June 29, 2065 AD, midsummer.
Chongnan University, Chongshan City, southwest of Country Z. On the podium, a gray-haired old scholar was expounding his views impassionedly.
"Students, some people say that the future of mankind lies above our heads. Looking up, everyone can see the endless starry sky. I do not deny this view, but I also have some of my own ideas. For example, keep raising your head, The neck will always be sore, so we should lower our heads appropriately and observe more the ground under our feet. You know, what you are stepping on now is also one of the thousands of stars in the universe, and her The lifespan has been billions of years..."
Although his students were only a quarter of those in the international economics classroom next door, he still remained as enthusiastic as ever.
As a paleontologist, Yang Xiao has worked hard at this university for many years. He will retire in three months. This also means that this will be the last class of students he will teach.
Looking at the young and tender faces in the audience, he seemed to see his former self. It's the same way, with dreams, sitting in the university classroom, eyes always seem to have light.
Time always leaves traces on the body silently.
At some point, my hair turned white and there were wrinkles on my face. The body that keeps walking downhill always reminds him that time is like water and the passing of people is like this.
"Ding~"
As the bell rang, Yang Xiao stopped teaching.
"Okay, that's it for today. The next class is next Wednesday. Students remember to finish their papers. If you finish them in advance, you can send them to my email. get out of class is over."
Unlike other professors, Yang Xiao has a habit of always being the last person to leave the classroom after class.
He likes students who ask questions, so he always sits on the podium after class and waits to answer students' questions.
For decades, the students had already become familiar with the old man's habits, and they packed up their books and filed out.
Soon, there were only two people left in the classroom.
A female student with a haggard face sat in the last row and was in no hurry to leave.
With her hands clasped together, her expression was very complicated. She glanced at the professor on the podium from time to time, but she still couldn't make up her mind.
Having already finished cleaning up, Yang Xiao was about to leave when he noticed something strange about the girl.
"Classmate Chen Ling, are you okay?"
The old man is very familiar with each of his students. This student impressed Yang Xiao even more. Not only was he handsome in appearance, but his life experience was also not simple.
After all, at this national comprehensive university, which ranks among the top 20 in the country, not every student can change majors at will.
Chen Ling changed her major twice in a row before coming to the class she taught.
"T-Professor, I, I seem to have gotten into trouble."
Chen Ling stood up from the last row and burst into tears.
The old man frowned. As a university professor, although he was also a teacher, his identity was very different from that of primary school and middle school teachers.
For their students, the education given by university teachers is freedom rather than strict management.
Teachers generally do not take the initiative to participate in some private matters of students. Yang Xiao is not an idle person willing to do anything, but he will not refuse if he can provide some help by the way.
"Tell me, maybe I can give you some advice."
Under the professor's comfort and persuasion, Chen Ling gradually calmed down, and soon she recounted a very bizarre incident.
Chen Ling's family is relatively wealthy, and her parents run a large ocean-going trading company. Because the business is getting bigger and bigger, to this day, the company also helps many relatives and friends.
A week ago, one of her cousins from afar came back by boat. In order to build a good relationship with her, he gave her a gift that was salvaged from the bottom of the sea. It was a fossil of a seabed creature with a rather weird shape.
Chen Ling has been very fond of this kind of strange and weird objects since she was a child, so she naturally treats them like treasures. She even bought a special shelf to store this fossil.
However, that night, something strange happened.
Chen Ling's hand was accidentally cut while playing with fossils. After this magical fossil was contaminated with Chen Ling's blood, it was absorbed quickly.
At first, Chen Ling didn't pay too much attention, thinking that the fossil material was just special.
However, the next day, she suddenly discovered that there were some mysterious blood-colored stripes on the surface of the fossil.
Hearing this, Yang Xiao also became more interested.
As an expert who devotes himself to the study of paleontology, he has seen many strange paleontological fossils over the years, but this is the first time for him to be as mysterious as what Chen Ling encountered this time.
Looking carefully at the mobile phone handed over by Chen Ling, in the photo, the patterns on the surface of the fossil were extremely complex, full of a strange beauty.
Yang Xiao nodded and motioned for the students to continue talking.
As expected, what happened next became as absurd as a fantasy story.
Chen Ling thought she had really picked up some valuable treasure, so she naturally hid the mysterious fossil secretly. Observe the changes in fossils every day. Even when he was sleeping, he was afraid that others would steal the fossil, so he deliberately hid it in his closet.
