Chapter 22: Mercy
"I'm a security officer in country A. Yu Deshui said word by word, twisting his stiff fingers vigorously and continuing to tie the rest of the buttons.
"Well, that's not the answer to my question", Mo Yuan's gaze turned from the scenery outside the window to Yu Deshui's unusually serious face, "You should know what I mean", he glanced at Yu Deshui's stiff and reluctant fingers.
"I am indeed a national security officer of country A", Yu Deshui left the last button on the neckline untied, "Since you know my past name - An Linzhe", his face gradually returned to his usual casualness, reflecting the messy hair, "I should also know that I am the target of your mission - a member of the project team of 'Yi'." β
"Why did a technician become a member of the security department?"
Yu Deshui opened his mouth and was about to say something.
"Since you have transferred to the security department, presumably, you have some ambitions", Mo Yuan's gaze fell again to the strange city outside the window, the sunset, and a broken and dissolved look, "But, as you said, if you are still a small person, it always makes me feel a little disappointed, you- not bad." β
There was some warmth, Yu Deshui felt that the man in front of him, the "disappointment" in his mouth was clearly an affirmation of him, and he found that in Mo Yuan's eyes, the blood-dripping remnant sun was gone, and only the golden afterglow remained, perhaps, that was the reason for the "warmth".
"My hoarse and deep voice is not born", Yu Deshui raised his arms, crossed his fingers, and put them on the back of his head, "Hey, recalling those days, it's really troublesome, perhaps, this is a little joke played by fate on me." β
"Have you had any lung injuries?" Mo Yuan asked.
"Yes. β
"Can't be recovered?"
"Permanent damage, lifeless and incurable. Yu Deshui's fingers massaged the back of his neck.
"Your voice is too recognizable......"
"Well, you can't do voice correction at will like you", Yu Deshui looked at himself in the window glass, "It's not a big problem to correct your appearance, but this broken voice ...... Therefore, I can only be a 'civilian' who is unable to carry out field tasks, hiding in the territory under the jurisdiction of the department all day long, analyzing intelligence, hahaha. β
"Your so-called 'civilian' personnel can also do something", Mo Yuan paused, "However, this is only my opinion as a bystander, perhaps, it is not easy." β
"Heh", Yu Deshui felt as if he had met a confidant, and after massaging his hands on the back of his neck, he naturally hung down and inserted them in the trouser pockets on both sides, "From a height of 79 meters, it is really ...... to enjoy the sunset."
"However," Mo Yuan said coldly, "In this case, it will be easier to kill you." β
The hands in the trouser belts were clenched into fists.
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"Not only have I always remembered it, but it has also become a nightmare", Xiaolan looked at the woman in front of her, as if she was observing a friend who had reunited after a long absence, "Every time I encounter some similar scenes, similar situations, or similar emotions, it can make me have a stress response." β
"Wow, poor little one, you are so generous," the woman frowned slightly, "and tell strangers about your weakness without concealing it." β
"Stranger?" Xiaolan recalled herself sitting in the passenger seat on the way from the airport to the International Hotel, "Not long ago, I saw you again. β
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"Dad, where are we going?"
"School. β
"Hmm, is that the elementary school you mentioned earlier?" Xiao Lanhong had a disappointed expression on her face.
"Haha, what's wrong, Xiaolan is not interested in elementary school?"
"Kindergarten kids are boring, and they bring boredom to primary school. Xiaolan pouted.
"Heh", the man held the steering wheel with his left hand, stretched out his right hand and stroked Xiaolan's round little head, "Xiaolan, you have to learn to hide your expressions and thoughts, okay?"
"Is it like this?" Xiaolan pursed her lips and smiled sweetly, "Xiaolan likes elementary school the most." β
"Almost", the man withdrew his right hand, touched his forehead, and gripped the steering wheel again, "this...... I guess it's your strength......"
"Dad, if you tell me yesterday, no, before you get in the car, today, you're going to visit the elementary school......"
"And I can still catch you?" the man smirked.
"Dad, you're so naΓ―ve. β
"Hey, your dad is the chief technologist for the Department of Homeland Security. β
"It's just clerical. The little girl's cold tone.
"Hey, your mother taught you again, right?" the man sighed helplessly, "Your father is in charge of a project, and many people in the ministry who hold real power are very important to your father, and the future of this project ......"
The man closed his mouth silently, the little girl was already asleep in the seat, her calm side face was pillowing her little hands, her long eyelashes trembled a few times occasionally, the tip of her small nose, and her steady and faint breath, "It's just a child, you will fall asleep when you say it's asleep", he smiled in his heart.
The speed of the car has been reduced.
The highway around the mountains is surrounded by hills and mountains on the left, rocky beaches on the right, and blue waters in the distance.
"I like this section of the highway around the mountains the most," he muttered to himself, when suddenly, he noticed a warning sign in front of his current lane, and he changed lanes to the left and continued driving.
