Xu Qinglang closed his eyes, and the two villains in his heart fought wildly.

One is saying that their relationship is far from the point where they can kiss at will, but the other is saying that since he has promised Jiang Jin, he can't go back on his word.

Looking at the young man's expression full of anticipation, Xu Qinglang finally chose to compromise.

Jiang Yao got two kisses as he wished, without any charming feelings, and the dragonfly left with a touch of water.

Even so, the young man narrowed his eyes in contentment, touched his lips, and a hint of joy flushed his pale face.

Xu Qinglang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and it happened that there was a knock on the door and it was the team members who brought their lunch, so he simply changed the topic.

Xu Zhimo chuckled in his mind: [Look at you, you said so many words of rejection, didn't you still kiss as a result? 】

Xu Qinglang decisively cut off the connection between them.

*

Xu Qinglang was also worried that after Chen Qianhua missed the blow, he would think of other ways to attack Jiang Jin.

But for a long time afterward, the other party fell into silence, and he didn't even come to Xu Qinglang's research institute to find a sense of existence as before.

This made Xu Qinglang and the team feel a lot cleaner.

At the end of the experiment, Xu Qinglang changed his clothes and walked out of the laboratory.

At this time, their focus was basically on the samples they brought back before, trying to find a breakthrough in the coexistence of human and mutant species genes from this humanoid mutant species.

Unfortunately, after so many days of experiments, the final result is still a failure.

Although he had long been mentally prepared for such a result, after writing the final record of this experiment, Xu Qinglang still had a faint tiredness between his eyebrows.

On the way back to the workshop from the laboratory, a team member hurriedly came and said to Xu Qinglang: "Professor Xu, what you asked me to check has already been results." ”

Xu Qinglang's expression changed, and he quickly covered the tiredness between his eyebrows.

He asked, "How's it going?" ”

"I didn't find Jiang Jin's identity information." The team member said, "I have searched through the current missing persons in the base, and there is no match for Jiang Jin." ”

Xu Qinglang was surprised, and was not surprised: "Okay, I know." ”

"He could be a survivor of another base." Said the team member.

But both know that the likelihood of such a scenario is simply too low.

The only human bases along the coast are the bases where they are located, and the rest of the bases are built on land far from the coast, but Jiang Jia was picked up by them at sea.

The team member's expression was slightly hesitant: "Professor Xu, did you check Jiang Jin's information and want to send him home?" ”

Xu Qinglang did not speak.

His purpose was naturally not to send Jiang Jin home, but to confirm whether there was a person named 'Jiang Jin' in the survivor list, so as to determine whether his guess was correct.

But you can't tell anyone else about such a thing, so Xu Qinglang nodded.

The team member tentatively said: "I can't find his information now, why don't the professor leave Jiang Jin in our research institute first, and we won't miss his bite." ”

Xu Qinglang asked him: "You like him very much?" ”

The team member was silent for a moment, then nodded:

"In the past few days when he has been in our institute, even Professor Xu doesn't look as depressed as before."

Xu Qinglang was stunned.

After a long time, he lowered his head and pushed down his glasses, and whispered, "Okay, let him stay in our house until he regains his memory, or finds his identity." ”

The team member smiled and trotted away.

Xu Qinglang stood in place, thought about the words of the team members for a long time, sighed softly in his heart, and returned to his workshop.

Not surprisingly, he saw Jiang Jin's figure in the workshop again.

The slightly dilapidated single sofa in the workshop has become the exclusive seat of the other party.

But what made Xu Qinglang feel a little strange was that the young man who stood up to greet him as soon as he heard the sound of the door opening in the past was still curled up in the sofa motionless today, holding an old book and looking at it fascinated.

Xu Qinglang glanced at the cover of the booklet, it was one of the popular science books he asked Jiang Jin to find, since he found out that Jiang Jin was literate, such books had been piled up in the room.

"Jiang Yao." He whispered and walked over to the couch, "Why do you look so fascinated?" ”

Hearing his voice, Jiang Yao finally raised his head from the book and smiled at him.

Xu Qinglang rubbed his long hair, lowered his eyes and looked at the page, and then his eyes lit up.

