Chapter 291, Gratitude and Betrayal
Si Xu left the Dongchao base and left Jiang Ran and the reagents behind?
Qin Huai blinked thoughtfully, as if thinking about something. After a moment, he smiled slightly: "I didn't expect Si Xu to make such a low-level mistake - congratulations in advance on achieving your wish, S."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand lazily and walked out of the laboratory.
Si Nian followed him: "Where are you going?"
"It's just Jiang Ran. I think you can easily deal with her." Qin Huai didn't stop and walked directly to the helicopter parked on the platform. "Her ability happens to counteract me, so I won't join in the fun."
"Bah! Coward." Si Nian cursed him loudly behind him, but did not stop him from leaving.
The last time she was caught by Jiang Ran, it was purely because she was not on guard against girls. If she was prepared, she was confident that she could control Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran, the reagents, and yes, that man’s ashes—even if he’s dead, even if he’s burned to ashes, he can only belong to her!
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After Jiang Yize's funeral, Jiang Ran stayed in the apartment and didn't go out. During that time, Huo Lingyin and Pei Xiao came to visit her once and brought her some fruits and snacks, saying that Huo Zhigui asked her to send them.
After Si Xu left, Chu Yuan didn't know where he went and never returned to the apartment.
The blue reagent was placed on the table. Jiang Ran tapped the table lightly, staring at the reagent in a daze.
The wind blew in from the window, curling the girl's hair.
"This, is it fake?"
A gentle voice sounded behind him, and Jiang Ran turned around.
The young man sat on the windowsill, kneeling, chin supported by one hand, and was looking at the three reagents on the table with interest.
Seeing the beautiful face of the person who came like a night elf, Jiang Ran calmly buckled the watch on his wrist.
"Why are you here?" She slowly and clearly called out the man's name, "Qin Huai."
"I was about to leave." The man didn't approach, but instead shifted his gaze from the test kit to her face. He smiled leisurely, "I was really curious about the ending of the story, so I came to see it."
Jiang Ran pulled the corners of his mouth, a smile floating on the surface: "Did you see the ending?"
Qin Huai's smile became even clearer: "I see."
He glanced at the empty sky behind him and sighed: "Jiang Ranran, I'm quite interested in you. If you can survive this time, you can come to the Yancheng base to find me."
He turned around and prepared to jump from the windowsill which was several dozen meters high.
"Oh, by the way, please don't tell anyone else that I came to see you tonight." He turned around and winked at her, "Jiang Ran, let's just keep tonight's little secret between you and me."
He jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night in an instant.
Jiang Ran stood up and walked to the window.
What did Qin Huai mean? Weren't they enemies? Was he showing up here tonight specifically to give her a hint? Or was his visit still part of Si Nian's plan?
Qin Huai's appearance here means that Si Nian has arrived at the Dongchao base.
From the meaning of his words, he had already seen through her plan.
If he told Si Nian this...
Jiang Ran closed the window and locked it.
Even if he told Si Nian, it didn't matter - only Si Nian was there, no matter where they were, she would definitely settle the feud between them with her own hands.
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After returning from Jiang Yize's funeral, Huo Zhigui didn't sleep well.
She always dreamed of the past, of their student days when they had not yet separated.
In the dream, the boys and girls smiled brightly, full of vigor and energy.
There was no separation, no misunderstanding, and no death... That was the happiest time in her life.
She always had dreams from her youth, then woke up in tears and kept her eyes open until dawn.
"Madam." There was a knock on the door, and the maid's soft voice came from outside. "I warmed a cup of milk for you. Please drink it before going to sleep."
Huo Zhigui withdrew his gaze from the window and said gently, "Come in."
The maid pushed the door open, walked to the bedside and handed her the milk.
"Thank you very much."
After taking a sip of the milk, Huo Zhi said, "Xiao Lai, you've been with me for more than ten years, right?"
The maid said respectfully, "Yes, ma'am."
Huo Zhiju held the glass and sighed softly: "Come to think of it, it was my eldest brother who brought you to me—you must not remember that it was raining heavily that day, and you had a high fever when my eldest brother handed you to me."
Jiang Yize went to the Dongchao Research Institute to attend a seminar. After the seminar, he went to Area C for a walk and brought back an abandoned little girl with a high fever in the middle of the night.
"Your savior is buried in Red Maple Mountain. You can go see him after the disaster is over."
The maid lowered her eyes and chuckled softly: "When will this disaster end?"
Not hearing her whisper clearly, Huo Zhijue looked at her: "Xiao Lai, what did you say?"
"Nothing." When the maid spoke again, her voice had returned to its usual respectful tone. "I understand. When the disaster is over, if there's still a chance, I'll go pay my respects to that benefactor."
I felt that the girl's expression was a little strange, but I couldn't tell exactly what was strange about it.
Huo Zhiju returned the empty cup to her: "Thank you for the milk, Xiao Lai, you should go to bed early too."
The maid nodded and left the room.
"Madam." She stopped at the door, looked at the woman who was about to lie down, and said softly, "Good night."
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The next morning, Jiang Ran was awakened by noisy voices outside the door.
She rubbed her hair, quickly changed her clothes, and opened the door.
Hearing the noise, Chu Yuan, who was blocking her door, stepped aside: "You're awake, are we too noisy? I was just about to kick them out."
This "they" refers to Pei Xiao and Huo Lingyin in the living room.
Seeing Chu Yuan again after several days, Jiang Ran suddenly felt a sense of familiarity - it was like meeting a familiar companion in a foreign land, and instantly having a sense of security.
"Captain Chu, where have you been these days?"
Chu Yuan touched the tip of his nose and said awkwardly, "Didn't you have a fight with Brother Seven? I was worried that you would feel uncomfortable seeing me, so I went out for a few days."
Jiang Ran burst out laughing.
Huo Lingyin didn't care what they were saying. She rushed to Jiang Ran, grabbed her wrist, and said urgently: "Jiang Ran, this is bad!"
"how?"
"My aunt is missing, and Professor Jiang's grave has been dug up!"
"Huh? Madam Pei is missing?" Jiang Ran didn't express any surprise or anger at the fact that his father's grave had been destroyed. Instead, he focused on Huo Lingyin's previous sentence, "When was it discovered?"
Pei Xiao said, "It was seven this morning—my mother goes out for a walk every morning. Today, she hadn't come down by the time, so Xiao Lai went up to find she was gone."
"I remember the Pei family has surveillance?"
"The surveillance footage was also maliciously destroyed." Pei Xiao clenched his fists and said solemnly, "It was Si Nian who came, right?"
Jiang Ran didn't deny it: "Besides her, there would be no one else." She stared at Pei Xiao, "Your Pei family has Si Nian as a pawn."
(End of this chapter)
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