Chapter 41
"Has the person who bombed our house been caught?"
Knowing that she had only fractured her right arm and that Tang Ke's surgery wouldn't be over anytime soon, Chen Nan struggled to get up.
"They've been caught. The President, Mrs. Tang, and the General's parents and brother have all arrived. Mrs. Tang personally executed those people and has ordered her men to hang them all outside the security zone gate."
Sister He, who was taking care of her, quickly explained the situation to Chen Nan while wearing a white coat, and then pressed her back onto the hospital bed behind her.
"I see. Then who are those people? How many are there in total?"
Upon hearing that Tang Ke's parents and family had arrived, Chen Nan subconsciously stopped struggling and, following Sister He's lead, obediently leaned back onto the bed.
"They were all domestic villains, along with a few stubborn spies from Cockroach Planet who were deeply hidden. Knowing that General Tang was the commander-in-chief of this operation, they all rushed here under the pretext of delivering fireworks and firecrackers to us. Then, when everyone was having the most fun, they threw thirteen grenades directly at your house. Many of them were taken down on the spot."
The remaining few who were well-hidden were apprehended by the Information Department in no time with the President's order. By the way, Guo Ying, the one you asked me to investigate a long time ago, was also exposed and personally executed by Madam Tang. Her master tried to plead for her, but was beaten up by a group of angry superhuman soldiers. Anyway, those people were single-mindedly focused on betraying their country, seeking fame, and avenging their motherland; in a way, they got what they wanted. Oh, and His Excellency the President just ordered the launch of several more missiles towards Cockroach Planet.”
The president and several patriarchs of the Tang family all came over, and almost everyone in the 73rd Security Zone went there to watch the excitement and provide hospitality.
He Lin, who is socially awkward and dislikes such occasions, sat on the edge of Chen Nan's bed, telling her about the situation outside while enjoying some peace and quiet.
Now that the people from the Presidential Palace have come here, they'll definitely be inspecting the important locations here, such as the military bases, laboratories, hospitals, prisons, and research facilities. He Lin, as the second-in-command of the drug laboratory, simply doesn't want to go out right now.
Meanwhile, Chen Nan was thinking about how Guo Ying had gotten involved in this matter and how she had lost her life.
For the past few years, she has worked here as Tang Ke's secretary and bodyguard.
Meanwhile, the female lead has been developing her career in the medical system.
Although there weren't many hospitals in District 73, they never encountered one again after that.
The female protagonist had no way to climb the social ladder, couldn't get close to a powerful figure like Tang Xin, and probably couldn't contact the charming prince she had sent back to Cockroach Planet years ago. So, after that, Chen Nan never paid any more attention to him.
But unexpectedly, even after three or four years, she still got involved with those people and was eventually investigated by higher authorities.
"Oh, by the way, the president and his entourage came to see you earlier. I only came back here quietly after they left."
While Chen Nan was in a daze, He Lin picked up a large apple from the flower basket on her bedside table and started taking a big bite out of it.
"What? They won't come back, will they?"
Chen Nan had been preoccupied with the female lead's sudden death and the male lead's current state. When she suddenly heard He Lin's words, Chen Nan was horrified and her attention was instantly snapped back to reality. She was just an ordinary person, though she occasionally harbored ambitions for advancement. But she still wanted to keep her distance from those incredibly powerful figures. The thought of those people coming and going, constantly surrounded by dozens of bodyguards and cameras, their every word and action watched and recorded by countless people—the mere thought sent chills down her spine.
"Even if you saved the general once, they are so busy that they will only come to see you briefly at most. They would never come to see you a second time."
Seeing Chen Nan's expression of utter helplessness, which mirrored her own, He Lin smiled understandingly and then started gossiping with Chen Nan about the Tang family.
Since the sudden death of His Excellency Guo An, Madam Tang of the Tang family's eldest branch has never remarried.
The men in the second and third branches of the Tang family were almost all suppressed by the deceased Minister of State Security, so they had little ability and were also very cowardly, but they were all exceptionally good at having children.
"Like the general's parents, they had the general and his brother before, and a few years ago they had twin girls and twin sons. I heard that the latter two twin sons were conceived through IVF. I have a senior colleague who works at the Royal Hospital, and I heard that both boys are not in good health; one of them is allergic to many things. That's why I said they probably won't stay here for long. Besides, the president's schedule is usually very busy. If we really were to launch missiles at the neighboring planet again, he would definitely have to go back and hold an internal meeting; it's not something that can be done on a whim—"
He Lin chattered on and on beside Chen Nan, and Chen Nan's thoughts jumped around with her words.
