Chapter 1253: Chapter 62: Us and You (A Ten-Thousand-Word Double Chapter)

“Alright, take your time to think about it.”

Lin Xian patted his shoulder:

“If you’re willing to come, I’d be happy. The more trustworthy people we have, the more help we’ll have in the future.”

“But… as I told you earlier, hibernation is a one-way ticket; once you go 200 years into the future, there’s no coming back, so you need to think it through.”

“Sigh.”

Gao Yang sighed:

“If you ask me if I want to go, of course I don’t want to go. Who doesn’t want to enjoy life now? Besides, the one with the ability to save humanity’s future is you, not me. Why should I worry so much? I’m just that ‘historically blameless incapable person,’ as Zhao Yingjun would say.”

“But honestly… if I had your ability to save the world, I’d also hibernate to the future.”

?

“Why?”

Gao Yang’s answer surprised Lin Xian.

When did this guy have such high-minded thinking?

“Because…”

Gao Yang paused and said softly:

“Because you’d definitely live to regret it.”

He raised his head, scratched the back of it, and said distressingly:

“From your perspective, the first twenty or thirty years would be fine. Watching your kids and wife by the warm bed, you’d feel you made the right choice by staying; it was worth it.”

“But when you grow old, knowing that your choice allowed The Future World to be destroyed and humanity to be extinct, and that you tricked Chu Shanhe, making him hibernate to the ends of the world, never to see his daughter again–”

“You’ll definitely regret it, regret not stepping up to shoulder all this. Just like many people, when they see a child drowning in the river, they don’t go down to save them because they fear drowning themselves, and the child dies… In countless days and nights thereafter, the guilt and remorse would ‘crush’ a person.”

“Actually, just now I was reluctant to let you go, that’s why I said those things. Honestly, I still really admire your action and can understand it.”

“[Take the case of jumping into the river to save someone; don’t these heroes have wives and children? Firefighters rushing into flames–don’t they have wives and children too? The drug enforcement warriors risking their lives to protect us–don’t they have wives and children as well?]”

“These words couldn’t persuade you, so I’m telling you, besides… I really can’t stand by about Chu Anqing’s case.”

He raised his head and looked at Lin Xian:

“That day, the one who jumped off the plane was Chu Anqing, our friend, our partner… What if it was one of us that disappeared that day instead?”

“Do you think from the perspective of that girl, Chu Anqing, she would make the same choice as you and hibernate to the future to save us?”

“An Qing definitely would.”

Lin Xian replied softly.

He didn’t even have to think about it; An Qing would definitely do that.

He blinked and looked at Gao Yang:

“She dared to go to Mi Country’s venue alone to cheer for me, dared to execute a mission from the Skyspace Aircraft’s cabin at the age of 19, and dared to jump off the plane to capture space-time particles for me.”

“If at that time it wasn’t her who sacrificed, but us… Chu Anqing would definitely hibernate to the future without hesitation, looking for the hope to save us.”

Bang!

Gao Yang slammed his fist on the table, shouting loudly:

“Isn’t that it! Damn it, An Qing would hibernate for us, now, since there’s hope to save her in the future, how can we retreat?”

“Damn it, forget about work, let’s go, let’s have a drink and talk this over.”

“Not today, there’s no time.”

Lin Xian waved his hand:

“I still need to go to Nangong’s lab to explain some things to her.”

Gao Yang made an ‘oh’ sound:

“In any case, I don’t have the mood for work anymore, I’ll go with you, and afterwards, we can get that drink.”

“Alright, alright.”

…

Then, the two of them headed out, setting off towards Nangong Mengjie’s lab.

“Nangong Mengjie, that’s a nice name.”

Gao Yang picked his nose in the business car:

“I’ve never heard you mention it before, is she an academician at Dragon Science Academy?”

“Not an academician.”

Lin Xian explained:

“She’s very young; she should be doing her Ph.D. at Dragon Science Academy… or maybe she graduated? I can’t quite remember, she was responsible for researching the miniature nuclear battery.”

“Will she hibernate too?”

“Definitely not.”

Lin Xian shook his head:

“There’re still many breakthroughs needed for the miniature nuclear battery, including upscaling, commercialization, etc… It’s impossible to do without her. Besides, I’m not very close with Nangong, just have a research-related relationship.”

“A Ph.D. from Dragon Science Academy…”

Gao Yang smacked his tongue:

“I’ve never interacted with someone so highly educated before; tell me, do these people have two heads or something? How do they score so high?”

“You can count them when you see her.”

With that, the vehicle stopped, and Lin Xian and Gao Yang got out, walking into the laboratory.

Nangong Mengjie was a bit busy today, so Lin Xian directly went into the lab to find her.

Through the outer glass.

Lin Xian pointed to show Gao Yang:

“Look, the one with glasses, wearing a white lab coat, that’s Nangong.”

Woo!!!!!

A loud whistle!

Two jets of hot steam spewed from Gao Yang’s nostrils as he widened his eyes, staring at the graceful figure busy at the lab bench!

Baby face! Large bust! Bespectacled girl!

Smart! Intelligent! Valve of high grades!

Swish–

Gao Yang swept his arm across, blocking Lin Xian in front of him:

“Bro, I’m in love.”

“Huh?”

Lin Xian was dumbfounded:

“Are you joking?”

“No, no, no…”

Gao Yang shook his head like a rattle-drum:

“In my life! I’ve never met someone who moved my heart like this! She perfectly fits my ideal lover!”

“You wait here, let me show your charm. I don’t want the feelings between me and Nangong to be tainted by the influence of your superior-subordinate relationship; that’d make me feel her feelings for me aren’t pure.”