16 years

When Fu Yan went upstairs, Liu Ruosong had already returned early.

The door at the end of the dormitory corridor was wide open, half of Liu Ruosong was exposed outside, standing on the balcony outside, not knowing what he was doing.

Fu Yan stood on the other side of the corridor and watched him quietly for a while, then walked towards him.

When he got closer, he realized that Liu Ruosong was lying on the railing with a lighted cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking down at the downstairs, with a blank expression, apparently lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

Fu Yan subconsciously lightened his steps.

These days, he often feels Liu Ruosong's ethereal feeling, he is like a piece of rootless duckweed that will be blown away by the wind at any time.

Fu Yan could vaguely feel the "membrane" on his body, but he couldn't touch it, and he couldn't get rid of it, and he didn't even know how to keep Liu Ruosong.

Fu Yan even felt that Liu Ruosong was walking on a steel wire swinging left and right, and an answer hung at the end of this steel wire—an answer that would make Liu Ruosong stay on the ground from now on, or fall into the abyss forever.

He didn't dare to think about what this steel wire represented, but he couldn't break through the stubborn shackles in Liu Ruosong's heart.

I missed something, Fu Yan thought, that's why I can't do anything.

No matter how light his footsteps were, there was always a sound, Liu Ruosong seemed to be aware of it, woke up from that trance, and saw Fu Yan's figure approaching from the corner of his eye.

He straightened up slightly from the railing, and the long ash fell to the ground along with his movements.

"Brother, you're back." Liu Ruosong said.

Fu Yan looked at the pile of scattered cigarette butts at his feet, nodded, walked across the threshold, and stood beside him.

"No. [-] called me over just now." Fu Yan said, "Joe Aiden sent a kidnapping email to exchange Shao Qiu."

With a thought, Liu Ruosong took down the cigarette without changing his face, and flicked the ash out.

"I want Shao Xuefan." Liu Ruosong said.

"Yes." Fu Yan was not surprised that he knew the details, nodded, and said, "No. [-] intends to change."

No wonder, Liu Ruosong thought.

The kidnapping email came at the same time as he remembered, but Zhao Jincheng's attitude was indeed very different-but this is also reasonable. In the previous life, Shao Xuefan was the savior of mankind they wanted to fight for. In this life, Shao Xuefan was the virus leaked. It is only natural for Zhao Jincheng to want to replace his subordinates with the first-class suspect.

That's why Zhao Jincheng didn't hide this matter in this life, but asked Fu Yan to discuss the situation.

"What did they say?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"The leaders are still discussing." Fu Yan said: "Several leaders disagree."

"It's their style." Liu Ruosong said.

Liu Ruosong recalled the scene at the end of his previous life—those people didn't care about merit or sin, they only cared about solving problems.As long as Shao Xuefan can do what others can't, there must be someone who wants to keep him.

Even if he did such a cruel thing, there are still people who will forgive him for the sake of the "big picture".

"When I left, I hadn't negotiated a result yet, but I didn't think I could twist my thighs with number one alone." Fu Yan said: "If the final decision is not to hand over Shao Xuefan, then a rescue plan must be launched."

Liu Ruosong took one last puff of his cigarette, pressed the butt of the cigarette on the railing to extinguish it, and hummed.

These things are not different from the previous life, and everything is moving forward in the general direction.

"Ruosong, what do you think?" Fu Yan asked, "What should we do?"

Liu Ruosong said that he didn't know the exact coordinates of Shao Qiu's arrest, and Fu Yan believed it.But in this case, he still wanted to hear the other party's opinion - after all, Liu Ruosong knew more and more accurately than them.

"I have no opinion." Liu Ruosong shook his head, and said, "To be honest, there is a high probability that this operation will not be fruitful. According to the situation in the previous life, wait for them to finish the entangled meeting before thinking about how to rescue them. It's time for Shao Qiu to come back by himself."

"So we don't do anything?" Fu Yan asked.

"It's best not to do anything." Liu Ruosong said, "At least this will ensure that Shao Qiu is alive."

He and Fu Yan have already tried it. If they don't deliberately intervene to change one thing, the ending of this matter will eventually go to the same.

The ending of Shao Qiu and Fang Sining is very clear, and there are no factors related to the butterfly effect-even, because Joe Eden and the others did not obtain the samples and research materials of B-92, they will pay more attention to Fang Sining.

In fact, these days, Liu Ruosong has been debating whether to intervene in the kidnapping incident, but after much deliberation, he still focuses on maintaining the status quo.

Fang Sining was no longer a "necessary factor" for him, and under such circumstances, he didn't want to take unnecessary risks.

I'm a selfish person, Liu Ruosong thought, but I really can't stand any changes.

He already knew almost the information he should know now—whether it was Joe Eden's motives, the truth about B-92, or the existence of Eden One, these were enough for him to end this doomsday.

