The 20 minutes was a very good time. Considering the time in the elevator and the time to talk to Morin, there was at most three to five minutes left, or maybe just enough.
03 was not sure whether he could survive if he returned, but he did not want to die, so he rolled and crawled up from the ground, not even bothering to straighten the wrinkles on his clothes, and hurriedly pushed Su Su towards the hall.
Less than a minute after Su Su left, data continued to load on Lin Dian's device.
Lin Dian perked up and began tapping on the instrument quickly. "There's a signal. Let's start the hacking process now. It will take about thirty minutes."
After that, they just had to wait. One person was left to guard the captives, while the others sat down and began to recover their strength. They still had a lot of things to do. Even if the robot could do the fighting, it would still take some effort to rescue the mermaid and evacuate successfully.
Yan Bai had some free time, and was thinking back to what Su Su had said to him in the warehouse just now. He was in a hurry just now, and he was busy making decisions, but he had no time to think. In fact, he was more confused than anyone else. This time, did he really make the right choice?
Yan Bai's subordinates came up to Yan Bai and whispered, "Master, I was watching Su Su just now. Just when everyone was busy fighting, Su Su secretly took his personal terminal from the wall."
"It was originally his, just take it." Yan Bai closed his eyes in annoyance. He was not surprised. In fact, when Su Su asked to take it back, he thought that the other party should take back the terminal.
But Su Su hid the name from him, which means Su Su still didn't trust him. He might have been angry in the past, but Yan San always told him, look, Su Su is hiding something from you, Su Su wants to betray you, and his heart is with humans.
But now, he doesn't care so much. He suddenly realized that he used to be confined to the perspective of either mermaids or humans, thinking that everyone was either a teammate or an enemy. But Su Su would jump out of this perspective. He was neither on the side of humans nor mermaids. His words were spoken from the perspective of the future.
He said these words, perhaps out of his own ideas, or for his own benefit, but he said them in a way that no one could refute. It also made Yan Bai realize that he had been blinded by one thing and was only willing to do what he wanted.
This time he would not stop Su Su, even if the other party kept it a secret from him. Even if they would become enemies in the future, it would not matter.
Yan Bai thought, he no longer knew which path was the right one, so why not let Su Su make the choice? At least he seemed to be much more sober than himself.
However, his subordinates showed an expression of incomprehension: "How can we let him take this? What if Su Su informs Qi Hanyi later, we..."
Yan Bai interrupted impatiently: "I just came to save Su Su and demolish this damn place. As for where Su Su wants to go and what he wants to do in the future, that's his choice."
The subordinate said unwillingly: "But if the boss knew about this..."
"I will explain to my father. I know that what I did this time will make him very unhappy, but I--" Yan Bai seemed to want to say something, but stopped and sighed: "Forget it, why should I explain so much to you, just think of it as... my belated rebellious period."
Su Su was pushed by 03 to the studio on the third floor.
Mo Lin glanced at Su Su's fish tail covered by clothes, his eyes lit up, his breathing quickened a bit, and he waved to 03: "You are not needed for this, go down."
“……”03 His restless eyes turned around, as if he wanted to hint at something.
"Didn't you hear me? I told you to get off." Su Su turned his head slightly and gave 03 a warning look.
03He was startled and ran away in a hurry.
This reaction made Morin curious: "03 is an old man here, and this is the first time I've seen him be so scared by a mermaid."
"Maybe it's because I broke three of his ribs with a kick yesterday." Su Su sat in the wheelchair like a lady from a noble family and said in a very reserved tone.
When Su Su mentioned this, Mo Lin immediately thought of the fight that happened yesterday. He couldn't help but move closer to Su Su, wanting to reach out and lift the cover on his legs so that he could see his beautiful silver tail more clearly: "You look so fascinating."
Su Su boldly lifted the corner of his robe and exposed his fish tail to the air: "I think this tail is too weak. It is not as strong and powerful as the one I had when I was a shark."
"This is beautiful." Mo Lin's eyes seemed to be glued to Su Su's tail: "This luster, these lines, this is the most beautiful tail I have ever seen."
