Chapter 68: Gene Medicine

  Since I talked to Chen Jing, I haven't seen her again. Recently, Bai Feng and I have also been separated. Bai Feng lives in the newly established Hu Long Hui with her mother. I was arranged by Old Chen to join the new recruit regiment for a month of training.

  So during the day, I was with a group of new recruits that I didn't know at all, and at night, I would be taken to the research base for genetic medicine that Old Chen had mentioned, where I would learn relevant knowledge while also participating in the development of genetic medicine.

  Of course, I am still completely unfamiliar with the development of gene drugs now, and what can be done is just to watch others do it simply and learn some experience and knowledge from it.

  I'm also very interested in gene medicine and I study it with great care. Although there are many things that I don't know well, and I can't really help much, the researchers still give me tasks to do within my capabilities. This is Chen Lao's order, they still have to give Chen Lao some face.

  It's only after 10 o'clock at night that I will return to the dormitory to rest. My dormitory and new recruits are together, the difference is that I live in a single room, while new recruits live in a sixteen-person room.

  I usually go back to the dormitory and sleep, because I feel very tired, I must rest well to recover enough physical strength to guarantee tomorrow's training. New recruit training is very hard, especially physical training, exhausted to death, sometimes still not qualified, need to increase training volume.

  I roughly looked at the date, and so far I have been participating in new recruit training and gene agent research work for seventeen days. Now it's already 10:30 at night, I'm lying on my bed, preparing to turn off the lights and sleep.

  The knock on the door was quite jarring, as if it were some kind of emergency. I didn't have time to put on anything other than my pajamas, and I quickly got out of bed and opened the door, asking urgently, "What's going on?"

  The man who knocked on the door was a guard, and he said seriously: "Please get dressed and follow me to see Lao."

  I didn't dare ask any more questions, quickly put on my clothes and followed the guard. The guard directly took me to a office door, knocked on it and loudly said: "Report, Jin Cang has arrived, please instruct!"

  Someone grunted "Hm!" and said: "Come in!"

  As soon as I heard this voice, I immediately knew who the speaker was.

  As expected, when we entered the room, I saw Sun Heng looking at me. It turned out that he was looking for me on business, and I thought it was another long-lost acquaintance. However, he seemed to have been promoted again, and his office had also changed locations.

  Sun Heng smiled and said to me: "What? Don't you recognize me?"

  I smiled and said, "Long time no see, we meet again."

  Sun Heng rushed forward and gave me a punch, shouting loudly: "You're good, Jin Cang, you still dare to play this trick with me?" He paused, then said to the guard who looked at him in surprise: "You go out first, I'll call for you later."

  The guard responded with a "yes" and turned to leave.

  "So, how is it? Are you getting used to being here? I just finished my task and came back. Since it's not too late, I had someone bring you over so we brothers can have a chat."

  I laughed: "I've heard several times that you went on a mission and didn't expect to see you tonight."

  Sun Heng pointed at the chair in the office and asked me to sit down: "Do you want tea or water?"

  "I said casually: 'Water. What did you find me for? Can't be just wanting to chat with me, right?'"

  Sun Heng handed me a glass of water and said, "Actually, it's like this. Old Chen gave me an order to be in charge of the security work for the gene medicine research base. You know that I definitely can't do this thing alone, so I proposed to Old Chen to include you in our team as well. I came to find you for two reasons: one is to tell you about this matter, and the other is to inform you of a few other things."

  I nodded: "You speak, I'm listening!"

  Sun Heng smiled: "There are three things in total. The first thing is that we want you to transfer schools. I know you want to finish college, so after discussing with Old Chen, it was decided that you will participate in a month of new recruit military training and then attend Yi Hua University."

  "I was taken aback: 'Yihuah University? That's very expensive, I don't have that much money to attend Yihuah University. Besides, I still hope to go back to my original school, where my sister and others are!"

  "Son Heng smiled and said, 'You are still in a dangerous period now, how can you go back to your original school? Don't insist on this point, just listen to us, we won't let you down, you can rest assured.'"

  "What about the second thing?"

