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As an officer on the border, the lieutenant colonel's power in this small town was far greater than what Zhuo, Chen and Li Jian imagined.

This lieutenant colonel who used to be code-named Bayonet arranged Zhuo Yuchen a one-suite single room in the military academy, which can be said to be very kind.

Originally, the other party also prepared a separate room for Li Jian, which was right next door to this house, but Li Jian refused the other party's "kindness" and insisted on staying with Zhuo Yuchen.

Zhuo Yuchen didn't care too much, anyway, Li Jian said that he could sleep in the living room, as long as it didn't involve his personal life, he didn't want to pay any attention to Li Jian.

When he used to live in the old neighborhood, he could ignore the cursing and moaning all night long and sleep peacefully.

Because of his military background, Li Jian didn't make any sound when he was resting at night, and even his normal breathing was deliberately suppressed to a minimum, so that he couldn't detect the other party at all.

They are obviously in the same room, but they are silent to each other. This situation makes Li Jian feel happy and painful at the same time.

He would rather be beaten and scolded by Zhuo Yuchen, and even willing to give up the dignity of those indifferent tough guys, lying under Zhuo Yuchen and let the other party vent wantonly, than to become the most familiar stranger with the other party like he is now.

Li Jian knows that he can do thousands of things to keep Zhuo Yuchen, but in fact, no matter what he does, Zhuo Yuchen will never turn back for him.

He can't do anything.

How can this make him not sad?

But even so, if you don't do it, it will hurt even more.

***

Early in the morning, Zhuo Yuchen packed some things by himself, asked the Lieutenant Colonel Bayonet about the location of the heavy industry factory on the border, and went to the factory with the fake certificate that the other party entrusted him with.

He didn't want to have anything to do with Lijian again.

Although the other party put on an attitude of letting him take it, Zhuo Yuchen didn't want to accept all the gifts from the sharp sword.

He only has the money he got from reselling medicinal materials, which is not much. According to Zhuo Yuchen's preliminary estimate, it can only maintain his basic life for about a month.

Debts of favor are the hardest thing to repay, and Zhuo Yuchen doesn't want to owe too much to the bayonet.

Therefore, he was going to work first, and when he had money, he would return the rent of the house and the payment for applying for a false identity to the bayonet.The other party's attitude made him a little puzzled. Although the bayonet kept saying that it would help him because of the sake of the sword, Zhuo Yuchen always felt that when the bayonet looked at him, his eyes were very unnatural.

This unnaturalness, he had seen in another person before.

Zheng Yan.

He recalled that when he first went to intercede for Zhao Xiaodao because of the sharp sword, Zheng Yan looked at him with such interest.

Zhuo Yuchen hated this kind of interest.

Taking off the slippers, before Zhuo Yuchen had time to bend down to pick up the boots placed by the door, he felt someone approaching.

As soon as he lowered his head, Li Jian knelt down on one knee, crouched in front of him, and held his boots for him.The other party carefully lifted his feet, put the boots in, and then helped him put on the shoes in a proper manner, and tied the shoelaces.The knot tied by the other party is a straight bow in the army, which looks beautiful and strong, much better than Zhuo and Chen usually tie it casually.

"Are you going out?" Li Jian lowered his head and asked cautiously, as if he was afraid that Zhuo Yuchen would be frightened by his loud voice.

Zhuo Yuchen squinted: "You are talking nonsense."

"Then I'll follow you." He said again, but he didn't dare to ask Zhuo Yuchen's destination.

"You're still talking nonsense."

Li Jian stopped talking, and after putting on Zhuo Yuchen's shoes, he took off the scarf he bought from the coat rack by the door, intending to wrap it around Zhuo and Chen.

Zhuo Yuchen raised his hand and waved it away.

"Ugly." He was a little disgusted with that burgundy knitted scarf.

Zhuo Yuchen didn't like this kind of feminine color.

Li Jian paused: "Then I'll buy you a new one when I go out later."

Zhuo Yuchen bypassed him, took the key, and pushed open the door.

"Who are you showing this abandoned dog look to? I'm not sorry for you." He said coldly.

The sharp sword was facing away from him, his face was expressionless, but his waist was erected straight, like a pine.