But something strange happened suddenly three days ago in the morning. When Chen Ling woke up, she opened her closet and found only some broken fossil fragments.
Obviously, something unknown is missing inside!
Hearing this, even at Yang Xiao's age, he felt a slight chill on his back. This is wrong, why did you suddenly start telling supernatural stories?
As a staunch materialist, he calmly opened the tea cup, took two sips, and motioned for Chen Ling to continue talking.
Sure enough, the development of things was not more sudden, only more sudden.
The frightened Chen Ling discovered that she was mysteriously pregnant that day! She is only nineteen years old this year. She has always kept herself clean since she became an adult and has never even been to a nightclub. But the reality is so bizarre. She was obviously still a virgin, but she suddenly became pregnant three days ago.
"Hang, bang~"
Without swallowing a sip of tea, Yang Xiao choked and almost sprayed the female student in front of him in the face.
After a while to calm down, the gray-haired old man's eyes widened, as if he recognized this bizarre world for the first time.
He raised his head and looked at the two monitors in the classroom. They were still functioning normally, and he felt slightly relieved.
Hey, these days, you have to be careful.
Living in this society, sure enough, you will encounter all kinds of unreliable things. The premise is that as long as you live too long.
No, he will live long enough to see you.
"Classmate Chen Ling, if you say that, it's a big joke."
The female student looked anxious. She grabbed her phone, pulled out some inspection records, and handed it to the professor again.
"Professor Yang, look! These are the test results from three hospitals that I just went to yesterday. The facts all prove one thing. I suddenly became pregnant. No, it was that thing that suddenly invaded my body! I didn't lie. I really didn’t lie! You must believe me!”
How can I trust you?
When the words came to his lips, the professor did not say them out. I just feel sorry in my heart, hey, these days, in the adult world, everyone has to be responsible for their own actions. A girl must love herself.
How could you be so careless?
However, this society is still very tolerant. I remember there was news once before, it seemed that a girl claimed to go swimming and got pregnant, and later the owner of the swimming pool was compensated 300,000 yuan.
However, after the truth was exposed, the girl's parents were ashamed.
Well, Professor Yang said, his worldview has been impacted again. However, facing the already panicked students, the old man still said without conscience: "Well, I believe you."
Chen Ling curled her lips. She was not stupid, so she couldn't tell that the teacher didn't believe her. But she also knew that this matter was too bizarre. She didn't even believe what she just said was true, so how could she ask others to believe it.
But she really wasn't lying. She didn't! She swears!
"Professor, I..."
The two looked at each other wordlessly, followed by a period of silence.
"What are your plans now?"
Born or aborted? What if I raise my child by myself or send him to an orphanage? You can't throw it away. If you choose to give up, will taking medicine still be painless?
...Some words can be understood without saying them.
With her eyes red, Chen Ling felt like she was about to cry again, and said with a slight sob: "I feel like something is wrong with me. I have been feeling hungry these past few days, and I am always full of desire for fresh flesh and blood! Professor, am I really parasitized by a monster!"
After saying that, Chen Ling opened her coat, revealing her slightly bulging belly. Yang Xiao couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he saw this scene.
"Last night, I ate six pounds of raw beef. The feeling of hunger made me unable to sleep at all. Professor, you must help me, I'm scared!"
Judging from this situation, I am afraid it has been several months. Has it been so long? It was not discovered by classmates or parents.
Oh, what an unfortunate thing. If it is not handled well, not only the child may be ruined, but the reputation of the school may also be damaged.
As an adult, what else can you do? Although Professor Yang has been teaching and educating people in universities for many years, his thinking is not old-fashioned. At this time, what he was thinking about most was how to help the misguided female student in front of him.
I just hope that after this incident, she can become more mature and sensible, and love herself more.
Everyone has the right to choose their own life, but it is too cold-blooded for a teacher to watch his students fall.
After thinking about it for a while, Yang Xiao came up with several ideas and was about to persuade the girl to deal with it carefully. However, the girl almost made him die on the spot with just one word.
"Professor, you must help me. If you don't help me, I, I will tell the whole world that this child is yours!"
There was a roar in the brain, and the highly respected Professor Yang's blood pressure, which had been well controlled for many years, was finally out of control, and his heart felt chilly.
His eyes turned black, and the tea cup in his hand finally completed its historical mission and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