"If you say so, then so be it." Su Su flicked his tail twice nonchalantly. He was here to delay time anyway, and he didn't know what was going on.
The atmosphere was somewhat tense. Su Su didn't want to discuss his tail with the other party, so he took the initiative to change the subject and asked: "Why don't you mind my escape at all, and don't you ask how I colluded with 06?"
"It's not hard to guess. I heard that you had something to do with an organization called Dark Current. Did they save you? There's no denying that 06's family was taken away, and the ship was heading towards Liberty Island. It could only be them who did it."
"I've heard of that organization. They did something big more than ten years ago that was related to Qi Hanyi. I wonder if they told you about it?"
Su Su knew that what Mo Lin was talking about was the death of Qi Hanyi's father, which made him reveal some of his emotions: "What do you want to say?"
"It seems that you actually knew about it. So, you knew that they killed Qi Hanyi's father and harmed Qi Hanyi, but you still accepted their help? It seems that the relationship between you and Qi Hanyi is not as good as my eldest brother said." Mo Lin came to the conclusion he expected.
After all, even if we start from the known facts, Qi Hanyi did more things for Su Su unilaterally. As for what Su Su did for Qi Hanyi, he really didn't know. So in Mo Lin's opinion, maybe Su Su didn't love Qi Hanyi. This beautiful and cunning mermaid might not love anyone. He just used his beauty to confuse Qi Hanyi, just like Qi Hanyi's mother confused his father.
Such a relationship is doomed to be unstable; a little risk, a little temptation, is enough to break it.
Mo Lin: "If Qi Hanyi knew that you were working with Anliu, would he still trust you? Would he still be willing to hand over the Bai Ze to you?"
"..." Su Su finally understood that this was what Mo Lin was planning. Did he really not know that there was something wrong with 06? Why did he escape so smoothly? Maybe he had planned everything from the beginning. He wanted him to escape with the undercurrent and then catch him back to control him.
He was too confident. Su Su thought that this peacock-like human boy might not be stupid, but his smooth life made him overconfident in his control over unknown situations. He did not worry about the risk of not being able to find him once he was released, nor did he think that he could pose any threat to him now.
Everything went as Morin expected, which made him feel that he had already won the game.
Feeling that he had won the game, Morin began to say goodbye, "Su Su, I really like you. Before I met you, I admit that I had always regarded mermaids as beautiful creatures. My love for them was the same as my love for a fox or cat with beautiful fur, except that I preferred them more."
"But believe it or not, the moment I saw you, I felt a sense of destiny as if I had been struck by lightning. I heard a voice saying to me, ah, that's him."
"As long as you obey me, I can use this disappearance to remove you from this dispute. From now on, you are neither Yi Qing nor Su Su. You can have a new name and a new identity. All you have to do is stay by my side."
"I will give you a better life than the one you had with Qi Hanyi. This world is big, and there are many beautiful scenery on land, such as mountains, rivers, plains and lakes. I will take you to appreciate all the beautiful scenery. I will use my paintings to praise you and make your beauty immortal in this world."
"Well, it sounds good." It was the first time that Su Su was confessed to.
He thought it was funny, but he was not laughing at Maureen's words, he was just laughing at the twists and turns of fate and his own fickleness.
In just these two short days, first Yan Bai and then Mo Lin, one after another came out and said they were willing to give him a life without worries about food and clothing and without having to work hard.
If it had happened half a year earlier, Su Su would probably have readily agreed to the promise no matter who made it.
But now he doesn't want to.
He didn't want to work hard before because he hadn't found what he wanted to do or who he wanted to love. Now that he has found it, he will do his best for what he likes.
The little shark tried hard to survive under the control of instinct, but he never feared death. Not before, and even less now.
There was a slight vibration from the signal transmitter, and Su Su realized that it was a reminder from Lin Dian that the robot had been controlled and they would be back to pick him up soon.