After about 200 meters, a small car stopped on the right side of the front, a young man stood behind the left side of the car, looking at the left rear wheel, a little girl, holding the arm of a teddy bear with her left hand, naturally hanging down from the hem of her skirt, and her right arm was bandaged and hanging down from her chest, standing next to the man's leg.
"Looks like they're in trouble", he hesitated, the little girl was the size of Xiaolan, he smiled, changed lanes to the right, and stopped 7 meters away from the car.
Xiaolan rubbed her eyes and woke up, "Are you there?" she muttered, noticing the parked car in front of her, "Is their car broken?"
"It should be," he rolled down the window and beckoned to the man in front of him, "Hey, friend, is the tire broken?"
"yes," the man responded, "I don't have a spare tire in my car, so I'll have to wait for roadside assistance." β
"Ha, the rescue should be there soon, just give yourself a chance to enjoy the surrounding scenery", he explained.
"It's okay for me, it's just ...... I took the child to the hospital, and her parents are still waiting in the hospital. The man sighed.
"If we stop by, can we send this little girl off?" Xiaolan asked softly.
"They are all strangers, you want to help, but the other party may not be willing. He paused, as if he felt that his answer was too accidental, and that something was wrong with a little girl who wanted to help others, and he asked the man outside the car, "Which hospital?" β
"Ann...... Anna Children's Hospital. The man seemed surprised.
"It's really a drop-off, we can send her. β
"You're so kind, thank you so much, and his parents would have been glad to see her sooner. β
The little girl turned to look in his direction, and then looked up at the man beside her.
"Go, Lori," the man nudged the little girl, "I'll be seeing Mom and Dad soon." β
"All of her social security information is in her left wrist device, and if anything, you can contact her parents and, of course, me. The man said loudly.
"Understood," he replied loudly, and whispered to Xiaolan, "Be kind." β
"Okay, Dad. β
The little girl walked slowly towards their car, clutching the teddy bear tightly in her left hand, timidly.
"What a well-behaved child," he said in his heart, "this is what a little girl looks like." β
Suddenly.
The little girl picked up the teddy bear in her left hand and grabbed the bandage tightly in her right hand, and ran madly towards their car.
The alarm in the car sounded instantly, "Abnormal energy reaction was found, azimuth, 4 meters ahead, fast approaching." β
"Sit down, Xiaolan!" he roared, "Enter the highest level of defense!"
"Confirm!" the system replied.
The open windows close quickly, and the color of the windows changes from transparent to black, from the outside to the inside, a bottomless black.
Four metal pillars pop down around the chassis and plunge straight below the road surface, holding the car firmly in place.
The wheels are wrapped in a special liquid metal.
Xiaolan, who was still preparing how to be kinder, sat up straight with a blank face and reflexively.
He looked at the man in the distance, smiling, looking at him, not moving.
"Anomalous energy reaction was found, azimuth, 1 meter ahead, about to make contact. β
Darkness, silent, sudden, permeated Xiaolan's body.
Time, like a frozen glacier, cold, stiff.
The world, as if, was left only with her and this girl.
The sound of broken car windows.
She could clearly see that her eyes, as clear as mountains, forests and lakes, were tender and resolute, her golden and fluffy curls were as golden as the sun, rippling in the air as she ran, and her skirts were spinning and blooming like a mandala.
She felt that it was not a girl, not a girl like her.
The sound of breathing, she heard the girl's breathing, the sound of the heartbeat, she heard the girl's heartbeat.
Hurry, nervousness, trembling, heaviness.
No, it was clearly the sound of her own breathing, her own heartbeat.
Who? Who am I? Who is she?
Can't be confused, dazed, overwhelmed.
The girl ran, step by step, approaching her.
But, it seems, it will never be touched.
She suddenly felt a bitter taste in her mouth, and she saw tears falling from the corners of the girl's eyes.
She seemed to understand something.
She smiled at the girl, she saw it, and the girl smiled at her, smiling hard, like a martyred goddess, who sacrificed herself for the sake of her devout faith.
However, that false smile, after all, can't hide fear, helplessness, and loss.
After all, they are just children, and they regret it.
I want to escape, but there is no other side.
She opened her eyes wide, and in the girl's eyes, found herself, knelt before the deity, and prayed.
In an instant, the seemingly never-ending distance between them disappeared in an instant.
The girl seemed to have broken through everything and appeared in front of her.
It's close, they're close.
The tenderness and determination in the girl's eyes seemed to penetrate into her eyes.
The burning heart in the girl's chest seemed to jump into her chest.
"Let's put an end to this. β
She felt a spasm all over her body as the girl passed through her body, a dazzling bright light shooting out of them, breaking through the darkness that permeated them.
It was like a dark sky, shattered, and the sunlight caressed them through the cracks in the sky.
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"To that extent", Xiaolan looked at the woman in front of her, time seemed to have not changed, that gentle and resolute look, "You, how did you survive?"