Chapter 64 - 2#
Mo Xuzhi said, “Go see her.”
“The reason you participated in the project is because you are irreplaceable, and in your sister’s eyes, you are equally irreplaceable.”
The lights in the cemetery turned on, and the gatekeeper came to tell them to leave.
Chen Jun, originally a tall and robust man, now looked as if he had aged several degrees, his back stooped.
The people who came with him were members of the same Mechanical Group Two who happened to be assigned to the same hospital. They had called two cars earlier, and after leaving the cemetery, they got into a car and invited Mo Xuzhi along.
Glancing at the black car parked on the other side of the road, Mo Xuzhi shook his head and let them leave first.
After the others left, the black car parked on the roadside moved slowly, then turned a corner and stopped in front of him.
The window rolled down, and Wang Zhifeng leaned over, saying, “Let’s go.”
Mo Xuzhi got into the car.
The news of Chen Jun’s mother passing away was told to Wang Zhifeng by others, and Wang Zhifeng told him.
The people present were all members of the same Mechanical Group Two as Chen Jun. Wang Zhifeng wasn’t familiar with them, and they weren’t under his management, so it wouldn’t have been good for him to go.
Wang Zhifeng watched Mo Xuzhi fasten his seatbelt.
Mo Xuzhi was different. Although he wasn’t Chen Jun’s direct supervisor, he was a leader several levels higher, with the right and reason to see Chen Jun.
He believed that if Mo Xuzhi knew, he would definitely come, so he sent Mo Xuzhi a message.
His residential area was further away, and it would take some time to get to the Pingkan Arena. He knew Mo Xuzhi definitely couldn’t wait and would want to go immediately, so he didn’t offer to take him there, only saying he would come to pick him up.
Leaning back against the seat, Mo Xuzhi put his mask and hat aside and closed his eyes.
The surrounding scenery receded continuously.
After a long while.
Mo Xuzhi opened his eyes and said, “Wang Zhifeng, if I hadn’t approved his application, would things have been different?”
His voice was very light, as if he wasn’t asking Wang Zhifeng, but rather himself.
Wang Zhifeng answered.
“It would definitely be different, but you have to look at it from Chen Jun’s perspective.” Wang Zhifeng looked at the road and said, “Did you hear him say he regretted it?”
“It was his own choice, and he doesn’t regret it. Then your choice wasn’t wrong. You’ve already done the best you could.”
Mo Xuzhi wiped his face and nodded.
Quietly, the two returned to the residential area.
When they got home, Mo Xiaobao was still sleeping. They didn’t wake it up. Since it was already near midnight, they each went back to their rooms to shower and sleep.
The city gradually became quiet.
At half-past two in the morning, the sound of a door opening came from the darkness, followed by footsteps approaching.
“Mo Xuzhi, are you still awake?”
It was Wang Zhifeng’s voice.
Mo Xuzhi, who had been forcing himself to close his eyes, instantly opened them and then turned on the light.
The light switch here was the same as in his dormitory, and he was already very familiar with using it.
Mo Xuzhi said, “You can come in.”
His voice didn’t have the slightest drowsiness of someone who just woke up. Wang Zhifeng came in and saw that his eyes were clear.
Wang Zhifeng lowered his gaze, hiding all his emotions. He glanced at the sleeping pills on the bedside table and asked, “Can’t sleep even after taking the medicine?”
“I didn’t take any.”
Mo Xuzhi sat up and said, “I don’t want to take medicine.”
Taking medicine felt like running away to him.
As long as he took the medicine, he could fall asleep instantly and wouldn’t have to think about anything.
He didn’t want to run away.
Wang Zhifeng sat on the edge of the bed, draped a coat over Mo Xuzhi, and asked, “Thinking about something?”
Mo Xuzhi nodded: “Yeah, some small things.”
Because of Chen Jun’s matter, he thought of some past events.
He thought he should have been able to forget them, but in reality, he remembered them clearly.
When his parents passed away, he was abroad. He only received the news after the whole nation knew that a biologist and a physicist had both died in the line of duty, telling him his parents had passed away and hoping he could get to the hospital as soon as possible.
When he rushed back to the country, he only managed to see them one last time before they were sent to the crematorium.
After that, their smiles remained forever in black and white photos, kept in the Martyrs’ Cemetery.
Despite the ending being like this, Chen Jun still didn’t regret it, but he truly regretted it.
He was thinking, if he hadn’t gone abroad, if he had stayed in the lab, would things have been different?
But if things really changed, then what would happen to that little boy who was almost hit by a truck before?
In the end, everything seemed to be without a solution.
The dark and quiet atmosphere of the night was very suitable for wandering thoughts.
Mo Xuzhi’s mind was a mess, with various thoughts tangled together.
“Wang Zhifeng,” he asked, “What if one day…”
He stopped halfway and then pulled his clothes tighter.
He couldn’t think about these things now. As long as the Academy of Science and Technology needed him for one day, he could not fall.
“Mo Xuzhi, don’t think too much.” Wang Zhifeng looked seriously into Mo Xuzhi’s eyes and said, “The doctor said you are gradually getting better. As long as you maintain the same state of mind as before, you can soon try to slowly stop the medicine.”
Mo Xuzhi nodded: “Okay.”
“Get some rest early. I’ll close the door for you. Don’t worry about Mo Xiaobao waking you up tomorrow.”
