Chapter 6 Chapter Six

The nurse patted Li Meizhu on the shoulder and asked him to let go. After a long time, he let go of his mother, put her head gently on the pillow, and then he was willing to leave. Zhiyang stepped forward to support him, and he rested his head on Zhiyang's shoulder. At that moment, Zhiyang decided to get married and have children. She was willing to have a child call her mother when she was dying. Later the doctor and lawyer came. Taking advantage of the crowd, Zhiyang quietly walked out of Li's residence, stood under the row of cherry blossom trees, and sighed for a while. Had she known that Shi Zhen would come with her, she would have a better understanding of family affairs.

Just as Zhiyang was about to leave, she suddenly heard someone calling her: "Sister Lin, sister Lin." It was Li Meizhu who chased her out, "Where are you going?" Zhiyang replied, "I'm going home." He said urgently, "Sister Lin, can we still meet in the future?" "of course can." At this time, someone in the room called him: "Mei Zhu, your father wants to talk to you, he is waiting for you on the other end of the phone." Li Meizhu had no choice but to return to the house immediately. Zhiyang didn't want to stay and disturb others, so he left quietly.

When she returned to the laboratory, her cheeks were still wet. She reached out to wipe away tears. Shi Zhen handed her a glass of juice. Zhiyang asked, "Who did you see?" "I met Xu Zhimo in Cambridge and talked with him for a while." "Did he talk about his love life?" "He said everything was a misunderstanding." "I also believe it is, and they are unwilling to admit the truth." Shi Zhen looked at Zhiyang carefully, "You seem to have cried before." "yes." "What kind of story does it encounter, is it a tragedy?"

"I'll tell you slowly in the future." Shi Zhen went to another corner, "It was only at this time that I realized that my father loves literature very much." "Yes, the professor is both civil and military." "When he comes back, I will definitely arrange for you to have a good gathering with him." "Think about it, if the professor's invention can be commercialized..." Shi Zhen continued with a smile: "One hundred dollars to have a dream, you can choose, and the monthly ticket is 10% off." Zhiyang was also amused by her.

"It's like watching a movie or reading a novel, but it's just going to the scene to experience it. I don't think there will be any business." "Yes, every time it takes only three to five minutes, the customers come like a cloud, and you will definitely make a fortune." Only then did Ye Zhen say: "It's a pity that my dad has no interest in economic benefits at all." "I guessed it too." "It is said that this house was maintained by relying on the ancestral property." "It will be your dowry in the future, right?"

Shi Zhen smiled. Her lovely and crystal face is very similar to that of her grandmother. Zhiyang suddenly reached out and put his arm around his friend's shoulder. "Hey, what are you doing?" "kid--" "What do you call me?" Zhiyang laughed, finding it difficult to explain, just now in the dream, she called Shizhen's parents as children. Shi Zhen said, "I heard that Zeng Guofeng is looking for you everywhere." "Don't bother with him." "He came to me and asked me to say good things to you." Zhiyang was surprised, "How do you answer such a thing?"

"none of my business." "Hi, I'm your friend." "Yes, but the matter between you and Lao Zeng has nothing to do with me." Zhiyang pondered for a while, "Thank you." "Find a new boyfriend, and you can tell him to give up." Zhiyang asked: "Have you forgotten this story? To get rid of rats, bring a cat into the house; to get rid of cats, bring a dog into the house; to get rid of dogs, bring a tiger into the house..." Shi Zhen smiled and waved her hands, "Yes, yes, I know." Zhiyang asked: "It's still early, what's on?"

"I still want to find my father." "Come on, let's talk to his secretary in detail." Shizhen presses her father's communication number, and a blonde girl appears on the screen. When she sees Shizhen, she feels helpless. "Miss Li, please wait patiently. I have no news from Professor Li for the time being." Shi Zhen was not polite, "You have been perfunctory to me for the past week, the professor must have told you where to find him if you have something really important." The blonde was also annoyed, "Miss Li, why are you being so aggressive, I'm just a robot, and I'm just a servant."

Huh, a robot? Shi Zhen said, "Let me meet my father." "Your name is not on his important list." Shi Zhen was very shocked. The image on the screen disappears automatically. Zhiyang quickly comforted Shi Zhen, "How can a robot know what is good and what is bad?" "No," Shi Zhen waved his hand, "A robot is the most honest, and will never make false statements. If it says it doesn't, it definitely doesn't." "The professor didn't know you would look for him." Shi Zhen glanced at Zhiyang, "Forget it, don't comfort me anymore."

