At night.

It's eight o'clock.

In the Wang Fu Hotel, in Dong Xuebin's business room, Chen Xuekai raised his head, his old arm held Dong Xuebin's arm tightly, and his eyes looked at him.

"For the sake of the country, for the sake of Xiao Zhong, please."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

"I'll be waiting in the lobby of the hotel, and you'll find me later."

"Don't mind, Academician Chen, it's too late, you can go back today."

"I'm worried about Xiao Zhong's situation, I can't sleep when I go back, you think about it, I'm outside, I can wait for as long as I want."

Chen Xuekai said that he went out tremblingly. Dong Xuebin hurriedly held him by the arm and sent him out, and said in his heart that if you don't force me, don't you just force me?

For the sake of the country - a word put a lot of pressure on Dong Xuebin's shoulders.

What words could be heavier than this? Anyway, Dong Xuebin feels that there is no more!

After closing the door, Dong Xuebin walked back to the room alone, opened the window and inhaled the refreshing air outside, and his mind became more and more entangled.

A cigarette ......

Two cigarette ......

Three cigarette ......

Thinking about Han Jing's cry.

Thinking about Zhong Lizhen's life and death, I don't know.

Think of an old scientist's bow.

Dong Xuebin sighed, snuffed out the cigarette butt, pinched his head and rubbed it, and then patted his head hard, doesn't this make me embarrassed? ?

Never mind!

So be it!

Dong Xuebin had already made a decision in his heart, exhaled, didn't think about anything more, opened the door and took the elevator downstairs to the hotel lobby.

layer 1.

in the hall.

It's late, and there's no one in the lounge area anymore.

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 seemed to have come with Chen Xuekai, but judging from their expressions, they should be Academician Chen's students or apprentices. Eighty percent are also from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

"Xuebin?" Chen Xuekai saw him. Eyes stared.

The other two men also looked at Dong Xuebin in unison, looking him up and down, with some suspicion in their eyes. Such a young lad? Does he really have what it takes to rescue Lizhen? They can't be blamed 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 support of the two students. "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 figured it out?" Your lover calls Xiao Zhong a cousin! You can't bear to watch Xiao Zhong suffer abroad? "It seems that Old Man Chen's relationship with the Xie family is really good, he said that he knew Han Jing and Xie Guobang, he definitely didn't talk nonsense, and even knew these things.

Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry old man, I really can't do anything." ”

The middle-aged man next to him was annoyed and said, "The national interest should come first!" You don't even think about Lizhen's safety! It's time to think about the country, right? Do you know what kind of technology Lizhen has researched? ”

Dong Xuebin looked at him, "I don't know, and I don't want to know." ”

Another student of Old Man Chen pointed at his nose and said, "You are still a cadre!" You...... Why are you so enlightened? ”

Dong Xuebin said calmly: "It's not that I'm unconscious, but that I'm self-aware." I knew it would be useless for me to go, so I didn't want to die. ”

The student shouted, "Narrow-minded! That technology is about ......"

Another older student touched him and said, "Don't say more!" ”

The student shut up. glared at Dong Xuebin angrily.

Dong Xuebin said slowly: "Old man Chen." And the other two, the rumors you heard from me are actually watery. Everyone's hearsay, with false rumors, definitely can't be taken seriously, I don't have as many skills as others say, I still have this bit of self-knowledge, I have a wife to raise, my child is about to be born, I can't go abroad to risk my life because of this, you call me selfish, say I don't care, I just know that I can't do anything about what you say, I'm sorry. ”

"You ......," the student said.

Chen Xuekai couldn't help but wave his hand, "That's it, let's go." ”

The middle-aged man probably knew Zhong Lizhen, and couldn't help but say, "Ke Lizhen, she ......"

Chen Xuekai said: "Xiao Dong may not be able to solve the problem if he goes, so go back and think of other ways." ”

The student sighed and saw that Chen Xuekai was gone, so he had to help him follow with another person.

Outside.

The student said: "Teacher, I don't think that Xiao Dong is like a capable person, he doesn't even have this bit of courage and responsibility, he is not even worthy of being a republican!" ”

Chen Xuekai frowned and said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, don't go online." ”

Another student also comforted himself: "I'm afraid he won't be able to save Lizhen if he goes." ”

Chen Xuekai snorted, "Nine deaths, no one will be sure if they go, in fact, I didn't have any hope when I came to him this time." ”

……

A few people left.

