from my heart [last days]

Chapter 86

"When you said you met Xie Lin, I knew you would come to ask—"

Su Shiqing smiled apologetically at Cheng Yinshang outside, and closed the office door.

The assistants are all in the laboratory downstairs. Xie Congxin is sitting on the reception sofa making tea. It is Su Shiqing's favorite Emei Maojian. The small tea leaves are rolled in the boiling water, and a light green tea soup is brewed in a short time. .

"But you never asked, and I don't know how to ask." Su Shiqing sat down opposite him, "Where's Captain Pei?"

"Going back," Xie Congxin replied, "Find someone to pick up Xie Lin for me."

"People from Guoan?" Su Shiqing showed a little worry, "Can you trust me?"

Xie Congxin smiled, "It's my father anyway, so leave it to him."

Su Shiqing paused for a moment, and then laughed, "That's true. I heard that his parents are gone. If Xie Lin can come back, he can be regarded as your elder."

"You are also our elder." Xie Congxin poured tea for him, "Teacher."

"I hate these two words," Su Shiqing shook his head, "No matter what the reason is, I lied to you."

This is an admission that Xie Lin was not responsible for the original virus solution. Xie Congxin put down the teapot, "Can you tell me the reason?"

Su Shiqing looked into his eyes: "Remember when I told you this?"

"Remember," Xie Congxin said, "I am 15 years old."

Su Shiqing smiled: "Yes, when I was the same age as Yuzhi, I was just admitted to the University of Science and Technology."

Xie Congxin thought of himself at that time, and smiled: "I was very difficult to control at that time."

When Xie Congxin was 15 years old, even though he was precocious and stable than other children of the same age, he was still just a teenager. A person or thing that catches the eye.

But Su Shiqing shook his head: "Bi Yuzhi reassures me too much. When outsiders comment on you and Yuzhi, they always say that Yuzhi can be the same as you, but I can see clearly that he can't compare with you. Your talent is far away. Above me and your parents."

"Because of the virus..." Xie Congxin paused, thinking of what Xie Lin said to him when he was in Zheng|zhou, he changed his words again, "No, it's not."

Su Shiqing accurately captured his unfinished meaning, "Did you think this way before? Because of the virus, your brain has 'evolved'?"

Xie Congxin said, "I thought about it before."

When he suddenly learned about those things back then, he had a period of time when he hated everything related to creatures.

It seems that what he has now has come from the wrong, what a genius, what a once-in-a-hundred-year-old is all irony, irony that he traded his mother's life for such a brain.

No one asked him if he wanted it, and no one asked him if he wanted it. He had no chance to choose, but life had to go on. He even had a very brief thought of giving up research.

But now he can face it calmly.

Of course, not only because of Xie Lin's enlightening words, but also because of a sense of mission.

In such an age, it is his luck to have a little ability to change adversity.

Su Shiqing looked at him lovingly, as if encouraging him to express his thoughts, "What about now? Do you still think so?"

Xie Congxin thought of Pei Ze, "I am me, not because of the virus, nor because of my parents or anyone, I am Xie Congxin."

Hearing such an answer from his mouth, Su Shiqing was surprised and relieved: "You have really grown up. You must have encountered many things along the way, and I really hope to hear you talk about them one by one."

Xie Congxin smiled and said, "There will be opportunities in the future."

"It will happen in the future," Su Shiqing nodded in affirmation, "Now, let's talk about the past—Xie Lin didn't do it."

The answer didn't seem surprising, Xie Congxin's pupils dilated slightly, and he was stunned for a moment.

"I didn't tell you before because I didn't know which answer would be better for you." Su Shiqing sighed, "Xie Lin is wanted, and everyone knows that the matter is closed and finalized. If you can’t help him, then of course you can’t either.”

"You already knew..." Xie Congxin said, "The Ministry of State Security, or 'that person'..."

"I've known for a long time," Su Shiqing sighed softly, "The project was started at their request, but I don't know who is among 'them', maybe there are many people, maybe just a few."

Xie Congxin frowned: "Who is the person who injected my mother with the virus stock solution?"

Su Shiqing said, "Before that, let's talk about your mother first."

Xie Congxin's fingers holding the teacup tightened slightly, "Say."

"She is excellent, smarter than your father, and she was my best student." Su Shiqing showed a look of reminiscence and emotion, "Her surname is also Su, and I always feel that this is the fate between me and her."

A 20-year-old girl, born in an orphanage, has shown an extraordinary mind since high school. She was admitted to the University of Science and Technology with the best grades in the province, and was recommended to Su Shiqing's laboratory for a combined master's and doctoral degree. Excellent men fall in love, start a family, and then become pregnant.

Life would have been smooth sailing without that project.

"You are very similar to her." Su Shiqing stared at Xie Congxin for a while, then shook his head, "Not quite."

Xie Congxin asked: "Where is it like? Where is it not like?"

