Chapter 224 Zhao Jing's Resentment
Liang Hui arrived safely at the base. His team had suffered heavy casualties, and his superiors ordered them to rest and recuperate at the base for the time being.
Liang Hui and Xiang Xin will both spend some time adjusting within the base.
Due to their outstanding military achievements and heavy casualties during the war, the military urgently needs to fill various positions, and the promotion mechanism of peacetime is no longer applicable.
More than half a year later, Liang Hui was promoted to senior colonel, one rank below Lu Wei's major general, and Xiang Xin also became a colonel.
They initially established their own power base.
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One ordinary afternoon, Lin Xi discovered that something was missing from the laboratory.
There are so many reagents and specimens in the laboratory that anything Lin Xi could notice must be related to vaccines.
She began to go through the record book to check the quantities, and sure enough, she found that along with the reagents, replicas of the first-generation vaccine samples had also disappeared, and even some virus samples were missing.
The virus samples in each laboratory are strictly controlled, and Lin Xi bears the main responsibility for the loss of these samples in their laboratory.
But more than the empty promises, Lin Xi was uneasy about what the people who took these samples actually intended to do.
She quickly sent a message to Liang Hui, and soon after, Liang Hui and Xiang Xin appeared together in the laboratory.
Access to classified surveillance requires Liang Hui, while investigating suspicious individuals requires Xiang Xin. Lin Xi's strengths lie solely in focused scientific research and combat.
That day, when Lin Xi was leaving work, he posted a notice asking the people from the former Dawn Research Institute to stay for a meeting.
Several familiar faces looked at each other and stayed behind; some were puzzled, while others lowered their heads.
"I have something to do after get off work. Just send me the meeting summary if it's important." Zhao Jing ignored this and picked up her things to leave.
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the group of people who were being watched by Lin Xi. Qu Shuran and Liang Yu in the crowd stood up and walked behind Zhao Jing.
The rest of the people remained silent and lowered their heads.
Lin Xi immediately understood.
Those who came from the Dawn Research Institute have split into two factions: one chose Lin Xi, and the other chose Zhao Jing, but they all seem rather unwilling.
"Hand over the stuff." Lin Xi didn't have time to think about what everyone was thinking and said coldly to Zhao Jing, "You're not leaving."
The men Liang Hui brought were all guarding outside the door; only he and Xiang Xin entered armed.
This matter concerns a dispute and confidential information among the people at the Dawn Research Institute, and outsiders must not be informed until the facts are clarified.
Hearing Lin Xi's unyielding tone, Zhao Jing sneered, "Is that so?"
Liang Hui watched as the two girls were on the verge of exchanging blows. Lin Xi's face was grim, and she looked like she was about to punch Zhao Jing at any moment. Zhao Jing, on the other hand, seemed fearless and prepared to continue provoking Lin Xi.
In Liang Hui's eyes, although Zhao Jing was not likable, she was also a vulnerable woman. He did not want to watch women fight, especially Zhao Jing being the one who was beaten.
He stepped forward and said, "We've all worked together at Nanhua University, so let's not be so tense. Just hand over the stuff."
Zhao Jing: "What right do you have to meddle in other people's business?"
Liang Hui sighed, thinking to himself, "Maybe I should just let Lin Xi beat you up."
Qu Shuran's timid and hesitant appearance while holding her bag caught Liang Hui's attention. Ignoring Zhao Jing, he walked over to Qu Shuran and asked, "Hey... colleague, what are you holding?"
Qu Shuran lowered her head, but hugged her bag even tighter.
Her guilty look immediately made people realize what was going on. As Liang Hui approached, Zhao Jing suddenly raised her fist and rushed over.
Liang Hui caught a glimpse of her movement out of the corner of his eye, but only chuckled lightly and didn't take it seriously. He gently raised his right hand to dodge, but the next moment, the excruciating pain, as if struck by an iron rod, caught him off guard.
Zhao Jing landed another punch on Liang Hui's stomach, catching him completely off guard and nearly making him gag.
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin watched this scene in surprise.
"Holy crap...hitting someone hurts even more than Brother Lu." Liang Hui's face turned pale for a moment.
Seeing this, Lin Xi understood everything.
"Are you crazy? You can't even beat this?" Xiang Xin couldn't stand it anymore. She tried to help Liang Hui up, but couldn't help but feel disgusted.
Lin Xi was also annoyed: Liang Hui was a loyal friend, but he always had a natural "protective instinct" towards women.
Just like when he once faced Lin Xi's zombie, he joked with Lu Wei that it was a female zombie and that they should be gentle with her.
Although he didn't like Zhao Jing, in his eyes, women with strong fighting abilities like Lin Xi and Xiang Xin were a minority. Zhao Jing was just an unarmed female clerk, so he didn't take her seriously and didn't expect that Zhao Jing's beating would hurt so much.
