Forty minutes ago.
Feng Ji, deputy director of the Fifth Special Intelligence Division, stepped into the vice-president's office wearing black police boots, strode up to Solo and Parry, kicked each of them hard, and shouted in a deep voice: "You want to arrest people without sufficient evidence? Have you forgotten all the rules and regulations of the Fifth Division? Who gave you the courage to abuse your power? When you go back, you will all be suspended from work for a month, submit a self-reflection report, and all of you will be demoted to second-class superintendents!"
Solo and Pari stood very straight, only swaying slightly due to the pain when they were kicked. After that, they stood steadily, lowered their heads and said nothing.
Lu Feng watched coldly. Judging from his job title, the person who came should be the deputy director of the Special Intelligence Department 5. As soon as he entered the room, he scolded Solo and Pari in front of everyone, suspending them and demoting them. While showing his attitude, he also said that he had already held them accountable and given them corresponding punishments, so let's just leave it at that.
Leto is the center of the alliance, and the interests are entangled. It is not easy to rise from a first-level superintendent. Both of them were demoted. Lu Fenghan evaluated them and reluctantly felt that this deputy director had a clear mind and was in charge of personnel affairs.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Vice Principal Caroline, Feng Ji turned to Qi Yan and said in a gentle tone, "I'm sorry, these two people were too hasty and eager to succeed. Not only did they almost arrest the wrong person and do the wrong thing, they almost let the person who actually leaked the information go. This is a lesson, and they will definitely not make the same mistake again. I will announce the relevant punishments so that the people in the Fifth Department will learn from it."
Qi Yan nodded to show that he understood, and after thinking about it, he said: "It's just me today."
Today it was his turn, with the vice-president's guarantee, Lu Fenghan blocking him, and another personal data with a confidentiality level of 3s, so he sat here and waited for the apology from the deputy director of the Special Intelligence Department No. 5.
However, if someone else were faced with such a situation, how could he or she prove his or her innocence
Feng Ji understood the meaning of the prayer.
He said seriously: "I will try my best to prevent such things from happening."
Then, Feng Ji opened a document and gave a detailed introduction: "On the way here, I investigated all the relevant personnel in your laboratory and found no problems. You know, the rebels are constantly improving their methods of hiding their tentacles in the dark, which has also brought great resistance to our investigation."
He pulled up a page of densely packed data. "After that, we used the personal terminal of the buyer codenamed 'Mantis' to restore the data that had been cleared. After repeated comparisons and searches, we found a clue."
Caroline leaned forward slightly and asked carefully, "What was the result?"
Feng Ji changed the picture, and a ID photo appeared on the projection.
He looked at Qi Yan and said, "You should know him."
Qi Yan looked at the person who appeared in the projection: "He is in the same class as me."
"Yes, this student named Laurent is a sophomore at Turan College. Through investigation, we have determined that in the second semester of his first year, he joined the research group and came into contact with an ordinary scientific research project. Mantis contacted him and tentatively expressed his desire to spend a large sum of money to purchase the scientific research materials in his hands. Laurent agreed."
Caroline couldn't help but scold: "Stupid!"
The Alliance and the rebels have been confronting each other for more than half a century, and Turan, as the academic center of Leto, has always been one of the main targets of the rebels.
As a result, many outstanding students are deliberately approached by people like "Mantis", and the methods are endless and unavoidable. What the school can do is to strictly select students in the process of training, screen them layer by layer, give them correct guidance, stipulate that classified items cannot be taken out of the laboratory, and strengthen detection methods.
But the human heart can never be guarded against.
Feng Ji continued, "In order to avoid attracting attention due to the large one-time amount, Laurent received the three million star coins in batches. The rebels acted very cautiously and helped Laurent clean up the mess without leaving any traces. So this time, when Mantis contacted Laurent again, Laurent was even bolder than last time."
It was so big that he wanted to use "Mantis" and the Fifth Special Intelligence Department to completely destroy Qi Yan.
When Parry heard this, he remembered: "The clue we got before about the 'mantis' -"
Feng Ji raised his eyebrows: "What do you think? Laurent offered it on his own initiative."
Solo crossed his arms over his chest and said, "Isn't Laurent afraid that he will be found out too?"
