Chapter 33 The End of the World

Having said that, she looked at Lin Xian, noticing he had no companions. "Huh? Do you want to..."

Lin Xian, holding Bo Guan's dog, V.V., looked at Yan Qiaoqiao's serious face!

What, what kind of punishment game is this? "Ah... you don't need to mind Qiaoqiao!"

Zhao Yingjun waved her hand and smiled, "She saw some people confessing in public over there just now, and others were cheering them on, so she picked up some slogans!"

Having said that, she glanced around Lin Xian and didn't see any companions. "Are you by yourself? What made you want to go shopping here?"

"Yes!"

Lin Xian nodded. "I went to the company after work, handled some things, worked overtime for a while to attend a few meetings, and then came here thinking of buying some things for the house!"

Yan Qiaoqiao pointed a judging finger at Lin Xian. "Why are you always alone? Why don't you date?"

Zhao Yingjun was speechless! She pulled Yan Qiaoqiao behind her, then took a lollipop from her handbag, tore off the wrapper, and stuffed it into Yan Qiaoqiao's mouth to shut up this child, who was talking more and more! Then she turned to look at Lin Xian, sighing helplessly, "Looks like I overestimated myself today... It's really hard to manage both Qiaoqiao and V.V. by myself." "If you don't have any specific plans, how about we shop together? You can help me hold V.V. I'll pull Qiaoqiao, so it'll be easier!"

Otherwise, this little rascal running east and the other running west is really worrying!

Lin Xian had only recently parted with Yan Qiaoqiao and V.V.! He was naturally very happy to see them here, so he readily agreed, "Sure, anyway, I don't have anything to do... just browsing!"

None of the three had eaten dinner before coming here!

Originally, they just planned to eat some snacks, but now that there were more people, they simply found a characteristic tea restaurant nearby to settle things. Yan Qiaoqiao was indeed much more sensible than before, and much more well-behaved!

She wouldn't eat as sloppily as before, point at people with chopsticks, or wolf down her food!

Instead, she quietly and gracefully lowered her head to eat! "I feel like there's nothing wrong with Yan Qiaoqiao's brain!"

Lin Xian watched Yan Qiaoqiao skillfully use chopsticks. "From our interactions these past few times, I've found that she's still very smart, just lacking some knowledge reserves and some common sense concepts. Otherwise, she's fine!" Zhao Yingjun smiled. She used a napkin to wipe the corners of Yan Qiaoqiao's mouth, "She's quite likable. She's also grown a lot recently and is already a big child!" "Sometimes, I can really feel what it's like to be a parent. I always feel like the child is becoming more sensible, more mature, and slowly about to leave me. When I think about this, I inevitably feel a little lonely!" Lin Xian took a sip of the lemon juice on the table, put down his cup, and looked at the ice cubes rising inside. "There's no helping it. Children always have to grow up and then start a family! Just like the two of us, aren't we both away from our hometowns, working hard in Donghai, and only have a few chances to see our parents each year?"

Zhao Yingjun rested her cheek on her hand, watching Yan Qiaoqiao, who was focused on eating next to her!

Her voice was a little gentle. "But our childhoods were spent in our parents' care... But Qiaoqiao is different. She doesn't even remember who her parents are!"

Lin Xian turned his head!

He also looked at Yan Qiaoqiao! This was something he didn't know before!

He only knew that Yan Qiaoqiao was a granddaughter of a close relative of Zhao Yingjun. "I really haven't heard anything about Yan Qiaoqiao's parents, and I haven't asked her either. According to Zhao Yingjun's meaning... Could it be that something happened to Yan Qiaoqiao's parents when she was young, and then Yan Qiaoqiao became an orphan without parents? And was raised by her grandparents?"

"Qiaoqiao usually looks very strong and never mentions these things, but in reality, she's always envied other children who have mothers and fathers and misses her own parents!"

Zhao Yingjun continued, moving her gaze away from Yan Qiaoqiao and focusing on Lin Xian's eyes, "Have you ever thought about having a daughter in the future?"

