16 years

"You have a good idea." Liu Ruosong exploded when he heard such plausible words. He took a few steps forward and grabbed Fu Yan's hand, and forcibly blocked Fu Yan with his arm.

Liu Ruosong didn't care whether Irene could understand his words, sneered, and said bluntly: "He is not your kind, he is a human being, what the hell are you?"

As expected, Irene didn't understand her words, the expression on her face was blank, and her eyes were still following Fu Yan's direction.

Liu Ruosong frowned, and stood in front of the two of them forcefully.

But Fu Yan was taller than him, even if he stood completely behind him, Liu Ruosong couldn't stop him.Irene was still able to accurately capture Fu Yan's position over Liu Ruosong's shoulder.

The petri dish couldn't see Liu Ruosong's anger, but just stood there quietly, sniffling from time to time, trying to find something in the air in confusion.

"Ruosong." Fu Yanyan put his hand on Liu Ruosong's shoulder and squeezed it lightly: "Don't be angry."

Liu Ruosong knew that it would be outrageous to be angry with a petri dish that couldn't communicate, but he just couldn't help it.The matter of Fu Yan is his minefield, the petri dish will "send away" Fu Yan when he opens his mouth, and if he can bear it, he will be out of trouble.

"I won't give myself to Joe Eden." Fu Yan said.

Liu Ruosong knew, but he was still angry.His desire to protect and possess Fu Yan has reached an uncontrollable level. Whenever he finds out that someone wants to take advantage of Fu Yan, he will subconsciously have the dangerous idea of ​​"nipping the danger in its cradle".

For a moment just now, he even wanted to cut Petri dish's vocal cords and make her dumb so that she wouldn't say such things in front of others.

Liu Ruosong was shocked for a moment by this dangerous thought in his mind, shook his head, and shook the thought out again.

"Brother." Liu Ruosong whispered, "Don't listen to her."

Fu Yan burst into joy.

"Am I stupid?" Fu Yan gently stretched out his hand to hug Liu Ruosong into his arms, rubbed his hair, and said softly: "We are going to find Joe Eden later, but I will never go together— —I will take you, take everyone, bring equipment, logistics reserves, and many comrades-in-arms together.”

Liu Ruosong nodded and gave a muffled hum.

He knew that Joe Eden was an unavoidable hurdle. If they failed to find Eden One this time, they had to continue to trace this line.

But the petri dish is too evil, Liu Ruosong still cares about it.

While he didn't want to listen to these rumors to confuse the public, he couldn't help but want to delve deeper into the meaning.

"...Why do you need to be here?" Liu Ruosong said, "Why are you two the only ones who can do this? Can't other experimental subjects do it?"

Irene stood there blankly, neither nodding nor shaking her head, wondering if she didn't understand or didn't want to answer.

"Is there no other kind in the world that can be used?" Liu Ruosong asked eagerly.

There seemed to be a key word in this sentence that triggered the language nerves of the petri dish. She shook her head and said "no" vaguely.

"Unique," Erin said.

"There's something wrong with your wording." Liu Ruosong said, "You two are standing here, and you already have 'two'."

"What she may have said is that there is only me besides her." Fu Yan said.

The petri dish speaks the language of country A, and the translation may sound ambiguous. Liu Ruosong pursed his lips, but still couldn't figure it out.

If it is said that the petri dish regards "zombies" as the same kind, or treats the test subjects injected with Eden One as the same kind, then Liu Ruosong thinks it is normal. What does "unique" mean, and why does the petri dish treat Fu Yan regarded as such a special existence.

Liu Ruosong was confused and wanted to make her speak clearly, but Fu Yan grabbed his hand and pulled him aside.

Fu Yan's strength was not heavy, but he used the hand on the injured side, so Liu Ruosong did not struggle, and was pulled away by him obediently.

Fu Yan led him to the window and opened half of the window.

"It's useless to ask her." Fu Yan said, "She doesn't understand."

"...I know." Liu Ruosong lowered his head, holding Fu Yan's hand in both hands, and said in a low voice, "I just want to figure it out and find a solution sooner."

After the injury, his Qi and blood were not smooth, and because of the lack of clothes, Fu Yan's fingertips were too cold. Liu Ruosong put his hands in his palms, put them to his mouth, and took a deep breath.

After doing this habitually, he realized that Fu Yan seemed to be a little afraid of the heat, so he moved forward or retreated, and raised his eyes cautiously to look at Fu Yan's expression.

But Fu Yan didn't seem to care about this little thing, his eyes fell outside the window, his eyes seemed to have no focus, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

Liu Ruosong followed his gaze and looked out, and found that the Honglan River was not far away.

At night, the Honglan River rushes by. If you open the window, you can hear the rushing sound of the river clearly.

Fu Yan's gaze crossed the pitch-black river and landed on the far side.

Because Joe Eden had escaped, the research institute opposite Jiang did not carry out concealment any more.There are 24-hour guards there, and now you can still see sporadic lights on the other side.

