Chapter 376: Knowing it is impossible
Looking at the man who was kneeling at her feet and kowtowing and begging for mercy, Tao Luyi opened her mouth - she wanted to scold him loudly and ask him why he could kneel down and beg for mercy for his son, but ignore his daughter's life and death.
She knew that her father had sacrificed a lot for her, so over the years, she had worked hard to be the best she could be, so that he could raise his head proudly when he mentioned his daughter and tell everyone loudly that he was proud of her.
She wanted to be his pride.
When he sold her to those people with special abilities in order to seek asylum, and when he came to her with his brother, she had never been as desperate as she is now.
She finally realized her position in his heart and finally understood her own self-conceit.
So, could Daddy's love also be taken back completely? She thought in a daze, unable to even hear what the elders said.
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Glancing at the dazed girl, Shen Yang dodged the hand extended by Tao's father and said indifferently, "Uncle Zheng, please ask them to leave. Our house is not a park. Don't let any cats or dogs in from now on."
He poked the girl's head hard. Tao Luyi tilted her head and saw his cold eyes: "Are you stupid?"
Knowing that she had caused him trouble again, the girl gestured with red eyes: "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry?" After spending so much time with her, Shen Yang could understand simple sign language. "If you have the energy to say sorry, why don't you find a broom and beat them out?"
Without waiting for Tao Luyi to answer, he emphasized: "Uncle Zheng, please ask them to leave."
Having seen enough of the show, Zheng Li walked forward with a smile and politely asked the two to leave.
Father Tao wanted to say something else, but Shen Yang glanced at him coldly: "If you don't want to be in a worse situation, you'd better shut up."
Tao's father choked, his face covered with snot and tears. He didn't dare to say another word. He pulled his son's hand and followed Zheng Li out of the manor.
The moment he walked out of the door, the old man looked back at the villa.
The girl was still standing on the steps, with her head lowered, her hands hanging in front of her, her fingers intertwined... This was how she looked when she was scolded for making mistakes as a child, making it hard to blame her.
But he knew that the young master was not her elder and would not tolerate her mistakes.
"Don't look at it anymore." Zheng Li sighed deeply. "You've done so much harm to your daughter. There's no point in looking at it anymore."
Father Tao was frightened and asked anxiously, "Is Mr. Shen really angry?"
"What man can tolerate being cuckolded?" Zheng Li clicked his tongue twice. "And it's being shouted out by outsiders like you. Our young master is not a good-tempered person. Nine out of ten times he will chop your daughter into pieces and throw her in a mass grave."
"How can this be?" Tao's father murmured, "My Luyi is a good girl..."
"I know Xiao Tao is a good girl. I quite like her, and my young master dotes on her too. You can see that, apart from the two young ladies, she's the only girl in the entire Shen family. I was thinking, maybe this girl will become the young lady of our Shen family in the future." The housekeeper shook his head calmly, "You said, if she became the young lady, the young master wouldn't abandon you, the family members, right? Who knew that you would be like this today... Oh, what a pity, what a pity."
The housekeeper glanced at Tao's father, who looked regretful, with contempt in his eyes, and said, "Xiao Tao's father, Xiao Tao and I have a certain fate. After the young master takes care of her, I can secretly send her body back to you..."
"No need!" Father Tao shook his head subconsciously. Finally, seeing the housekeeper staring at him in surprise, as if silently condemning his heartlessness, Father Tao could only explain dryly, "We harmed her... She definitely doesn't want to see us... Yes, she definitely doesn't want to see us."
After saying that, he tugged at his son's arm and said angrily, "Come back with me!"
After watching the two people leave, the smile on Zheng Li's face disappeared.
The butler walked back with his hands behind his back, muttering, "What a fool... he is."
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At the door of the villa, Tao Luyi stood in front of Shen Yang like a quail, occasionally looking up and glancing at him.
"What are you looking at?" The man ripped off his tie irritably. "You're apologizing now. Why don't you stand up stronger in front of those two people?" If she had been stronger, he wouldn't have rushed back specially to rescue her.
Tao Luyi gestured: "I'm sorry."
