Chapter 147: Reunion

One of the core points conveyed was that, as a specially protected talent, Dr. Lv Pengchun would be subjected to twenty-four-hour indiscriminate protection, alongside necessary wiretapping and surveillance.

In other words, all the subtle movements and visuals inside that warmly decorated little room just now had actually been recorded indiscriminately.

Coincidentally, the leader of the squad happened to know Jiang Huan. Having previously been curious about whether there was any other entanglement between Lv Pengchun and Jiang Huan, he had been watching and listening to everything happening here from the disguised monitoring room outside.

"You've overstepped, comrade," the team leader said in a cold voice. He was Captain Wu, the same Captain Wu who had several encounters with Jiang Huan and had even served as her recommender for the frontline combat personnel selection.

The female assistant’s pretty face instantly turned ashen.

Because she had no malicious intent toward Dr. Lv, she had grown accustomed to it over the days.

Because she was accustomed to it, she treated the presence as non-existent.

And because she treated it as non-existent, she completely forgot about the existence of the surveillance cameras. Had her expressions and tone just now been recorded as well?

Faintly imagining the social death awaiting her, the female assistant loathed Jiang Huan to her very bones.

If she hadn't tried to put on airs and had just accepted Dr. Lv, wouldn't things have been fine?

She cast a pitiful, lingering look toward Dr. Lv, only to find... huh? He was still sitting flat on the ground, shivering.

Half an hour later, Jiang Huan was seated in the interrogation room.

Even though the monitoring equipment proved that Jiang Huan had been provoked into taking impulsive actions, Lv Pengchun held a special status and had already filed a complaint, demanding that Jiang Huan be imprisoned, and furthermore demanding an apology before her imprisonment. He had also exposed that Jiang Huan had already harbored murderous intent toward him during her mission.

Therefore, Jiang Huan could only be invited to the interrogation room for questioning, flanked by a micro-expression expert, a psychologist, and an interrogation heavyweight—which was enough to show the high level of importance attached to Lv Pengchun.

Yet, Jiang Huan had done nothing wrong. Anyone whose brain hadn't been kicked by a donkey would know that at worst, she had merely been a bit impulsive.

If Jiang Huan herself had been willing to cling to power and had wanted to hook up with Lv Pengchun of her own accord to live a comfortable life, then there would be nothing more to say. But Jiang Huan had already stated she had a boyfriend and had strongly and clearly rejected him, yet the other party had persisted.

Stripped of that veneer of a scientist, Lv Pengchun's behavior was nothing short of nauseating harassment, blatantly coercing a woman into submission.

Yet as it happened, her counterattack had been too ruthless and decisive, and the other party was currently hailed as the Light of the Nation.

Just as Jiang Huan had been interrogated for four hours and was beginning to feel hungry, a turning point finally arrived.

Someone with a hurried expression kicked open the door of the interrogation room, glanced around the room, and said directly to Jiang Huan, "Come with us. We are Xie Chongzhou's colleagues."

Jiang Huan stood up, completely ignoring the people who were still interrogating her, and raised her handcuffs, signaling them to remove the restraints.

Because of her high aggressiveness and her ability to wipe out multiple opponents single-handedly, her freedom of movement had been restricted.

"Jiang Huan is currently—"

"Current what current? You lot ganged up to bully her just because you thought she didn't have anyone backing her up, right? Take a look at what this is!" That pseudo-scientist was merely a tool used by others; let us not forget that the true savior, who had only appeared for a month, had already improved the food rations of the entire capital.

Food is the heaven of the people!

Please figure out clearly who the real heaven is, will you?

The handwritten release document signed by the capital's senior leaders was tossed onto the desk in front of the interrogation team members—who had merely wanted an explanation and a breakthrough so they could demonstrate their dedication to protecting scientists.

Jiang Huan's posture remained unchanged, but everyone else's demeanor shifted entirely.

