Desperate

After Cen Lu woke up lying on the hospital bed, he only felt the pungent smell of disinfectant in his nose.His whole body was stiff, and he wanted to straighten his arms that were numb from sleep, but he accidentally touched something fluffy.

He felt a little strange, and hurriedly looked down, only to see that the fluffy thing was someone's head with black hair.Zhou Pushen was lying on the bed in front of the hospital bed, and slept very lightly. He woke up vaguely after being touched like this, and his dark eyes were full of water vapor.

It was rare for Cen Lu to see him in such a daze, and counting the last time he was drunk, it was the second time, so he suddenly couldn't help laughing.Feeling mischievous, he wanted to touch his head again. Zhou Pu saw through his thoughts, and turned his head to hide. Cen Lu's arm was numb, but he couldn't dodge in time, and touched the second lieutenant Bo unexpectedly. thin lips.

The soft touch made Cen Lu's mind go blank, and the only thing he could recall was that crazy kiss that night.

Wet/wet, intense, tangled.

By the way, there is still this stuff going on.

Zhou Pushen also seemed to realize the same thing, and his fair face couldn't help turning red.He avoided Cen Lu's finger on his lips without leaving a trace, and forgot to cover his red ears when he lowered his head.

Cen Lu looked at Zhou Pushen's innocent little daughter-in-law, and felt a little guilty for taking advantage of her. After all, he was the one who attacked him first when he was insane.He took a deep breath, finally worked up the courage to speak, but his voice was still hoarse: "Brother Shen, that night..."

Zhou Pushen interrupted him with an apology: "I drank too much that night and caused trouble to my brother. I'm really sorry."

"Ah?" Cen Lu didn't turn the corner all of a sudden.He stared at Zhou Pushen for a while, which made Zhou Pushen's heart beat faster, for fear that his little trick would be seen through by him.

During the two days when Cen Lu disappeared, Zhou Pushen almost lost his mind. After getting clues about the other party, Zhou Pushen vowed that he would never let him go half a step away from him again.

This is not for Cen Lu, but for himself.

So don't even mention getting angry about what happened that night.After thinking about it, the second lieutenant decided that it was the safest way to play dumb.

Cen Lu stared at the other party in a daze, he never thought that the other party would forget everything about that night, and there was a trace of inexplicable disappointment besides his secret joy.He grasped the quilt helplessly, and asked with some uncertainty, "You...you don't even remember?"

Zhou Pushen had an innocent look on his handsome and unparalleled face: "I'm so sorry brother, I'm a poor drinker, so I don't remember anything after drinking."

Cen Lu glanced at him again, but he couldn't see the concealment from those eyes that were as pure as obsidian, so someone who was in his arms went down the steps like this: "Yes... yes, it's actually nothing wrong , that is, when you were sleeping with me, you were hit by the equipment on my bed, and I want to ask if you are okay."

Zhou Pu looked at Cen Lu blushing and making up random things, and thought it was cute.Who would rush out the door without returning the keys without anything happening?But his willingness to make up what happened that night proves that Cen Lu is still willing to get along with him, and he doesn't want to make the relationship between the two of them embarrassing.

Zhou Pushen was deeply moved by Cen Lu's thoughtfulness, and made up his mind that he would never do such a disrespectful thing again.

He is his watchman for the rest of his life, a god that he cannot blaspheme, but he is the only one who cannot become the person he wants.

Zhou Pu couldn't help dimming his eyes, and wanted to smile, but his heartache didn't allow it anyway.He could only talk about him from left to right: "Brother, how did you meet those southerners that night?"

Cen Lu can't say it's because I sneaked up on you, so he ran out because he felt embarrassed: "I...wanted to get you some water at night, and I went to look at the rustling sounds from the arsenal, but I didn't expect it to be Nanguo people……"

"Arsenal?" Zhou Pu twitched his brows deeply. "After discussing your disappearance, the higher-ups concluded that you were a southern thief who came to steal arms. After meeting you, they were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they carried out the kidnapping."

Cen Lu remembered the conversation in the underground garage, and his expression sank: "Is that what the above said?"

