16 years

Fang Sining pinched the needle tube in his cuff without any trace, and subconsciously glanced left and right.

Counting today, he has been "recruited" by this group of people for four days.

Four days ago, Fang Sining's desperate "Jade and Stone Burn Theory" seemed to frighten this group of unknown people, so they discussed for 10 minutes, and finally sent Fang Sining an injection, but the condition was that Fang Sining They must be assisted in pharmacological research and reverse analysis of B-92.

Shao Qiu was in danger, Fang Sining had no choice but to agree, and asked the group of people to guarantee Shao Qiu's safety.

This "deal" was concluded quickly, but Fang Sining knew that this was just a stopgap measure. When he really finished analyzing the B-92, the other party could tear up the contract at any time.

Fortunately, Shao Xuefan's research content is complex and profound, and now they really have to rely on Fang Sining to solve the problem within the shortest time limit.

Standing in front of the testing machine, Fang Sining pretended to be thinking and carefully pushed the needle tube further into the cuff. Seeing that the two monitoring mercenaries not far behind had no response, he breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to take a needle. Only the sample box, sat down at the workbench.

These people wanted to use Fang Sining, but they didn't use it sincerely. The amount of medicine allocated to Shao Qiu could only be kept at the minimum necessary value, as long as he was guaranteed not to die.

Fang Sining had no other choice, he simply tormented himself with a cold and a high fever, and then forcibly stole injections from his medical distribution to give to Shao Qiu.

But this is not a long-term solution, Fang Sining thought.

As long as he and Fang Sining are still locked up here, there will be no real safety for the two of them.

To escape, Fang Sining thought, the hope of rescue is too slim, they can only find a way to escape.

Probably because he was in a daze for too long, one of the mercenaries scolded him angrily in the language of country A, urging him to work quickly.

"I'm dizzy now, and I need to rest for a while." Fang Sining said: "Otherwise, if you accidentally damage the sample, will you be responsible?"

The mercenary was choked by him, and suddenly became angry, spat on the ground, cursed, and turned to walk towards him.

Fang Sining's heart was beating violently, he stood up abruptly, leaned his back against the table, and looked at him vigilantly.

But fortunately, before the other party took a step, he was stopped by a colleague beside him.

"Forget it." Another mercenary mocked mercilessly: "This kind of weak chicken, if you give him a punch, it might kill him."

The two of them looked at Fang Sining from inside to outside with their eyes up and down, full of sarcasm, Fang Sining's expression changed again and again, and finally he gritted his teeth and held back.

The cold needle pierced the inside of his soft wrist, causing slight pains.

He really didn't lie, Fang Sining had been frozen in the cold confinement room for a whole night before, and now his whole body was sore and weak. Although he couldn't figure out his own temperature, it probably couldn't be much lower.

"I want to rest." Fang Sining took a deep breath and said, "Today's sample cultivation is not up to date, and we need to wait another six hours."

The mercenaries only work with money, and they don’t understand what is a sample or a sample, or a virus or not. Their job duties only include watching him not to do any damage. He shrugged his shoulders indifferently and didn’t bother to talk to him. .

Fang Sining gathered up the few pages of materials that he had sorted out today, put them on the table, and then turned his head and left the "work area".

When he was about to leave, the mercenary suddenly grabbed his arm.

Fang Sining's heart skipped a beat, he almost thought that the other party had seen his hidden medicine.

"Little weak chicken." The mercenary smiled sullenly at him, and said, "Be careful on the way back, don't 'accidentally' break your leg."

As he spoke, he pushed forward, Fang Sining staggered a step, gritted his teeth and held back without looking back, staggered and walked away leaning on the wall.

The basement is made of steel, and due to the lack of electricity, most of the area is dark. Fang Sining groped forward in the long and narrow corridor, while the sound of regular footsteps sounded not far or near behind him, as if urging him to die.

Shao Qiu lived in the same confinement room as before, but under Fang Sining's arguments, they added a windproof blanket to Shao Qiu. When Fang Sining opened the door and walked in, Shao Qiu and him went out in the morning. It was no different, still lying in the corner, his chest rising and falling slightly.

His left wrist was hung on the wall by a pair of fine steel handcuffs, hanging softly in mid-air.

Fang Sining staggered to his side and knelt down, took out the injection from his cuff under the cover of his body, carefully rolled Gao Shaoqiu's sleeve, and injected the medicine into his body.

In the dark, he couldn't see too many details clearly, and he could only rely on his habits and feelings. After doing all this, Fang Sining finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hid the needle in the gap of the windproof blanket under Shao Qiu in fear.

No matter how many times he tried, he was still nervous to death.

Fang Sining hid the "criminal evidence", heard the sound of footsteps at the door going away, reached out and touched Shao Qiu's forehead.

