Chapter 6 Chapter Four

Twenty years ago, Xianyun was just 25 years old like a flower, a girl with outstanding talent and appearance.Some people say that a girl who is not aware of her own beauty is truly beautiful, and Xianyun is such a natural beauty.She never spends her time trying to seek beauty, so she doesn't have the common problems of those "beauties": affectation, self-pity, self-enclosed and so on. After finishing her Ph.D. at the age of 24, she voted for Professor Thomas and went to Africa with great interest—there is the only large-scale nature reserve in the world in the Amazon Basin.When she came back in autumn, she was tanned and red, and the rough backs of her hands and cheeks recorded the wind and frost of Africa.She rushed into the house in a hurry, dropped her backpack, and hugged her parents tightly.Xianyun's father had an indifferent expression, like a dry oak tree in his daughter's embrace, but Xianyun's mother knew that he was very happy in his heart.Xianyun hurriedly asked:

"Yuan Yuan, I really miss him." "He's just playing outside." Mom teased, "Yun'er, why do I feel that you still have the wildness of a cheetah or a chimpanzee on your body? Where is that elegant and quiet lady?" Xian went to laugh and said, "Don't worry, mom, I'll be able to dress up as a good girl like that right away." Yuan Yuan probably heard the movement, holding the domestic white cat to poke his head at the door, and immediately ran over ecstatically: "Sister! Sister!" Xianyun picked him up, rubbed his face and asked:

"Yuan Yuan, do you miss your sister?" Yuan Yuan said mischievously: "Think about it, only think about it when no one is playing." Xianyun hugged him and sat on the sofa, and took out a dark African wood carving from his backpack: "Yuanyuan, a gift from my sister." It was a black boy, naked, with curly hair, exaggeratedly lanky, with a penis poking out.Yuan Yuan embraced happily: "Thank you sister." At this time, the white cat broke down and ran away, and Yuan Yuan also broke out from her sister's arms.Xianyun shouted: "Yuanyuan, don't go! My sister still has a lot to ask you."

Yuan Yuan's voice had already reached outside the courtyard: "Sister, I will play with you again tonight!" Listening to the hurried footsteps gradually going away, Xianyun smiled wryly at his mother: "This kid is still not enlightened at all. He only knows how to play. It is said that he is already 23 years old." Mom immediately took up the conversation: "Speaking of age, Xianyun, you are not young anymore, you promised to consider marriage when you come back this time." Xianyun laughed generously and said, "Parents don't ask, I will report to you too. I want him to come home tonight."

Mom teased: "Which 'he' is it?" "His name is Park Chung-chul, a Korean, a geneticist. He was in Africa this summer, and we spent a month together in Tsavo National Park. Dad, according to him, you know each other." Dad said meanly: "I know, an arrogant little genius, who belongs to an aggressive upstart nation. I doubt whether you can stay together forever. You know, you are soaked in 5000 years of Chinese culture, blood and bile Here are all the style of a great country, and he;" he said contemptuously. "It's more or less like an upstart mentality."

Xianyun shouted dissatisfiedly: "Father!" Dad waved his hand and said coldly: "Don't worry, I will respect your choice." After speaking, he walked away. Xianyun and his mother smiled wryly at each other.My mother frowned and said, "Yun'er, don't be sad. You know the old man's temper. Leave him alone, and bring Chongzhe here tonight. He... also studies DNA?" Mom said worriedly: "Son, I'm afraid You have to be prepared to suffer. DNA research is a quagmire that eats people. People who devote themselves to it have only two possibilities, either to win, or to be dragged down, or even crazy. This is the life experience of a geneticist wife ,child!"

At night, Xianyun walked into the house holding Chongzhe's arm.At that time, Zhongzhe was 28 years old, handsome and suave, wearing a jacket made by famous designers, shirt with an open collar, sharp eyes, a casual smile on his face, and unruly black hair.When Xianyun looked at her husband fascinatedly, he couldn't help secretly admitting that there was indeed something in his father's words: Park Chongzhe, who is so talented in the world, is indeed a bit sharp and aggressive. Chong Zhe saw the portrait of Confucius in the living room as soon as he entered the door.He looked at Xianyun with a questioning eye, Xianyun pursed his lips and said with a smile:

"Tell you, I am a direct descendant of Confucius, his great-great-grandson." Park Chung-cheol was a little surprised, and said with emotion with a smile: "In your ancient country, you can touch historical relics everywhere. Really, I know that the Kong family is the oldest family in the world, but I didn't expect you to be the grandson of this mysterious family." He bowed to Confucius: "Korea is also in the Confucian cultural circle. There are several famous masters and Confucians in my ancestors, so I respect Master very much, but I respect his old man's Yi Xia The point of view of "Zhifang" is quite slanderous. I hope the old man will not reject a descendant of Dongyi as the son-in-law of the Confucian family."

