Yi Jinbai looked around. They were still in this area, just that they had never been here before.
"You'll find out when you come with me."
Jiang Shuiyun led Yi Jinbai up a small path beside them.
Jiang Shuiyun and Yi Jinbai's house is located in the safest affluent area of City A. Each house occupies a large area, with a large garden in addition to the main house. Almost no one can see each other from one another.
Furthermore, this area is the only low mountainous area in City A, with undulating terrain and natural forests that have been transformed and managed, serving as a natural barrier. Moreover, to ensure fresh air, a large portion of the forest space has been reserved for development. This is the area that Jiang Shuiyun brought Yi Jinbai to.
Jiang Shuiyun led Yi Jinbai along a forest path. The trees on both sides blocked the sunlight, and birdsong could be heard all around. The fresh air in the forest was invigorating, keeping the hot air out and making people feel happy.
Where are we going?
Yi Jin rolled her eyes as they ventured deeper and deeper into the forest, leaving fewer and fewer traces of human life. She was somewhat worried. Although this was in the city, it was still a well-preserved primeval forest. With just the two of them, what if there were some venomous snakes or wild beasts? How terrifying would that be?
We're almost there.
Jiang Shuiyun glanced ahead, then pulled Yi Jinbai along faster. Soon, they reached the end of the path, where a clear, winding river stretched out before them, with several fish clearly visible in its depths.
"This place looks just like the little river in the base."
Yi Jinbai was somewhat surprised; she had no idea this place existed, even though it was so close.
"We haven't arrived yet."
Jiang Shuiyun led Yi Jinbai upstream along the stream. The cool water washed over their feet, which felt especially comfortable on this hot summer day.
After walking about a hundred meters, a small courtyard appeared in front of them. Yi Jinbai immediately stopped and looked at Jiang Shuiyun in disbelief, speechless.
Looking at Yi Jinbai's expression, Jiang Shuiyun raised an eyebrow smugly, "Surprised or not?"
Yi Jinbai nodded vigorously, "You really moved the small courtyard from the base?"
"Of course, shall we go in and take a look?"
This time, without Jiang Shuiyun leading the way, Yi Jinbai entered the courtyard first. Everything inside was exactly the same as when they were at the base. Even the tiles and wood were taken from there. The flowers and plants in the courtyard were planted exactly in the same arrangement as before. Apart from the soil being a little loose, there was no difference at all.
Yi Jinbai was so surprised that she couldn't speak. When she left, she was indeed a little reluctant to part with this little courtyard. After all, she and Jiang Shuiyun had lived there for so long, and she had taken care of it herself. But she couldn't live there forever, so she could only suppress her reluctance.
She had never mentioned this to Jiang Shuiyun, but she never expected that Jiang Shuiyun would find out and move the courtyard over without saying a word.
"This is our secret base. Shall we live here from now on?"
Yi Jinbai went inside and looked around. It was exactly the same as the base, and there would be no inconvenience at all for daily living.
Jiang Shuiyun nodded, "I'll do whatever you say."
"It's so kind of you."
Yi Jinbai happily hugged Jiang Shuiyun.
Releasing the person, Jiang Shuiyun took a step back, knelt on one knee, and magically produced a diamond ring. "Forgive me for always getting the steps backward. We got our marriage certificate more than a year ago before having the wedding. Now that we're having the wedding, I haven't proposed yet. But at least I didn't propose to you after the wedding. Jinbai, will you marry me and be with me for the rest of your life?"
Yi Jinbai was surprised that Jiang Shuiyun had prepared this, and her eyes widened in delight. She nodded and said, "I'm willing."
As Jiang Shuiyun was about to put the ring on Yi Jinbai's finger, Yi Jinbai also knelt down on one knee and hugged Jiang Shuiyun, saying, "How fortunate I am to have met you."
"Put on the ring first," Jiang Shuiyun said with a smile, putting the ring on Yi Jinbai's finger.
Their relationship progressed in a chaotic and disorganized manner, but fortunately, it ended well in the end.
A diamond ring the size of a pigeon egg was placed on Yi Jinbai's hand, reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight. Jiang Shuiyun took out another ring of the same size and style from her pocket, but this one was set with pure black jewels and handed it to Yi Jinbai. Yi Jinbai put it on Jiang Shuiyun's finger, but she couldn't recognize what the gemstone on Jiang Shuiyun's hand was. "Why is yours black?"
“I don’t know what this is called. I heard it’s a rare mineral. The designer told me that these two are wedding rings, one black and one white, which is a perfect match. There are also other pairs with rubies and sapphires, pink diamonds and green diamonds, all kinds of things. I bought them all. We’ll wear them interchangeably later.”
Jiang Shuiyun didn't really understand this, but she had never encountered a stone with such a smooth surface that didn't reflect any light before, and it was quite novel to her.
