Chapter 1 "Is Jask Not Coming?"

Yu Xi, wearing oversized sunglasses, turned her head from the passenger seat.

She had been staring at the right rearview mirror for an hour.

Even with her enhanced eyes, staring at the small reflection for so long was inevitably tiring:

"It's already 11 a.m., a full hour late from the 10 o'clock he said."

"Could it be... Lin Xian, could it be that Jask threw a smokescreen at you? He wants to lure you here and then do other things."

Lin Xian stared at the rearview mirror on the left side of the car, without moving his gaze, and said softly:

"What's the point of him throwing a smokescreen at me now? We don't have any initiative at all. If you said that the time-space assassin has entered Donghai to hunt us down... then Jask throwing a smokescreen here to lure me over would be understandable."

"But haven't you confirmed several times that the time-space assassin hasn't entered Donghai City yet?"

Yu Xi nodded, and like Lin Xian, turned her head to continue monitoring the rearview mirror:

"That's right, although I don't know why, I can sense that the time-space assassin hasn't entered Donghai yet... and is getting further and further away, starting to move north in the sea area outside Donghai City."

"Perhaps she really couldn't find a breakthrough point in Donghai and couldn't get in, so she wanted to try her luck elsewhere? So for now, we are safe and don't need to worry about the time-space assassin suddenly appearing."

Moving north...

Lin Xian listened to Yu Xi's words and began to analyze.

The defense deployment against this time-space assassin in Donghai City was personally directed by Liu An, the director of the National Security Agency, and the intensity was considerable.

This is probably the reason why the time-space assassin couldn't enter the border of Donghai.

But if she detours and breaks in from a city in the north... perhaps the defense will not be so strict, and maybe she can really be detoured in.

After all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and with the time-space assassin's exaggerated physical fitness, it should only be a matter of time before she sneaks in.

Fortunately.

Yu Xi can sense the distance and direction of the time-space assassin, and she will tell herself in advance once the other party really breaks through and approaches.

"So."

Lin Xian continued:

"Since the possibility of the time-space assassin hunting me down has been ruled out, it doesn't make any sense for Jask to release this smokescreen to me. And the fact that he came to visit Zheng Xiangyue and give her a ticket was a big deal that the whole world knows. It's not good to stand Zheng Xiangyue up in front of the whole world, right?"

"In addition, this trip is accompanied by an official bigwig from Donghai City. Jask's Tesla Super Factory in Donghai is also covered by the Donghai City government. He wouldn't dare to stand up anyone other than the Donghai City government... Isn't this deliberately showing off and straining the relationship with the Donghai City government?"

"Unless..."

Lin Xian pursed his lips and thought of another possibility:

"Unless there is something particularly important that makes Jask willing to deceive the world and stand up the Donghai City government. In that case, his trick is brilliant... Everyone thinks that it is impossible for him not to go to the hospital, and that he would not dare to stand up the Donghai City government, but he did just that, exceeding everyone's expectations and catching them off guard."

"But I still think that Jask will definitely come. Because Zheng Xiangyue is a patient with congenital heart disease, and since Jask promised to give her a ticket... It doesn't matter if he's late, but if he doesn't come in the end, the impact of this matter will be too great. You can't let down such a pitiful little girl, right?"

"What if Zheng Xiangyue expects too much and ends up being disappointed, and her emotions are too sad to bear, leading to a heart attack? In this world, people mostly have absolutely pure kindness towards children, and Jask shouldn't break his promise. By the way... let me check his Twitter, it should have updated the latest itinerary."

...

Donghai, Lingang New Area, Tesla Super Factory.

A black motorcade drove into the factory in an orderly manner, and once again came to the internal building where Angelica had stayed before.

Angelica, the female secretary, Jask, and the mini-fridge were all sitting in the back row of the luxury business car, each with a seat, and no one was fighting for it.

Angelica turned her head.

She saw Jask holding his mobile phone with both hands, typing fiercely on the screen, crackling.

