16 years

When Liu Ruosong's meeting application was handed over to Shao Xuefan, he was in the office area discussing the direction of future research development with the base's new "No. [-]".

Shao Xuefan was impatient to see him, and waved his hand in dissatisfaction, indicating that he did not see him.

"Let him go back." Shao Xuefan said: "The experimental environment is very important, and irrelevant personnel cannot be allowed to come in and out at will."

"His attitude is very firm." The secretary seemed a little embarrassed: "And...Mr. Xiao Shao also came with him."

Shao Xuefan: "..."

Shao Xuefan frowned slightly.

He didn't understand why Shao Qiu had to be so stubborn.He himself is already half-buried in the loess, he has enjoyed enough fame and career all his life, and now he is still working hard here, except for himself, most of it is not for the sake of Shaoqiu's less travel in the future detour.

But Shao Qiu didn't understand his painstaking efforts, so he was always unwilling to sit down and have a good talk with him.

Shao Xuefan sighed for a long time, feeling a sense of powerlessness and exhaustion in his heart.

"The child is disobedient and always feels that the adults are going to harm him." Shaking his head, Shao Xuefan sighed and said, "I don't know that the world is difficult, and there are traps in front of us. It's fine if you don't appreciate it, but you always feel that I am going to harm him."

"Xiao Shao is still young, so there is some rebellion." The man in a suit sitting opposite him smiled and said, "And the lack of companionship is also one of the reasons. He has been independent since he was a child, so of course he has his own ideas."

Shao Xuefan was silent for a while.

He knew that when Shao Qiu was a child, he was busy getting ahead and becoming famous, so he really neglected his son.So all these years, he has been thinking about making up for it.Because of this, he is always a bit tolerant towards Shao Qiu, not as tit-for-tat as he was when he was young.

"Forget it." Shao Xuefan said: "Let him come, I will tell him personally, otherwise he will lose his temper again - take him to the No. [-] meeting room."

The secretary took the order to leave. Shao Xuefan squeezed his finger bones wearily, and said regretfully: "Liu Ruosong, I have read his previous research content, and he is a very capable researcher. If he can devote all his energy to work, research The process should be much faster than before. It's a pity that the love between children is too long."

The man in the suit smiled kindly: "I've heard about the two of them—childhood sweethearts, it's normal to have a deep relationship."

Shao Xuefan shook his head, obviously not agreeing.

"When human beings are dying, it's too narrow to engage in petty love." Shao Xuefan said, "I hope he will figure it out sooner."

The man in the suit smiled and said nothing, neither agreed nor said no, he brushed the thin dust off his body and stood up.

"The matter of the laboratory building still has to be handed over to Mr. Shao." The man said, "I won't bother you for now."

Shao Xuefan nodded, politely sent him out the door, watched the man's car go away, then turned around and returned to the No. [-] meeting room.

Because of Shao Qiu's presence, Shao Xuefan still didn't want to make the atmosphere too stiff, he didn't use the security, he just brought two guards with him to protect him.

When entering the room, Shao Qiu was standing by the window behind the conference room, leaning sideways and looking out.Liu Ruosong was a little more anxious than him, and had checked his watch several times.

Shao Xuefan opened the door and came in, Shao Qiu and Liu Ruosong looked back at him at the same time.

Shao Xuefan patted his clothes, walked to the table and sat down calmly, and gestured to the guards beside him to signal them to close the door.

"'No. [-]' has a lot to do with it, I can't let you see him." Shao Xuefan said straight to the point: "You don't have to deal with me, this is a settled matter and cannot be changed."

"He has a name." Liu Ruosong corrected stubbornly.

Shao Xuefan actually didn't understand why Liu Ruosong still cared about such useless little things at this moment.

But for Shao Qiu's sake, he reluctantly changed his words.

"Okay, Fu Yan, right." Shao Xuefan said: "His genes have been confirmed to be able to metabolize zombie viruses on their own. During the metabolic process, his genes will produce different types of mutations than those in petri dishes. And in the same Under the concentration of the virus dose, his metabolic rate will continue to increase. This is very important data, and you should know what it means."

