from my heart [last days]

On February 2029, [-], less than two weeks before the Spring Festival, Pei Ze followed the messenger back to the National Security Headquarters and sat in Kunyuan Peng's office.

"The team sent out to search for survivors before, you know, the people under the second team," Kun Yuanpeng said, "may have seen Zhou An at the Tianjin quarantine station."

possible?Pei Ze asked, "Are you sure?"

Kun Yuanpeng took out the box lunch sent by the people below, placed it on the coffee table in front of the two of them, broke the disposable chopsticks in a very inconspicuous way, and handed it to Pei Ze: "No, the backs are similar, there are too many people in the quarantine station, they Lost."

Pei Ze took the chopsticks that had broken one head due to excessive force, and Kun Yuanpeng greeted kindly: "Haven't you eaten yet? Come, let's eat together."

It was true that he didn't eat, Pei Ze thanked him, but didn't move.

Kun Yuanpeng didn't force it, just shook his head and sighed: "You are just too stubborn, just like your father, can I still poison you?"

He was two years older than Peng's father, and he joined the army at the same time, and he and Pei Ze's father were old acquaintances. After all, Pei Ze's father was still his old boss. If it hadn't been for an accident that year, he would have climbed to the top by now.

"Originally, you sent Academician Xie back to Beijing. It was a great achievement, and the organization gave a major praise. No matter what, you can give an extra star. I will make a report at the end of the year and properly upgrade you all. But you insist Hold on to Zhou An..."

Thinking of the old man, he couldn't help repeating the old saying, and educated Pei Ze earnestly, "As a human being, bow your head when you should. When you raise your position, what can't you do?"

He was right.

There are countless ways to live in life. Some people don't turn back if they don't hit the south wall, and some people follow the trend and judge the situation.

Xie Congxin said that smart people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, fairly smart people protect themselves wisely, and only fools go forward.

Pei Ze once thought that Xie Congxin should be a 'smart person', but later he realized that he was not afraid of comparing himself to a fool, because no matter what kind, good or bad, wrong or right, it is just an evaluation imposed by outsiders. There is no one in this world. It must be a mistake, and no one is necessarily the best.

Kun Yuanpeng on the opposite side had already eaten half of his meal. Pei Ze pressed his sore eyelids and said, "If there is nothing else, I'll go back first."

If Zhou An really shows up in Tianjin, there is a high possibility of entering Beijing, he must be by Xie Congxin's side.

Kun Yuanpeng looked up at him, and suddenly said, "Did you not sleep last night? Why are your eyes so red?"

Pei Ze paused briefly, and during this pause, he felt his heartbeat a little faster.

"You look like this..." Kun Yuanpeng said in surprise, "Wait, I'll find you a mirror."

He really had to get up and look through the drawers, and took out a small cosmetic mirror for women from under the desk, and put it in front of Pei Ze, "Look for yourself."

Pei Ze only glanced at it.

The person in the mirror was undoubtedly him, but the color of those eyes was so red that it was almost bleeding!

He stood up suddenly, looked up at Kun Yuanpeng, Kun Yuanpeng was kind to him, and slammed the small mirror shut: "I can't help it, you don't like oil and salt, and you don't like water." If I refuse to eat, I have no choice but to resort to other means—”

Pei Ze's pupils constricted violently, blood rushed into his brain quickly, and reverberated like a waterfall on the cerebral cortex. He couldn't quite hear what Kun Yuanpeng said. His whole body felt slightly stiff, and a bloody smell flooded into his mouth. He quickly bit his tongue, and the sharp pain brought him back to a little sobriety.

Kun Yuanpeng took a deep breath of the indoor air, his expression seemed to smell something bad, "The concentration is too high, I didn't expect your reaction to be so strong..."

Pei Ze moved suddenly, stepped on the coffee table between the two of them and shot at Kun Yuanpeng, Kun Yuanpeng didn't dodge, let him hold his collar and press on the sofa, Pei Ze tightened his hands, "... It's you."

Kun Yuanpeng smiled slightly: "What am I?"

"It was you who made Zhou An..." Pei Ze paused, a lot of air flooded into his lungs as soon as he opened his mouth, and it was difficult for him to speak.

"That's right, I gave Zhou An the order, the day I called you," Kunyuan Peng let out a long breath, still with the same good-natured face, "It's hard for me, too. When he comes back, some people don’t want him to come back, so if he can’t be beaten, he can’t be killed, Zhou An can only find a way to delay.”

"...Why?" Every time he took a breath, his blood boiled even more. Pei Ze could already feel the virus spreading rapidly in his body, so he could only hold his breath as much as possible.

"Because they have finally reached a unity now." Kun Yuanpeng smiled suddenly, and pressed his hand, his arm tensed and exerted force. The force was so great that he pushed Pei Ze away in a semi-zombified state!

There was also a little red in his eyes, and Pei Ze realized something in this very short moment——

Kun Yuanpeng was also infected.

Xie Congxin is in danger.

Cheng Yinshang turned the steering wheel and parked the car firmly under the steps outside the main gate of the National Academy of Sciences, "Academician Xie, we're here."

Xie Congxin opened his eyes, untied his seat belt and got out of the car without saying a word.

