The black Tai family's private commercial jet left the runway in the wind and snow. It rose into the cloudy sky and soon disappeared into the horizon, heading towards the Federation's First Military District General Hospital in the southwest region of Jingzhou.
The Tai family staff on the tarmac watched as the Young Master and his direct subordinates disappeared. Only then did they let out a sigh of relief. On the first day of the new year, the Young Master was assassinated. The tense atmosphere that had persisted since then finally became a little more relaxed as the jet left. Only then did a middle-aged female staff member dare to come forward. She bent down and picked up the documents that Tai Zhiyuan had angrily thrown away. Tai Zhiyuan had the right and reason to be angry, but these staff members couldn't let any of these internal documents leak out.
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In an empty ward, Xu Le, who had slept for too many days, was still weak, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. The TV in the room was on, and commercials were playing. He felt a little bored. Shi Qinghai hadn't been contacted yet, and Zhang Xiaomeng couldn't possibly come over. The Tai family members were all outside the ward at this time, so no one came to disturb his rest.
He casually picked up a few pieces of paper from his waist and began to read them. Who knew that he couldn't move his eyes away after reading them.
These were the things that Miss Jian Shui'er had unintentionally left behind in the ward. Looking at the questions, it seemed like they were mock questions for the joint university entrance examination. Xu Le calculated her age in his mind. Jian Shui'er should be 17 years old today, which was the time when the Federation's general education ended … But he had never thought that the national idol of the Federation would have to study hard like a normal person, and then participate in the joint university entrance examination. With Jian Shui'er's current fame and wealth, it should be enough for her to live a happy and lazy life, right?
Although Xu Le had never participated in the joint university entrance examination, he had prepared for a long time for the National Defense Officer Examination. He could easily tell that this was a comprehensive examination paper. Xu Le had only read a lot of information about political and economic history in the library. He hadn't studied it systematically, so he didn't know whether the answers to the questions on the test paper were right or wrong … However, he was very good at mathematics and practical physics. Looking at the questions on Paper B, he was surprised to find that Jian Shui 'er's answers were not wrong. More importantly, the problem-solving process and train of thought written beside the questions were so clear.
When he flipped to the last page of the paper, Xu Le was stunned and scratched his head with his left hand. Only now did he know that Jian Shui'er was preparing to apply for the First Military Academy … Command faculty.
However, there was a piece of paper under the test paper. The paper was a design diagram diagram......... The paper required the examinee to find a few mistakes in the design design..................................
The paper under the question was blank. Xu Le looked at this question. His professional habits kicked in again, and he began to seriously reconnect all sorts of virtual pipelines in his mind.
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"Looks like you're in good spirits."
Spacing out, Xu Le did not hear the heavy footsteps in the corridor earlier. Only when Tai Zhiyuan pushed open the door and entered did he notice his arrival. Butler Jin took the coat Tai Zhiyuan had taken off and bowed sincerely and gratefully towards Xu Le on the sickbed. Then, he retreated out of the room and closed the door, leaving the two young men who had just gone through thick and thin together.
"Only his left arm can still move," said Xu Le with a smile as he turned his head with some difficulty to glance at Tai Zhiyuan. After being attacked by a military mecha, Xu Le had only survived. Moreover, seeing that the fellow he had saved was also unscathed, he felt a trace of relief.
Tai Zhiyuan looked calmly at Xu Le on the bed, his thoughts unreadable. After a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Saying thank you is indeed a very tacky thing to do … but this' thank you 'still needs to be said. Thank you."
Xu Le smiled, but did not say anything.
"But your luck is not bad, to actually be saved by Jian Shui'er in such a desperate situation." Tai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Since she's your idol, did you take the opportunity to ask for an autograph or something?"
Xu Le was taken aback, and then said regretfully, "How could I forget about that?"
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Tai Zhiyuan had rushed directly from Linhai to Jingzhou's southwestern general hospital without rest. The long flight had made his face increasingly pale. Under Xu Le's persuasion, the two of them chatted for a while, and then Tai Zhiyuan left the ward. The hospital had probably already arranged a room for him to rest in. The ward fell silent once more. Xu Le stared silently at the ceiling, and could not help but laugh bitterly. He thought to himself, Tai Zhiyuan's small frame looks even worse than my heavily injured self. Who in the world is visiting whom now?
However, he also knew that with Tai Zhiyuan's status, he had rushed here as soon as he found out about his whereabouts. Of course, it was not just to visit him, but more so because he wanted to express some kind of attitude. Although that kind of attitude was not explicitly stated, it was probably nothing more than the kind of gratitude shown in movies that one would definitely repay in the future.
