silence.
Silence slowly fermented in the room.
The air was stagnant.
Aunt Zhang spoke up. "I'll volunteer to go to the quarantine area."
Lin Changhe felt very sorry for her. "Just stay at home, she might get better soon." After saying that, he glanced at Linghu Lan.
Linghu Lan remained silent.
Lin Changhe was disappointed; he knew he was indulging in wishful thinking.
Lin Yuan got angry. "Mom, don't listen to everything she says. Who knows if she's just talking nonsense? What if there's no apocalypse? We've just been wasting our time following her."
"If there's no apocalypse, no one will die in the quarantine zone, so why are you in such a hurry?" Linghu Lan said coldly.
You little brat, I can handle you!
Lin Yuan was speechless.
Aunt Zhang pulled her back and shook her head. Lin Yuan sat down angrily. "Lin Que, Auntie will just ask you one question: Is there really going to be an apocalypse? Is it really going to happen...?"
"yes!"
Aunt Zhang's hand fell limply to her side. She didn't want to believe Lin Que's words, but she couldn't seem to find any evidence to refute them.
The doorbell rang.
Linghu Lan got up and opened the door, seeing several soldiers through the iron bars.
"Excuse me, are you Lin Que?"
"Yes, where are you from?"
"Military, may we go in and talk?"
"In these chaotic times, it's not good to let you in. What if you're bad people?"
The military personnel were completely bewildered: ...Girl, being straightforward is a good thing, but when your straightforwardness is so annoying, it becomes a bad thing.
One of them quickly pulled out a document. "Ms. Lin Que, we suspect you of colluding with hackers and spreading rumors of the apocalypse. We are now formally arresting you. Please cooperate with our investigation."
Linghu Lan: "..."
Holy crap!
I knew doing good deeds wouldn't bring good results, so don't blame me for unleashing my ultimate move.
“Speaking of which, I also have something to say.” She quickly pulled out countless IOUs from her person, totaling a staggering two hundred million. “Please take these IOUs back with you. These are the promises I made to hackers from various countries. Since I got them to do the work, I can’t just not pay them. I don’t think I should bear this debt personally. What do you say?”
The military personnel were dumbfounded: Holy crap, is this even possible?! Giving us an IOU? We're not taking this debt.
The leader coughed a few times: "Miss Lin, what you just said is evidence of your innocence. Please hand these IOUs to my superior in person. Now, may you come with us?"
Linghu Lan thought for a moment, then calmly said, "Wait!"
She closed the door.
He walked up to Aunt Zhang, his eyes calmly fixed on her. "There's a way out, but it could also be a dead end. Are you willing?"
"What road?" Aunt Zhang's eyes lit up, Lin Yuan held her breath quietly, and hope ignited in Lin Changhe's eyes.
“I will negotiate with the military to use you as a live experiment to develop an antidote. You may live or you may die, and the process may be very painful, but it is better than going to the quarantine zone, where you will definitely die. The choice is yours.”
Lin Yuan exploded. "You sent my mother to be used for live experiments, Lin Que, you're insane!!!"
Lin Changhe's eyes dimmed again. Live experiments, white mice—the pain was unimaginable. He silently took Aunt Zhang's hand.
He was torn between his daughter and his lover. He was in great pain and conflicted.
Aunt Zhang remained silent for a long time, then suddenly looked up. "I'm going to do live experiments."
"Mom!" Lin Yuan's tears flowed down her cheeks instantly.
Linghu Lan sighed deeply, "I'm always the one playing the bad guy, it's so damn tiring!"
She opened the door, pressed a button on the remote, and the iron gate opened.
"I'll go with you, but I'll take her with me."
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