  Sun Heng said, "The second thing might be a bit troublesome. What Old Chen means is that you should try your best to recall everything that happened when you were in contact with the Wanlong Association, and then write it down as material and hand it over to Old Chen. This is to find clues related to the lost disk of the Wanlong Association, don't think about anything else."

  I nodded: "I will write as much detail as possible."

  Sun Heng also nodded: "The third thing, I... think carefully about how to tell you... this..."

  I saw Sun Heng's embarrassed face and said: "Just say it, I can take it."

  Sun Heng's face flashed a hint of embarrassment: "It's like this, Old Chen knows that you and Chen Jing have... misunderstandings, and he also feels that this matter is his fault towards you, so... so... Ah, Old Chen means that you shouldn't give up just like this, he says you still need to go try again..."

  I couldn't help but interrupt Sun Heng's words: "It's impossible between me and Chen Jing, don't mention it again." After a pause, I continued: "I'll take care of the first two things you mentioned, but please tell Old Chen that... I'm powerless to do anything about this last thing."

  Sun Heng nodded and said, "I will pass on your words to Old Chen as is. You are now a member of our team, and your identity is my deputy officer, but you don't have any military rank yet. We are directly under Old Chen's command, and within our internal organization, we only take orders from one person - Old Chen. Also, our unit name is called 'Huo Long Lian'."

  I laughed: "Hulong Lian, so you're a company commander now, congratulations."

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "Let's not be polite to each other. You are my deputy officer, if there is anything, I will notify you. You must ensure that your mobile phone is turned on 24 hours a day and be ready to respond at any time."

  I stand at attention and salute: "Understood, Commander!"

  Sun Heng immediately patted my shoulder and said, "There's no one else around, why are you calling me like that? I'm still your brother, just call me Sun Heng when we're alone."

  I nodded and smiled: "The difference between the Dragon Guard Regiment and the Dragon Guard Association is just one word, it seems that our relationship with the Dragon Guard Association after the surrender of the Wanlong Association has been handled well."

  Sun Heng nodded: "This is the result of multi-party efforts. In our current task, there is a part that is to protect the Hu Long Society. However, considering your previous misunderstandings with the Wan Long Society, you don't have to participate in this matter."

  I took a sip of water: "I know. Bai Feng is also in the Hu Long Society now, have you seen her?"

  Sun Heng nodded: "I saw her this afternoon. She is now the vice president of a branch of the Hu Long Society, responsible for many affairs of a branch, and she is also very busy."

  I couldn't help but laugh: "She's also turned over a new leaf. We've been friends for so long, I'm happy for her too."

  Sun Heng also smiled and said, "She has asked about you before, it seems that she has some interest in you. It's just that everyone is busy now, so there's no time to meet up. When we're all free, I'll organize something and let's get together."

  I nodded and stood up, saying: "It's getting late, I'll head back first. I'll hand over the materials to Old Chen as soon as possible. As for the transfer, would you mind helping me with that?"

  Sun Heng smiled and saw me off at the door: "You go back by yourself, I still have something to do."

  I walked alone to the dormitory and saw many people still busy along the way, it seems that in order to develop gene drugs, everyone will be busy for a while.

  Back in the dormitory, I gave Li Huanhuan a call and asked about the situation at school as well as our investment situation.

  Li Huanhuan said that she has already invested 8 million yuan in three installments, and now everything is going smoothly. She said that by the end of the month, there may be a huge profit. As for the school situation, she said everything is fine, and asked me to rest assured and stay here for a while, and it's not too late to go back when it's safe.

  I didn't tell her that I was assigned to the dragon squad, nor did I say anything else. After simply reminding them to take care of their bodies, I hung up the phone and prepared to go to sleep. The military training over the past few days has made me feel like I'm not resting well, so I just wanted to go to bed early.

  Unfortunately, I was destined not to sleep early tonight. As soon as I lay down, I heard the knocking sound again. A voice came from outside the door: "Jin Cang, open the door, I have something to find you."

  I found the voice very familiar, but for a moment I couldn't think of who it was. I got out of bed, put on some clothes and opened the door, then exclaimed in surprise: "How is it you? How did you end up here?"

