from my heart [last days]

Chapter 47 Old Injury

"I guess Captain Pei already has some ideas in his mind," Xie Congxin said, "Just a few words from me are not enough to shake your trust in the Ministry of State Security."

Rather than trusting or distrusting, it's better to say that the range of suspects is too vague, and he can't be sure how many people participated in the matter of sending them to pick up Xie Congxin.

Pei Ze said: "The situation in Beijing is unknown, so I can't give you a judgment."

Xie Congxin smiled and said, "No, Captain Pei, I'm not asking you to give me an answer when I tell you this."

He had already put down the bowl, sat on the old wooden chair in the hotel, with his back to the direction of the window, his body was outlined with a shallow outline by the light, the expression on his face was very calm, the smile and anger before that seemed to be completely calm. It's a disguise.

"Why?" Pei Ze looked into his eyes and asked.

"Because I need a teammate," Xie Congxin replied, also looking into his eyes, "a teammate who can stand by me no matter who the enemy is."

"..."

Does someone like Xie Congxin need teammates?

"Why me?" Pei Ze asked.

Xie Congxin asked back, "What answer does Captain Pei want to hear?"

"..." The wanton tone seemed as if Pei Ze could say whatever he wanted to hear.

"Captain Pei, don't get me wrong," Xie Congxin tapped the armrest of the chair after a ten-second silence, "I mean, of course I can say some high-sounding reasons, such as 'it must be Captain Pei', or' The cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of State Security just takes care of both sides', of course I am not saying that these are not reasons..."

Realizing that he was a little confused, he paused and concluded, "But the biggest reason is that I have no choice but to choose Captain Pei."

There are only three people around, Peng He is definitely not good, Cheng Yinshang is more than careful and capable, and although Pei Ze seldom talks, at least his reaction speed is fairly fast, he is also a team leader, after returning to Beijing, he will be more involved with Guoan's internal affairs than he is. Much more convenient.

"Purpose," Pei Ze said, "your purpose, and their purpose."

Xie Congxin said slowly: "Captain Pei, we are not playing a guessing game, you should at least say a few more words so that I can understand what you mean."

"..." Why did he have the feeling that Xie Congxin actually understood, but deliberately teased him.

"Why do you think I'll help you?" Pei Ze asked in a different way.

Xie Congxin said: "If you definitely need a reason, what do you think of 'for the end of the world to end as soon as possible'?"

Such a reason was impeccably upright, and he had no reason to refuse.

"If you still have concerns, we can make an agreement," Xie Congxin said, "You protect my life, accompany me to trace the identity of the person who prevented me from returning to Beijing, and exchange information you know with me. Similarly, you can also Make three demands on me."

This is the second time they have had what appears to be a collaboration, but more of a transaction.

And this time the cooperation is more in-depth than the last time, it is no longer Xie Congxin's unilateral use of him, at least they have equal conditions -

"Priority is antibody production." Pei Ze stared at his face.

Xie Congxin nodded: "Of course, this is the first purpose, and all our efforts serve this purpose."

"Intelligence sharing."

"Equivalent conditions, you tell me what you know, and I will tell you what I know."

"..."

"If you haven't thought about the third point, let's talk about it later." Xie Congxin said generously.

Uncertain trading conditions are a very big concession for Pei Ze.

"Deadline." Finally Pei Ze said.

"Until the virus antibody is successfully developed," Xie Congxin said, "or either you or I die."

He said this sentence didn't mean much, but Pei Ze said, "You won't die."

The tone was like a promise or a statement, Xie Congxin raised his eyebrows.

Pei Ze stood up from the end of the bed, "Go to sleep."

Xie Congxin said unexpectedly: "I thought Captain Pei had other questions to ask."

"Let's talk tomorrow." Pei Ze went to him and took an empty bowl to wash downstairs. Xie Congxin looked up at him.

The dust in the house was scattered, and the autumn sun was warm outside the window. The two of them sat and stood. From this angle, Xie Congxin happened to see the small wound under Pei Ze's eyelid again.

The old wound persisted, and the new wound from last night had begun to heal. Pei Ze probably didn't deliberately avoid it when he washed, and the wound was slightly pink after soaking in water.

"How did you get hurt?" Xie Congxin asked suddenly.

"?"

Xie Congxin pointed to the corner of his eye.

"..."

He doesn't remember much.

There are hundreds of wounds, not to mention thousands, and now this inconspicuous wound was added at some time, and when he noticed it, it had already left a scar, and the location was not very obvious, and he never cared about it before. I asked, but I don't know how to answer.

"Wait a minute." Xie Congxin suddenly pushed his chair away and stood up.