"The other person is at home, what do you want him to do?" This explanation is more reasonable. Shi Zhen sighed deeply, "My father doesn't value me." "You know it's not true, so why get angry." Shi Zhen said, "I'm going to prepare dinner." Zhiyang smiled, "Ask the robot to help." As soon as Shi Zhen walked away, the fluorescent screen suddenly resumed functioning, and the blonde girl appeared again. Zhiyang raised his head and looked at her. She was very polite, "Miss Lin Zhiyang?" "good." "Your name is on the professor's list."

"what?" "Yes, with you, but without Li Shizhen." How strange. "Where is he?" "He's safe." "I know." His body was in the locker, how unbelievable. "Do you want to contact him?" "How to contact?" "As instructed, he said, press X five five." Zhiyang understood, she nodded, "Thank you for your advice." "This is for you alone." "I can save it." The blond girl smiled, intending to back down. "please wait." The blond looked up. "Do you know everything that happened in the professor's house?" She nodded, a little proudly, "The professor trusts my ability to handle affairs." "Are you monitoring Li's house?" "No, I don't have that function." "Can you tell me why the professor didn't contact his daughter." The blond secretary replied: "She was too young at that time, so it had nothing to do with her." "I'm still an outsider!" "No," the blond robot stared at Zhiyang, "you are always by his side." Zhiyang said in disbelief: "What!" The secretary smiled, the screen went off, it came and went freely, and the function was excellent. Shi Zhen looked around from the door, "Zhi Yang, who are you talking to?" "I'm talking to myself." "The problem is getting bigger and bigger." "I think so." "The signs of the old aunt are becoming more and more obvious. Find a boyfriend quickly." Zhiyang is submissive. I went to the kitchen and sat down, tasted the food, and complained: "It's better to use human hands, and the cooking skills of robots will never be able to improve. Whether it's chicken, duck, goose, fish, shrimp, crab, pork, beef, and sheep, they all taste the same." "Where is the manpower free to get food?" "Shizhen, has our quality of life really improved?" "Good question." "Technology is getting more and more advanced, but life is getting more and more complicated. Can computers improve our emotional life? Where do we spend our extra time?" Shi Zhen went on to say: "Human embryos are grown in the laboratory, and after birth, they collectively learn language and various knowledge in the nursery, without any contact with their biological parents. What are the benefits?" The two young women sighed together. Zhiyang said: "If the food is delicious, there will be no such complaints." Shi Zhen wiped her mouth, "I'll ask the robot to clean up." "However, there is nothing we can do without them right now." "I totally believe it." "Where does our time go?" "People don't want to have children, the population is decreasing and aging, and each person can't maintain the social economy if they don't work more than ten hours a day. No one is willing to do heavy work, so they have to rely on robots." Zhiyang asked, "Do you want to go out and relax?" Shi Zhen replied, "Without a handsome and funny male companion, I'm not interested." Zhiyang laughed so hard that he fell down. "I will go to the recruitment office earlier than you." "There is no one you want there." "Zhiyang, where is he?" Zhiyang raised his head, "Somewhere, sometime, you will always meet him." "Then why are there so many single people in the world?" "Some people enjoy solitude." "No way, no one is psychopathic?" Zhiyang continued: "Sometimes, the partner has to say goodbye halfway, so he is alone." Professor Xiang is one of them. "Come on, after the rest, let's go find someone again." Zhiyang remained calm. But Shizhen is not stupid, she said: "Zhiyang, I noticed that you keep pressing the letters on the side of the button, here are all XYZ." Zhiyang raised his head, "Then I will change with you." "No," Shi Zhen said, "Someone will also recognize certain numbers when buying lottery tickets." This analogy is very appropriate. Zhiyang nodded. Shi Zhen suddenly said, "I'll press it for you." Zhiyang quickly stopped, "No, Shizhen, I'll do it myself, hey, daredevil—" It was too late, and Zhiyang became angry. Zhiyang originally wanted to press X55. Can have to wait for the next time. Because he was in a hurry to see the professor, Zhiyang was absent-minded and not very attentive. I saw that the location was a spacious apartment house, with electric lights and telephones, and water splints near the windows, all of which were designed in the last century