"I have!" Lin Xian chuckled lightly! How could he not have thought about it! When he took the fake Yu Xi to get a paternity test, he was already prepared to happily become a dad, but he didn't expect her to be such a "filial daughter"!

Later, when the fake Yu Xi was killed and the real Yu Xi was arrested, and the video said her name was Lin Yu Xi, Lin Xian roughly guessed that she was likely his daughter with Huang Que from some other space-time, and he was once again prepared to happily become a dad, but he didn't expect her to still be a "filial daughter."

Moreover, this "filial daughter" currently likely still exists in this space-time, staring at his neck, wanting to behead him on July 7th!

But!

Even so, even if he's been tricked by this "filial daughter," if you really ask, whether Lin Xian wants a son or a daughter in the future, Lin Xian still firmly wants a sweet little cotton-padded jacket: "I really like daughters!"

Lin Xian said truthfully, "It seems like a lot of men like to have a sweet little cotton-padded jacket to pamper her, hug her, and protect her!" Speaking of this!

He thought of Chu Anqing and Chu Shanhe again!

That man who loved his daughter so much, and was even proud to be called a daughter slave by others, has been like he disappeared during this period of time, rarely appearing publicly in society! He used to like to hold various banquets, but he hasn't held any banquets recently. The Donghai Chamber of Commerce activities are also getting fewer and fewer, and it's far from as lively as before! "Have you heard about Anqing's matter?"

Lin Xian asked softly, "Did Chu Shanhe tell you?"

Zhao Yingjun nodded, "I know about her going to study in Russia, right? To be honest, it was pretty sudden!"

She turned her head and looked at the world map hanging on the restaurant wall, "Chu Shanhe told me when Anqing had already gone to Russia. I was even thinking of sending her off, but I didn't have time!"

"It's hard to imagine that Chu Shanhe, who dotes on his daughter so much, would actually be willing to let his daughter study in such a far place! But on the other hand, Russia's art and culture are still very impressive. Chu Anqing likes dancing and art so much, so going there to study is also a good choice!"

"I also sent her a message, but she didn't reply. I guess she just went there and is busy with her studies!"

Sure enough, Lin Xian also heard this explanation from the Donghai Chamber of Commerce!

Chu Shanhe, like Zhang Yuqian's parents, didn't publicly spread the news of his daughter's bizarre disappearance, but instead found a plausible reason to perfunctorily explain it! Zhang Yuqian's parents believe that Zhang Yuqian has already passed away, so they concocted a reason of a car accident!

Chu Shanhe also believes what he said, and believes that Chu Anqing hasn't died, but has disappeared from this time-space and gone to another place, so he is still waiting for his daughter to come home, waiting for himself to find Chu Anqing again. This is also the reason why Chu Shanhe fabricated the lie of studying abroad!

Lin Xian just wants to quickly join the Genius Club, quickly learn the truth about the Millennium Stake, and quickly find Chu Anqing!

So that she, like all the other girls in this world, can be by her parents' side, playing with her friends, or perhaps there could have been a place left for her at today's dinner table!

"But there's no helping it!"

Zhao Yingjun took a sip of water. "Girls will eventually leave their fathers, and fathers will eventually become mothers. Life is just such a cycle. I'm the same, and Yan Qiaoqiao is the same. It's all just a matter of time!"

"People always have to be prepared to face separation and also be prepared to accept the transformation of identity!"

"That's true!" Lin Xian brought his thoughts back and looked at Yan Qiaoqiao, who had already finished eating and had a messy plate. "When are your parents coming back to Donghai?"

He asked, "When your parents come back to Donghai, and the vacation is over, will you have to send Yan Qiaoqiao back to your hometown?"

"Probably!"

Zhao Yingjun said casually, "I hope that day is later. These days, I've developed feelings for Yan Qiaoqiao. If she really suddenly leaves my side, I'll definitely be very reluctant!"

