sat on it:
"Major Li will visit you?"
Qin Zhen nodded and said proactively:
"Mainly asking about some things at Tomorrow's Base."
Lu Yan nodded, and Qin Zhen continued:
"By the way, that Qiao Yue..."
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and heard Qin Zhen continue:
"It was actually an insider inserted into ACET by the military, and Major General Li personally confirmed it."
"Major General Li?!" Lu Yan frowned:
"This is the inside line of Tomorrow's Base. How would Major General Li know about it?"
Qin Zhen shook his head:
"The base began to officially operate after the end of the world. At that time, the management authority was not as clearly divided as it is now. The insiders were assigned ACET before the end of the world, and the Tongcheng base was temporarily established. He knew about it and said of the past.”
Seeing that his expression was a little tired, Lu Yan did not continue to ask any more questions, but his expression became serious and he said in a deep voice:
"Actually, I have one more thing to inform you this time."
Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment:
"What's up?"
Lu Yan paused and his voice became much softer:
"Your war trauma is getting more and more serious. If you continue like this, something will happen. And we don't have the conditions to provide you with psychological treatment now, so the base means to retire."
"What?!" As soon as Lu Yan finished speaking, Qin Zhen shouted:
"I disagree!!"
Lu Yan frowned, and just as he was about to speak, Qin Zhen started shouting:
"What kind of war trauma, what kind of psychological problems, don't tell me that these are some or not, I'm just injured, not disabled, why should I retire?!"
"Qin Zhen, psychological trauma is a trivial matter and can endanger life..." Lu Yan advised.
"That's all bluffing, only fools believe it!! They told me eight lifetimes ago that I have this problem, and I'm not living a good life!!"
The more Qin Zhen talked, the more excited he became, and he began to speak indiscriminately:
"Why, because I'm disabled and have no use value anymore, you just want to find an excuse to let me go, right?! This is called burning the bridge across the river, killing the donkey by unloading the mill!!"
"Qin Zhen!!!" Lu Yan roared.
Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he had said. His face looked a little unnatural, and he snorted coldly:
“In short, I don’t agree with this unfounded reason!!”
Lu Yan looked at his stubborn face and decided to change his words:
"The base just wants you to take a rest..."
"I don't need to rest, I'm very good!" Qin Zhen shouted.
The room fell into an eerie silence. Qin Zhen turned his head and didn't want to look at Lu Yan. Lu Yan sat helplessly aside.
This was the first time Mu Tang saw Qin Zhen getting angry, huddled in the chair, his eyes quietly moving between the two people.
At this moment, the door of the ward was knocked again, and a strong voice sounded from behind the door:
"Report!!" This was Yan Mingzhun's voice.
Everyone present was stunned for a moment, especially Qin Zhen. His original angry look disappeared instantly, his back bent, and his eyes wandered.
His hands grasped the quilt uncontrollably, and his lips pressed tightly together.
Mu Tang looked at the door, thought for a while and finally remembered who the voice belonged to. The expression on his face was not good, and he whispered to Lu Yan:
"It seems... Xiao Yan's younger brother."
Lu Yan nodded.
The person outside the door seemed to have lost his patience and knocked on the door a few more times, the sound louder than before:
"Report!!"
After a while, as if he was afraid that the people inside would not open the door, he added:
"I am Yan Mingzhun."
Lu Yan looked at Qin Zhen, whose mental state was obviously not right, sighed, and stood up:
"I asked him to come back another time."
As he was about to walk over, his sleeves suddenly tightened, and it was Qin Zhen who grabbed him.
Qin Zhen lowered his head, unable to see clearly the expression on his face, and his voice was difficult:
"...Let him come in." Then he released his grip on Lu Yan's sleeve.
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows but did not move, looking at him hesitantly.
Qin Zhen waited for a while and found that Lu Yan was motionless. Qin Zhen looked up at him and smiled bitterly:
"You have to face it. Is it possible that you have to hide from others for the rest of your life?"
Then he looked at the closed door and murmured to himself:
"I took his brother out and failed to bring him back properly. Even if I am resented, that's what I deserve."
His eyes were blank and he said again:
"I should..."
Lu Yan sighed and walked quickly to the door. When his hand fell on the door handle, he did not press it directly. Instead, he paused for a long time. It was not until the people outside the door started knocking on the door again that he pressed it fiercely and pulled it open. door.
Outside the door, Yan Mingzhun stood with an ugly face, raising his hand, as if he was ready to knock again. When he found that it was Lu Yan who opened the door, surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by anger.
He ignored those rules, knocked Lu Yan away with a cold snort, and rushed straight into the room!
