When Zhou Jinru left the bar and returned to the hotel, the night had completely darkened. When he walked downstairs, he saw Xingji waiting for him at the door.
Miss Li Boli frowned slightly: "Doctor went to the bar?"
Rhode Island operators all know that the doctor cannot drink. If he drank, he would probably not be able to walk back on his own legs. The only possibility is that he went to the bar to drink soda.
"I'm just going to try my luck."
"Okay, doctor, take off your clothes quickly. There is still time, I will do the laundry."
Isn’t Xingji a researcher?
Can astronomers do laundry?
Zhou Jinru couldn't believe his ears and suspected that he had heard wrongly.
"It's true. Go take a shower. Talaat doesn't restrict daily water use."
Xingji pushed the doctor into the shower room and collected his clothes in a basket for washing.
Zhou Jinru came out of the shower and soon found Xingji who was washing clothes. He was a little embarrassed, but didn't know how to speak, so he had to lean against the door frame.
Xingji is a very smart girl. She guessed what Zhou Jinru was thinking, so she took the initiative and asked, "Doctor is very curious about why I do these things?"
"I am indeed a little surprised. I can do it myself. There is no need for this..."
He wanted to walk in, but the Libo people stared back with sharp eyes, so he could only smile and grab his wet hair.
Xingji sighed while changing the water: "I didn't know how to take care of people a long time ago, and the doctor also knew about my past. I used to work in a certain department of Rheinland Life, and was responsible for... responsible for some docking work. At that time, all the housework It's all done by housekeeping staff, I just have to pay."
This is normal for researchers. People's energy has its limits. They devote all their body and mind to research work, and the rest will be clumsy and incompetent.
"Later, my sister, Elena, had an accident. We two became infected one after another. The treatment did not take long, but it was a very serious blow to us. She first I came to Rhode Island to see a doctor, and I chose to travel alone and take care of myself. I still remember how helpless I was when I was doing laundry for the first time..."
Zhou Jinru watched Xingji turn off the faucet and continue the work at hand. When he met Xingji, he was traveling with Yuanshan and must have learned a lot of common sense in life.
Xingji said softly: "It's actually very simple to take care of the doctor. Sometimes the doctor doesn't even need us. Everyone is quite helpless, including Elena's child. She always finds me annoying."
The Xingji sisters, like most sisters Zhou Jinru knew, disliked each other.
He didn't want Xingji to continue reminiscing, so he changed the subject with a smile: "Xingji, have you been watching the starry sky recently?"
"Look, I can't understand the starry sky now."
Miss Li Boli held the basin and hung the washed clothes on the balcony, so that they could be almost dried the next morning.
At this time, the night was getting darker, the sky was very clean, and occasionally there were stars shining, but the stars were not looked at twice.
Zhou Jinru noticed that her mood was a bit negative and asked, "Why do you think so?"
"It's been like this since I got the Originium Disease. It's getting harder and harder to get revelations from the stars. Astrology is gradually losing its effectiveness. I don't know what to do. If you have any idea, can you help me?"
Xingji's physical examination report showed that her infection level was only 4%, and her symptoms were minimal. However, she herself stated that her Origin Stone skills were declining, but the test results showed that the power had almost remained unchanged, and no decline data could be found.
Zhou Jinru believes that it is Originium Disease that makes Xingji no longer sure what his future will be like. In fact, most infected people have such anxiety. People in this land have too much fear of Originium Disease, so that in After becoming infected, a considerable number of people cannot bear the blow and choose to commit suicide.
Both he and Kelsey are doing research on the psychological development of operators. In terms of effectiveness, he is more suitable than Kelsey to help stabilize the psychological state of operators.
"If you are worried about the future, and the future has not yet arrived, we should grasp the present life, at least it will not get worse."
"Doctor, you don't sound like you're trying to comfort me."
Xingji clasped her hands behind her back. She was once a beautiful girl from heaven, and of course she is now, too, but she was cast in a shadow.