Yan Qiaoqiao raised her head, licked the ketchup from the corners of her mouth, and looked at Zhao Yingjun, "Another one!"

"Okay, okay, your appetite is really big!"

Zhao Yingjun felt that she had also changed a lot during this period, and her mentality had become much softer and more patient. Sure enough, the influence between people is two-way!

Not long after!

The three of them finished eating and left the tea restaurant, officially starting to shop! With Lin Xian's joining!

This small team finally had a little bit of a family atmosphere!

Zhao Yingjun and Yan Qiaoqiao walked in front, holding hands, with the curious Yan Qiaoqiao asking questions and looking left and right!

Lin Xian silently held V.V.'s dog leash, dragging the Pomeranian that was running around everywhere!

It was quite a warm family scene!

*Ka!*

Just as the three people and one dog walked to the pedestrian street square, a street photographer on the side of the road used a Polaroid camera to capture this harmonious scene!

As the shutter was pressed!

The automatically printed photo squeezed out from the bottom of the Polaroid. The photographer flipped it over and looked at it, very satisfied with this masterpiece!

So, he put it in a portable photo frame and walked forward to show Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun, "Hi, I'm a street photographer, recording every beautiful captured moment. If you don't mind, please accept this photo."

Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun looked at the photo!

It was really well taken!

Handsome man, beautiful woman, high-value trio, plus the white embellishment of the dandelion Pomeranian. This photo, whether it's composition or lighting, is perfect!

"I want to see too!"

Yan Qiaoqiao stood on her tiptoes, trying to get her head in! Zhao Yingjun directly took the photo frame, thanked the photographer, and then handed the photo frame to Yan Qiaoqiao. "How does it feel? Is it nice?" Yan Qiaoqiao held the photo in both hands, "It feels like I have a dad and mom!" "Ah? What?" Zhao Yingjun and Lin Xian looked at each other, thinking that Yan Qiaoqiao's golden sentences always came so unexpectedly!

Zhao Yingjun chuckled and rubbed Yan Qiaoqiao's head, "What are you talking nonsense about, Qiaoqiao!"

However! Yan Qiaoqiao shook her head, her gaze never leaving the warm photo in front of her, and said softly, "The dad and mom in my imagination are just like this, just like the families in the children's shows on TV!"

Unintentionally, it always touches people's hearts! Yan Qiaoqiao doesn't know who her parents are, has never met her dad and mom, so while other children can have a happy family on New Year's Eve, here with Yan Qiaoqiao, it's a dream that she yearns for but cannot reach! She can only imagine the scenes of being with her mom and dad! Just like the family in the TV show! A tall and handsome dad, a mom with a beautiful face, holding the hands of a well-behaved and cute daughter, talking and laughing on a street with brightly lit neon lights! It's best if there's also a warm family dog! Because that's how it's shown on TV! There will always be a small dog or a big dog lying next to them, making the family seem particularly warm and cozy!

Just like in this Polaroid photo! This is what Yan Qiaoqiao imagines a family to be! This is what she imagines her parents to be!

Suddenly! She had a flash of inspiration and thought of a win-win solution! She scanned Zhao Yingjun and Lin Xian with her head. "Can you two be my dad and mom?"

"Huh?" "Ha?"

Twice in a row! Zhao Yingjun and Lin Xian looked at each other again! Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh, "What kind of strange idea is this again? Why do you want us to be your dad and mom?" "Because I want to go to Disneyland!"