Only Dong Xuebin, who had just been scolded by them, smiled bitterly at the hotel door alone, shook his head, Dong Xuebin didn't say anything, turned his head and went upstairs.

in the elevator.

Bell bell ring, bell bell ring, the phone rings.

Seeing that it was Han Jing calling, Dong Xuebin immediately picked it up and said, "Hey, Mom." ”

Han Jing immediately said, "Xuebin, where are you?" ”

"Didn't I tell you about it at the hotel, Wangfu?"

"Mom just heard that Academician Chen Xuekai and Chen went to find you?"

"Uh, yes, there are 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 at the beginning, so he must be worried about Lizhen, and he doesn't want the technology researched by Lizhen to be obtained abroad."

"Well, I know, Academician Chen told me."

"They must have heard something and asked you to save someone, right?"

"Ahem, that's what I said."

"How did you answer?"

"What else can I say? I really can't go, and Huilan can't ...... over there."

"Well, that's good, you just want to go to Mom now and don't agree, it's too dangerous, even if you have great ability, Mom doesn't want you to take risks." Han Jing said lightly: "And if you really go, don't talk about others, Huilan alone can turn our family upside down." ”

"But Academician Chen's ......"

"It's okay, Mom will tell him then, 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, and now it is almost out of power, and I may not be able to answer the phone in the past two days." ”

"Mom got you a charger?"

"No, I'll check with the charging service then."

hung up the phone, and the elevator stopped with a clang.

Dong Xuebin made a phone call to Xie Huilan as he walked off the elevator, "Hey, Huilan, me." ”

Xie Huilan snorted and said with a smile: "What about in the hotel?" ”

"Well, I'm ready to go to bed."

"Something?"

"It's nothing, just to tell you, the second uncle is so angry that he chokes, don't talk to him like that in the future, the second uncle didn't force me to take risks."

"I know, just give them a vaccination, hehe."

"You, you, I'll give you a round today, I'm tired to death."

"Hehe, that's it?"

"There is another one, my phone is out of battery, I don't have a charger, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will find a place to flush the power, and I may have to turn off the phone in between."

"Well, there should be a hotel, you can take a look."

"Okay, it's really out of power, don't talk about it, don't talk about it."

After hanging up the line, Dong Xuebin sat in the rest area and made several phone calls one after another, respectively to his mother, Aunt Xuan and others, without exception, they were all told that the battery was insufficient, and there may be no way to contact them in the past two days, and finally after the phone hung up, Dong Xuebin glanced at the 50% power 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.

"Huh, County Magistrate Dong?" Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei are back.

Dong Xuebin looked back, "Director Yan, Director Chen." ”

Yan Yizhi smiled and said, "You just came back?" ”

Dong Xuebin nodded, "By the way, there is a matter, come to my house?" ”

"Okay." Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei followed suspiciously.

……

Inside the house.

Dong Xuebin looked at them, "I may have to go out tomorrow, the hotel is not lived, I don't know when I can come back, my mobile phone is out of battery, and I may not be able to contact him." ”

Yan Yizhi was stunned, "You are?" ”

"Just go out for a while." Dong Xuebin said: "If others ask about me, you will say that I went out to find friends, if I haven't come back after a few days of return ticket time, you don't have to wait for me, just go back to Zhenshui County, I will naturally go back when I finish my work, I can't say the specific time, it may be early, it may be late, just say hello to you first." ”

Yan Yizhi groaned, "Okay, you're busy, we know." ”

Dong Xuebin thought about it for a while, and explained some things slightly, so that Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei left and closed the door himself.

Flip through the phone book.

Dong Xuebin made a phone call to Xu Yan, and the first sentence was, "Sister Xu, I want to get a ticket abroad!" ”

Yes, Dong Xuebin is ready to go to country M to save people, the interests of the country, the safety of his cousin, Han Jing's tears, the pleading of the older generation of scientists, Dong Xuebin is a sentimental person, if these can't move him, he won't be Dong Xuebin anymore, and he is also very angry about those old M's behavior. It's just that Dong Xuebin didn't tell Chen Xuekai, mainly because he was afraid that Huilan would know, afraid that his family would know, Dong Xuebin didn't want others to worry, and he didn't want Huilan to turn against his family because of his own affairs, Dong Xuebin has always been a loner, anyway, he has already remembered the location of Zhong Lizhen's research institute, so he is ready to go over and give it a try, take a look, if it works, Dong Xuebin will save people, if not, Dong Xuebin doesn't want to die, everything has to wait for him to arrive.