16 years

"I disagree."

Zhao Jincheng pressed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, waved his hand, and dismissed Fu Yan's opinion almost before he finished speaking.

Fu Yan stood calmly one meter in front of his desk, didn't refute or say anything, just looked at him silently.Zhao Jincheng was embarrassed by his gaze, clicked his tongue, and snorted irritably with his hair.

"Impossible." Zhao Jincheng said, "It's enough for me to feel bad about losing a white-headed kite. You still want to bump into it now, because you think I don't suffer enough?"

"The second team has been searching for more than a month, but they haven't found any clues," Fu Yan said.

"The second team is a serious special force." Zhao Jincheng slammed the table: "Except for not being able to go to the sky, it is no worse than you."

"I am the captain of Baitouyuan." Fu Yan said, "I know him better."

Zhao Jincheng hissed, looking at this subordinate who didn't like oil and salt, really had a headache.

"What's the use of understanding." Zhao Jincheng said: "Could it be that the enemy asked his opinion when they kidnapped him, and then followed his advice to choose an evacuation route?"

Fu Yan also knew that he chose the most unconvincing reason.But he can't tell Zhao Jincheng that he has already experienced the present time on both sides, and he is an "unpredictable prophet" about the future, holding a bunch of clues without evidence in his hand.

Don't say anything else like that, I'm afraid Zhao Jincheng will have to push him into the laboratory building to check his brain now.

So he could only put on his own attitude, respond to all changes with the same, let Zhao Jincheng oppose thousands of times, but he still stands still.

Zhao Jincheng has always had a good impression of Fu Yan. The special operations team is his direct lineage. Speaking of him, Zhao Jincheng's attitude towards him is still more appreciative than irritating.

He and Fu Yan stared at each other for a while, but in the end he didn't meet the wood, snorted angrily, and stood up from behind the desk.

"Since you want to know, I won't keep it from you." Zhao Jincheng said, "A month ago, we received an anonymous email—it was from the kidnapper."

Zhao Jincheng looked back and forth as he spoke, closed the doors and windows tightly, opened the computer on his desk, tapped for a while, then turned the computer over and showed it to Fu Yan.

It was a video email, and the person in the video was wrapped in black clothes, not even showing his eyes.The shooting location was extremely dark, and only the fluorescent light similar to that of a mobile phone and computer shone faintly on the man's face.

The man held a piece of paper in his hand, and his voice was processed with a voice changer, making it sound hoarse as if it had been hit by an electric current.

"Our request is very simple." The man in black said, "It's fair to exchange this lieutenant colonel for Shao Xuefan, one for one."

Fu Yan: "..."

Trouble, Fu Yan thought.

He knew that Shao Xuefan, who had disappeared in the incident for two whole lifetimes, would not be rescued so easily.

Fang Sining escaped in his previous life because Shao Xuefan was gone, and no one could threaten those people, but in this life, this "insider" was still alive, so those people started to panic and started to do everything they could.

"Does Shao Xuefan know about this email?" Fu Yan asked.

"How can I tell him that?" Zhao Jincheng sighed, shook his head, and said, "Shao Xuefan is the father of the white-headed kite. He is waiting for his son every day and puts pressure on us three times a day because of the white-headed kite. How dare I tell him?" What about him? What if he runs out to join the enemy?"

"Have you contacted him yet?" Fu Yan asked again.

"I have contacted." Zhao Jincheng said: "We asked to ensure the safety of the white-headed kite, and the other party sent a video-this."

As Zhao Jincheng spoke, he clicked on a new video. The scene in the camera was still dim, but from the perspective of the light source, it could be seen that the new scene was much more open than before.

Wearing the uniform of the action team, Shao Qiu was hung in the middle of the room with his hands raised high.

He looked unharmed on the outside, and his clothes were neatly dressed, but his spirit was not very good, his head was drooping softly, his face was pale, and he couldn't tell if he was alive or what.

But the "kidnapper" obviously knew the importance of meat tickets, and soon, the camera panned a little forward to take a close-up shot of Shao Qiu.

The close-up shot stayed for more than ten seconds, enough for people to see the tiny rise and fall of his chest.

"...Did you take Veritaserum?" Fu Yan said.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Zhao Jincheng said, "Who knows how they will extract a confession."

Fu Yan pursed his lips and looked at the video again, then reached out and closed the computer.

"Shao Xuefan will never hand it over, this is the iron law." Zhao Jincheng said: "—but the situation is severe now, and saving people is as difficult as climbing the sky. I don't want to give up the white-headed kite, and I don't want to fold you in for nothing."

From the moment he took out the video, Zhao Jincheng had already wavered, and Fu Yan could see that he just needed an opportunity to push him to make up his mind.

Sure enough, Zhao Jincheng then said again: "Wu Diao, if you want to take care of this matter, I won't stop you. To be honest, I trust your ability, but you have to give me a reason so that I can rest assured." Leave this to you."

