Ever since she met that person at her doorstep, the little mermaid has been feeling a little depressed.
That dark time was forever buried in his heart after his father brought him home, but the appearance of that person brought it back to his memory.
The teacher was giving a lecture at the podium, but the little mermaid's thoughts were stuck in the mud of the past.
Actually, 074 was not bad to him.
At that time, all the lab members were locked up together, and they had to fight for food. The relationship between the lab members was not harmonious, and they were even hostile. He was soft-hearted and not good at fighting, and he often went hungry because he couldn't get food. At that time, only 074 was willing to pay attention to him. Although he would occasionally tease him badly, he would still share his precious food with him.
But for some reason, even though 074 was very friendly to him most of the time, he was always a little afraid of her.
The feeling he got when he saw 074 was just like the feeling he got when he saw the researchers who gave him injections and took him for tests. He couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over his body.
Actually, all the experiments were numbered according to the order of birth, so 074 should be younger than him. But he is not only very good at fighting, but also good at playing with people's hearts.
He could instigate other experimenters to fight in order to get a nutrient, or he could frame other experimenters just for fun, and then report them to the researcher.
When there were fewer and fewer experiments in the laboratory, he would feel fear from the bottom of his heart, but 074 would always smile happily.
I would even say to him in a light tone: "There is one less person today."
During every sleepless night, 074 would tell him a lot about his ambitions and plans. He even took great pains to figure out the purpose of the experiment, and excitedly told him late one night that he would be the one who was finally chosen.
He said that he would definitely become the Son of God and live a better life.
At that time, his eyes were very deep and heavy, like a bottomless pool.
They are completely different. 074 is ambitious and finally fulfills his original oath; but he chooses to escape everything by deceiving himself and stopping his growth.
-After he discovered that all the experiments that were taken out of the laboratory after reaching adulthood were actually dead, he secretly hid the growth potion and was unwilling to grow up anymore.
But the number of experiments in the laboratory became fewer and fewer, and finally only 074 and he, who had not grown up, were left.
074 was smiling particularly happily the day he followed the researcher out of the laboratory.
In such a huge laboratory, he was the only one left.
He was very scared during that time. He was afraid that 074 would not come back and would end up being thrown into the garbage dump lifeless like the other experiments; he was also afraid that 074 would come back and he would be the next one.
However, some things will eventually come no matter how you delay or avoid them.
He was sent to the experimental table before 074 came back.
The researchers in white coats restrained his hands and tail, injected him with a series of injections, and observed and recorded his reactions. He wanted to live, so he could only grit his teeth and endure the painful drug reactions again and again. Later, those people said that his scales were harder than those of other experimental fish, so they pulled the scales off his fish tail one by one.
The experimenter was not qualified to inject anesthetics, so he could only endure the pain of having his scales pulled out while remaining awake.
It was very painful at first, but gradually it became numb.
In fact, his voice had already been damaged due to excessive shouting at that time.
Later, when he was in a trance, he seemed to hear the researchers say that 074 had passed the test and all the experiments had to be cleared out, including him.
He tried to struggle and escape, but his face was scratched, his throat was cut, and he was thrown into a pile of corpses that were still filled with deep fear.
The huge transport ship was filled with dead experiment subjects. They had the same pupil color, the same hair color, and even the same face.
They have no names and can only be identified by the numbers behind their ears.
Countless dead bodies with numbers engraved on them were piled together, with their eyes wide open, looking unwillingly at him who was barely surviving.
He didn't know how long he had been in the transport ship. He only remembered that he vaguely saw a light when the transport ship stopped. His strong desire to survive drove him to struggle and crawl towards the light source. Finally, he was buried in the garbage dump along with the pouring metal garbage.
To this day, he is still thankful for his one and only brave act. If he had not fallen into the garbage dump, he would not have been picked up by his father.
Have a home, have your own name.
He was no longer Experiment 047, but Ruan Yuebai.
Before she knew it, the class was over and the classroom became noisy. The noisy voices of the cubs reached her ears, and the little mermaid came back to her senses in a daze, and found that Nota and the others were calling her.
He opened his eyes wide in confusion.
The little fox waved his hand in front of his eyes and asked in confusion: "Why don't you pack your things after school?"
