Chapter 394 The dust has settled, go home
The room suddenly became quiet.
Only the sound of keyboard tapping remained.
My heart felt like something was pulling it into my throat.
I dare not even breathe hard.
Shen Hanxing clenched his hands.
I kept praying in my heart that this matter could be resolved smoothly.
but……
As time passed, the server alarm sounded more and more urgent.
Shen Hanxing's heart almost stopped as he watched the increasing progress of the virus spread on the screen.
They had finally gotten to this point.
Are we going to fail here?
She was unwilling to accept it.
His eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Tears welled up at the edges of my eyes.
But I never dared to fall behind.
Maybe……
Maybe there is a miracle?
Just when the progress bar is about to be full.
Suddenly, Qi Moxun's steady voice was heard, "Cleared successfully!"
The progress bar on the screen instantly returned to zero and returned to normal.
Shen Hanxing breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when he heard a commotion coming from the direction of the booth.
A display case was knocked over and the genetic samples inside disappeared!
"He's at the booth!" Shen Hanxing rushed over immediately and saw the "Doctor" holding the sample and trying to escape in the crowd.
She chased after him and stopped him at the exit: "Put down the sample!"
"The Doctor" looked at the special police officers surrounding him and suddenly took out a grenade-shaped object from his arms.
"You probably haven't seen this."
"That's okay, I'd be happy to explain it to you."
"This is a bomb I specially researched. It contains a high concentration of virus. Once it explodes, everyone in the exhibition will be infected! Let me go, or we will all die together!"
The SWAT officers who arrived raised their guns and put their fingers on the triggers.
Qi Moxun also rushed over and said, "The detonator of this thing is in your hand. If you smash your hand, it won't explode."
The "Doctor"'s hands began to tremble and his eyes were filled with fear.
A special police officer took the opportunity to go around behind him and pointed an electromagnetic pulse device at his wrist.
The strong electric current made the "Doctor" scream, and the genetic bomb in his hand fell to the ground.
The special police immediately rushed forward to hold him down and covered the bomb with an explosion-proof barrel.
The crisis was resolved, and Shen Hanxing finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the "Doctor" being taken away.
Qi Moxun walked over to her and handed her a bottle of water: "Is it over?"
"temporary."
Shen Hanxing took a sip of water and said, “The roots of foreign forces have not been completely eliminated, but at least they will not be able to steal data in the short term.”
She looked at the bustling crowd in the exhibition, all of whom were ordinary citizens of this city.
I seem to have a sense of mission.
She just protected the safety of these people.
The sense of pride that came from her blood enveloped her.
When leaving the exhibition, the setting sun dyed the sky into the color of melted honey. The evening breeze brought the fragrance of flowers outside the exhibition venue and blew the broken hair by Chen Hanxing's ears.
Qi Moxun's gaze fell on her profile, which was gilded by the sunset glow. Her eyelashes cast a light shadow under her eyes, like the trembling of butterfly wings when they landed.
The tail end of his previous sentence was still floating in the wind, carrying a kind of relaxation after the tension was relieved.
Shen Hanxing tightened her fingers around the mineral water bottle slightly. The coolness of the bottle seeped through her skin, but it couldn't suppress the heat that was quietly rising in her ears.
When she turned her head, she happened to meet Qi Moxun's eyes. Those eyes were always as calm as a deep pool, but at this moment, filled with the warm light of the setting sun, there were some rare soft ripples.
"It's over for now," Shen Hanxing first looked away, looking at the crowd gradually dispersing in the distance, his voice softened by the wind.
"But those overseas individuals won't give up. We've encrypted and backed up the core data of the genetic samples in advance. Even if they get the samples, they won't be able to decipher the key sequences in a short time."
She paused, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the lines on the bottle. "Just now in the server room, when you said 'cleared successfully', it really felt like the outcome was already decided."
Qi Moxun chuckled softly, and his laughter was accompanied by the vibration of his chest, which was particularly clear in the quiet evening breeze.
He took half a step forward and stood side by side with her on the steps at the exhibition exit. Their shadows were stretched so long by the setting sun that they almost overlapped.
