Chapter 118: No Such Person
After leaving the crop experimental base, Jiang Ran said goodbye to the two at the door.
The girl had a sweet smile and a sweet voice. After saying goodbye, she took advantage of the gap between Shen Bai greeting the staff to come close to him and whispered, "Pei Xiao, did you come here specifically to kill Shen Yang?"
Looking down at her, Pei Xiao asked with a half-smile, "You expect me to do this? Isn't he your brother?"
Jiang Ran said sincerely, "He is my brother, so I care about him more."
I didn't notice anything at all. Pei Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. He wanted to expose the girl's lie without blinking, but in the end he just shrugged and said helplessly: "I really want to kill Shen Yang, but unfortunately, Shen Yang is not at the base."
Not at the base? Jiang Ran blinked and dragged out his tone: "Then you came at the wrong time."
I'm afraid that whenever Captain Pei comes to visit in the future, her cousin will be "out of base".
Jiang Ran sighed.
To be honest, she really wanted to see Pei Xiao and Shen Yang fighting, at least this would divert the captain's attention away from Si Xu.
The girl was thinking in her heart in a dishonest way, whether she should find an excuse to get Shen Yang out of the Shen family.
After much thought, I felt that it was too unfair to do so, so I had to give up with regret.
"Ranran." Noticing that the two were whispering behind his back, Shen Bai walked over to Jiang Ran, "Aren't you going home? Why aren't you leaving?"
Jiang Ran was dissatisfied: "Second brother, how can you drive people away like this? I used my off-duty time to be your guide, you should thank me."
"I'm afraid if you delay for too long, Si Xu will come here to look for you." Shen Bai said meaningfully, "You know, I don't like to cause trouble for myself."
When Si Xu came over, he and Pei Xiao had to hurt each other - oh, it should be said that he unilaterally beat Pei Xiao.
Pei Xiao was a guest of the base after all. He came in unharmed and left injured. What would the people in other bases think?
It’s troublesome, too troublesome.
Shen Bai's reminder was so obvious that Jiang Ran nodded reluctantly: "Then I won't disturb you. You can take your time to visit."
After taking two steps, she looked back and ran back in small steps: "Captain Pei, I have another question."
"What?"
"How come you have time to visit Xiling Base?"
Visiting? Pei Xiao said seriously, "I came to Xiling Base to visit and study on my father's behalf, not to visit."
"Is that so? Captain Pei, was the Dongchao Base built on Dongchao City? Are you familiar with the Dongchao Base?"
"It's okay. Dongchao is where I grew up."
Jiang Ran said "oh" and asked casually, "Is there a scientist named Si Nian in your Dongchao base?"
"Scientist?" Pei Xiao looked away from her, recalled carefully for a moment, and shook his head, "No, I haven't heard of it either."
Jiang Ran sighed: "I have finished asking my questions, thank you Captain Pei."
When the girl left, she was no longer as excited as before. Her back looked listless, like a quail caught in the rain.
Pei Xiao seemed to be lost in thought.
Si Nian? Scientist? Judging from Jiang Ranran's tone, she probably had never been to Dongchao City. Then how could she know a scientist in Dongchao City?
Si Nian, is that scientist’s surname Si?
…
Pei Xiao had never heard of Si Nian's name. Wasn't Si Nian a scientist? Then why did Jiang Yize ask Shen Muxin to take the virus information to Dongchao City to find Si Nian?
The girl was thinking about something and didn't notice someone coming from the side. The person walked side by side with her for a distance, and when he saw that she didn't react, he snorted lightly.
"Jiang Ran." He frowned. "What are you thinking about?" She was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice him.
"Huh?" Jiang Ran smiled as she was brought back to her senses by the familiar voice. "Si Xu, are you here to pick me up from get off work?"
She naturally took his hand, and they walked side by side in the afterglow of the sunset, their shadows stretched out long and thin.
"I'll pick you up." The little girl was worried, but she didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any more questions. "Jiang Ran, you got off work early today."
Since the girl wanted to work, he found her an assistant job at the experimental base and planned to let her do some minor work there.
Unexpectedly, the girl insisted on going to work and coming home normally every day, punching in at 8 o'clock in the morning and leaving get off work at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. In just a few days, she had a clear understanding of all the conditions of the experimental base. Yesterday, when he went to pick her up from get off work, the staff who brought her praised her to him.
The man was not happy about his girlfriend being praised. He was becoming more and more dissatisfied after being left out for several days. However, seeing that the girl was full of energy, he didn't want to interfere with her too much.
When talking about her work, there was a hint of resentment in his tone.
"Well, we finished our work early today, and then we met my second brother, so I took him and the guests on a tour of the experimental base."
"Guest?" Knowing who that person was, Si Xu paused slightly, "Pei Xiao?"
"Uh, yes." Jiang Ran carefully assessed the man's expression. "Have you met Captain Pei?"
Si Xu said coldly: "I have seen it."
"Are you two...fighting again?" Su Qin said that they would fight every time they met.
"Jiang Ran, do I look so childish?" Si Xu sneered, "Every time we meet, it's that guy who starts the fight first."
As long as that guy doesn't provoke him, he has no interest in having a small fight with him.
"Oh, yes."
Seeing a hint of grievance on his face, Jiang Ran took his arm and coaxed him softly: "Captain Pei is so childish, don't bother with him."
"He's not childish," Si Xu said sarcastically. "Jiang Ran, everyone thinks that every time he fights with me, it's because of his half-sister Pei Wan'er—so many people say that, I almost believed it."
Isn't it? Intuitively, there's a deeper connection here. In a flash, Jiang Ran remembered what Wei Yage had said.
Si Xu's biological mother is the eldest daughter of the Beichen Huo family, and the eldest daughter's fiancé is the young master of the Pei family.
"You and Pei Xiao..." Jiang Ran hesitated, "Are you blood brothers?"
If Si Xu is really the illegitimate child born to Huo Zhigui before she married into the Pei family, then he and Pei Xiao are half-brothers.
Si Xu frowned, not hiding his disgust for this identity: "I don't know."
"have no idea?"
"Maybe Huo Zhijue was lying to me. Maybe Pei Xiao isn't her biological son..." Si Xu said, "Like you said, I'm also skeptical of Huo Zhijue's words. However, that idiot Pei Xiao seems to know about the relationship between Huo Zhijue and me, so..."
Therefore, he made trouble for Si Xu everywhere because he knew that Si Xu was his mother's illegitimate son and his brother.
If it was his brother who failed to protect his younger sister Pei Wan'er, that would be the reason why Pei Xiao could not forgive himself or Si Xu.
(End of this chapter)
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