from my heart [last days]

Chapter 75 Entering Beijing

Everything that followed was too smooth to be true.

After entering Baoding, they found a quarantine station near the train station. Xie Congxin took out his academician card with peacock blue six-crystal pattern, and someone immediately took them to avoid the process line that was several kilometers long. The station sends a signal to the Beijing headquarters.

Then the armored vehicle used to transport supplies drove them through the last [-] kilometers, drove all the way into the urban area of ​​Beijing, and stopped outside the Institute of Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences, which was guarded in three steps.

The people in the yard had already received the letter and were waiting at the door. Xie Congxin took a deep breath in the carriage and got out of the car first.

Even though he had made enough mental preparations, when he saw Su Shiqing standing in the front, he was still in a daze, but after being away for more than a month, it seemed like a lifetime had passed.

"Congxin!" Someone came with big strides, jumped over Su Shiqing, opened his arms, hugged him firmly, and called out a second time, "Congxin!"

This man is wearing a high-quality dark pattern suit, with broad shoulders and long legs. He is half a head taller than Xie Congxin. His hair is neatly combed with pomade, revealing a handsome face underneath. Xie Congxin didn't see the person clearly, but he smelled his love. Woody perfume used.

Xie Congxin subconsciously glanced at Pei Ze, who was standing beside the armored vehicle with a pale face, "...Yan Shen, let go."

He is obsessed with cleanliness, and he doesn't like to be touched by people on weekdays. Yan Shen knew his temper, and didn't intend to push it further. When he had enough, he simply let go, took two steps back and checked the person from the beginning to the end. After confirming that he was not missing an arm or a leg, he hung on for more than a month before he really relaxed and laughed: "It's really fine, it's fine."

"What could be the matter?" Xie Congxin disliked his attitude of parting from life to death very much, and he didn't show any kind face when they finally met again, "How about rigor?"

"At home," Yan Shen said, "I don't know you're back yet, so bring her to see you tomorrow."

"...No need, let her think I'm dead." Xie Congxin had a headache when she heard this name, and it was already a huge concession to ask this question, and it was better to avoid meeting her, as it would easily lead to a short life.

"Congxin." Su Shiqing was supported by Su Yuzhi and walked over.

Xie Congxin bypassed Yan Shen and took the initiative to hug him, "Teacher."

Su Shiqing patted him on the back with a smile, "It's good to come back, the journey is hard, right?"

"I'm fine," said Su Shiqing, the only person who can soften Xie Congxin's attitude among the nearly [-] billion people in the world, "I made you worry."

"Why do you say such things?" Su Shiqing sighed, his eyes were a little red, "It's better than anything else to be able to come back safely."

Xie Congxin was keenly aware of the wrongness in his tone, and looked sideways at Su Yuzhi who was beside him. Su Yuzhi curled his lips, "My dad is infected."

Xie Congxin paused, "When did it happen?"

"On the second day after the earthquake," Su Shiqing mentioned his son, unable to hide the fatigue and grief in his eyes, "I was bitten when I went to pick up Yuzhi's grandfather for refuge."

"..." Xie Congxin didn't know what to say, so he could only hug him again.

"Let's not talk about that for now," Su Shiqing was still calm. After a month, no matter how sad he was, he had to accept the reality, "The people at the Geographical Institute said that they received your distress call, and I asked Minister Kun to pick you up. Have you met anyone from Guoan?"

"I met you." Xie Congxin took a step back to let his eyes out. Pei Ze and the others had already got out of the car and stood not far away to watch the reunion after a long absence.

Since the kiss with unknown meaning last night, he has not said a word to Pei Ze. The relationship between the two is like a lake covered with thin ice. Any slight movement by either party may shatter the ice and break the ice. A barely maintained balance.

Xie Congxin avoided the slightly deep gaze, lowered his head and said to Su Shiqing, "They sent me back, the third team of the Ministry of National Security."

Su Shiqing nodded, "Minister Kun is also responsible for the security work of several research institutes in Beijing. I will go to thank Minister Kun in a few days."

Xie Congxin also had something to say about Kun Yuanpeng, so he said, "I'll go with you."

Su Shiqing said yes.

They were talking at one end, while Yan Shen had resumed the overlord persona at the other end, straightened his suit and walked towards Pei Ze, stretched out his hand and smiled politely, and said, "Hello, I am Yan Shen, a member of Congxin's family , thank you for bringing him back."

What kind of family is it? Pei Ze raised his head, his eyes were calm with deep pupils, but he didn't reach out.

Yan Shen is not inferior to him in height, and he also insists on exercising. He thinks his figure is not bad, and there is nothing to be afraid of. However, Pei Ze's aura is cultivated with real swords and guns on the battlefield. Just a look is enough to be cold Lie, Yan Shen was startled, withdrew his hands calmly in embarrassment, smiled and said: "You just came back, you may not be familiar with the situation in Beijing, if you have any difficulties, you can come here to find me, I should be able to help a little bit."

