Somewhere in Chidu, in an antique office, Director Hua of the Supervision Bureau was sitting on the sofa, his face as sinking as water.
At the main seat next to him, an old man with pale hair also frowned slightly and intervened silently.
Indoors, sandalwood lingers and mist fills the air.
After a long time, the old man spoke first: "Before this, you asked for space and time from the management bureau, and I gave them all, but the results are still not ideal. Then don't make excuses, stand up and take responsibility."
"Yes!" Director Hua responded slowly after being silent for a long time.
"Hiding is not a solution to the problem." The old man stood up slowly: "Xiao Zhang wants to come back, show up in the public eye, and face the problem head on. This is the price of failure. Starting from me, no one can escape."
"Okay." Director Hua sat on the sofa and responded very simply.
"Um."
The old man nodded slowly and left the room with his hands behind his back.
Director Hua looked up at the ceiling for a while, and after a long pause, he got up and left.
The meaning of the old man's words is already very obvious. The Zhang Yunxi incident was the last straw for the Supervision Bureau. Under such huge public criticism, the way to solve the problem must be for the protagonist to defy the law and show up in public.
and accept punishment.
When things have reached this point, the final result seems to have occurred. The Supervision Bureau has absolutely no chance of making a comeback on the issue of the southern Yunnan virus.
The Super Management Bureau will definitely not accept it. Let Zhang Yunxi surrender to the AI Management Bureau. This is tantamount to killing a person and having his heart broken.
Based on Director Hua's IQ, it is not difficult to guess what Zhang Yunxi will eventually encounter once he returns and appears in public.
In the current irrational public opinion environment, no one will listen to Zhang Yunxi's explanation, and some people are even unwilling to believe that Zhang Yunxi's actions are for justice. Those people only know that Zhang Yunxi was executed, and their hatred is
Once it is lifted, the tide of corpses will not come again.
Faced with such a result, Director Hua was extremely angry, but he was not prepared to fight or argue with his superiors.
This is extremely childish behavior, because when the old man says those words, it means that the result cannot be changed.
Is this the fault of the higher-ups? Is it too cold-blooded?
In fact, otherwise, the composition and operation of society can never have only one color. Where there is darkness, there will naturally be places where the sun shines. There are corrupt officials who are colluding with the drug rebels, and there are a large number of martyrs who have sacrificed their lives on the anti-drug front line.
Although sometimes it will be cloudy, stormy, and the ratio of darkness to sunshine will be out of balance, there will still be a large group of people working hard for the healthy operation of society.
The old man that Director Hua met was seventy-five years old this year. He was always worried about the development of the virus in southern Yunnan. When the Supervision Bureau was conducting investigations, he carried great pressure with his thin body and bought them a lot of time.
and space.
But the outcome of the matter was not favorable. The Supervision Bureau's insistence touched the interests of too many groups, so it was strangled.
After Director Hua left that antique room, he felt gloomy and extremely depressed.
For Director Hua, who has always been tough and upright, selling his own soldiers in exchange for a "peaceful coexistence" is an unbearable humiliation.
Even if this person is not the genius Zhang Yunxi, but the idiot Li Ergou, then he will not accept it.
After going out, Director Hua already had an idea in his mind.
After getting on the hover car, Director Hua took the communicator and talked with Director Lai Lai: "The order to recall Zhang Yunxi is irreversible, but...!"
at the same time.
Shi Wentian picked up the coat hanging on the hanger, opened the door of the dedicated medical observation room, and walked towards the corridor.
"Sir, you are still under observation in the hospital, you can't...!"
"Get out of here!! I don't have time to be observed anymore!" Shi Wentian pushed him away.
"You...!"
"Stop talking nonsense, even if I am infected, I still have to go to Kunnan and become a walking zombie!" Shi Wentian replied with scarlet eyes.
…
evening.
Zhang Yunxi, Jing Nansheng, and Zhu Qizhen walked with the little bear for a full day before taking a detour to the edge of Linshi.
In a very ordinary tourist town, Zhang Yunxi put on the human skin mask Jing Nansheng bought for him, put on a new set of clothes, and was sitting at the entrance of a snack bar, looking around with dull eyes.
In the sky, stars appeared faintly, and the setting sun, with its remaining afterglow, was disappearing little by little between the sky and the earth.
"Bang!"
Two casseroles were placed on the greasy table. Jing Nansheng ordered rice noodles and stewed beef brisket with potatoes.
The boss who served the food left. Jing Nansheng looked at Zhang Yunxi and said, "Come, have something to eat."
Zhang Yunxi stared blankly at the pedestrians on the street, his eyes dull, like a soulless sculpture.
Nearby, a group of diners were eating a bowl of rice while watching the holographic projection screen in the store.
In the picture, a well-known Internet celebrity from the Yongsheng platform was shamelessly riding on the popularity and kept shouting: "Brothers!! Family!! Old and young men! I started broadcasting today not to get traffic!!
I didn’t sign any rhythmic contract with any agency!! I just want to speak out for southern Yunnan! Did you see that I have brought my brothers to the Shenhaiyuan Cemetery in Mingzhu City, and I am looking for the graves of Zhang Yunxi’s adoptive parents?
