Chapter 90, Memories of the Laboratory
After separating from the team, Si Xu did not leave the blockade area immediately.
The two of them had a simple meal, and Si Xu asked Jiang Ran, who was stretching her arms and legs, "Didn't you say yesterday that you found something interesting in the blockaded area?"
"Ah?" Jiang Ran touched the tip of his nose, remembering what he said yesterday. "That was just a casual remark."
"Why?"
"Because..." She had actually reached the door a long time ago and heard the conversation between Si Xu and Guo Zhehao. Seeing that Guo Zhehao was about to explode, she went in and made up an excuse to take Si Xu away. "I'm afraid that Deputy Captain Guo will scold you."
Si Xu was a little confused: "Why did he scold me?"
"You're so irritating." Jiang Ran just found it funny when she mentioned this. "Si Xu, you're really weird—you clearly told Captain Chu that you would kill Qin Huai. Why did you deny it when Deputy Captain Guo asked you if you would kill Qin Huai to avenge the members of Team 4?"
"Oh." Si Xu said seriously, "Because I want to kill Qin Huai, not specifically to avenge Team 4."
Jiang Ran: "..." Brother, you are really honest.
Jiang Ran had originally wanted to try to correct some of Si Xu's views on this matter, but after hearing the man's frank explanation and looking into his clear eyes, she suddenly gave up her original idea.
Well, he's good like this.
…
The last time he left, Chu Yuan had locked the manor's large iron gate to prevent zombies from entering or leaving. Si Xu didn't reopen the gate. Instead, he parked the car in front of the gate and, with Jiang Ran, climbed over the two-meter-high wall.
This time, Jiang Ran finally had enough time to look around the place where he once lived.
She walked around the villa according to her memory.
The grass in front of the door hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and it was overgrown with weeds. When the wind blew, it made a slight rustling sound. The flowers in the back garden, which were of various varieties, had withered, and only the winter plum blossoms near the second-floor window stubbornly formed buds.
Jiang Ran stopped for a moment in front of the plum tree.
She remembered that Shen Muxin liked plum blossoms very much, so Jiang Yize planted many plum trees in the garden...The sketch in that notebook was of plum blossoms blooming in the cold winter.
“This is plum blossom.”
While I was dazed, I heard Si Xu whispering these words not far behind me. The emotions in his tone were somewhat complicated, just like the look in his eyes when he looked at the plum tree.
Jiang Ran didn't know what he was thinking, so he just nodded and said, "Yes, it's plum blossoms."
"I know." Si Xu's eyes were bright, like a child trying to win credit from his teacher. He told her about his lab experiences with a slightly proud tone, "The first time I saw anything outside the lab was a plum blossom."
Perhaps because he always stared at his notebook, when Jiang Yize returned home again, he brought back a branch of wintersweet in full bloom.
"Here, for you." The young man placed the vase with plum blossoms on the table beside his bed. "You seemed to like this, so I got you one."
The small room was filled with a cool and subtle fragrance. The boy curled up in the corner finally slowly raised his head and looked at the plum blossoms on the table.
"Oh, and this, too." Not paying attention to the boy's silence, the man pulled out a bag of White Rabbit candies from his briefcase and placed them next to the vase. "My daughter asked me to bring this to you."
"Daughter...?" The boy, who had been silent all this time, repeated slowly.
"Yes, my daughter." The man showed a headache when talking about his daughter. "She's so young, but she's like a little bully. Every time I go home, I see her chasing her brother and beating him up... She doesn't act like a little lady at all, and she's always yelling at me to change her name."
Seeing that he was not interested, the man's voice became a little softer, muttering: "I think there is no difference between Jiang Ran and Jiang Ranran..."
Although he was complaining, there was a gentle smile in his eyes.
I couldn't hear what he was mumbling clearly. The boy fell silent again, curled up again, and buried his cheek in his knees.
"Hey, let me tell you, it's been so long since I took you over, can you please stop looking so distant?" Talking about his family, the man became interested in chatting and pulled a chair to sit at the table. "Si Xu, no girl will like you if you're like this in the future."
