"Where are they? Are they at the treatment center? Dr. Zhong will be here soon."
Cen Tianjiao tried to remain calm, but what he said was nonsense:
"Boss Su, our boss is now under intensive care. No visitors are allowed until he recovers. I also received the notice today. If you don't believe me, you can go ask the old leader."
Su Tao looked at him suspiciously: "Didn't you say he's fine? Why aren't visitors allowed? Has his injury worsened? Then I have to take Dr. Zhong with me."
Cen Tianjiao said half-truthfully:
"It's not about his injury. We received a tip-off that our boss was seriously injured and they want to use this as an opportunity to get rid of him in order to reduce the strength of the Dongyang Pioneer Army. You know, Boss Shi is our pillar, so in order to eliminate any potential danger, no one except the old leader and medical staff can visit him now."
Su Tao believed this statement 80%.
She really couldn't just barge in to see Shi Zijin for her own selfish desires, so she nodded and asked:
"I can't go in, so can you take a video or photo of him for me?"
Cen Tianjiao's scalp tingled for a moment, but he quickly came up with a solution:
"Okay, okay, I'll talk to the medical staff."
When you shoot the video, only shoot the good half of the body!
"By the way, how long do we have to be on alert?"
Cen Tianjiao had no idea when the boss would grow back, so he could only put the blame on the old leader:
"That depends on the old leader's opinion. We can't make the decision."
Su Tao nodded, but she felt something was wrong, so she turned around and went to find Pei Dong.
In the past month, the zombies may have found that Dongyang has gradually become a tough nut to crack, and they have not visited Dongyang for almost a month.
As a result, the pace of martial law slowed down, and the city defense forces were not so busy. Pei Dong, who had rested well, looked much more energetic.
Cen Tianjiao came to see Pei Dong a few days ago, wanting Pei Dong to conceal the fact of Shi Zijin's death.
Pei Dong, who had always been upright, was silent for a long time when he saw Su Tao's trusting eyes, and then he said:
"He'll be fine, I promise you. You don't have to trust Cen Tianjiao, but you can trust me. It's just that he needs time."
Su Tao couldn't understand: "If everything is fine, why are you stopping me from seeing him? Although Cen Tianjiao's words are flawless, my intuition tells me that there must be a problem. I don't like hiding the truth from me in the name of not wanting me to worry."
She held Pei Dong's hand and said, "Sister Pei, there's nothing I can't bear. The speculation brought about by this unknown is what makes me most anxious."
Pei Dong held his chin and said, "You are so perceptive."
She told Cen Tianjiao and the others at the time that they couldn't hide the truth, but they still didn't believe her. They really underestimated Su Tao's "prejudgment". This kind of psychic ability gave her a strong sense of abnormal events.
"Taozi, he's really fine, he just died—"
Before she finished speaking, Su Tao's face turned pale almost instantly, which was not exaggerated at all. Pei Dong was so frightened that he was stunned:
"Peach! Listen to me!"
"you say."
"During his previous mission to capture the reptile, he was fortunate enough to inherit a special ability called 'Immortality'. As the name suggests, no matter how severely and irreversibly damaged his body is, he will never truly die."
"He's currently in the 'recovery' stage. Once he gets past this stage, he'll definitely wake up."
Su Tao finally found her breath: "Really?"
Pei Dong said firmly: "Believe me."
Under her firm gaze, Su Tao gradually came back to her senses: "So you don't let me see him, are you afraid that I will see his miserable state?"
Pei Dong nodded: "This is what Major Shi said himself. He thinks it's too ugly. He hopes that in your impression, he will always be upright and alive, rather than coming to see you in pieces."
It was not until Pei Dong experienced this that he realized that loving someone deeply is inherently humble, no matter how strong and upright that person appears to be.
He wanted to show her his best, fearing that there would be even a little stain in her eyes and that he would be brought down to the dust.
Su Tao felt a surge of heat in her eyes, and after a while she said, "I understand. I won't go see him for the time being."
Pei Dong pulled her into his arms and patted the back of her head: "It will be fine, but you have to be mentally prepared. He will sleep for a long time, at least a year."
Su Tao was stunned: "One year?"
"Yes, and to be honest, his brain damage is very serious. I'm not sure if he will recognize people after waking up, or if he will have cognitive impairment or other problems."
Doesn't that mean amnesia or madness?
Su Tao froze in place.
"Taozi, you should be more open-minded. At least he's still alive, right? There's always a price to pay for coming back from the dead."
Su Tao was somewhat unable to accept it and was unable to recover for a long time. So when the old leader came to ask her to come over, she even took the wrong road. It was only after her assistant reminded her that she realized and entered the correct office.
The old leader doesn't look too good either.
Seeing Su Tao's distraught look, he guessed that she already knew about Shi Zijin's situation.
He sighed and gestured to Su Tao: "Sit down, kid."
Su Tao rubbed her face and sat down, trying to make herself more sober and rational.
Sister Pei also said that it is just a possibility, with a certain probability.
She had never seen any such "prejudgment" scene, so nothing bad would happen.
The old leader took a file bag from the bookshelf behind him and showed Su Tao the contents:
"Child, although this may embarrass you, I still hope you can wait for Zijin. Even if he has any problems after waking up, please be more tolerant."
"This is the application he submitted to me not long ago. He wants to step back. He must have been struggling with this decision for a long time. The signature was four months ago, and he didn't give it to me until a week ago. He couldn't let go of the burden on his shoulders, nor could he let go of you, but in the end, he still chose to run towards you."
Su Tao took the application letter stiffly. Every word in it was a confession to his father, old leader and Dongyang. The deep strokes could be seen where the pain was.
The last line is "There are so many people I want to protect. After thirty years of wandering around, with blood and sweat almost dried up, I finally realize looking back that there was only one person I wanted to protect."
Su Tao suddenly turned the letter over and covered the table with it, covering her eyes with one hand, not daring to move.
Tears were clearly seeping from under his palms.
The final battle with Gu Yi was his last thank you gift to Dongyang.
He tried his best to live up to Dongyang's cultivation of him, his father's instructions, and the people's expectations and reliance.
The old leader waited until she calmed down before saying:
"Good boy, Zijin needs you, and Dongyang needs you too."
Su Tao took a deep breath and trembled, then took the initiative to bring up the matter of the bone wings:
"Tomorrow morning Tao Yang will arrange a detention facility for Bone Wing. You can rest assured by leaving it to me."
Even for Shi Zijin, she would never allow Gu Yi to escape!
She wanted to watch it trapped in a dark laboratory, waiting to be dissected, sliced and studied, with no chance of release.
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