Yan Qiaoqiao said without thinking, "You can only go to Disneyland with your mom and dad, but I don't have a mom and dad, but I really want to go to Disneyland!" Lin Xian looked at Yan Qiaoqiao's clear and longing eyes, unable to get around this logic for a moment. He felt that it was even more difficult than understanding the laws of space-time! Zhao Yingjun pursed her lips and remained silent for a while! She explained to Lin Xian in detail, "This is Qiaoqiao's Children's Day wish!" She straightened up and looked at Lin Xian. "Before, when she lived with my parents, some friends in the neighborhood, those children, had all gone to Disneyland with their parents, so Qiaoqiao simply thinks that you can only go to Disneyland with your parents!" "The world in a child's eyes is just so small and so pure. There's no use reasoning with her! I've been worrying about how to fulfill her Children's Day wish!" "You can see, Yan Qiaoqiao really wants to go to Disneyland to play and see the world! After all, the other kids have all gone, so she definitely wants to go too! So, look, she's already starting to find excuses for herself, wanting us to be her mom and dad to make up the numbers!" As Zhao Yingjun narrated! Yan Qiaoqiao's expectant gaze continued to stare at Lin Xian! "Lin Xian gege, can you?"

Faced with such a pitiful child and such a humble request, how could anyone bear to refuse?

Just as Zhao Yingjun said!

Yan Qiaoqiao, whose mind is not yet mature, sees many things as very simple! For example, dating seems to be as simple as any man and any woman! For example, only kissing counts as a couple! For example, you can only go to Disneyland with your mom and dad! For example, mom and dad seem to be able to be temporarily appointed! This is just a very small wish!

Every child definitely wants to go to Disneyland, but some children can't go for various reasons!

Zhao Yingjun is the same!

She didn't go to Disneyland in her childhood either. Her fireworks were more than twenty years late!

Now! Why make Yan Qiaoqiao leave the same regret in her childhood?

"I don't have anything special going on for Children's Day!"

Lin Xian smiled at Zhao Yingjun. "Do you have time? How about we accompany Qiaoqiao to Disneyland together?"

"Of course I can!"

Zhao Yingjun tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and smiled slightly. "You've really helped me a lot. She wants to go to Disneyland so much, and I can't persuade her to go with me. Now that she's willing to go with the two of us and we can fulfill her Children's Day wish, I'm still very happy!"

Yan Qiaoqiao was obviously very happy too!

She was finally going to the Disneyland that all the other children had been to!

Although her mom and dad were borrowed!

At least they met the conditions for going to Disneyland. That's how the logic in her mind works! Afterwards, they went to many places together! Lin Xian bought some notebooks and paper in a boutique, and Yan Qiaoqiao also picked out some hair accessories and sparkling toys in the store!

At the entrance of the parking lot, Lin Xian waved goodbye to Zhao Yingjun, Yan Qiaoqiao, and V.V. "My car is parked over there, I'm going over there!"

"Goodbye, Lin Xian!" "Goodbye, Lin Xian gege!" "Woof." Just like that! One person and one dog watched Lin Xian leave!

"Hmph!..." Zhao Yingjun looked at Lin Xian's disappearing figure and muttered, "Wow, Yan Qiaoqiao, you even know how to find yourself a dad. Do you think Lin Xian feels like a dad to you?"

"Yes!"

Yan Qiaoqiao said concisely, "Being with Lin Xian gege... feels very safe!"

Zhao Yingjun crossed her arms and chuckled, "You're quite discerning!"

She paused and then asked, "What about me?"

She turned around and looked at Yan Qiaoqiao. "What do you think of me? Do I feel like a mom?"

Yan Qiaoqiao shook her head decisively, "No." Zhao Yingjun realized that Yan Qiaoqiao really has a talent for always being able to unintentionally use a few light words to quickly raise her blood pressure. "You can say that again!"

Her voice was stern.

"If you don't think I'm like a mom, you can find someone else to take you to Disneyland!"

Yan Qiaoqiao innocently raised her head!

The scale in her brain began to operate: On the left plate was Disneyland; on the right plate was Zhao Yingjun. Once the weight was released, the left side of the scale dropped. Sure enough, Disneyland was more important! "Yes!"

Yan Qiaoqiao repented, "You're like a mom!"

Zhao Yingjun lightly tapped Yan Qiaoqiao's forehead. "That's more like it! Let's go, get in the car!" Yan Qiaoqiao locked her throat around V.V. and followed behind Zhao Yingjun!

