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For the people in Feimu City, this winter is very special.

Because of that disaster, December 12th is designated as a global commemorative day every year. This is the first time in 27, and this year is the second time.According to regulations, there will be a three-day holiday.Of course, this is only for the majority of people.For the people in the military headquarters, the general government, and the security building, these three days mean——

Meetings, meetings, and meetings.

Participants include top decision makers from the three parties, members of the summit think tank, and experts from major research institutes on the planet. Every year, a city is selected as the meeting place, and the discussions include military, policy, economy, humanities, etc. within the radiation area of ​​the city.

The place chosen this year is Feimu City.

On the 26th, [-] air and land shuttles landed on the apron of Feimu City, and immediately switched to land mode, and drove into the central city in a disciplined manner along the entrance road, where the participants stayed near the conference center.

In the past few days, you can see guards standing upright in every street in the main city of Feimu City. There is one every [-] meters, wearing uniforms with waists and leggings, and boots, like sharp blades to hold back the cold light.

They only care about safety and do not interfere with people's daily travel.

As a result, the excitement of Feimu City has not diminished in the past few days. Except for the designated conference center area, other places have begun to decorate for the anniversary, and the holiday atmosphere is extremely strong.

"I didn't say it. With all the excitement, our area is not the central meeting area. It looks like the central cemetery of Feimu City." Shao Heng couldn't help complaining when he came to report to Chu Si about the security forces' work.

"You've said that five times," Truss replied, signing the document he handed over.

"Hey—it's really out of place."

After Shao Heng shook his head and complained, he propped his hands on the desk and looked around at random, finally his eyes fell on a pot of green plants at the corner of the desk, he had nothing to do with his hands, so he went to lift the leaves, He asked casually, "What is this?"

Chu Si paused his signing hand, glanced at it, and said calmly: "Catnip."

Shao Heng let out an "oh", didn't notice his expression, and continued: "It looks refreshing, why didn't I put it on my desk over there? Only the chief executive's office has it? There are different levels of green plants in this hotel , the differential treatment is too obvious, right?"

"It's not from the hotel." Chu Si said.

"Huh?" Shao Heng was taken aback, "Where did it come from?"

Chu Si glanced at the pot of lush green leaves expressionlessly, "Say Young bought it."

Shao Heng was taken aback, and subconsciously looked around, "Mr. Yang is here now? Isn't their training camp coming later?"

Chus looked back and browsed the documents, and replied in a calm and natural tone, "I used to force buying and selling in my office, this time I came to the meeting, I don't know who is free when packing, so I took this with me on the airplane." shuttle."

Shao Heng thought about the meticulous personalities of the secretaries in the fifth office, and felt that they were indeed capable of such a thing.But the point is not this, the point is...

"Why does Mr. Yang buy catnip?" Shao Heng felt that this was very miraculous, after all, Chu Si didn't own cats.

Yes, what are you doing?

When Say Young put the catnip on his table, Chus was also taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you buying this?"

Then, Mr. Yang, who was so penny-pinching, returned exactly what Chusi had said before, "Hey boyfriend."

Chus: "..."

But it's fine to talk about it in private, can you tell Shao Heng?Obviously not.So Chu Si pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending he didn't hear it, and changed the subject, "I heard that Mr. Shao wants to retire?"

"..." Shao Heng said in his heart that you have changed the subject too obviously, but after all, it is the boss, so it is not easy to complain, so he pinched his nose and followed the words, "Yes, but listen to Miller, the hospital is thinking about it. If he is retired, he will be hired back. I don’t think he will have a rest in a few years. Fortunately, he is in good health now, and he sat down for four hours today, and he didn’t feel any discomfort.”

Truss nodded.

Seeing that he still had two documents to read, Shao Heng simply sat down on the reception sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, picked up a book on the armrest and read it, ""Neverland"?"

He casually flipped through two pages, "Gods, ghosts, poetry and stories? Are you still reading this, sir?"

Chu Si reminded without raising his head: "Look at the author before you speak."

Heng Shao turned back to the cover, "Esther Kabell? Is that the Ms. Esther Kabell I know?"

"if not?"

"I have only read her research works on intelligent systems. I don't know that she has published such works."

"No." Chu Si said, "This is the only one, I had someone bind it."

When Esther Kabell was transferred out of the sterile ward, he left the stack of writing and drawing paper on the window sill, and did not take it away, and then it was transferred to Truss.