  The person who came was actually the leader of the 1008 squad, Huang Guohui. I don't know how he got here. Listening to Huang Guohui laugh and say: "Long time no see, you little guy is quite lucky, not being harmed by the traitor of my 1008 squad. For this point, I apologize, hoping you won't misunderstand me because of this."

  I smiled: "Come in and sit down. Don't worry, I know that wasn't your idea, it was those traitors' own doing, not yours."

  Huang Guohui smiled and said: "Actually it's also my fault, I didn't manage my subordinates well."

  I said: "Are you looking for me because of something? How did you end up here?"

  Huang Guohui smiled and said, "I was ordered to come to the capital this time to attend a very important meeting. I heard from others that you are now here, so I came over to see you and also to explain those things from before."

  I smiled: "You don't have to be like this, I can understand."

  "Hmm," Huang Guohui said, "I'm glad you understand. I was worried that you might misunderstand me because of this!" After a pause, he glanced at the time and said, "It's getting late, so I won't bother you anymore. If you need anything, just look for me. You should rest now, sorry to disturb you."

  I hastily got up to see Huang Guohui off, and after he had gone a distance, I was still unable to recover from the shock of his visit. This Huang Guohui, how could he have come all the way here just to explain past misunderstandings? This...this is making a big deal out of nothing.

  I shook my head and went back to my room by myself, without even locking the door. After all, if someone came looking for me, I'd still have to get out of bed and open it anyway.

  This time I really guessed it right. As soon as I closed the door and turned to sleep, I heard the knocking sound again, and someone was talking: "Jin Cang, are you asleep?"

  As soon as I heard this voice, my heart suddenly "thudded" and I quickly jumped up, opened the door and said: "Not yet... you..."

  The person who came was Chen Jing. She wore casual clothes and looked more feminine. I heard her say, "Can I have a chat with you?"

  I hastily invited him in: "Come on in and sit down, you can say whatever you want."

  Chen Jing walked into my dormitory and sat down on the only chair in my dormitory, then said: "You sit down too, I may have a lot to say, you'll get tired standing there listening."

  I was taken aback and sat down on my bed: "What's wrong? Is there something difficult that you need my help with? Just say it."

  Chen Jing's face didn't look too good, and she said faintly: "I came to find you because... I really don't know who else to say these things to. I thought about it over and over again, and in the end, I could only tell you."

  I nodded: "Then you can tell me, no matter what you want to say, I'll listen..."

  Chen Jing suddenly sighed and said to herself: "My boyfriend... the one I told you about, he... he committed a crime and was caught, might be... executed..."

  Tears left streaks on her face, pitiful and touching. My heart ached inexplicably, and I almost couldn't help but step forward and hug her tightly.

  Luckily I restrained myself and just asked her: "What crime did he commit?"

  Chen Jing wiped away the tears on her face and said in a low voice: "He... he betrayed state secrets, selling... selling a very important document to a foreign hostile force..."

  My heart went "thud" again, my mouth agape, unsure of what to say. This person was too daring, actually daring to sell state secrets and selling them to our country's enemy forces, indeed deserving of the death penalty.

  Chen Jing continued to cry: "I want to save him, but my grandfather won't let me intervene in this matter. He said that if I come forward, he...he will no longer recognize me as his granddaughter. I...I don't know what to do anymore, Jin Cang, can you help me? Tell me what I should do?"

  I hesitated, I really couldn't think of a way out. Having committed such a serious crime, the country would sentence me according to law, what could I do? But since Chen Jing had come to find me, she must have had a way out, it's just that maybe it wasn't convenient for her to take action, so she came to find me. So I said: "What do you want me to do?"

  Chen Jing looked at me with tears welling up in her eyes again, her expression even more poignant. Her inner self seemed to be struggling, and she stared at me for a long time without being able to say a word.

  I secretly sighed and thought to myself: "Won't it be some damn nonsense again? This is too bloody ridiculous..."

  Chen Jing still didn't express her thoughts, probably because she was afraid of hurting me. But I've already been hurt, she just doesn't know it yet.

  I waited for her to speak and share her thoughts, so I remained silent. She also didn't say a word, as a result we both maintained the silence, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became very depressing.