Pei Ze looked at him. He took out a waterproof plaster from the bottom of the medicine box, and walked back while tearing it off. The figure in his pupils enlarged, stopped less than half a step away, and pressed the plaster on his face.

Pei Ze was stunned for a moment, but Xie Congxin had already posted it for him, and took a step back.

Standing in an old hotel room with some inexplicable meaning, he smiled against the light.

"—I hope that we can all survive until the end of the world, so Captain Pei shouldn't work too hard."

After that, each of them washed up and had a safe night.

At dawn, Pei Ze went to Zhao Meng's room.

Then Xie Congxin was awakened by a scream like a pig being killed.

Sitting up and looking, Zhao Meng's face was smeared with tears and snot, and he was pulling at the end of the bed, almost kneeling down to kowtow to him. Pei Ze stood aside expressionlessly, not knowing what he had done.

Zhao Meng begged for mercy: "Suosuosuo, I choose Gaodai..."

Xie Congxin: "..."

So he really explained it all.

He is not from Zhengzhou, but his family of three happened to be in Zhengzhou when the virus broke out, and his son Zhao Yue was unfortunately infected. The couple were already desperate, but they heard that a hospital in Zhengzhou had developed a drug against virus infection, Subjects are being recruited for voluntary clinical trials.

If Xie Congxin listened to this kind of words, he could immediately judge that it was false, but ordinary people would inevitably be irrational in the great panic, and the threshold of the hospital would be broken in a short time.

"Which hospital?" Xie Congxin asked.

"Just goose, goose courtyard."

"Second House?"

"Fuck it!"

"...you continue talking."

Then Zhao Meng and his wife Zhou Min finally lined up to meet the doctor, that is, Chen Hai, but were told that their son did not meet the requirements for clinical subjects.

Zhao Meng didn't have that much obsession at first, but Zhou Min didn't give up, and begged Chen Hai, saying that he was willing to pay any price, it didn't matter if he lost his family or took her life, he just asked Chen Hai to save their son.Chen Hai did not agree and drove them away, but sent someone to find them two days later, saying that as long as they were willing to accompany him to Deng|zhou, they would save their son.

As long as Zhao Yue can be saved, let alone a trip to Dengzhou, it is also fine to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, Zhou Min agreed at that time.

But I don't think this trip is really jumping into the sea of ​​fire, and there will be no return.

Speaking of this, Zhao Meng started to wipe his tears again, probably because he thought that he lost his son and lost his wife, and he didn't know what to do in the future.

Xie Congxin was impatient to listen to his cries, and asked him the identities of the two bodyguards.

"Like black, black will be good!" Zhao Meng said while crying, "That's a new tattoo, I've heard people talk about it..."

One sip of Zhepu stretched what could be said in half an hour to two hours.

Chasing people away, Xie Congxin hugged the quilt and sat on the bed for a while, until Pei Ze came back downstairs and asked, "Where are they?"

Unknowingly, he began to habitually omit when talking to Pei Ze. Fortunately, Pei Ze understood, "It's downstairs."

Zhao Meng cried so loudly that it was impossible for Cheng Yinshang and Peng He not to hear, Xie Congxin asked, "How do you plan to tell them?"

Pei Ze glanced at him, "How much do you want them to know?"

One sentence kicked back the right to choose, Xie Congxin squinted his eyes and smiled, his expression was like a fox as always: "It depends on how much they ask."

He didn't intend to avoid Cheng Yinshang and Peng He. The next Zheng | Zhou and his party, they will know these things sooner or later.

After a little lunch, several people are ready to go out. The first task is to find a means of transportation.

There were not many zombies in the town, Xie Congxin asked to go together, considering that it might not be safe to leave him alone with Zhao Meng in the hotel, so he simply took both of them with him.

This time they were more careful, fearing that there would be living people like the Yuan family brothers, they would politely knock on the door before opening it, and waited a few minutes before opening the door to enter, and finally they did not encounter the embarrassment like yesterday again.

I searched for some leftover snacks in a convenience store and packed them in a large cardboard box. Peng He held them in both hands. It was inconvenient to pass through the narrow passage. Xie Congxin happened to be at the side, so he helped him to push them in. chairs on the road.

"..." Peng He was stunned for a moment, this small gesture was Xie Congxin's first concession.

But the person involved didn't look at him, holding a box of Kang's small cakes, looking for the expiration date.

The muscles on Peng He's face twitched, and after a while, he whispered, "Thank you."

Whether he apologized or thanked, Xie Congxin didn't care, so he smiled politely.

This smile was a little bit of a smile to wipe away all grievances, as if he didn't take what happened yesterday to his heart at all, Peng He suddenly felt that he couldn't hold back his face, and ran away with the box in his hand.