"...You already gave him medicine?" Liu Ruosong's face turned cold.

Shao Xuefan looked at him without sadness or joy, and acquiesced.

Liu Ruosong jumped up against the case.

"you--!"

Shao Qiu grabbed Liu Ruosong and motioned him to calm down.

"Let Brother Liu go to see the captain." Shao Qiu stretched out his arms and stood in front of Liu Ruosong, saying in a cold tone, "This is not a request, but a notice."

"Xiaoqiu, don't be self-willed." Shao Xuefan dissatisfied: "I can't accommodate you in everything, you——Shao ​​Qiu!"

Liu Ruosong suddenly turned his head, and finally took out his right hand that had been in his pocket all the time, and there was a revolver in his hand.

His movements were two seconds faster than the guards, and he aimed the gun at his heart neatly. He only needed a light hook with his fingertips to make his blood spray on Shao Xuefan's face.

"Fortunately, No. [-] left in a hurry and didn't take this old antique away, so I dug it out from the drawer of his old man's office." Shao Qiu took a step back and sneered at Shao Xuefan: "Didn't you say that you were all for me— —Okay, let Brother Liu go to see the captain, or I will die for you."

Shao Xuefan got up suddenly.

Threatening your own father with the word "death" is like a child throwing and rolling, extremely childish.

But Shao Xuefan didn't dare to take him as a joke - he met Shao Qiu's eyes, the other's eyes were flat and indifferent, without any impulsiveness, obviously serious.

"You!" Shao Xuefan was so angry that his blood pressure rose, and finally he couldn't maintain the calm state before, and pointed at him tremblingly, so angry that he couldn't speak clearly: "Do you have to be so disobedient because of outsiders!"

"You think I'm joking with you?" Shao Qiu sneered, "Why do you think I'm here today?"

"If I don't agree." Shao Xuefan was shaking with anger: "Did you really shoot!"

Shao Qiu didn't say a word of nonsense, he easily hooked his fingertips, and simply pulled the trigger to the bottom.

Shao Xuefan suddenly raised his heart, shouted no, his throat slashed.

However, after a crisp sound, the room was quiet, and nothing happened—the magazine was empty.

Shao Xuefan slammed his heart back with a bang, swayed on the spot for a moment, and almost passed out.

Liu Ruosong was also frightened, he wanted to see Fu Yan, but he didn't expect that Shao Qiu could really shoot, so he reflexively wanted to pull him.

Shao Qiu avoids his hand, and puts his finger back on the trigger.

"Guess if there are any bullets in this magazine." Shao Qiu said.

Shao Xuefan stared at Shao Qiu with red eyes, unable to speak a word.

Shao Qiu waited for two seconds, seeing that Shao Xuefan was still panting and not speaking, he sneered and wanted to buckle again.

Shao Xuefan's life was exhausted, and near the end of the day, he only cared about this one son. At this moment, he couldn't hold back any longer, so he shouted to stop.

"Go, go—" Shao Xuefan clutched his chest, his eyes turned black, and he leaned on the guard's arm and said with difficulty: "Aren't you going to go and see... Go and see, you put the gun down."

Liu Ruosong turned his head and walked out. When he reached the door, he remembered something and slowed down.

"Deputy team, what about you?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"I'm not going." Shao Qiu slowly put down his right hand, but the gun was still in his hand.He forced a smile uglier than crying at Liu Ruosong, and said, "Say hello to the captain for me."

Liu Ruosong didn't have the energy to talk to him about this, so he hummed and ran out of the conference room quickly.

Three lifetimes together, Liu Ruosong knew the structure of the laboratory building clearly. He took Shao Xuefan's badge and walked all the way to the third floor without hindrance. When he approached the ward, he hesitated instead.

The large experimental compartment separated by the glass curtain wall is similar to the previous life. Fu Yan is lying on a recliner in the center of the room with his eyes closed. He held his waist and abdomen, revealing his bare shoulders.

Liu Ruosong walked over with heavy steps, his fingertips touched the cold glass wall, he didn't know whether to go in and disturb him.

