Wu Xinyan’s mind went blank, utterly confused, and after a long while, she nodded forcefully with trembling lips.
“Don’t tell anyone about this place, including your pregnant friend,” Sinan said while driving back, staring at the bumpy gravel road. “Avoid direct confrontation with those people these days. I’ll prepare some supplies for you before leaving.”
Wu Xinyan turned her head. Sinan’s long, curled eyelashes were lowered, his gaze always silent and focused.
“You…” Wu Xinyan started, her voice like a thread: “Aren’t you afraid of them?”
“No.”
Wu Xinyan tried a more direct question, but her voice was even softer: “…Are those things they said about you true?”
This time, Sinan glanced at her from the corner of his eye, without answering.
So Wu Xinyan was tormented the entire way, the invisible little person in her mind violently shaking Sinan’s shoulders countless times.
When they returned to the factory building, Sinan parked the biochemical armored vehicle in its original spot, locked the door, and suddenly beckoned to her.
Wu Xinyan: “?
Following Sinan’s finger toward the brick wall, a sudden gust of wind swept by – Bang!
Wu Xinyan shuddered all over. She saw Sinan punch the wall, the red brick instantly cracking, then silently exploding into a half-meter diameter web of fractures.
“What do you think?” Sinan said calmly.
Sinan tossed the keys up and down, leisurely walking away, leaving Wu Xinyan staring blankly at the fist-sized hole in the wall.
Zhou Rong saw off Dr. Zheng, who had repeatedly issued military orders, and sat alone in the factory director’s office, deeply sunk into the armchair.
Outside the window was the calm blue sky of the afternoon, with the sounds of people training and conversing in the courtyard carried faintly on the wind. Zhou Rong reached for the cigarette box, holding the last remaining cigarette to his nose and sniffing carefully without lighting it.
Zhou Rong slowly pulled out a lighter, and just at that moment, the office door was suddenly pushed open, with Si Nan throwing a large bunch of keys through the air.
Fortunately, Zhou Rong was quick-eyed and agile, swiveling his chair and catching the keys mid-air: “—All done?”
Si Nan casually replied, “Mm.”
Zhou Rong observed his expression, carefully choosing his words, and after a long pause asked, “Coming with us to the military district?”
Si Nan said, “Mm.”