One moment it's about the Tang family, the next it's about Tang Ke, then it's about the female and male leads, and then it's about the scene where Tang Ke instinctively pins her under the study table when they have an accident.
Perhaps He Lin's words were too hypnotic, or perhaps Chen Nan had suffered minor head and body injuries from falling through that dark safety passage. In any case, without realizing it, Chen Nan closed her eyes again.
When she woke up again, it was already night.
The entire ward was pitch black. Of course, many of the hospitals and laboratories in Zone 73 were built underground, so many of the buildings here would be completely dark if the lights weren't on. That's why most of the rooms here are always kept dark.
In any case, the pitch-black situation really gave Chen Nan a fright.
As Chen Nan gradually adjusted to the darkness and subconsciously wanted to call for help, she suddenly noticed the hand holding hers, and the figure quietly sleeping beside her bed.
Chen Nan has known the other party for three and a half years now.
Perhaps because the two have been living together for a long time, Chen Nan has now reached the point where she can recognize him just by seeing him from afar.
Like now, she recognized the other person just by looking at the back of their head and the background.
Tang Ke had developed an immunity to sleeping pills and tranquilizers a long time ago, and he suffered from some sleep disorders most of the time.
These are almost all the flaws that advanced superhumans have, and Chen Nan was actually aware of them.
The other person always took her along no matter what they did, and often cooked for her personally. The main reason for this was that she was the other person's apprentice, and their supernatural abilities didn't repel each other. Chen Nan actually knew all this beforehand.
I used to think that the original author's settings were quite inexplicable.
I feel that I definitely won't let these settings sway me so easily.
But now, looking at the other person wearing loose pajamas, with many blood-stained bandages wrapped around their body, lying quietly beside them.
Chen Nan still felt a little soft-hearted, and quietly lay there letting the other person hold her arm.
After that accident, Tang Ke quickly confessed his feelings to Chen Nan in the New Year of 2016.
Chen Nan lived with him for a long time and received Tang Ke's care. Perhaps in Tang Ke's eyes, Chen Nan had always liked him.
As for Chen Nan, she wasn't actually sure if she really liked the other person.
But spending a long time with the other person, and having only that person as the best option for a long time.
In addition, after this accident, Chen Nan was still a little shaken and scared. Furthermore, she now felt subconsciously uncomfortable being with other male superhumans.
So, for various reasons, Chen Nan naturally agreed to the other party's farewell.
Even after they got together, their way of getting along didn't really change much.
Chen Nan seems to have turned into a violent maniac, thinking all day about how to train and how to increase her superpowers.
The cockroach monsters outside are gone, but the mutated animals are still there.
Often, Chen Nan would team up with other superhumans to fight mutated animals outside the 73rd safe zone.
Meanwhile, Tang Ke was still in charge of several security zones along the border that started with the number seven.
They temporarily repelled the neighboring cockroach planet with a dozen or so missiles, but no one can be sure if they will ever return. Furthermore, mutated animals persist outside, so they also need to strengthen other infrastructure within the protective shield.
Tang Xin, who was in the capital's security zone, was always healthy and very talented.
Tang Ke did not return to the capital's safe zone for the rest of the time.
Even though Tang Ke's parents called him many times afterward, Tang Ke still didn't go back.
By the way, Tang Ke's parents do not approve of Tang Ke's marriage to Chen Nan.
But Tang Ke still ignored them and went her own way, marrying Chen Nan at the border.
Chen Nan had been in a daze about her marriage to Tang Ke.
She didn't know if she liked the other person or not, or if she was simply attracted to his status, figure, face, and gentleness.
As for Tang Ke's affection for her, Chen Nan felt it was due to the rejection caused by the superhuman genes.
Even so, they lived together for decades.
Over those decades, the situation at the border fluctuated, but there were never again cockroach swarms of tens of thousands like before.
Clearly, the combined attack of over a dozen special weapons by humanity dealt a severe blow to the once-invincible Sunflower Planet. In any case, during the time Chen Nan and Tang Ke were at the border, the frequent cockroach swarms that used to occur were much less frequent.
For decades, Tang Ke had been dedicated to developing the economy and infrastructure of several border cities. Chen Nan and the others naturally followed Tang Ke's arrangements.
When Chen Nan and her group first arrived at the 73rd Safety Zone, the area was almost entirely an underground city. Almost all the buildings on the surface were one or two stories high concrete structures.
But thirty years later, when Chen Nan and Tang Ke had both retired and planned to move to the 64th Safety Zone, which had a better landscape and climate, they found it filled with high-rise buildings, transforming it into the most prosperous and solidified concrete city on the border.