"What are you doing?"

Angelica asked:

"You've been typing for a long time, are you writing a thesis?"

"I'm arguing with netizens."

Jask typed fiercely:

"They are all scolding me, saying that I didn't go to see Zheng Xiangyue on time, and saying that I'm a liar."

Angelica snorted softly: "You really didn't go on time."

"[To deceive Copernicus, you have to deceive everyone]." Jask ended the scolding war on his mobile phone and raised his head:

"No one knows that I suddenly changed my itinerary halfway, except for me, including my female secretary."

The female secretary sitting behind the two nodded, her red-framed glasses slipped down again, and she pushed them up with her right index finger:

"You better think of a suitable reason to explain clearly to the bigwigs of the Donghai City government... To be honest, it doesn't matter if you're a little late on Zheng Xiangyue's side, as long as you can go today and send that ticket, everything is a small matter."

"But you have really gone too far on the Donghai City government's side. So many high-ranking officials have arranged their work schedules to wait for you, but you stood them up without saying a word, and you haven't even given a reason until now. You are making my job very difficult."

"I really didn't expect that you would dare to skip even this kind of official meeting, you are too bold."

Jask smiled helplessly and spread his hands:

"There's no way, there's really no way, I can only apologize properly later... If I don't deceive everyone, how can I deceive Copernicus?"

"Why did Copernicus dare to take action this morning? It's because he was sure that I would definitely not dare to be absent from the Donghai official invitation today. The whole world knows that my Tesla can be revived, all thanks to the support and help of the Donghai official."

"If they hadn't helped me build this Tesla Super Factory... Tesla would have definitely gone bankrupt if it couldn't solve the capacity and delivery problems back then. And... no matter when I think about this, I find it incredible!"

"Do you know what is called Dragon Country speed? This Super Factory took only 11 months from groundbreaking to the delivery of the first car! God, 11 months, building such a large factory from wasteland and making the first car... This is a miracle that only the Dragon Country can accomplish, it's amazing."

"Of course Copernicus knows that I wouldn't stand up the Donghai City government, so he dared to take action today and steal my mini-fridge... This is the trap I deliberately set for him by going the other way. Isn't the flaw revealed? After knowing that Copernicus' goal was to steal my time-space particles... the answers to many things are obvious."

After saying that, he turned his head again and looked at Angelica:

"Angelica, I will take you to see Lin Xian tonight, but before that... you must not contact Lin Xian."

"I still have some concerns, and there are still some things that need to be finally confirmed. If you contact Lin Xian in advance and expose our plan... then all this effort will be in vain."

"Believe me, if you really want to help Lin Xian, you've waited so long, what's the harm in waiting a few more hours until tonight? [Copernicus must believe that his plan has succeeded, his closed loop is about to be completed, and his purpose is about to be achieved], only in this way can we attack him unexpectedly and break his plan to save Lin Xian!"

"I have confessed to you that the blue-eyed girl who hunted down Lin Xian did leave from me, but I definitely didn't let the blue-eyed girl kill him. I suspect that there must be someone else behind the scenes directing this blue-eyed girl. Determining the real mastermind behind all this and then eliminating it... this is the last piece of Lin Xian's puzzle! It is also our common puzzle!"

...

Donghai University Affiliated Hospital, outside the inpatient department, parking lot.

Lin Xian refreshed the Twitter interface, and a message popped up. It was the dynamic that Jask had just released.

"Jask updated Twitter."

Lin Xian said, leaning the phone closer to Yu Xi so that she could watch it together.

In the newly updated Twitter, Jask explained why he hadn't arrived at Zheng Xiangyue's ward yet.

He apologized profusely, saying that the car had actually gone halfway, but an accident suddenly occurred in the factory. Safe production is more important than anything else, so he immediately returned the same way and personally oversaw the resolution of the accident in the factory. There was only mechanical failure and no casualties.

Now, he will embark on the journey again, meet with official figures from Donghai City, and then go to the Donghai University Affiliated Hospital to visit Zheng Xiangyue together.

