After going through countless hardships and ups and downs, Ed finally returned to his dream life in his laboratory, at two o'clock and one line at home, occasionally having a drink with friends, and reporting to Lola once a week. The happiest things for him were filled with his time.
CC's memory recovery has also progressed quite smoothly, and she has been unintentionally talking about the past these days. Although CC always added blankly at this time, "Huh? Why would I say such a thing?", but in Ed's view, this is a symbol of the gradual return of memory.
It's a pity that Lux disagrees with him, and she has told Ed in private that CC's amnesia may continue for a long time, according to her estimates.
Anyway, since no one was doing anything at home, Ed's head has gotten bigger, his stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and he's more organized when thinking about things. During these days, many academic problems that have troubled him for a long time have been solved.
"Li." He stretched his waist a lot and happily clicked the send button on the touch screen, "The details have been sent to your mailbox, you can help me put together a paper and send it out. Like the previous one, the second one will be written. your name."
"Okay Ed." The girl in the white coat nodded lightly, "I'll get it done within this week."
"I've really troubled you recently." Ed was a little ashamed. Recently, Ayanami has to help him write papers, assist him in scientific research, and occasionally act as a secretary, but because Ayanami is so useful , Although he has reflected on himself several times, he can't control himself every time, "Is there anything you want? It's my compensation to you."
"No, I'm very happy that I can learn a lot with Ed." Unfortunately, Ayanori's expressionless face doesn't show how happy she is, "If you have to say it, I want Alice."
"… Huh?" Ed thought he had heard it wrong. "What do you want?"
"I want Alice." Ayanami repeated calmly, "If her precious physical properties can be used in research, our speed of progress can be greatly accelerated. The ELS renovation project is expected to be completed in 1996, and then the V plan will end. Entering a period of peaceful development. With you, Ed, I have the confidence to use Alice to get out of the retreat furnace ahead of time."
"Okay, that's it." Ed simply agreed after hesitating for a few seconds. Anyway, Alice is also idle, so it's better to find something serious for her to do, and Ayanbury is the most reassuring for him. one of the people. "I will be responsible for convincing her, you are waiting for my good news."
"Thank you Ed." Ling Baoli smiled at him, and the room was full of brilliance, "By the way, the latest news from the expedition team, the ELS satellite will arrive at the designated orbit next month, what do you need me to do? "
"I will handle the satellite transformation myself. You can take care of the laboratory." Ed is really worried that Ayanami will die of overwork. Recently, he feels more and more like a black-hearted slave owner. " In addition to the project itself, the political impact must also be considered. The PLANT side will change its term in the middle of the project, and Harman’s re-election is full again, so we have to consider the issue of the successor…”
Ayanori quietly watched Ed, who was in deep thought, without saying a word. After all, her current setting was still a three-nothing girl who concentrated on scientific research and did not understand politics.
"I'm not familiar with the laws over there, and I don't know if I can find a way to increase the upper limit of the number of re-elections, such as forcibly revising..." Ed muttered to himself, "Forget it, go back and discuss it with Lux. ."
During the lunch break, Taoxiang brought him the freshly prepared lunch and went back. The taste of the dishes was as good as ever. However, due to the overly positive performance of the maid, the portion of the lunch was too much for Ed to handle alone, and he couldn't bear to throw away and ruin Taoxiang's thoughts.
Just when he was thinking about whether to go to Ayanari and share some food for her, another unexpected person appeared to solve his problem.
"Really? You went to work today, why did you come from Anaheim?" Ed shoved the food in front of Asuka without noticing, "Have you eaten lunch? I'll give you a share?"
"No, Mr. Adrian, I've eaten it." The bird pushed the food back in Ed's regretful eyes, and took out a delicately packaged gift box on the table, "I only remembered last night. , didn't you happen to be out when Camus came to see you before Christmas, so he left the gift he brought you with me."