V.V., whose neck was stuck, wanted to cry but had no tears, feeling the eight hundred schemes in this mother and daughter's minds!

This family is so difficult! Run fast, don't look back. Several days later, at night, in the Face Village, in the Big Face Cat father's house! "Only one ending left today, so little!"

Lin Xian looked at the notebook in his hand, which only had half a page of text, and most of it was the notes mentioned earlier. He memorized it all in only a few minutes!

These days, he has been reciting and copying the manuscript about the miniature nuclear battery principle and application taught by Grandpa Wei Shengjin!

Old ginger is still spicier!

Having a tutor to guide and exchange ideas made the reciting and summarizing efficiency several times faster. Finally! Today, he had finished reciting the last page of the manuscript! Once he transcribed the content he recited onto paper after tonight's dream, a complete manuscript of the miniature nuclear battery principle and application would be successfully transported from the future world 6000 years from now to 2024, 6000 years ago! In order to trigger space-time changes as soon as possible and for the miniature nuclear battery to bring him actual benefits as soon as possible, he has already planned to jointly develop and research this epoch-making product with the Dragon Kingdom Academy of Sciences! There was no other way. His own Rhine Company's laboratory had only just begun construction, and he hadn't found suitable scientists and researchers. It was easier to cooperate with the Dragon Kingdom Academy of Sciences! Dean Gao was a good person and easy to deal with. Coupled with the previous favors, he would definitely be willing to lend him manpower and equipment!

The patent and benefit rights of the miniature nuclear battery would definitely be in his hands. After all, he wanted to rely on this invention to make Rhine Company powerful, wealthy, and become his survival and combat power. This was the first step in his plan to develop his own forces. He had to have enough money! It was conceivable that the Genius Club members must all have their own forces. People like Kevin Walker who fought alone should be very few or only have a low status!

His tragic end also showed this! Two fists are no match for four hands! If Kevin Walker had the wealth and status of someone like Jask, or the strength of someone like Copernicus, who could play with people's hearts, he wouldn't have died so easily!

"If I wait until I enter the Genius Club before considering developing my forces, it will definitely be too late. It's like thinking about learning to swim only after falling into the water. It's better late than never!"

Lin Xian closed his eyes! He also closed the notebook in front of him! Once the miniature nuclear battery, this epoch-making product, is released, the wings of the space-time butterfly will inevitably roll out thousands of tornadoes, blowing the future world upside down. The super 95105133-person disaster in 4000 AD may still occur, because he has not completely found the root cause of the human disaster and is powerless to change it! But in a world with countless miniature nuclear batteries buried underground, with inexhaustible energy, would Earth still be as backward as it is now? Would Rhine Village, Face Village, and Queen Town still exist? Could he still meet Wei Shengjin, Zheng Xiangyue, and Angelica? Lin Xian wasn't sure! But this was something he had to do!

He had to make the values on the space-time clock change again in order to learn the space-time coordinate patterns and answer the Genius Club's first test question. "This should be the last dream of the fifth dream!" Lin Xian softly spoke. Sitting on the stone slab bed, heard these words and raised her head! After Wei Shengjin finished writing the last page of the manuscript for Lin Xian, he happily ran out to participate in the bonfire dance!

Now it was already early morning, but the sound of drums, singing, and laughter outside was still so lively!

This was also the meaning of Face Village! In order for Lin Xian and Wei Shengjin, this group of three people studying, to also be able to participate in the welcome party, he specially had this party delayed by 2 hours! This could also be considered a butterfly effect. Previously, when only he and joined Face Village, Face Cat wouldn't have delayed the welcome party for the two of them, but now that there were three people, they had to be valued! Outside, the torches soared into the sky, and the villagers of Face Village danced and sang around the bonfire. Wei Shengjin had already blended into the environment, twisting his body and singing loudly! "The next time we meet, it won't be in this world, right?"

Hugging her legs and looking at Lin Xian, "Since you said this is the last time, what will the next world be like? Whether we can meet again is actually unknown!"