Xianyun scolded with a smile: "Poor mouth." At this moment, Chongzhe saw Xianyun's father come out, and immediately put away his jokes, and saluted respectfully: "Hello, Uncle Kong." The old man did not return the salute, nor did he answer.He sat on the sofa, looked at the Korean youth coldly, and there was a cold scene in the room.Then the mother who came in quickly changed the atmosphere, presided over the family party skillfully, and controlled the rhythm of the conversation. After she asked about Chong Zhe's personal situation, she asked again: "I heard that you also study genetics. What field are you in?"

"It's mostly behavioral genetics." "What is behavioral genetics? Enlighten me. Try to be as simple as possible. Don't think that a biologist's wife must also be close to ink. He engages in his DNA. I taught my Duo Laimi. The two are the same Well water does not interfere with river water, and mutual non-interference in internal affairs." Both Xianyun and Chongzhe laughed, and Chongzhe said gracefully: "Auntie, I have the honor to listen to some of your symphonies or sonatas, such as 'Dinosaurs', 'Mother's Love and Death', etc. I think, to write such profound and majestic works, the author must have the deepest understanding of biological science. "But he still succinctly introduced according to Xianyun's mother's request:

"Many behaviors of organisms are born. Even if the young is isolated from the parent group after birth, it can still maintain the instinct of the parent group. Like human babies, they can cry and eat milk when they are born, but they can't walk; horses Foals and chickens are born to run, and baby turtles are born to recognize the direction of the sea and jump towards it." He looked at Dad Xianyun, the old man was sitting upright on the sofa, his posture was stiff, like a mummy.Zhongzhe continued: "There is no doubt that many biological habits are acquired by heaven, rather than parental education. For example, insects have a four-generation cycle: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults. Larvae are pure eating machines; and Moths are pure reproductive machines, not even having lips, so that even different forms of the same insect are almost equivalent to different races. But they can still accurately repeat the nature of their parents at intervals. There is a habit of reproducing Migrating butterflies can accurately remember the thousands of kilometers from North America to South America. Where did it learn the knowledge? You must know that the offspring butterflies and parent butterflies are completely isolated in time and space .” Xianyun and his mother were listening attentively, Chongzhe said again: "There is another typical example. Norwegian lemmings will throw themselves into the sea in groups when they are adults. This habit has puzzled biologists. Later, it was verified that the place where they threw themselves into the sea was connected to the mainland by a land bridge. It turns out that this is where the rat population must pass through during their seasonal migration for tens of millions of years. This migration must be conducive to the reproduction of the rat population, and has evolved into a fixed behavior pattern preserved in the genetic code. Although time has passed, the land bridge has sunk to the bottom of the sea , but the instincts of the rats are still tenaciously maintained, even overcoming the fear of death. Behavioral genetics is to study the relationship between the biological behavior and genetic code of this kind of 'gifted by God'." He said to the hostess with a smile : "It's too boring, I'm not a good commentator." Mom deliberately stirred up an argument to liven up the atmosphere: "Oh, I can't agree with your point of view. I know that the body of organisms is inherited by DNA, such as the transformation relationship between adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and various amino acids, and the relationship between RNA and DNA. The transcription process, the mathematical gene expression in the shape of a cloverleaf, it's all easy to understand. Although I often suspect that there is not that much information in a small sperm and egg. You think, building a magnificent human edifice and including so many details: The color of the eyeballs, the dryness and wetness of the earwax, whether there are Mongolian folds in the corners of the eyes, the shade of the scent glands under the armpits... and so on, how can human beings have 100,000 genes? At least 10 trillion! How can the qualitatively invisible biological behavior be described by DNA sequences, and how can it be stuffed into that little DNA book? I think it should be the power of the almighty God.” Chong Zhe avoids arguing these points, saying simply: "God only exists in the belief of believers. The Han nationality is the only nation in the world that does not have a national religious belief, and Confucianism is the only quasi-religion that holds atheism in the world." He greeted the statue of Confucius in the hall with his eyes, "This Dacheng Supreme Sage Wenxuan King is 'the son does not speak strange powers and chaos'. If you put aside God, the answer is obvious: the behavior of living things is born, and can penetrate the mysterious realm of life and death and Germ cells are the only medium to transmit the information of the previous generation, so the rules of biological behavior