"If he is interested, he still remembers who taught him the tuition." Ed picked up the gift with a smile and weighed it, "Has that kid made a girlfriend?"
"There seems to be a girl named Hua, but he is hesitant to me, Mr. Adrian, you should ask him personally." Asuka said, the smile on her face dimmed, "Actually, I am here today. I want to discuss with you, there is one thing I really don't know what to do, so... "
Ed hurriedly put down the box in his hand and put on a serious expression. He always tried his best to repay his trust in Asuka: "Just say it directly, do we still need to make such a big circle between us?"
"Yeah, I'm being too polite." Asuka scratched her cheeks embarrassedly, "Actually, this is the case, Stella's physical condition, Mr. Adrian, you know, it's good to live a healthy life. , pregnancy is too dangerous for her. But recently Stella suddenly proposed that she wants to have a child, through IVF."
"Isn't that very good?" Ed replied happily, "I know the dean of the first hospital, and I will ask him to recommend a reliable doctor."
"The focus is on the choice of the surrogate mother." Asuka lowered her head with a blushing face, "Mayu heard me talking to Stella at some point, saying that outsiders couldn't trust her, so she might as well... surrogate."
Ed was speechless for a moment.
"I know it's wrong, and I rejected her politely, but she is so stubborn about this matter, and even Stella was moved by her." Asuka raised her head to look at Ed, her brows and eyes were tangled. The ground twisted into a ball, "Mr. Adrian, what should I do?"
Ed pretended to be calm: "I remember that Mayu doesn't have a boyfriend, right?"
"As far as I know, she has no experience with the opposite sex." Asuka whispered, "I know that Mayu came up with this plan with desperate determination, but it is because of this that I don't know how to make her Give up. If you really do that, even if Mayo is voluntary, when the child grows up and understands, he will feel guilty, right? If the child knows that he has a body of a girl who has no experience in dating He has caused so much damage to his heart, how should he face the mother who gave birth to him?"
"...I can't face it, I can only run away." Ed tried hard to dispel the figure that was about to be forgotten but reappeared from his mind, "No matter what, I have to stop Mayu's impulsive behavior, I let CC... ah, she amnesia."
"Yes, the trouble is here. Mayo listened to her the most, but now..." Asuka sighed, "So I can only discuss with you, Mr. Adrian."
"Really, you drag it a little longer, I'll think of a way." Ed looked away with a complicated expression, "I must not let Mayu succeed, otherwise... Otherwise, I..."
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"Now Mayu is very firm, I really don't know how to convince her without hurting her feelings." After dinner, Ed briefly explained to Lux what he heard during the day, such a delicate and sensitive question Obviously, we can only discuss with Lux. Others can't come up with any reliable ideas. "Do you have any good ideas?"
"Mayu has always been obedient to CC, and I think it's best for CC to persuade her." Lux winked at CC who was hugging Ed's arm and acting coquettishly, "The momentary enjoyment and the lifetime of a girl who admires her. Happiness, which is more important is self-evident? So CC, do you have an impression of the name Mayo?"
"... Mayu?" CC showed a bewildered expression, "Ed, I seem to have a little impression of this name, I think... I want to go back to the room and think quietly, I feel like I'm about to remember something."
"Let her go." Lux smiled and held down Ed who wanted to follow, "She has her own social circle, Mayo and her have a lot of common memories, and it's not insignificant to her. The role. So I think she has a high probability of recovering her memory ahead of time this time."
On the other side of the living room, Angel, who was watching cartoons with Minerva, moved her ears imperceptibly.
"I hope so." Ed dismissed the thin figure in his mind again, but unfortunately he tried several times to no avail. He could only divert his attention by changing the subject, "Just in time to discuss with you, I'm not familiar with the system at PLANT, and I wonder if there is any way to extend the term?"