On the page of the book that should be printed with popular science articles, instead of a square line of text, a whole page of cartoons appeared.

The black and white lines outline two intertwined bodies, the body of the man and the boy overlap up and down, the painting style is bold and exposed, and the details are drawn in great detail, without even a little cover-up.

Xu Qinglang: "......"

This turned out to be a pirated little yellow book in the shell of a popular science book!

He snatched the book from Jiang Jin's hand, closed it with a snap, and said in a deep voice, "This book...... Don't look at it again in the future, it's not for you. ”

Jiang Yao looked down at his empty hands, and then at the book that was crumpled by Xu Qinglang, his eyes were blank and pitiful, and his black eyes revealed some reluctance.

Xu Qinglang only thought that he didn't see the young man's expression, and locked the book into the cabinet with a serious face.

There was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, Jiang Jin hugged him from behind, and rubbed his cheek against Xu Qinglang's sturdy back.

Xu Qinglang turned around and said coldly: "It's useless to be coquettish, if you don't look at it, you can't watch it." ”

The young man pursed the corners of his lips, raised his head and kissed Xu Qinglang.

Xu Qinglang didn't notice it for a while, and was kissed by Jiang Yao, seeing that the young man still had a tendency to continue kissing, he hurriedly widened the distance between the two, tilted his head and said, "Didn't I say that you can't kiss others casually?" ”

Jiang Yao pointed at Xu Qinglang and said silently: It's no one else, it's you.

Xu Qinglang's heart shrank slightly, and he stirred up some soft joy, but he was quickly suppressed by him.

Jiang Jin didn't understand this, he said to himself, and then changed the subject.

"The experiment just now failed." Xu Qinglang said that a dark color crossed his eyes behind the lenses and disappeared in a flash.

As if sensing his slightly depressed mood, the young man leaned over and hugged him, as if to give him some comfort in this way.

Xu Qinglang's eyes softened.

He found Jiang Jin special

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He likes this kind of physical contact, even if it's just a hug, or even just a simple touch of his fingers, which can make him happy for a while.

"This is the 456th experiment." Xu Qinglang said, "It is also the 456th failure." ”

Xu Qinglang babbled a lot, from the time he decided to do the first experiment, to the time when the experiment was closest to success but still failed, and now again.

He knew that Jiang Jian might not understand this, but he just needed a place to talk to now.

More than ten days and nights, four hundred and fifty-six failed experiments, but even so, when talking about these things, although Xu Qinglang's tone was full of tiredness that could not be dissipated, he did not have the slightest discouragement and self-doubt.

Even if the road ahead is not bright, he still believes that he is right.

Xu Qinglang spoke for a long time, and Jiang Jian listened quietly, without interrupting him or showing the slightest impatience.

It wasn't until Xu Qinglang finished speaking that Jiang Jin hugged him tighter again, raised his head and kissed his chin.

Xu Qinglang paused, but did not dodge.

He suddenly looked down at the young man in his arms, and a little tangled flashed in his eyes.

"Jiang Yao," Xu Qinglang suddenly spoke, with some hesitation in his voice, "I...... Can I take some samples from you? ”

Jiang Jin nodded.

Xu Qinglang was stunned for a moment, based on his guess about Jiang Jin's experience, he thought that the other party would hesitate or even refuse, but he didn't want him to agree directly.

Then Xu Qinglang saw that the young man pointed to his lips and stretched out a finger.

Xu Qinglang was stunned again and asked him, "Can you change it?" ”

Jiang Yao shook his head, shook his fingers as if emphasizing the point, and opened and closed his lips silently: No.

Xu Qinglang could only helplessly say: "Yes." He paused, but still reminded, "The blood sample needs to take some blood, is that okay?" ”

One finger quickly turned into two.

Xu Qinglang lowered his eyes and sighed, for the sake of the experiment, he could only agree.

Xu Zhimo smiled in his mind and said: [Sell hue for the sake of experiments? Professor Xu is so great! 】

Xu Qinglang ignored him.

