back to innocence

In October of this year, Fei Yizhen kept his promise and accompanied Ye Minghe to attend the author conference.

Sure enough, there are many beautiful female authors in the author conference, and of course there are not beautiful ones.Theoretically, Fei Yizhen is relatively well-known in the circle, but because of his reputation in the circle, his interpersonal relationship is very abnormal.

Generally speaking, most of the authors who get along well with him are female authors. Although there are some male authors who can talk, but the majority are his fans, and there are still not many normal contacts between authors.

There are still a small number of people who simply treat him as a virus and stay away.

Fei Yi really didn't take it to heart, because he himself didn't have much need for interpersonal relationships.In Shuangye's author conference, Qi Wentang is still the immediate boss. Although he has not been involved in the operation of publishing in recent years, he actually knows quite a few people.

After exchanging pleasantries like this, Fei Yizhen asked Qi Wentang: "Is there anyone you like? I can help you find out if someone is interested."

Qi Wentang held the wine glass, smiled and shook his head.

In fact, he has no intention of finding a partner.Regarding Tang Qingqing's matter, he still didn't let go of the knot in his heart.But Fei Yi was really kind enough to accompany him out to relax, so he took advantage of the opportunity to come out to breathe.

Fei Yizhen asked: "...you don't even like it?"

Qi Wentang expressed his intentions tactfully, saying that he still likes simple girls who are transparent and innocent.

Fei Yi really saw it, he felt that the girl he met today was too realistic and sophisticated, not as innocent as a college student who just graduated from school.

Fei Yi was really speechless: "You have to be simple and transparent at the same time, you really have such a beautiful idea. College students are innocent and cute, but can they be innocent and cute for a lifetime? Anyone who has been polished by the world has to become smooth and sophisticated. The girl here They are a bit sophisticated, isn’t that normal? At least they are self-reliant, they see the warmth and warmth of human relationships, and they don’t give up on themselves. The circle here is actually very clean and simple. The circle over there is still relatively ivory tower. If you don’t like this, you can find college students by yourself. Anyway, if you have a lot of money, there will always be 'simple' and 'transparent' female college students who are willing to join in."

His words sounded a little unpleasant, but Qi Wentang could hear it.

He was a little depressed: "Why are you suddenly angry?"

Fei Yi said helplessly: "I'm not angry, but I'm a little speechless to your words. People live in this world, they always have to eat and dress. Don't look down on the girls here, their lives are high-end and rich, taking into account life and Ideal. You look down on others, maybe they also look down on you for being empty and having no interest in life."

He thought for a while and said, "Actually, if you really want to find one, you can't pick one here. If you like their works, that's even better. The girls here don't like to run around. , I can find the joy of life, and I can support myself, and I don’t have the problem of not being able to find my goal in life or lack of nourishment in love... I don’t have to worry about the previous problems.”

Qi Wentang sighed: "I don't want to look for it now."

Since the other party said so, Fei Yi really couldn't force it anymore.

But when he didn't want to, he didn't think about it for many years.

Qi Wentang also fell in love several times in the middle, but they all ended without a problem.Fei Yizhen persuaded him that the ideal little angel does not exist. Although I quite support your pursuit of true love, you still have to know what true love looks like.

In his opinion, Qi Wentang is pursuing a utopia.

What he pursued seemed to never exist.

But Qi Wentang still persisted.

Although it is said to be in love, Qi Wentang's love is actually not enough effort.Fortunately, he has the bonus of being tall, handsome and rich, and the tolerance of beauties is relatively high.

The only thing that makes Ye Minghe feel uncomfortable is that every time Qi Wentang breaks up in love, he has to come to their house to drink.

Spoiling his good wine, sleeping in his house and hooking up with his man.

One day he couldn't bear the alcohol madman anymore, so he called Fei Yizhen into the bathroom on the pretext that he had something to say.Fei Yizhen looked at him inexplicably, but Ye Minghe locked the door casually, and as soon as he stretched out his hand to hold Fei Yizhen down, he began to gnaw on him.

When the two of them came out, Qi Wentang, who was still pretending to be crazy, selling foolishly and drinking, was no longer there.

After that day, Qi Wentang appeared less often again.

Fei Yizhen seemed to understand something, and began to reduce contact with him.

After a while like this, one day Qi Wentang appeared as if nothing had happened.

He looked normal, but he rarely drank his sorrows like before, and only showed up occasionally on weekends to have a meal with the two of them.He seems to have slowly grasped the measure that should be grasped, controlled the distance, and was still alone.

He's been in a lot of relationships, but none of them seem to be in season.Later on, he didn't bother with that.

Later, when he stayed at home, he liked to stay in the secret small study built on purpose.

When she was with Tang Qingqing, Tang Qingqing always felt that he spent too little time with her.But when the two finally separated, Qi Wentang always felt that he had too much free time.

He sometimes feels a sense of homelessness and loneliness.

The years flow bit by bit, soaked by loneliness.The older you get, the more lonely and cold you feel.

