16 years

Liu Ruosong knew that what Fu Yan said made sense.

Intellectually, this is indeed the method with the least "loss" - just like the game, as long as enough game information is obtained, the difficulty of clearing the level will be greatly reduced.

But emotionally, it is difficult for Liu Ruosong to regard everything as a "passage strategy" in a completely rational way.

He was dissatisfied and resentful, but he couldn't do anything about the status quo.He and Fu Yan were like two moths that had run into a spider's web, the more they struggled, the tighter they were entangled.

Liu Ruosong was overwhelmed by this sense of powerlessness, so he could only force himself to pull himself together, ignoring all "self-seeking" rudely like Fu Yan, and leaving all decisions to reason.

He no longer just stared at Fu Yan alone, but gradually began to consciously understand the news from the outside world and ask about the experiment situation.

Fortunately, although Shao Xuefan has no humanity, he has an inexplicable tolerance for professional issues - he doesn't like Liu Ruosong's love and love around Fu Yan, but he sincerely appreciates his research ability.

Shao Xuefan is an "expert" who earns a reputation for professionalism, but he seems to have his own bottom line. During Liu Ruosong's departure, Shao Xuefan has not made any progress on his previous research results.

What's more, Liu Ruosong's former office and team are still preserved in the laboratory building.

When Liu Ruosong proposed to go back to the laboratory building to continue virus research, Shao Xuefan did not refuse, but only restricted his right to see Fu Yan.

Liu Ruosong didn't thank him, but he didn't argue with him either - Fu Yan asked him to help find out all the news from the outside world, Liu Ruosong had to go all out, and he didn't have time to fight useless words with Shao Xuefan.

But this does not mean that he reconciled with Shao Xuefan, Liu Ruosong had already retracted his objective evaluation of Shao Xuefan when he chatted with Fu Yan, and there was only monstrous hatred left in his heart.

Shao Xuefan and Fang Sining looked like masters and apprentices at first glance, but they were actually two completely opposite types of people.

Fang Sining is just an axis, but he knows how to write the word human rights in his heart, he knows the cold and the pain, even if he is in a corner for a while, he really wants to save people from the bottom of his heart.

In his eyes, Fu Yan is no different from the others, they are all the people he wants to save, but because Fu Yan is special, he has to sacrifice a little more.Even if something happens in the end, it is an accident that Liu Ruosong can accept.

But Shao Xuefan was completely different.

While "saving the world", he seems to be satisfying his morbid desire for research, relying on the fact that "Number Two" is not as fragile as Irene, and acts recklessly on him.

Just as Irene must be "alive" to be useful, Fu Yan will only show the greatest research value during the infection process, and it is precisely because of this that Shao Xuefan will deliberately let him be in this state with high frequency.

At the same time, one month after Fu Yan returned to the base, Shao Xuefan's team discovered that the zombie virus is actually an ever-changing dynamic chain, which will mutate and even become stronger according to the condition of the carrier.

The time for Fu Yan to metabolize the zombie virus will vary depending on the state, but the overall average speed is constantly accelerating.Therefore, in order to explore his "limit", Shao Xuefan will consciously choose a more ferocious virus for injection.

He will even extract samples from Fu Yan's metamorphosis period, refine them into an enhanced version of the zombie virus for anti-infection, and obtain the band data of Fu Yan's "metabolic virus".

Shao Xuefan would not take the initiative to tell Liu Ruosong about these things, but Liu Ruosong was able to piece together these details from the other party's research results and data integration.

Many times, Liu Ruosong wanted to sneak into Shao Xuefan's room and shoot him to death. Unfortunately, Shao Xuefan probably knew that he was not welcome, and his security work was impeccable. No matter when and where, there were two The guards from the Special Warfare Brigade are on hand for protection, making it impossible for anyone to attack.

For countless late nights, Liu Ruosong couldn't sleep at night, and whenever he closed his eyes, he would have nightmares, in which Fu Yan was struggling and suffering in the laboratory building.

He woke up from the dream countless times, and couldn't sleep again, so he closed the door and flipped through the magazines that Fu Yan had hidden in the closet before.

Colonel Fu knew nothing about light and shadow composition, and he didn't know anything about emotional artistic conception. The only criterion for buying books was "whether there are Liu Ruosong's photos and interviews."

Over the years, the two of them got together less often and left more, and they didn't leave a single magazine behind. They even saved a big box with some small things like photo albums and newspaper clippings.

Fu Yan arranged them neatly by time and labeled them. Some books still have obvious traces of flipping through them, obviously they have been flipped many times.

When Liu Ruosong couldn't sleep, he took the box out and put it in front of the window, and sat on the floor to read one book after another.

He didn't turn on the light either, so he had a hard time seeing through the moonlight.

After reading too much, Liu Ruosong gradually discovered that Fu Yan's preference was obvious—he read the parts with in-depth interviews a lot, and the edges of the pages would have obvious signs of wear and tear.But if he only chose photos, the number of times he would look through them would be much less.

Judging from the traces of wear and tear, the magazine that Fu Yan read the most was a special issue of White Valentine's Day five years ago. It was one of the few entertainment magazines published by Liu Ruosong. Later, I also got a two-page column in the magazine.

Because it is a special holiday publication, it is inevitable to ask about "love view", "love view" and future imagination during the interview.

Liu Ruosong always mentioned his lover for many years in interviews, but most of them were to thank him for his work support, only that time he mentioned some details of life.