During those days, she often stayed in Jiang Qi's ward, and when Chu Si ran into her once, he asked her, "Why don't you want to finish writing?"

Esther replied very capriciously, saying that after she finished writing, she realized that her memory is still good, and these things should not be forgotten, so those papers are no longer used.

In view of the eccentric character of these researchers, they often think about what they come up with, so Chus decided to save the paper for her, and because the loose paper is easy to be lost, he simply found someone to bind it into a booklet. Lest Ms. Cabell suddenly regret one day and feel that her memory is not good enough.

Shao Heng was about to turn another two pages, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the floor-to-ceiling windows, on the avenue leading to the conference center, a team of flying shuttles painted with the logo color of "United Elite Training Camp" was heading this way, "Eh? Mr. seems to be here."

Chu Si raised his eyebrows, said "um" with a calm face, then quickly signed the last document, and said to Shao Heng: "The signing is over, I have nothing to do here."

Shao Heng: "..."

Seeing his complicated expression, Chief Chu felt his conscience and tried to introspect for a while, and felt that his tone just now seemed a little unreasonable, as if he was sending people away.So he paused, and then added, "According to the usual practice, there is half a day of free time after 5 pm. You can take old man Shao out for a walk. It's still half an hour before 5 pm. Why don't you go back and make arrangements?"

Shao Heng: "..." If you put it another way, I can't understand it?

But after all, he wasn't the kind of stickler like Childe Feng, and he wouldn't make fun of himself at such a time, and immediately left the office with the documents on his heels.

Fifteen minutes later, someone knocked on the door of Chusi's office outside. It was such a casual knock that one could tell who was coming.

Sure enough, Say Yang's voice sounded outside the door, "Sir, I'm here to report on the training situation of the team members in the security building."

Chu Si wondered who he was lying to, but said in his mouth, "Come in."

The door opened and closed, and Sae Yang had already walked to the desk while taking off his gloves, leaned over and kissed Chu Si, "It's a bit late, have you finished your business?"

"Just sent Shao Heng away." Chu Si glanced at his head and said, "It's almost there."

"Let's go then."

Chu Si was taken aback, "Where are you going?"

Sae Yang stretched out his hand to him, and said with a smile, "Can I invite my chief to go out for dinner, and make an appointment by the way?"

Just as Chus was about to open his mouth, Sae Yang raised his hand to stop him, "Wait a minute, my dear—"

"how?"

Say Yang picked up the pot of catnip and shook it in front of Chusi's nose, "Take a sip before answering."

Chu Si: "..." Crazy?

Seeing Chusi's indescribable expression, Sae Yang smiled and put down the catnip, "After a day of official business, the expression has become official, I will adjust it for you."

After finishing speaking, he propped the table lazily, and asked with a smile, "Let's go?"

Chus pushed the light brain, nodded and stood up to get the coat, "Let's go."

According to the usual practice, the official meeting will last from the 27th to the 29th.But on the 26th, after finishing all the preparations for the meeting and handling the affairs of the day, there will be half a day of activity time, which means that all participants can have a half-day vacation.

Of course, this half day is for people like Chu Si who are busy with official duties. The freedom of other participants is actually much greater. For example, research experts like Jiang Qi are not restricted by official duties, and they have just settled in the hotel where they are staying. Well, I was taken out by the reception staff.

Before leaving, Jiang Qi even walked around Chu Si's office, saying that he came to condolences to his son, but actually sat on the sofa and enjoyed the scene where his son was so busy that he didn't touch the floor, and listened to Chu Si Si said a bunch of nonsense to various people without blinking his eyes, and then left.

In other words, he just came to watch the fun.

When Jiang Qi and his group of researchers spent almost a day outside freely, Chu Si and Say Yang had just been able to go out.

Before going out, they even wrangled with the captain of the guard, Roger, because they didn't want to bring too many guards.The final result of the wrangling was that Chus simply found a bottle of skin shaping agent and adjusted himself and Say Yang.

The appearance has been modified so that it is not easy to be recognized outside.

In the end, when Roger was still insisting, Sae Yang gave him a knowing blow: "To be honest, two guards are still ten guards, or even fifty guards. The difference is actually not big. If something happens, I suspect we saved them."

Roger: "..."

Before the captain of the guard pouted, Chus dragged Sae Young away.

"Don't be provocative," said Chuss as he got into his private shuttle.

