Chapter 721: Chapter 721: Where Were They Taken?
“I’m off tomorrow, I’ll take you to see Wang Xie,”
“No need for that, it’s not a big deal, just a bit sleepy.”
“Regardless of whether there’s an issue or not, having a look will give us peace of mind. The last batch of the hospital’s staff has also been transferred here, and the dical area is still being sorted out, but Wang Xie’s end is basically fine. I’ll feel more at ease after checking.”
Su Shu thought for a mont and did not object.
It would be good to have a look.
Otherwise, falling asleep like this from ti to ti, she wouldn’t feel at ease either.
That odd feeling in the depths of her heart lingered like a dark cloud, refusing to dissipate.
After preparing a al of dumplings filled with vegetables and minced at, the family enjoyed their al heartily, with Xiao’ai and Xiaopang, who were still young, feeling very happy with the delicious food, oblivious to everything else and focusing only on eating.
Yet Lu Tong, being older, felt suspicious about the minced at in the dumplings.
Tang Zelin and Su Shu both noticed Lu Tong’s behavior.
Staring at the tip of his chopsticks, with a dumpling pinched between them, he might have been young, but his frown was quite pronounced.
“Lu Tong, what are you daydreaming about? Eat your food,”
Tang Zelin added two more dumplings to his bowl, and Lu Tong snapped back to reality, quickly stuffing the half-eaten dumpling into his mouth, temporarily swallowing down his suspicions.
Tang Zelin and Su Shu exchanged a silent look, understanding each other with just a glance.
Lu Tong was a smart kid. Ever since the family had moved from the safety zone to the new underground district, there had been subtle changes at ho.
Those changes were minute, and whenever he felt doubtful, he wanted to ask about them.
But the words would never quite co out right, and so he kept it to himself, the questions sotis surfacing in his mind during the quiet of the night.
He would ponder on them for a bit before pushing them down again.
On the young boy’s tender face, there was an added touch of maturity uncommon for his age.
Su Shu actually noticed these subtle changes in Lu Tong as well.
She knew that the child was aware of so minor changes at ho, but she didn’t explain anything, letting Lu Tong watch and think for himself.
She had her own thoughts; she would just wait and see.
As for Su Shu’s attitude, Lu Tong didn’t quite understand it.
His younger brother and sister clearly didn’t care about these things, only rembering to eat and play, not burdened with thoughts like Lu Tong.
Carrying worries made him noticeably more silent than usual, and he spent most of his ti in quiet contemplation, inevitably unable to figure it all out no matter how much he thought.
Su Shu thought that Lu Tong’s state would last a long ti, but unexpectedly, after about ten days, Lu Tong went back to his usual self.
His eyes no longer held confusion, and occasionally, when confronted with “special” situations, his brief mont of doubt would flicker in his eyes before vanishing.
It seed the child had developed his own way of dealing with things he didn’t understand.
It was only then that the taut string in Su Shu’s heart finally relaxed.
Perhaps, her gamble might just work.
After much coordination with all relevant departnts, the relocation to the new underground district finally concluded after several significant upheavals.
As one of the district’s leaders, Tang Zelin’s responsibilities had grown heavier.
This ti, his tasks involved not only the administration of the first, second, and third safety zones within his jurisdiction but also the collaboration issues with several major safety zones. Moreover, after the end of the disaster victims’ resettlent task, an even more critical job was the construction of the underground living area.
Following the directives from higher-ups, during the entire winter, the goal was to make all post-relocation life and basic facilities as complete as possible.
Without permissions and special requests, nobody was allowed to go back to the surface.
The heavy, echoing sound of a door closing signified the weight and finality of the barrier.
It signified that from today onward, all people living on this land would dwell underground.
And as for those who were not allowed to move underground in the beginning, their whereabouts remained a topic only discussed in private whispers. With no answer given from above, the rest no longer asked questions.
After all, no one wanted to be suspected and taken away again.
In private, Su Shu had asked Tang Zelin about it.
Upon hearing her question, Tang Zelin let out a small sigh, “They were taken by Qian Li.”
“Where were they taken to?”
Tang Zelin was silent.
After a long while, he replied with three words.
The laboratory.
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