"Haman Kahn will enter his final term after the election next year, and you hope the situation on the PLANT side will continue to stabilize?" Lux reacted almost immediately, "There is still a way to temporarily extend the term, there is no need to modify it. The law can do it, but only with the cooperation of Harman Kahn. But it cannot be ruled out that the woman will take advantage of your influence, Ed, to directly cultivate the possibility of immortality."
"PLANT's situation is very good now. Even if she wants to be re-elected indefinitely, let her go. I just need stability over everything." Ed calculated the schedule in his heart, "I guess I have to—"
"—You have to go there in person." An Qi's voice rang in her ears, and she didn't know how she touched her back quietly, "Yeah, yeah, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm so sorry. Of course, if you have the opportunity to catch up with the old days, you have to go there in person. By the way, I remember that there is a pair of twins who are very sweet. Maybe they can develop it? I won't go, it's not good to be a light bulb Wow."
"I guess I have to go there myself." Ed said calmly, "Angie, please accompany me on a trip to PLANT, Lux, CC will trouble you to take care of her at home."
"Really?!" An Qi excitedly pecked Ed's face fiercely, "You still have a conscience, you know that some people can't get enough to eat! Lux, don't worry, I will watch him closely 24 hours a day. !"
"Then PLANT's plan is roughly settled like this, and the rest is the Federation." Lux smiled and continued to talk, "Prime Minister Mathenas is just a mascot, a parliament without military power is just a decoration. Now that the designation of the Federal Army has been basically replaced by A-Laws, as long as Commander Noah can always stand on our side, the Federation will have no problem.”
What Ed has to do is to completely transform the ELS satellite that will be located at L4 on Earth and Moon in the future. Such a feat cannot be accomplished by a single family on the Moon, and must be fully supported by all human regimes. Therefore, whether it is the earth circle or the satellite circle, it needs absolute stability on both sides.
Everything is for the continuation of the race called human beings in this maddened universe. Since Lilith Eddard has promised, he has no intention of breaking his word. Once things are out of his control, he will not hesitate to use DX or TurnA to launch a military repression.
"After the contact in Kilimanjaro, I have a general understanding of Commander Noah." Lux shouted to the little girl who was sitting on the sofa watching the cartoon, "Minerva, come here."
The little girl ran to the three of them when she heard the sound.
"Ed, I have an idea that I need her to cooperate with." Lux leaned down and said to her cheerfully, "Minerva, when you go to school tomorrow, ask Hathaway to come to our house for dinner this weekend?"
The little girl's eyes turned red, and she looked at Ed with tears in her eyes, as if I would cry to you right away.
"Uh..." An Qi was a little confused, "Isn't it normal to ask classmates to come over for dinner? Minerva, what about you?"
"Then what's next?" Minerva said gloomily, "Now I invite him to dinner, and once I get used to it, it develops to once a week. After I go to middle school, I ask him to come to my home to study with me. I encouraged me in high school. Hang out with him more, and if it goes well, you can get married after graduating from college. Sister Lux, is this your plan?"
"It's just a light meal, what are you thinking at a young age?" Lux waved her hand casually, "This is also for—"
"—For the happiness of all mankind and the great cause of Uncle Ed, it's nothing for me to sacrifice a little. Besides, it's just for a meal. I can't say what will happen in the future, so it's not a sacrifice." Minerva His upper teeth clenched his lower lip and stared straight at Ed, "Uncle Ed, as long as you nod, I will go to Hathaway tomorrow."
The determined look in the little girl's eyes somehow reminded Ed again of the thin figure he had just forgotten with great difficulty.
"I'll make another trip to Earth after Haman's matter is settled." Ed picked up Minerva and placed it on his lap, rubbing her soft cheek affectionately, "Our family doesn't need to play this trick. , Minerva befriends whomever he wants."
"Uncle Ed is the best!" The little girl put her arms around Ed's neck and printed "haha" on his face, while raising her eyebrows at Lux secretly, "Sister Lux, what do you think?"