Chapter 184 As Long as I Am Here
In the dream, there was an endless snowfield, and a little girl was dragging her frozen legs, moving step by step in the snow.
Behind him, the barking of hounds and the noisy voices of people were gradually approaching.
She couldn't be caught, she had to run away, she had to run away far away. If she was caught, she would surely die, and would be torn into pieces by that huge, cold machine - just like her dead companions.
You have to keep running, keep moving forward. Only in this way can you survive, only in this way can you...
Survive?
The little girl who was moving her feet mechanically suddenly froze.
She frowned, thinking hard.
Why should we live? Wait, what is living? How should we live? Should we keep moving forward? Or...
She looked around in confusion, her vision obscured by the raging wind and snow, and everywhere she looked was a sea of dancing white.
I can't see anything clearly.
She raised her hands to shield her eyes.
"A117?" Someone called her softly amidst the howling snow and wind. "A117."
She turned around and looked over. The man was standing in the falling snow, his face blurred.
"A117." He held out his hand. "Come here."
come over.
A117.
Who is calling her? Calling her name over and over again.
The little girl opened her eyes blankly.
What caught my eye were the young man's cold eyes.
"Awake?" Si Xu, who was getting a little impatient, reached out and grabbed the little girl's collar, lifting her to the same height as himself.
Their eyes met, and he curled his lips and chuckled, but his smile was so cold that it made people shudder: "Are you dreaming?"
Without waiting for the little girl to say anything, he sneered, "Oh, I'm overthinking it. How could a puppet dream? They say dreams are the embodiment of a person's hopes. You don't even have a heart, so how could you have any wishes or expectations?"
“…”
“After all, you are a cold-blooded animal who can even betray your benefactor. I shouldn’t have too many expectations of you. It’s just a pity for Shen Bai—he has done so much for you, but he still can’t give you a human heart.”
“…”
Because A117 attacked Jiang Ran, Seventh Brother stayed here waiting for people to wake up, and then began to attack them with childish words... He squatted aside and sighed.
Shouldn't we first ask what exactly happened? Although we have temporarily controlled those people in the conference room, we can't keep them imprisoned in the conference room forever, right?
The most urgent thing at the moment is to clear Ranran of suspicion.
How long will Seventh Brother keep nagging?
Complaining in her heart, Su Qin yawned, tears of sleepiness leaking from the corners of her eyes - it's already eleven o'clock in the evening, she's so sleepy.
"Seventh Brother, you..." Stop it. She won't understand you even if you scold her. Isn't it just a waste of your breath?
Su Qin urged in a low voice, trying to stop Si Xu's childish behavior.
The door of the room was opened, and Jiang Ran walked out of the bedroom rubbing his eyes.
"Si Xu? Youyou?" She was holding a water cup, obviously waking up from thirst and preparing to find some water to drink. "What are you doing?" After saying that, she walked around Si Xu and Shen Youyou, walked to the water filter, poured a glass of water, and drank it down with a "gulp".
"I'm dying of thirst..." After drinking a glass of water, Jiang Ran was revived. "Hey, Captain Qin, why are you here too?"
The other three: "..."
Si Xu casually threw Shen Youyou to the ground, walked quickly to Jiang Ran, took off his coat and wrapped him up: "Are you feeling unwell? Are you dizzy? Do you feel any pain?"
Jiang Ran shook her head: "No." She raised her hand and touched the back of her head, "Oh, there seems to be a bump here... Si Xu, did you abuse me while I was asleep?"
Si Xu: “…”
Seeing the lively Jiang Ran, Su Qin was so excited that she burst into tears, as if she had seen a family member. "Ranran, you're finally awake! Do you know that Qi Ge and A117 are almost pissing me off!"
Without waiting for Jiang Ran to ask, Su Qin recounted everything that happened that evening. "...I was originally thinking of bringing A117 here to ask her about the situation, but after finally waiting for her to wake up, Brother Seventh started scolding her and hasn't even asked a single question yet!"
Jiang Ran was stunned. "You mean, the surveillance footage showed that I was the one who opened the north gate and let the zombies in? And..." She looked at the little girl squatting on the ground, "Youyou also testified that it was me?"
"yes."
"Let me think..." Jiang Ran recalled what happened in the evening. "After get off work, I waited at the base gate for Captain Qin to come find me to go visit Sister Shen Yao. Then Youyou came over and said that Big Brother was waiting for me at the North Gate, so I followed her to the North Gate, and then..."
Jiang Ran frowned and licked his back teeth: "I was knocked unconscious."
She had no recollection of what happened afterwards.
Jiang Ran was knocked unconscious? Who was the person who appeared in the control room and pressed the switch to open the north gate?
"You said the guy in the surveillance video looks exactly like me?"
"Yeah, exactly the same." Su Qin replayed the video so many times that she almost vomited, trying to analyze it. "To me, it's you."
"Is it possible to synthesize that surveillance footage?"
This was also the first possibility that Si Xu thought of, but—"No."
Su Qin sighed: "I have analyzed it. The video was not synthesized in post-production. There is no problem."
Jiang Ran nodded: "So, it is indeed me who opened the door?"
She sighed, "I haven't even shown my true abilities at Xiling Base yet, and I'm about to become the target of public criticism and be kicked out. No, it's very likely that they'll try to kill me to eliminate my future troubles. Ah, why is my life so difficult?"
"You can still joke at this time..." Su Qin said helplessly, "Ranran, you have a really good attitude."
"What can I do? I can't cry." Crying is useless. It's better to adjust my attitude and think carefully about what to do now.
"Si Xu." Jiang Ran bit her finger and thought of a possibility. "Do you think I will be..."
"Hypnosis?" Si Xu had already thought of this possibility after Su Qin said that the video was not a synthetic one. "I've asked someone to check it out."
Send someone to investigate? In other words, Brother Seven had already arranged everything? Then what was the point of her waiting here?
With this free time, she might as well go home and sleep!
Su Qin stared at Si Xu, her anger rising to the sky. "Seventh Brother, who did you assign to investigate what?"
Si Xu smiled slightly, looking very annoying: "A117 is here, I can't tell you."
Su Qin: "..."
She wrapped her uniform jacket tightly around her and yawned again, her words slurring with sleepiness. "Since Brother Seven has already made all the arrangements, I don't need to worry about anything. I'll go to the conference room and take a look. I'll also explain the current situation to that idiot Gu Yunqing."
Su Qin left the apartment with heavy steps.
Jiang Ran was just about to pull Shen Youyou over to have a good talk, but his stomach started to growl at an inopportune time.
The girl put one hand on her belly and looked at Si Xu.
The man walked towards the kitchen consciously: "What do you want to eat? I'll wash the vegetables."
Someone who can't cook has completely adapted to the job of washing vegetables and dishes.
Jiang Ran followed him like a little tail: "Whatever - I eat whatever you wash."
She said it was up to her, and Si Xu casually took out a piece of pork belly and some green peppers and potatoes from his space: "Stir-fried pork with green peppers and spicy and sour shredded potatoes."
"Can."
The man took the water and washed the vegetables carefully.
Jiang Ran leaned against his back, occasionally sticking his head out to give him some advice.
"Si Xu."
"Um."
"What if they can't find evidence? Are they going to kick me out of the base? Or even kill me and sacrifice me to the gods?"
"Won't."
"What?"
"As long as I'm here, they won't dare."
They didn't dare - they could only hide behind him, constantly plotting and calculating with shameful means, and then getting beaten to a bloody pulp by him.
(End of this chapter)
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