Zhou Pushen let out a "hmm" and sat down beside Cen Lu's bed, with a hesitant voice in his throat: "But after talking to one of the kidnappers yesterday, I always feel that things are not that simple. ' Who was it?"

Cen Lu became more and more worried. He struggled to sit up, but before Zhou Pushen could stop him, Cen Lu pulled out the needle and said to Zhou Pushen with a stern expression: "I want to see the captain, the sooner the better." .”

Although Zhou Pushen was still worried about his pale face, he also understood that this time he would not be sloppy, so he turned his head and wanted to go out.

Cen Lu's voice followed him closely: "Don't let anyone know that I've been looking for the captain."

Liu Zhihuan was not free to come to the ward until midnight that day.

Regardless of Zhou Pushen's dissuasion, Cen Lu waited in the ward until late at night.Seeing Liu Zhihuan hurrying over, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.He had already made a draft in his stomach, and he explained clearly about the drug and the killer whale. In order not to lose Liu Zhihuan's face, he only vaguely hinted that the killer whale might be hiding among the crew. .

"Considering the current situation," Cen Lu said, "I hope the captain can consider suspending the Hemera mission."

Liu Zhihuan frowned after listening to Cen Lu's narration, and asked him impatiently: "Professor Cen means that there may be a spy from the southern country on my boat? And this spy also used prohibited drugs to control other boats." member?"

Cen Lu nodded: "To put it simply, that's it."

Liu Zhihuan sat by the bed with a very indifferent expression.He reached out and knocked on the stainless steel bedside table, and said in a serious tone: "Professor Cen, do you know that even if you are an expert sent from above, you still have to be responsible for saying such things."

Cen Lu looked straight at him without any fear, and his gold-rimmed glasses gleamed coldly: "I can swear to Her Majesty the Queen."

Liu Zhihuan laughed angrily: "Do you have evidence?"

Cen Lu looked into his eyes: "I was tied up with both hands and feet, and the kidnappers were watching, how could I have the opportunity to leave evidence."

"That's hard to say." Liu Zhihuan stood up, although he was suspicious of what Cen Lu said, but the responsibility as the captain made him unable to agree to Cen Lu's request, "'Hemera' I will continue to carry out the task, and I hope that Professor Cen can cooperate."

Cen Lu didn't answer directly: "Doesn't the captain want to listen to the candidates I suggest to observe?"

"Professor Cen, I don't have the time to listen to such groundless provocations." Liu Zhihuan was really impatient, and his tone began to become provocative, "I just want to tell you that I trust every crew member I selected, and I I can tell you that the person who manages the crew's medication is my confidant, and I have no reason to believe you or not."When Zhou Pushen on the side heard the word "provoking", faint anger began to brew in his eyes, but Cen Lu turned his head and looked at him with soothing eyes.

"Captain," Cen Lu said to him, "are you really sure that every member of your crew is innocent? Is there anyone with an unknown background?"

"..." Liu Zhihuan was stopped by his question, he thought for a moment, and found that some low-ranking soldiers were indeed dispatched from above, and Hou Chunxie, who was dispatched to the research team this time, was one of them.But he had already spoken, he didn't want to bow his head to a fledgling junior, and thought it would be good to investigate secretly, so Liu Zhihuan choked back: "I'm sure."

In order to show his aura, Liu Zhihuan added another sentence: "Professor Cen, I advise you to come on the boat with us. If you miss the mission because of your unfounded delusion, I can't bear the responsibility."

Zhou Pushen couldn't bear it anymore, but he caught a glimpse of the roses on the officer's shoulders. His habit of obeying orders for many years made him unable to refute the officer immediately. He could only stand in front of Cen Lu and say as forcefully as possible: "Major General, I'm sorry. The Technical Department has given Professor Cen the right to suspend the mission, once I judge that this mission may threaten Professor Cen's personal safety, I can take him back at any time."

Liu Zhihuan looked at his body blocking Cen Lu like an iron wall, with helplessness and contempt mixed in his eyes: "Do you really have the ability to judge the current situation?"

Zhou Pu was shocked: "Brigadier General, I have commanded the frontline battlefields and won victories."