The polite words were decent, but Pei Ze still didn't answer.It's not that he is hostile to Yan Shen, it's just that he is such a human being that he is not good at dealing with such communication.

Afraid of getting cold, Cheng Yinshang hurriedly took over the words: "Don't bother, we will return to the Ministry of State Security in a while."

Yan Shen glanced at him, a little surprised, Cheng Yinshang was tall and thin, with fair skin, he didn't look like a soldier.

However, except for Xie Congxin, he will always be an idol in front of others, and he will not show his strange face, so he smiled politely and said, "Okay, do you need me to find someone to take you there?"

Cheng Yinshang waved his hand, "No, no, thank you."

Yan Shen didn't say any more, thanked him again, and walked back to Xie Congxin.

Walking with wind on his two long legs, he did not hide his eagerness, and stopped beside Xie Congxin, with a gentle expression when he lowered his head, and the concern was almost written on his face.Peng He looked at it and curled his lips, and said in a low voice, "How can I help you, who is not from Beijing anymore?"

"Peng Peng!" Cheng Yinshang twitched him to signal him not to speak, and then took a careful look at Pei Ze, "Then let's go first? Report to the minister?"

Pei Ze nodded, turned around and got on the armored vehicle. Cheng Yinshang and Peng He looked at each other and followed.

Xie Congxin sent them to the car from the corner of his eye.

"Chongcheng is less than [-] kilometers away. Why did you walk for so long?" Yan Shen stood beside him with a distressed look on his face, "You've lost so much weight."

The car drove away, Xie Congxin looked away, "I encountered something on the road, I will tell you later."

"Okay, let's talk about it at dinner." Yan Shen noticed the change in his expression, "Since you're back, take care of yourself."

When I went to Su's house for dinner at night, Su Yuzhi's mother cooked a table of dishes, which was regarded as a welcome for him.

Xie Congxin went to the room where the memorial tablet was placed and put a stick of incense on Su Mengling, went downstairs to sit, Yan Shen sat beside him, and tried his best to pick up food for him. After eating for a while, Su Shiqing asked about the road, Xie Congxin put it down Chopsticks, "I saw Xie Lin and Chen Hai."

Everyone present was stunned, only Su Yuzhi was heartless, chewing a quick-frozen shrimp dumpling and asked curiously: "Who? Your father?"

After being stared at severely by her mother, Su Shiqing came back to her senses and asked, "How are they?"

Xie Congxin said, "Chen Hai is dead."

"..." Su Shiqing supported his forehead, "How could it be..."

"Unexpectedly," Xie Congxin said, rolling up the sleeves of his sweater, "I was bitten when I was in Chongcheng University."

In fact, the dinner table is not a suitable place to talk about these things.

But time was running out, and there was no better time to do it.After that, everyone lost their appetite to eat, so Su Yuzhi's mother packed up the dishes and made tea for them in the tea room.

Holding the Zisha teacup, Xie Congxin roughly explained everything, including what Chen Hai and Xie Lin had said, the person with unknown influence in Beijing, and his antibodies.

"There are quite a few people in the Ministry of National Security who know about the project back then," Su Shiqing said, "When I went to find them, besides Kun Yuanpeng, there were several people present."

Xie Congxin said: "Since I have returned to Beijing, he may have other actions. I need someone I can trust by my side."

"Now the related research institutes in Beijing are staffed by national security personnel, and several other armed | police and army | army | troops have been sent to various places to search for survivors." Su Shiqing looked worried, "If you find other people, It might scare the snake away."

"I'll give you the bodyguards at home," Yan Shen said, "You've seen them, and you've been with me for many years, so you can trust them."

Xie Congxin nodded and did not refuse, Su Shiqing asked again: "Congxin, what are your plans? The antibody is hidden in advance, or..."

"No," Xie Congxin said, "Let's make it public."

"Why?" Yan Shen disagreed, "There are a lot of infected people out there now, if they knew you had antibodies, someone might have other ideas."

Xie Congxin said: "That's why we have to disclose it. There are many ordinary people infected. If we can't give certain research results as soon as possible, the social system will become more chaotic."

Yan Shen was taken aback, and even Su Shiqing looked at him in surprise.

"Don't mention the experiment back then, I'll disclose to the public that my antibody is naturally produced," Xie Congxin added, "spread this news to as many places as possible."

Su Shiqing understood what he meant, sighed lightly, and said comfortingly: "Congxin, you have matured."

Xie Congxin raised his eyebrows, and didn't feel that he was any different from before.

"Tomorrow we will discuss this matter with other people," Su Shiqing said, "Your antibody will become a new direction for our research. Now let's talk about the person who stopped the infection after getting your antibody. His name is Pei Ze." ?"

Xie Congxin nodded, "Sanshui'Ze'."

"Let him come to the institute for a blood sample test," Su Shiqing said, "With you, we will do a set of record analysis."

Xie Congxin said: "He has returned to the Ministry of National Security, I have no contact information."

"Yan Shen, let's take a trip," Su Shiqing said, "Tomorrow afternoon, or the morning after tomorrow, let him come over as soon as possible."