"Sometimes I don't know what he likes about me." Liu Ruosong joked with the reporter: "He is better than me in everything, he is much more handsome than me, he is steady and responsible, and he is in charge of any major issues at home. .My family members sometimes say that I have been with him for a long time, and I only have fun in my mind."

"How could that be? You will praise your lover and say a lot of good things about him every time you interview him." The reporter was amused by him: "Mr. Liu is handsome and capable, so many people are lining up to like you."

"Actually not, it's just that everyone doesn't know." When Liu Ruosong mentioned Fu Yanshi, he was very relaxed. He leaned on the soft fabric sofa and narrowed his eyes slightly with a smile: "We actually grew up together. He is younger than me." He is a few years older, so he will let me do everything. He has a good temper, and he takes it seriously when he makes trouble for no reason. Don't look at me as a dog when I talk to you, but I am actually very childish when I go home. "

"Naive?" The reporter became a little interested: "Based on my knowledge of Mr. Liu, it's hard to imagine that you have anything to do with this word."

"If you think about it, it's a dream." Liu Ruosong shook his head helplessly, and said: "For example, once I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, I suddenly wanted to go to the hare mountain in the suburbs to watch the stars. But he just came back from vacation that day, so tired Die, I wanted him to rest at first, but he went downstairs to drive without saying a word—this kind of thing is quite a lot, it may be a professional characteristic, he has no procrastination, and he is swift and resolute."

"It sounds like a small thing, but it's actually quite rare." The reporter said sincerely: "When I was pregnant before, I wanted to eat a lychee in the middle of the night, but my husband was procrastinating and didn't buy it—so I can ask one more question. , what occupation is it?"

"Secret." Liu Ruosong blinked slyly, and changed the topic: "Actually, I know my shortcomings - sometimes I tend to be emotional, so when something really happens that is a matter of life and death, it is difficult for me to make a decision. It's much better to have him around, and he never has to worry about me."

"It sounds perfect, don't you have a filter yourself." The reporter joked with him: "Or talk about a shortcoming."

"If you want to talk about the shortcomings—" Liu Ruosong racked his brains for a while, then said helplessly: "Does it count as being incomprehensible? Many times, I can't understand my hints, and I can't catch the stalk. I want to give him something romantic." Little surprise, his first reaction was ignorance, which makes people feel unfulfilling."

Next to the interview on this page, Fu Yan posted a post-it note.

[Next time, pay attention to your attitude and actively express your emotions. 】

Fu Yan's calligraphy is just like his own, vigorous and beautiful.Liu Ruosong brushed the line with his fingertips, feeling angry and funny.

He praised the other party so much earlier, but Fu Yan only cared about the last sentence.

There are more than one small note like this. I don’t know why Colonel Fu’s hobbies are so unpopular during his break. He not only watches interviews, but also writes some "reviews" when he has nothing to do, and then sticks them on that page with small stickers. Use it as a bookmark.According to Liu Ruosong's guess, he probably took it out to "review" when he was fine.

Those post-viewing impressions are varied, Liu Ruosong often laughs out loud while watching, and then reacts to something, the smile on his face will gradually fade away, leaving only bitterness.

The past and the present seemed to be torn into two worlds before his eyes, one half full of flowers and the other half icy cold.

He gradually became more silent, walking alone every day, staying up late at night in the laboratory building, and then returning to the dormitory to close the door.

Shao Qiu and Yao Tu loved Wu Jiwu, worried about him for Fu Yan, would come over from time to time to see how he was doing, and tried to find something to talk to him about.

But Liu Ruosong didn't have time to pay attention to other things, so he could only see Shao Qiu once in eight out of ten times.

The two of them share the same illness and pity each other, and occasionally when they get together to smoke together, they are almost the same people who have fallen into the world.

But Shao Qiu rarely mentioned Fang Sining. Since No. [-] was transferred away, the new base leaders never gave Shao Qiu any dangerous missions. He didn't ask Shao Qiu whether he was happy or not.

"Sometimes I really don't understand how a person can be divided to such a degree." Shao Qiu was very confused: "He is indifferent to everyone, but he cares about my life and death. But if he cares about me, but he is completely Don't listen to my opinion."

"What's so strange." Liu Ruosong snorted, "There are so many parents like this in the world—he doesn't love you, he loves himself. If someone else were his son, he would also value that person so much." .”

Shao Qiu thought about it, and thought it was really funny, because he didn't understand the importance of "son".Shao Xuefan was born but not raised, so he should have no relationship with him at all, but because Shao Qiu is the continuation of his blood, he can treat him differently.

Shao Xuefan is this kind of person, and Joe Eden seems to be the same.

Sometimes, Shao Qiu didn't even know where their morbid mentality came from.

"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it." Liu Ruosong pressed the cigarette out on the railing, and said in a low voice, "Anyway, next time, he won't be so busy thinking about you."

His words had no beginning or end, Shao Qiu didn't understand: "What?"

"Nothing." Liu Ruosong turned to look outside the corridor: "Is it snowing?"

"It started in the afternoon, and it's been down for several hours." Shao Qiu paused and said, "Brother Liu, today is New Year's Eve."

Liu Ruosong was slightly taken aback.

He didn't know what day or night it was, time was just a scale bar in torture in his eyes, and he didn't know how long he hadn't paid attention to time.

He pursed his lips, leaned on the railing and looked at the brightly lit laboratory building not far away.

"...I don't know if Brother Fu has any dumplings to eat." Liu Ruosong said in a low voice.

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After writing this chapter, I feel a little sour. I always feel that if this is not a post-apocalyptic article, then the life of the two of them must be sweet and funny [Ayan falls in tears.jpg]