Chapter 129 They're too ruthless

Huo Zhenhua took a quick step, swung his arm, and grabbed Su Meng's hand, whispering reassuringly, "Don't panic!"

He will pay the price for his actions.

Su Meng nodded silently. She was just angry for a moment, but she wasn't in a hurry.

"Can I go for a walk on the ship?"

I mainly wanted to see what I had obtained in the past.

Huo Zhenhua nodded and led her without hesitation to the cargo hold. "This ship is carrying advanced medical equipment donated to us by Chinese organizations in Hong Kong."

But half an hour after we departed from Hong Kong, we received a distress signal from the ship.

It has been hijacked!

Later, our patrol boats patrolled the seas it was bound to pass through, but we did not find any trace of it.

No one expected it to intrude right under the nose of our Southeast Military Region.

Xiaomeng, you've turned misfortune into a blessing; be prepared for a reward.

Su Meng: "......"

Judging from his tone, he seemed certain that she had intercepted the ship.

But she thought she had done it very discreetly.

Did he find out?

We must never admit to anything related to space, no matter what.

"What does this have to do with me? It just shows that God has eyes and is punishing those thieves in a different way."

Huo Zhenhua chuckled softly, rubbing his thumb against the back of her hand. "Yes! Heaven has eyes."

After saying that, he turned to Wang Qinglin and the others in front of him and said, "Let's go see what God has given us."

Furthermore, contact Commander Tang immediately and have him send someone to Huangyan Island to meet up.

A soldier was ordered to contact Commander Tang.

Wang Qinglin accompanied them to the cabin to check the harvest.

He excitedly ripped off the tarpaulin covering the goods.

The smile vanished the moment the size of the cardboard box was revealed.

"Where's the medical equipment? Why is it packaged in an old cardboard box? Could it be disassembled parts?"

He circled the pile of cardboard boxes, pointed at the letters on them, and frowned deeply. "Comrade Su, please help translate this."

Su Meng didn't need to look to know that the box didn't contain any medical equipment.

“These boxes used to hold test tubes and other instruments.” Su Meng also turned around. “Could the ship that held the medical equipment not be this one?”

The intelligence from the Southeast Military Region is accurate: the ship changed its cargo after stopping en route.

"Where did the medical equipment go? What's inside?" Wang Qinglin found a screwdriver and a hammer, and looked at Huo Zhenhua. "Commander, can we open it and take a look?"

Huo Zhenhua pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Go ahead and start."

The box was pried open.

The smell of ink wafted out first.

Inside were neatly bound stacks of experimental data and reports.

There are also some specimens.

What's soaking in this glass bottle?

Wang Qinglin pointed at the bottles in surprise, his expression changing repeatedly. "Could those boxes also contain test reports and glass bottles?"

These insane people, how many experiments have they conducted?

When Su Meng saw those specimens, she couldn't help but tremble. "Those might be human organ specimens."

Although I went into the laboratory and saw countless organ specimens when I was studying medicine.

But seeing the embryos in the glass bottle still made me feel uncomfortable; I felt nauseous and wanted to escape.

My scalp tingled, and my whole body felt cold.

His body trembled slightly.

"They're too ruthless!"

Her hoarse voice was filled with sorrow.

Once again, the image of working at a clinic when I was twelve years old flashed before my eyes. When I was cleaning up the last batch of trash, I saw formed or unformed embryos in the trash can, and I collapsed on the ground, vomiting until I felt dizzy and disoriented.

That scene was a nightmare she would never forget.

What's wrong with you?

Huo Zhenhua turned his head and asked with concern, putting his large hand around her waist, "Are you afraid of those things? Then we won't watch them."

He gestured for Wang Qinglin to close all the cardboard boxes, then turned her around forcefully and gently patted her back, saying, "It's alright! You can't see anymore."

Wang Qinglin joked, "If you can calmly perform surgery, why are you afraid of these things? Comrade Su, ..." I think you're just being pretentious.

He didn't dare say that last sentence.

He was afraid that Huo Zhenhua would make him do more training.

Su Meng knew that as a doctor, it would be a joke to say that she was afraid of specimens.

But over the years, she has tried countless times to face the embryo specimens, but all her attempts have ended in failure.

They might even have recurring nightmares.

She rubbed her stiff face hard twice, stepped out of Huo Zhenhua's arms, and said calmly, "I'm fine! I just remembered some unpleasant things from the past, please forgive me!"

Listen closely, her voice trembled slightly, and her small hands were icy cold.

Huo Zhenhua had been watching her intently ever since her expression changed.

Naturally, after listening to her heartfelt words and learning the reasons behind her fear of the embryo, he couldn't hide the tenderness and affection in his eyes.

He sighed inwardly at the cruel twist of fate, wondering why they couldn't have met sooner.

Even if he lived in the countryside, he wouldn't let a twelve-year-old girl struggle to make a living on her own.

My heart aches with countless pains.

My fingertips felt empty, and I instinctively reached for the lighter in my pocket.

He stared intently at Su Meng, his hand gripping the lighter tightly, his thumb pressing on the gears.

Just as he was about to swipe, Su Meng pressed his hand down, "Wait!"

She glanced at the corner of the box Wang Qinglin had just moved aside. "There seems to be something in there. Do you think there's anything wrong with the smell?"

When she goes into the mountains to find medicinal herbs, she sometimes relies on her unusual sense of smell to easily find and distinguish some herbs.

Now that she had calmed down, she keenly noticed a smell that was different from that of paper and ink.

"It smells like oil. What do you guys think?"

Huo Zhenhua put away the lighter and picked up a cardboard box.

Wang Qinglin also removed one.

The next second, a dark gray oil tank appeared in front of us.

"It really is oily!" Wang Qinglin ran his index finger along the edge of the lid, smelled it, and said with disgust, "It smells so pungent!"

Huo Zhenhua's expression was solemn, and his voice was low, "It should be crude oil. They stole our crude oil, and that's irrefutable evidence."

"I just don't know where the ships came from."

Su Meng picked up a stack of experimental data, saw the annotations below, and suddenly realized: "This experimental data comes from Huangyan Island, which means that this ship has docked at Huangyan Island."

As for whether the crude oil came from Scarborough Shoal, we'll find out when we go and see for ourselves.

Huo Zhenhua sighed, "We didn't even have time to mine it ourselves, but these thieves got there first."

Wang Qinglin, let's go full speed ahead.

Then, he looked at Su Meng, about to suggest sending her home first.

Then, recalling the harrowing experience of being kidnapped by Liu Sheng, the words she was about to utter turned into a heavy sigh.

He held Su Meng tightly, saying, "You must be careful and stay close to me."

If anyone tries to extract crude oil near Scarborough Shoal, it will be a tough battle.

He could no longer bear the pain of losing her.

The news of researchers being detained on Huangyan Island and the suspected theft of crude oil by another country was quickly reported to the military region.

Commander Tang personally led his troops out to sea overnight.

Thirty large ships set off from the port in unison and plunged into the night-shrouded sea battlefield.

Xie Mian was constantly worried about Su Meng and kept an eye on Huo Zhenhua's movements.

Upon seeing the activity at the military port, my already taut nerves tightened again, like a fully drawn bowstring, ready to snap at any moment.

Su Mianzhi had already noticed Xie Mian's unusual behavior.

He glanced at the old man's room, closed the courtyard gate, and stood side by side with Xie Mian under the big tree outside, watching the lights disappear into the sea.

"Xiao Mian, has something happened to Su Meng, or is another war about to break out?"