Shen Yang frowned and stared at her for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Cheng Jie, who are you?"
After asking, he realized that his question could easily be misunderstood, so he added, "If you trust me, I can find him for you."
Staying in the Shen family is not a long-term solution for her. If Cheng Jie is someone she can trust, it will be like finding a support for her for the rest of her life.
"I'm not looking for him!" Tao Luyi thought he was still bothered by what Shao Nian said. "He and I have nothing to do with each other. Don't listen to their nonsense."
"It's okay?" Shen Yang chuckled. "I remember the day I met you, the guy who arrested you said you had a crush on a pretty boy—is that the guy?"
The man thought he was asking casually, not noticing the aggressiveness in his tone.
She was beaten unconscious that day and didn't hear what they said. Tao Luyi frowned and thought for a long time, then explained seriously: "We were engaged before, but we haven't met since the disaster. We have no relationship, and I don't like him."
She ran away that day, and she did run to find that man before she met him.
Knowing that her parents and relatives could no longer be trusted, the only person she could think of at Xiling Base was her long-lost fiancé.
She went to him for help, but was turned away by the man.
"Heh." After reading her description, Shen Yang's tone became more normal, "You have really bad taste."
I think you are scolding yourself... Tao Luyi really wanted to refute him, gestured with her fingers, held back, and pretended to tuck her hair behind her ears. However, her depressed mood was inexplicably relieved because of the man's last words.
"Forget it." Shen Yang didn't know what he was thinking. "Since you can't find anyone you can trust, you should stay at the Shen family for now. If those people come looking for you again, remember to beat them away with a broom."
Tao Luyi nodded obediently.
After being scared by him like this, those people would definitely not dare to come again.
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After finding an excuse to send the girl away, Shen Yang looked at the housekeeper who had been waiting for a long time.
"Uncle Zheng, find someone to teach those guys a lesson." He has never been a good-tempered person. Who do those people from the Tao family think he is? They actually think that they can act wildly in front of him just by relying on a woman. Ha, since they are idiots, he will teach them a lesson.
Thinking of this, the man paused for a long time and said, "And there's the guy named Cheng Jie." A loser who can't even protect a woman is a waste of air if he's still alive.
Hearing the young man's unhappy tone, Zheng Li looked annoyed. "I see, Ah Yang, since Xiao Tao has someone else in her heart, wouldn't you be causing yourself trouble by keeping her? Why not just kick her out?"
Shen Yang was no fool, so he could naturally hear the teasing in the housekeeper's tone. He rubbed his brows and didn't bother to argue: "Uncle Zheng, you can do whatever you want."
Zheng Li suppressed his laughter: "Okay, I know what you mean."
Those people said that the eldest son of the Shen family was a lazy playboy with no ability. He knew that he was smart, but was also troubled by his reputation. Now that he finally had someone who could make him settle down, he had to protect him well.
…
Huo Lingyin sent Chen Yao and Qin Huai to the hospital and drove directly to the Military Control Building.
After sending the female captain away, Shen Yao returned to the office and saw Qin Huai huddled in the corner, his head buried in his arms, motionless.
Sighing softly, Shen Yao walked to Qin Huai and squatted down, saying softly: "Qin Huai, don't you like it here?"
The man nodded.
She touched the top of his head and coaxed him patiently: "Then when your injuries are healed, let's leave here together, okay?"
Qin Huai suddenly looked up: "Really?"
Her pale face was reflected in his light golden eyes, and it also filled his entire world.
"Chen Yao, I don't like this place at all." He said seriously, "I remember everything here. Those people locked me in a very dark room. No matter how loudly I screamed, no one came to save me...Chen Yao, no one came to save me. They didn't want to save me."
Shen Yao held his hand tightly and listened to him speak.
He stared at her with a smile on his face, but his voice was tinged with deep sadness: "Chen Yao, if one day I was taken into a small dark room like that, would you come to save me?"
Shen Yao curved the corners of her mouth.
She leaned forward and hugged him tightly: "Qin Huai, I will save you - don't be afraid, I will save you."
I will save you, and if I can't save you, I will sink with you.