"Your hands didn't even shake at the keyboard," he tilted his head, his gaze passing over the corners of her red eyes. "I looked at the surveillance footage, and your knuckles were turning white from gripping the mouse, and you were still sending the location coordinates to the SWAT."
Shen Hanxing raised his head and drank a sip of mineral water. The cold liquid slid down his throat, suppressing the slight astringency in his throat.
"I didn't dare to tremble at that time," she said with a self-deprecating smile.
“When the progress bar reached 98 percent, I heard my heartbeat louder than the alarm.”
"Luckily, you anticipated their backup virus database and installed a reverse tracking program in the firewall in advance."
“It’s our prediction.”
Qi Moxun corrected her, his voice low, "It was only when you discovered the abnormal magnetic interference in the sample box that I realized they wanted not only data but also physical samples."
He looked at her, the light in his eyes brighter than the sunset, "Chen Hanxing, you are more powerful than you think."
The evening wind picked up again, ruffling Shen Hanxing's hair.
She raised her hand to stroke her hair, and just as her fingertips touched her hair, they were gently pressed down by another warm hand.
Qi Moxun's fingertips had thin calluses, and when they touched the skin behind her ear, Shen Hanxing felt as if an electric current had passed through her, and her body stiffened slightly.
He tucked her hair behind her ears, his movements natural and gentle, "Don't always put the credit on others."
When the fingertips left, the temperature left behind was still hot on the skin.
Chen Hanxing lowered his eyes and looked at the ground in front of the toes of his shoes. His heart was beating so fast that it seemed to burst his chest.
The tension in the computer room just now and the exhaustion after the crisis was resolved were now diluted by this sudden closeness, and an inexplicable itchiness arose in my heart.
"Let's go," Qi Moxun turned around first, his tone regaining some of his usual calmness, but with a barely perceptible smile, "The car is over there."
He walked down with his long legs, his shadow moving on the stairs one by one. Shen Hanxing looked at his back and took a deep breath before following him.
Sitting in the car, Qi Moxun turned on the air conditioner and adjusted it to a suitable temperature. Light music slowly flowed from the car stereo, and the soothing melody completely relaxed his tense nerves.
Shen Hanxing leaned back in his chair and looked out the window. The neon lights of the exhibition gradually faded away, replaced by street lights along the street, like a string of flowing starlight.
The carriage was quiet for a moment, with only the sound of the air-conditioning breeze and music.
Qi Moxun tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel and suddenly said, "Chengcheng and Xunxun..."
When the child was mentioned, the fatigue in Shen Hanxing's eyes immediately rippled with gentleness, and there was also a trace of imperceptible guilt.
She paused and lowered her voice, "Xunxun and Chengcheng are both in Xuanyuan Pavilion's villa. My parents and Xuanyuan Pavilion's servants are looking after them."
"How long has it been since you spent time with them?" Qi Moxun asked, glancing at her in the rearview mirror.
Shen Hanxing’s fingertips curled up and rested on his knees.
"It's been almost two weeks," she said softly. "Things have been happening so fast lately. I really want to be with the child, but..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Qi Moxun's voice: "Go pick them up now?"
Shen Hanxing turned her head to look at him suddenly, with surprise in her eyes: "Is it okay?"
"certainly."
Qi Moxun turned the steering wheel and the car turned smoothly into another lane.
Shen Hanxing's heart skipped a beat.
She looked at his profile as he concentrated on driving, with his high nose bridge and clear jawline. The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the car window onto his face, softening his usually cold and hard features.
"Isn't it too sudden?" She was still a little hesitant. "The two children have never felt safe. I'm worried that frequent changes of location will..."
"It's okay. In fact, children are always stronger than you think."
Qi Moxun glanced at her sideways, a faint smile on his lips, "We've solved such a big problem, we should celebrate. The biggest celebration is to bring the children home."
Shen Hanxing's heart seemed to be filled with something, warm and swollen.
She turned her head to look out the window, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
The light and shadow of the street lamp flickered on my face, and the feeling of being eager to go home became stronger and stronger.
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