It's a pity that his own body temperature is not very normal now, so it's hard to be sure whether Shao Qiu has improved or not.

He sighed regretfully in his heart, and was about to withdraw his hand when his wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Fang Sining looked down, only to realize that Shao Qiu had woken up at some point, his eyes were open, he didn't know if he couldn't see clearly in the dark or something, his eyes were blank and unfocused, he looked a little pitiful.

"Xiaoqiu." Fang Sining called him hastily.

Shao Qiu didn't speak, his eyes rolled slowly, and finally fell on Fang Sining's face, gradually converging into a line.

"you--"

"How do you feel?" Fang Sining asked eagerly, "Is there something uncomfortable? You have been running a fever. I am not a clinical medicine professional, so I dare not give you a large dose of medicine."

Shao Qiu frowned suspiciously, he seemed to react for a while, and then picked out the most interesting sentence from these sentences.

"Medicine?" Shao Qiu asked.

Fang Sining met his gaze, carefully pursed his lower lip, and told him hesitantly: "I agreed to their request, so they promised to give me the medicine——you can't wake up, I'm very worried, so I can only... …sorry."

Fang Sining was obviously afraid that Shao Qiu might misunderstand something, so he explained in a messy way.

"You don't have to promise them anything for me." Shao Qiu gasped and interrupted him softly.

Fang Sining: "I—"

"Of course, you don't have to refuse them because of me." Shao Qiu quickly said: "It's all up to you...choose the path that is beneficial to you. If they can guarantee your safety, we have no right to ask you Stay true to your position."

Fang Sining was stunned.

"Shouldn't I save you?" Fang Sining asked in a low voice.

"I am very grateful, but in fact you have no obligation to save me." Shao Qiu said: "I did not protect you well and did not complete my task. It is my negligence. You only need to protect yourself. It is also my duty."

"Xiaoqiu." Fang Sining was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "You still blame me."

Shao Qiu seemed to be exhausted, his chest rose and fell for a moment, and his eyes were half closed.

"...I really haven't really explained to you why I must study this major." Fang Sining said in a low voice.

Shao Qiu didn't open his eyes, but his ears moved, which was inconspicuous in the dark.

"Do you still remember the summer vacation when I graduated from high school?" Fang Sining said suddenly, "I went to a half-month summer camp, but it took almost two months before I came back."

Shao Qiu took a deep breath, he wanted to interrupt Fang Sining and tell him to stop talking, it was meaningless, but he couldn't control himself, he still wanted to listen.

"We went to Africa at the time, and originally we only wanted to collect scenery and graduate trips, but after we went, the guide told us that the water and wind were good that year, so we could go further afield—so we went to Africa for more West." Fang Sining said: "I met a six-year-old girl there, and on the night I first arrived, their family was in charge of receiving me, she secretly slipped me a piece of bread with kiwi juice, she was very friendly, we At that time, I thought she was as cute as a flower."

Shao Qiu's patience began to decline gradually, he didn't know what Fang Sining's ramblings with him had to do with "explanation".

"But half a month later, she died." Fang Sining said suddenly.

Shao Qiu was taken aback suddenly.

"She died of illness. Not long after we arrived there, an infectious disease suddenly spread in the local area, and several surrounding villages were not spared." Fang Sining said: "The village where we stayed was poor, and the person who received me When the little girl died, her seven orifices were bleeding, and her whole body was covered with bleeding spots. She took my hand and kept calling the name of the god in the local dialect, crying and begging me to save her."

Shao Qiu took a deep breath without any trace, and had a vague premonition in his heart.

"I didn't know what happened at the time, and I gave them all the first aid medicines on my body, but it was useless." Fang Sining said: "The guide was well-informed, and he collected us and took us away in a truck that day—they More than [-]% of the people in the village died, mostly from hemorrhagic fever."

"When I left the village, I passed every house where there were cloths that could not be seen clearly, and there were corpses or half-dead people wrapped in them. Some of them were crying, some were groaning, and some were begging God... That scene has haunted me for the rest of my life. I will never forget it." Fang Sining said.

"It's fine." Shao Qiu said suddenly, "Stop talking...I understand."

"I didn't know anything at the time, but when I returned to the city for isolation and inspection, I found out that they died of a filovirus." Fang Sining continued: "I will never forget that scene, and I will never forget that little boy. The girl begged me to save her."

"I never thought of giving up on you to choose a teacher." Fang Sining said, "I chose him only because he is the best in the industry."

"Xiaoqiu, I never intended to betray you." Fang Sining sighed heavily: "I'm sorry, I just wanted to save them."

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Information available today: The filovirus that Xiao Fang said was Ebola.