Say Yang started the shuttle car, and said while locating the destination, "I'm provocative?"

Chu Si: "...pretend I didn't say it." In fact, he also knew that Sae Yang must not have meant it at the time, because he spoke very calmly.

"Am I wrong?"

Chus thought about Roger's aggrieved face, and smiled: "No, in fact, I think so too."

Sae Young raised his eyebrows in satisfaction.

As the pod pulled into the road and picked up speed, Truss asked, "Where are we going?"

"Butterfly Island."

Butterfly Island is close to Feimu City, and the shuttle bus only takes more than half an hour.Chu Si is very satisfied with this destination. Maybe he stayed in the chaotic Xixi City when he was a child, and he always lived close to the center of the regime when he grew up. The comfortable and slow-paced town of Butterfly Island is the best for him. adjustment.

What's more, there is the Moncaminfi restaurant on Butterfly Island, so he really wants to go there again.

When Say Young drove the pod directly to the parking lot of Starry Night Avenue, Chu Si felt that the tacit understanding between the two of them was indeed frighteningly high.

This time the Starry Night Avenue is much more lively than last time, maybe it is the time to get off work and tomorrow is a holiday, maybe the tripartite association chose Feimu City, which drove the flow of people here.

When they got out of the car, the sky had already darkened, and the shops on both sides of the street were lit up, most of which were in a relaxing warm yellow color, making them lively and yet warm.

The temperature on Butterfly Island is lower than that in the center of Feimu City, and there is a deep winter atmosphere. When Chusi opened his mouth, a cloud of mist hung in front of his nose, "Go to Monka Minfei?"

Say Yang let out a "hmm", glanced at Mon Kaminfei who was not far away, and added, "The premise is that there are still seats."

"If I had known earlier, I would book a seat first," Chu Si said.

"If I remember correctly, more than half an hour ago, you had no plans to go on a date with me, how could you have known that earlier." Sae Yang looked at him with his chin raised slightly.

Chus looked at him with some amusement, then waved at him, signaling him to stop lifting his chin and come over a little bit.

Say Yang raised his eyebrows and lowered his head slightly, Chus pulled down his scarf and kissed him at the corner of his mouth.Then he closed the car door behind him, and took the lead to walk across the street. Just two steps away, Sae Yang followed him and walked side by side with him.

In this kind of place, everyone's rhythm will become a little slow, walking like a walk, talking in a leisurely tone, neither fast nor slow.Everyone on the street was like this, leading Chu Si and Say Yang unconsciously slowed down, as if strolling.

The weather was very cold, and everyone was wearing coats and scarves. In the white mist, they talked and laughed intimately with the people around them. No one paid too much attention to who was doing what others were doing.

But even so, Chus was still caught by the two people walking in front.

"What's the matter?" Seeing him suddenly stunned for a moment, Sae Yang followed his line of sight——

I saw Jiang Qi and Esther turning the corner in front of them and walking side by side in the direction of Mon Kaminfi.Because of the blocking of traffic, they didn't seem to notice Chusi and Say Yang walking here, but even if they caught a glimpse, they might not be able to react immediately, after all, they used skin plasticizers for fine-tuning.

But in fact, Chusi and Sae Yang were not far away from them, only a few steps behind them, and they could even hear Esther's words.

"I haven't been here for a long time, but today's excitement is a bit unexpected. I don't know if I can sit where I used to sit." Esther turned to Jiang Qi and said, "Tell me that you haven't been here since then. Bar?"

Jiang Qi turned his head to look at her for a while, said "Yes", and said, "No."

He was wearing a coat and had a tall and straight figure. When he was talking, there was also a thin cloud of white mist in front of him, almost exactly the same as when he passed the orphanage back then.It seems that he is still in his prime, and the road ahead is still very, very long.

The hospital has issued the test results, and the physical statistics of these people who survived by chance are lower than that of ordinary people, which means that their remaining life span is very unstable, maybe only 20 years.

For a while, Chu Si was very concerned about this result, but Jiang Qi and Esther were very open-minded, and even comforted Chu Si in turn, making him gradually adapt to and accept this result.

There is never any worry about this in them, and more often they always look like they are enjoying life at ease.

Like now, discussing a dinner with a gentle smile.

Esther seemed relieved to hear Jiang Qi's answer, "That's really great, remember? I told you that Mon Kaminfi has another name."

"Remember, you said that name was a little long."

Esther laughed, "Yes, I'll tell you later."