...This damn wanted criminal has caused disaster to so many innocent people in southern Yunnan. I think it’s not too much to dig up his ancestral graves, right?”
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he suddenly looked at the holographic projection screen in the room. He saw a shameless fat man in the screen, who was inciting the audience's emotions non-stop: "Everyone, watch out, I will build one tombstone after another."
Search! After I find the graves of Zhang Yunxi's parents, I won't leave! I'll just wait here. If he doesn't surrender when the time comes!! I'll push the tombstone and run away from the grave! If I'm caught, I'll admit it, and I'll be sentenced.
Admit it, I just want to make it happen for my compatriots in southern Yunnan!! Please pay attention to my platform account... I will broadcast live from time to time in the past two days!"
"Nima coins!!"
Zhu Qizhen cursed, stood up suddenly, and was so angry that he wanted to smash the projection equipment.
"Snapped!"
Zhang Yunxi came back to his senses and reached out to grab Zhu Qizhen: "It's useless, forget it...!"
Zhu Qizhen clenched his gloved steel fist and cursed through gritted teeth: "They are all raised by their father and mother. They have no grudges or grudges. How can they be so hateful?!"
In the talking room, there was also a lively discussion in the room.
"Zhang Yunxi deserves to die. Because of him, the whole of southern Yunnan will suffer!"
"Is it just southern Yunnan?! Brother, our entire southern part of Linshi is closed today, okay? My brother-in-law works in Hongfang Town for quick orders. In the afternoon, the company notified them of a holiday and advised them to leave Hongfang, otherwise
If you encounter a zombie movement, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
"Yes! Zhang Yunxi is hateful, but the Supervision Bureau is a bunch of trash! In modern society, even a single person cannot be caught? Who would believe it? There must be something fishy!"
"It's okay to persuade them to leave temporarily. The question is how long will it take to persuade them to leave? I dare to open a self-service supermarket over there. It has only been open for less than a month. This is a fool... If it takes a few months, I will take out a loan.
How to pay it back?"
"...!"
There was endless discussion, Zhang Yunxi lowered his head, his eyes numb.
Zhu Qizhen persuaded in a low voice: "Xiao Zhang, don't listen to them. Isn't it just a scolding? If you can't die, just pretend you didn't hear it."
Zhang Yunxi did not respond.
As the topic of Zhang Yunxi was discussed in the room, the discussion became even louder.
"Made, these people are hateful." Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear it, turned around and shouted: "Please keep your voice down!! Can't you keep your mouth shut while eating?"
"Who are you?!" someone turned around and asked...
"Whoosh!"
Zhu Qizhen stood up suddenly: "I told you to shut up, did you hear me?"
As soon as Zhu Qi Zhen, a tall man, got up, the diners who were cursing in the room felt guilty. The man was silent for a moment, turned his head and said nothing.
Although he wore clothes to hide his body, the pressure from his body was still very strong.
Lao Zhu bent over and sat down, loosened his collar and said: "Otherwise, forget about running away! Those who ride horses, call the rabbits, Lao Wei and the others, let's go directly to the deep area, stop playing with them, and don't care about these nonsense.
."
Jing Nansheng was silent for a long time, stroking the ends of his hair and replied: "The old liar said... ordinary people have no right to know about some things. They know too little information, so they are easily deceived. In fact.
...They are also people who have been harmed. When something happens in Hongfang Town, many people really have to face survival problems. They also need to vent...!"
"I know." Zhang Yunxi responded calmly: "...It's just that I feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable!"
Having said this, tears fell from the corners of Zhang Yunxi's eyes.
He hadn't cried in a long time. The last time he cried was when his adoptive parents and his family were killed.
He risked his life, and for whom was he in danger all these times for?!!
Onlookers cannot understand this kind of grievance.
In the end, the three of them didn't eat anything and just walked on the road. It was about seven o'clock in the evening before they received a call from the Supervision Bureau's response staff, who informed Jing Nansheng that they had arrived in this small town.
"Let's go, let's find the receptionist and return to Mingzhu." Jing Nansheng said to Zhang Yunxi.
Zhang Yunxi slowly raised his head, looked at the two of them and suddenly replied: "I'm so depressed that I'm panicking! I've made up my mind, I won't go back to Mingzhu!"
"What did you say?!" Zhu Qizhen was startled.
"You two go, I'll go back!" Zhang Yunxi stared at the two of them and said briefly: "The way to die by being suffocated is too uncomfortable and too cowardly!!"
"What can you do when you go back?" Jing Nansheng was puzzled: "The matter has been settled! You don't have anything...!"
"I do, I remembered something!" Zhang Yunxi was calmer than ever before: "There is still a chance!"
"what's up?"
"I'll go with you!"
The words of Jing Nansheng and Zhu Qizhen sounded almost at the same time.
…
Kunnan.
A rickety figure walked towards the high-speed train station, holding his hands behind his back and sighing: "Poor little brat, if you are so irritable...!"