For Liu Ruosong now, as long as he can successfully get Irene and Eden One, this long Mobius ring will be over.

Don't add extra details, don't fan the hurricane.

"Then what should we do next." Fu Yan looked sideways at Liu Ruosong: "Track Joe Aiden, looking for Eden One?"

"No." Liu Ruosong shook his head.

Fu Yan looked at him suspiciously, a little puzzled by his answer.

Liu Ruosong was obviously a little nervous, he rubbed his right thumb and index finger unconsciously, and finally took out another cigarette from the crumpled cigarette case and put it in his mouth.

"Don't do anything now." Liu Ruosong said, "Just wait."

"What are you waiting for?" Fu Yan asked puzzled.

Liu Ruosong pressed the lighter and the flame licked the tobacco. He took a deep breath and turned his head to look at Fu Yan.

Waiting for you, Liu Ruosong thought.

Before Fu Yan completely "come back", Liu Ruosong didn't want to make any rash decisions.

He had a vague premonition that the anchor point of Fu Yan's restart would not be a time point completely unfamiliar to him, but would probably randomly choose a place from the mission progress they had experienced in their previous lives.

Liu Ruosong didn't know the rules of the choice of fate, but he didn't dare to bet on the slightest possibility.Before Fu Yan came back completely, he had to get as much information as possible, more bargaining chips, and then ensure that everything moved forward normally within a controllable range.

Liu Ruosong knew in his heart that Eden One was the key to the medicine they were waiting for.As long as there is a sample of the medicine from Eden One, not to mention Shao Xuefan, even an ordinary researcher can fumble to develop a vaccine—it is nothing more than the difference in time.

But he didn't dare to go straight to Huanglong right now, he was afraid that if his pace was too hasty and fast, and if he solved all this before Fu Yan "woke up", maybe he would never come back again.

Liu Ruosong will not take this risk.

But he couldn't say these words to Fu Yan - could it be possible for him to say "I'm sorry, although you are still you, but I want that you more" to Fu Yan.

Liu Ruosong couldn't say it, and felt that it would hurt Fu Yan's heart.

He didn't know anything, so there was no need to bear unnecessary pain, nor did he have to bear Liu Ruosong's heavy expectations.

"...don't be too anxious." Liu Ruosong could only say: "Now the work of the laboratory building has just started, and it is not even on the right track. Many conjectures are not convincing. Joe Eden is a cunning and sharp person, and he can't make a single blow. Before we must kill, we should calm down and prepare."

Liu Ruosong knew that this sentence was a bit pale, and whether he could win Fu Yan's trust or not depended on how much the other party trusted him.

For a moment, he hardly dared to look into Fu Yan's eyes, took a puff of cigarette as if avoiding it, and turned his head to exhale the smoke.

"Okay." Fu Yan said.

His voice was flat, without any extra emotion.Liu Ruosong was stunned for a moment, but before he could see his expression, he felt that Fu Yan lowered his head and hugged him.

Fu Yan wrapped his arm around Liu Ruosong's back, tightened it slightly for a moment, but then let it go quickly, as if he was afraid that Liu Ruosong would not adapt to it, and he touched it.

"I love you." Fu Yan said.

Liu Ruosong pursed his lips: "Why did you say this suddenly?"

"There is no reason, I just want to tell you." Fu Yan ran his fingers along Liu Ruosong's slightly long forehead hair, and repeated, "I love you."

I don't know if it's Liu Ruosong's illusion, but he seems to have deliberately accentuated the word "I".

But before Liu Ruosong guessed his deep meaning, Fu Yan let him go and took his remaining cigarettes from his pocket.

"Go back early and smoke less." Fu Yan said, "Pay attention to your body."

As Fu Yan said, he turned his head and wanted to leave, but when he reached the balcony door, he remembered something, turned around and added a sentence.

"Do what you want." Fu Yan said, "What I say always counts."

For a moment, Liu Ruosong felt as if Fu Yan had seen through him - he felt that Fu Yan had seen all the calculations and worries in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly.

"Brother, where are you going?" Liu Ruosong asked in a panic.

"I'm going to find He Feng. The report on the last rescue mission has not been finished yet, so I'll go and sign it." Fu Yanchong smiled at him, and said calmly, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a while."

Fu Yan moved his fingers as he spoke, and sent a one-and-a-half-hour countdown shared alarm clock to Liu Ruosong's communicator.

Liu Ruosong knew it was Fu Yan's intention to leave him some time to be quiet, so he also smiled and waved to him.

Fu Yan's figure gradually disappeared in the other side of the corridor, most of the smile on Liu Ruosong's face faded, he relaxed his body, leaned against the railing behind him, and looked at the clouds drifting by in the sky, a little lost in thought.

The cigarette at his fingertips was burning silently, and it burned to the root without a sound. Liu Ruosong was scalded and gasped in pain.

He shook off the short cigarette in his hand, thought for a while, and called up Lu Li's contact information from the communicator.