Lin Xian put away his phone and looked at Yu Xi:

"He's coming. He'll probably be here in less than an hour. Let's get ready."

An hour later...

A long convoy entered the hospital.

Jask and an official figure from Donghai got out of the shuttle bus and walked into the inpatient department together.

For the sake of Zheng Xiangyue's health, and also to avoid disturbing her rest.

So there were no media reporters on this trip.

There were no other idlers either.

"Yu Xi, let's go."

Lin Xian opened the car door to get out.

"I'll just stay here."

Yu Xi said from the passenger seat:

"Jask should know about my existence. The time-space assassin will definitely tell him that I'm protecting you."

"It might not be appropriate for me to be present when you negotiate with him, and it might also trigger Jask's vigilance."

"And if Jask doesn't know about my existence, and the time-space assassin hasn't told him the truth, then it's best for me to hide and not expose myself. This can be considered a hidden card for us... Why should we take the initiative to expose it to Jask?"

Lin Xian thought about it and felt that it made some sense.

Regardless of whether Jask knows about Yu Xi's existence or not, it's best to hide Yu Xi.

As Yu Xi said.

She would just be a follower if she went, unable to help with the negotiation. There's no need to fight here, and the time-space assassin is still very far away.

Looking at it this way, it's true that she doesn't need to appear, and there's no need to actively expose herself to Jask.

But.

He thought of Huang Que's words again...

[Don't leave Yu Xi].

Huang Que used to always complain that he didn't take her words seriously.

This time, on the issue of Yu Xi, Lin Xian believed that he was very obedient. The furthest straight-line distance between him and Yu Xi every day had never exceeded 10 meters. He was almost ready to chain the two of them together.

"Don't worry, Lin Xian."

Seeming to see Lin Xian's concerns, Yu Xi told him:

"I will always pay attention to the location of the time-space assassin. If there is a problem, I will immediately rush to Zheng Xiangyue's ward on the 17th floor to find you. The time-space assassin is really far away. She definitely can't come over for a while."

"And look, although Jask's entourage didn't seal off the inpatient building, they are actually somewhat prepared. You told the National Security Agency about the blue-eyed girl's appearance, wouldn't it cause trouble for nothing if they noticed me?"

"Anyway, I can't help you much with negotiating with Jask, so I might as well wait for you here. It's better to have less trouble than more."

Lin Xian weighed it:

"But... it's still too far for you to stay in the car. I'm not at ease. Come with me and wait for me at the entrance of the staircase on the 17th floor. Jask can't see you there, and you're not too far away from me."

...

Donghai University Affiliated Hospital, Inpatient Department, 17th floor, Zheng Xiangyue's ward.

Knock knock.

The head nurse opened the half-closed door and smiled at the inside:

"Xiangyue! Take a look, who came to see you!"

Zheng Xiangyue, sitting on the bed, raised her head.

Blinking her eyes.

She looked at the tall foreign man who pushed the door in, and immediately sat up straight:

"Jas... Jask!!"

"Hehehe, Xiangyue, long time no see, we talked on the phone before."

Jask smiled and waved to her, walked in slowly, pulled a chair and sat by the bed:

"It's just that you might not have believed what I said that time, and simply thought it was a joke."

"Cou... could it be true!"

Zheng Xiangyue couldn't help but be excited, opening her eyes wide:

"Do I really... do I really have a ticket to the moon?"

Actually.

It's not that she just found out about this.

The day after Jask's moon travel press conference, a nurse told her the good news.

But everyone secretly said... this is just a kind lie.

After all, a ticket to the moon costs as much as 12 million US dollars!

Who would give Zheng Xiangyue such an expensive gift?

No, 12 million US dollars can no longer be described as expensive. This is simply an exaggerated number, an extremely exaggerated number.

Zheng Xiangyue doesn't have any rich relatives, and her only brother died in a car accident.