and have a history of more than 100 years. At that time, the style of the city was relatively corrupt, so it was easy to make people confused. Zhiyang smiled, he didn't know whose world he had fallen into again, he couldn't help himself. At this moment, she heard a woman chanting helplessly: "I can't help myself." Zhiyang poked his head to see who it was. A thin and beautiful woman was sitting by the window making a yellow warbler sing, and was feeding it with half an egg yolk in her hand. The woman is wearing a moon-white silk cheongsam, with a graceful figure and infinite charm, but she has many worries. who is this The woman raised her head, looked at Zhiyang, and asked, "Who are you?" Zhi Yang murmured: "I—" The woman smiled, "You are the new little lady." "Me, little lady?" I've only heard that there is a big lady, so where is the little big lady? The woman raised her voice: "Mother Zhang, the young lady has come to work." A middle-aged woman hurried in and complained in a low voice when she saw Yang: "Why did you come to Miss's room? Follow me, don't run around." Zhiyang hurriedly asked Zhang's mother, "What is Little Miss?" Mama Zhang was annoyed, "Young lady is a young servant. You are from Pudong, but you? Talk less and do more. Go mop the floor." Zhiyang can't laugh or cry. Just as he was about to distinguish, he suddenly smelled the tangy aroma of the stove. Bluntly asked: "What are you cooking?" "Gluttony, but you know what you're looking for. It's a pot of braised squid and pork belly." "Wow." Zhiyang salivated. Mama Zhang sympathized with her, "Go and get rid of the time, Miss will not be stingy with a few pieces of meat." I didn't expect to go back to more than a hundred years ago to eat well. Zhiyang took the floor mop and a bucket of water, and asked in his busy schedule, "Who is Miss? She is so beautiful." Mama Zhang laughed, then sighed again, "Look at you, you look so stupid, you're so heartbroken, she's—" she said three words in Zhiyang's ear. Zhiyang opened his eyes wide, "Ruan Lingyu!" Zhang Ma nodded, "Even a country boy like you knows Miss's name." Zhiyang didn't want to tell Zhang Ma whether she was from the country or from the city, she just thought regretfully that this is a short life. Poor she will commit suicide because of emotional disputes and troubles that cannot be resolved. Mama Zhang pushed her, "Don't you want to get rid of the time? When the lady is happy, she will take you to have your hair permed, and you will be lucky." Zhiyang quickly said, "No, no, I like straight hair." Mama Zhang criticized with a smile, "Look at you, you have a rural atmosphere, and you don't know what's good and what's wrong." Zhiyang had never mopped the floor before, so he learned it without a teacher. Fortunately, it was an easy job, as long as he was willing to put in the effort, he could mop the inside and outside of the house clean and bright in a short time. Zhang Ma was very surprised when she saw it, "Hey, your hands and feet are diligent." Miss Ruan came out with her arms folded and smiled slightly, "This time I used the right person." Zhiyang was sitting on the terrace sweating, very happy, that's the benefit of physical labor. Mama Zhang filled a big bowl with rice and meat for her, "Just sit there and eat." Zhiyang took it with his hands, smiled, didn't mind, and ate it, how sweet it was. This is how life is. In the last story, she was misunderstood as a fairy, but this time, someone mistook her for a dog. Mama Zhang asked, "How long has it been since you ate pork belly?" Zhiyang answered truthfully: "I have never tasted such delicious meat." "Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful." Add another bowl of vegetable soup to her. "Mum Zhang, if you open a restaurant, your business will be booming." It was Miss Ruan who stood by the French window and made fun of her. Zhiyang wiped his mouth and said sincerely, "Miss Ruan, can I have a few words with you?" Miss Ruan had no airs, she leaned on the railing and asked with a smile, "But do you want to borrow money?" "No no no, that's not it." Miss Ruan was surprised, "Then you must be asking me for old clothes?" Zhiyang smiled, "No, I have enough clothes to wear." Miss Ruan looked at her, "The old indance blue cloth like yours can be worn for ten years." Zhiyang restrained his smile, "Miss Ruan, life is precious." Miss Ruan turned her head, very surprised, "What did you say?" Zhiyang repeated gently: "The most precious thing a person has is life." Miss Ruan was annoyed and funny, "Where did you hear people say that, is it someone from a Jesuit church preaching?" Zhiyang realized that women at that time lacked common sense. She said: "No matter what, life should not be despised." Ms. Ruan replied: "That's natural, the body is hair and skin, inherited from parents, so you need to protect it carefully." Zhiyang nodded, well said. At this time, a car stopped at the entrance of the alley. Miss Ruan saw it and immediately said to Zhang's mother, "Say I'm not here." She avoided the room in disgust. Mama Zhang replied loudly, "Yes." Then she said to Zhiyang, "Go quickly and buy me a bottle of vinegar and come back. Miss is treating me tonight. I will be busy until dusk." "Why are you here today?" "Today is Miss's birthday." "How old are you?" "twenty-three." Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it's not today." Zhang Ma asked, "What are you muttering alone?" Zhiyang spread his hands, "That's what country people look like." "Yes, I made a fuss for a while, and forgot to ask, what's your name?" "Lin Zhiyang." "What kind of name is that?" "You call me Azhi, it's like the name of the little eldest sister." "Azhi?" Zhiyang asked, "Who is going to visit Miss Ruan?" "Those ruthless men who have made a fortune in business and have wives at home but still come to pursue female stars." Zhiyang didn't expect a middle-aged maid to say such witty words, so he couldn't help applauding. Zhang Ma couldn't laugh or cry, "What are you doing?" "Very well said." "What do you know!" Zhiyang smiled, she wanted to say, I know a lot more than you, but I feel that I can't win by force, so what are you doing to be brave in front of Mama Zhang. "Azhi, you're very interesting. Keep doing it. Miss has a very easy-going temper and won't treat you badly. It's good to meet more people and gain more knowledge here." Zhiyang thought, unfortunately I can't. Then someone rang the doorbell. "Here we come, the hated character is here." Mama Zhang went to open the door. As soon as the door was opened, there was a middle-aged man standing there, with a big belly, salivating face, half-open mouth, very greedy. Not to mention the lack of social progress, in Zhiyang's era, people's appearance and figure have greatly improved, and there are very few people who look bad. Human genetic factors can already be controlled by doctors. Of course, try to select good qualities for the next generation. . I saw that big-bellied Jia Sai gave money to Mama Zhang, and called her: "Come on, little sister, take it to buy candy." In fact, Zhiyang is a few years older than Miss Ruan, but without dressing up, he looks tender. Zhiyang said, "I'm going to buy vinegar." Let Zhang's mother get entangled with this person. The legendary mad bee and butterfly is such a person. But Zhiyang never thought that any kind of butterfly would be so fat. She walked out of the alley and looked back, only to see that the sky was tinged with rose color and mist, and the tricycle jingled and rang by her side. At that time, the metropolis was like a small town. Zhiyang was very attached to Miss Ruan, but it was a pity that she Just a passerby, can't stay long. She exchanged her labor for a bowl of food, a fair deal, and it was time for her to leave. Zhiyang could imagine that Zhang's mother would miss her, "A Zhi, this little lady, she must have lost her way and was kidnapped", and then went to the recommendation office to inquire, and found that the recommendation office did not send anyone at all. Zhiyang has some apologies to his good old mother Zhang. But what saddens her most is that human beings cannot reverse their fate. Zhiyang walked forward, and she walked back to the laboratory. Shi Zhen looked at her, "It scares me, why are you sweating profusely?" Of course mopping the floor involves sweating. Zhiyang asked Shizhen, "Where have you been?" "Forget it." Zhiyang was very curious, "Let's hear it." "I accompany a lady to origami a boat." Zhiyang laughed, "I see, send the paper boat to mother." "No, when I think of my dead mother, I burst into tears." Shi Zhen was downcast. Zhiyang said strangely: "I really didn't expect paper boats to be touching." "Because it happened to touch my wound." Zhiyang sighed softly. "You and I are both sad and tired." "That's how life is." "Zhiyang, why are you pessimistic?" "Isn't it? Life is full of waiting and waiting and then panic and panic." "Find our father, we can ask him about life." "The professor will be back soon." "Is this your sixth sense?" Zhiyang replied: "Don't tease me, I trust my inspiration very much." "This is where you fail as a human being." Zhiyang stretched his waist, "I don't mind you, go home and recharge your batteries and get ready for work." When she got home, she showered and washed, she weighed a pound, and found that she