night.
It's eight o'clock.
In the Wangfu Hotel, Dong Xuebin's business room, Chen Xuekai raised his head, his old arm tightly holding Dong Xuebin's arm, and looking at him.
"For the country and for Xiao Zhong, please."
"Okay, I will think about it carefully."
"I'll be waiting in the hotel lobby. Come find me when you think about it."
"Don't bother me, Academician Chen. It's too late. You should go back today."
"I'm worried about Xiao Zhong's condition. I won't be able to sleep even if I go back. Think about it. I'll be outside. I can wait as long as I want."
After Chen Xuekai said that, he walked out tremblingly. Dong Xuebin hurriedly held his arm and sent him out, saying in his heart that if you don't force me, don't force me, aren't you just forcing me
For the sake of the country - just one sentence put a heavy burden on Dong Xuebin's shoulders.
What words could be more serious than this? Anyway, Dong Xuebin thinks there is no more!
After closing the door, Dong Xuebin walked back to the room alone, opened the window and breathed in the fresh air outside, his mind became more and more entangled.
A cigarette…
Two cigarettes…
Three cigarettes…
Thinking of Han Jing's cry.
Thinking about Zhong Lizhen’s life and death.
Thinking of the bow of an old scientist.
Dong Xuebin sighed, put out the cigarette butt, rubbed his head, and then patted his forehead hard. Doesn't this make me embarrassed?
never mind!
So be it!
Dong Xuebin had already made a decision in his heart. He took a breath and stopped thinking about anything. He opened the door and took the elevator downstairs to the hotel lobby.
layer.
in the hall.
It was quite late and there was no one in the rest area.
As soon as Dong Xuebin walked over, he saw Chen Xuekai and two middle-aged people in their thirties and forties sitting on the sofa waiting. The two people seemed to have come with Chen Xuekai, but judging from their expressions, they should be Academician Chen student or apprentice. Eighty percent of them are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"Xuebin?" Chen Xuekai saw him. His eyes stared over.
The other two men also looked at Dong Xuebin, looking him up and down with some suspicion in their eyes. Such a young guy? Is he really capable of saving Lizhen? We can't blame them for judging people by their appearance. This is inevitable for everyone, it's just human nature.
"Academician Chen." Dong Xuebin walked up.
Chen Xuekai stood up with the help of two students. "Have you considered it?"
"Think about it." Dong Xuebin said lightly: "I'm sorry, Academician Chen, I still can't go."
Chen Xuekai's face changed slightly, "Have you really thought about it clearly? Your lover calls Xiao Zhong a cousin! Can you bear to watch Xiao Zhong suffer abroad?" It seems that the relationship between Mr. Chen and the Xie family is really good. It is definitely not nonsense to say that they know Han Jing and Xie Guobang, they even know these things.
Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly and said: "I'm sorry, old man, I really can't do anything."
The middle-aged man next to him said angrily: "National interests come first! Even if you don't consider Lizhen's safety! You should consider the country, right? Do you know what kind of technology Lizhen has developed?"
Dong Xuebin looked at him, "I don't know, and I don't want to know."
Another student of Mr. Chen pointed at his nose and said, "Thankfully you are still a cadre! You... why do you have so little awareness?"
Dong Xuebin said calmly: "It's not that I'm not aware, but that I'm self-aware. I know it's useless if I go, so I don't want to die."
The student shouted: "Narrow-minded! That technology is related to..."
Another older student touched him and said, "Stop talking!"
The student shut up. He glared at Dong Xuebin angrily.
Dong Xuebin said slowly: "Mr. Chen. There are two other people. The rumors you heard about me are actually full of water. Everyone hears rumors and spreads rumors, which must not be taken seriously. I don't have as many abilities as others say. This I still have some self-awareness. I have a wife to support and my child is about to be born. There is no way I would go abroad and risk my life just because of this. It doesn’t matter if you call me selfish or whatever you say about me, I don’t care. I just know that I can’t do anything about what you said, I’m sorry.”
"You..." the student continued to say.
Chen Xuekai couldn't help but waved his hands, "That's it, let's go."
The middle-aged man probably knew Zhong Lizhen, so he couldn't help but said: "But Lizhen..."
Chen Xuekai said: "Xiao Dong may not be able to solve the problem if he goes there. Let's go back and think of other solutions."
The student sighed and saw Chen Xuekai leaving, so he had no choice but to help him and follow him along with another person.
Outside.
The student said: "Teacher, I don't think that Xiao Dong is a capable person. He doesn't even have the courage and sense of responsibility. He is not even worthy of being a member of the Republic!"
Chen Xuekai frowned and said, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions. Don't stick to the outline."
Another student also comforted himself: "I'm afraid he won't be able to save Lizhen if he goes."
Chen Xuekai hummed, "After a narrow escape from death, no one will be sure. In fact, I didn't have much hope when I came to see him this time."
