Because of Si Qi's shout, the security personnel around the villa area moved instantly.
"What happened!"
The anxious voice of a colleague rang on the communication device on Chu Lin's chest, pulling Chu Lin, who was staring blankly, back to the real world.
He looked at Si Qi's back as he trotted towards the bedroom like a frightened rabbit, subconsciously touched his slightly hot face, picked up the communicator and replied: "It's okay, I suddenly appeared in the house and accidentally scared Mr. Si."
The colleague paused and said in confusion: "...Didn't you go in for more than half an hour?"
Chu Lin: "Mr. Si was busy and didn't notice me."
After confirming with his colleagues again and again that Si Qi really had nothing wrong, Chu Lin put down the communicator. Not long after, before he could completely withdraw from the scene he just saw, he saw Si Qi walking over in a set of low-key navy blue pajamas.
He was as dignified and elegant as a noble prince, and he looked calm and composed, as if all the things just now had nothing to do with him.
Chu Lian: "…………"
At this point, is it useful to change clothes back to cover up?
Si Qi coughed lightly and explained: "This is my usual pajamas."
Chu Lian replied awkwardly: "You don't need to explain to me, in fact, the one just now is also very nice."
Si Qi said in a light tone: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Chu Lian's mouth twitched, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.
But in his mind, the boy's green and immature look just now flashed subconsciously.
Because Chu Lin's daily job is to follow Si Qi all the time, to ensure Si Qi's safety, and not let him suffer any danger or inconvenience. So his eyes always follow Si Qi, and his attention is always on Si Qi.
This makes it easier for him to discover some small details of Si Qi than others, such as Si Qi slamming the table in front of others, and then blowing on his red palm when no one is around. Or after accidentally kicking his toe, he secretly pursed his lips in grievance, but on the surface he refused to say a word...
It's so cute.
Seeing that Chu Lin seemed to still be thinking about what happened just now, Si Qi changed the subject and asked, "It's so late, why did you suddenly come here?"
Chu Lin explained with a smile, "I saw that you were alone at home during the New Year, so I came to keep you company."
"Is that so..." Si Qi glanced at the table full of food and sat down at the dining table with familiarity.
This was not the first time Chu Lin cooked for him.
Si Qi picked up the pudding that Chu Lin prepared for him and ate it in one bite, squinting his eyes happily.
He liked this food.
Because he liked to eat, Chu Lin would prepare some for him almost every day and put it in the small refrigerator in the car for him to enjoy at will.
Si Qi: "It's New Year's Day, aren't you going home?"
Chu Lin: "I'll be alone if I go back."
Si Qi thought for a moment and said: "Then let's stay here today."
Chu Lin smiled: "Okay."
He lowered his head and noticed that Si Qi was walking on the ground barefoot.
Even if the boy's face was calm and his sitting posture was elegant, the two little feet under the table were still happy because of eating pudding, and they were swaying.
Every time he noticed these small details, Chu Lin would always find it interesting to smile knowingly.
The weather was still a little cold, and the round and shiny toes were slightly pink like cherry blossoms. Although the floor of Si Qi's house was specially covered with a thick wool carpet, it would not be a big deal. Chu Lin still couldn't help but say, "Didn't I tell you to wear slippers?"
Si Qi argued cunningly, "There is floor heating here, there is no need to wear shoes - I said, mathematicians don't do useless things."
Chu Lin thought for a while and said, "Then, you don't need to eat pudding next time? Because pudding is not a necessity in life."
Si Qi's expression was blank for a moment, and he looked at Chu Lin's handsome face with a smile, and muttered unwillingly, "... Damn."
Seeing that he admitted it, Chu Lin took the slippers and socks, put them at Si Qi's feet, raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile.
Si Qi looked at the pudding in his hand, then at the slippers at his feet, and finally compromised, muttering something under his breath.
Overall, this New Year's Eve was still very enjoyable.
After the New Year, the festive atmosphere has not completely faded, and people are still visiting relatives in their hometowns, enjoying the rare relaxation of the year.
It was at this time that a warning was sent to the Chinese upper echelons without any warning, causing quite a stir in the area.
After receiving the notice, Chu Lin drove Si Qi to the conference hall as soon as possible.
At this moment, festive red lanterns were hung on the streets, and pedestrians on the road all had smiling faces. Chu Lin recalled the serious and even solemn tone of his superior on the other end of the phone, and his expression unconsciously tensed.
After sending Si Qi to the heavily guarded conference hall, Chu Lin waited in the lounge outside the door.
Many "bodyguards" of big shots gathered here, many of whom were old acquaintances of Chu Lin and they had often run into each other in the past six months.
"Those guys are really restless. They chose to do this on the first day of the new year. It's obvious that they are deliberately making trouble to annoy us." A young man shrugged, "Did they feel scared by our manned spacecraft's smooth arrival on the moon? Haha, a bunch of cowardly guys."
