Chapter 18: The Rest of Life
Xia Xi returned to the rental house and saw a strange picture.
In the small kitchen that has not been used for N years, there are two teenagers busy at this time, serving dishes, washing vegetables, turning the pot and stir-frying, in an orderly manner, and the picture is harmonious and happy.
Wisps of food wafted out of the cramped kitchen, filling the entire small living room.
On two simple wooden chairs, a man and a woman sit, the young woman crossed her legs, nibbling on Sydney, staring at the flickering brain screen and laughing.
The man sat silently, looking down to check the sniper rifle, automatic pistol, military dagger in his hand...
The room was filled with a quiet and beautiful air, until someone appeared......
Xiao Shi's half-uneaten Sydney pear was stagnant in mid-air, his lips were slightly open, there were still crumbs of fruit flesh in his mouth, his two peach blossom eyes were round, and his expression was a little funny as he looked at Xia Xi with a surprised face......
Mu Ling raised her head, took a quick look at Xia Xi, and then stared straight at her, silent......
“…… Have you hired a babysitter? Xia Xi's first reaction was, how can they afford to hire a nanny? And the mellow smell of meat in the air, because they can't afford meat, they haven't touched meat for a long time......
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"Here's the thing...... Xia Xi took a sip of the fragrant broth, squinted her eyes with satisfaction, and told the story from beginning to end, but the part of the key was hidden, and she also polished it, and the Rubik's Cube was secretly taken out of the space key by her and put on the table.
"You said you were Dr. Yu Shengshui's assistant?" Xia Xi picked up the Rubik's Cube and tossed it at will.
"Yes." Fang Shi was obviously prepared, took out two documents printed with interns from his backpack, and handed them to Xia Xi.
Xia Xi was worried that he couldn't distinguish the authenticity, Mu Xi had put a round machine on the table, he gently pressed a button, and a ten-centimeter-tall three-dimensional middle-aged man in a white coat jumped out, his face was a typical Chinese face, his eyes were kind, and his eyebrows were kind, although the two goatees above his lips destroyed this kindness.
He smiled and said, "Hello young friends! I'm a scientist in City C, and I've heard from two little guys that a girl has gotten important materials from Dr. Guri on restoring zombies to human thoughts, and I'm very interested in this, I wonder if you can borrow me to study it, after all, this is also for the people of City C, and even for the human beings of the world! ”
Xia Xi also responded with a smile: "I'm sorry, doctor, I'm afraid I can't lend you this material." ”
New Institute.
Dr. Goatee, who was standing in front of the holographic projector, was stunned, he didn't expect Xia Xi to refuse so quickly, but he didn't care, he still smiled good-natured and said, "This little friend is Xia Xi, right?" ”
"You may not be aware of the importance of this material, it is very important to the people of City C, and besides, this is Dr. Guri's outstanding contribution to the cause of mankind, I guess you don't want Dr. Guri to die in vain!"
"Of course, it would be even more perfect if you still had Dr. Guri's notes or something in hand!"
The doctor said, his words changed, and his tone was full of temptation: "I heard that you have been banned from official hunting for three years by the hunting union for some reason, as long as you hand over the notes and that important material to me, I can report to the city management center, you are a great merit, you can offset the merit and lift the ban on you and your partner!" ”
When Xiao Shi heard this, his right eyebrow was slightly raised, and then his deep gaze fell on Xia Xi's white side face, although she didn't speak, Xia Xi could also feel a lot of excitement and excitement from her burning gaze.
Mu Ling just stared at Dr. Goat, but there was no expression on his face.
Xia Xi was a little embarrassed, this matter was no longer up to her alone, she apologized to Dr. Goat, and went to discuss with Xiao Shi and the others.
"I think that it can be handed over to Yu Shengshui, after all, he is the only scientist in City C, and he can still call the shots in this kind of thing."
Xiao Shi saw that Xia Xi didn't seem to be willing to hand over things, so he took the first step to express his opinion.
Xia Xi didn't answer, but looked at Mu Ling: "What do you think?" ”
Mu Ling's thin lips pursed tightly, and after a long time, he stared at Xia Xi's eyes and said, "There must be some reason why you don't want to hand over things, just now, you shouldn't have told you all about what you have experienced in the past two days, right?" ”
Xia Xi nodded: "Guli asked me to find his former colleagues and friends for him and give them things to study, but on his list, there is no one who is the friend of life and death when he was still a human being." ”
"You think there's a problem with the water for the rest of your life?" Mu Ling's eyes were dark, and he deliberately lowered his voice and said.
Xia Xi shook his head: "I'm not sure, it's just that my intuition tells me that I shouldn't give things to him." ”
Xiao Shi had been silent, and saw that the two of them had analyzed each other, as if they had reached some kind of consensus.
She smiled self-deprecatingly, she never seemed to think as far as these two people, and every time she thought about the problem, she was on the surface, especially Xia Xi, who had woken up after an unexpected coma a few months ago, as if she had completely changed as a person......
"Xiao Shi, what do you think?" Xia Xi saw that her face was depressed, and she couldn't help but ask, they were a small group of three, and they couldn't ignore the feelings of others because of her suspicions, if Xiao Shi strongly asked to hand over something, she might beg to hand over part of it.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Shi just said "heh" slightly unpleasantly, crossed his arms, and said lightly: "Don't you already have an idea?" He turned around and walked away.
New Institute.
Yu Shengshui lowered his head gloomily, the pencil in his hand was deeply embedded in half by his flat nails, and his lowered eyes stared violently at the photo of the smiling man on the table......
Guri, I didn't expect you to trust me so much even if you become a zombie!
"Tuk Tuk ......" There was a crisp knock at the door.
Yu Shengshui's whole person was as warm as a breeze blowing willows for a second, quickly put away the photo, and said softly towards the door: "Please come in." ”
"Doctor... I'm sorry......" Fang Shi wrinkled his face as soon as he came in, rubbed the corners of his clothes uneasily, and carefully stood side by side with Muxi in front of Yu Shengshui.
Yu Shengshui looked at the two guilty little assistants and smiled gently: "It's okay." ”
As he spoke, he sighed regretfully, and said with a wry smile: "You don't have to blame yourself too much, I think it's really a pity, so I just notified the city management center and asked them to help persuade Xia Xi's little friends, but ah, I'm afraid these children are going to treat me as a bad person......"
Fang Shi didn't have a heart or lungs, raised his head and said anxiously: "How could it be!" Dr. Yu, you are thinking about the people and the world! Even if you are not happy at first, you will know your good in the future! ”
Mu Xi moved his lips and stared at Yu Shengshui's wryly smiling face for a moment, but he didn't speak after all.
"Okay, you've worked hard, let's go back and rest first!" Yu Shengshui stroked his forehead, with a sleepy posture, "I researched low-cost vaccines until late at night last night, and I haven't slept well, and now I'm a little sleepy......"
"Yes, Doctor, you need to get some rest, too."
"Goodbye, Doctor."
The two teenagers walked away one after the other, and the rest of the life in the back chair took a deep look at Muxi's back, revealing a penetrating smile.