16 years

Having a "comrade-in-arms" who knows the basics is not the same as fighting alone - not to mention that Fu Yan is also a good comrade-in-arms who dictates what to fight and what is forbidden.

The evacuees were taken to the refuge in batches, and the young people brought back by Liu Ruosong were sent to the base, where they temporarily received some idle logistics support work as "assistants".

Shao Xuefan was not able to enter the military base like last time. Zhao Jincheng had asked Fu Yan to find a place to house the other party in the shelter. There was no need to startle the enemy, just put him under house arrest.

Anyway, Shao Xuefan is old and frail, and can't do anything. If he dares to leave the station rashly, he will die.

Shao Xuefan was obviously surprised by this arrangement, and asked He Tang, who was in charge of counting the evacuation list, several times, but still found it unacceptable.

"Do you want me to go to the resettlement site?" Shao Xuefan said, "Didn't you want to hire me to work outside?"

"No." He Tang had no impression of Shao Xuefan, and said in a businesslike manner, "You are already so old, you are not on the list of volunteer workers, don't worry."

Shao Xuefan was choked, and he didn't dare to play wild with these active officers who were armed with live ammunition. His eyes circled around, and finally fell on Liu Ruosong who was walking over.

He seemed to have seen his companion, and quickly walked a few steps towards Liu Ruosong.

He still didn't know how much psychological shadow he had "once" caused Liu Ruosong, and he still regarded Liu Ruosong as that humble and gentle young man in his impression, and subconsciously asked, "Xiao Liu, didn't you say before that the military wanted my help?" Was it analyzed for the virus?"

Fu Yan only felt that the hands he held with Liu Ruosong suddenly tightened, making his knuckles ache slightly.

He just wanted to appease Liu Ruosong, when he saw that the other party subconsciously took half a step forward, staggered a position with him, and blocked him.

"I don't know." Liu Ruosong said softly: "The leaders may have their own arrangements. You can go to the resettlement first, don't worry about your safety."

Of course, Shao Xuefan didn't come just for "safety", but even Liu Ruosong said so, he couldn't lick his face for a while to introduce himself, he hesitated for a moment, and was dragged away by the sharp-eyed He Tang up.

It was as if there was a switch on Shao Xuefan's body. As soon as he walked away, Liu Ruosong's tense muscles relaxed, and Fu Yan moved his wrist calmly, feeling that Shao Xuefan obviously did more than just "bully" him.

But Liu Ruosong made it clear that he didn't want to mention the previous incident, Fu Yan had no intention of poking his scar, so he just took out the USB flash drive from Liu Ruosong's pocket, looked at it, and turned to report to Zhao Jincheng.

Fu Yan is much easier than Liu Ruosong to talk about missions.Zhao Jincheng is used to him, and let him talk about this matter. According to Zhao Jincheng's habit, he should hand over the job to him.

Zhao Jincheng's moss cultivation base is thousands of miles away, Fu Yan is worried that Liu Ruosong will go so far with others.

When Liu Ruosong finished arranging for someone to come back, Fu Yan had already reported the matter to Zhao Jincheng.

After hanging up the phone, Fu Yan said seriously: "Do you know what's there?"

"I know." Liu Ruosong nodded lightly, and said, "There is no danger, don't worry. It's empty there, and Shao Xuefan's level is not high enough to leave armed security at the base."

"That's good." Fu Yan said.

After this restart, Liu Ruosong has a strange paranoid about time.I don't know if it was the shadow left by Fu Yan's "too late" last time, he didn't even need time to go back to the base to rest, as if if there was no air traffic control, he would like to fly over from the sky.

Except for Fu Yan, everyone else was puzzled by his abnormal urgency, He Tang loaded the extra supplies and ammunition from the evacuation point into the long-distance vehicle, carefully glanced at Liu Ruosong's face, and tentatively said: "Brother Liu, you Why are you in such a hurry?"

Before Liu Ruosong could answer, He Tang continued on his own: "Does the base have any tendency to self-destruct? Shao Xuefan was arrested on the front foot, and the countdown started on the back foot...?"

Liu Ruosong: "..."

The anxious Researcher Liu swallowed his serious explanation in silence, and decided to hand over this hot potato to the professional counterpart administrator.

He turned his head and glanced at He Feng. Lieutenant Colonel He's comprehension ability was obviously much better than that of He Tang. He put down the hood of the car, walked over and took He Tang away without a word, and stuffed him into the car.

Seeing this, Fu Yan smiled, closed the trunk, and was about to walk to the driver's cab when Liu Ruosong grabbed him.

He turned his head suspiciously, and saw Liu Ruosong's expression was tense, and his fingers were wrapped around his wrist, tightly squeezed.

"...You sit next to me." Liu Ruosong said, "I will drive."

According to Fu Yan's usual habits, there is a high probability that he will not agree to this request - the worst thing is to ask why.

But for this "restart", he didn't know what to say, and Liu Ruosong's state was so wrong, he didn't dare to refute, for fear of irritating the other party by saying something wrong.

——What if he died in a car accident, Fu Yan thought, it's not impossible.

