Genius Club.

Chapter 181 Bury Me on the Moon

Lin Xian walked into the inpatient building, got into the elevator, and pressed the button for the 17th floor.

The elevator door closed and slowly rose...

I remember the last time I came to Xu Yiyi's ward was on December 2022, 12.

Because it was at the MX celebration banquet and New Year's Eve two days later that Professor Xu Yun was hit and killed by the murderers at 00:42 and died tragically on the street.

After that, Lin Xian never came here again, and focused on finding the murderer.

But for now, after a few months, the gains are still considerable.

In the long run, clues to the cosmological constant 42 were found.

Although we still don’t know what 42 represents or what it is used for, the death of Big Face Cat’s father 600 years later undoubtedly proves that there is definitely a terrifying secret behind this mysterious number.

Moreover, the original author of "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" was also found by himself, and it was only a matter of time before the secret of 42 was completely figured out.

Once his situation is safe, he can bring Liu Feng to Donghai, build a laboratory for him, and let him concentrate on studying the secret of the cosmological constant 42.

Then… once I master the power of 42, I will truly have the ability to fight the enemy.

In the short term, the identity of the murderer will be found out.

Zhou Duanyun, Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui are definitely involved in the murder of Xu Yun.

All I have to do is find enough evidence of murder... and I can bring them to justice!
Ding----

The elevator door on the 17th floor opened, and Lin Xian walked directly to the door of Xu Yiyi's ward.

"Ok?"

The door was ajar, and one could see clearly what was going on inside.

A strange man was standing in front of Xu Yiyi's ward.

The man was doing rehabilitation stretching exercises for the sleeping Xu Yiyi, so Lin Xian could only see the man's back.

He was not tall, but he was very strong and looked like someone who did manual labor. His hair was half-long and neatly combed, and his chin was clean-shaven, but a little bit of blue stubble could be seen.

The man patiently and carefully lifted up Xu Yiyi's thin calves, slowly bending, stretching, bending, stretching...his techniques and movements were exactly the same as Xu Yun's before.

Lin Xian watched quietly for a while.

Lin Xian found that the man was very serious and meticulous in the rehabilitation exercises he did for Xu Yiyi. His first thought was... Was this man a nurse hired by the hospital? But after thinking about it carefully, he probably wasn't. This man didn't look like a nurse at all.

Soon, the man finally finished the whole set of rehabilitation exercises, and then turned around and found Lin Xian standing at the door:

"Sir, who are you?"

He was very polite and spoke not very standard Mandarin.

"I'm Professor Xu Yun's friend." Lin Xian pointed at Xu Yiyi, who was lying in a vegetative state on the hospital bed:
"I came to visit Xu Yiyi. You are..."

The man smiled, turned around, nodded and said:
"My name is Zheng Chenghe, and I'm a family member of the ward next door."

As he spoke, he pointed to the wall on the left:

"My sister has been in poor health since she was a child and has been hospitalized for many years. Because our ward is next to Xu Yiyi's, we are usually taken care of by Professor Xu Yun."

"Professor Xu Yun has taken good care of my brother and me, and has helped us a lot... Professor Xu Yun had a lot of gifts some time ago, and he gave almost all of them to us. My sister and I are very grateful to him."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Xu Yiyi:
"Later... Professor Xu Yun had an accident. I was worried that Xu Yiyi would be lonely, so my sister and I would often come to talk to her and do rehabilitation exercises for her."

……

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Xian also nodded politely to the other party.

This person and Xu Yun can be considered as a "fellow patient" who suffers the same disease. One of them has a younger sister who has been hospitalized for a long time and one of them has a daughter who is in a vegetative state.

It seems that Professor Xu Yun is really nice to the brother and sister, so Zheng Chenghe often comes to do rehabilitation exercises for Xu Yiyi, which can be regarded as a way of repaying the favor.

He walked towards Xu Yiyi's bed, and then he noticed that the left side of the man's face was covered with scars!
There are even several scars that extend directly from the neck to the ears, which is shocking. Even though the scars have healed for a long time, it is still a bit scary to see them grow and turn red...

In contrast, the skin on the right side of the man's face was intact.

"What is the scar on your face..." Lin Xian asked his question.

"Oh, this was caused by a dog bite when I was a child." The man touched the scars all over his left face and smiled:

"When I was young, I was ignorant and didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was, so I was bitten by someone else's dog."

"This is a pretty serious bite."

"It was really serious at the time, but fortunately, it was just a little scary and a little ugly, but it's actually no big deal."

"No way!" Suddenly, a childish voice came from the door.

Lin Xian turned his head and looked towards the door of the ward...

The person who came was a little girl in a hospital gown. Her skin was as white as snow, the kind of white that had never seen the sun, and a somewhat weak and sickly white.

She had long hair, was very thin, and not very tall. She looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"My brother is not ignorant, he is trying to protect me! He is a hero!"

The little girl stubbornly grabbed the corner of Zheng Chenghe's clothes and looked up at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian smiled, squatted down and looked at her:
"What's your name?"

"My name is Zheng Xiangyue." The little girl said in a voice as soft as a bell.

"Zheng Xiangyue?" Lin Xian nodded unexpectedly:

"What a nice name."

Lin Xian looked up at Zheng Chenghe again:
"In fact, both of you and your sister have nice names, Chenghe and Xiangyue. Your parents must be very cultured people."

However... hearing Lin Xian's words, Zheng Xiangyue's eyes dimmed instantly.

Ok?
Lin Xian realized...did he say something wrong?
"I have never seen my parents..." Zheng Xiangyue said aggrievedly:
“They were beaten to death when I was a kid.”