There are many operators like her in Rhode Island. Even if they are infected, everyone is living hard.
Miss Li Boli thought for a long time and finally chose to speak: "Doctor, there is something that has been pressing in my heart for a long time. It is like a big stone that makes me breathless."
"Whatever you want to say, you can do it now. Yan Guo has a saying that you can say whatever you want, and I can listen to whatever you want."
It's probably no small matter for Xingji to take it so seriously.
She opened her mouth, hesitated again and again, and said slowly: "Doctor, on the day of Elena's accident, I happened to conduct an astrology. That was the last time I got a message from the stars, but..."
Zhou Jinru asked: "Are you not satisfied with the result?"
"I should say, not very good."
"But you also said that there is a half chance that astrology will be inaccurate, or even wrong."
Xingji shook his head: "No, this is different, doctor. The technology of astrology is a complete set of theories passed down by my family. Its accuracy is very high, but this time it is very different."
Zhou Jinru became even more curious and asked: "Then what revelation did you get?"
"The stars are all extinguished, the sun is just a false miracle, and everything ends in darkness."
"……Do you believe it?"
"I don't know." Xingji shook his head in distress.
"Then don't believe it."
"Eh?"
Zhou Jinru said seriously: "I once read a story. Some scrap magazines claimed that the end would come in a few years. But some people really believed it and quit their jobs, sold their houses, dug a hole and prepared to hide and survive the end. I always prayed that the end would not come, but the end really did not come.”
Xingji said cautiously: "Isn't it because prayer has an effect?"
"Of course not. There was only one reason for promoting the doomsday in the first place. The film and television company made a doomsday movie to build momentum at the box office."
Xingji stared at Zhou Jinru blankly, not expecting such a result.
Zhou Jinru added: "But what about the end of the world? Should we live or not? When that day comes and we can't survive anymore, we will die together. Do we have to make ourselves miserable just for a word?"
"The night will end and the stars will set. What's the point of it all?"
Zhou Jinru smiled and said: "It's dawn at the end of the night, it's time to get up."
"Wake up?"
The girl with long blue hair murmured, Xingji's face turned slightly red, and she whispered: "Doctor, do you mind if I wake you up every morning?"
…
It must be said that Xingji's work was very punctual. The first person Zhou Jinru saw when he opened his eyes early the next morning was her.
He admitted that it was very pleasing to see a beautiful girl as soon as he opened his eyes.
Except Amiya.
Amiya really can't do it.
He will be asked to work overtime, overtime, and overtime.
But things are getting better now. The doctor is out traveling and Amiya is working overtime in Rhode Island.
Things are turning, be happy.
With bread in his mouth, Zhou Jinru opened today's schedule and put business aside. They planned to go to Talaat's most famous scenic spot, which was also one of the places Eyjafala wanted to go.
There is one thing that residents living in this city care about very much, which is a tamarisk tree in the garden in the center of the city.
Red willow is a plant suitable for growing in arid areas. The tree's lifespan is five to six hundred years, or even longer, and it can generally grow one or two meters high.
When Zhou Jinru led a group of people to the central garden of the city, they watched the red willow tree with a height of more than two meters blooming with pink flowers. A commentator next to him enthusiastically told everyone the story behind the tree.
"This tree was planted by the pasha of Talaat a hundred years ago. He said that this tree can bear witness to the way this oasis allows people to live a good life."
Yanke took a second look and said calmly: "The lifespan of this red willow tree may not be that long. In just one hundred years, it has already shown its age. In another twenty years at the earliest, its lifespan will be towards the end." end."
Zhou Jinru thought to himself, fortunately no one here can hear what you are saying, some words cannot be said so clearly.
"Senior, let's go take pictures!"
Because the protection measures for tamarisk are relatively complete, they can only take photos five meters away. Under the camera, several people stand in two rows. The background is tamarisk like an umbrella cover, and the strings of pink flowers are stunning. nice.