Colonel Fu racked his brains, thinking about [-] possibilities, the more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt, so he let go of the car door handle to make room for Liu Ruosong.

"Okay." Fu Yan said, "If you're tired, I'll give it to He Feng."

Liu Ruosong also knew that his current state was not right. He seemed to be in a state of stress from time to time, like a reverse persecution paranoia. He always felt that Fu Yan would face unexpected dangers if he stepped out of his control.

He knew what would happen if this mentality deteriorated, and he wanted to control it, but it was always difficult to convince himself in the short term.

Liu Ruosong covered his forehead, and closed the car door that had been opened a crack.

"I don't mean anything else." Liu Ruosong explained in a low voice, "I'm—"

"It's okay." Fu Yan came over and hugged him lightly: "Time is too short, you push yourself too hard."

For Liu Ruosong, Fu Yan's hug was more useful than anything else, he hugged him back, buried in his arms and took a deep breath.

"...You have to listen to me." Liu Ruosong said.

"Yes." Fu Yan said, "I can always listen to you."

Liu Ruosong hummed, rubbed Fu Yan's clothes with his forehead, then pulled off his collar and looked inside.

The small wound bitten by him before had stopped bleeding on its own, Liu Ruosong reached in and touched it, and felt a little rough and hard scab.

"Does it hurt?" Liu Ruosong said.

Fu Yan shook his head.

The two of them dawdled outside and couldn't get into the car. He Tang seemed to be possessed by the god of gossip in the car. He secretly wanted to press a window to listen to what the two of them had to say, but before he succeeded, he was violently attacked by He Feng. Suppressed, he pressed on his leg.

Major He struggled violently and protested: "What's the matter, if you disagree with me, do it!"

"Why do children like to watch other people fall in love so much?" He Feng was very puzzled: "If you like it, you can find someone yourself."

"I won't look for it." He Tang curled his lips and said, "I'm so simple, if I can't live with others and get divorced, maybe I won't be able to get a share of the property."

He Fengxin said that you were thinking too far, you couldn't find a partner with two legs, and you even thought about divorce.

"It's okay." He Feng comforted: "You are a soldier, breaking the military marriage is breaking the law."

He Tang: "..."

Major He was not comforted at all. Fortunately, the "little mandarin ducks" outside the car still remembered the business, and stopped the small pre-war mobilization with families as a unit within a few minutes, and got into the car one after the other.

Fu Yan got into the co-pilot obediently, and He Tang looked back and forth between them as if seeing the sun in the west, wishing for a shiny golden question mark on his forehead.

"I know the way." Liu Ruosong said without changing his face: "This time, the time is urgent, the faster the action, the better. I know that there are no people on the country road, and the chance of encountering zombies is even smaller."

Liu Ruosong's words were not nonsense, the first time he had already walked the road to the base once, and he still remembers the zombie hordes he encountered on the road.

He is like a human-shaped living map that is more accurate than navigation, easily crossing all road sections where emergencies may occur, and strives to reach the destination in the shortest time.

Even He Feng was amazed at his judgment. He had inquired about it openly and secretly. Liu Ruosong didn't want to explain, but he didn't intend to hide it. He only said perfunctorily that he knew everything because he had traveled too many places.

On the third night after leaving Yancheng, the news of Shao Qiu's disappearance fell into Fu Yan's hands.

It was late at that time, they were resting near the provincial road, Fu Yan hesitated for a moment, and called Liu Ruosong away from the fire.

"Shao Qiu is missing." Fu Yan said, "Ruosong, do you know about this?"

Liu Ruosong calculated the time in his mind - it was too early, the only news they knew was Shao Qiu.The second team is still on the way to meet and search, and Zhao Jincheng hasn't even received the kidnapping email.

"He was with Fang Sining and was captured by Joe Eden's men." Liu Ruosong said, "I don't know which route he was kidnapped from, but he should end up in the deep mountains along the northwest route. I know the approximate range, but not the exact coordinates. And counting the time, he should not have been caught there yet."

Liu Ruosong never said this before, Fu Yan thought.

This may be a coincidence, but it may not be - Fu Yan can see that in this restart, Liu Ruosong is extremely hostile to Shao Xuefan, Shao Qiu is Shao Xuefan's son, if Liu Ruosong hates Wu Jiwu, it seems to be justified.

Fu Yan didn't want to speculate on the other party with malice, but he was really worried whether Liu Ruosong's "becoming bad" included this matter.

He was silent for a while, abandoned the detour option, and asked bluntly, "Wakamatsu, did you know about this before?"

Liu Ruosong heard Fu Yan's implication, he stopped, turned his head, and looked at him calmly.

Liu Ruosong knew that Fu Yan's just asking did not represent his attitude, nor did it represent his suspicion.He himself has tens of thousands of words to say at this moment, whether he explains it or not, he has many peaceful options.

But Liu Ruosong suddenly had a paranoid impulse in his heart, as if he deliberately wanted to know the answer, so he wanted to mislead Fu Yan with ambiguity.

"I know," he said.