The longer it got, the more Su Su needed to attract Mo Lin's attention and not let him notice the abnormality downstairs. Fortunately, the sound insulation on the seventh floor was very good, even if the screams on the fifth floor were deafening, no noise would be heard here.
"You said you like me." Su Su seemed to be thinking: "Can you prove it to me?"
"How do you want me to prove it?" Maureen asked eagerly.
"I don't like this place. I see many of my fellow tribesmen suffering here, which makes me sad. If I were with you, and imagine that you were the owner of this place, I would probably not be able to sleep well because of guilt." Su Su moved to 06's words.
"Sorry, that won't work. My love is only for you, not other mermaids." Mo Lin said, "Besides, even if the Mo family really wants to close this training center, do you think those who sent the mermaids here will agree?"
Su Su showed a somewhat disappointed expression: "Well, no, let's change it. I don't want to see mountains and plains. I want to see places outside the planet. I want to drive a real starship. I don't need the Bai Ze. Any starship will do. That should be fine."
Mo Lin: "The starships are all with Qi Hanyi. Besides, mermaids are not suitable for driving starships. Mermaids are goddesses of beauty and should not be involved in war and killing."
"But you just said yesterday that I look good when I fight." Su Su raised his chin in dissatisfaction, playing the role of a spoiled and arrogant mermaid vividly: "You are just looking for excuses. This is not okay, that is not okay, and your liking is just like this."
"Su Su!" Morin had never been bumped by a mermaid like this before, and his patience gradually ran out: "Face the reality. Now I am not begging you, but you are begging me. I think I have given you enough, don't take advantage of my love for you and ask for more."
"Is this asking for too much? You gave me a lot? What did you give me? A comfortable living environment and plenty of food? How is this different from raising a fish in a fish tank?" Before Mo Lin could get angry, Su Su added, "Oh, of course, you are willing to take me around and paint for me, right?"
Su Su calculated the time. Anyway, the contact person would be here soon. He didn't need to worry about irritating Morin and making him angry. So his tone became more and more impolite: "Is this really what I want? Don't you want to have a mermaid who looks like you, and then find a background you like and let me become the inspiration for your creation? How is this for me? Morin, you are so hypocritical that I find it funny."
clang!
The door was broken open from the outside, and Yan Bai, Lin Dian, and several robots appeared at the door.
"You came pretty quickly." Su Su breathed a sigh of relief and gave the two of them a thumbs up.
Yan Bai smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Everything has been taken care of outside. I have dispatched a shuttle truck for transporting goods. It is big enough to hold all the rescued mermaids."
"Yan Bai? Why are you here...you guys..." Mo Lin finally realized that something was wrong. His mind raced, but he couldn't figure it out: "You are actually from Undercurrent? Ha! Yan's Shipping? You hid really well. Su Su was captured and brought back because you and your team deliberately acted out the drama, with the purpose of rescuing the mermaids here?"
"But, you guys have always been very cautious in your actions. Your target should be Qi Hanyi. Why would you go out of your way to save a group of unimportant mermaids at this time?"
"Maybe it's because I'm also bewitched by beauty." Yan Bai glanced at Su Su and said half-jokingly.
Although he had been hesitating before, when the moment came to rescue those mermaids, Yan Bai was suddenly no longer confused. He felt relieved. This was what he wanted.
"Su Su! You asked them to come!" Mo Lin understood what Yan Bai meant and stared at Su Su angrily. He never thought that he would end up in the hands of the mermaid he loved. "I like you so much, but you treat me like this! You betrayed Han Yi and now you betray me? You won't have a good ending."
"I failed you?" Su Su sneered at the accusation: "Everyone likes beautiful things, but your liking is based only on yourself. You like mermaids just like liking an object. You want to collect it, show it off, and want to paint and modify it at will to make it more to your liking. This is the same for other mermaids and me."
"Mermaids are not objects. Mermaids have their own will and do not need your love for them."
"And," Su Su paused, remembering what the other party had just said about Qi Hanyi, and showed some contempt: "Don't compare your likes with Qi Hanyi, you are not worthy."