After a long time, Fu Yan said, "Ruosong, let's go over there and have a look."

"Now?" Liu Ruosong was stunned: "But it's so late now—"

"I slept a little too much before, but I'm still awake now." Fu Yan squeezed his hand, and said, "Be more comfortable at night, during the day..."

Fu Yan paused abruptly, the ending stopped abruptly, and the second half of the words were swallowed back into his stomach, he didn't know if he didn't think about it or didn't want to say it.

But Liu Ruosong could probably figure it out—the sun was too strong during the day, and he might not be ready subconsciously.

Liu Ruosong frowned slightly, a little undecided.

To go to the research institute, you have to cross the river. Liu Ruosong was afraid that something might go wrong.

"But your injury hasn't healed yet." Liu Ruosong said tactfully.

But Fu Yan seemed to have made up his mind, and took his hand and walked out.

"Just call He Tang." Fu Yan said, "Aren't there guards at the research institute?"

Seeing that he seemed determined, Liu Ruosong nodded hesitantly, dialed a message for He Tang, and asked her to drive downstairs and wait.

Fu Yan pulled Liu Ruosong out, and Irene was standing in the glass to watch him, but when he walked to the door, Irene bumped into the glass without warning, and made a loud bang.

The security alarm suddenly rang through the room, Fu Yan staggered, and reached out to hold the door frame.

The guards outside rushed in, pulled the bolt of the gun as if facing an enemy, and looked at the petri dish in the glass cover in surprise.However, Irene just pretended and didn't do anything else. She even returned to the state of sculpture without sadness or joy, walked back to the steps and sat down.

But Fu Yan's condition was not very good. He held the door frame with one hand and pressed the other on his chest. His body folded deeply, almost into a right angle.

Liu Ruosong subconsciously supported him, and immediately became anxious: "Brother! Why are you in pain?"

"It's okay." Fu Yan shook his head.

There was a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, but his expression looked calm, and he took a breath intermittently while holding Liu Ruosong's hand.

The alarm sounded too abruptly just now, which more or less aroused his negative emotions. The neuralgia came too quickly, and he was unprepared for a while, but now it's much better after a while.

Fu Yan took a few breaths lightly, his complexion became better, he supported Liu Ruosong's hand to support his body, and stood up straight.

Liu Ruosong looked at him worriedly, and reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

"Why don't you go back and rest?" Liu Ruosong said, "There's still time to go to the research institute tomorrow night."

Fu Yan shook his head.

"Go." Fu Yan said in a low voice, "It's over, let's all get a good night's sleep."

As Fu Yan spoke, he stroked Liu Ruosong's slightly long forehead hair, and gently hooked the corners of his lips, trying to tease him: "Has it been a long time since we went out alone?"

"What kind of loneliness is this?" Liu Ruosong couldn't laugh or cry: "He Tang is still here."

"Let her drive alone." Fu Yan said as he grabbed Liu Ruosong's hand and held it in his palm, and pulled him downstairs: "The two of us drive alone."

"Then she must think there's something wrong with us." Liu Ruosong couldn't help laughing and said, "Or she thinks we were secretly having sex in the car."

When going downstairs, Fu Yan had to pass through the long stairwell, but Fu Yan kept holding Liu Ruosong's hand and did not let go.

"You reminded me." Fu Yan suddenly asked, "Do you want to go see the stars?"

Liu Ruosong was still thinking about the research institute, but he didn't expect Fu Yan to ask such a question suddenly, and he was stunned for a moment before realizing what he was talking about.

"Huh?" Liu Ruosong tilted his head in doubt, and said, "Brother, why are you suddenly so leisurely?"

"You haven't made such a request for a long time." Fu Yan said: "The weather today is very good, and the wind outside is dry. I think you should like this kind of weather."

Liu Ruosong was stunned.

He realized something belatedly - if it was him in the past, he would still have time to look at the wild flowers and the blue sky on the way to perform the mission, and by the way, point out to Fu Yan how regular the shape of this cloud is.

But thinking about it now, he hasn't paid attention to these little things for several years.

All his attention was on the virus and Fu Yan, and he had no spare energy to care about whether the flowers were blooming well, whether the sky was blue enough, whether the weather was comfortable enough, and other trivial matters.

For Liu Ruosong now, those things are unnecessary.

Once a person is occupied by a single thing, he will easily lose himself, trapped in a narrow predicament and unable to get out. Liu Ruosong can't remember how long he hasn't stopped to look at those "unnecessary things".

——It's not that Fu Yan has leisure time, it's just that he thinks of the old days again.

Liu Ruosong pursed his lips, slowly tightened his fingers, inserted them into Fu Yan's fingers, and interlocked with his fingers.

"Okay." Liu Ruosong said with a smile: "Let's look at the stars first, and then get down to business."

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The young couple fled [bushi] late at night. It feels like they haven't relaxed for a long time. The pressure of the end of the world is really great. Who remembers that Xiao Liuer was a gentle and affectionate photographer before?