16 years

The news of Fu Yan's awakening quickly spread.

That night, Feng Lei, who was out of the field, hurried back and stood in a room full of doctors and researchers from the military region.

Shao Qiu was still looking for He Feng's trace outside, Liu Ruosong knew that after Fang Sining's death, Shao Qiu was a little paranoid about life and death, so he didn't stop him much and let him go.

The military doctors and researchers of the military area surrounded the hospital bed tightly and began to perform routine examinations on Fu Yan.

Liu Ruosong couldn't get in, so he retreated to the door and stood with Feng Lei.

"Why don't you go and have a look?" Liu Ruosong casually asked.

Feng Lei snorted and said with a smile: "We're not that kind of material, and we couldn't understand anything in the past, so it's better to let others do it professionally, and just see the result at the end."

The researchers held a list more than one meter long in their hands. Feng Lei looked at it before entering the door, and guessed that he would not be able to check it all in a while, so he retreated outside the door, touched it in his arms, and held the cigarette politely. He gestured to Liu Ruosong.

Liu Ruosong didn't refuse him, and simply accepted it.

"It's not easy." Feng Lei bit his cigarette holder and lit it up, tilted his head into the room vaguely, and said, "You've worked hard too."

These days, Feng Lei has more or less heard about the two of them, and he always feels that his childhood sweetheart has not changed his original intentions to get to this position, which is really admirable, and he has given Liu Ruosong a lot of convenience both openly and secretly.

"It's clear." Liu Ruosong smiled, and said, "As long as the result is good, look back, everything else is fine."

Feng Lei nodded with a smile, and agreed.

"However, the world is difficult. If we have today and no tomorrow, we still don't know what to do in the future." Feng Lei said, "Both of you... also take care of yourself."

What he said sounded a little out of context, but it wasn't surprising when he thought about it carefully. Liu Ruosong only thought that he was expressing emotion suddenly, so he hummed and said he knew.

The two of them finished smoking a cigarette outside the ward, and stood for a while, Liu Ruosong was worried, and went into the room to watch.

Feng Lei walked around the door twice like grinding a millstone, he didn't know what he remembered, he sighed for a while, and lit another cigarette.

After about half an hour, a researcher in the room came out and called him, saying that the investigation had been completed and the results were obtained.

Feng Lei crushed half of the cigarette in his hand on the railing of the corridor, threw it on the ground along with the pile of cigarette butts on the ground, and turned his head into the house.

In the ward, Liu Ruosong was removing the restraint belts from Fu Yan's body - these safety devices were used again to ensure "safety" during the inspection.

"How is it?" Feng Lei asked.

An elderly, middle-aged woman took off her mask, took the file board from the assistant next to her, and said, "The inspection is over, and with the blood test in the morning, it is almost certain that the zombie virus in Captain Fu's body has been cleared away. ——As long as you are no longer infected, there should be no risk of recurrence.”

Feng Lei beat his palms and said a few good words.

"That's why this happened, do you know?" Feng Lei remembered something, and asked again: "Can our people do it?"

"I don't know the reason for the time being." The woman shook her head and said regretfully, "It's the first time I've seen this kind of situation, so..."

"So it's an extremely low probability event?" Feng Lei asked.

The woman nodded.

Feng Lei sighed, but he didn't force it. He waved his hands to signal the military doctors to do their own work first, then rubbed his hands, turned his head and looked at Fu Yan with a smile.

Fu Yan's wrist was always tied with a restraint belt, and there was a slight red mark on it. Liu Ruosong sat beside him silently and rubbed it for him, ignoring others.

Feng Lei first smiled and congratulated Fu Yan, then pointed to his communicator, signaling that he would excuse me first.

Fu Yan himself was not sociable, so he nodded and let him do whatever he wanted.

When he went out, Liu Ruosong turned his head and looked outside the door. Seeing that everyone had left, he pulled the stool closer and whispered to Fu Yan.

"Feng Lei seems to care about you." Liu Ruosong said, "He also visited you a few times when you were unconscious. No matter what medicine you take, he is quite willing."

The longer the end of the world, the more scarce medicines will be.In the past few days, Fu Yan's situation has gone up and down, and no one knows whether he can survive this test in the end.If he can't, he will mutate into a zombie after all, and those urgently needed medicines such as antibiotics and hemostatic agents will be wasted.

Liu Ruosong was worried about medical problems at the beginning, but Feng Lei was surprisingly generous and never got stuck in a demand list.

"He's not bad." Liu Ruosong said, "I'll have to ask him for a favor in the future."

While speaking, Feng Lei had finished his phone call and knocked on the door again to come in.

It was embarrassing to talk about right and wrong or praise in front of people, so Liu Ruosong stopped the topic without continuing.

"That's right, Captain Fu just woke up, and I have something to discuss with you." Feng Lei rubbed his hands, sat down beside Fu Yan's bed, and asked with a smile, "But how is your recovery? So, is there anything uncomfortable?"

"No, everything is fine." Fu Yan went straight to the point and asked, "What happened?"

