Chapter 788: Sister Yue falls ill, Old Xie arrives (two chapters combined into one)

Jiang Fuyue did not go to have breakfast or go to the laboratory.

because--

Can't go.

She has a fever.

It was exactly the same as the last time I flew to Europe to attend the IMO and passed through Tunisia.

The high fever persists, the hands and feet are weak, and the brain is dizzy.

All symptoms are highly similar to those of Schenkwo virus infection.

She lay in bed with her eyes closed, but still conscious.

I can clearly hear the morning bell and know my current situation.

She wanted to move, to sit up, but she didn't have the strength to complete these simple movements.

He couldn't even open his mouth to call out to anyone.

One minute passed...

Ten minutes later...

An hour passed...

Jiang Fuyue's cheeks were flushed, her back was wet, and sweat slid from her forehead onto the pillow.

His brows were slightly furrowed in anxiety, and his eyeballs could be seen moving, but he couldn't open his eyelids.

Xie Dingyuan...

Will you come again this time?

…

Bang!

The glass dish that had just been cleaned and disinfected fell to the ground and shattered into pieces in an instant.

"Thank you, Professor?"

"professor--"

"Are you okay?"

A group of people quickly gathered around.

Xie Dingyuan's hand holding the tweezers was still suspended in mid-air, maintaining the same posture as when he picked up the glass before it fell. He stared at the fragments on the ground in a daze.

until--

"Professor? Professor Xie?!" someone shouted at him.

The man suddenly came back to his senses: "...What did you just say?"

"Are you all right?"

Xie Dingyuan waved his hands, but his eyelids twitched abnormally twice. Along with sudden heart palpitations, inexplicable uneasiness began to spread.

"Where are the three new teams that arrived yesterday?" he suddenly asked.

"Is it Shan Pinghua, Bai Chuanhao and the others?"

Xie Dingyuan was about to shake his head. Jiang Fuyue was in a separate team and was not part of the team of these two people. But then he thought, they all came from the same group, so there shouldn't be much difference. So he hummed lightly and nodded.

The man looked at his watch and said, "At this point, we should have reached the next door."

There is also an experimental area next door, which was cleaned out a few days ago and provided specifically for them.

The next second, Professor Xie, who was always calm, ran to the next room and almost stepped on the broken glass on the ground.

"What's going on?"

"What is the professor doing next door?"

"Maybe it's a greeting? We're going to be neighbors after all."

"If we want to greet someone, it should be Shan Pinghua and Bai Chuanhao. How could we let Professor Xie go over there?"

"That's right! You have no manners at all!"

"Let's forget about Shan Pinghua. We know his behavior, but Bai Chuanhao shouldn't be acting this way, right? It's said that this guy is very well behaved, so why doesn't he know how to behave in front of Professor Xie?"

"Who knows?"

"By the way, I heard that among the thirteen people who came here, there's a girl? And she's incredibly beautiful!"

"Really? In our line of work, are there any women who are even remotely beautiful?"

"Whoever is lying to you is a bastard! Liu Ye saw her yesterday when he went to the cafeteria to eat. She was young and beautiful, with a great figure, like a fairy. He almost fed his food up his nose."

"Hiss... is that really that exaggerated? I can't say I admire Old Liu's aesthetic taste."

"I'm not exaggerating, because I saw it too, it's really amazing!"

"You two have successfully piqued my curiosity!"

"By the way, Professor Xie, didn't he go to the next door to see the beautiful woman?"

"Don't be ridiculous. He's a dedicated worker, not a romantic partner. He's never even come into contact with a female mosquito. How could he be so eager to see a beautiful woman?"

"That's right! Even if a fairy landed in front of our Professor Xie, he wouldn't even look away, remaining indifferent."

"Maybe this time it's just the right time to fail?

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Unless the sun rises in the west."

“…”

On the other side, Xie Dingyuan had already gone to the next door.

As soon as everyone saw him, they felt like they were facing a great enemy and swallowed their saliva nervously.

"Thank you, thank you, Professor!"

