The old building was still dark and quiet as always.
Room 401 on the fourth floor still had a ray of warm light coming through the crack of the door.
When Lu Xin pushed the door open and walked in, he was ready to face his father's angry eyes.
But to his surprise, after pushing the door open and walking in, he saw a happy picture.
The younger sister was sitting crookedly on the sofa watching TV, and the TV was playing the same SpongeBob SquarePants.
She was chewing a piece of black chocolate in her hand.
As if she was worried that she would eat it all at once, she scraped it bit by bit with her sharp teeth, and could only scrape off a little bit each time, but she looked very happy, and her eyes were curved.
My mother was on the phone by the window, with a smile on her face: "Oh, Miss Chen, you don't know, it's really good for the family to go out for a walk, it's good for health and mood, and besides, I met a good friend this time..."
"The flowers she grows are very beautiful, I'll ask you to visit her next time..."
"..."
Even my father was just sitting by the dining table at this time, guarding an old glass bottle, drinking slowly. It seems that he hasn't drunk too much, and there is not much alcohol on his face. Even when he saw Lu Xin coming in, he just "hummed".
"Brother, you guys are so slow to come back..."
When my sister saw Lu Xin coming in, she immediately jumped on Lu Xin happily, and then stretched out her little hand to dig into his pocket.
Lu Xin let her search the last piece of chocolate in his pocket, picked her up with a smile, and put her on the sofa.
Fortunately, she didn't search her backpack, there were only a dozen yuan left in it...
Mom put down the phone with a smile and said, "I came back late, I've been waiting for you to eat!"
Lu Xin nodded and walked to the dining table.
At this time, the house had been cleaned up. The chairs that were broken by the fight between father and mother had been repaired and neatly placed on the table. There were some exquisite meals on the table. Although it looked the same as before, mostly vegetables, it was obviously more abundant than before. At least on the table, near Lu Xin, there was a plate of scrambled eggs.
Lu Xin really liked this feeling.
This time, entering the house made him feel a little relieved.
He sat down quietly and smiled, "If you are hungry, eat first, no need to wait for me."
"Humph!"
The father who was drinking put down the wine glass heavily.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little depressing. Mom and sister looked at their father at the same time.
Father seemed to remember something, curled his lips unnaturally, and said: "I know I'm waiting for you, come back earlier next time!"
Lu Xin's mood suddenly relaxed, nodded, and smiled: "I know."
It turned out that his father was not angry this time.
Or rather, he was always angry, but this time he was in a much better mood than before.
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...
"If our guess is correct, this should contain information about the escaped laboratory!"
Chen Jing picked up the last document with the lead type "003" printed on it, and said slowly: "This document is very important. We all know that even the six professors in the institute do not have enough authority to know the contents here, so we..."
"We don't let them know because they are too talkative and don't know how to keep secrets."
Minister Shen said: "Everyone here knows the situation, just open it!"
"In fact, Xiao Chen's worry is necessary!"
Mr. Su spoke softly and smiled: "We all know how much the Lunar Eclipse Institute, or the Alliance, values this escaped laboratory. We never thought that this laboratory would come to our Qinggang City... So, before we know the secret, it is actually a very reasonable thing for us to unify our own views..."
After hearing this, Chen Jing nodded immediately.
Professor Bai, who was sitting on the side, leaned on the cane in his hand and smiled: "I think you all misunderstood. Now we are not discussing how to treat a single soldier. A single soldier is a member of our special cleanup department. How to treat him does not need to be discussed."
"All we have to do is understand him."
"So..."
He smiled and looked at Chen Jing, saying: "Open it. Now we are not gambling, we are just doing work!"
"This..."
Chen Jing opened her mouth slightly, but still closed it.
She couldn't object to Professor Bai's words, so she remained silent and opened the document.
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"After this trip, I feel very good and made new friends."
At the dining table in Satellite City No. 2, my mother smiled and said: "In the future, we can have more trips like this."
"Okay..."
The younger sister squatting on the chair raised her hand first.
Even the father only snorted, but this time the snort was much lighter, more like he was agreeing with this opinion.
Lu Xin also nodded, he also liked to see his family happy.
"However, some bad things should also be criticized!"
Mom changed her tone and looked at Dad, saying: "You are so irritable, which makes the family very nervous."
Father rolled his eyes, slightly red, and looked at Mom.
But Mom met his gaze directly and said sternly: "Family members should trust each other and help each other. If you do this every time, it will only make us no longer trust each other, and this family will be broken up. So, I solemnly warn you, if you don't change this habit, then when the whole family goes out together in the future, you don't want to follow again..."
"You..."
Father gritted his teeth slightly and leaned forward.
The room shook slightly, and the bloodshot in his eyes was getting more and more, giving people a great sense of oppression.
But my mother did not waver, she just looked at him coldly.
Facing my mother's eyes, my father unexpectedly fell silent.
In the end, he just gritted his teeth and sneered, and stopped talking.
Looking at this attitude, it seems that he has agreed...
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...
...Lu Xin suddenly felt that these words might be said to him.
Father is not so easy to talk to, and he will not suddenly suppress his anger because of my mother's eyes.
So, it is possible that they have reached a consensus in the day and a half before I returned to the satellite city.
"Okay, it's your turn..."
Just then, the mother looked at Lu Xin and said gently: "Mom knows you are very curious and have many questions in your heart. Sometimes, you will want to figure out these things. In fact, mom doesn't want to stop you. Really, just like what I told you in Happy Town, I support you to figure out those things. After all, you have grown up and can't be confused all the time..."
Lu Xin was silent for a while and looked up.
Then he saw that his father and sister were also looking at him.
Father's eyes were full of bloodshot. He looked at him coldly, as if he hated him, or... fear?
And his sister widened her eyes, and all she could see was worry.
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...
In the main city building, Chen Jing had already opened the file bag and slowly opened it.
Beside the conference table, the other three people were also a little nervous. At the same time, they straightened up and leaned forward slightly.
They didn't know what kind of secrets they would see, but they knew the importance of these things to the entire alliance.
Especially Minister Shen, he knew the seriousness of prying into that person's secrets. Although the last time, it was because the person said not to pry, but still sent people to pry, which caused the consequences, and this time, after all, there was no such statement before...
But the worry in his heart never went away. With Chen Jing's actions, his heart seemed to have shrunk...
Then, in their expectant eyes, Chen Jing was slightly startled.
Everyone's heart beat with it.
In their nervous eyes, Chen Jing's eyes suddenly became a little helpless.
Then, she turned the file bag over and gently poured out a pile of paper scraps...
Those were scraps that had been broken to the point where they could not be broken any more and could not be restored at all.
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"Okay, I promise you!"
In the apartment building, Lu Xin nodded gently and smiled at his mother.
The atmosphere at the table suddenly became a little more relaxed.
Father continued to drink, while his sister ate while watching the TV.
Mom smiled and said, "In that case, I should give you this gift..."
She took out a file bag from the side of the dining table, on which was the lead-printed word "003", smiled and showed it to Lu Xin, and said, "This is the gift we decided to give you after discussing it. There are things you want to know in it..."
As she spoke, she stood up slowly, put it in the drawer in front of the TV in front of Lu Xin, and locked it.
Then she put the key in Lu Xin's hand, held his hand, and looked at him gently.
"But remember, you can only watch it after you reach the second stage..."
"..."
Under the gazes of the whole family, Lu Xin clenched the key.
Then, he nodded seriously.