She is just a poor orphan, although there is a lot of money in her medical account, and MX Company and Rhein Company are responsible for her follow-up treatment plan, and they have also agreed to bear the necessary hibernation chamber fees.

But this money is far from 12 million US dollars.

Therefore.

Everyone thinks.

The ticket given to Zheng Xiangyue should be fake, unreal, a kind lie.

Money is one problem.

The most important thing is...

Zheng Xiangyue's body is simply not enough to support her to participate in this moon trip.

Not to mention whether she can last until that day.

Even if she can last... how can her physical fitness and fragile heart withstand the overload acceleration of the rocket launch and the vacuum environment of the universe?

This is also a real problem that has to be faced -

Zheng Xiangyue completely lacks the necessary conditions for traveling to the moon. She is destined not to go to the moon!

And Zheng Xiangyue herself is also a sensible child.

She can hear what everyone is talking about every day, and she also understands some facts...

Perhaps her ticket to the moon is really fake.

12 million US dollars.

She has checked, nearly 100 million Dragon Country currency. This is the money that her brother Zheng Chenghai can't earn in several lifetimes.

Without money, how can she buy this ticket?

She can't understand the matter of physical fitness not being able to withstand rocket acceleration, but there are many popular science videos on the Internet, and she roughly understands this principle...

She really can't ride a rocket.

After all, her original dream was just to be buried on the moon after death. She didn't expect to be able to stand on the moon alive.

In these contradictory thoughts, Zheng Xiangyue spent day after day.

Everyone who sees her is smiling and kind, encouraging her to persevere, overcome the disease, and one day take a spaceship to the moon!

Then she will naturally accept the encouragement with a smile, not wanting to disappoint others.

Previously, she did receive a call from Jask, the boss of Space-T.

The other party congratulated her on getting the ticket and confirmed that she does have the qualifications to go to the moon.

Zheng Xiangyue just happily said thank you.

She didn't completely believe this.

Perhaps this is still a kind lie, woven by everyone to make her happy... How could she be willing to disappoint everyone's kindness?

Days passed like this.

Everyone around her stopped talking about the flight to the moon.

After that press conference, the moon travel plan had no progress. It seemed to become distant and uncertain.

Zheng Xiangyue continued to receive treatment, waiting for a suitable heart, and... every night, she gently hugged her brother's urn, sat on the balcony, looked at the moonlight shining from the sky, and looked at that unreachable planet 380,000 kilometers away.

But unexpectedly.

Today!

Space-T's boss, Jask, actually came to her ward!

"That's right."

Jask smiled and took out the "Fly to the Moon" ticket from his suit pocket and handed it to Zheng Xiangyue:

"Xiangyue, that phone call before was indeed made by me; your ticket to the moon is also real."

"But..."

Zheng Xiangyue took the ticket with some trepidation and looked at Jask:

"But that 12 million US dollars..."

"Hehe, someone has already paid for you."

Jask reassured Zheng Xiangyue to accept the ticket:

"Although I may be disappointing some people's kindness by revealing the mystery now, I don't want to see such a cute little girl question the authenticity of the ticket. So... I'll just tell you directly."

"Xiangyue, this ticket to the moon was given to you by Lin Xian. He paid the full amount with a non-transferable check for exactly 12 million US dollars. Lin Xian, do you know this person?"

Zheng Xiangyue nodded quickly:

"Brother Lin Xian! Of course I know him! He came to celebrate my birthday last year!"

Saying that, she moved her body and took out a huge Rhein cat doll from behind her, and said with a smile:

"Look! This is the birthday present Brother Lin Xian gave me! He said this Rhein cat is a super limited edition! There are only two in the world!"

"Wow, great." Jask clapped his hands in support:

"That's right, it was your Brother Lin Xian who gave you the ticket. Does he often come to see you?"

Speaking of this.

Zheng Xiangyue bit her lip and shook her head gently:

"It's been a long time since Brother Lin Xian came... The last time he came was to take Xu Yiyi to the Dragon Academy of Sciences and put her in the hibernation chamber. Since then, he hasn't come again..."