had lost more than a kilogram, and she couldn't lose any more weight. She took out the nutritional powder and mixed a drink to drink it down. Alas, it's really unpalatable, and I can't help but miss Zhang Ma's pork belly again. Someone kept ringing the bell outside the door. Zhiyang went to check. Standing outside was Zeng Guofeng. Zhiyang didn't want to see him at all.But he had the code to open the gate of the building before, so it came in handy. Get rid of him quickly, or the neighbors will be offended. "Zhiyang, I want to say a few words with you." "You wait for me at the corner of the street, I'll be down in ten minutes." Zhiyang's tone was tough, so Zeng Guofeng had no choice but to follow suit. After half an hour, Zhiyang arrived at the corner of the street. It was drizzling, Zhiyang held up a flower umbrella, and asked Zeng Guofeng expressionlessly: "What do you want me for?" "Just chatting." "I have no shortage of people to chat with." "Do you have other friends?" Zhiyang suddenly replied: "Yes." Zeng Guofeng was stunned, in a daze, and asked after a while, "What kind of person is he?" In fact, Zhiyang didn't need to answer this kind of question, but she heard herself say: "I am older, wise, mature, have a career foundation, have a lot of fun in life, and know how to take care of others." Zeng Guofeng had nothing to say. After a while he asked, "Is there room for development?" "Of course, who is interested in eating and watching theaters for a lifetime now?" "Are you going to get married?" "possible." "Do you fully understand?" "We are communicating with each other, and I already have a good understanding of his mentality in his youth and youth." "That's great." "Yes, I think so too." "Then, I take my leave." "No." Zhiyang turned his head and left. "Zhiyang." He stopped her again. "What's up?" Zeng Guofeng's voice was sincere, "Zhiyang, you are better than them all." Zhiyang's voice became gentle, "That's not necessarily true, everyone has advantages, but at that time, I cherished you more, but it was a fact." Zeng Guofeng was silent, "I don't know how to repay." "It doesn't matter, there must be another one, just show some respect to her." Seeing how witty and generous she was, Zeng Guofeng knew there was no hope. "Goodbye." Zhiyang turned his head and left. I've confessed, I've said everything, I hope he won't come again in the future. Enough time wasted. "Ocean—" Zhiyang was very impatient, she didn't look back, but stood still, what's next?Without waiting for him to speak, he said, "I often see an old glove lost on the ground. Has the owner ever looked for it? If you can't find it, you will be disappointed? However, if you cherish it carefully, the glove will not be lost. But this?" Then he stepped up and walked away in a hurry. She grew up faster than him, probably already half a head taller than him.When she looked at him, she had to bow her head like a little brother. Strange, not so long ago, he could still hurt her. At this moment, I just feel that he is like the kind of kid who keeps going in and out and stepping on people's feet in the theater during the movie screening. I hate it, yes, but it is not enough to make anyone have a shadow and leave the scene Once in the theatre, forget about it. Zhiyang bought a large bouquet of white flowers for himself at the corner flower shop, buried his face in it, smelled it deeply, and felt that every cell in his body was alive again. A preacher must believe in what he preaches, that life is precious, and living well is of the utmost importance. If she didn't believe it, she wouldn't tell that Miss Ruan. Zhiyang returned home, arranged the flowers, and went to bed peacefully. "The ocean, the ocean." "Who called me?" "it's me." "Who are you?" In the dream, sometimes it is difficult to open his eyes wide, and Zhiyang can't see things, and only vaguely sees a human figure in front of him. Who is this, she couldn't help but become vigilant, who broke into her house, don't be Zeng Guofeng again. The figure gradually became clear, and it turned out to be a woman, "Zhiyang, I want to ask you to take care of someone." Zhiyang replied: "I don't know you, first tell me who you are." The woman smiled and walked to a brighter corner of the room, "Look who I am." Zhiyang took a look and felt relieved, "Shizhen, it's you!" "No," the woman replied, "I'm not Shi Zhen." Not Shizhen?Yes, she is a little fatter than Shizhen, and her face is longer, but her smile is very similar. "May I ask who you are?" The woman was about to answer, when Zhiyang woke up from the dream, looked at the clock, it was time for work, she hurriedly cleaned up and forgot most of the dream.