After taking photos, they rushed to the next attraction.
After seeing off these tourists, the commentator breathed a sigh of relief and found that a girl with long blue hair had not left yet, so he asked kindly: "Miss, did you lose something?"
Xingji quickly shook his head: "No, I just want to take another look."
"good."
At this time, two more tourists came over, one man and one woman.
The commentator walked over enthusiastically, but before he could speak, he heard one of the female tourists ask: "Is this the tree you were talking about?"
"Yes."
The commentator said unexpectedly: "Sir, isn't this your first time coming to our place?"
The male voice who spoke was particularly gentle: "Yes, this is my third time here."
Xingji couldn't help but look over. The two tourists had their backs to her, and their faces were invisible.
I have come a long way with the Doctor, and I have to catch up.
Miss Li Boli turned and left.
…
"Want something to drink?"
"Anything is fine."
The most troublesome thing is the word "random", no matter how you choose, it's not a good choice.
Zhou Jinru had to go to the cold drink shop alone, followed by Hei. The moment the two of them entered the door, Hei, who was walking behind, put his hand on his shoulder.
"PhD."
"I know."
In their sight, there was a man with long orange hair looking over.
Zhou Jinru ordered a few cold drinks and asked Hei to take them back, while he himself stayed in the store.
The man with long orange hair said nothing, and there was no emotion in his eyes. He flipped a gold coin between his white-gloved fingers.
"I thought you would choose to show up later."
The other party said softly: "If I don't show up, maybe I won't be able to talk to you like this."
Zhou Jinru shook his head, opened a bottle of soda and took a sip: "Don't use honorifics."
"Hey, when do you think the time is right?"
"That's it now. Wherever the people are, the goods will be there."
"Don't worry, everyone is here and the goods are here. I haven't done anything. I would like to ask, how do you know about me?"
Zhou Jinru shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that someone must want to see me. There may not be weapons of mass destruction here, but there must be people who want to see me."
"Elliot, you can call me by my name. I came to see you. I just want to find out one thing. What kind of person can make Kelsey value him so much?"
Zhou Jinru took another sip: "Now you have seen it."
"Yes, I have seen it. You are a little different than I thought. I originally thought you would be a cautious and well-prepared person, but I didn't expect you to be so... rough."
"Rough, okay, Elliot," Zhou Jinru put down his drink and couldn't help laughing, "You are quite interesting. To be honest, if you show up later today, I don't guarantee what will happen."
The man named Elliot shook his head slowly: "You and that Kelsey are two completely different people, but there is one thing you are wrong about."
"What?"
"There really are weapons of mass destruction here."
…
"We should go."
The red-haired Lisa Cohen packed her things, put on her backpack, and prepared to set off with her three team members.
They had obtained enough money, food and water, and a car stolen from the robbers. They filled it with fuel and were about to embark on a new journey.
"To be honest, I've wanted to go to Victoria for a long time. I heard that the language there is no different from what we know, and the level of civilization is a little higher. Maybe I can find my way home."
The handsome Elias is holding a notebook in his hand, which records the comparison of some words to analyze the differences between various languages.
Captain Lisa had one more thing on her mind. While Tina was starting the vehicle, she asked: "How is your mission?"
"Not so good. There are obviously more monsters nearby, and there are some casualties. An investigation team will arrive soon. It's the right time for us to leave. The only pity is that my football team can't make it."
It's no shame.
Lisa added in her heart that she knew the character of her team members very well.
Suddenly, Alexander's thick voice came: "Guys, we may be in trouble."
"What's wrong?"
The car had just started and was driving slowly on the road, but it was forced to stop before it went very far.
At some point, the crowd on the street seemed to be stirred up by something and suddenly became chaotic, paralyzing traffic.
"what is that?"
Tina, who had just taken her hands off the steering wheel, opened her eyes wide and said in shock: "Why do those monsters appear here?!"
