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Jiang Baimian was rather curious about the encounter of Room 506’s owner. From her point of view, the other party’s relationship with the Fourth Research Institute was like the Old Task Force’s relationship with Pangu Biology. At present, she couldn’t imagine how they would leave Pangu Biology and be hated, vilified, and treated coldly by their families, relatives, neighbors, and fellow familiar employees.
Jiang Baimian couldn’t help but wonder if the owner of Room 506 had done something wrong back then, causing the Fourth Research Institute to be wiped out. Only then could the situation in the psychological trauma be explained.
Of course, this was only a guess based on the situation Shang Jianyao had come into contact with and the details he had learned. Once a clue pointed to another possibility, they had to throw away everything and start over.
This hypothesis also had certain problems. The two psychological traumas in Room 506 that Pangu Biology currently knew and the third place that Shang Jianyao had entered didn’t involve scenes like guilt, shame, or being guilty-conscience.
Jiang Baimian didn’t believe that a person who missed their hometown would accept the huge mistake they had made with a clear conscience while treating this as a painful memory.
Even if they instinctively deceived and hypnotized themselves, the truth would still reflect in their subconscious—unless they really didn’t think that it was a mistake. In hindsight, they still insisted that they had carried out the most correct choice. However, they couldn’t understand why their family, relatives, friends, and neighbors would view and treat them that way.
From this angle, Jiang Baimian had to believe that perhaps the problem was with the Fourth Research Institute. Coupled with the mutated corpses Shang Jianyao had seen in the first psychological trauma, she felt that this guess was reasonable.
Phew…
Jiang Baimian exhaled and retracted her thoughts. She planned on asking Shang Jianyao tomorrow if he had cleared Room 506’s psychological trauma and how he had cleared it.
At this moment, the radio in the corridor outside sounded.
“Good evening, everyone. I’m Newspoint broadcaster, Hou Yi. It’s 8 p.m. now…”
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“Good evening, everyone. I’m Newspoint broadcaster, Hou Yi. It’s 8 p.m. now…”
Long Yuehong sat by Bai Chen’s bed and listened to the familiar, slightly childlike voice echo. He couldn’t help but laugh. “I heard that Hou Yi is actually one of the special cases in which genetic enhancement failed. She’s less than 1.6 meters tall, but she’s cheerful and born with a good voice. She never gave up on herself, and she ended up becoming the most popular broadcaster among the company’s employees in the past seven years.”
“She’s quite young then. She can’t be more than 30 years old.” Bai Chen nodded. “I thought she was a broadcaster you listened to growing up and that she’s already in her forties or fifties.”
“How can a person in their forties or fifties have such a voice?” Long Yuehong replied in amusement. He then retorted himself, “Not necessarily. Hou Yi is already in her late twenties, and her voice hasn’t changed much.”
“Some people are born with a childlike voice. It doesn’t change until they are over 60 years old.” Bai Chen had encountered such people in the past.
It was during her time in First City.
After chatting for a while, Long Yuehong stood up and said, “I have to go back.”
He had been promoted today and received a bonus. He couldn’t wait to share it with his family.
He was now a D8 employee. Once he had an internal transfer and left the Security Department, he could directly be promoted to D9.
This was the highest status an ordinary employee could pursue. As for management positions, they could only be chanced upon.
In addition, Long Yuehong chose to return today because he and Bai Chen had yet to register their marriage. It wasn’t good to stay over all the time.
“I’ll walk you out.” Bai Chen stood up as well.
Long Yuehong’s heart warmed, and he didn’t refuse.
After leaving the room and arriving at the corridor, Long Yuehong still held Bai Chen’s hand and slowly walked toward the elevator.
Bai Chen fell silent for a moment before asking, “What should I take note of when going to your house?”
Long Yuehong thought for a moment before saying, “There’s nothing to take note of. Just be normal and polite like Team Leader said.”
Frankly speaking, he didn’t have much experience and could only trust Jiang Baimian.
As for Jiang Baimian not having the corresponding experience either, Long Yuehong didn’t mind because Jiang Baimian told him and Bai Chen that she had always been invited to someone else’s house since she was young. She was the child who was praised by everyone and used as a model example for comparison.
Back then, the honest Shang Jianyao said in a hushed tone, “Maybe it’s not because you’re polite and know how to read people but because your father is in management.”
Jiang Baimian used actions to bring across the idea to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen what the consequences of being rude and not being observant would be.
“Okay.” Bai Chen recalled the core things her team leader had taught her—listen more, talk less; praise more, complain less; and smile more, move less.
Long Yuehong was just about to say something when he suddenly saw a person walking over.
The person had tanned skin, and his face was pockmarked. His eyes were bloodshot, and his looks were average. It was obvious that he hadn’t undergone genetic enhancement.
Long Yuehong knew this person—he was the foreign employee he had previously encountered in this floor’s public bathroom in the middle of the night.
The other party in the grayish-green camouflage uniform walked in a hurry and quickly brushed past them.
Bai Chen turned her head to glance at Long Yuehong. “You seem to know him?”
“When Hey played the prank, I went to the public bathroom and encountered him smoking inside,” Long Yuehong said truthfully.
Bai Chen tersely acknowledged it. “His name is Wang Xi. He just joined the company last year. I heard that he’s relatively short-tempered and often quarrels with others. If not for the company’s Order Supervisory Department, they might’ve fought.”
“Is that so? He has a pretty good temper.” Long Yuehong indicated that the other party had been rather polite during his short interaction with Wang Xi. Although he had been too rash back then, causing the situation to be relatively awkward, and Wang Xi had flown into a rage out of humiliation, he didn’t say anything nasty.
Bai Chen glanced at Long Yuehong’s mechanical arm and said, “It’s impossible for former wilderness nomads to always be irritable. Such people can’t live to this age.”
She paused and recalled something. “He seems to go to the public bathroom in the middle of the night often. Several neighbors encountered him.”
“That’s normal. He probably made it a habit,” Long Yuehong said casually.
At this moment, the two of them had already arrived at the elevator. He waved goodbye reluctantly and pressed the button representing the 495th floor.
Before returning home, Long Yuehong went to the Supplies Allocation Market and specially bought some fruits and snacks.
“Wow, there’s delicious food again!” Long Aihong ran over and took the bag from her brother the moment she saw him walk into the house.
Gu Hong grumbled with a smile, “Why are you buying these again? We just finished the previous batch!”
Long Yuehong took the opportunity to say, “The rewards for our mission have been distributed. I received 30,000 contribution points.”