But there are always some people who seem to remain the same through the years.

Fei Yizhen and Ye Minghe still go on trips every year, and take portraits of each other every year. Every year, there are many warm, interesting, enviable...and jealous stories.

Flipping through the picture album page by page, the two of them gradually changed from the prime of life to the frosty temples.The portraits record time, also record love, and record decades of years in which ideals and life and joy have always coexisted.

For some people, time has never taken away the paint in their hands, but only washed and polished those colors to make them more radiant.

Qi Wentang collected a lot of things in his small study.Books, recordings, videos...etc.

Sometimes he felt that he was simply not normal.

When alone, he repeatedly watched videos, read books, and listened to recordings, as if this was all that could belong to him.He occasionally wants to find something else...

It's just that every time he finds that he can't find the happiness that should belong to him at all.

...Maybe what he was after, as Fei Yizhen said, never existed at all.

At about the age of 49, he became seriously ill.

A new disease, considered terminally ill, almost incurable.Even so, as long as he wants, the Qi family can find a way to help him drag it.But Qi Wentang thought about it for a long time, but made a decision.

He voluntarily gave up the treatment and donated his own brain as a new research project that the Qi family cooperated with the government—a research and training model of biological brain.

For Qi Wentang, this way of death is also a kind of self-realization for him.

This experiment has been carried out for about 15 years. During this process, Qi Wentang existed in a strange and strange way.Maybe he is not considered alive anymore, but for some reason, he still retains the memory of being "Qi Wentang".

But he no longer knew if he was still "Qi Wentang".

Died several times and then came back to life.

Later, he became the biological brain "Father of the World".

At that time, he saw Fei Yizhen again——his thoughts fluctuated through the nerve connector and entered Qi Wentang's world, and his hair was already gray.

But for Qi Wentang, he is no different from the young man in prime of life when he first met decades ago.

He said, "Senior, I'm here to see you."

As he approached step by step, Fei Yizhen's appearance in the virtual world slowly softened, his wrinkles disappeared, and his white hair was dyed again, just like turning over Ye Minghe's photo album that recorded time, rewinding the time. time.

Fei Yizhen also seemed to be surprised by the changes in himself, but in the end he just smiled and said, "I never expected to experience the memories of my youth at this age."

Then he asked, "Are you okay?"

That day, Fei Yizhen had a long conversation with Qi Wentang.

After a while, Fei Yizhen brought Ye Minghe to see him, Mo Yao, and others.

All are old.

But in this virtual world, they can still get together again, simulating the appearance of teenagers, and reliving the time when they were young.

I don't know how long it has passed like this, but one day Fei Yizhen suddenly didn't show up again.

He has been in poor health recently.I didn't have a particularly healthy body at first, but as I got older, the disadvantages left by not loving exercise when I was young became more apparent.

Qi Wentang was very concerned, wondering if he was ill.

Fei Yi was really sick, and his condition was very bad.It's not the first time he's been sick, it's just that this time it's more serious.Ye Minghe is in much better health than him, so he has been taking care of him by the bedside.

After this illness, Fei Yizhen himself has already realized that he probably won't be able to survive the arrival of spring.

He called his adopted sons and daughters to the bed one by one, confessed his last words one by one, was visited one by one by old friends who were still alive, and finally swallowed his last breath in Ye Minghe's arms.

Qi Wentang waited for many days, and what he finally waited for was the news of his death.

He hadn't experienced feelings like pain for a long time, because the modified biological brain no longer had such a function.Although it can be simulated, it is no longer a natural reaction.

But at that moment, the pain Qi Wentang felt did not come from the nerves, but from the spirit.

On the second day after Fei Yizhen's death, someone from the Qi family came to the door, saying that he wanted to train the mastermind for him, but Ye Minghe directly refused.

Ye Minghe said word by word: "There won't be any mastermind, and please don't think about moving Yi's body. Tell Qi Wentang... no, it should be said that it is the ghost or obsession called 'Father of the World' that made him give up Bar."

"Life or death, we'll always be together. He doesn't need to leave any fake souvenirs."

The author has something to say: I solemnly declare that I did not shed a single tear when writing this paragraph!Well, I'm that hard-hearted.

Qi Wentang's previous life and present life are not over yet, the girl who can't bear it should leave, and I will continue to abuse.When I first wrote this article, in the process of thinking about Qi Wentang, the song I was listening to was "Winter's Secret". Of course, I also listened to it when writing this episode. I really like Zhou Chuanxiong. In fact, I really like it. Qi Wentang also likes Ye Minghe very much. After watching Liang Qing's past life episode, she felt that the girl who was abused too much... Maybe after watching the "past life" of these two people, she will be psychologically balanced.

133. Qi Wentang in the Past and Present ([-])...

Ye Minghe personally cremated Fei Yizhen's body.

When the junior came to visit him the next day, he only saw Ye Minghe who seemed to have fallen into eternal sleep and an urn beside him.Ye Minghe passed away. Although he was always in good health, his body showed no signs of wounds or drug effects, so his death felt unreal.