"Fang Sining was never mentioned in the two videos." Fu Yan suddenly said, "Fang Sining was kidnapped together with the white-headed kite. It is impossible for him to disappear without a reason. So I guess the kidnappers didn't mention Fang Sining because they wanted to blur his conception. .They only plan to exchange it with white-headed kites, and they are not going to let Fang Sining go—Fang Sining is still useful to them."

"If this is the case, the safety of the white-headed kite can be guaranteed for the time being." Fu Yan said: "If Shao Xuefan is not replaced, the other party dare not tear up the ticket now, and Fang Sining is dealing with it, so it should be fine."

Zhao Jincheng: "..."

Zhao Jincheng couldn't understand the twists and turns between Fang Sining and Shao Qiu, and the more he listened, the more confused he became. He couldn't help asking, "Why are you so sure that Fang Sining will fight in the enemy's nest for the white-headed kite?"

Fu Yan: "..."

Don't talk about fighting, it's not surprising that he did anything, Fu Yan thought.

In his previous life, he had seen Fang Sining, a frail researcher, who was more powerful than soldiers like them. Once the base wanted to send Shao Qiu to a highly dangerous chemical rescue mission, but Fang Sining refused to go on strike. Threats are not counted, how dare to pat the leader's table in a public meeting.If Shao Qiu hadn't heard the news and came forward to express his attitude and accept the arrangement, Fang Sining would not have let it go.

"We talked about Fang Sining before." Fu Yan said vaguely, "He has a good relationship with Baitouyuan."

Zhao Jincheng didn't expect this to happen, and muttered something, and was vaguely moved by Fu Yan's words.

"You can try." After a long while, Zhao Jincheng let go and said, "I will temporarily grant you permission. What do you want to check, what information do you want to check, and if you don't have it in the data room, go to the second team and ask. But there is one thing, the action team is not you One person has the final say, if you must intervene, at least give me how to get out and come back."

"Yes." Fu Yan said.

Fu Yan saluted Zhao Jincheng and said, "I want to see Shao Xuefan first."

"You can do whatever you want." Zhao Jincheng waved his hand and said, "Just one thing, I have to tell you first, Shao Xuefan doesn't get in, so you may not be able to see him when you go."

Fu Yan didn't say anything, he saluted Zhao Jincheng, then turned his head and left.

Shao Xuefan is a favorite, even if he has been on strike and loses his temper, no one dares to be rude to him. He does not live in the dormitory area, but in a high-end building near the inner side of the military area.

Just as Zhao Jincheng said, Shao Xuefan didn't come in, and he didn't come out to see anyone after hearing Fu Yan's application for a visit. He just asked him through the intercom in front of the building, "Have you heard anything about Shao Qiu?"

"No." Fu Yan said.

"Then don't tell me." Shao Xuefan said: "My son is not here, so I won't cooperate with anything."

"I have a question for you." Fu Yan said, "It's about Shao Qiu's whereabouts."

With a firm tone, he hesitated for a while when talking to Shao Xuefan who was on the opposite side, but finally his worries about Shao Qiu prevailed and he let Fu Yan in.

The sequelae of Fu Yan's concussion hadn't healed completely, he was dizzy for a while, and he was a little dizzy when he went up the stairs. He supported the wall for a while, and then went in to meet people.

This is the first time he has seen Shao Xuefan alive. The old man is old, but he is still in good spirits. He is neatly dressed, and there are traces of ironing on the cuffs of his shirt. His eyes are piercing. It seems that if he was not killed before , It's no problem to live another ten or eight years.

"I have a question that I need you to answer." Fu Yan went straight to the point and asked bluntly: "Twenty years ago, researchers in country A extracted a virus called Regeneration from the Arctic glaciers, and the practical number was R-20."

Shao Xuefan was startled suddenly, he took a step back subconsciously, and looked at Fu Yan with fear.

"What did you find?" Shao Xuefan asked.

"The zombie virus outside is the result of man-made release, and it is not naturally generated. After investigation, this virus is very similar to R-01." Fu Yan lowered his eyes and said lightly: "According to the research in the laboratory building From the results, your B-92 drug research is also somewhat similar to R-01—so I would like to ask, how much do you know about it?"

He changed the order of the facts in a few words, and completely reversed the nature of the matter. Shao Xuefan turned from surprise to joy, and heaved a sigh of relief.

The military may have found out about R-01 long ago, Shao Xuefan thought, this is not surprising.

"After investigation, we now suspect that the person who kidnapped Shao Qiu has a major relationship with the mastermind of R-01." Fu Yan said: "So if you know any clues, I hope you can actively provide them."

"...How can you be sure that the person who kidnapped Xiaoqiu did this?" Shao Xuefan asked.

"Because the other party sent an email requesting that Shao Qiu be exchanged for the No. [-] virus blood sample."

Fu Yan didn't dare to tell Shao Xuefan the truth. Although Shao Qiu hated Shao Xuefan deeply, Fu Yan didn't have much contact with Shao Xuefan, so he wasn't sure if he was really cold-blooded and selfish.

If he regards Shao Qiu more than himself, then the risk of this temptation is too great.

"But it's a pity that we can't find the first patient now, so we can only hope for rescue." Fu Yan said: "So if there are any clues, I hope you can think about it carefully."