On the contrary, Fu Yan himself seemed to notice his gaze, opened his eyes and looked sideways towards the door.

Liu Ruosong could see clearly that Fu Yan's eyes were originally blank and empty, but when they fell on him, his pupils gathered a bunch of light, and his eyes brightened up.

Liu Ruosong had no choice but to bite his lip, opened the door and walked in.

He tried to force himself into a smile, but unfortunately he didn't succeed.

Fu Yan wanted to pull his hand subconsciously, but his movements were limited, so he had to give up.

Liu Ruosong walked up to him, leaned over to support his face with one hand, lowered his head, and let out a breath of stale air slowly.

When he was outside, he desperately wanted to see Fu Yan, but when he really saw him, he didn't know what to say.

He subconsciously wanted to help Fu Yan pull the blanket up, but Fu Yan grabbed the corner of the blanket himself, preventing him from succeeding.

"What's wrong...?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"It's not pretty." Fu Yan's voice was very hoarse, and he let out a bit of weakness as soon as he opened his mouth: "It hasn't finished metabolizing yet."

Liu Ruosong was stunned for a moment, and only then did he realize what he meant.

A deep anger welled up in his heart, his lips trembled, and his face lost all color in an instant.

Liu Ruosong's feet shook, and he couldn't help but half-knelt down, and pressed his forehead against Fu Yan's arm.

"I'm sorry, brother." Liu Ruosong choked up and said, "Uncle Zhao is not at the base anymore, I am alone, there is nothing I can do..."

Fu Yan gently rubbed against him.

"I don't blame you." Fu Yan comforted: "What can you do alone."

Liu Ruosong shook his head.

He suddenly realized that he was really selfish - when he came here, he had been thinking about a thought - why not just end this time, lest Fu Yan suffer.

But when he saw Fu Yan, the indecisive "reluctance" in his heart began to reappear.

Just like in the back mountain of the Landscape Park in D City, there is always a voice in his heart bewitching him, telling him that "if you persist, there may be a turning point".

This kind of fluke filled his mind, making him reluctant to say "let's do it all over again".

I couldn't protect him at all, Liu Ruosong thought, I didn't even want to let him take an easier path.

Liu Ruosong struggled between rationality and emotion, and in the end he almost squeezed out the words between his teeth.

"Brother, let's...or...forget it." Liu Ruosong said with difficulty: "Maybe next time, we can be more..."

Unexpectedly, Fu Yan shook his head.

"No." Fu Yan said.

Liu Ruosong suddenly looked up at him.

"I can't suffer in vain. I don't want to do it again next time." Fu Yan said: "Joe Aiden escaped, but people have been hunting him down, and I don't know when there will be news. There is also research on virus medicine ... Ruosong, you have to help me pay attention to these news this time, so that I have a better chance of winning next time."

"Do you want to delay until you have more information?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"Yes." Fu Yan smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "This is the end of the matter, let's just do it this time."

Liu Ruosong tightened the hand on his arm, hummed in a low voice.

Fu Yan looked at him sideways, and saw that his eye circles were red, as if he was enduring great pain, and he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

"Ruosong?" Fu Yan called him.

Liu Ruosong was so choked up that he couldn't speak, so he could only shake his head slowly.

He couldn't tell Fu Yan that his pain was not because it couldn't end this time, but because when he heard that Fu Yan rejected him, he subconsciously felt a little lucky.

I'm an extremely selfish person, Liu Ruosong thought obsessively, I don't deserve him to love me so much.

Liu Ruosong clearly knew what kind of thoughts he had in his subconscious mind, so he felt more and more guilty, and was almost torn apart by self-blame.

He was in such a scary state that Fu Yan was a little flustered, reluctantly leaned over, and asked him carefully: "What's wrong?"

Liu Ruosong shook his head again, he lowered his head against the side of the bed, and finally couldn't help crying.

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Today's off-court tidbit: Xiaoqiu has only one empty magazine in his gun, and the remaining five magazines are all live ammunition. [And the essence of Xiao Liu'er's reluctance is actually because the restart is too mysterious, and he is also afraid that there will be no next time, so he really dare not die]