Yi Jinbai nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Jiang Shuiyun grasped Yi Jinbai's hand, and the two stood up together, preparing to return to their room. Suddenly, the rings on their hands seemed to move slightly, something they both clearly felt. Looking down, Jiang Shuiyun's ring and the silver wires of the mecha on her wrist suddenly lit up. The next second, as if a switch had been flipped, a string of code appeared on the surface of the ring and then disappeared into the silver wires of the mecha. Before Jiang Shuiyun could react, a person appeared in front of them.
Under their surprised gazes, Sui Yu paused for a moment, then nodded slightly at them, "Jin Bai, Shui Yun?"
"Dean?"
"teacher?"
Yi Jinbai and Jiang Shuiyun spoke in unison, and then looked at each other in disbelief.
Yi Jinbai was clearly more excited than Jiang Shuiyun than when he thought the dead had suddenly come back to life and appeared before him. While the two were catching up, Jiang Shuiyun looked at the ring on her hand and analyzed it with her mecha. She discovered that the ring was actually a man-made terminal. It knew her mecha's activation code all along. It had automatically activated when it approached her mecha, which was why she was seeing this phenomenon that she couldn't understand at the moment. It had actually teleported her teacher from another world to her.
Taking off the ring, Jiang Shuiyun looked at her teacher who was still standing there and had a vague idea in her mind that this must be related to her teacher, and the key to solving all the mysteries also lay with her teacher.
As Jiang Shuiyun was thinking, she saw Yi Jinbai, who had been chatting happily with her teacher while holding her arm, suddenly change his expression, let go of her arm, and take a step back towards her. "Jinbai, what's wrong?"
Yi Jinbai looked at Sui Yu with suspicion and fear in his eyes, "You are not the dean."
“I am,” Sui Yu said firmly, “of course, you could also say I am not.”
Sui Yu's words alerted both Yi Jinbai and Jiang Shuiyun. Yi Jinbai's tears immediately rolled down his cheeks. "Who exactly are you?"
Sui Yu looked at Yi Jinbai with heartache in her eyes, "You must have a lot of questions you want to ask me now, why don't we sit down and have a good chat? Anyway, I'll probably be staying here for a while."
"So, are you really a teacher?"
Jiang Shuiyun held Yi Jinbai in her arms, looking at the white-haired old man with a straight back and a cane in his hand. She wasn't sure if he was the former dean, but he was undoubtedly her teacher.
"There is no doubt about that."
Sure enough, Suiyu nodded, "Aren't you going to invite me in for a seat?"
Regardless, this was still her teacher. Jiang Shuiyun nodded, led the person inside, and poured tea.
Sui Yu's gaze was mostly fixed on Yi Jinbai. The sadness and longing in her eyes were something that Yi Jinbai and Jiang Shuiyun couldn't understand. Yi Jinbai even felt a little scared and involuntarily ran away, sticking close to Jiang Shuiyun and hiding behind her.
Now that we've sat down and had our tea, it's time to get down to business.
Jiang Shuiyun looked at her mentor of many years, her feelings somewhat complicated. "Teacher, could you explain what you meant by what you just said? Are you really the dean of Jinbai?"
Yi Jinbai gripped Jiang Shuiyun's clothes tightly, anxiously awaiting the answer.
“No,” Sui Yu said, looking at Yi Jinbai, “I am not Jinbai’s dean, but I am Jinbai’s mother, and Jinbai is my child.”
After these words were spoken, the house fell silent. What was going on?
Jiang Shuiyun was the first to come to her senses. She patted Yi Jinbai's shoulder reassuringly and looked at Sui Yu, "Teacher, are you sure?"
Sui Yu nodded with a wry smile, "How could I not be sure about my own child?"
Under Yi Jinbai's incredulous gaze, Sui Yu hummed a tune they knew all too well. "This was composed by Jinbai's mother. She is the most talented musician in the entire intergalactic world. Jinbai inherited her mother's looks and talent."
Sui Yu gently turned his cane, and a happy family of three was projected onto it.
"The one on the left is me, the one on the right is Jinbai's mother, Yi Yunmu, and the one in the middle is Jinbai, who was just born. Jinbai takes her mother's surname," Sui Yu introduced.
The woman on the left was quite young then, wearing a white coat. Her cool eyebrows were slightly lowered, and her gaze fell on the woman holding the child, which inexplicably softened her expression. The woman on the right holding the child could not be said to look very much like Yi Jinbai, but they were exactly the same. She looked at the baby in her arms with loving eyes and a happy smile on her face. The newborn baby was sleeping peacefully with its eyes closed, and it was hard to tell anything about the tiny bundle.
Jiang Shuiyun glanced at the image, then at Sui Yu and Yi Jinbai. The two were old and grown up, and it was hard to tell their relationship with the person in the image. As for Yi Yunmu, although Jinbai looked exactly like her, you could tell they were different at a glance from their temperament.
“Teacher, don’t you have any photos of the baby when he’s older? What can you tell from a newborn? Besides, the age doesn’t match up,” Jiang Shuiyun said, though she really didn’t want to doubt her teacher, the photo wasn’t very convincing. “Why don’t you get a paternity test done?”