Lin Xi knew he was right; Zhao Jing's blows hurt even more than Lu Wei's. This was because Lu Wei would hold back during their sparring sessions, not hitting him hard, but Zhao Jing clearly lacked combat experience; that attack just now was a desperate, all-out assault.
It must be extraordinary that Zhao Jing, who doesn't exercise regularly, could land two solid punches on Liang Hui and inflict such damage.
Lin Xi stopped Xiang Xin, clenched her fist, and faced Zhao Jing directly, stating, "You used the virus and the vaccine on yourself."
Zhao Jing raised her fist: "So what? Do you want to try?"
Lin Xi sneered, "Fine, let me try."
She's not Liang Hui; she wouldn't show any "pity for a beautiful woman."
"Lin Xi, Zhao Jing, you two..." The surrounding staff members seemed to want to break up the fight. They were colleagues who had gone through so many life-and-death situations together and worked together for so many years. They didn't want to see Song Heng's two most trusted students fighting each other.
But everyone knew Lin Xi's fighting prowess, and Zhao Jing's two sudden punches had also intimidated everyone, so no one dared to step forward.
Two minutes later, Zhao Jing was pinned to the ground by Lin Xi: "You think you've become stronger just because your bones have hardened, right?"
Although her bones have hardened, she has no fighting skills. Liang Hui was beaten so badly just now because he was caught off guard, but Lin Xi used her combat experience, so it was easy for her to beat an "Iron Man" without any skills.
Zhao Jing straightened her askew wig and glared at Lin Xi with an unfriendly expression.
Suddenly, a commotion broke out outside. Through the glass door, Lin Xi saw that Liang Hui's men were facing off against another group of people. A familiar-looking colonel drove away Liang Hui's men and replaced them with a new batch of guards.
This familiar-looking colonel is the one who was beaten and had his bones broken by Lu Wei in the sparring room last time.
He nodded to Zhao Jing from outside, then stood outside to establish a curfew.
This was something Lin Xi didn't understand, and she questioned, "What exactly are you doing?"
Zhao Jing had already tidied herself up and gave her a sarcastic smile: "I'm copying you."
While rubbing her sore wrist, Zhao Jing sighed, "It's definitely much easier to find a backer at the base, to be associated with a high-ranking official. All the permissions I needed, all the labs I wanted, were approved."
Lin Xi squinted and stared at her.
Zhao Jing: "Does this look familiar? Junior sister. You used to look like this at the Dawn Base. The teacher was right, you are indeed smart and capable. But I don't want to follow you anymore."
She took a document out of her bag and showed it to Lin Xi. It was a new transfer order with instructions on a new experimental project, including laboratory arrangements and the appointment of the person in charge.
Zhao Jing is going to take charge of that new biochemical project.
Lin Xi was trembling with anger. This was no longer something that could be resolved by simply beating Zhao Jing up. She even pulled out her pocket pistol.
Zhao Jing looked at her and seemed to find it amusing: "Are you going to kill me? Why don't you just kill your Major General Lu?"
"I remember back at the Nanhua Research Institute, my junior colleague was quite ruthless when she killed a colleague infected with the virus. Why is she so different now when dealing with infected people? Hmm?"
"Slap!" Lin Xi finally reacted and punched Zhao Jing in the mouth, not in the face, just in the mouth.
Xiang Xin said angrily, "Lin Xi and Lu Wei have helped you several times, and how dare you talk like that!"
Zhao Jing moved her fiery lips. She already knew she couldn't beat Lin Xi and Xiang Xin in terms of physical strength. The guards outside the door seemed to be preparing to come in when they saw the commotion inside, but Zhao Jing gestured for them to stop.
Zhao Jing walked up to Lin Xi and continued what she hadn't finished saying earlier: "At the Dawn Base, you acted arrogantly and overbearingly, relying on your position as a major general, and became the dean of the department. All I wanted was to have my own independent laboratory."
"Now that we've already torn off all pretenses, I have nothing to be afraid of. I don't like you. You seem to be doing this for the good of the research institute and for everyone's good, but you're actually the most hypocritical and hypocritical person."
"Slap!" Lin Xi punched Zhao Jing in the mouth again.
"Why didn't you kill Major General Lu immediately after he was infected with the virus?"
"Slap! Slap!" Lin Xi punched twice.
Zhao Jing did not resist, her eyes bloodshot and her state somewhat manic: "Heh. Aren't you going to argue?"
Qu Shuran couldn't stand it anymore and timidly tried to mediate in a low voice: "Zhao Jing, please stop talking. Please stop talking, okay? Lin Xi is also very tired from scientific research."
Zhao Jing, however, got more and more carried away: "Tired? What was she doing when we were researching the vaccine at the White Shield base? She was out having an affair with that Lu Wei, indulging in a life of pleasure, and bringing a bunch of disgusting drugs to the base. How dare she pretend to be a serious researcher! Now she knows she needs to speed up vaccine research! It's only because Lu Wei also got infected with the virus and she's in a hurry! What were you doing before? I'm so fed up with your pretentious act."
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