"Of course he is not afraid. The rebels don't need one or two people like Mantis. If they lose one, they lose another. On the contrary, they will carefully protect students like Laurent who have a bright future, and satisfy his desires infinitely, so that he will be willing to provide information all the time. Now he is only B-level. As Laurent develops, what he can provide will be A-level, or even higher. Therefore, Laurent is not worried at all that he will be implicated after Mantis is captured."
Feng Ji sighed, "He is very clear about his importance to the rebels, and he also knows how to use the power of Mantis to ensure that what he does is not discovered."
Solo stared at Laurent's photo. "I didn't expect that I would almost fall into the hands of a student." He remembered what Qi Yan's bodyguard said. "If I fall into this again, I should really throw my police uniform and badge into the wormhole when I make the interstellar jump."
Feng Ji said solemnly: "Do you still want to do it next time? This is a lesson for you! Go back and reflect on your mistakes! Now, go and take the person away."
Before leaving, Feng Ji instinctively looked towards where Lu Fenghan was standing, and only saw a silhouette.
Although the other party had tried his best to reduce his presence, the subtle murderous aura made him believe that this person must have been on the front line.
In addition, his appearance seemed somewhat familiar, and I wondered where I had seen him before.
Soon, he dismissed the idea - according to the level of secrecy of Qi Yan's identity, it was normal for him to have military protection around him.
The military has its own system, and if they really extend their hands to the Fifth Special Intelligence Department, it will be a taboo.
He shook his head, realizing that he had been working in the Special Affairs Department for too long and was suspicious of everything.
Feng Ji remembered something and told Qi Yan, "Oh, there are two more things. First, the last time you were falsely accused of academic fraud, the person who anonymously reported it to the Academic Management Office was Laurent."
"Second, when investigating Laurent's personal terminal, we found that he was in contact with someone. From the communication between the two parties, we learned that someone secretly had great ill will towards you and spent millions of star coins to let Laurent design a plan to drive you out of Turan."
Lu Fenghan asked: "Can you confirm the identity?"
Feng Ji: "It is not certain for the time being. That person is very cautious and uses an unregistered communication number. He has revealed almost no information. We cannot find out more for the time being. However, since it involves Qi Yan's safety, we will continue to investigate."
Qi Yan nodded: "Thank you."
Feng Ji smiled and said, "This is our job."
Tulane College's communication area.
"—Laurent was taken away by the Security Department's Special Intelligence Department 5!!"
"—Who? Laurent? Wasn't Qiyan taken away just now? Why was another one taken away? What's going on?"
"—The latest news, Qi Yan being taken away is fake! It's not fake, no, anyway, Laurent was handcuffed by the Special Intelligence Department in the laboratory building. It is said that he stole and sold scientific research data to the rebels twice and got a huge amount of star coins. This time, they also want to steal and sell the data and frame Qi Yan for this crime!"
"—You are the ones who keep calling Qi Yan a traitor without any cause or consequence to what happened before. I have to doubt whether your IQ is still alive."
"—It was Laurent who colluded with the rebels instead of Qi Yan? And he even framed Qi Yan? In the history of our Tulane school, he is one of the most shameless people!"
When I came out of building D-77, there were already quite a few people gathered downstairs.
Laurent's hands were cuffed and he kept his head down.
Solo led his men forward and saw many Turan students standing far away, talking in low voices. He said casually, "Why give up a bright future and collude with the rebels?"
"What do you know?" Laurent stopped and looked up at Solo with a gloomy look. "What do you know? I can get money for a piece of information. It's so simple, why shouldn't I want it? And in the future, as long as I can provide information, they will continue to give me money!"
After Heqi was dismissed from the team and fired for leaking information, he realized that the scientific research project he was participating in was very important. He even had a premonition that the buyer would definitely come to him and offer a high price.
He seemed to be convincing himself, "I need a lot of money, lots and lots of money! I am not wrong, I want to wear good clothes, I want to use good things, I want to live in a good house, I earn the money by my own ability, I am not wrong!"
Solo was tired of listening, so he grabbed Laurent by the collar and slammed him against the wall: "You did it by your own ability?"
Laurent's eyes went dark with pain, but he still raised his chin and sneered.
Solo raised his hand and wanted to punch him, but Pari stopped him: "Don't waste your energy here. He will have plenty of opportunities to pay the price in the future."
Taking his hand back, Solo had a gloomy face and continued to move forward with his men.
Before getting on the hovercraft, Laurent saw the prayer.