"You are all too smart, curious, and capable of learning, but she is more sensitive and stubborn than you. She is obsessed with the ability of viruses to 'evolve' to a level that we cannot understand," Su Shiqing Sighing, "If Xie Lin and I could have noticed her thoughts earlier, maybe we wouldn't have come to that point..."

Xie Congxin put down his cup, already guessing Su Shiqing's next sentence——

"The project was suddenly stopped, and she was the one who was most unwilling. At that time, you were already eight months old, and she injected herself with the virus stock solution, and then administered a midwifery drug."

At the same time, at the entrance of the military sanatorium in the suburbs of Beijing.

Pei Ze and Father Peng bid farewell to Peng He and the other two recruits brought out by Father Peng, and walked back to the yard together. Pei Ze said, "Thank you."

Father Peng waved his hand, "I should pick up my old in-laws."

The sudden address made Pei Ze pause, and Father Peng laughed and said, "When will you bring me back to see? You've already met my father, why don't you let me and your aunt meet him?"

The corners of Pei Ze's lips twitched quickly.

Father Peng didn't see the change in his expression, otherwise he would have been surprised. He made a final decision on his own, "Let's just say Spring Festival. You can eat the New Year's Eve dinner by yourself. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, their research institute is always on holiday, so you bring him back. Sit down, your aunt's meeting ceremony is ready."

"Okay." Pei Ze agreed, and walked up the steps of the compound with him.

The hall door of the room in Peng's house was open, and Mother Peng was making dumplings. When she saw them coming back, she shouted, "Xiao Ze, come, come and help, so you can go back after eating early."

Pei Ze went over to wash his hands, and together with her, picked up the dumplings one by one, and neatly stacked them on the tray.

There were many moments like this in the past, when Peng He's parents took care of him and treated him no differently from his biological Peng He.He can cook, which was also taught by Peng's mother. I am afraid that they will not be able to eat well in the wild. It is better to do it yourself than to eat instant noodles every day.

This compound is his home. Peng's father and mother, Peng Hecheng and Yin Shang are all his family members. If Xie Congxin is willing, he hopes to share it with him.

"Pack more," Mother Peng smiled, "I'll put it on for you later, and bring it back to Yin Shang and your partner to taste. That child is called Congxin, right? He looks really good-looking."

Pei Ze was a little surprised. Father Peng was boiling water in the kitchen. Hearing this, he teased, "The newspaper has already been distributed, and your aunt has read it dozens of times."

Mother Peng was embarrassed, and gave him a reproachful look, then wiped her hands on the apron, went to the TV cabinet, picked up the newspaper, turned to the page with Xie Congxin's photo, and asked Pei Ze, "Have you read it?" Aunt Wang next door came to ask me if what was written in the newspaper was true, and I said it was absolutely true, you picked him up from Chongcheng to come back to make vaccines.”

The newspaper was printed in color, and the photos were taken from a good angle.Xie Congxin was dressed in a white coat and stood behind the podium with a huge national flag behind him. The light of the venue made his eyes shine brightly, and the smile on his mouth was calm and confident, as if the end of the world was really about to be solved, as if what he said was easy.

He showed his best appearance in front of the public, but Pei Ze saw all the hesitation and exhaustion he hid.

I don't know how the conversation between him and Su Shiqing is going.

The water on the stove boiled, and Father Peng asked Mother Peng to bring the package over, and quickly serve Pei Ze a bowl first, so as not to delay his work.

Mother Peng brought the tray over, but scolded him: "Didn't you see that we are wrapping it? Can't you come and get it yourself?"

"Your body fat was too high in your last physical examination, so you need to walk more," Father Peng said, "You can't go outside now, so it's better to move more at home."

"It's only a few steps away, what can you do with exercise?" Peng's mother disliked him while ordering dumplings, "You are just lazy, just like Peng He!"

Not to be outdone, Peng's father immediately said that Peng He obviously looks like you, and he must be lazy if he looks like you or me.

Pei Ze listened to their daily bickering. He didn't understand the meaning of this kind of dialogue before, but now he can gradually feel the love and warmth that belong to his family only from the lines.

That was the change that Xie Congxin brought to him, allowing him to learn to be moved and grateful, and to cherish the hard-won connections and getting along with each other.

When he thought of Xie Congxin, he felt a little unspeakable miss, and he couldn't wait to go back to see him.

It was only half a morning since they separated, but this emotion could not be suppressed. Pei Ze squeezed the last dumpling, went to the kitchen to find Peng's mother to get a box, and planned to pack some back for Xie Congxin's supper at night.

But suddenly there was a series of bang bang bang outside, someone knocked on the iron gate of the courtyard, and shouted loudly through the courtyard wall: "Captain Peng, is Captain Pei here?"

The courtyard of their military region was guarded all the year round, and ordinary people couldn't get in. Pei Ze and Father Peng looked at each other and walked out together.

The visitor, wearing a national security uniform, stood straight in front of the car with the engine still on to salute them, and reported: "Minister Kun asked me to find Captain Pei. There is news about Deputy Team Zhou."