…
Several people left.
Only Dong Xuebin, who had just been scolded bloody by them, smiled bitterly at the hotel door and shook his head. Dong Xuebin said nothing and turned around and went upstairs.
In the elevator.
Ring ring ring, ring ring ring, the phone rings.
Seeing that it was Han Jing calling, Dong Xuebin immediately picked up the call and said: "Hello, Mom."
Han Jing immediately said: "Xuebin, where are you?"
"It's in the hotel, Wang Mansion, didn't I tell you?"
"Mom just heard that Academician Chen Xuekai and Chen are looking for you?"
"Uh, yes, there are also two students, Academician Chen, who just left."
"Academician Chen is an old acquaintance of our family, and Lizhen was also a student of Academician Chen, so he must be worried about Lizhen and does not want the technology developed by Lizhen to be obtained abroad."
"Well, I know, Academician Chen told me."
"They must have heard something and asked you to rescue people, right?"
"Ahem, that's what I said."
"How did you answer?"
"What else can I say? I really can't go, even Huilan's side... "
"Well, that's good. Even if you want to go now, Mom won't agree. It's too dangerous. Even if you are capable, Mom doesn't want you to take risks." Han Jing said lightly: "And if you really go, Not to mention others, Huilan can bring chaos to our family by herself. "
"But Academician Chen's place..."
"It's okay. Mom will tell him when the time comes and they won't look for you again."
"Well, thank you, Mom." After a pause, Dong Xuebin said, "By the way, Mom, I forgot to bring my mobile phone charger. It's almost out of power now. I may not be able to answer calls in the next two days."
"Then mom can find you a charger?"
"No, I'll check with the charging service then."
After hanging up the phone, the elevator dinged and stopped.
As Dong Xuebin got off the elevator, he called Xie Huilan, "Hi, Huilan, it's me."
Xie Huilan hummed and said with a smile: "In the hotel?"
"Well, it's time to go to sleep."
"Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just want to tell you. My second uncle is very angry. Don't talk to him like that in the future. My second uncle didn't force me to take risks."
"I know, just give them a vaccination, haha."
"You, you, I'm trying to smooth things over for you today. I'm exhausted."
"Haha, is that all?"
"One more thing, my phone is out of battery and I didn't bring a charger. I'll find a place to unplug it tomorrow or the day after. I may have to turn off my phone in the meantime."
"Well, the hotel should have it, you can take a look."
"Okay, the battery is really out. I won't say anything anymore."
After hanging up, Dong Xuebin sat in the rest area and made several calls in succession, calling his mother, Aunt Xuan, and others. Without exception, they all told them that the battery was low and they might not be able to contact them in the past two days. After finally hanging up the phone, Dong Xuebin glanced at the 50% battery left on it, sighed slightly, stood up from the rest area in the corridor, and walked towards his business room.
Behind, the elevator suddenly rang.
"Hey, County Magistrate Dong?" Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei came back.
Dong Xuebin looked back, "Director Yan, Director Chen."
Yan Yizhi chuckled and said, "You just came back too?"
Dong Xuebin nodded, "By the way, I have something to do. Come to my room?"
"Okay." Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei followed suspiciously.
…
inside the house.
Dong Xuebin looked at them, "I may have to go out tomorrow, and the hotel is no longer available. I don't know when I can come back. My phone is out of battery, so I may not be able to contact them."
Yan Yizhi was stunned, "Who are you?"
"I'm just going out for a while." Dong Xuebin said sternly: "If others ask about me, you can just say that I went out to find friends. If the return ticket time comes in a few days and I haven't come back, you don't have to wait for me and go back to Zhen. It’s Shuixian. I’ll go back when I finish my work. I can’t say the specific time. It may be early or late. I just want to say hello to you first.”
Yan Yizhi pondered, "Okay, you are busy with your business, we understand."
Dong Xuebin thought for a while and explained a few things, then let Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei leave, and closed the door himself.
Flip through the phone book.
Dong Xuebin called Xu Yan, and his first sentence was, "Sister Xu, I want to apply for a ticket to go abroad!"
Yes, Dong Xuebin is going to country M to save people. The interests of the country, the safety of his cousin, Han Jing's tears, and the pleas of the older generation of scientists. Dong Xuebin is an emotional person. If these can't move him, he will It's not Dong Xuebin. He is also very angry about the behavior of those old men. However, the reason why Dong Xuebin did not tell Chen Xuekai was mainly because he was afraid that Huilan would know and that his family would know. Dong Xuebin didn't want others to worry, and he didn't want Huilan to fall out with her family because of her own affairs. Dong Xuebin always acted alone. Anyway, he had remembered the location of Zhong Lizhen's research institute in his mind, so he was going to go there and give it a try. If it worked, Dong Xuebin would rescue people. If it didn't work, Dong Xuebin didn't want to die. Everything will have to wait until he arrives.
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