16 years

"Want to see me?" Zhao Jincheng said, "Why is he so restless?"

The secretary who made the report nodded, opened the folder in a businesslike manner, and began to report the situation: "In this week, he has inquired about the situation outside six times, among which three times he asked about the progress of Lieutenant Colonel Shao Qiu's mission, and one time he applied to leave the resettlement Go out and do voluntary labor—but it's the first time I've asked to see you."

"It's really troublesome." Zhao Jincheng said with a sneer, "Isn't he playing tricks on himself, and rushing to tell people that he has a problem."

"You can't say that completely, Uncle Zhao." On the other side of the call that has been connected all the time, Liu Ruosong's voice is light, and no emotion can be heard: "If we didn't presuppose that he has a problem first, his behavior may not be accurate. He can say that he is for the country and the people. He can say that he is so anxious because he is worried about the situation."

"Pull it down." Zhao Jincheng wiped his face, and said, "The old bottom has been overthrown, and I'm still dreaming of that big spring and autumn dream."

Zhao Jincheng was so busy that he wished he could break it into eight parts by himself. He slept in the office for more than a week, and wished he could spend time washing his face and brushing his teeth to listen to the frontline reports. How could he take care of the mentality of the old researcher.

Liu Ruosong smiled on the other side of the phone, and Zhao Jincheng got angry when he heard it, and cursed angrily, you little bastard.

"Come back to work if you have an idea." Zhao Jincheng said: "You said you want to follow Shao Xuefan, I gave you a chance, but it's up to you whether you can grasp it - as long as he doesn't die, he is always useful, don't worry about him before. What kind of criminal record, if it really comes to a desperate time, no matter how much I don't like him today, I will have to go to him to apologize."

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao, I'll be in Yancheng soon." Liu Ruosong said, "Didn't he want to see you, just so I have something to ask him."

"Did you hear that?" Zhao Jincheng said to the secretary, "Go tell him, let him wait there with peace of mind, and send someone over when I'm free."

Zhao Jincheng's original words were advanced layer by layer, and finally they were delivered to Shao Xuefan's ears intact.

These days, Shao Xuefan has been restless sleeping almost every night, and his blood pressure has never stabilized.He couldn't understand why Zhao Jincheng was so indifferent to him.

He thought about it and didn't come up with a clue, but one day he woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly remembered the young man he had met once.

Liu Ruosong, Shao Xuefan thought, seemed to be called this name.

He still has an impression of this young man. When they first met, the other party was very warm to him, asking about his health, humble and gentle, and even helped him avoid a fatal disaster by accident.

But later, he seemed to be a different person inexplicably, with a cold and alienated attitude, and he disappeared directly after returning to Yancheng.

Shao Xuefan didn't know if he was too neurotic, but he still vaguely felt that this young man should be the key to everything.

He tossed and turned in this uneasy mood for a few days, and Zhao Jincheng finally got a message saying that he had time to meet him.

Shao Xuefan was overwhelmed with surprises, but still kept his identity, cleaned up the dormitory in advance, put on his most decent outfit, and waited for the other party to come over according to the agreed time.

The guard told him it was ten o'clock in the morning, but at five past ten, there was still no movement outside.

Shao Xuefan looked at his watch six times before and after, fidgeted and walked around the living room twice, and finally couldn't help but want to go out to ask, the door of his dormitory was pushed open from the outside.

Shao Xuefan subconsciously wiped the hem of his clothes, and was about to speak, but the moment he raised his eyes, he choked on his words.

There was no other reason, the person who came was exactly the person he had been thinking about for the past few days.

"Ms. Shao, I was on a field trip before, and I haven't come to see you. Now I'm back, and I heard that you're eager to see No. [-] recently." Liu Ruosong rolled his eyes, and closed the door behind his back: "I happen to have If it’s empty, I’ll make a trip for number one.”

Shao Xuefan took a step back subconsciously, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

Liu Ruosong's eyes are too frightening - but any normal person, seeing his eyes like this, would not feel that he is here simply to reminisce about the old days.

He had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes at all. His eyes were fixed on Shao Xuefan, and his dark pupils seemed to be mixed with the night that could not be melted away.

Thick malice and resentment lingered in his eyes like a swamp, so that his smile was mixed with a certain kind of cold taste. Shao Xuefan felt that he would be pulled into it by something, and he didn't drown Gotta cry for help.

Shao Xuefan got goosebumps all over his body, stumbled and took a few steps back, trying to find a bunker to protect himself.

Liu Ruosong smoothly pulled the latch on the door, and he stood in the room and looked around, not intending to threaten him deliberately, so he simply picked a place and sat down first.

"Why are you afraid of me?" Liu Ruosong said, "Could it be that you have a guilty conscience?"

