16 years

"——The good news is that He Feng was not given any strange medicine, and there was no fatal injury." Liu Ruosong sighed, and said, "It's just the mental state... Maybe there is something wrong."

Fu Yan closed his eyes, turned his head away, and didn't say a word.

Liu Ruosong was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable and endured the sad news, so he hurried over and persuaded him in a low voice: "Brother, no one can think of this, and there is no one to blame. If you feel uncomfortable, you can cry twice, and I will go out." Wait for you."

Fu Yan shook his head. He pulled the restraint belt and held Liu Ruosong's hand with difficulty.

"What about He Feng, did you bring it back?" Fu Yan asked.

"Bring it back." Liu Ruosong said hurriedly, "It's just—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.Immediately afterwards, the falsely concealed door of the ward was knocked open from the outside, and slammed against the wall with a bang.

"Brother Liu!" Shao Qiu, who rushed in, hadn't seen Fu Yan clearly, and called Liu Ruosong first: "He Feng——"

"What happened to him?" Fu Yan asked.

Shao Qiu was taken aback for a moment, only then did he realize that Fu Yan had woken up, a little joy subconsciously appeared on his face, but it was soon overshadowed by something else.

"Captain." Shao Qiu hurriedly supported the doorknob and stood up straight, frowned and said, "He Feng is gone - the little nurse in the infirmary downstairs wanted to change his dressing, but when he opened the door and walked in, the bed was empty." Yes, the window is wide open, and no one is there. We searched downstairs but couldn't find it, so we wanted to come over and ask Brother Liu if he was here."

"His leg is injured, where can he go?" Liu Ruosong stood up and asked anxiously, "Nearby?"

"I've searched, but I haven't seen anyone." Shao Qiu said, "We're also wondering."

"He left by himself." Fu Yan said suddenly, "Go and search...but you may not be able to find it."

Shao Qiu's expression suddenly collapsed, he was obviously prepared for this long ago, but when others poked him, he still couldn't help but feel the feeling of disappointment.

He agreed, turned his head and walked away sadly.

Liu Ruosong looked at the door, then looked back at Fu Yan, then remembered something, took a few steps to lock the door, then turned around and removed all the restraints on Fu Yan.

Fu Yan lay in bed for a week, almost to the point of death, and only got up with Liu Ruosong's hand, leaning on the raised pillow.

"I'm not surprised." Fu Yan said.

Liu Ruosong poured a glass of water and handed it to him: "Huh?"

"The first time..." Fu Yan paused for a moment, as if wondering where to start: "He Feng was also bitten by a zombie. He was not like me, but he really had a zombie reaction. At that time our The rule is to leave the team if you get infected, he was going to leave too, but He Tang couldn't bear him, so he knocked him out and took him away together."

Liu Ruosong pursed his lips, and He Tang's face appeared in his mind.

In all honesty, he wasn't surprised that He Tang could do such a thing.In the last days, family, friends and loved ones have more meaning than those in peaceful times. Under heavy pressure, people can't think about it just for a moment.

It's not just the loss of important things that cannot be given up, but the loss of the last straw, and the world becomes unlovable.

Death is no longer an escape, but a choice.

"It is impossible for He Feng to let He Tang die in a foreign country." Fu Yan said: "He usually looks at He Tang bickering every day, but in his heart he regards He Tang more than his life. On the day He Tang joined the team, he Hiding in the dormitory and smoking all night, I'm afraid that something will happen to her in the future."

"He came back to report the news. After the report is over, he doesn't want to live—they are the same as brother and sister." Fu Yan said and shook his head, eyes slightly lowered, looking a little lonely.

Liu Ruosong only felt that he didn't show any sadness, but he seemed to be inexplicably grayed out like a photo, like a person recovering from a serious illness, and his vitality was sucked away.

"But the news brought back by He Feng is very useful." Liu Ruosong changed the subject and said: "This shows that your previous guess was correct. Joe Eden lost his child who died young, so he started to go crazy and wanted to study the method of bringing the dead back to life— —”

Speaking of this, Liu Ruosong suddenly remembered something, and added: "By the way, there is one more thing... He Feng said that He Tang's body seems to have been taken away by them."

"What?" Fu Yan asked.

"He was already semi-conscious at the time, so I don't know if it was a hallucination or if he really heard it." Liu Ruosong said seriously: "He only heard Qiao Aiden say, 'Even if it is dead, take it away, the medicine is not for nothing. Maybe it’s up to you.’, but He Feng lost consciousness afterwards, and I’m not sure if the other party really took him away.”

"Zombie viruses can't infect the dead, and even if they can infect the dead, the people after zombification don't have any genes to talk about. What's the use of a whole virus seedling?" Fu Yan just woke up shortly after, and his breath became short of breath when he got emotional. He panted a few times, and slowly calmed down by counting, and asked, "...or did he really find a way to bring the dead back to life?"

