Chapter 127, Silencing the Witness
After Chu Yuan left the base, Qi Yao devoted most of her time to work. The girl seemed to have completely forgotten the unpleasantness of the past and devoted herself to her work.
Several times, when Jiang Ran asked her to go home with him after get off work, she politely refused. When he came early the next morning, he found her still in the studio.
Another day after get off work, the girl went to the laboratory to meet Si Xu. On the way home, she looked up at the blood-red sunset in the west and felt depressed.
"When will Captain Chu be back this time?"
Knowing that she was worried about her friend, Si Xu said, "Given the current situation outside, a round trip from Beihe Base will take at least two months." That is assuming they don't encounter any major trouble on the way.
There is no record of the Zhoushan Base and the Beihe Base in the book. Even at the end, Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi only touched upon the tip of the iceberg of the truth behind the spread of the virus.
Because of her arrival, many things have changed, and countless possibilities have been added to everyone's future.
Jiang Ran didn't know what was inside the Beihe base, whether it actually contained any information related to the virus, nor was she sure Chu Yuan's team would be able to return safely. Therefore, when facing Qi Yao, she couldn't bring herself to say many words of comfort.
"Oh right." Thinking of the possible crisis in Chu Yuan's team, Jiang Ran said, "Have you told him about Guo Zhehao?"
Deputy Captain Guo seemed to have other thoughts. With Shen Lang watching closely from behind, even the slightest sign was something he should be on guard against.
"I've already said that," Si Xu said, "and Guo Zhehao didn't go with us on this operation."
"Ah? The captain is traveling, but the deputy captain is staying at the base?" What does this mean?
"Some members of the first team stayed at the base, so Guo Zhehao stayed with them."
So, it seems like they're overthinking it? Maybe Deputy Captain Guo is just dissatisfied with Si Xu, and has nothing to do with Chu Yuan?
After walking hand in hand for a while, Gu Yunqing rushed up to them at a rapid pace and stopped Si Xu.
"Si Xu!" Gu Yunqing glanced at Jiang Ran and, without avoiding her, handed a stack of things to Si Xu. "There's news."
The smile on his lips disappeared, Si Xu tore open the file bag and read it page by page.
"Yancheng Base?" The man's gaze fixed on the last part. He chuckled softly, "Is he provoking me?"
"Actually..." After reading it from beginning to end, Jiang Ran roughly knew what was written in the document, "We don't need to worry about it."
Gu Yunqing looked at her, remained silent for a while, and agreed with Jiang Ran's words: "I think Sister Ranran is right - it has nothing to do with us."
The information was received by the Information Department of the Military Control Commission Building, and passed through several people before reaching Gu Yunqing.
All the psychics sent by the Shen family to track down Qin Huai's whereabouts were killed - Qin Huai threw those psychics into the group of zombies he raised, made snacks for the zombies, and then after the zombies ate them up, he asked a fifth-level psychic zombie to send all the bones back to the base.
This was a provocation to the Shen family, but it did not specifically target the laboratory. Si Xu could actually just sit back and watch, waiting for the Shen family and Qin Huai to fight each other.
"Pei Xiao is at the base right now," Si Xu said. "Chen Yang is so scared that he's hiding in the basement and doesn't dare to go out."
Because of Pei Wan'er, when Pei Xiao was around, Shen Yang stayed in his basement every day, eating and waiting to die. The second team was temporarily handed over to Shen Bai.
“Shen Bai will not ignore such things.”
"Then..." He wanted to say, "So what?" But when the words reached his lips, they turned into a sigh. Gu Yunqing raked his hair and said, "How about Aqin and I go with Shen Bai's second team?"
If it was Shen Yang, Si Xu might really let them fight each other, but Shen Bai...
"I'll go with him, you and Aqin stay at the base." Si Xu said, "Jiang Ran will go with you and stay at the base."
"Hey?" Jiang Ran was dissatisfied with being suddenly assigned a place to go. "I want to go with you."
"It's troublesome." Si Xu refused her, "It's inconvenient to take you with me."
Feeling the disgust in his tone, Jiang Ran: "..."
The girl glared at him: "I'm very capable and won't hold you back."
"Yes." Si Xu said bluntly, "You're not good enough yet to not be a drag." Without waiting for the girl to speak, he leaned close to her and whispered, "Gu Yunqing and Su Qin are both very stupid. I feel at ease if you stay at the base."
