"Yeah." Master Cheng responded, his expression becoming more serious. He looked at her and asked, "When that's successful, you should assemble it...Qiao Nian, have you ever thought that the reason we are going so smoothly now is because the outside world doesn't know about it. Once you start assembling it, it will definitely cause a big commotion, and everyone will know that you are building this. Have you thought about the consequences?"
Qiao Nian didn't answer the question directly, but turned sideways to look at him: "Master Cheng, what about you? Have you ever thought about the consequences of helping me?"
Master Cheng was stunned: "This is different from me... Hey! I am different from you. I am an old man with half of my body buried in the ground. I don't have many days left. My lifelong ideal is to create something that the West has not researched. For me, your help is like timely help. It is my lifelong pursuit. I am willing to pay any price for it."
He looked at Qiao Nian again: "But you are different. You are still young, and your life has just started. You are smart enough and your future is limitless. If you fail here..."
Master Cheng understood very well how much the experiment Qiao Nian gave him would benefit mankind, so he could not say that Qiao Nian's sacrifice was in vain.
But Qiao Nian was a junior whom Master Cheng valued very much. If he died at such a young age, how could Master Cheng not feel regretful
"That's fate." Qiao Nian said indifferently.
Master Cheng looked at the girl's rebellious look and knew that he could not persuade her, so he stopped talking and only reminded her: "No matter what, you must be careful."
"Yeah." Qiao Nian has always been patient enough towards Master Cheng, an elder who truly cares about her, and she responds to everything.
Seeing that she was willing to agree to his request, Master Cheng reluctantly put down his snacks and led Qiao Nian into the innermost part of the laboratory, where he explained to her the specific performance of the engine.
*
Qiao Nian stayed there from dawn to dusk.
Night is falling.
She took her things and said goodbye to Master Cheng.
It was not until Qiao Nian walked out that he saw seven or eight missed calls on his phone, all from the same unfamiliar number.
She lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, walked to the side of the road and called back.
"beep."
I picked up the phone as soon as it rang.
Then Qiao Nian heard a young woman's voice coming from the other end: "Hello, Qiao Nian? You finally called me back."
Then came a series of questions. "What were you doing before? Why didn't you answer my call?"
Qiao Nian found a tree trunk to lean against and squinted his eyes nonchalantly: "Who are you?"
"Who do you say I am?"
The person on the other end probably calmed down and was not so excited anymore. He took a deep breath, but still couldn't suppress the dissatisfaction in his tone.
"I'm Qiao Ruoqing."
"do not know."
Qiao Nian was about to hang up the phone.
The person on the other end shouted impatiently: "Qiao Yao, Qiao Yao, I'm Qiao Yao!"
Only then did Qiao Nian stop and remember the name.
Zhang Yang talked to her about this not long ago, and seemed to have mentioned to her that Qiao Yao had become a star and even gave herself a stage name.
Qiao Ruoqing.
When she remembered, she said indifferently, "Where did you get my phone number?"
Qiao Nian knew clearly that she had never changed her phone number from beginning to end.
But the group of people circling the city never left her number, so logically speaking, not many people knew her cell phone number.
Qiao Ruoqing said vaguely: "My mother gave it to me."
She saw that Qiao Nian didn't respond.
Qiao Ruoqing said anxiously again: "My mom went to your dad to ask for it. Doesn't your dad have your number? What's so strange about this?"
(End of this chapter)