Yan Shen thought of Pei Ze whom he met in the afternoon. He had been looking at Xie Congxin since he got off the car. That kind of protective gaze with dark possessiveness made Yan Shen very uncomfortable.

But in the face of major events, he couldn't tolerate the affection of his children, so he could only nod his head, "Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning, and thank Minister Kun by the way."

After the meal, drive carefully, send Xie Congxin home to pick up daily necessities.

Now that manpower is limited, a large number of foreign asylum seekers have gathered in Beijing, and they are allocated and resettled in the central areas of various districts of the capital. The virus infection is unstable, and there may be outbreaks of infection among the crowd at any time. Researchers like Su Shiqing and Xie Congxin, It is listed as a key protected object, and it doesn't matter where you live.

Su Shiqing was going home to have a meal tonight, and later he was going back to the hotel outside the National Academy of Sciences, where rooms were prepared for all scientific researchers, guarded by the highest armed forces of the Ministry of State Security, Xie Congxin naturally wanted to live there.

The car drove through Chang'an Street. The capital, which used to be lit up with thousands of houses, is now in darkness. There is a curfew in the city after six o'clock in the evening, and there are no pedestrians. Unless specially approved vehicles are not allowed to drive on the road, only Yan Shen's silver-white car is on the whole long street Aston Martin DB9, driving like lightning.

The air conditioner was too high, Xie Congxin stretched out his hand to adjust it, and endured it all night, finally found a chance to be alone at this moment, turned his head to look at his wrist, and said with a smile: "Why did you wear it to the heavy city? Didn't you say it before?" Isn't it pretty?"

Xie Cong paused for a moment before realizing what he was talking about.

The Breguet nautical piece on his wrist was given to him by Xie Yiming when he was in Chongcheng, but Yan Shen had given him one in the early years as a gift for returning home after graduation, Xie Congxin reluctantly accepted it, but he only wore it for that day, and it has been locked since then. In the drawer, never seeing the light of day again, Yan Shen obviously misunderstood.

Xie Congxin stared at the many fine scratches on the dial for a while, then reached out and untied the watch strap, "It was given by someone else, not yours."

"Who?" Yan Shen raised his eyebrows, obviously not convinced, this watch is not a good buy for the global limited edition, even for him, he spent a little time buying it back then.

"A student," Xie Congxin threw the watch into the car bucket like he was throwing trash, "I took it with me, yours is at home."

He always discarded the things he didn't like, Yan Shen was a little disappointed, smiled and said: "I was happy for nothing, I thought you were going to accept me."

Xie Congxin never joked with him in this regard, and looked out of the car window in silence. The place where the car lights couldn't shine was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

"You don't know how worried I am this month," Yan Shen lowered his voice, the sound of the engine was completely cut off from the high-end sports car, and they were in absolute silence, with only the sound of each other's breathing in the background, "They said the plane couldn't take off , I wanted to pick you up, but I was afraid that the road would diverge. Cong Xin, I have nightmares every day."

"Some people don't want me to go back to Beijing," Xie Congxin said, "but I came back anyway."

Answering lightly, Yan Shen knew that he didn't want to respond to what he said, so he smiled wryly, "This is the end of the world, why are you still so determined?"

This has nothing to do with whether it is the end of the world, Xie Congxin said: "Yan Shen, I said it a long time ago..."

Yan Shen suddenly turned in the direction and pulled over the car. Xie Congxin didn't say a word, and was hugged in his arms.

It is the same hug, the strength and temperature sensed by the body are different, and the feeling and heartbeat fed back by the brain are also different.

Xie Congxin leaned on his shoulder, thinking of Pei Ze.

"Congxin..." Yan Shen hugged her tightly, "Thank you for coming back."

Xie Congxin let him hug her for a while before saying, "Yan Shen, I told you so."

Yan Shen rubbed the top of his head, let go of him after fulfilling his wish, and said with a smile: "I remember. You said that I don't really like you, it's just because you are the most suitable partner in my subconscious mind, suitable for me. Most of the demands on the other half."

Xie Congxin leaned back and put some distance away from him.

"Even if what you said is right," Yan Shen calmed down, sat back in the driver's seat, and restarted the car, "Congxin, you can't ask me to be as objective as you just because you are rational alone. You fit all my needs. The conditions for choosing a spouse, so I like you and hope you will be my partner, this is also a form of affection, why must it be denied?"

Xie Congxin lowered his eyelids and swiped the unlock button of the phone with his hand in his pocket.

"The essence of love is to find the one you want most in the population—"

Yan Shen is also a biology major, and when it comes to the truth, he is quite similar to Xie Congxin, "Maybe there is indeed a person who is more suitable for me than you in the world, but the probability of meeting him in my life is infinitely close to zero. , Then why don't I grasp the you in front of me, but go after that slim possibility?"

why?Xie Congxin thought about it in silence.

Because even if it's only one in a hundred billion, it's not completely impossible. Yan Shen is willing to make do with it, but he doesn't want to.