The room returned to silence.
Mo Xuzhi stared at the ceiling for a while longer and finally closed his eyes.
After sleeping for about an hour or two, when Mo Xuzhi opened his eyes again, the sky outside was still very dark.
He turned on his computer, took out a pen and paper, put on his glasses, and began to read the literature from recent years again.
At five or six in the morning, it started to rain again.
The sky never brightened. Mo Xuzhi was focused and didn’t notice the time until some small thumping sounds came from the door. He then realized it was already eight in the morning.
Probably Xiaobao had woken up and wanted to find him.
Getting up to open the door a crack, Mo Xuzhi took off his glasses and went to the bathroom to wash up, while Xiaobao slipped in naturally.
Hearing movement in the room, Wang Zhifeng also brought breakfast to the dining table.
After breakfast, Wang Zhifeng said they were going to the hospital for a checkup today.
The checkup was arranged by the Academy of Science and Technology. Every time a researcher returned from a research project, they had to go through this step.
The location was applied for by Wang Zhifeng, at the nearby military hospital. They could return quickly after the checkup.
Mo Xuzhi had no objections and just sighed.
The checkup took about an hour, followed by waiting for the results. Mo Xuzhi went to buy water, so Wang Zhifeng alone got the first-hand information.
He mainly wanted to see the condition of Mo Xuzhi’s lungs.
The difference in the results of the previous checkup at Rongcheng City Hospital was too large, which was worrying. This time at the military hospital, he specifically asked the doctor to check the lungs more.
The checkup results were very similar to the second checkup results from Rongcheng City Hospital.
The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) index in Mo Xuzhi’s lungs was still higher than the normal value, but currently, there was no trend of increasing, and the data was relatively stable.
The doctor had encountered this situation a few times and mentioned the general precautions, also proposing several solutions. Wang Zhifeng didn’t decide immediately but chose the most conservative one for now.
The doctor prescribed some relatively common medicine. Wang Zhifeng put the medicine at the bottom of the bag containing the checkup report and then met up with Mo Xuzhi, who had gone to buy water.
He took the water Mo Xuzhi handed him and said, “The doctor said your body is fine, you just lack exercise usually.”
Mo Xuzhi nodded.
On the last day of the holiday, the two had already entered work mode.
The ancient and modern cultural books originally used for relaxation in the study had been put into the cabinet, and now the desk was piled with snow-white documents.
Many pieces of literature couldn’t be understood just by reading, especially in the physics category where Wang Zhifeng was. Just looking with his eyes wasn’t enough; he had to perform calculations. Since there were no conditions for experiments at home, he used a computer for simulation.
This time, Mo Xuzhi’s paper no longer had slanted scores; every piece of scratch paper was filled with patterns that looked like they were printed by a computer.
The two stayed in the room until they forgot the time.
It wasn’t until Mo Xiaobao, who had been playing by itself, finally couldn’t help but protest that they noticed it was already noon.
Wang Zhifeng went to cook, and Mo Xuzhi followed to help.
The two had a simple lunch and then continued to stay in the study.
The phone placed in a corner of the room rang a few times from time to time, but no one noticed.
Since the news of TTK winning the championship spread last night, the entire internet had once again been swept by an e-sports craze, with topics related to TTK everywhere.
Among them, netizens were most concerned about Shen Fang’s future.
Many people had an impression of the name “Shen Fang” when TTK won the championship a few years ago. This time, the appearance of this name directly refreshed their original impression.
The GIF of Shen Fang expressionlessly taking down an enemy with one shot in the live stream went viral even more, and his “cool guy” persona was more stable than anyone else’s.
The fuse for the change in things was Xiao Zhou’s Weibo post about meeting “Uncle” in person.
According to netizens, he didn’t look like a cool guy in the photo, but like a “simp” who finally met his partner.
Shen Fang didn’t comment on this, only posting a very brief Weibo.
[TTK Coach: I won [Image]]
His attached photo wasn’t the trophy, but a pinkish cup of milk tea. Through the outer packaging, whole strawberries could be seen inside.
A short Weibo post contained huge information.
[??? Changed the name so quickly. Just won the championship and already changed the name, even a space traveler isn’t as fast as you.]
[My eyes! This milk tea is so pink! Did Shen Shen get a girlfriend? (heartbroken.jpg)]
[Shen Shen is awesome!!]
[Am I the only one who wants to know where the milk tea was bought? Whole strawberries are really conscientious!! If it’s a commercial promotion, please tell me the name!]
[Not an ad, Shen Shen specifically blocked the brand logo.]
[Hahahahahaha. Retired, that’s right, but became a coach again. Today Xiao Zhou was still taking advantage of Shen Shen’s retirement to go wild. I wonder what he’ll think when he sees this name.]
[Retired, but not fully. Xiao Zhou is free, but not fully free.]
[Not an ad, nor a girlfriend. According to insiders, the milk tea was sent by Uncle.]
Shen Fang liked the last comment.
On the last day of the break, Mo Xuzhi and Wang Zhifeng organized the documents in the study, re-categorized them, and briefly played with Mo Xiaobao for a while.
A day passed quickly.
Early the next morning, as dawn broke through the clouds and most of the city was still quiet, Mo Xuzhi and Wang Zhifeng had already left the house.
Adjusting their shirts, putting on their white coats, and then their red work badges.
It’s time for work.