Chapter 483 Things Have Changed

Wang Yao has been carrying Lin Jiujiu on his back.

Neither of them spoke until they walked out of the Special Management Bureau, and then Lin Jiujiu sighed.

"Okay, put me down."

This time Wang Yao did not refuse. He could feel that Lin Jiujiu's body had calmed down, so he slowly let go of the woman.

"I can pretend I didn't hear what you just said. Let's go."

She seemed to have returned to her aloof deputy director demeanor, and it was two years later that she met the two of them again.

I was transferred from the Pingjing City Special Management Bureau to the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau as the deputy section chief of the Personnel Management Section. At that time, Chang Yue was still the section chief. It was then that I learned that he, Wang Yao, and Li Chengtian from the Beiyuan City Special Management Bureau came to the Special Management Bureau together.

The files of these three people are very vague, and even I, who work in the Human Resources Management Department, cannot find them.

Of course, I didn’t think to check them out at that time.

And then that happened...

Cen Lin said this and took a sip of tea.

"Alas, at that time, the Science Council developed a very practical device. It was said that it was based on the characteristics of the dream-eating tapir and mimicked a device that could extract memories. This made the Special Management Bureau's daily operations much more convenient. If they encountered a witness, they could just extract their memory from behind."

I don't know why.

Wang Yao is very interested in this technology.

Always keep an eye on the development of this technology.

In the past two years, Lin Jiujiu's health has been getting worse day by day.

But the more this happened, the harder she tried, and eventually she vomited blood and fainted in the office, and one of her eyes was blinded due to the transfer of pathogens.

Surprisingly, during the six months that Lin Jiujiu was hospitalized, Wang Yao did not visit Lin Jiujiu.

Then, on the night that Lin Jiujiu refused surgery and was about to be discharged from the hospital and return to the Special Management Bureau...

Wang Yao rebelled.

He broke into the Science Council, stole the memory extraction device, and then kidnapped Lin Jiujiu who was still in the hospital.

Actually, they were already married at that time, so everyone initially thought that the couple was having a conflict, and Chang Yue was mainly responsible for persuading them.

Afterwards, Chang Yue would often regret not taking action immediately.

Wang Yao abducted Lin Jiujiu to the top floor of the medical department. He held a memory extraction device that was still in the experimental stage in his hand and held the weak Lin Jiujiu in his arms.

"I know what you want to do... Wang Yao, but you have no right to do this..."

Lin Jiujiu did not struggle in Wang Yao's arms. She snuggled up to the man's chest, sat on the edge of the roof of the medical department, and looked at Chang Yue who was still trying to persuade her below.

"Don't take everything from me... please..."

Finally, Lin Jiujiu couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears welled up in her eyes and her body began to tremble because of pain and sadness.

"...I don't want to take everything away from you, Jiujiu. I just want you to live like a normal person... and have your own life."

As Wang Yao spoke, he placed the memory extraction device on top of Lin Jiujiu's head.

"Forget the Special Management Bureau, forget everything you've ever been... As a woman, receive treatment well and live well..."

"Wang Yao...you took away...not only my loyalty to the Special Management Bureau...you idiot..."

Lin Jiujiu slowly closed her eyes.

"What I really don't want to forget is you..."

Chang Yue also noticed something was wrong at that time, and he almost instantly jumped up and rushed to the roof.

But it was too late.

The memory extraction device extracted all of Lin Jiujiu's memories at once, and then Wang Yao crushed the device, completely turning this memory into a cloud of dust.

"...Goodbye, dear."

"......I hate you...Wang Yao." Lin Jiujiu kissed the man's lips, and then slowly fell into a coma.

Well, it must be said that this incident has actually brought the research on memory extraction devices to the next stage.

Since Lin Jiujiu woke up, she had forgotten everything that happened when she joined the Special Management Bureau. She looked at everything in front of her in a daze.

Although it was very regrettable, Lu Shan and others finally decided to let Lin Jiujiu return to normal life. The Special Management Bureau would be responsible for her intellectual re-education and thorough physical treatment to help her become a normal human woman.