Shan Pinghua was also surprised and stepped forward quickly: "Thank you——"

Unexpectedly, just as he opened his mouth to say a word, he was interrupted by Xie Dingyuan: "Where is Jiang Fuyue?"

Shan Pinghua was stunned.

The others were also stunned, their eyes wide open.

Why do the three words "Jiang Fuyue" sound so... strange when they come out of Professor Xie's mouth?

Xie Dingyuan looked around and didn't find the person he wanted to see, so he repeated it again.

Xu Kuan was the first to react: "Jiang Fuyue is not here."

"Why aren't you here? Where did you go?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen her this morning, and I can't get through to her on the intercom."

The man's brows suddenly furrowed.

"Professor Xie, do you have anything to do with her?"

Xie Dingyuan did not answer, turned around and strode away, his back revealing a bit of panic.

Xu Kuan: “?”

"Professor Xie actually came to see Jiang Fuyue? Did they know each other before?"

"That's impossible? Jiang Fuyue is just a college student, what kind of relationship can she have with Professor Xie?"

"I guess the issue of being called away yesterday is still ongoing."

"Hiss—Jiang Fuyue won't be scolded again, right?"

"Absenteeism without reason is an aggravated offense."

"She's so unlucky."

"Um... am I the only one who thinks Professor Xie is anxious? His brows are furrowed the entire time, and his expression seems a bit worried."

"Worried? Come on, who is Jiang Fuyue to Professor Xie? Why should I worry about her?"

"You're too mean, try to be more polite."

"How am I being insulted? It's true. She didn't come to the lab, and the professor still had to worry about her. Do you really think Jiang Fuyue is the heroine of a romance novel?"

“…”

Xie Dingyuan found Kaza.

At that time, he had just finished arranging today's training tasks and had just returned to the office. Before he had even touched the chair, he was pulled up by Xie Dingyuan who rushed in anxiously.

Kaza: “?” Help! I’m a little confused.

"Brother, brother, let's talk it over, don't use violence!"

Xie Dingyuan was stunned, and seemed a little surprised by his own rude behavior. He let go of his hand and asked directly, "Where will the new Chinese research team live?"

"Ping, Pinglou, what's wrong?"

"Specific room number."

"Wait a minute...let me check."

Kaza opened his computer and asked, "Are you asking about everyone? Or one person in particular?"

"Jiang Fuyue."

"What?" Kaza paused.

"Which room does Jiang Fuyue live in?" Afraid that he wouldn't understand the pronunciation, Xie Dingyuan emphasized each word, "Jiang, Fu, Yue——"

"Found it! 1142!"

Xie Dingyuan turned and walked away, but within a few steps, he came back and asked, "What's her intercom number?"

"28.6HZ."

…

Jiang Fuyue woke up from another nap, but still couldn't open her eyes.

The indoor temperature rose significantly, probably around noon or afternoon.

My body felt like it was burning in a furnace, my head was getting heavier and heavier, and my originally clear consciousness was gradually collapsing.

In a daze, she seemed to hear the sound of someone knocking on the door.

Then the door opened.

Then, a familiar voice sounded in my ears, gentle yet anxious, heartbroken and guilty—

"Yueyue? Can you hear me? Yueyue?!"

"…I'm sorry I'm late."

Just before she fell into complete darkness, Jiang Fuyue thought: He is here after all.

Xie Dingyuan couldn't wake her up.

I can't wake him up no matter what I do.

The moment he rushed in and saw the unconscious girl lying on the bed, his heart almost stopped.

After checking his breathing and pulse, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But Jiang Fuyue's abnormal body temperature made him frown.

The next second, he bent down and picked up the girl, not caring whether anyone would see her or what kind of criticism and suspicion it would cause if they were seen, and walked out firmly.

As I walked through the training ground, I unsurprisingly received many curious glances.

"Oh! Is that Professor Xie?"

"He's holding a girl!"

"It's amazing, he looks so anxious, it's totally unlike him!"