The boy said nothing.
"Hey." Not good at coaxing children, the man recalled how he dealt with his daughter every time she cried... He unpacked the White Rabbit on the table, took out a piece and threw it to him, "White Rabbit, this is for you."
Something hit him and the boy subconsciously reached out to grab it.
He spread out his palm with some confusion and looked at the candy wrapped in white wrapping paper.
"My daughter said that eating candy can cheer you up when you're feeling down." The man peeled a candy and ate it himself. "Give it a try."
The boy stared at the candy for a long time, then imitated his movements, opened it, and put it in his mouth.
The aroma of milk spread between his lips and teeth. The rich taste was completely different from the meals delivered by the staff on weekdays, making him frown.
"You don't like this expression...?"
“…” Ignoring the man’s question, the boy held the candy in his mouth expressionlessly, letting the hard candy melt bit by bit on his tongue.
"It seems like you like it very much?" The man wanted to say something when a gentle girl called his name over the corridor announcement.
"Professor Jiang Yize, please go to Lab No. 3 immediately after hearing the broadcast. Professor Jiang Yize, please go to Lab No. 3 immediately after hearing the broadcast..."
"Hmm?" The man sighed and stood up. "It's time to get to work." He tapped the vase lightly with his fingers and said helplessly, "I'm leaving now. I'll see you later. If you like these plum blossoms, I'll bring you a few more next time."
…
"What happened next?" There was a slight difference between the Jiang Yize mentioned by Si Xu and the Jiang Yize in Jiang Ranran's memory. Jiang Ran pulled the young man's sleeve and asked curiously, "Did he often bring you plum blossoms?" and White Rabbit milk candies.
Si Xu curled his lips and patted the little girl's head: "Jiang Ran, you are so stupid. Plum blossoms don't bloom all year round."
Jiang Ran was stunned: "Oh, right." Then he asked, "What about the White Rabbit?"
Si Xu looked at her, was silent for a moment, and shook his head: "Later, there was nothing."
"Why?"
"Because..." Si Xu's smile faded slightly, "His daughter was sick, and then he died."
Sick? Oh, it should be the time when Jiang Ranran was hospitalized in her memory. Indeed, when she was almost recovered, Jiang Yize had an accident in the laboratory and Shen Muxin committed suicide for love...
Jiang Ran curled her lips and stopped talking about this unpleasant topic: "Si Xu, I saw on the surveillance video that Qin Huai took away a notebook. That notebook..."
"I know." Si Xu said, "That's Jiang Yize's notebook."
So he knew about it too. Jiang Ran asked tentatively, "Do you know what's written in that notebook?" Anything that Qin Huai could take away must be very important.
This time, the young man fell into an even longer silence.
"Si Xu?"
"It's my experimental data." The man said coldly, "The notebook contains all the information related to me."
All the information related to Si Xu? Ah, Jiang Yize was the person in charge when Si Xu was the experimental subject.
The experimental data related to Si Xu fell into Qin Huai's hands - Qin Huai came to the Jiang family just for those data?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran blurted out: "Then let's go find Qin Huai quickly and get the notebook back..."
The girl's voice was trembling with worry. She tugged at his sleeve tightly and looked at him with wide eyes anxiously.
"Qin Huai knows he's no match for you. He must be plotting against you. Si Xu, we..."
"Don't worry." Si Xu held the little girl's hand tightly and smiled softly. "It's not important information. It's okay for him to take it."
"Huh?" Isn't it said that all the information related to him is recorded on it?
"Those experimental data are no longer useful to me now."
He acted nonchalant, and Jiang Ran foolishly asked, "Why?"
"Didn't you also say that..." Whenever she encountered something related to him, the little girl seemed to be less smart. Si Xu pinched her little face and replied seriously, "Because, I am very powerful."
It was just information left over from more than ten years ago. Even if Qin Huai read the notebook till it was torn apart, it would be of no use.
(End of this chapter)
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