What made Xu Le's feelings even more complicated was that from Tai Zhiyuan's mouth, he roughly understood some of the truth behind the assassination at Linhai Gymnasium. Although Tai Zhiyuan did not completely explain it, he also knew that this matter might have something to do with the Federal military … The Tai family seemed to support Councilor Pabre.
At this time, Xu Le had no idea that Councilor Pabre's trip to Green Dragon Mountain actually had a lot to do with him. All of the tremors originated from the Double Moon Festival ball.
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The ward fell silent once more. Xu Le closed his eyes to rest for a while, but in the end, he could not fall asleep, so he turned up the volume of the television. At this time, the endless advertisements on the Federation News Channel finally ended. The news anchor who had reported the good news to the citizens of the entire Federation on New Year's Eve once again appeared on the screen.
The news anchor's expression was calm, and he spoke quickly. "Today, Councilor Macklin made a statement after attending the completion ceremony of a certain large-scale radio astronomy center in Jingzhou."
The image of the Jingzhou government office building appeared on the screen. In front of the building, an old man with white hair and plain clothes was saying something in front of the news station. Beside him was an official who looked to be about 40 years old. His eyebrows and eyes were deeply set, and he looked very charismatic. Xu Le looked at the screen and thought to himself, This old man is … Councilor Macklin, who serves Xiaomeng? For some reason, a sense of disgust welled up in his heart. Although he had always been emotionally inclined towards the anti-government forces in the four states and the mountains, and knew that Councilor Macklin had greatly promoted the reconciliation between the two sides in the Federation over the years by upholding the principle of non-violence. However, when he thought of Zhang Xiaomeng, Xu Le's brows furrowed.
Through the introduction of the voice-over, Xu Le knew that the middle-aged official beside Councilor Macklin was the governor of Jingzhou. For some reason, His Excellency the Governor actually issued this statement together with Councilor Macklin, and expressed his extremely clear support for him.
Senator Macklin's statement vaguely pointed out that there was an undercurrent surging within the seemingly peaceful Federation. Some of the hawkish elements in the military were, or had already been, attempting to interfere with the peace process between the federal government and the four states surrounding the mountains. Councilor Macklin strongly condemned these actions and angrily said that Councilor Pabre had just reached a preliminary reconciliation agreement with the anti-government forces in Green Dragon Mountain. When the councilor was about to return to the capital special district, any despicable and dirty means could only be interpreted as a challenge to the collective will of all the peace-loving citizens of the Federation.
Immediately after that, the governor of Jingzhou also made a speech. He strongly praised the conscience of Councilor Macklin and Councilor Pabre, and severely criticized the shameless actions of some people in the Federation government.
Xu Le didn't know who the governor of Jingzhou was. With the social class he had grown up in, the information he had come into contact with was not enough for him to determine what was wrong with the upper echelons of politics from just one piece of news. However, he still felt that something was amiss. He was not a stupid person. In fact, he could even be said to be a very smart person. His eyebrows gradually furrowed as he thought of the assassination attempt in the gymnasium.
He probably couldn't get any more information from Tai Zhiyuan. Xu Le was silent for a moment. He took out the phone that the Tai family staff had prepared for him from beside his pillow and dialed Shi Qinghai's number. However, this time, not only did no one pick up, he even heard the sound of the phone being turned off.
Xu Le's heart began to feel uneasy. He felt that something was happening, and it was something bad. He didn't understand why a small fry like himself would be involved in these things. He only hoped that it didn't have anything to do with the fake chip behind his neck.
A burst of pain pulled him back from his thoughts. He furrowed his eyebrows and didn't make a sound. Although the bones in his right thigh were completely shattered and there were several gunshot wounds on his body, which were not something an ordinary person could endure, he wasn't an ordinary person.
He wasn't an ordinary person, and he didn't have the intention to torture himself. Using the finger of his left hand to gently push the switch of the electronic anesthesia pump, Xu Le calmly lay on the bed, waiting for sleep to come. While waiting, he subconsciously picked up the last piece of paper on Jian Shui'er's test paper again. He wanted to use the solution to that difficult problem to distract himself and help him fall asleep.
The effects of the drug slowly appeared. Xu Le felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. The drawing on the paper in front of him was also getting more and more blurry. One drawing became two, sometimes overlapping, sometimes separating, and sometimes floating around.
But why did the drawing in front of him and the drawing on the paper... look so different? A trace of doubt flashed through Xu Le's heart. The one closer to him, it seemed that some parts of it had already been changed … Yes, this change was very reasonable, this change was very unreasonable, there was no reason for this crystal tube to be placed on this circuit at all …
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