"Yes, he is a man of great character. We have all seen that before, haven't we?"

"Maybe that's his girlfriend?"

"God! I never thought Professor Xie liked women!"

"Oh, that's surprising."

“…”

On the other side, Kaza was shocked to see that Xie Dingyuan actually came to him specifically for a girl, pulling her collar and checking her residence.

After the person left, it took me a while to react.

He knew that Xie Dingyuan had a girl he loved very much in his heart. Whenever he had free time in the evening and sat on the embankment to watch the sunset, he would always take out the girl's photo, looking at it, gazing at it, and caressing it over and over again.

In the past, it was unimaginable to see such a gentle and affectionate look.

Anyway, Kaza has never seen it.

Once, he foolishly treated that girl as the cover model and asked Xie Dingyuan to share the photos.

Anyway, it's the same to watch it alone, and it's more fun to watch it with someone else. Maybe you can even discuss the things between men and women together and gain some experience.

result--

Xie Dingyuan's face changed immediately and he threatened that if anyone made such a request again, he would beat them up every time he saw them.

Kaza hadn't realized at the time that this was the girl Xie Dingyuan liked, so he asked with a confused look on his face -

"She's not your girlfriend, why do you mind?"

But Xie Dingyuan replied: "She is!"

In the next few days, Kaza was ignored by him. He didn't respond to his words and ignored his greetings. When they met in the cafeteria, Kaza raised his hand to say hello, but Xie Dingyuan didn't even look at him and just walked away.

Kaza: “…” My name is not “Kaza”, my name is “Zhaxin”.

After that, he never dared to mention the girl that Xie Dingyuan had hidden in his heart in a casual and frivolous tone again.

He gets angry as soon as it’s mentioned!

In Chinese terms, this is called something like "white moonlight"?

But just now, the pervert Lao Xie actually asked him for another girl's information?

Still planning to go look for her in the room?!

Oh! It's crazy!

I didn’t expect you to be such a professor!

Kaza decided to follow and see what was going on and whether he had really fallen in love with someone else.

Just as he was about to enter the flat, Xie Dingyuan rushed out holding a girl, his face full of anxiety and a hint of collapse.

Like a bow stretched to the extreme, it may break at any time.

Kaza has known him for all these years, but has never seen Xie Dingyuan act so out of control.

Immediately, he stood there like a log, unable to move.

"What are you standing there for?! Why don't you come and help?!"

Kaza was yelled at.

"Ah? Oh!" He reacted immediately and stepped forward to lend a hand.

Unexpectedly, Xie Dingyuan didn't let him touch the girl in his arms at all. He withdrew his hand and took a half step back. "I didn't ask you to do anything! Hurry and lead the way to the medical room! Take the shortest way!"

In this way, Kaza originally came to read gossip, but ended up becoming a human navigation.

As the three of them were rushing to the medical room, Lao Huang from Shan Pinghua's team happened to come out to smoke. He was so surprised to see this scene that he dropped the cigarette in his hand.

Then he quickly ran back to the experimental area and shouted loudly—

"I, I saw Professor Xie holding Jiang Fuyue!"

Everyone: “!”

"Old Huang, what are you talking about in your sleep in broad daylight?"

"Is there something wrong with your expression, or is there something wrong with my ears?"

"Professor Xie is holding Jiang Fuyue? Are you dazzled?"

"It's incoherent. If you have the guts, tell me the whole story. For example, Jiang Fuyue fell and Professor Xie pulled her up? Or Jiang Fuyue lost her balance and Professor Xie went to help her?"

Old Huang: "Neither! I really saw Professor Xie hugging Jiang Fuyue! It was like a princess hug in TV dramas!"

"...Are you sure you saw it clearly? Did you recognize the wrong person?"

Old Huang's face was filled with worry. "My naked eye vision is 5.0. Why don't you believe me?"

"It's not that we don't believe it, it's just that what you said is too unbelievable, and no one dares to believe it."

"Professor Xie can hug a woman? Don't be ridiculous."

