kingnovel Chapter 1380 Yunrui Enchanting: Farewell to "Civilized Time"
Chapter 1380 Yunrui Enchanting: Farewell to "Civilized Time"
The doctor pushed open the door to the emergency room and walked out, removing his mask. A hint of fatigue lingered on his face, yet a smile appeared. "Mrs. Gu, congratulations! The operation was a success! Mr. Gu is out of danger for now, but he will need to remain in the ICU for observation for a while. He can only be transferred to a general ward once his condition stabilizes."
Su Xingya's tears instantly fell. This time, they were tears of joy and excitement. She tightly grasped the doctor's hand, her voice choked with sobs: "Thank you, doctor! Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome. This is what we should do." The doctor smiled. "Mr. Gu is still very weak and needs to rest well. Your family should also be prepared for long-term care. Also, when Mr. Gu wakes up, he should not get too excited and should remain calm, otherwise it will be detrimental to his recovery."
"I understand. We will pay attention to it." Su Xingya nodded, her heart full of gratitude.
Lin Junze also came over, his face full of relief: "That's great! It's really great! Yunqian finally made it!"
The doctor gave some more instructions and then turned around to get busy. Su Xingya and Lin Junze stood at the door of the ICU. Although they couldn't see Gu Yunqian yet, they felt much more at ease knowing that he was out of danger.
Su Xingya stared at the ICU door, her heart pounding: Yunqian, you finally made it. I'll be here waiting for you to wake up, and when you get better, we'll go pick up Yunxi together, go home together, and watch Yanxiao grow up together. We're a family, and we'll never be apart again...
When the helicopter landed in a deserted open space, the first breath of air that Gu Yunxi smelled had a completely different smell from London - the humid water vapor was mixed with the fishy smell of soil, the rotten smell of unknown plants, and a faint smell of gunpowder, like an invisible net, instantly wrapping her up.
The man holding her pushed open the car door, and a rough wind blew in, ruffling her hair and blowing away her last bit of thought about the "civilized world."
"Get down." The man's voice was still cold, without a trace of warmth. Gu Yunxi obediently stepped down from the helicopter. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she slipped on the mud under her feet, and her white sneakers were instantly covered with brown mud spots. She subconsciously frowned and bent down to wipe the mud off her shoes, but the man grabbed her arm and said, "Don't waste time, let's go!"
Her arm was painfully pulled, but Gu Yunxi didn't resist. She looked up and surveyed the Golden Triangle before her. Unlike the "gunfire and drugs everywhere" her father, Gu Mingcheng, had occasionally described, the Golden Triangle now had a more "disguised order":
In the distance, you can see a low brick house with a "No Drugs" slogan painted on the wall, but there is a secret door hidden underneath the slogan. You can vaguely see people going in and out of the secret door, carrying black bags in their hands; there are several dilapidated cars parked on the side of the road, the bodies of the cars are riddled with bullet holes, but they can still start. The drivers are smoking cigarettes and scanning the passers-by with vigilant eyes; there are even a few children in school uniforms, carrying tattered backpacks walking on the road, but there is no childish innocence in their eyes, only numbness that is inconsistent with their age.
Gu Yunxi's heart sank. She had seen old photos of the Golden Triangle in her father's albums. Back then, the area was filled with thatched huts, the sound of gunfire echoed, and the faces of the people fleeing were filled with panic. Now, the thatched huts had been replaced by brick houses. The gunfire was hidden beneath a veneer of "calmness," but the deep-seated chaos and danger were even greater than before.
When her father was a mercenary here, he faced enemies in the open; but what she has to face now are the fangs hidden in the dark and the conspiracy that even permeates the air.
"Hurry up!" The man holding her pulled her back and led her towards an abandoned factory. Gu Yunxi stumbled, her sneakers making a "puff puff" sound on the muddy road, and every step felt like stepping on the edge of a knife.
She looked down at her muddy trouser legs and recalled the days not long ago in the London laboratory - she was wearing a clean white lab coat and sterile gloves, holding a delicate test tube in her hands. The laboratory was spotless, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of chemical reagents.
Now, she was wearing a prison uniform that had been washed out and was covered in mud. The place she was going to was a "secret laboratory" whose name she didn't even know, and what she was going to do was to help the evildoers in "evil research and development."
This disparity cut through her heart like a blunt knife. She was the daughter of the Gu family, a university chemistry professor, and a key researcher in the "Nightingale Project." She had once stood at the pinnacle of academia, enjoying the admiration of others. But now, she was Shen Chengyu's captive, a "tool" taken to the Golden Triangle. She had fallen from the clouds to the mire in just a few days.
When he walked to the factory gate, Gu Yunxi saw two guards standing at the door with guns. They were wearing black masks, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.
The factory gate was made of thick iron sheets, rusted and with several bullet holes on it, clearly having experienced many conflicts.
The man who was escorting her stepped forward and spoke a few words in code to the guard. The iron door was pushed open with a creaky sound, and a pungent smell of chemical reagents hit her in the face. It was stronger than any reagent smell she had smelled in the London laboratory, and even had a hint of toxic burning sensation.
Gu Yunxi subconsciously covered her nose and paused. She could see the scene inside the factory - in the empty factory, there were several dilapidated experimental equipment, covered in dust, obviously not properly maintained in a long time;
There were several sealed black boxes piled up in the corner. There were no labels on them, but they exuded a dangerous atmosphere. Several people in white lab coats were busy in front of the equipment. There was no expression on their faces. They were like puppets being manipulated, with numbness in their eyes.
"This is your new laboratory." The man who was holding her walked up to a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and pointed at Gu Yunxi. "Mr. Shen has instructed her to be in charge of the final stage of the project. You all must cooperate with her."
The man with gold-rimmed glasses pushed his glasses up and looked Gu Yunxi up and down with a hint of contempt in his eyes: "Ms. Gu? I've heard of your name for a long time. However, here, no one will treat you as a professor. You are just a tool to do the work. If you want to survive, do your job well."
Gu Yunxi didn't say anything, but clenched her fists. She looked at the shabby experimental equipment in front of her, the numb experimenters, and the dust floating in the air, and a strong sense of humiliation surged in her heart.
She used to do research in the world's top laboratories, using the most sophisticated equipment and collaborating with the best team; but now, she has to do research and development for a group of criminals in a place that looks like a "garbage dump", using dilapidated equipment, and may even endanger the lives of countless people.
"Arrange a place for her and let her get familiar with the environment." The man who was holding her said this, turned around and left without even looking at Gu Yunxi.
The man with gold-rimmed glasses signaled a young experimenter beside him to take Gu Yunxi to a resting place.
The young experimenter was a girl who looked only about twenty years old. There was still a hint of childishness on her face, but she was wearing a worn lab coat that did not match her age. There were traces of chemical reagents on her fingers, and some parts had even been corroded and turned white.