He no longer concealed his malice: "Are you feeling very proud now? No one is trying to steal your limelight, and no one is trying to steal your spot in the research project team next year."
Qi Yan just looked at him quietly, said nothing, and left with Lu Fenghan.
After they walked away, Lu Fenghan asked Qi Yan: "Are you in a bad mood?"
"No," Qi Yan looked at a classical sculpture not far away, puzzled, "I just don't understand why he did this. He may think that he just sold a piece of information and got a lot of money, but does he know that many people may die because of it?"
How could I not know
Facing Qi Yan's clear eyes, Lu Fenghan was a little unsure how to explain to him - some people's "evil" is pure "evil". They have no moral standards, lack sympathy and compassion, lack human empathy, and they will not feel guilty for what they do.
Even if you tell him that your actions will lead to the deaths of many people, he will only answer you, "What does it have to do with me if those people die?"
Lu Fenghan has seen many such people, and even personally ordered the execution of such people.
But at this moment, Lu Fenghan didn't want to tell Qi Yan all these dirty things.
He is so clean.
Perhaps only this kind of "cleanliness" would allow Qi Yan to still say after witnessing Turan's principal being sniped by the rebels -
"But there are some things that you have to do even if you could die at any time."
In the end, Lu Fenghan simply poked Qi Yan's face, which was a little cold from the night wind, with his finger: "You don't need to know what those people think, Qi Yan, you just need to do what you think is right."
Qi Yan didn't dodge Lu Fenghan's fingers, and could only let Lu Fenghan poke his face. He didn't ask any more questions, and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
When I withdrew my hand, there was still a lingering chill on my fingertips.
Lu Fenghan thought, the person he was protecting was really like... a handful of snow.
After returning to the laboratory, Qi Yan immediately received regards and care from Ye Pei and Mondrian. Although it was already late, most people had not left yet.
Ye Pei patted his chest and said, "Who can rest assured if you don't come back? Fortunately, fortunately."
She pounded the table twice again. "Laurent really refreshed my understanding of human nature! Fortunately, he didn't succeed, otherwise he would have rebelled in the future. He framed someone once if he thought he was blocking his way, and framed someone again if he thought he was more powerful than him! I was almost fainted from anger!"
Mondrian: "Yes. Scientific research should be a constant collision of different ideas, with everyone working towards a common goal, not like him."
Ye Pei propped her chin up with her hand: "I agree!" She thought again, "By the way, Qi Yan, did you find the light storage device you lost?"
Qi Yan spread his hands, revealing the light storage device he was holding: "I found it. The people from the Special Intelligence Department gave it back to me."
"Fortunately, the information inside is not lost, right? You don't have to stay up late!" Ye Pei said disdainfully, "I'll apply for a new optical storage device for you. This one has been touched by Laurent and the rebels. It's unlucky. We must all dislike it!"
Due to this delay, it was already midnight when I got home, with two moons adorning the deep blue sky.
Qi Yan finished his shower and stood on the stairs looking down: "Lu Fenghan?"
He was only wearing a long black nightgown, revealing a part of his cold white calves, which inexplicably attracted the attention of the people downstairs.
Lu Fenghan went upstairs with a cup of water and asked him, "Looking for me?"
Qi Yan took the cup of water and told Lu Fenghan: "I can't find my book."
"Which one?"
"The one with the brown cover." Qi Yan stepped on the ground barefoot, and he turned over the memory from his mind, "I remember that after I finished reading it, I put it on the table by the window, but it wasn't there."
"Brown? What epic book is that?" Lu Fenghan led people to the study room, pulled out a book from the fifth compartment of the third row of the bookshelf, and handed it to Qi Yan, "Is this the book? You flipped through a few pages a few days ago and put it back on the bookshelf."
Qi Yan held the book and pointed to the rough cloth cover.
He remembered Lu Fenghan telling him, "If you can't tell the difference, you can come and ask me."
The intense emotions that arose in the laboratory because of the uncertainty of whether the memories were true or false seemed to be very far away.
This time, Lu Fenghan did not correct him. After a few seconds, Qi Yan said, "I remembered it wrong again."
Lu Fenghan was tidying up the paper books on the bookshelf one by one. The warm light softened the sharpness of his eyebrows and eyes, and even gave people the illusion of gentleness.
He turned his head when he heard that, and caught sight of Qi Yan standing beside him: "Yeah, I get it, Little Confused."