16 years

"You have already said that just now." Shao Qiu said.

"But you don't seem to believe it." Fang Sining said.

"I can't believe you anymore." Shao Qiu simply turned around, his expression was calm, and his tone was very calm, but the words he said were not so pleasant: "If you are guilty, then I don't think it is necessary. If As you can see, I'm doing well now. But if you want to go back to the past, then let me explain to you—it's impossible."

"Yao Tu told me, between you and me, this can't be regarded as 'betrayal', at most, we are not suitable to be friends, I think what he said makes sense." Shao Qiu changed the subject: "But even so, Just think of me as naive, angry, and unreasonable. This matter is impossible to pass in my heart, and I have no intention of reuniting with you. "

"Then why are you still taking extra care of me?" Fang Sining whispered: "This is not your 'regulation', I have been with your captain for so many days, and I have never seen him take such special care of me. .”

"There is no particular reason." Shao Qiu said lightly: "You and I are old acquaintances, and to put it bluntly, you used to have a bit of a festival. Those people outside are my teammates. If I treat you badly, Since I'm standing in the middle, it's impossible for them to be so warm to you."

After Shao Qiu finished speaking, he took a step back, turned around and left.

Holding the can in his hand, Fang Sining looked at his back and opened his mouth in vain, but didn't know what to say.

Fang Sining could see Shao Qiu's attitude very clearly - he still resented himself, after so many years, the wound still remained in his heart, it didn't heal or disappear, even now it still hurts when touched.

But even so, Shao Qiu took the initiative to bow his head and showed a friendly attitude so that he would not be embarrassed in this team.

Fang Sining believed that after so many years, his comrades-in-arms knew as much about Shao Qiu as he did, so what he could see, those people could also see.

He didn't forgive himself, and he still didn't even have a good impression of himself, but in any case, his first move was good enough for those people to adjust their attitude towards him.

Fang Sining sighed, feeling a little pain in his heart.

After so many years, Shao Qiu seems to have changed, but in fact he has not changed. He still has a soft heart in his chest, which is as warm as when he was warming his hands in a snowy day when he was a teenager.

Fang Sining was unhappy in his heart, and after a while, he sighed again.

No matter whether Shao Qiu still hated him, or had already let go of that matter, Fang Sining had a way to get along with him, but it happened to be like this now, which made him not know what to do.

Fang Sining stayed in the room for a while, and did not follow Shao Qiu downstairs.He looked at the sky with deep thoughts for a while, and finally took out the secret key hanging around his neck, and rubbed it in the palm of his hand for a while.

The cold hard object was gradually dyed with warm body temperature, Fang Sining lowered his eyes silently, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The friends who were inseparable suddenly broke up, saying that it was impossible to remain indifferent. Now that they are reunited in troubled times, Fang Sining really does not want to continue the scars of previous regrets.

It's not that he doesn't know the crux of the problem between himself and Shao Qiu, but for Shao Xuefan, he and Shao Qiu are already on opposing sides.

For Fang Sining, Shao Xuefan is his mentor, a guiding light, who taught him many things without hiding anything, and led him farther and farther on the road of scientific research.Fang Sining admired Shao Xuefan's achievements, and also agreed with his broad vision. The longer he was with him, the more he recognized him as a person.

But for Shaoqiu, all this is exactly the opposite.In Shao Qiu's eyes, Shao Xuefan is indifferent, selfish, disregarding his family and relatives, and even taking his dead sister as an experimental subject when conditions apply. He is a cold-blooded creature without humanity and emotion.

Fang Sining couldn't accompany Shao Qiu to slander his late mentor in order to reconcile with Shao Qiu, but he couldn't change Shao Qiu's opinion, so there must be a barrier of "betrayal" between the two, which cannot be overcome.

"Teacher, what should I do?" Fang Sining muttered to himself: "I don't understand why Xiaoqiu can't understand you. Once regenerative drugs are successfully developed, how many clinical patients can be rejuvenated... What you have done is obviously great He should understand."

He sounded genuinely confused, but it was a pity that the old man who had been giving him advice had been buried in the soil and could no longer answer his questions.

Fang Sining couldn't get an answer, so he could only temporarily bury the matter and take it step by step.

He stayed on the small balcony for about half an hour before going downstairs. When he went down, Fu Yan and Yao Tu had finished talking with the base and were packing up the signal box.

Liu Ruosong sat on the sofa with Fu Yan, and He Tang sat cross-legged on a fluffy floor mat beside him, discussing room allocation with Liu Ruosong.

This duplex has five bedrooms and two living rooms, including a study and a children's room.According to Fu Yan, although they live here temporarily, it's best not to invade their private space too much, so they can't enter the study.

Half of the children's room is a game area, and the bed size of the other half is not enough to accommodate an adult, so the only available bedrooms are the master bedroom, the second bedroom and the guest room. Fortunately, the beds in these three rooms are large enough to accommodate two people. one.