Xu Yiyi?

Hearing this name, Jask remembered it instantly.

It should be Professor Xu Yun's vegetative daughter.

Two years ago, Professor Xu Yun suddenly announced the hibernation chamber filling liquid, which caused a sensation all over the world. Jask naturally saw the overwhelming reports.

He didn't need to guess to know that Professor Xu Yun's death must have been instructed by Copernicus. The various behavioral characteristics were too obvious.

So...

Xu Yiyi had always been in the same ward with Zheng Xiangyue before.

He raised his head and continued:

"Xiangyue, giving you the ticket today is the first thing. The second thing is that I want to tell you a promise... which is also related to the hibernation chamber."

"Actually, I personally suggest that you wait for the hibernation chamber technology to mature and then go to sleep as soon as possible, hibernating directly to the future when humans can cure congenital heart disease; then, after your body is completely healthy, consider this moon trip."

"I guarantee you that your ticket to the moon will always be valid and will never expire. No matter when you wake up in the future, no matter when you want to redeem this trip, I and my company will unconditionally launch a flight for you. Even if there is only one passenger on that flight, we will launch it as usual and definitely send you safely to the moon."

Zheng Xiangyue took a deep breath.

Looking at Jask incredulously:

"Re... really?"

She had always been worried about this problem, so when Brother Lin Xian asked her if she wanted to go into hibernation with Xu Yiyi, she shook her head and refused.

...

If this ticket can really be valid forever...

She really doesn't mind waiting a little longer, waiting for her body to be cured, and then going on this moon trip.

"Really! Of course it's true!"

Jask smiled and took out his phone:

"Why don't we take a group photo and let me post a tweet? It can also be regarded as a response to those spammers, and by the way, record our agreement on the Internet to make this promise effective forever."

Saying that, Jask opened the front camera, took a photo with the happy Zheng Xiangyue and the ticket, and wrote his promise together, and clicked to send the dynamic:

"That's good, Xiangyue, the whole world knows that you have a moon ticket that never expires. So, take care of your illness first. Whether it's decades later or hundreds of years later... even if you lose this ticket, it doesn't matter. Jask and Space-T will always owe Zheng Xiangyue a ticket to the moon and are always ready to fulfill it for you!"

He smiled and put away his phone.

Looking back at the door.

Found that... the person he was waiting for didn't seem to be coming yet.

Is it too slow, Lin Xian?

I'm several hours late, why haven't you come yet?

Since you're not coming yet, let's talk for a while.

He turned his head and looked at Zheng Xiangyue again:

"By the way, Xiangyue, why do you like going to the moon so much? What do you want to do on the moon?"

"I want to bury my brother on the moon."

Zheng Xiangyue said with a smile, a thought-provoking sentence.

Jask tilted his head:

"Brother?"

Zheng Xiangyue pointed to the urn on the bedside table next to her:

"Yes, that's my brother."

Jask saw the urn and suddenly realized, clasping his hands together:

"Oh, sorry, my condolences."

"Actually... my original wish was to have my brother bury me on the moon."

Zheng Xiangyue placed the ticket to the moon on the urn, looked at her brother's black and white photo, and said softly:

"My brother said that after my parents died, their souls were on the moon, watching us on Earth from the moon. So... I thought that after I died, I would have my brother bury me on the moon too, so that I could reunite with my parents on the moon."

"I mentioned this wish to my brother countless times, but he never agreed to me once. He said he wouldn't watch me die and would definitely find a way to cure me... I never expected that my brother, who was so strong and mighty, would die before me."

"Since my brother is no longer here, I can only bury my brother's ashes on the moon. If I can't come back either, I will be buried with my brother. On the moon, we will still be a family with my parents. If I can still return to Earth, then I will look at the moon every night. I know... my parents and brother must also be watching me on the moon."

...

Jask listened, clicking his tongue.