Both wills were written years earlier.The savings and real estate were distributed to several children, the manuscripts and drawings were donated to the museum, and Fei Yizhen's charitable foundation was handed over to the Qi family for management.The copyright of the work and all the income from this year will be used to establish the Literary Award Foundation to encourage newcomers and new works.

Qi Wentang... Or when the father of the world knew about it, it was too late.

Ye Minghe took nothing away, except Fei Yizhen and himself.The funeral was not very luxurious, but everyone who was supposed to be there was there.Although many people heard the news and came to pay homage, and wreaths lined up several streets, the children of the two refused the participation of the public media in accordance with their wishes during their lifetime.

The "Father of the World" cannot participate in the funeral, so he can only understand the scene at that time from the video.

He was gone... not even a living organ was left behind.

This is simply a huge blow to the "Father of the World" who retains all the important memories and thoughts of "Qi Wentang".

"It" wants to continue to exist even if it becomes an alien, and it has given up everything to wait for an end, a beginning, not to wait for such an ending.

On that day, the entire Skynet was very unstable.

Nineteen years after Fei Yizhen's death, the "Father of the World" was transformed and transplanted again, becoming a new optical brain with pseudo-biological brain intelligence, but for some reason, he still retained this memory and thinking that belonged to "Qi Wentang".

Is he still Qi Wentang?Even this question doesn't seem to matter anymore.

The new optical brain can do more things than the biological brain, and the mimicry is more real.So I don't know when the "Father of the World" gathered a lot of materials and videos about Fei Yizhen.

At the center of this system, he rebuilt a virtual existence called "Fei Yizhen".

This virtual doll has a face belonging to 17-year-old Fei Yizhen, which is what Qi Wentang looked like when he first met Fei Yizhen.

However, time cannot be turned back after all.

The "Father of the World" has been with this virtual doll for 90 years.

By the time we got along with No.90 for a year, "it" got tired of it.After all, a puppet is a puppet, and Fei Yizhen can only be made to play the person in his memory in a form that encourages him to repeat and imitate Fei Yizhen's original appearance.

But it is tired of listening to the old lines, but the brand new lines do not feel like "Fei Yizhen" at all.

How is that any different than looking at old flat clips?

Twenty-seven years after Fei Yizhen's death, humans discovered habitable planets.The first interstellar colonization... or the beginning of the invasion.

72 years after Fei Yizhen's death, the anti-aging agent was successfully developed. Although it can only be used in a small number of people, it is already a beginning.In the ten years since then, the average life expectancy of human beings has gradually been extended to 130 years.

One hundred and nine years after Fei Yizhen's death, the "Father of the World" intervened and destroyed the first generation of virtual idol "Yizhen", and a few years later, created the virtual idol "Yizhen II".

300 years after Fei Yizhen's death, it has been unable to tell which ones in the database belong to the real Fei Yizhen, and those are just supplements, changes and fabrications in the later period.

Created one at a time and destroyed one at a time.

More than 600 years after Fei Yizhen's death, the "Father of the World" had his own human-like body for the first time because of the alliance's policies and research.

After 700 years, he finally returned to the world.

After that, the semi-biological and semi-mechanical existence named "Qi Wentang" wandered among the stars for more than 100 years, until one time to support the Alliance, it entered an illegal experimental site.

This experimental site is the base of an illegal genius scientist who has fled for decades.

In the past ten years, he has used the core of the planet as energy to make a machine that he calls a "time machine".

He claims that the machine can send the human spirit directly back to ancient times while drawing energy from the planet's interior.It's just that since there is no opportunity for in vivo experiments, the specific effect cannot be confirmed, and the positioning of the specific time retrospective length will not be very accurate.

He analyzed the mechanical composition, then extracted a large amount of planetary energy, set the target at 700 years ago, and then activated the "time machine".

He felt like he was in a distant dream.

Light leaked in through the gaps in the curtains, bringing a long-lost brightness.

The young man lying on the bed was slightly in a trance after drunkenness, his eyes were half-drunk.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something...

Then at that moment, he felt that the mechanical core was about to burst.

He was taken aback, and then rushed over suddenly, wrapping Fei Yizhen with all his spiritual strength.The moment the core exploded, the time-reversing program suddenly spun rapidly again.

It was as if daylight exploded before your eyes.

He knew his spirit was draining, draining over time.

Until the last moment, he transmitted the last mental power.

He didn't know how much of this awareness could be retained, maybe it was just a trace of emotion, a fragment.

In fact, Ye Minghe was right.

He is not Qi Wentang.

He is just a little dead soul, a little obsession.

When Qi Wentang woke up from the dream, he still felt a little confused.

He always felt that he had forgotten something very important, but he couldn't remember what it was.

Maybe it's just a dream that I don't remember the specific content, so there is an illusion of forgetting something.

He turned and made himself a cup of coffee.

A wisp of dead soul was still struggling desperately, and then disappeared in the sunlight, like a wisp of light smoke.