  After a while, Chen Jing finally said: "Jin Cang, I know my idea just now will make you feel... sorry, I don't want to hurt you, it's just that apart from you, I don't know who else can help me, so I came to find you. If you're still angry, you can scold me a few sentences or hit me a few punches."

  My originally gloomy mood suddenly became less gloomy, and I smiled and said: "I'm fine, as long as you feel a bit better."

  Chen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then said: "I won't thank you, this time I owe you... In the future, I will think of a way to make it up to you."

  I forced a smile, stood up and said: "If you put it that way, I can only assume you're just humoring me. Well, it's getting late anyway, let me walk you back to your dorm."

  Chen Jing was taken aback again, stood up wanting to leave but didn't, with a hesitant expression. She looked at me with an apologetic face, as if she had also thought of something: "I still have something to tell you, if you dislike me, I'll come over tomorrow and talk to you."

  I was also taken aback, and then said: "Well, go ahead and say it, I'm listening."

  Chen Jing sat back down and said: "Don't be impatient, what I'm going to say is very important, listen carefully."

  I also sat down and waited for her to continue.

  Chen Jing adjusted her emotions and said seriously, "Our research base finally developed a gene drug with almost no side effects at 9:50 tonight."

  I was overjoyed and hastily said: "That's great, finally there's progress. Sun Heng was just talking to me about this earlier..."

  Chen Jing waved her hand and continued, "However, we have only experimented on animals so far, and human trials still need to be further verified before proceeding. During this period, our gene drug samples are extremely important and must be protected by more people. After our initial discussion, it has been decided that the protection of this gene drug will be undertaken by Sun Heng's Hu Long Squad. In other words, as the deputy officer of the Hu Long Squad, you also bear a very important responsibility. I'm telling you this because from now on, you must not leave the safe where we store the gene drug for 24 hours a day, and you must report on the protection situation of the gene drug every day. Do you understand?"

  I nodded: "I understand. I'll go find Sun Henglian now and report for duty."

  Chen Jing raised her hand and subconsciously pulled me back: "Don't be in a hurry to leave. I still have something to say to you."

  I feel like I'm holding a warm jade in my hand, it's strange but also very comfortable.

  Chen Jing also felt something and pulled her hand back. With a red face, she said: "What's the hurry? Sit down and wait for me to finish."

  I smiled awkwardly and sat down, listening to Chen Jing say: "Although Sun Heng is our old comrade and a trustworthy person, when it comes to precious items like gene medicine, we still have to take extra precautions. That means monitoring everyone. Let me put it this way, you're in charge of keeping an eye on Sun Heng, while someone else will be keeping an eye on you. Everyone involved in protecting the gene medicine is being monitored by someone, and is also monitoring others."

  I nodded and said: "I understand. But why am I the one monitoring Sun Heng? You're not unaware of our relationship, aren't you afraid I'll bend the law for personal reasons?"

  Chen Jing said calmly, "Sun Heng is the company commander, you are his deputy officer, and you have the most contact with him, so it's most suitable for you to monitor him. As for whether you will collude with Sun Heng or not, or if you two will conspire together to embezzle funds, there will be others monitoring you as well. We won't ignore this matter."

  I nodded again: "Is that so? What else do I need to do?"

  Chen looked at me quietly for a while before saying, "I want to say one more thing. Your personality isn't quite suitable for working and living here with us... I think you should consider going back to school, after all, you're not really a member of the troops, and you're still free..."

  I was surprised and couldn't help but ask her: "How can you say that? Do you think I'm not suitable to be a soldier?"

  Chen Jing shook her head: "I didn't mean that. What I meant is... you'll understand later, and I shouldn't say too much." Paused for a moment: "Tonight's conversation between us, I hope no one else will know about it, do...do you understand?"

  I sighed softly and said, "I understand, don't worry."

  Chen Jing looked at me quietly for a while again, and finally said "take care" before turning around and leaving.

  I originally intended to see her off, but when I saw her leave, she didn't seem to have that intention at all, so I could only pretend not to think of it.

  But her words still touched a chord deep within me, and perhaps I really am not suited to staying in the army. I wasn't recruited during regular recruitment times, nor was I selected as an officer from university, so here my name is not in order and my speech is not proper, it's indeed time for me to consider this matter carefully.