When the aunt and nephew came out of the office building, the golden-red light of the late spring sunset had already crossed most of the campus, projecting from the angle between the jungle on the north bank and the long river running through the forest, casting a shadow over the bright green wetland vegetation. Apply a thick light film.
Ronan squinted his eyes slightly, looking through the sunlight curtain that was difficult for ordinary people to see directly, scanning the changes in the campus - he was not observing, just doing nothing.
After coming out of Li Mingde's office, Ms. Luo Shuqing didn't say a word for three minutes. In the corridors, elevators, and the vast campus, she just walked forward, as if she had completely forgotten the existence of her nephew.
Okay, I'm really angry this time.
Ronan estimated that in three generations, he was probably the only child of the Luo family who was advised by the school to drop out of school. To say he is suspended from school is just a polite way of saying it. Retaining credit hours, all honors, etc. will not change the nature of repeating a grade.
There is no doubt that this is the legendary incident of being "hanged on a beam and beaten hard".
Ronan really had nothing to say. Even with the help of Xie Junping and Hu Huaying, two super tinkers with great connections, he still couldn't make up for the minimum standard absenteeism record of Zhixing College. In the past few months, he had been too lazy. .
Maybe we should start with SCA and invade the Ministry of Education system from the beginning...
Ronan's mind was spinning with meaningless thoughts, and at the same time he had to admit that deep in his heart, there was a small, or at least a small, amount of relief and joy:
If this matter is confirmed, it will really change your life.
In front of her, Ms. Luo Shuqing suddenly stood up. Ronan reacted quickly and stood firm simultaneously, lowering his face and eyebrows, as if in fear and shame.
It's a pity that his acting skills have never been on the stage. Luo Shuqing felt no sympathy at all, and her tone was flat: "You have a lot to deal with over there?"
"Huh? Ah."
Of course Ronan knew that the so-called "over there" refers to the association and even the other world. Normally at home, this is a topic that everyone knows very well but tacitly agrees not to touch. Now that it was suddenly brought up, Ronan really didn't know how to answer it.
Fortunately, Luo Shuqing didn't need Ronan to make up any more excuses or lies. She had her own observations and judgments: "I can guess that you did a good job there. Your uncle and I didn't give you any help, but you were able to To delay the incident of continuously skipping classes until today, and in this manner...even if your uncle is in SCA, I'm afraid he can't do better than this despite his old face."
What could Ronan say? After finally swallowing the stupid words "Auntie, you are so polite", he could only close his mouth tightly and listen obediently.
The problem is, Luo Shuqing only said this, but there was nothing more after that. Ronan wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask. He was so filled with doubts that he felt uncomfortable. It wasn't until he had walked more than a hundred steps that he heard his aunt whisper softly:
"Let me discuss the suspension of school with your uncle when I get back, okay?"
When it came to Ronan's studies, Ms. Luo Shuqing had never communicated with him in such an uncertain tone of discussion as she did today. Ronan was stunned for a moment, and then he felt the heavy pressure of decision. I was speechless for a moment.
Instead of taking the trolley bus, the two of them walked to the underground parking lot. Halfway through, Ronan really couldn't resist the overly depressing atmosphere. He just wanted to make up something to say, but when the words came to his lips, the sentence that jumped out suddenly was:
"Aunt, do you know Wu Jun?"
"Huh?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Ronan regretted them a little. It was really the incident that happened in the early morning that took up too many resources in his mind. In addition to the conflict between the Amaterasu Cult and the Evil Luo Cult over the "Sacred Cloak", there are also those words in the conversation between Yan Fen and Zhang Liu'an, who are at odds with each other, that make Ronan extremely sensitive, such as "crazy old man" ", "graduate student", "stranded", etc., Ronan couldn't help but think of something.
It's just that he knows very little about what happened back then, and the corresponding interpersonal relationships are even more confused. When we were in the cave, in order to maintain our composure and facilitate future monitoring, we refrained from asking any further questions. After returning to Xia City, I walked around a bit, and it seemed that my aunt could still consult her... Even so, wouldn't it be a bad thing to mention this? Ronan couldn't even explain the logic of his question.
Just when she was embarrassed, Luo Shuqing turned her face and looked over: "Wu Jun, which Wu Jun?"
Ronan opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment. Do you want him to say "the priestess of the Evil Sect, the female owner of the mechanical modification shop at the black market exchange in Spring City's 'U Cave'"?
Fortunately, his thinking speed was much faster than normal now, and he immediately captured the surprising emotion behind his aunt's words. So he just took a breath and quickly asked back: "I mean that... graduate student."
Ronan deliberately blurred a few words in the middle, and finally ended with exact and true information.