"The legendary Xie Dingyuan who even female mosquitoes can't get close to?"

After hearing this, Shan Pinghua was stunned like everyone else at first, and then seemed to be thinking about something.

He called Old Huang aside, who was still trying to explain himself in the face of everyone's doubts, and asked, "Is this really Professor Xie?"

"How could I be wrong? It's absolutely true!"

"What exactly happened? Can you tell me in detail?"

Old Huang: "It's like this, I went out to smoke, just lit it, and hadn't taken a few puffs yet..."

Seeing the two old men mumbling in the corner and everyone else whispering, Xu Kuan couldn't help but curl his lips: "These days, old men are more gossipy than young people. It's incredible! How could Professor Xie be hugging Jiang Fuyue? Such outrageous rumors can even be spread..."

Bai Chuanhao: "Maybe it's not a rumor?"

"You..." Xu Kuan paused, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt: "What do you mean?"

Bai Chuanhao didn't say anything.

Xu Kuan laughed exaggeratedly twice. "You don't think this is real, do you? Jiang Fuyue and Professor Xie? What's the connection?"

"I didn't say that."

"That's what you mean!"

Bai Chuanhao clenched his fist and coughed lightly: "That's not completely impossible."

"I think you're overthinking it," Xu Kuan said seriously. "You tend to overthink things. You tend to make simple things complicated."

At this time, someone suggested: "why don't we go and see if it's true?"

"That's right! Old Huang, do you remember which direction Professor Xie went?"

Old Huang pondered for a moment: "Looks like he's looking for a medical room?"

"Okay! Then let's go check it out!"

"agree!"

Xu Kuan: "Are you going?"

Bai Chuanhao looked at the people who were eager to try and said, "Go ahead. I want to know if it's true too."

"Tsk, I didn't realize you were such a gossipy person."

Bai Chuanhao: "..."

Just as a group of people put down their work and rushed out, Kaza suddenly appeared.

"Hey! What's going on? Are we all going on a group mission?"

No one had seen him before, but seeing that he was wearing a military uniform and had a badge on his shoulder, they knew he was not an ordinary soldier.

Kaza: "I forgot to introduce myself. I am one of the leaders of the Suweitan base. You can call me Commander Kaza or Sir."

"Kaza...uh! Sir, we want to go out for a while."

"Oh? What are you going out for? We need to submit a permit for group travel. I must have told you that yesterday."

"We're not leaving the base! We're just going to the lab to take a look."

"There's no experimental equipment or subjects outside, just a bunch of soldiers drilling. What do you want to see? Hmm? Soviet military secrets?"

Everyone was shocked——

"No, no, no, we absolutely have no intention of prying into secrets. We just want to..."

Kaza smiled and pretended to listen attentively.

Xin Hongcheng continued, "I just want to ask Professor Xie some questions."

"Yes, we are going to see Professor Xie!"

Kaza: "I'm sorry, Professor Xie is busy right now and I'm afraid I don't have time to entertain you."

Someone else was about to say something, but Kaza responded directly, "Everyone, just stay here and focus on research and solving the problem. As for other things, none of them are as important as this. What do you think?"

Who dares to refute?

Kaza smiled with satisfaction and turned to leave.

After leaving, his smile suddenly faded, and he called a group of soldiers to guard the experimental area, "Don't let anyone run around."

"yes!"

…

Jiang Fuyue woke up again and saw a snow-white ceiling and pale lights.

It was already dusk outside the window, the sun was setting, and the desert was covered with yellow sand.

It seemed like someone was holding her hand. She stretched her neck and looked over, only to see the man holding her hand tightly with his big hand, his eyes closed, lying on the edge of the bed to rest.

The light shone on his handsome profile, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone in from the window, casting a small shadow on the other side of his tall nose.

The two of them held hands tightly, the man holding on so tightly, as if he was trying to grab something desperately.

The palms of their hands pressed together were covered in sweat, but he showed no sign of letting go.

Even when sleeping, he subconsciously uses his strength.

(End of this chapter)