can only exist in the DNA code, which is a simple screening method." Xianyun was fascinated by what she heard, and she greedily grabbed wise and wise eyes.It was after such a long talk that she fell in love with this Korean youth.She likes to listen to his succinct conversations, and admires his simple and clear thinking, which easily strips away the appearance of things and extracts the deepest essence of the world of life. Xianyun has never liked philosophy, and even dislikes those absurd arguments.But the philosophies expressed by philosophies are directly rooted in iron-like scientific facts, which are just one step further than the facts. Therefore, such philosophies often have extremely powerful logical force.During this conversation, Professor Kong remained silent like a stone statue. He probably didn't want to listen to these enlightenment tutorials at this moment, and asked abruptly: "What is your research direction?" Chong Zhe immediately turned to face the old man.Although the old man didn't say a word for a long time, he knew clearly that the real referee of his speech was this cold Professor Kong Zhaoren, so he answered boldly: "Mr. Kong, I don't want to engage in those trivial things, I want to decipher the most mysterious curse of the universe." "Ok?" "The most powerful instinct of all living things, whether they are viruses, mosses, sedges, leaf-cutter ants or humans, is their desire to survive, that is, to preserve themselves and continue their offspring. All their behaviors from birth to death coincide with this Two iron rules. The two are often compatible and sometimes contradict each other, thus evolving a variety of behavioral programs. Female wolves dare to fight hunters for their cubs; female cats and rabbits often kill their cubs Behavior; the male praying mantis is willing to be eaten by the female praying mantis during mating. Xianyun," he turned his head and said to Xianyun, "I have visited the ancient city of Pompeii, and I have seen the history of burial under the volcano with my own eyes. In the hot volcanic ash, The human body has long been gasified, leaving some strangely shaped cavities. Archaeologists poured plaster into these cavities to reproduce the past scenes. Men, women and children struggled in the volcanic ash, and a mother struggled to support herself before she died. Leave the last bit of living space for your children. The solidified maternal love and solidified desire to survive are extremely shocking! This is the most tragic and brilliant song of life in the universe. It is hidden in the DNA code. I want to decipher it .” Xianyun felt the majestic passion in his heart. She saw a sudden light flash in her father's eyes, which became very sharp. said a sentence: "Easier said than done." Zhongzhe looked at Xianyun and Xianyun's mother, smiled confidently and said: "Of course, this is God's most guarded secret, but judging from the current level of genetics, the hope of deciphering it has flashed in the sky. I don't think it is a mirage. It controls hundreds of millions of creatures in the world, and it seems mysterious Unpredictable. But on the other hand, it is relatively easy to find the only commonality among hundreds of millions of organisms, including the simplest viruses." Professor Kong said harshly: "Many scientists have already failed in front of this fortress." Zhong Zhe smiled, and talked with high spirits: "The losers are mostly Western scientists. That is God deliberately left the problem to the Easterners. Just like the difference between Go and chess, Western medicine and Eastern medicine, Westerners are good at making precise analysis, while Easterners are good at making vague The synthesis of Eastern mystical philosophy often coincides with the most modern physical theories. I have read the materials left by many Western scientists in their failures. They are too partial to the precise correspondence between the transmission code of the desire for survival and the DNA structure. I think This is a dead end. The survival desire code is likely to exist in the secondary sequence of the DNA structure, like the 'electron cloud' concept in atomic theory, or like the main theme in a long song, an indeterminate concept, understand It requires a fresh philosophical vision." Speaking of this, Xianyun and his mother can only observe.Professor Kong stared at Chong Zhe coldly, and Chong Zhe resisted the pressure with confident eyes.Xianyun's mother was about to make an effort to end this cold scene when Xiao Yuanyuan appeared in due course.He must have just been out in the field with a bunch of little ones, and their paws are filthy and covered in dust and gnats.Mom smiled and pulled him to her, brushed off the dust, and plucked the thorns from his body: "You little rascal, where have you been? Come on, I met Brother Pu." Xiao Yuanyuan came over without hesitation, pulled Brother Pu's hand with his dirty paws, and made out with his sister and mother.The mother deliberately praised the mentally handicapped son: "Xiao Yuanyuan is the smartest. Whether it's playing chess, doing math problems, or playing video games, he is the number one in my family. Zhongzhe, I heard that you are very good at Go. Catch Ming'er and Yuan Yuan to fight a game." Yuan Yuan listened with great vigor, his nostrils fluttered slightly, this was his most proud expression.Zhong Zhe smiled: "Yuan Yuan, I'm the