Zhuo Yuchen shrugged his shoulders, and strode out in quick strides.

After a while.

Li Jian said sullenly: "I am sorry for you..."

But Zhuo Yuchen had already left, and his whispers could not be heard at all.

Throwing the scarf on the coat rack casually, Li Jian also turned around and rushed out.Although Zhuo Yuchen was not happy to follow him by himself, Li Jian still had to follow.

Fish and dragons were mixed near the border, and Zhuo Yuchen's body hadn't fully healed yet. In his opinion, he was very weak. He had to follow each other in order to protect Zhuo Yuchen.

He didn't want to see Zhuo Yuchen suffer any harm anymore.

Zhuo Yuchen's five senses are average, and Li Jian is a former special soldier, and his method of concealment and tracking is very clever, so for a while, Zhuo Yuchen really didn't realize that Li Jian was actually following him.

Holding the newly bought mobile phone at the border, Zhuo Yuchen checked the basic map of this small town.

The small town was a bit too small, and even the bus had only four or five lines. In desperation, Zhuo Yuchen simply walked to the heavy industry factory that Bayonet had introduced to him.

It is said to be a factory, but it is actually a rare earth research center.

The frontier is sparsely populated. Although there are many technical talents due to the nature of heavy industry, management personnel are very scarce.

Bayonet had introduced to him before that this Rare Earth Research Institute is a state-owned enterprise, so it doesn't pay much attention to management, and its internal management is in a mess.

Although Zhuo Yuchen had been overqualified and underemployed in the small security company in Lijian for many years, he graduated from a famous university. Although his major was not suitable for him, he still had no problem doing management work.

Bayonet introduced him, and Zhuo Yuchen went directly to the general manager of the research center.

The scale of this research institute is small, and almost all the workers are technical talents. It is very embarrassing that there is only one personnel manager.Seeing Zhuo Yuchen coming, the personnel manager who had already discussed with the bayonet had already squatted at the entrance of the research institute, and welcomed Zhuo Yuchen in enthusiastically.

Li Jian stood in a hidden place not far away, silently watching Zhuo Yuchen and the personnel manager walk into the research institute together.

He also had to think about work.

Although the sharp sword had a certain deposit before, it was always water without a source.He wanted to stay by Zhuo Yuchen's side all the time, and to show up as soon as possible when the other party needed anything. Naturally, a certain amount of financial support was needed.

Thinking of Bayonet's provocative "fair competition", Li Jian's face turned black.

In Zhuo Yuchen's heart, the other party's affection for him has already dropped below freezing point, and the bayonet... the other party has helped Zhuo Yuchen so much, maybe it already has a certain place in Zhuo Yuchen's heart...

Li Jian gritted his teeth, and said in his heart again: Fuck the friendship of colleagues!

On the other hand.

In the research institute.

After the personnel manager and Zhuo Yuchen did a simple handover, he maintained his enthusiasm and took him to the scientific research center of the research institute to greet the scientific researchers who were working.There are not many employees in this rare earth research center, but they are busy with work and don't care much about the newcomer Zhuo Yuchen, which makes the manager quite embarrassing.

Zhuo and Chen didn't care much.

Only a young man wearing glasses and looking gentle stepped forward gently.

The other party was nearly thirty years old, and his whole body was filled with the charm of a mature man, looking gentle and refined.

"Hello, is your name Zhuo Yuchen?" The other party took off his gloves, walked up to Zhuo Yuchen, and extended his hand to him, "I am the research team leader of this Rare Earth Research Institute, and my name is Shen Cheng." Just fine."

Zhuo Yuchen didn't respond, but just looked at him indifferently.

Shen Cheng was a little embarrassed, his hands froze in mid-air, and the smile on his handsome face also froze a little.

Seeing Zhuo Yuchen looking at him with those emotionless gray pupils, Shen Cheng felt an inexplicable impulse, and directly took Zhuo Yuchen's left hand.

Zhuo Yuchen was stunned for a moment, but he didn't directly slap Shen Cheng away without shame.

This child's eyes are so beautiful, under the light, they have a silvery white texture, just like those ores he cherishes, Shen Cheng thought.