Jiang Ran: "..." She really wanted to stick to her own ideas, but what he said made sense to her.
After fooling Jiang Ran, Si Xu took the information to find Chen Bai. Sure enough, Chen Bai had already applied to Chen Lang for a transfer order out of the team and was preparing to come to find him.
The two bumped into each other at the entrance of the Military Control Building. Shen Bai was stunned at first, then smiled bitterly: "I didn't want to trouble you, but grandpa said that Youyou had to stay to protect big brother, so..."
In the entire base, besides Shen Youyou, the only person who can control Qin Huai is Si Xu.
Because Pei Xiao was hanging around the base, Shen Lang didn't dare let Shen Youyou leave the base, for fear that Pei Xiao would accidentally discover Shen Yang and kill him directly.
"When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow morning." Chen Bai murmured, "Actually, if possible, I hope to set off today - Qin Huai is cunning. Every minute of delay is just one more minute of opportunity for him to plot."
"Well." Si Xu said, "Let's set off early tomorrow morning - since he has issued a provocation, he will definitely not run away." That man is a complete lunatic. Since the game started with his hands, he will never run away.
…
In such a short period of time, aren't there too many teams leaving the base?
First, the Shen family leaked the research data of Zhoushan Base and Beihe Base, and then Qin Huai provoked them. It just so happened that Chu Yuan and Si Xu all left the base.
If everything was a planned trap and the two of them were transferred away, could it be that Shen Lang wanted to plan something at the base?
That's not right. Pei Xiao and Shen Yao are still here. Shen Lang and the others won't go too far.
Jiang Ran was chewing on the steamed buns she had made, half closing her eyes, daydreaming as she stepped into the laboratory.
Qi Yao was still there. Seeing her, she poured a cup of warm water and placed it in front of her: "Drink water, don't choke."
Jiang Ran took the water cup and handed her the lunch box he brought with him: "I brought you breakfast, steamed buns."
"Thank you." Accustomed to this way of getting along, Qi Yao imitated Jiang Ran and continued to work while biting the steamed bun.
"Hey, Qi Yao, do you want to go to the market after get off work today?" Jiang Ran suggested, worried that she would get bored in the lab. "I want to buy some fruit."
"After get off work?"
"Um."
Qi Yao stretched and said, "Of course. I haven't been out for a long time either." After dying once, the girl was no longer as unfriendly as before. She spoke with a gentle smile and was not aggressive at all.
Jiang Ran thought, this should be her true appearance after she took off her disguise.
…
They had originally agreed to go shopping in the market after get off work, but Chen Lang and Chen Yao needed help with something urgent, so Jiang Ran was called to the laboratory building.
Before leaving, Jiang Ran made an appointment with the girl and followed Pei Xiao to the laboratory building to help.
"Not many people know Professor Jiang's information. Brother Qi asked me to ask you for help if I have any trouble." After taking a set of protective clothing for her to change into, Shen Yao gave a simple explanation, "Just do what I say later."
"Okay." Jiang Ran said solemnly, "How long will it take?"
"What? Are you okay?"
"I have a date after get off work."
"It should be pretty quick, I promise it won't delay your appointment."
Shen Yao said this with great confidence. When Jiang Ran came out of the laboratory and saw the sky full of stars, the corners of the girl's mouth twitched and she walked quickly towards the crop experimental base.
Fortunately, the two bases were not far from each other, and they arrived at the experimental base quickly. However, after searching around the base, they did not see Qi Yao who was supposed to be waiting there.
Jiang Ran stood at the gate, puzzled: If she wasn't working overtime at the base, could she have gone home? But girls didn't seem like the type to break appointments. Even if she was going home, she would probably go to the laboratory building to say hello to the staff first.
Just as I was hesitating whether to go to the Chu family to take a look, a gust of wind blew by, and a faint strange smell in the air passed by my nose.
Jiang Ran's nostrils twitched, and he frowned slightly, looking in the direction of the strange smell.
Turning the corner outside the base, she found the source of the smell of blood.
The girl was lying on the ground on her side, her clothes and loose hair were all soaked in blood.
On the ground, the blood flowing from her body spread out, staining the grass with a different color.
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