"It's not just the spacecraft. We have made too much progress in recent years, which makes them feel threatened. They have already started to sanction us in various ways, but we have solved them very well." Another young man said in a cold tone.
"Oh, it's really bad. If this was a real fight, I wouldn't be afraid of those foreign devils at all! But they used such malicious means to find trouble with us in a roundabout way. I can't do anything except being annoyed!" The hot-tempered man simply cursed.
"Don't say that. The people we are protecting are trying to find a solution for us. We are also indirectly contributing." The young man who was sitting next to him and drinking tea with a smile consoled him. As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Chu Lian who was standing beside him: "To be honest, we have been so successful recently, and it is all thanks to the help of Mr. Si. Our leader has praised Mr. Si in front of me more than once."
"Ah, my leader said so too." The hot-tempered young man's eyes lit up, and he said enviously: "You are so lucky to be assigned such a task."
Chu Lian smiled slightly, with an unconscious pride in his expression.
"But what happened today? Everyone looks so tense, as if it's something serious." The irritable young man asked curiously.
"It's the chip." One person answered.
"Chip?"
"Yeah." The person who spoke first nodded, "Anyway, it will soon be known to everyone by the foreign media, and you will hear about it soon."
"Chips... are the things used in computers?" Someone raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong with this thing?"
"This thing is very useful." The man explained, "Aerospace, communications, computers, machine tools... almost the entire high-tech industrial chain is closely related to chips. Can you imagine what would happen to a house without bricks? What would happen to industry without oil and coal? Now foreign countries have joined forces to contain us and announced that they will no longer give us any chips! This is equivalent to directly strangling our lifeline, making us unable to do anything we want to do in the future!" As soon as
these words came out, the atmosphere on the scene instantly became solemn.
Soon after, one of them tried to say, "Can't we make it ourselves? There are many chip factories in China, right?"
"Can a house made of wood be the same as a house made of stone?"
These people who have been following the leader for many years have a broad vision and are very well-reasoned when they talk about things.
"Most of the chips for the core of our electronic control are imported. The so-called chip factories in China are all foundries for low-end chips from foreign countries. The cheap toys we see in the wholesale market that break down after a few months use the chips we make ourselves..."
"We are not afraid of food shortages or lack of energy, but we are afraid of technological blockade! However, all our key technologies have to be imported from abroad, and they are all things that others no longer want! If we want to research on our own, we will have no clue at all in a short time, and others are hiding things from us and it is impossible for them to teach us voluntarily! So we will always lag behind and always pay for the backward technologies that others have eliminated." The man shook his head helplessly, "Restricting the import of chips is more vicious than restricting the import of oil! Without this support, it will be difficult for us to develop high technology."
After listening to this, someone gritted his teeth and said, "I finally understand. They are cutting off the source of funds! Too cruel!!"
"So, can't we make it ourselves? This thing called a chip!" The hot-tempered young man said anxiously, "We've made nuclear bombs, but we can't make a chip?"
"How can it be the same? To make something, materials, talents and equipment are all indispensable. How can you make it just by saying it?" The young man who was drinking tea said helplessly, "Let's not talk about talents and materials for now. You know the photolithography machine, right? It's the thing used to make silicon-based chips. It's a treasure to them. We tried every means to make this thing, but there was no progress at all, and it's even more impossible for them to take the initiative to teach us! Because we can't make the photolithography machine, we can only spend a lot of money to buy the finished product. But now that they see that we have developed, they simply don't even sell the finished product."
This is like two companies competing to see who builds the taller house. Because Country E has mastered the technology of making bricks, it can always sell the extra bricks to China, and use the money earned from selling bricks to research and make more and better bricks, so as to build houses higher and stronger.
But now China is buying their bricks while building houses faster than them, so they are anxious and stop selling bricks to China, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of China's continued strength!
How can people not be angry, but they just won't sell, and there is nothing you can do!
One person said with a smile: "They are forced to use this method to deal with us, which shows that they are afraid of us!" Put yourself in their shoes
, for Country E, this move is actually hurting the enemy a thousand times and hurting itself eight hundred. They lost China, such a big importer, for nothing. They lose at least hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every year. But they still did it, which shows that China's speed of growth is beyond their expectations. So they would rather lose some profits than to curb China's continued development.
"What should we do in the future?" One person sighed, "Hey, Country E is still determined to harm me!"
"Why are you panicking? We have experienced so many hardships in the past. The situation is much better now than before. How can we be afraid?" Another person said carelessly, "China has been a powerful country for thousands of years. If we give them a hundred or two hundred years, we will catch up in the blink of an eye!"
The person who spoke before smiled and consoled himself, "That's true."
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