"But now you have been bewitched." Liu Zhihuan glanced at Cen Lu blatantly.The latter didn't seem to hear his words, just lowered his head thoughtfully.

"I..." Zhou Pushen felt his tongue was tied, and before he finished speaking, Cen Lu relieved him: "I'll go."

Zhou Pushen felt that the blood in his whole body turned cold all of a sudden: "What did you say?"

Liu Zhihuan was relieved now, and he nodded towards Cen Lu: "He has a clear head. Professor Cen, I know you can't understand me. You just need to survive this sampling task, and we will return to Qiaolu from now on. The way back, has nothing to do with each other." After saying that, he strode out of the ward.

Only two people were left in silence.

Zhou Pu couldn't bear it anymore, he squatted down, his black eyes were looking at Cen Lu's glasses, he didn't know if it was Cen Lu's illusion, but he actually felt that there was pleading in those always cold eyes: "Brother, can I take you back? Don't get on the boat, okay?"

Cen Lu felt a heavy pain somewhere in his heart, as if someone had drilled a hole in his atrium with a thin awl, and the pain was dense.

But he has no choice, he knows that "Hemera" is of great significance to the empire, and he cannot stand by when the country is in danger.

So he reached out to touch Zhou Pushen's hair, and his voice was as gentle as water: "I have to go. I can't live up to Liang Qian's trust."

"I'll just go!" Zhou Pu was anxious, he grabbed the slender white hand and tightly trapped it in the middle with both hands, as if it was his life-saving straw, "Brother, you go back first, There's no need to stay here and fight them. I can help you spot the person you suspect, and I'll contact the helicopter right away..."

"Brother Shen." Cen Lu took his hand. For the first time, he took the initiative to hold a pair of warm palms that Xiao had thought about for a long time, but at this moment, his hands were cold because of him: "I can't be the one who runs away. .”

Seeing the resolute look in Cen Lu's eyes, Zhou Pushen suddenly felt that it was useless to say anything.

He thought of Cen Lu in the brown prison uniform, leaning against the cold railing with a faint smile, holding his hand like this, rejecting their plan to escape together.

At that time, he also said the same thing: "I am not a coward."

Zhou Pushen despaired for a moment, he let go of Cen Lu's hand, and stood up.

Cen Lu suddenly felt that his palm was empty, and he reached out to hold Zhou Pu's hand that was hanging deeply by his side again without giving up, but someone broke free.

With scarlet eyes, Zhou Pu asked him in a hoarse voice, "Cen Lu, do you think life or death doesn't matter to you?"

Cen Lu was stunned. This seemed to be the first time Zhou Pushen called him by his first and last name in his memory, and it was also the first time he said such a serious word.

Zhou Pushen was still talking, the corners of his eyes were so red that blood and tears were about to flow: "But for me..." He choked up, lowered his head and paused for a moment, before finishing what he said before: "Did I do it?" Everything means nothing to you?"

Cen Lu looked up at this handsome man, his seldom exposed fragility made him extremely gorgeous, like a camellia that had been hiding behind the curtain, opened the curtain and bloomed in a flirtatious posture, but he didn't know that the next second would be Wither decisively.

He remembered that his life was saved by the man in front of him.If it wasn't for him, he would either have died at the point of Li Zhou's gun, or he would have been taken somewhere somewhere in the vast sea.

But he abandoned this life like a shoe.

"Brother Shen, I..." Cen Lu wanted to say something more, but Zhou Pushen didn't say anything, just tucked the quilt up for him silently, leaving Cen Lu a back view.

Sitting in the endless darkness of summer night, Cen Lu felt a chill that penetrated to the marrow of his bones.He smiled wryly and covered his eyes. He thought that he had really become squeamish. He didn't spend any night alone in the past. Why can't he bear it now?

He couldn't recall Zhou Pu's deeply hurt expression anymore, he was always thinking about what to do, he caught a glimpse of the computer by the bed, suddenly thought of something, turned on the computer and dialed someone's video call.

After a while, Liang Qian's listless voice came out, as if he hadn't woken up yet: "Who... calling at this time..."

Cen Lu interrupted his complaint: "Liang Qian, it's me. I have something to discuss with you."