Chapter 40: Rejection
"Sister...... Sister! Qin Haoyang chased after her and grabbed her: "Are you angry?" β
Yi Shulan shook off Qin Haoyang's hand vigorously: "Yes, I'm angry!" I know what you're thinking! But I'm telling you, it's useless what you say! Let me simply tell you, even if it is the fate of our generation, I have to accept it, but it is not you who I accept...... I'm waiting for Brother Zhen to come back! β
Qin Haoyang looked at Yi Shulan in surprise, his gaze gradually darkened, and his hands also fell.
"But...... But Brother Zhen has not heard from him for a long time, and I don't know if he is dead or alive......"
"I know! But I'm waiting! Yi Shulan said. She saw Qin Haoyang's depressed face, as if she couldn't bear it, and her tone became soft: "You will always be my brother, understand......"
"Forever? β¦β¦β
"Yes, forever!"
"Got it......"
Qin Haoyang looked desperate, he stood with his head down for a while, then turned around and left. He walked in a hurry, and after a while, he was gone.
Yi Shulan looked at Qin Haoyang's back until his figure disappeared from view, and tears slowly welled up in her eyes. Her heart was full of helplessness and sadness, and she felt very tired. The so-called that she was waiting for Brother Zhen to return, she said it on a temporary basis, it was completely out of nowhere, and she didn't know why she said it.
But as soon as the words came out of the mouth, it was difficult to take it away, so let's just say it. Of course, she knew how much her words hurt Qin Haoyang, but she had no chance to regret it, and she didn't plan to regret it.
Ask yourself, does she like Qin Haoyang, of course she does. Among all the brothers and sisters, the only person who can make her feel like a relative is Qin Haoyang. Brother Zhen and Xiang Yunlong, although they have the same relationship, they have never been relatives in her eyes like Qin Haoyang. Maybe it's because she's too close and too much like a relative that she can't accept Qin Haoyang.
She took a few slow steps, trying to suppress uncontrollable tears, but tears gushed out. She stood still, in the field, and let the tears of sadness flow freely. There was no one around, only the slightest wind blowing, blowing the branches and weeds, like the sorrow in my heart flowing gently.
Finally, she had cried enough, wiping her tear-wet face. Inadvertently, she looked up and couldn't help but be shocked. She saw smoke rising from the direction of the dungeon!
She looked at the smoke rising into the air, couldn't react for a moment, and stood there stunned. But soon she came to her senses and ran frantically towards the dungeon where the smoke rose.
She sped across an open field and up a low hill. At the top of the hillside, she looked out and saw billowing smoke covering almost half of the sky. It seemed that something had exploded, and the fire was not small. Without thinking about it, she quickly rushed down the hill to the pile of ruins of the former Central City Communications Building.
She could already smell the choking smell of fireworks, and she tripped and fell dizzy. In a panic, she found that her body was being held down by a person. She was about to resist, but the man pressing on top of her shouted, and she didn't move.
"Don't get up, sister! It's me! β
"What's going on?" She heard it, and it was Qin Haoyang who suppressed her.
"I'm afraid it's not an accident...... Qin Haoyang let go of her and lay down next to her: "I saw someone running out of the city gate and being killed!" β
"Coup d'Γ©tat?" She looked at the gray-faced Qin Haoyang beside her, and was surprised: "How come?" β
"The situation is not clear, but we can't get there!" Qin Haoyang raised his head slightly, observing the direction of the dungeon: "If we go over now, maybe we will be killed...... Slowly step back, sister! β
The two of them crawled back on the rubble-strewn ground, about a hundred meters, behind a ruin where they could hide. Yi Shulan poked his head out, and the dungeon gate was no longer visible, but one or two sporadic gunshots could be heard.
"Why are you back too?" Yi Shulan retracted her head and asked, "I thought you had returned to the construction site." β
"Nope!" Qin Haoyang said. When he saw smoke coming from here, he thought there was a fire, so he ran over to look at it, but when he saw that something was wrong, he hid here and observed...... Seeing that someone was killed, he knew that it was not a good thing, so he saw Yi Shulan desperately running towards the dungeon, so he tripped her and held her down: "What should we do now?" β
Before Yi Shulan could answer, the communicator next to her rang. She pulled out her communicator and turned it on when she turned it down just enough to be heard. Zhang Xiaoran's anxious voice came from the communicator: "Sister, where are you?" Also, what about Brother Haoyang? β
"Don't worry, Xiaoran, Yangyang and I are in front of my grandmother's ruined tomb, we're fine......"
"Thank goodness!" Zhang Xiaoran was obviously relieved: "Hurry up to the construction site!" β
"What's wrong, Xiaoran?" Yi Shulan asked in a low voice.