"Actually, it's nothing special." The smile on Feng Lei's face faded a little. He rubbed his hands, thought for a moment, and said, "Just now the chief of the A Department Military District came to ask about your news. He said, If you are awake and there is nothing wrong with your body, I will let you return as soon as possible. Regarding the petri dish, you need to have an interview and debrief."

Fu Yan was stunned.

He didn't say anything, but Liu Ruosong asked first: "In such a hurry?"

Liu Ruosong frowned slightly as he spoke, wondering: "Uncle Zhao hasn't contacted me much recently..."

"In the current situation, there is a shortage of manpower everywhere." Fu Yan squeezed Liu Ruosong's hand, and said, "Besides, we are the only ones who know the petri dish best—Shao ​​Qiu's condition is not good, and the brothers and sisters of the He family are gone. , it's normal to find me."

Fu Yan changed his style of painting and said to Feng Lei, "Did you say when to leave?"

"There's no specific date over there." Feng Lei said, "Just as soon as possible."

Fu Yan understood.

He thought for a while, then lifted the quilt and got out of bed.Liu Ruosong was startled, and wanted to help him, but he stopped him by holding his hand instead.

"I don't have anything to do. I can leave after packing up." Fu Yan held Liu Ruosong's wrist and looked at the watch on his wrist. After checking the time, he said, "After packing up in three hours, I can leave at about five o'clock in the afternoon—" —Where is Shao Qiu, can I come back in time?"

Feng Lei was taken aback by what he said, he didn't expect him to be so straightforward, saying that it would be as soon as possible is really not a big discount.

"Actually, I'm not in such a rush." ​​Feng Lei said, "Take a rest for a day...it's the same when we start tomorrow."

"No need, if there is no urgent matter, No. [-] will not call me." Fu Yan said: "The vehicles and supplies we came were damaged on the other side of the Honglan River, and I have to trouble you—"

"I know, I understand." Feng Lei accepted his words and said, "Don't worry, I'll make arrangements now."

Feng Lei was a man of integrity and acted resolutely. After speaking, he turned his head and left the ward to arrange for Fu Yan to return home.

When they came, there were five people in a small team, and there were only three left when they returned. Feng Lei thought about it and wanted to send a team of guards to escort Fu Yan, but Fu Yan refused.

"I'm not a petri dish for pharmaceutical equipment, so I don't need to be escorted." Fu Yan said: "Now there is a shortage of manpower outside, so don't waste these on me."

While talking, Shao Qiu happened to rush back from outside. He heard the news of the return trip while he was outside, and he had nothing to pack, so he rushed to Fu Yan as soon as he entered the gate of the base, and walked into the queue.

"Captain, are you leaving now?" Shao Qiu asked.

Fu Yan nodded.

Shao Qiu hummed.

With a heavy expression on his face, he hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help saying: "Captain Feng, after we leave, when you perform tasks, you will also help to find the peregrine falcon—just forget it if you can't find it, and send a letter if you find it."

Feng Lei sighed and said, "You should, don't worry."

"Troubleshooting." Fu Yan said, "Then let's go first, and see you later."

Feng Lei nodded, he took a step back to get out of the way, and waved at them.

Maybe it's because after working together for a while, and parting is imminent, such a cheerful person like Feng Lei has a bit of melancholy on his face, and he seems to be preoccupied.

Fu Yan had already put on his combat uniform, but he had just recovered from a serious illness, so he didn't grab the driver's seat, but turned around and opened the rear door.

"Captain Fu—"

Feng Lei suddenly called him to stop.

Fu Yan turned his head and raised an eyebrow at him.

"It's okay." Feng Lei forced a smile and said, "Pay attention to your body when you go back, and take care of yourself in the future."

Fu Yan was not good at this kind of small talk, and he didn't know why Feng Lei suddenly said such a sentence, so he didn't know how to return politely, so he could only nod his head to show that he heard it.

Feng Lei waved at him again, but didn't say anything this time.

Liu Ruosong got into the car one step behind Fu Yan, turned back and closed the door, Shao Qiu honked the horn as a greeting, then started the car, turned around and drove out of the base.

It's getting colder every day, and the days are gradually getting shorter as City D is approaching the northeast.It was just after five o'clock, and the sky was overcast and dark, the sun was covered with an orange color, and fell heavily on the clouds.

Fu Yan finished fiddling with his communicator and was hanging the watch on his wrist. However, he had been lying on the bed for a week, and it was a little awkward to do such delicate tasks, so he called Liu Ruosong, asking him for a favor.

Liu Ruosong took his watch strap and fastened it skillfully around his wrist, then adjusted the position of the dial and glanced at the time.

"It's past five o'clock." Liu Ruosong said, "It seems that we came out of the Yancheng base in the early five o'clock?"

"Five fifteen." Fu Yan remembered this kind of thing very clearly. He also glanced at the dial, and found that the second hand had turned exactly one circle, and the minute hand was pointing to three.

Fu Yan glanced at the coincidental time, and then adjusted the posture to cover the dial with the palm of his hand, smiled at Liu Ruosong, and said casually and relaxedly: "What a coincidence, we got together .”