…
Huo Lingyin parked the car and walked towards the office humming a song.
Someone was faster than her and hurried past her, running towards the office with a stack of documents.
The man didn't even knock on the door, but directly broke it open and rushed into the office: "Oh no! News came from Nanjun, the entire base is surrounded by zombies!"
"Hmm?" Huo Lingyin quickened her pace and walked into the office. She saw Luo Yuting standing up with a gloomy expression on his face. "What do you mean by being surrounded by zombies? A zombie tide? Or..."
"There are more than the zombie horde." Zhong Qian placed the information on the table and said in a deep voice, "This is a photo taken by a drone. This is the formation of the zombies..."
"Formation?" Jiang Ran took the photo and murmured, "It seems that their target is really Nanjun."
With Luo Yuting away, the Nanjun superpower team now has no overall decision-maker. Shi Yuji has Feng Ting. As long as they capture Nanjun and use it as a stronghold and zombies as a shield, even if the three bases unite, they may not be able to recapture Nanjun.
After all, the number of zombies in existence is thousands of times greater than that of humans.
"What should we do?" Huo Lingyin glanced at Luo Yuting and walked to Jiang Ran. "Should we head to Nanjun now?"
If we rush there now, traveling light and working day and night, it will still take half a month.
"It's a bit strange." Jiang Ran pointed at the photo and thought, "Why didn't they attack immediately?"
Luo Yuting also thought of this: "It's... a trap."
"Is that what you think?" Jiang Ran was even more confused. "If it's a trap, what's their purpose? Wait for us to get past it, and then..."
"Just catch us all in one fell swoop." Chen Feng, who had been sitting in the corner like an invisible man, suddenly spoke up, "It seems those guys are very confident in their own strength."
Shen Bai groaned: "Even if we know it's a trap, we must go."
Jiang Ran continued, "If we really go, it's still uncertain who will live and who will die."
Huo Linyin suddenly asked a question: "Well, why did they choose Nanjun?" Except for Xiling, Dongchao and Beichen have no supernatural people who can compete with Feng Ting, but they only chose Nanjun. Isn't it very strange?
"This..." Shen Bai placed another stack of information on the table, "Perhaps, it is related to the zombie's past."
"Go over?" Huo Lingyin picked up the information.
"This is all the information we found at the Dongchao Research Institute related to Feng Ting," Chen Bai said. "He was originally a test subject in Nanjun City, and was later transferred to the Dongchao Research Institute. The suggestion to destroy the failed test subjects was also first initiated by Nanjun, specifically targeting this mutated zombie."
"So, he's out for revenge?" Huo Linyin was surprised. "That zombie still remembers about the lab? If he proposed destroying it, then why is he still alive and kicking?"
"He was rescued." Jiang Ran sat back in his chair, staring at the stack of documents with a cold smile, "The one who rescued him was someone we know."
Their acquaintance? The first thing that popped up in Huo Lingyin's mind was that woman's distorted face.
She gasped and murmured, "No way—that woman planned so much, why?"
"I don't know," Jiang Ran said. "Anyway, the information says that after the destruction application was approved, Si Nian, a researcher at the Dongchao Research Institute, was responsible for the destruction. The fact that Feng Ting wasn't destroyed suggests that Si Nian used some means to deceive the higher-ups."
Huo Linyin still couldn't understand: "What's the point of her keeping Feng Ting?" Could it be that he was planning to dominate the world like Shi Yuzhi?
Thinking of this, Huo Lingyin shook his shoulders and felt that he could not look at that crazy woman with normal thinking.
"Well, unless Si Nian comes back to life, we won't be able to get an answer for the time being."
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After some discussion, Huo Lingyin and Shen Bai led the superpower team to accompany Luo Yuting to the Nanjun base for support. Si Xu, as the only superpower who could compete with Feng Ting, naturally had to go along.
"You know it's a trap, but you still go." Shen Yang sneered, "The Shi family member is really good at calculations."
"That's right." Jiang Ran shrugged. "We can't just abandon so many people in the Nanjun base." Shi Yuzhi must have seen this clearly, so she deliberately let the zombies surround the city but did not take action for a long time.