Cheng Yinshang hurriedly followed him. Xie Congxin remained silent when he came out of the research institute. His face was light but it could be seen that he was not in a good mood. Cheng Yinshang didn't know what he and Su Shiqing talked about. It was obviously not a good thing, Xie Congxin When he suddenly said that he wanted to come to the headquarters, he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he could only send him here.

Nowadays, martial law is everywhere in the capital, let alone places like the National Academy of Sciences. Xie Congxin showed his academician card to enter, and Cheng Yinshang followed him through the long corridor and entered the reference room behind.

It is said to be a reference room, but its scale is already comparable to that of a library. The bookshelves on both sides are nearly three meters high, full of books and files. delusions among.

Xie Congxin took out a key from the pocket of his white coat and opened another door.

The door was hidden in the deepest part of the reference room, probably because no one had come to it all year round, and the doorknob was a bit rusty. Cheng Yinshang accompanied him in, coughing softly due to the dust filled inside.

There is no hole in the door.

The things on the bookcase were replaced with safes. Xie Congxin raised his head to look for the number Su Shiqing told him, and quickly found it in the depths of the room.

The safe was very heavy, so Cheng Yinshang took it out for him and put it on the off-white floor tiles. Xie Congxin squatted down without touching the box, and said to Cheng Yinshang, "051021, open it."

Cheng Yinshang had doubts in his heart, but he did as he was told. He turned the combination dial of the safe and opened the box with a slight clicking sound.

There was nothing special inside, no timed bombs, no biochemical viruses, only a kraft paper file bag, Xie Congxin was silent for a while, picked up the kraft paper file bag, and unpacked it circle by circle at a very slow speed. Open the tether.

Cheng Yinshang could vaguely sense his complicated emotions from his actions, no matter what was inside, it should be difficult for Xie Congxin to accept.

Cheng Yinshang really wanted to sigh, he should have asked the captain to accompany Xie Congxin, at least Pei Ze could give Xie Congxin a hug at this time.

In the file bag is a stack of documents and a completely black USB flash drive.

Xie Congxin didn't take it out, he only glanced at it, and saw a few photos, he didn't look at them carefully, and closed the seal again.

The materials that can be left behind will certainly not contain any important information. These things are far from enough to clear Xie Lin of his crimes. He needs more evidence, witnesses, and more physical evidence. However, after 23 years, the process of collecting evidence will soon It will be very difficult.

Su Shiqing didn't say it clearly, but Xie Congxin was able to understand why he was hiding himself.

Xie Congxin, 15 years old, is arrogant and impulsive, what would he do if he knew the truth?At that time, he had no social status and no calm thoughts. How could he fight against the enemy who was so high up that he couldn't even see his shadow, and justify his biological father's name?

Su Shiqing didn't want him to bear these things, Xie Congxin could completely understand, otherwise he would do the same.

He got up, hugged the file bag in his arms, and said, "Go back."

Cheng Yinshang nodded, put the safe back to its original place, and left with Xie Congxin the same way. When they reached the door of the reference room, the two stopped in unison.

The door is closed.

Cheng Yinshang was stunned, and asked: "...Did I close the door just now?"

Xie Congxin shook his head, Cheng Yinshang didn't close the door when he came in, he was very sure.

The reference room is closed all around, so there is no natural wind. Cheng Yinshang stepped back a little and protected Xie Congxin behind him. He quickly looked around from the corner of his eye and touched the gun in his pocket——

Click, there was a slight sound, it was the sound of a bullet being loaded!

Cheng Yinshang's pupils shrank suddenly, and within a thousandth of a second, he threw his backhand at Xie Congxin, and rolled him onto the cold floor tiles, when he heard a loud explosion, the beige floor tiles shattered with the bullet at the center. A spider web crack with a diameter of tens of centimeters was formed!

"Who is it?!" Cheng Yinshang didn't have time to get up, knelt on the ground and drew his gun. After sweeping half a circle, the gun aimed at the direction of the bullet. There was a bookshelf there. The figure behind the bookshelf——

The man came out leisurely, wearing an all-black jacket and trousers, and still wearing the pair of brown leather hiking boots. His hair grew a little, but the overall situation did not change much.Cheng Yinshang stared at his face in a daze for half a second, and then remembered that they hadn't seen each other for more than two months.

"...Brother Zhou." He choked up and called out.

"Yin Shang," Zhou An called him with a smile, then looked at Xie Congxin, "Academician Xie, good morning."

Xie Congxin hugged the file bag tightly, and did not answer him in silence.

Cheng Yinshang quickly adjusted his mentality, moved half a step calmly, blocked Xie Congxin behind him, and kept pointing his gun at Zhou An.

"—Don't be so nervous," Zhou An twirled around with the gun hanging on his little finger, as if mocking Cheng Yinshang's full alertness, "I won't kill him, you know."

Of course, Cheng Yinshang couldn't relax because of this sentence, his arms collapsed even tighter, "What do you want?"

"It's not good." Zhou An took two steps towards them, "Just take him somewhere, you are not my opponent, it is best not to resist me."

"Don't come here!" Cheng Yinshang shouted, and pulled the trigger without hesitation. Zhou An turned around, and the bullet grazed his arm, passed through the bookcase behind him, and hit the wall.