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Chapter 88
As soon as Jiang Shuiyun finished speaking, Yi Jinbai and Sui Yu both turned their gazes to her, their expressions indescribable.
Jiang Shuiyun still felt that what she said made a lot of sense. She scratched her head, looked back at the two of them, and was just short of asking, "Isn't this idea good?"
“Let me finish speaking first,” Sui Yu cleared his throat. “After I finish speaking, there’s no need for a paternity test to prove that Jin Bai is my child. Also, you’re all grown up now, and it’s time to tell you these things.”
Jiang Shuiyun and Yi Jinbai stopped interrupting and listened quietly as Sui Yu recounted the past, revealing the answers to all the questions before them.
Sui Yu was exceptionally gifted from a young age. In her early twenties, she was already hailed as the number one scientist on Earth. Her almost monstrous talent allowed her to make outstanding contributions in multiple fields, and she was proficient in countless areas. She was unparalleled on Earth, with no one able to rival her.
It was at this most glorious moment that Sui Yu met Yi Yunmu. It was her victory celebration banquet, and almost all the celebrities on Blue Star were eager to come and congratulate her. She also enjoyed the feeling of glory. Superficial beauty can be intoxicating for a while, but sometimes it can also be tiresome.
Amidst a tidal wave of praise, a melodious zither tune, pure and untouched by worldly concerns, rang out, cleansing Sui Yu's ears. Sui Yu followed the sound and thus met Yi Yunmu, the most renowned young musician on Earth at the time, and another young prodigy.
Almost from the very first moment their eyes met, their entanglement was destined to begin.
Young love always needs to be passionate and intense to be truly enjoyable. Sui Yu and Yi Yunmu publicly announced their love at first sight, and the two quickly got married. Gossip about the two spread like wildfire, and everyone in the world knew about this perfect couple.
If things had continued like this, there wouldn't have been so many problems.
In the same year that Sui Yu and Yi Yunmu got married, a major event occurred: Blue Star was attacked by aliens. The aliens came in large numbers and were clearly well-prepared, intending to devour Blue Star.
Panic gripped the planet, and Sui Yu, who was adored by everyone, became their lifeline. Everyone hoped she could do something.
But even a genius can't magically conjure up anything that can withstand advanced alien technology. Everyone understands this simple truth, but under that extreme fear, not a single one of the hundreds of millions of people understood it, and they turned their anger towards Sui Yu.
Sui Yu began to study new weapons and information about aliens day and night without sleep, but the gap was too big. This was not something that Sui Yu could solve by himself. The slander from the public was more fierce than the praise. Overnight, he fell from a high position. For a time, Sui Yu was even worse than a rat that everyone wanted to kill.
At that time, Suiyu was still young. She didn't know what she had done wrong, but everyone thought she was wrong. Under this immense mental pressure, Suiyu restarted her research on time travel, which had been forbidden. Suiyu's teacher was just one step away from the success of this research, but it was forcibly prohibited because it violated nature, and all efforts came to an end.
The world is in grave danger, and everyone is driven to the brink of despair. Whether or not it is prohibited is not important. We must hold on to any glimmer of hope.
Sui Yu restarted time travel, using the time difference to buy herself more time. She had spent more than twenty years in other worlds, but in this world, she had only spent less than an hour.
Sui Yu, now middle-aged, has returned with the results of over twenty years of research—the interstellar mech. This can buy a glimmer of hope for Earth, but it's not enough.
This meager power could only push back the timeline of Earth's destruction, but it was not enough to completely repel the external enemy.
Because of the appearance of the interstellar mechs, Suiyu once again became the savior of the Blue Star. However, this time Suiyu was no longer affected by such adulation and praise, because she knew that these things were fleeting.
The development of mecha has reached a bottleneck, with no possibility of a breakthrough for the time being. Suiyu knew that she could not continue to delay like this, so she began to tackle other areas. At this time, she saw another research material left by her teacher. This research material was also forbidden and was about human genes.
Suiyu's teacher proposed that the ultimate secret of humanity lies in the human gene sequence, and that there are even people with perfect genes.
Based on this, Suiyu deduced the possibility that perfect genes truly exist. Not only that, she also used this as a basis to discover the evolutionary compatibility between perfect genes and mechs, and for the first time attempted to combine gene sequences with mech programming, proving that this was feasible.
The search revealed no one with perfect genes on Earth. This is like having a deadly weapon but no crucial core; it's just a pile of garbage.
To solve this problem, Suiyu decided to travel through time again. Just because it didn't exist on Earth doesn't mean it didn't exist elsewhere. Suiyu could only experiment and travel through time again and again to find the person with the perfect genes.
Frequent time travel is beyond the human body's capacity to withstand, but before Sui Yu's body reached its limit, an accident occurred first: Yi Yunmu was attacked during a performance and almost lost his life.