Facts have proved that his method was very successful. Ms. Luo Shuqing immediately filled in the blanks in a mental way, frowning slightly: "Have you seen Wu Jun? When did she return to Xia City?"
Oh, what a way!
Ronan still wanted to confirm, and asked cautiously: "Is that Ms. Wu, my grandfather's graduate student, in the wilderness for many years?"
"Well, Wu Jun was recommended to your grandfather's laboratory in 1975, together with your parents. She was only 20 years old at that time, and she was still a yellow-haired girl... Where did you meet her? By chance, or... Did she come to see you?"
It felt like her aunt was quite nervous, and Ronan was suspicious. Is it because she knows Wu Jun's current identity? Or is there some other sensitive situation that you don’t want him to know about?
Thinking about it in his heart, Ronan still said half-truthfully: "I have never met this person, I just heard about it from other people, so I just want to ask..."
"Who told you?"
"It's Senior Tian Si. She's the one who had a blind date with Mo Qiu and Brother Mo, but it didn't work out. She's now a graduate student of Professor Pan Wen of the Institute of Architectural Design. You seemed to have met her some time ago."
Luo Shuqing was somewhat impressed, nodded, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "Indeed, the batch of graduate students who went to the wilderness were recommended by Dr. Pan De, Professor Pan's younger brother... You are very familiar with that Senior Tian, and Talking about old things like this."
"Professor Pan likes to chat the most, especially those about my mother. Senior Sister Tian is a close friend, and she usually reveals some information to me."
Ronan smiled innocently, and then asked: "By the way, is that Ms. Wu always in the wilderness? Our laboratory no longer existed at that time, what was she doing there?"
Luo Shuqing burst into laughter: "She graduated in 1981. By the time something happened in the laboratory in 1983, she had almost ten years of work experience. Many big companies wanted to recruit her."
"Yeah?"
Wu Jun doesn't look like he's being recruited by a big company right now.
Ronan felt that his aunt seemed to be avoiding some information, and then asked again: "You know this matter so well, is it that Wu Jun has always been in contact with our family?"
"No, we haven't seen each other for many years."
"Oh? How long?"
"It must have been six or seven years ago. The last time I saw him was about 1990."
"Huh? I should have remembered things by then, but why don't I have any impression at all?"
"I don't come often, I just come here every one or two years to see your grandpa and understand his condition. I went directly to the nursing home. How could I meet him by such a coincidence... Hey, why do you have so many problems? Is it because of your stomach? Where's the bad water?"
"No way!" Ronan understood that it would be difficult to ask anything from his aunt for the time being. And what we know now is of great value.
The year 1990 was a very sensitive time for Ronan. Because it was from that year that he began to refer to his grandfather's notes and began research on format theory without hesitation.
In the same year, Yan Hong's academic misconduct incident came to light; Quantum Company's Deep Blue platform began trial operation; of course, his father showed up for the last time and gave him a paper-like soft screen with hidden "external neurons". Same year.
If the time background is transferred to Wu Jun, well, Pineapple is almost five or six years old. As Yan Fen said, Wu Jun was forced to take office when she was pregnant, which probably happened at this time...
Huh?
Ronan suddenly stood there stupidly, a rather absurd idea came to his mind, and then he got out of control.
Etc., etc! Did he think too much?
Human thinking is like this. With a sudden association, two things that are thousands of miles apart can be combined together, similar to montage-style editing, to form an incredible meaningful effect.
Ronan was now making an inappropriate association: before someone disappeared, Wu Jun kept in touch with his family; after the person disappeared, he never came back; at the same time, around the time of the disappearance, Wu Jun was pregnant...
Damn it!
Ronan slapped his forehead fiercely. He had already entered the underground parking lot. In a relatively closed space, this slap was very loud.
Luo Shuqing looked at him in astonishment. Ronan came to his senses, suppressed the absurd thoughts in his heart, and smiled at his aunt: "It's okay, it's okay, I was a little stupid."
"You are indeed stupid!" Luo Shuqing finally aroused her anger, glared at him again, walked quickly to the car, and got into the cab first.
Ronan lowered his head and sat in the passenger seat, looking repentant. In fact, he had already logged into Lingbo.com and contacted people through his six ears. Of course, he could only send messages:
"Urgent, please reply to the letter."
About two minutes later, when the car was driving on the high-speed magnetic track going home, the other person finally responded: "You are so anxious, my test tube fell... Boss Luo was summoned, what are your orders?"
"Brother Squidward, I have some skin tissue collected last night. Can this be used for a paternity test?"
"With hair/follicles?"
"Bring it."
"That's no problem... both of us?"
"Do I have relevant backups in the association? Or is it better to collect them recently?"
The message over there suddenly stopped. It took more than ten seconds before an emoticon was sent with some thoughts:
"o((⊙﹏⊙))o...oh my god!"