"Then...Where's Wang Yao?"

Li Muhan felt a little depressed. He looked up at Cen Lin who was drinking tea and asked, "You guys kept saying he just woke up... What on earth did he go through?"

"Wang Yao made a very serious mistake, and punishment was inevitable. At the time, the cooperation between the Huaxia Special Management Bureau and the underground and heavenly realms wasn't that close. There was a rift in the underworld in Tianhai City that had never been resolved. At the request of Chang Yue and Li Chengtian, Wang Yao was ordered to guard the rift... Later, the rift was closed, but Wang Yao had already been completely infected with the aura of the underworld, and he could no longer return to the normal world."

Having said that, Cen Lin sighed and put the teacup back on the table.

"As for what happened next, you can ask him personally..."

Cen Lin took out a document and handed it to Li Muhan.

The document is titled "Request for the release of former First Squad Captain Wang Yao after serving his sentence."

"Help me take this document to the Supervisory Council. After they stamp it, you can hand over the release order to Wang Yao."

Li Muhan looked at the documents in his hand, feeling mixed emotions.

"You just said that he's been infected with the aura of the underworld... Then this document...isn't it completely meaningless?"

"No......"

Cen Lin smiled and patted Li Muhan on the shoulder.

"For him, this is a result. It's time for him to let go of some things."

......

The Supervisory Yuan headquarters building.

"Wang Yao...wait, let me look for the files...Oh, indeed, it's been so many years, his sentence has actually expired long ago."

The staff sighed as they processed the procedures.

"His sentence was for thirty years, and it's almost forty now. It's almost time. Alas, things have changed."

After handing the stamped document to Li Muhan, an elderly staff member of the Supervisory Commission suddenly remembered something.

"Captain Li, wait a moment."

He rummaged through the drawers and found a small, somewhat old box on the shelf.

After wiping off the dust, he handed the box to Li Muhan.

"When Wang Yao entered the rift in the underworld, he gave this thing to us and asked us to keep it for him. Now it's time to return it to its rightful owner."

Li Muhan took the box. Xia Yue was curious and wanted to open it.

Li Muhan smiled and rubbed her head: "The only one who can open this thing is Wang Yao himself."

Holding the documents and the box, Li Muhan and Xia Yue came to the cafeteria of the Special Management Bureau.

Wang Yao just sat at the dining table, but he didn't seem as excited as before.

At this moment, he looked at the food on the plate in front of him with a dull look, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Muhan and Xia Yue walked over and sat opposite him.

"Captain Wang, this document...needs your signature."

Li Muhan handed the document to Wang Yao.

Wang Yao looked at the notice of release from prison and couldn't help but smile bitterly. His hands were shaking as he held the document.

“It’s been almost forty years…”

He seemed to have learned the current time from someone else.

"Time spent in the rift in the underworld is meaningless... I don't know how long I stayed there. At first, I could still get a little pleasure from fighting the evil spirits that wanted to pass through the rift to the ordinary world, but gradually... I became numb. Then the rift closed, and I had no idea what time it was outside."

He took out an extremely old pen from his pocket, and after writing a few times, he found that he could no longer write anything. It was as if telling him that he was now like this pen.

You have nothing left in this world to miss.

Li Muhan lent him his pen.

"Thanks......"

Wang Yao signed his name, then looked at the notice of release and sighed deeply.

"Aren't you looking for Deputy Director Lin? I'm talking about... Deputy Director Lin Jiujiu."

Li Muhan raised his own questions.

Although he knew that this might no longer make sense.

"They told me she's now living in a rehabilitation center for the elderly...but I don't know if I can still go see her because she...may not remember me."

Snap——

Li Muhan gently placed the old box on the dining table and then pushed it in front of Wang Yao.

"But some things still need to be said, right?"

Li Muhan looked at Wang Yao, and Wang Yao's eyes fell on the small box.

Then Li Muhan discovered that the tall man's eyes were slightly red.