Yes, because of the unique nature of border cities, even with countless skyscrapers behind them, the focus here is on safety and sturdiness, lacking the beauty and prosperity of other cities. What they possess is only the coldness and solidity unique to this city.
Chen Nan always said that she couldn't understand her relationship with Tang Ke, and always felt that Tang Ke's special dependence on her was actually determined by the special genes of a superhuman.
But no matter what she thought, the fact that the two of them were particularly compatible in bed was undeniable.
It's also true that the two of them could spend the whole day in the study or by the river whenever they had nothing to do.
It is also true that Chen Nan suddenly found out she had difficulty getting pregnant, the Tang family was pressuring her, Tang Ke had a big argument with them, and in the end she simply had a tubal ligation.
"Ha, what's the point of passing down genes like ours? To be born as their pawns? To continue suffering that horrific education and training?"
Chen Nan still remembers the way Tang Ke held her and murmured to himself in the night.
A person spends almost their entire life healing from childhood trauma.
This applies equally to the brothers Tang Ke and Tang Xin.
No matter how high their status is abroad, no matter what achievements they later attain.
However, neither Tang Xin, who served as the president of the Li Kingdom, nor Tang Ke, who later rose to the position of Grand Marshal of the Li Kingdom's military region, had children. Tang Xin himself never even married.
Medical technology in China is quite advanced now, and it's entirely possible to perform in-vitro assisted reproduction. However, both Tang Xin and Tang Ke seem to have a reluctance to have any more children.
Chen Nan was actually quite indifferent to this matter.
No matter how long she stays in this world, Chen Nan occasionally feels out of place, as if she's dreaming.
Therefore, under these circumstances, Chen Nan did not actually want to have children.
Anyway, once they really move to the scenic 65th Safe Zone, with its mountains and sea, and she and Tang Ke cook together every day, eat together in the sunny living room, pack their things together to go hiking in the nearby mountains, and go fishing together at the nearby seaside and lake...
Looking at Tang Ke, who was still gentle and handsome, Chen Nan felt quite lucky.
After all, whether in the past or now, Tang Ke has always been a very tall and handsome man.
Even when Ferrari gets old, it's still Ferrari.
In the world she lived in, even though cockroach monsters and mutated animals occasionally appeared later on, those things never really became rampant.
Later on, even the 73rd safe zone where she lived was transformed into a remarkable steel metropolis.
So, looking at the handsome old man sitting quietly fishing beside her, Chen Nan felt that she was incredibly lucky to have lived in this world for decades.
Chen Nan didn't know how much longer she would stay in this world.
After all, her husband, who married and divorced three times, had six children and even had a grandson and granddaughter who were older brothers, passed away two years ago. He, only a few years younger than her, probably doesn't have much time left either.
But regardless, at this moment she was healthy, living a fulfilling life, and had people by her side. So at this moment, Chen Nan felt extremely content and satisfied.
At this moment, Chen Nan's mindset was to live one day at a time, and every day she lived was like a day she gained.
"It moved! It moved!!"
Suddenly noticing the fishing rod of the person next to her move, Chen Nan reacted and immediately shouted.
"that?"
Tang Ke, who had placed two fishing rods below, immediately opened his eyes and quickly looked down.
"Um!!" Chen Nan was both amused and exasperated that he had fallen asleep while fishing. She immediately stood up and helped him put away his fishing rod.
A small fish, about the thickness of a finger, was pulled up by the two of them, wobbling along.
Seeing that the fish they pulled up was so small, the two who had been so nervous earlier both laughed as they looked at the fishing rod.
"At least it's not the air force anymore!"
Even though it was a small fish, Tang Ke, who was wearing a straw hat with gray hair underneath and a white shirt and black trousers, solemnly placed it in the small bucket next to her.
“Indeed! If we catch a couple more, we can make some fried dried fish tonight.” Chen Nan, whose temples were also gray, who was wearing a large hat and simple cotton and linen long-sleeved shirt and trousers, nodded gently. Then, sitting down next to the other person, she slowly lowered her own baited fishing rod into the water.
It's summer now, and the days are very long.
With a rare moment of free time, the two sat down again and quietly fished.
Not far from them, fishing in the distance, were none other than their old brothers and sisters who had fought alongside them on the border for decades.
Everyone smiled happily when they saw that they had finally caught a fish, and some people followed suit and continued fishing. Others casually put their fishing rods and buckets aside, then took their phones and lay down on the grass behind them, slowly basking in the sun and playing mobile games.
After glancing at everyone around her from afar, Chen Nan smiled and sat down in the shade of a tree to continue fishing intently.
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