"Captain and sister-in-law... Brother Liu must live together, and the master bedroom is on the second floor." He Tang pointed to the upstairs, and said, "But this way, someone must sleep on the sofa. Has anyone volunteered?"

Fang Sining, who came down from the stairs, happened to hear such a sentence, and quickly said, "I'll sleep on the sofa."

"He slept with Yao Tu." Shao Qiu said, "I will keep watch."

"What night watch?" He Tang asked with a question mark on his forehead: "This security door is stronger than our car door, and this is the seventh floor, so you can't be so cautious."

Shao Qiu: "..."

He Feng turned He Tang from behind, He Tang groaned, turned his head to look at He Feng, then looked at Shao Qiu's face at the other party's signal, and then at Fang Sining, suddenly realized something for a long time, with a look on his face See through Hongchen's expression.

"Or I'll sleep—"

Before Yao Tu finished speaking, Fang Sining had already sat down beside the crowd and said, "It's okay, I think this sofa is quite spacious, so I can sleep on it just fine."

Again and again, Shao Qiu didn't decide anything for him this time, but kept silent and acquiesced to this allocation.

"Since this matter is decided, there is another matter." Fu Yan said: "After finishing, you can move freely and rest as you like."

As soon as he finished speaking, several action team members sat upright on the spot like a conditioned reflex, waiting to listen to him.

"During the call just now, in addition to our discovery, there was also new news from the base." Fu Yan said: "During this period of time, the base organized several field missions and obtained a lot of zombies. Infection data and virus samples, and a little experiment. Although the existing experimental conditions cannot be rigorously drawn, they have obtained some new discoveries."

The bad news is that in the Yancheng Military Region, they also discovered soil pollution. The crops grown in the polluted land are born with infectious viruses, and after people eat them, they will also cause infection mutations, but the mutation time is longer.According to the news they sent back, a large number of people in the suburbs of Yancheng had eaten contaminated plants, but some of these people mutated, and some didn't. It's just that it's not sure whether it's the infection rate, or the remaining people have a longer incubation period.

"But there is also good news." Fu Yan paused, and continued: "According to the tests at the base, the virus will lose its activity after being exposed to the air for a few hours. If the weather is exposed to the sun and hot, this time will be relatively shortened. Pure water and metals, plastics and other objects also last for a short time, so you can rest assured when you encounter such situations when you go out.”

"What's more, the information I got in the cold chain warehouse before has been confirmed." Fu Yan said: "The symptoms of infection are limb stiffness, body temperature drops rapidly, and the improvement of life tends to ease until it disappears... If symptoms such as fever appear , it means that you have not been recruited."

"So if you accidentally hurt yourself outside, and you're not sure if it's contaminated with zombie body fluids, can you pour yourself a basin of cold water on the spot and wait for manual verification?" He Tang said sincerely.

Fu Yan: "..."

"You don't have to be so sincere." Liu Ruosong said with a smile, "You still have to protect yourself and try not to get hurt."

"One more question." Fu Yan said, looking at Fang Sining, and asked calmly: "Researcher Fang, let me confirm once again that Professor Shao Xuefan's file information is offline data, but it is stored at the coordinate point in the local storage mode. ,Is it right?"

Fang Sining was flustered by his gaze, subconsciously licked his lips, nodded and said: "Yes."

"Okay." Fu Yan said, "We will stay here for 72 hours from five o'clock tomorrow morning - check the clock."

Liu Ruosong was about to take off Fu Yan's original action watch from his hand, but before he could untie the watch strap, Fu Yan held it down.He took out a spare one from his backpack and buckled it on his wrist, and then helped Liu Ruosong to align the second hand.

"Okay." Fu Yan said: "Disband, let's move around freely, don't deliberately gather at dinner time."

The action team all answered yes, and then disappeared within half a minute. It was clear that there were so many people crowded in a house, but half of them disappeared as far as the eye could see.

Liu Ruosong thought it was funny, and it was the first time he saw Fu Yan in "working state", so he felt a little fresh besides being funny.

"Are they so afraid of you?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"If they are not afraid of me, they will not be able to lead the team." Fu Yan said.

"It's true." Liu Ruosong looked at him with a smile: "But why did you drive them away?"

Fu Yan didn't answer, he stood up and extended his right hand to Liu Ruosong.Liu Ruosong didn't know what he was going to do, but he obediently held him and let him pull him up from the sofa.

Fu Yan pulled him all the way to the master bedroom, then quickly took off Liu Ruosong's coat, and pressed him on the reclining chair by the balcony.

"...It's inappropriate." Liu Ruosong looked at him hesitantly, and muttered softly, "Your teammate is just across the wall."

Fu Yan: "..."

Colonel Fu was obviously stunned by Liu Ruosong's sudden outrageous brain circuit, he didn't speak for a while, and finally took his hand and sat on the stool next to him.

"Let you sleep." Fu Yan said: "He Tang secretly told me that you didn't sleep well all the way here."

Fu Yan paused as he spoke, and his tone became much gentler: "I know you're worried, so you've dragged me this time, so sleep at ease."