Shao Xuefan was very bluffed by his eyes, he couldn't understand why the young man in front of him was so hostile towards him, let alone why he came to meet today.

But in any case, he had already seen some kind of omen from the attitude of the other party.

"Don't worry, Teacher Shao." Liu Ruosong said: "The guards outside the door have already withdrawn, we have a lot of time today to chat slowly."

After restarting this time, Liu Ruosong has a lot of things to ask Shao Xuefan. He is eager to know whether Shao Xuefan was just trying to achieve his goals by any means in his previous life, or if he forcibly concealed the facts for his own selfish desires and regarded Fu Yan as his master of power. victim.

In fact, Liu Ruosong knew that it was pointless to struggle with this now, but he was just not reconciled.

Shao Xuefan still didn't speak, he stood in a corner of a room far away from Liu Ruosong, staring at him vigilantly, and kept checking the doors and windows with his peripheral vision.

Liu Ruosong pretended not to notice, adjusted his sitting posture, took something out of his pocket and held it in his hand.

"I came today to tell Mr. Shao two things." Liu Ruosong said, "One, Shao Qiu was arrested by Joe Eden along with Fang Sining."

Shao Xuefan's pupils shrank suddenly, subconsciously stepped forward, and said sharply, "What did you say?!"

Liu Ruosong looked at him calmly and didn't answer his words.

"The second message, Teacher Shao." Liu Ruosong raised his hand, and then he let go of his five fingers. A metal cube fell out of his palm, was caught by a thin rope, and fluttered in his hand: "I Your secret has been found."

Shao Xuefan covered his pockets, and for a moment didn't know which one to ask first.

Only then did he remember that the first time he found out that the secret key was lost was in the evacuated train station.

But the matter of the secret key was too secretive, and only Fang Sining knew about it besides himself, so he thought about it at the time, and only thought that it was accidentally left somewhere, and he never thought that someone would deliberately steal it.

"You...you tell me what happened to Xiaoqiu first." Shao Xuefan gritted his teeth and said.

Liu Ruosong raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He thought that with someone like Shao Xuefan, he would care more about his wealth, life, reputation and future, but he didn't expect him to have some genuine feelings for Shao Qiu.

But Liu Ruosong was not prepared to tell him the matter so easily.

"Why don't you answer my question first." Liu Ruosong said, "What exactly is B-92, and why did you return to China two years ago? Your moss growing ground, so you better be straight and understand. I'm in a hurry."

Shao Xuefan could see that the young man in front of him was aggressive and the visitor was not kind, if he didn't follow the other party's wishes, he wouldn't say a word to himself.

"...What exactly do you want to know?" Shao Xuefan said, "You know that you took away my secret key, and if you know that you are going to the base, you must have seen the things inside, so what else do you want to ask me?"

"What is B-92?" Liu Ruosong said firmly: "Your video can also fool your son, don't try to fool me - you did this project much earlier than you returned to China, I am now I suspect that you didn't escape, but came back to cooperate with Joe Eden under the order of Joe Eden."

"How is it possible!" Shao Xuefan seemed to have been poked into a sore foot. He became emotional and said loudly, "Don't swear! If I really belonged to him, why did he send someone to kill me!"

"You admitted it." Liu Ruosong said lightly, "That's fine, let's continue."

Shao Xuefan choked suddenly, only then remembered that Joe Eden was not mentioned in the video he had prepared.

His face became extremely ugly in an instant, he looked at Liu Ruosong as if he was looking at some monster.

"I know much more than you think." Liu Ruosong suddenly smiled, he stood up shyly, and approached the old man step by step: "——Aren't you wondering why I hate you so much? ?”

When Shao Xuefan got emotional, his heart began to be overwhelmed, dense snowflakes began to appear in front of his eyes, and he needed to breathe hard to maintain his standing posture.

He couldn't speak, but it was obvious that Liu Ruosong had spoken in his heart.

"Because I'm a wandering soul who died once." Liu Ruosong stood up slowly with one hand in his pocket. He stared at Shao Xuefan and said word by word: "So I know Joe Eden, B-92, I know that someone will come to kill you at that time - Fang Sining is a good student, during the years I worked with him, he often mentioned you."

"It's a pity." Liu Ruosong said, "You don't deserve to be a good student."

Shao Xuefan stared at him with wide eyes, his chest heaved violently, as if he really saw a ghost crawling back from the Styx River.

Liu Ruosong was not afraid of exposing himself to Shao Xuefan at all—there was no surveillance, no recording, and no certificates, so even if Shao Xuefan wanted to go out and publicize his words, he had to be believed.

If one day it really comes to the point of confrontation, Liu Ruosong is also confident that he is not the one who makes people feel crazy.