The little dragon cub looked as if he had caught his pigtail: "You were daydreaming in class!!"
Ruan Jiao, who was standing behind the two of them, squeezed in a head, tilted his head, and gently touched him with the tentacles on his forehead.
It felt so good to be cared for by my family. The coldness in my body receded and became warm. The little mermaid smiled and quickly packed her things and walked out of the school with them.
When he reached the school gate, the smile on his face suddenly froze again—on a landspeeder diagonally opposite the school, the glass window was lowered, and 074 was looking at him and smiling.
The little mermaid pretended to organize her things, lowered her head to avoid the other person's sight, and got on the landspeeder with the cubs.
The way home is always busy.
The little fox and the little dragon were chattering about what happened at school. The little mermaid listened attentively, trying hard to shake off the shadow of what had just happened.
No matter why 074 came here, he would not let him hurt his father and He Li and the others.
Ruan Shiqing brought the cubs home and found another landspeeder parked in the yard.
The blue-haired young man stood up and greeted him: "Mr. Ruan, nice to see you again. Your speeder had a problem on the way."
"Is there any big problem?" Ruan Shiqing glanced at the speeder. Xiong Yuanyuan and Xiong Fangfang were already doing tests.
"It's not a big problem, it's just that the fuel hose is broken." Xiong Yuanyuan waved her hand: "We can handle it."
Lansing continued, "The repairman here is very skilled. He immediately identified the faulty part after the inspection."
Ruan Shiqing said a few polite words, and asked 09 to bring a pot of tea. He apologized, "The kids at home just got out of school, so I have to excuse myself for a while. Please sit down for a while. It will only take about half an hour to replace the fuel hose."
"It's okay, don't worry about it." Lansing still looked gentle and easy to talk to. When he glanced at the cub walking in the backyard, he said with emotion: "You are so kind to the cub. You even go to pick him up after school."
Ruan Shiqing sent the cubs to the backyard, and when he turned to leave, the little mermaid grabbed his clothes.
The little mermaid looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"Yuebai, do you have anything to say to your father?" Ruan Shiqing asked in a gentle voice.
The little mermaid looked at him for a moment, then let go of his hand and shook her head.
Wait a little longer, wait until 074 leaves, then talk to dad.
Seeing his sad face, Ruan Shiqing rubbed his head soothingly: "We have guests at home. If you don't want to talk now, wait until the guests leave and Dad will listen to you, okay?"
The little mermaid nodded and waved at him obediently.
Ruan Shiqing returned to the front yard and continued the previous topic: "As a father, it is my duty to pick up and drop off my child from school."
Lansing agreed deeply, but added: "But not every father is as responsible as you."
His tone suddenly changed, becoming depressed, as if this topic touched on something sad: "For example, my father is not very responsible. I have an older brother, but since we were born, my father has never taken care of us. I have only my brother and I to depend on."
"I envy the kids in your family for having a responsible father like you. If my father was so responsible, my brother wouldn't..." He suddenly stopped talking here, looking sad.
The blue-haired young man was reminded of the sad things and his eyes were filled with melancholy.
Ruan Shiqing had no choice but to offer comfort: "It takes a long time to heal the trauma of childhood, but one cannot just dwell on the past."
"Yes." Lan Xin smiled again, his face cheerful and without any gloom. "People should still look forward, but your brother never understands this. He is too timid. Because he is afraid of facing the future, he chooses to stay where he is and hesitate to move forward. I hope that after listening to your words, he can become braver and stop deceiving himself."
There was something strange about his following words. Ruan Shiqing frowned but still smiled at him politely.
Half an hour later, Lansing's landspeeder was repaired and he said goodbye to Ruan Shiqing and left.
Standing in front of the gate, he looked up at the connecting passage between the front yard and the back yard, but did not see the blue shadow.
Lansing curled his lips in boredom, got on the speeder and muttered "coward" in a low voice.
As expected, no matter how much time has passed, 047 is still as timid as ever.
But the more this happened, the more he wanted to press on.
Let's see how far he will be pushed before he fights back. As the only two people who survived in the laboratory, they are essentially the same people.
Starting the landspeeder, Lansing tapped the console lightly with his fingers, the corners of his mouth raised with pleasure, and gestured goodbye to the back.
The next time we meet, he won't be so gentle.