The keys were fetched immediately, and Jiang Huan's handcuffs were unlocked.

Without sparing even a glance for the people who had interrogated her for four hours, Jiang Huan followed those who had come to fetch her. Just as she stepped outside, a female staff member with a high ponytail and big eyes approached, squinting as she sized Jiang Huan up.

Just as Jiang Huan was wondering whether these people weren't sent by Xie Chongzhou after all, the young woman suddenly let out a cheerful "woohoo" and produced a bag of cherries from her pocket.

They were even washed.

"Haughty big sis, Xie Chongzhou asked us to bring these for you. He’s been worried about you all morning, but due to some, well, unspeakable factors, he cannot leave the experimental research institute for even half a step. So, he can only wrong you by having you come to us yourself."

Jiang Huan popped a cherry into her mouth. Mmm, it was that familiar taste.

As for the title "haughty big sis," she automatically interpreted it as them addressing her by name.

She wasn't haughty at all. Not even a little bit.

After finishing the bag of cherries, she no longer felt very hungry, and they had already arrived at the research institute where Xie Chongzhou was located.

Upon getting out of the car, she instantly spotted a tall figure leaning against the second-floor glass window, peering outside.

"Pfft." Jiang Huan's slightly tense nerves were instantly broken by this silly, goofy posture.

She waved her hand, watched the man turn back inside, and the next moment, he appeared on the ground floor. The moment Jiang Huan passed through the double-locked password doors, he lunged forward and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"Bear with it for a moment." He knew Jiang Huan disliked such close physical contact with others, but since he had used the moniker of "the love of his life" to protect her, he couldn't act like ordinary colleagues.

Besides, selfishly speaking, he also longed to embrace Jiang Huan.

Jiang Huan hugged him back and offered a reassuring, "I'm fine."

"Jiang Huan."

"Hmm."

"Long time no see."

"Hmm."

"Are the cherries good?"

"Hmm." Feeling that her three consecutive single-syllable replies were a bit too cold, Jiang Huan added a few more words: "Still the familiar taste."

None of the onlookers around them left. To them, Xie Chongzhou had always given the impression of someone who never showed his emotions, maintaining a single expression all the time. Who would have thought that upon meeting his true love, he would turn out to be such a softie?

And as for this haughty big sis, who had been locked up just moments ago for assaulting someone, she was now endlessly gentle as well.

Oh my, the sour stench of true love.

Once the two of them parted, Jiang Huan took the initiative to hold his hand. Following the guide's footsteps, she asked softly whether he was doing well here.

He felt deep down that he knew Jiang Huan wasn't just offering a superficial, routine greeting. Xie Chongzhou replied, "I haven't been sliced up for research, don't worry."

"I was actually wondering earlier if you'd been chopped up into tissue slides. As long as you're fine. Oh right, you don't have any monitoring or wiretapping devices on you, do you?"

"No." Everyone in the research institute wouldn't dare; they practically treat me like a king.

Just imagine: a modern-day Shennong who could grow and cultivate superior seed varieties resistant to radiation, cold, and drought.

In the apocalyptic era, who wouldn't want to worship Shennong?

It was simply to protect him that not a single ripple was allowed to show.

This time, it was entirely for Jiang Huan's sake that they had made such a dramatic move.

"That Lv Pengchun—causing trouble and getting away with it, your clearance level is so high, yet he's supposedly the Light of Humanity?"

Xie Chongzhou smiled. "He's just a spokesperson, which we all know. Don't be afraid; he can't inflict any real harm on you."

Not many people had seen the real Lv Pengchun. He could be Lv Pengchun, holding other people's achievements and enjoying widespread fame.

Anyone else could also be called Lv Pengchun and do the exact same thing.

Jiang Huan understood what he meant. "That being said, being a decent human being is still very important."

Whether in history or in works of art, people are always taught one undeniable truth:

When someone gets too full of themselves, their downfall is not far off.