The girl said this, but she always felt a sense of incongruity.
I always feel that things are not as simple as they think.
"Actually, this is a good thing." Seeing his sister's worry, Shen Yang said, "We won the battle in Nanjun, and many of the troubles that follow will be easily solved."
Jiang Ran was silent.
Yes, as long as Shi Yuzhi and Feng Ting are dealt with, the other zombies will not be a big problem.
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Before Jiang Ran could come to comfort him, Si Xu was about to go out again. His face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his whole body exuded a low pressure that made people stay away from him.
Gu Yunqing and Su Qin were going to lead the team to support Nanjun this time. They originally wanted to confirm the specific matters with Si Xu, but seeing his expression, they tactfully decided to ask him tomorrow.
Si Xu pursed his lips, looking unhappy.
When Jiang Ran found him, a deserted area had naturally cleared out around Si Xu - all the psychics who were ready to go wisely bypassed Si Xu and did not dare to get in his way.
Jiang Ran tiptoed behind Si Xu and raised her hand to cover his eyes: "Professor Si~ Guess who I am~"
The cold air around him dissipated a little. Si Xu blinked and hummed, "Jiang Ran."
His long eyelashes brushed across his palm. Jiang Ran put down her hand and hooked her arm around his neck: "Si Xu, we are going to separate again." They finally met again, but within a month, they were going to separate again.
As she spoke, her voice choked unconsciously.
After hearing the girl's aggrieved voice, Si Xu could no longer get angry.
He turned around and saw the girl's hairy head.
"Jiang Ran." Si Xu picked her up and placed her on the railing. He looked up at her and said, "Once this is over, we will never be separated again."
This time, he, the zombie, and the ambitious man from the Shi family will definitely decide the winner - the winner lives and the loser dies.
He used to not care about life or death. If the other party was really strong enough to kill him, it would be natural for him to give up his life.
But Jiang Ran said that he was the one and only for her, and she said that no one in the world was more important than him.
Every time he thought of her words, he didn't want to die.
Even if he ends up in a miserable state and struggling to survive, he will insist on living for her.
This time, it's the same.
"I'll wait for you to come back." Jiang Ran curled his lips and emphasized in a low voice, "You must protect yourself."
Gently touching her forehead with his, Si Xu smiled and assured her, "I will protect myself. Don't cry, Jiang Ran."
When they separated, he saw her tears, which made him feel really sad.
Jiang Ran muttered: "I'm not crying."
She sniffed, hugged Si Xu tightly, and apologized: "Si Xu, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you. I'm sorry."
She came to apologize, and Si Xu was very magnanimous: "I'm not angry."
You are not angry, you are just being upset... Jiang Ran muttered to himself, rubbing his cheek against his shoulder, unwilling to let go.
"Si Xu, when you come back, I'll pick you up at the city gate and bring you some wine I brewed myself. You can drink it without worry. I'll take care of you if you get drunk."
"good."
"Let's go to Xiling Snow Mountain to watch the stars. I've been in Xiling for so long, but I've never seen the stars in the snow mountain before."
"Um."
"Don't be picky about food outside and don't bully Captain Gu."
"I'm not a picky eater."
"Nonsense, you don't eat carrots or cilantro."
“…”
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The situation in Nanjun was urgent. The convoy packed up overnight and was ready to go, but the key person was nowhere to be found. A group of people were waiting in the parking lot, wondering whether they should remind the two people who were saying goodbye on the roadside.
Jiang Ran was the first to notice that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
She raised her eyes from Si Xu's shoulder and glanced at the parking lot not far away, then silently pushed Si Xu away.
"Si Xu, everyone is waiting for you."
As the beautiful girl left his arms, Si Xu frowned and looked towards the parking lot with displeasure.
The group of people immediately went about their own business, pretending they hadn't seen anything.
"Si Xu, go ahead. I'll take you to the city gate." Jiang Ran reluctantly held the man's hand and said a meaningless farewell, "Have a safe trip. Go early and come back early."
(End of this chapter)
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