"Impossible, there's nothing in the world that can bring the dead back to life." Liu Ruosong shook his head and said, "Even if he uses a virus to turn He Tang into a zombie, it's impossible for her to give birth to another child."

"Without He Feng, He Tang is not enough to satisfy his eccentricity." Fu Yan said, "The focus should be on the medicine."

"What kind of medicine is he taking?" Fu Yan whispered: "It must not be something like aphrodisiac. He didn't have such a need before, and he couldn't carry something to cheer him up. Thinking about it now, it should be just the body of the medicine. It was only because of the obvious symptoms that he deceived He Feng and made him misunderstand something. But in fact, that thing must have other uses—"

"What could it be?" Fu Yan asked.

Liu Ruosong couldn't think of it for a moment.

Fu Yan didn't know if he was using his brain too much, but he felt a sudden pain like a needle prick in his brain. He tightened his brows, his breathing stagnated, and a thin layer protruded from his forehead in just a few seconds. Sweat, blackening in front of my eyes one after another.

He lost his balance for a while, and fell down along the pillow, and was supported by Liu Ruosong in a panic.

"Don't be in a hurry, you don't need to be in a hurry right now, you've just recovered, you should rest for a while and then get down to business." Liu Ruosong said, "Drink your saliva first, and I'll get you something to eat later."

"I don't have that much time." Fu Yan said, "Joe Eden ran away, and He Feng and He Tang are here. This time we seem to have got nothing but petri dishes——I always feel uneasy."

Hearing what he said, Liu Ruosong also felt his heart pounding. He was not afraid of anything else now, but what Fu Yan "feeled".

The petri dish arrived in Yancheng two days ago, but there has been no news since arriving. Zhao Jincheng's frequency of contacting them has decreased sharply recently. From the initial three times a day, now it has been extended to only once in two or three days.

It's not a big deal, but Liu Ruosong is in danger, everything seems to be an omen, and he is always on tenterhooks.

Fu Yan finally struggled back from the ghost gate, his whole body was full of secrets that even he didn't know, Liu Ruosong knew that he pretended to be far more than he showed, so he didn't want to bother him with such a small matter.

He made another glass of glucose water for Fu Yan, squeezed out some emotional reserves from his body, and smiled at him.

"No matter what, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good fortune." Liu Ruosong said, "You don't belong to the world alone. Qiao Ai is on the most wanted lists of various countries, and some people are arresting him all over the world, and sooner or later he will be caught. Fortunately, the petri dish fell into our hands in the end, it cannot be faked, even if there is no experimental data, we can find something by deduction from her."

Fu Yan hummed, and reached out to touch his face.

"Thank you." Fu Yan said in a low voice, "I scared you."

He didn't have much strength in his hands, his fingertips were cold, but he still felt the temperature of ordinary people. Liu Ruosong had guarded him these days, with a calm and peaceful heart, but just being touched by him like this made him feel aggrieved.

He was afraid and wanted to cry, but Liu Ruosong knew that Fu Yan was not feeling well, and with the news of He Tang's death in front of him, he didn't want Fu Yan to distract him from comforting him.

Liu Ruosong caught his hand and pressed it to his face, bent over and looked at him for a while, then suddenly bent his eyes and smiled very lightly.

"Forget it." Liu Ruosong said turning his head, kissed Fu Yan's hand, and said softly: "For the sake of your words, I forgive you."

Forgive him for keeping his word... Saying that he will try his best, he really saved his last breath, and he just came back from the dead.

It's pretty good, Liu Ruosong thought happily, he made a good start, no matter how outrageous he says in the future, he can trust him with confidence.

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, Liu Ruosong thought, there seems to be no one more decisive than him in this world.

"What should we do next?" Fu Yan asked.

"I don't know yet." Liu Ruosong said honestly, "I didn't care that much."

He said with a wry smile, and said: "Actually, to be honest, when you first started to improve, I was quite scared. My first reaction was trouble. If you can really metabolize the zombie virus, you may not be safe in the future. But soon I thought, trouble is trouble, I don't want to think about those, I just want you to live."

Fu Yan looked at him silently, and clenched Liu Ruosong's fingertips with his backhand.

Liu Ruosong choked out a sob, held Fu Yan's hand, and pressed his forehead against the back of his hand.

"I just thought, as long as you live, you can do anything else." Liu Ruosong said, "I admire He Feng. In fact, if it were me, I might not be able to make such a big determination."

"He was driven into a hurry." Fu Yan said: "If you let him think about it slowly, he might not be able to be so ruthless."

"...Is this the point?" Liu Ruosong was full of melancholy and immediately gave up, and smiled helplessly: "These days, every time your situation repeats itself, I always think, is it better to stop the loss in time, don't force it You insist. But no, I look at your monitor and feel like waiting, waiting—"

"Very good." Fu Yanwen interrupted, he looked at Liu Ruosong, as if he could easily see through his unspoken meaning: "You are not selfish, I am willing to persevere for you."

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