Chu Si walked behind not far or near, and after hearing something about it, he turned his head and whispered to Say Yang, "It's all nonsense from the beginning to the end."

Say Yang couldn't help laughing, "Honey, anyone can say this, but you..."

Chus glanced at him, then raised his chin at a restaurant opposite Monkaminfi, "Forget it, don't make trouble, how about going to the one opposite?"

Sae Young shrugged casually.

As they crossed the street, Truss glanced back at Mon Kaminfi.

Jiang Qi didn't tell the truth just now. Not only has he been to Moncaminfi many times, but he also sits in the old seat that Esther said every time. The so-called "another name that is a bit long" on the wall he Must have seen it countless times.

He denied following Esther's words, probably just trying to protect her excitement and expectation.

Behind the glass door of the restaurant, Jiang Qi and Esther entered the door and said a few words to the waiter, and then got their wish and were led to the innermost position near the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Chus looked away, and entered a new restaurant with Sah Yang.

Although the layout of this restaurant is not as unique as that of Moncaminfi, it has a high level of privacy, with separate compartments set up, and once the door is closed, other people can be shielded out.

The layout in the cubicle is very homely, the chair is a high-backed armchair, there is a warm yellow floor lamp in the corner, the heavy curtains are hooked diagonally, and there is a pot of tuberose by the window.

This kind of environment is too easy to think of words such as "warm" and "quiet", so the whole person becomes relaxed or even lazy.

In the middle of the meal, a smear of white floated in Chus' peripheral vision.

He turned his head and looked out the window, the snow had finally fallen in the cold sky for more than half a month, it was quiet and long.People passing by on the street stopped, subconsciously reached out to pick it up, and then turned around with a smile and said something to the people around them.

As the background for them, there are large and bright windows of shops on the street, many of which are sprayed with similar paintings and the same words——

I love you very much.

On this anniversary last year, perhaps remembering the sense of loneliness when the disaster strikes, many people invariably said this sentence to the people around them when the bell rang on the anniversary.Relatives, friends, lovers, one infected the other, and after continuous fermentation, it finally became the slogan of this anniversary.

Before the anniversary of this year, such decorations and arrangements were made early everywhere. Thousands of cities and countless criss-crossing streets were adorned with affection on this night, so that the whole world became warm and moving. stand up……

A few teenagers didn't know what to say, they laughed and chased past the window.

After a while, a pair of elderly people also supported each other in the fine snow, and slowly passed by the window.

Chu Si moved his eyes, looked at Say Yang, and suddenly asked without beginning or end: "Do you feel unaccustomed to clearing those experimental organizations?"

After all, for him, he has been a successful experimental subject as long as he can remember. He has never experienced the feeling of being chased by time. Now he suddenly falls back into the world of ordinary people. I don't know if he will feel a little regretful.

Say Yang's hand holding the cup stopped for a moment, and then her beautiful eyes were bent, and the warm light of the floor lamp filled them.He touched Truss' glass and said, "No, I'm actually very happy."

I am very happy to grow old with you.In this way, when turning into a tomb, I can say to you: I love you for as long as my life.

Chus suddenly understood the meaning of Esther's words - some things will be remembered even without pen and paper.

Like "I love you".

There are always thousands of ways to express this sentence, and it is staged in every different corner every day, every hour, every moment——

As Truss replied: "When I'm old..."

Like Saye Young said, "I'm very happy."

It was like a young couple embracing at the corner of the street; while Esther was sitting in Mon Calmingfield, pointing to the sentence on the wall, and said it to Jiang Qi;

Somewhere farther away, Shao Heng made tea for the old man, nagging him to pay attention to his body; Admiral Medra communicated with his daughter;

On the other side of the planet, in the land base of the elite training camp, Tang and his companions who had lived through life and death laughed and clinked glasses, feasting.

In the vast space, Carlos Black sat down by the bed, and said to the photos of his wife and daughter on the bedside table: Good night, day 29128, I still miss you very much.

……

The sun is still clean, and the galaxy is still brilliant.

The world is still slowly moving forward in a long and affectionate way.

As a result, time flows, and it is possible to witness all the eternity and immortality in the human world in the long years.

The author has something to say: This article is all over here, thank you for your company for nearly four months, and listen to my nonsense.

In the next article, if there are no accidents, I will open the trap of a lawyer. It will look like September or October. If there is a destiny, I will see you then, okay? =9=