Rubbing his nose with his left hand, rubbing the stubble on his chin.

He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He could tell.

In Zheng Xiangyue's simple life, she was really surrounded by all kinds of kind lies.

It was these lies that isolated her from the cruel world and allowed her to smile and dream while pursuing her dream of the moon.

"What about you? Uncle Jask?"

Zheng Xiangyue suddenly turned her head and looked at the silent man in front of her:

"Because of your moon plan, I have also checked a lot of your information. Although I don't understand most of it... I know that you are a very great person. You send people on space tourism and also want to send people to live on Mars."

"Then why do you want to go to the moon too? Do you also have someone you want to see up there? After you land on the moon... what do you plan to do?"

Jask rubbed his chin:

"I haven't thought about it too specifically, because to be honest, landing on the moon is not a simple thing, nor can it be achieved in a short time."

"And the moon is too close to the Earth, the temperature difference between day and night is as high as 300 degrees, and the rotation period is as long as a month. This planet is actually not very meaningful to develop and is far inferior to Mars. Therefore, it is likely that humans will not be able to open a base on the moon to live..."

"I might as well tell you, I actually have a crazy plan in my heart. I have always felt that the moon is a natural [billboard]! Think about it... because of tidal locking, the moon's rotation period and revolution period are exactly the same."

"This causes the moon to always face the Earth, and people on Earth will never see the back of the moon. In addition, the moon can reflect sunlight and is so bright every night, and it is still the only huge luminous body in the night sky..."

"Doesn't all of this look like a perfect [celestial billboard]? If I put the trademark on the moon, then wouldn't it be possible that for hundreds of years in the future, no matter where on Earth, as long as someone looks up, they will definitely see my company's logo on the moon."

"According to my original idea, I plan to use diffuse reflection materials to pave a capital letter that spans the north and south poles on the lunar surface. It can be a T, it can be an X, anyway, it is my company's trademark... How is it, Xiangyue, don't you think it's cool?"

Zheng Xiangyue listened in stunned silence.

Shaking her head in a panic:

"Un... Uncle Jask, how can you do that? The moon is so beautiful, so white... how can you write on it?"

"Ah ha?"

Jask smiled:

"Don't you think it's cool?"

"Of course not cool... and it's scary!"

Zheng Xiangyue frowned tightly and said with a worried face:

"If the moon becomes like that, I'm afraid many people won't dare to look up at the sky, right? Since my parents are on the moon... then I think there must be many people in this world whose parents, relatives, and friends are on the moon, right?"

"When we miss them, we can look up at the moon; when they miss us, they can also look down at the Earth... If your big black trademark blocks our view, we... wouldn't we never be able to see each other?"

Zheng Xiangyue's innocent words.

Made Jask stunned for a moment.

He had never considered such a sentimental thing.

Even including his own Starlink satellites, when many people said that he had polluted the night sky, he was actually completely disdainful in his heart.

He believed that in the face of the pace of technology, polluting a little night sky was insignificant.

The night sky is so big.

It doesn't matter if there are a few more twinkling stars, right?

And Zheng Xiangyue's words seemed to make him think of more things.

"Uncle Jask..."

Zheng Xiangyue moved over and took Jask's big hand with her two delicate little hands:

"Please..."

Her eyes were clear and pure, looking at Jask's eyes:

"[Let the moon, stay like this... can you?]"

...

...

Jask looked into the girl's eyes.

He also saw the wires and monitoring patches pasted on the neckline of her hospital gown.

"Hehe, why did you take my joke seriously?"

Jask laughed easily and shrugged:

"I'm just joking! Don't worry, Xiangyue, the moon will always be kept clean and clear for you, just like your eyes."

He turned back and looked outside the ward door.

Finally...

He saw the figure he had been waiting for for a long time, that young man.

So.

He stood up from the chair and waved goodbye to Zheng Xiangyue:

"Goodbye, Xiangyue, take care of your body."

"I believe one day..."

"We will meet on the moon!"