Holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, Yu Jianguo stood at the window of the reception room and looked at the scenery outside the window.
It was overcast and drizzling.
The building is as warm as spring.
The intelligent temperature control system controls the temperature and humidity in the building, and even the oxygen and anion concentration are kept constant forever.
But Yu Jianguo is still used to making a cup of hot tea. He rubs his hands on the cup and feels the warmth from above.
In this season, without such a cup of hot tea, he feels that life is unreal and like a dream.
There is no temperature in the dream.
This reception room is not actually a reception room. It is not the outermost part of the building. There are yards and walls, large iron doors and automatic gates outside.
This was originally the security monitoring room of the building, which was equipped with a wall of surveillance video and radio, which can shout to each floor of the building. But now these functions are not needed. The old monitoring system has been replaced with a more advanced system. In addition to the camera, there are various sensors. Even a fly will alarm when it flies in. Of course, the alarm does not sound as loud as before, but is responded by the security system. The fly will encounter the precise attack of the laser, turn into a wisp of smoke and be completely removed by the air cleaning system.
It has become the only room in the whole building that has not undergone high intelligent transformation. Professor Mei said that we should keep a little imprint of the times and a little human flavor.
Yu Jianguo is very grateful to Professor Mei, not only because he took him in, but also because he regarded him as an adult, not just a bottom employee. On the other hand, Yu Jianguo knows that Zhao Pengcheng can get out of prison, not only Aoki, but also the credit of the professor.
He regards Zhao Pengcheng as his son.
Although he didn''t know where Zhao Pengcheng was now or what he was doing, he didn''t dare to ask, as long as he knew that he was doing well, Yu Jianguo was very satisfied.
Mei Tuo occasionally inadvertently revealed something in front of him, nodded and smiled at him when passing by, and then said to herself, "he''s doing well."
Yu Jianguo knew that the professor said he was Zhao Pengcheng. He also knew that the name could not be mentioned again, so he giggled.
Once, on such a rainy day, the professor came in from the outside. Yu Jianguo took the black umbrella in his hand and heard the professor say, "he has an object. He is a foreign girl."
Yu Jianguo was stunned and forgot that he should not answer at this time. He asked foolishly, "is his problem cured?"
The professor didn''t answer, dusted himself and left.
At dusk, the professor came out of the building, went to the window of the reception room and said, "the problem must be better."
Yu Jianguo smiled knowingly and said no more.
That night, he drank a lot of wine. Drink and enjoy foolishly. The next day I slept until the sun rose and didn''t get up. It was the first time he was late for work since he arrived at May''s laboratory.
After work, everyone came over and asked him with concern, what''s the matter today? Are you feeling sick? If you are tired, take a few days off. Especially when he was far away, he almost took him to the hospital for examination.
Yu Jianguo felt the warmth of the world, which made him feel good to live.
He was disappointed. If he didn''t know that Zhao Pengcheng was still alive, he wanted to see him again and hope that Lao Zhao''s family would have a future, he wouldn''t want to come out of prison. He would rather spend his life there numbly and die.
Mei Tui said to him, "everyone has the value of living, as long as you are willing to realize it."
"But I''m old."
"I''m older than you."
"Is there still time?"
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, followed by now."
Yu Jianguo finally regained his self-confidence and the value of life. He also began to understand what great projects are going on in this building and what great undertakings the professor is engaged in in in his life.
He thanked the professor and was willing to devote the rest of his life to his service.
The sky is always overcast, and there has been no sunshine for many days. Yu Jianguo has an ominous feeling. The professor has not appeared for many days. I heard he was very ill.
On the day the professor was hospitalized, Yu Jianguo went to see him. However, there are many people in the ward. In addition to Mei Ziqing and several heads of the laboratory, there are also leaders of the city and the hospital. Yu Jianguo could only stand behind the crowd, stand on tiptoe, take a look at it from a distance, and bless him silently. He saw the professor seem to smile at him. Only he can understand this smile, because every time the professor passes by him and reveals Zhao Pengcheng''s news, he shows this mysterious and kind smile.
Is there news from Pengcheng again? What could it be? Will you get married? He thought, looking at the huge bouquet of roses sent from someone in the room.
The tea in the cup is cold and the rain is still falling.
Several automatic cleaning robots shuttle through the rain like loyal guards, not sparing every leaf in the yard. They''re really smart. When it''s sunny, Yu Jianguo will sweep the floor. Whenever he picked up the broom, he would say to the robot, I''ll come, I''ll come, you take a break. Of course, the robot won''t be tired, but it obediently stood in the corner of the yard and watched Yu Jianguo sweep the floor. As soon as he left, they were busy again.
He touched the cooled cup and was ready to pour water. A voice suddenly came from the walkie talkie: "Yu Jianguo, someone is looking outside."
Yu was stunned. He had no acquaintances except the laboratory staff. He looked curiously through the window and saw a small flower umbrella appear at the gate of the courtyard.
Under the umbrella stood a woman. Although he was far away and couldn''t see clearly, Yu was sure that he didn''t know the woman.
Lao Yu held up a black umbrella, went out, quickly crossed the yard and came to the gate.
This is a very young girl. She looks very sweet. When she comes closer, she still looks familiar. But Lao Yu can still be sure that he doesn''t know each other. Maybe he looks familiar just because he''s met somewhere.
"Are you looking for me?" asked Yu.
"I''m looking for Yu," said the girl.
"My last name is Yu and my name is Yu Jianguo. But I don''t seem to know you." Lao Yu said.
The girl pointed to the smart door post that looked like a mailbox and said, "he said your unit is only Yu?"
A line of text flashed on the screen on the face of the mailbox, and a buzzing mechanical voice said: "yes, there is only one surname Yu in the list of all personnel in the laboratory, including homonymous and near phonetic surnames such as Yu, Yu, Yu, Yu and Yu."
Yu Jianguo nodded and said, "it''s right. I''m the only one. Girl, what are you looking for me?"
The girl said, "just take a message for you."
Lao Yu asked, "what message?"
The girl raised her face and said like reciting the text: "no matter what happened to me, I should stick to it. Destruction is salvation, and death is rebirth."
Lao Yu frowned and asked, "who asked you to take a message?"
The girl thought and said, "do you understand? If you don''t understand, I probably think too much. Forget it, maybe I think too much. The old man may just want to eat fish."
Yu Jianguo looked at the girl''s face carefully and matched her with the people he had met one by one. After comparing countless images in his mind, he finally identified a vague object - he glanced at the door of the professor''s ward that day.
"Are you... Nurse?" he asked slightly uneasy and hesitant.
"Oh, it seems that you really understand, which means I don''t think much. I''m so smart!"
The nurse smiled happily. She seemed very satisfied with her wit, but she didn''t know that her spirit had been imperceptibly influenced and guided, so she would make such strange associations and inexplicable actions.
"My mission is completed. I''ll go first. Goodbye, Mr. Yu." she waved her hand and left like a butterfly.
Yu Jianguo wanted to ask Professor Mei about his illness, but he held back after taking a look at the wise "mailbox" next to him.
"It''s confidential," he said to the smart doorpost after the nurse left.
The mailbox lights up the screen and says, "OK, no problem. Your conversation does not involve the laboratory or any third party. It belongs to your private affairs. Protecting employees'' personal privacy is an inviolable clause in the system rules."
Yu Jianguo nodded, walked to the far corner to ensure that he was far away from the coverage of the laboratory intelligent system network, took out his mobile phone and dialed Yao Jingjing, general manager of the security company:
"President Yao, I need help."