Chapter 209, What’s Wrong?
The day after Si Xu left the base, the captain of the third team, Gu Yunqing, and the captain of the fourth team, Su Qin, disappeared at the same time.
There are rumors that the two were unhappy with the Shen family forcing Si Xu away, so they ran away from home with Professor Si.
In the office of the Military Control Commission Building, Shen Yang listened to Zhong Qian's report, his fingers resting on the table tapping unconsciously.
"Missing?" He sneered, mockery threatening to overflow from his eyes. "Those people believed such a stupid rumor?"
Zhong Qianmo.
Not only did they believe it, they also accused the two of being irresponsible.
Suddenly, Shen Yang pushed his chair away and stood up, not knowing what he was thinking about. "What has Shen Yao been busy with recently? It feels like I haven't seen her for a long time."
Only after he asked did Zhong Qian remember this person.
Come to think of it, I usually see him in the cafeteria, but it seems like I haven’t seen him much recently.
Before he could remember when he last saw Shen Yao, Shen Yang said, "I'm going to find Yaoyao."
Why are you looking for Chen Yao all of a sudden? Zhong Qian was puzzled and walked two steps behind him. The person in front suddenly stopped.
He asked blankly: "Captain?"
Shen Yang didn't reply: "It's really strange that you came to the Military Control Building."
Strange? Who came to the Military Control Building?
Zhong Qian took a step back and looked over.
The boy was dressed in black and wore a hood that covered half of his face, making it impossible to see his expression. However, just standing there, he exuded a frivolous and unrestrained youthful spirit.
Who is this? After searching his mind, he found no information related to the man in front of him. Zhong Qian unnoticedly held the gun on his waist, guarding against any unusual movement from him.
"Your sister has fallen into Qin Huai's hands." The visitor said straight to the point, "Gu Yunqing and Su Qin as well."
Shen Yang raised his eyebrows with interest: "How do you know?"
The young man, holding a lollipop in his mouth, replied vaguely: "Jiang Ran said that as long as Gu Yunqing and Su Qin disappeared, something must have happened to Shen Yao, and the person who threw the bomb into the laboratory was most likely Qin Huai."
Hearing Jiang Ran's name, Shen Yang fell into a brief silence.
The boy was not in a hurry and used his tongue to press the lollipop to the other side.
The two of them stood in the corridor, and people passing by would more or less look at them sideways.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhong Qian cleared his throat and tentatively suggested: "How about we go into the office and talk?"
"Oh." The young man responded and walked around Shen Yang into the office.
When he reached the door, he stopped and asked the two people: "Aren't we supposed to go to the office to talk? Why aren't you moving?"
Shen Yang looked at Zhong Qian expressionlessly, rubbed his brows and walked into the office.
…
On the day Shen Bai returned to the base, he learned from Zhong Qian what had happened at the base after he left.
After meeting his brother, the young man returned to the Shen family to visit his seriously ill grandfather.
After not seeing him for a while, the old man's temples were completely white, the wrinkles on his face were deeper, and when he looked at him, his eyes had lost their former brilliance.
"Xiaobai, are you back?" He only took a glance and then turned to look out the window.
Shen Bai didn't come closer.
The young man stopped a few steps away from the old man and looked at his loved one quietly. For the first time, his usually gentle eyes revealed an emotion similar to disgust.
He didn't turn around, but seemed to notice the younger generation's gaze. Shen Lang sighed and turned back to look at him: "Are you here to call for an explanation as well?"
Shen Bai was a gentle person, even though he was angry inside. However, seeing the old man's dejected posture, he pursed his lips and shook his head: "Grandpa, I just came to see you."
"Look at me?" The old man sneered, "You are kind."
He slowly walked up to him, looked at the junior who was a head taller than him, carefully examined his face, and murmured: "Xiaobai, you and Mu Xin look so much alike...even your temperament is exactly the same."
This was the first time the old man mentioned her name in front of the younger generation after Shen Muxin passed away.
Not wanting to recall that gloomy past, Shen Bai looked directly into the old man's eyes and whispered, "Grandpa, I have always admired my aunt, just like I admire my father."
The old man had a smooth life, but he gave birth to a pair of rebellious children.
The eldest son, Shen Muyin, was rebellious since childhood. When he grew up, he was arranged by his father to work in the Shen family's laboratory. As a result, in an accident, he died in a sea of fire while trying to protect an unconscious puppet.
The second daughter, Shen Muxin, was well-behaved since she was a child and was raised under the care of the old man. However, in the end, for the sake of Jiang Yize, she would rather die in front of her closest relatives than obey her father's wishes.
If you really think about it, none of the children in the Shen family seem to have a personality similar to that of the old man.
Thinking about it this way, the old man’s life was truly a failure.
"Your father?" The old man sneered at the mention of his eldest son who had passed away young. "Do you still remember what your father looked like?"
Shen Muyin died on the third day after Shen Yao was born. He didn't even have time to take a look at his newborn daughter before he died.
At that time, of the two brothers of the Shen family, Shen Yang was seven years old and Shen Bai was four years old, both of whom were at the most innocent age of children.
"I remember." Facing the old man's question, Shen Bai's answer was very indifferent, "Grandpa, do you still remember what my father looks like?"
"Of course I remember!" The old man coughed twice, tears welling in his eyes. "That was my son! I watched him die right in front of me. Tell me, how could I forget?!"
The old man's voice was filled with hatred, and Shen Bai confirmed his guess: "This is why you don't like Youyou, right, Grandpa?"
Shen Youyou, also known as A117, was the puppet that Shen Muyin had fought to protect.
As one of the earliest puppets developed by the Shen family, in order to compete with Si Xu, the perfect experimental subject created by Xiling Laboratory, the Shen family comprehensively modified Shen Youyou.
At that time, Shen Youyou was in the critical period of modification, and his entire brain had not yet thawed, so he did not have the most basic consciousness as a human being.
After the explosion in the laboratory, in order to protect Shen Youyou, Shen Muyin chose to return to the laboratory even though he had already left the laboratory. In the end, the fire was put out, and Shen Muyin had stopped breathing. Shen Youyou squatted beside him, staring at his body without blinking, with a confused look on her face.
A117 was awakened by the fire, and from then on, he became a puppet born only for the Shen family.
"Shouldn't I hate her?!" The old man's eyes were stern, he gritted his teeth and coughed repeatedly, "If it wasn't for protecting her, how could Mu Yin die? If Mu Yin hadn't died, how could our Shen family have fallen into this state?!"
"Isn't the Shen family doing well now?" Interrupting the old man's heated questioning, Shen Bai said calmly, "Big brother is the captain of the superpower team, and outsiders have to greet him politely when they meet him. Yaoyao has become a staff member in the laboratory and can concentrate on studying the virus she is interested in. Ranran has also found her own happiness - Grandpa, what's wrong with the Shen family now?"
(End of this chapter)
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