Beat to death?

Lin Xian frowned. What was going on?

"Xiangyue, stop talking nonsense. How come you have never seen your parents? They have been holding you since you were a child...you just have a bad memory and forgot."

Zheng Chenghe smiled embarrassedly, pulled Zheng Xiangyue behind him, and looked at Lin Xian apologetically:

"Don't take it too seriously, kids. We don't have a good family background. More than a decade ago, our parents had a conflict with the villagers and were accidentally beaten to death during the conflict... But that's all in the past, and those people were punished by law later."

Seeing that Zheng Chenghe was unwilling to talk about the past in detail, Lin Xian stopped asking.

Everyone in this world has things they don't want to talk about, and there is no need to force them to ask, as this will only embarrass others.

Including the scar on Zheng Chenghe's face...

Combined with what Zheng Xiangyue said just now, it is not difficult to guess that those scars are most likely not as minor as Zheng Chenghe said. It is more like someone let a dog bully Zheng Xiangyue, and then Zheng Chenghe was bitten by the dog to protect her, so his face is covered with scars.

As for whether this matter is related to the conflict between their parents and the villagers... Lin Xian thinks it is likely to be related.

Zheng Chenghe looks strong, but his words are very polite and humble, which is also a very contradictory point. Perhaps this is because his parents died when he was young and he raised his sister by himself.

The hardships of life have smoothed out the edges of this man.

Zheng Chenghe looks to be in his thirties. The age gap between the brother and sister is quite large. Let's sort out our thoughts a little bit...

Since Zheng Xiangyue doesn't remember much about her parents, it means she was very young when her parents died, only about two or three years old.

At that time, Zheng Chenghe should have been around 20 years old, and the age difference between the brother and sister was more than ten years.

Look at Zheng Xiangyue's hospital gown again...

What a miserable couple.

Lin Xian was deeply aware of a sentence he had read in a book before, which said that when you feel that life is not going well, go to the hospital and take a look, you will find how lucky you are, at least you are not sick.

This is exactly what is happening.

Everyone living in this hospital building is a poor soul suffering from illness.

"What's wrong with Xiangyue's body?" Lin Xian looked at Zheng Chenghe and asked:
"I don't think there's anything serious. He looks healthy."

Zheng Chenghe had a blank expression on his face as he stroked his sister's smooth hair:
"Xiangyue has a congenital heart disease, a very serious one. When she was examined as a child, the doctor said she would not grow up... and her blood type is very special. She has been waiting for a long time for a suitable heart, and there is no way for her to undergo a transplant."

"But I believe that Xiangyue will recover one day." Zheng Chenghe smiled, bent down, picked up the frail Zheng Xiangyue, and placed her in his strong arms:
"After all, our Xiangyue is very strong! Every year the doctors say that she won't make it to her next birthday...but hasn't Xiangyue made it to birthday after birthday? So there must be no problem! Our Xiangyue is a good girl who is blessed by the gods."

"Speaking of which, Xiangyue, next month will be your fourteenth birthday. What gift do you want? I'll buy it for you."

"Hey, I don't have any gifts I want." Zheng Xiangyue smiled mischievously:

"I've only had that one wish since I was little. Can't you just agree to it? I've told you so many times, but you never agreed to it."

Zheng Chenghe's expression became serious and he shook his head:

"No, I can't grant you that wish, because your illness can definitely be cured."

"What if it can't be cured? Just promise me!"

"No, no, I can't promise you. I will definitely heal you. No matter how hard it takes, I will definitely heal you."

……

The brother and sister were arguing with each other, which made Lin Xian curious. He couldn't help but look at Zheng Xiangyue and asked:
"What is your wish?"

Zheng Xiangyue looked at Lin Xian and smiled expectantly:
"I want to ask my brother, after I die... bury me on the moon!"

……

This……

Lin Xian was speechless for a moment.

Should we say that children speak without restraint, or that Zheng Xiangyue is too young to understand the importance of life and death?

No wonder Zheng Chenghe was unwilling to agree to her.

If it were any other brother, he would not make such an agreement with his sister. As long as there is a slight possibility of curing the disease, he would try his best as if his life was at stake.

Lin Xian let out a breath...

Holding Zheng Xiangyue's hand:
“I don’t think you’ll be able to go to the moon.”

"Why!" Zheng Xiangyue widened her eyes in surprise.

"Because it is very likely that the first generation of hibernation chambers will be put into use soon." Lin Xian explained to her with a smile:
"Do you know about the hibernation chamber? It's what Xu Yiyi's father researched. As long as you sleep in it... once you open your eyes, decades or even hundreds of years will have passed."

"Although your disease cannot be cured now, in a few decades or hundreds of years, human science and medical technology will develop rapidly. By then, minor illnesses like yours will be easily cured."

He turned his head and looked at Xu Yiyi, who was also skinny:

"It just so happens that Professor Xu Yun was originally planning to send Xu Yiyi to the future for treatment. It would be great if you two could be together by then, and you can be good friends even when you wake up."

"So, don't give up on yourself so easily, Xiangyue. Don't keep talking about death. Your brother will be sad if he hears it."

however……

At this moment, Zheng Xiangyue's eyes suddenly looked like an adult, so mature and sensible that it made people feel distressed.

She sighed softly and looked out the window at the moon hanging in the dark sky:
"But...I really want to go to the moon..."

"Why do you want to go to the moon?" Lin Xian was very curious.

"Because my brother said that my parents are there." Zheng Xiangyue pursed her lips and blinked:
"I really want to meet them..."

(End of this chapter)