During this time, Xu Zhimo would find a sense of existence in his mind from time to time, and the frequency was much greater than before Jiang Jian appeared. At first, Xu Qinglang would cut off the connection between them for a short time, but after getting used to it, he had learned to pretend to be deaf.

After getting Jiang Jin's consent, Xu Qinglang planned to start the next round of new experiments immediately.

Unexpectedly, a notice from the upper echelons of the base interrupted his original plan.

For the safety of the survivors in the base, the upper echelons named some strong people to go to sea, asking them to drive the mutant species to farther sea, and it would be better if they could be strangled.

The new mutant species is a spiritual xenomorph, so Xu Qinglang, who is notoriously powerful in spirit, is also on the list of going to sea listed by the upper echelons.

The task came suddenly and urgently, it was late at night when I was notified, and the base had less than an hour to prepare, so they were asked to leave immediately.

This is not the first time Xu Qinglang has taken on such a task, and the tasks directly assigned by the upper echelons of the base are usually well paid, and a trip to sea can solve the lack of funds for the scientific research institute

, Xu Qinglang naturally has no reason to refuse.

He brought a few of the stronger players in the team, but before leaving, Jiang Jian tightened his sleeves.

"Nope."

Xu Qinglang decisively refused, "I can't take you this time, the mission is too dangerous." ”

Jiang Jin didn't let go.

Xu Qinglang sighed, lowered his head and touched the young man's tight lips, and said softly, "Just wait for me to come back at the base, okay?" ”

The sudden initiative to kiss made Jiang Jin's eyes widen.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Jiang Jian lowered his head, as if realizing that Xu Qinglang would not bring him with him if he said anything, and finally chose to let go.

Xu Qinglang touched his head and said, "Be good, wait for me to come back." ”

After the team members who stayed at the base sent Xu Qinglang and the others away, they looked back again, and suddenly someone muttered suspiciously: "Hey, strange, have you seen where Jiang Yao went?" ”

*

Everyone gathered at the pier, and after everyone arrived, they did not delay for a moment, and immediately went to sea.

The base prepared a boat for everyone to go to sea, but Xu Qinglang took the team to drive their own boat of the scientific research institute on the grounds that he was not used to it.

On the task list this time, Chen Qianhua, who is also a spiritual powerhouse, is also impressively listed.

Not long after going to sea, the ship had not yet left the communication range of the base, and Xu Qinglang suddenly received a communication contact from the team members who stayed in the station.

"The professor is not good!" The voice of the team member on the other end of the communicator panicked, "Jiang Jin is gone!" ”

Xu Qinglang's fingers suddenly constricted: "When did you disappear?" Missing there? Did he leave anything behind? ”

"I didn't see him at the base, I didn't see him soon after you left, we thought he was back in the room, but I just went to bring him dinner and found that there was no one in the room!" The team member spoke quickly, "He didn't leave anything, and there was no trace of outsiders breaking into the base, he seemed to have walked by himself." ”

Xu Qinglang closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down: "Okay, I know." ”

He hung up the liaison, his thoughts racing. Jiang Jin left on his own, but disappeared shortly after he left......

While the contact device was still in the communication range, Xu Qinglang dialed the communicator he had prepared for Jiang Jin a few days ago.

After a busy sound, the communicator was connected.

Xu Qinglang's breathing was slightly chaotic, even though he knew that the other party couldn't speak, he still subconsciously asked, "Jiang Yao, where are you now?" Ann is not safe? If it's safe to do so, tap your finger on the microphone three times and let me know. If there's danger around you, just knock once. ”

Soon there was a slight tapping sound from the opposite side, once, twice, three times......

Xu Qinglang's heart suddenly relaxed, and after three clicks, Jiang Jin is now safe.

He turned up the earpiece to the maximum, trying to tell where Jiang Jin was now through the sound of the other party's surroundings.

There was a sound of water in the earpiece, like the sound of ocean waves.

Xu Qinglang's heart jumped, ...... the sound of water and waves?

Suddenly aware of something, he rushed out of the room and went straight to the deck to look out at the back of the ship.

A slight sound of breaking water sounded, and the long-haired young man showed his head from under the water, and the man on the boat bent his eyes, and his pale face was particularly eye-catching against the background of the dark sea.