seventh dan of Go, do you dare to compete with me?" "Of course I dare! I'll get the chessboard." He was about to leave, but Xianyun hurriedly held him down and complained: "I can't change thatched temper. I start the fire as soon as I have it. Let's wait until after dinner." Park Chung-cheol looked at this intelligent creature carefully, with a big head, round face, cute smile, and the naivety of a 5-year-old child.But Xianyun told him that according to his biological age, Yuan Yuan is already 23 years old.He asked without hesitation: "He's mentally superior in some ways, but his whole mind is at the level of a 5-year-old, right?" Mom was shocked by these rude words, and Xianyun was also very surprised.Beforehand, she had repeatedly confessed to Zhong Zhe not to mention Xiao Yuanyuan's flaws. Xiao Yuanyuan was her father's heart disease and a symbol of his failure in life. When father's colleagues visited, they were always careful not to mention Yuanyuan's affairs. .She hastily winked at Chongzhe, but Chongzhe ignored her gesture and continued on: "I think he has a fundamental defect - without the input of the desire to survive, there is no soul of life. The desire to survive of human beings naturally exists in the DNA structure sequence, but in the creation process of Xiao Yuanyuan, it must be There's something that breaks this overall harmony." He reiterated, "He needs to re-introduce the desire to live. You can't be 'human' without the desire to live." Xiao Yuanyuan couldn't understand what the adults were saying, so his attention quickly turned to his father.He walked over slowly and took Dad's hand.Of course he felt his father's indifference these years, but he thought it was unfair, so he often stubbornly asked his father for caresses.The old professor stared at Park Chongzhe coldly without moving, and suddenly he shook off Yuan Yuan's hand and walked away. Xiao Yuanyuan grinned, stubbornly held back her crying, and went back to her mother silently.Mother hugged him distressedly, and looked at Xianyun complaining-didn't you tell Chongzhe about our family's taboos in advance?Xianyun didn't know what to do. Intuitively, she thought Chongzhe's words were correct, and she even felt the scientific weight of this conclusion.She knew that Joong-cheol had good intentions in pointing this out candidly, but she didn't want her father to be stabbed either.After a pause, she followed her father to the study. Father sat in a high-backed swivel chair in the study, with only his head exposed.But he didn't close the study door, as if he knew his daughter was coming, and he never let anyone into his study in normal times.Xianyun stood next to his father anxiously, with complicated emotions.The light in the study is dim and the color tone is gloomy. Even the ancestor Confucius on the wall seems to have depressed eyes.This study is actually a carapace for the father to escape from the world, which is in the same tone as his inner world.Xianyun thought bitterly, is it worth imprisoning himself for life because of failure in scientific research? After a long time, the father said coldly: "I don't like this man, arrogant, shallow, his self-confidence exceeds his talent." Xianyun was disappointed and was seriously stabbed.She hesitated, trying to express her opinion as tactfully as possible.Suddenly my father said again: "Ask him if he would like to come to my laboratory." Xianyun was stunned for a long time before he giggled.She kissed her father happily and ran back to the living room. Yuan Yuan has forgotten the unhappiness just now, and now he is vigorously showing his collection to Brother Pu, a blue stone, a white shell, a red dried maple leaf, and a picture.Zhongzhe had a good time with him, and at the same time talked with Xianyun's mother very harmoniously.But both of them actually kept their ears up, listening to the verdict in the study. They heard giggles, and Xian Yun, who is usually very stable and mature, ran out with a happy face.Both of them let go of their hearts hanging in the air.Xianyun pursed his lips and said: "Dad asked you if you would like to work in his laboratory." Mother smiled gratifiedly, Chong Zhe said with emotion: "I am very happy. I have read many of my uncle's works when he was young, and I admire his clear thinking and keen intuition. Xianyun, do you know why I said that? I read some of your father's works. A vague hint, he seems to be aware of the mystery of the universe and the reason for Yuan Yuan's failure. However, it may be due to a psychological barrier, and he is unwilling to admit it clearly. If he... then I will take over the job Come on, I will try my best to open up Yuan Yuan's wisdom." Only then did Xianyun realize the intentions of his lover.He is as scheming as his father, and his mother and her are beyond the reach.She thought jokingly, this is probably the reason why men's leadership can exist. Soon, Park Chung-chul joined the Kong Zhaoren Life Research Institute.There was an interesting episode that day: Chong Chul did not wear a suit or casual clothes as usual, but a brand new Korean national costume, he probably wanted to show his independence. He quickly won the respect of his colleagues with his talent.Two months later, Professor Kong handed over the research institute to his son-in-law, and he officially retired to the forest, and never cared about the work of the research institute.