"Yes!" Lin Xian nodded, "But this is also good news!"

He looked at , "Every time a new world changes, it means that your brain can permanently add a memory fragment, and it's likely to be something that happened today!"

"Before, we had already repeated this day many times. We met Zheng Xiangyue in Rhine Village, danced in Face Village, and opened Grandpa Wei Shengjin's safe in Queen Town." "But you don't remember any of this. You forget every day and start over again! You yourself once said to me, 'Tomorrow when we meet again, and in the future when we meet again, will we still forget these newly learned dance steps and have to start all over again?'"

"That's what you said, but you definitely forgot!"

nodded, she really didn't have the slightest impression! But Lin Xian remembered!

He remembered every time!

He also remembered how happy was when she learned to dance for the first time!

She really liked to dance!

She also said with some regret when he told her that she would definitely forget everything tomorrow, "I will try my best to remember!"

But!

Trying hard was useless!

In the face of infinite cycles, no matter how hard you try, you can't remember!

Unless Lin Xian stood up from the wooden chair!

He walked to the door of the house and looked at the burning bonfire outside and the dancing crowd!

He turned his head and looked at , "Do you want to dance?" raised her head, "But I can't!"

"I can teach you!"

Lin Xian said softly, "Today, the last day of this world in the true sense, learning to dance has the highest cost performance!"

"If it happens to be stored in a memory fragment, then that's for life. You'll never forget how to dance this dance!"

After clearly understanding the logic in her mind, she smiled slightly, "That's really troubling you, teaching me so many times!"

"It's not that many times!"

Lin Xian said truthfully, "This is only the second time!"

He looked at his watch and extended his hand to , "Come on, let's dance at the end of the world!"

The animal skin drum beat fiercely!

The branches burning into charcoal red made a crisp crackling sound!

The surrounding villagers, their faces red, howled and sang ancient songs, surrounding the bonfire pile. But , whose body coordination was full, quickly learned the dance steps of the Face Village dance, pulling Lin Xian and dancing around in circles, one circle more skilled than the last!

"You really have a talent!" Lin Xian said with some emotion, "You're always very good at pretending. Don't you always say that this is the first time we're dancing?"

tilted her head: "Aren't you the one who said this is the first time we're dancing?"

Lin Xian thought of Chu Anqing!

It was hard to say how many times this really was!

Even if he kept reminding himself that Chu Anqing was Chu Anqing and these were two completely different girls!

After all, they looked exactly the same, and sometimes it was impossible to avoid confusing them in his senses and thoughts!

glanced at the electronic watch on Lin Xian's wrist!

The time displayed "It's about to end!"

She said softly!

"The dance party?" Lin Xian looked around at the still intense drum beats!

"No!"

shook her head, "It's this world that's about to end!" She stopped dancing and stood in place!

After releasing Lin Xian's hand and stepping back, the two of them were separated by the bonfire, seemingly also separated by thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions of unknown worlds. At this moment, time seemed to slow down!

Those singing crowds and dancing men and women all became the backdrop of time and history! "You once said a sentence to me!"

looked at Lin Xian. "It's probably in a memory fragment and also said to me in this situation!"

"I think... it would be better to return it to you at this time!"

She smiled! Like Chu Anqing, her crescent-shaped eyes were charming and cute, and the small dimples at the corners of her mouth were faintly visible: "Thank you for teaching me how to dance!" "If I can see you again next time, I will take the initiative to invite you to dance!" "But if I never see you again..."

She waved to Lin Xian, her eyes full of regret. "Then I'll wish you good morning, good afternoon, and..."

"Goodnight!"

*Rumble...* The all-engulfing white light arrived on time, freezing's smiling face, turning it white, and disappearing without a trace!

In the corner of the bedroom, Lin Xian opened his eyes and sat up!

Looking at the alarm clock on the bedside table -- just like the time Chu Anqing turned into blue stardust and disappeared. "Goodnight."