"I can't say well, it is said that there is a rebellion in the dungeon, and the rebels have taken control of the dungeon...... Come back quickly! β
"Let's go!" Yi Shulan ended the call and said to Qin Haoyang: "Let's go to the construction site." β
"Go ahead, I'll be here for a while."
"No, Yangyang! We don't have weapons, so it would be bad if we were discovered! β
Qin Haoyang thought about it, too, their generation is not like the older generation, they always carry weapons when they go out. It's really useless to stay here with your bare hands.
The two turned around and hurried out of the danger zone. They trotted all the way and soon returned to the construction site.
The people in the construction site were panicked, and everyone gathered there to look in the direction of the dungeon. The smoke had risen so high that it had almost reached the clouds. The two of them ran through the crowd and came to the command post on the construction site.
"You're finally here!" Zhang Xiaoran, who was at the door of the command post, shouted as soon as he saw them: "Come in, Aunt Tang is waiting for you, saying that she has something to tell you." β
They hurried into the command.
"Here we go!" Tang Liqing greeted Yi Shulan and Qin Haoyang when she saw them. Tang Liqing, who is almost sixty years old, although she is in good spirits, looks old after all. Her hair is half white, there are many wrinkles on her face, and there are some age spots: "Sit down, I'll leave something to you!" β
She told Yi Shulan and Qin Haoyang that there was a rebellion in the dungeon, and it was not very clear who the leader was. But judging from the information gathered from all sides, the rebels seem to be mainly those from the Academy of Sciences, and of course there seem to be many followers, otherwise they would not have been able to control the dungeon.
"Now it's certain that," Tang Liqing said, "the main ones are Nicole, Rena, Xin Xin and others......"
"Aren't Nicole and Xin Xin hibernating! How so? β¦β¦β
"Someone woke them up!" Tang Liqing said: "The situation is unclear now, but it is certain that there are many rebels. I have already contacted Commander Zhang Jingyi and Major Xiang Zidan, and they will be back soon. It's too close to the dungeon, and all you have to do is let the two of you lead the kids here to a new construction site 10 kilometers away. β
Zhang Jingyi went to test fly the No. 9 ship, and by the way, she went to repair a satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The ninth ship had just been repaired, and for the sake of safety, Xiang Zidan drove the spaceship together.
Yi Shulan knew that there were more than 800 people here now, and more than 500 of them were their children. When they first came to work on the construction site, more than 500 children over the age of 10 came out to exercise, and those under the age of 10 stayed in the dungeon.
"What about the younger siblings in the city?" Yi Shulan was very worried: "What will they do?" β
"We will try to rescue us," Tang Liqing said, "but the situation is unclear now, and we can't do it lightly." You must take your brothers and sisters away from here to keep them safe! β
Yi Shulan's eyes filled with tears, she knew that Tang Liqing did not want their children to be involved in the war. However, this time, there are only about 300 people around Tang Liqing: "Aunt Tang, you only have so many people, I'm afraid it's not enough!" β
"That's right!" Qin Haoyang also hurriedly said: "Let's also join the war!" β
"No! You can't go to war! Tang Liqing resolutely denied: "The task of the two of you is not light, prepare quickly!" β
"Aunt Tang, you are old, it is better for you and Sister Shulan to take your younger brothers and sisters away!" Qin Haoyang said: "I have grown up, I am a man, let me take someone to the dungeon!" β
"No, Yangyang!" Tang Liqing said sternly: "This is an order, hurry up and leave with Shu Lan with your younger brothers and sisters, go quickly!" β
Qin Haoyang still wanted to insist, but Yi Shulan pulled him: "You have no combat experience, Aunt Tang won't let you go!" β
"I don't!" Qin Haoyang shook off Yi Shulan's hand vigorously, and he said to Tang Liqing: "Aunt Tang, I am a man, I have grown up, you can't always let me hide behind and let you women go to the front!" β
Tang Liqing looked at Qin Haoyang's resolute expression and appreciated it very much, but she still didn't agree.
"Aunt Tang, let me ask a question," Seeing that Tang Liqing didn't agree, Qin Haoyang insisted on his opinion: "When my father encounters such a thing, does he also shrink back and let you protect him?" β
"No, your father is brave!" Tang Liqing told the truth. She can't tell the truth, because everything about Shu Yunpeng is recorded in the dungeon network system.
"In other words, he won't back down when he's in danger, will he?" Qin Haoyang said: "I am eighteen years old, if he sees me now retreating with a group of children, will he be satisfied?" β
Tang Liqing was speechless, she looked at Qin Haoyang, and couldn't help nodding in approval: "Good look, it really looks like a man!" Shulan, you take your younger brothers and sisters away! Yangyang, go to the house and get a gun! β
"Okay!" Qin Haoyang ran into the house excitedly. Taking this opportunity, Tang Liqing whispered to Yi Shulan, who was nervous: "Don't worry, I will watch him, you can take your younger brothers and sisters away quickly!" β