Chapter 29: Did you know me before? You are kind
When the children were scared and helpless, the old tramp was suddenly hit by something invisible. A red and swollen spot suddenly appeared on his dirty skin. The old tramp cried out in pain and involuntarily let go of Little Rose's hand.
No matter how scared they were, the children still bravely rushed forward and hugged Little Rose. Little Stone even held Little Rose tightly behind him.
Two figures, one tall and one short, appeared at the door of the shabby house. They were dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, which was out of place with the dirtiness of the surroundings.
But no homeless person dared to approach them and beg from them, because they knew they were superpowers and killing them was as easy as crushing an ant.
"Come with me." Ji An squatted down and spoke very softly, as if he was afraid that a louder voice would scare the children.
But despite this, the little beggars still huddled together, trembling. No one dared to move, speak, or even take a look at the person who saved their companion.
After the end of the world, they have seen too many ugly sides of human nature and no longer dare to imagine that there are still good people in the world, or people who are willing to help them unconditionally.
Finally, it was Little Stone who moved first. He said to the children around him, "Let's go with him. He is a good man. He is the kind brother who gave me food and water."
The beggars did not believe in human nature, but they believed unconditionally in their heads - the little stone. Or rather, they had reached a dead end.
"Then can we take Little Rose with us?" Several children looked at Little Stone.
The little beggars didn't know what the supernatural person in front of them wanted them to do, but they could still run and jump. Little Rose looked like she was about to die. I wonder if this person would dislike Little Rose and refuse to let them take her with them.
But if Little Rose is left behind, she will die, and her body may be eaten by these homeless people who are starving to death.
Little Rose's hands tightly grasped the hem of Little Stone's tattered clothes. She held on so tightly that even though she was obviously dying, she was still able to tear another hole in Little Stone's already tattered clothes.
Little Rose seemed to be afraid that Little Stone would really abandon her and follow the supernatural being in front of him, so she whispered in Little Stone's ear: "Brother Little Stone, don't abandon me, take me away, I promise to be your wife."
When they were wandering together in the past, Little Stone asked Little Rose if she was willing to be his wife. At that time, Little Stone was envious of other children who had families, so he said that he was the father, Little Rose was the mother, and the other beggars were their children. In this way, they were no longer wild children without parents, and they also had a home.
Little Stone looked at Ji An and said, "Let us take Little Rose with us. No matter what you want us to do, we will do it well. As long as you are willing to give us a sip of water and a bite of food, it will be fine. Please, don't leave Little Rose behind. If you leave her behind, she will die."
Little Rose also looked at Ji An pleadingly with her big eyes that were about to go out.
"Okay." Ji An agreed without any hesitation.
He walked over and picked up Little Rose who was lying on the ground unable to move, without even complaining about her being dirty.
Several children followed Ji An and walked out smoothly. No homeless person dared to make things difficult for them.
After leaving the shabby house, Little Stone seemed relieved. He tilted his head and asked, "Brother, can I go get the bottle of water I didn't finish?"
Ji An looked back at the haggard homeless people and said, "Forget it, I still have some."
When they reached an open area, Gu Jinsheng released the car, and the children shouted in surprise: "Space ability person?"
Ji An said: "No, it's just a space storage tool."
These little beggars didn't know what the outside world was like. They just tried their best to survive every day, so they didn't know how rare the space storage items were. They just thought they were very common things outside.
Many children here have never seen a car since they were born, and those who have seen one have never touched one. Looking at the clean and tidy cars and then looking at their own dirty selves, they hesitate and dare not get in the car.
"Go ahead." Ji An said softly.
The little beggars looked at each other, and then looked at Gu Jinsheng, who seemed to be difficult to deal with. They did not see any emotions of disgust, annoyance, or impatience on Gu Jinsheng's face or in his eyes. Only then did Xiao Shitou dare to climb onto the car first, followed by the other little beggars.
"Find a hospital." Ji An held the little girl in his arms and could feel her life slipping away in his hands.
Ji An used his mental power to fill up half a bottle of spiritual spring water in the space, fed some to the little girl, and let the rest be shared by the little beggars one sip at a time.
It's not that Ji An is stingy and reluctant to give these little beggars more water. It's that the spiritual spring water has a magical healing effect, and can even cure people with special abilities. It is a holy medicine for ordinary people.
Such a good therapeutic effect was given to a few children who drank too much. The cure was overdone and Little Rose jumped out of his arms on the spot. Even a fool would have noticed that something was wrong.
So Ji An gave these little beggars just the right amount, just enough to cure all their chronic illnesses without attracting the attention of others.
In order to save Xiao Meigui, Ji Anduo gave her a few sips of drink, which were enough to save Xiao Meigui's life. When she was taken to the hospital for examination, they only found that Xiao Meigui was starving to such a state.
This is normal, hunger can kill people.
About an hour later, Gu Jinsheng drove into the nearest hospital and revealed his identity in order to help Xiaomei get checked out as quickly as possible.
When the medical staff examined Little Rose, the children gathered around her nervously, fearing that she would be diagnosed with some serious illness and be pronounced dead by the doctors in cold white coats.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng stood aside. Gu Jinsheng asked, "Are you going to take in these children?"
"Well, I'll find a place for them to stay first, and we'll talk about it later." Ji An replied.
Gu Jinsheng didn't persuade her, nor did he say anything else. He just said, "You are too busy. Should I find someone to help you, or should you find it yourself?"
"Do you have anyone you can trust?" Ji An asked because he had too many things to do every day and no one was available.
These children will be raised by him in the future, and all expenses will be paid by him, so he must find someone with a trustworthy character to take care of them. That person can be an unawakened superpower, but he must be patient and empathetic towards these children, and not be greedy for petty gains.
"Yes." said Gu Jinsheng.
Gu Jinsheng's dark eyes were as deep and mysterious as a dangerous galaxy. "Ji An, after experiencing such betrayal, you are still you."
Ji An was stunned. What did he mean by "he was still him"? Did Gu Jinsheng know what he was like before?
Ji An thought so and asked.
There seemed to be thousands of thoughts surging in Gu Jinsheng's eyes as deep as a cold pond. Ji An thought he was going to say a lot to him, but Gu Jinsheng just said, "You are still so kind."
He said this as if he knew him before, but seeing that Gu Jinsheng didn't intend to explain, Ji An didn't want to get to the bottom of it, so he smiled and said, "You are also very kind."
Kind?
Gu Jinsheng had been described by many adjectives, cold and ruthless, cruel and merciless, and this was the first time someone used the word "kind" to describe him. He had never thought that one day these two words would be used to describe him.
Ji An explained: "You could have injured the old homeless man, but you didn't. You were afraid that he had wounds on his body, and if he accidentally came into contact with something, he would be infected with the zombie virus and bite other people.
You didn't kill him either, not for any other reason, but out of respect for every life that is still willing to struggle to live in the end times."
Gu Jinsheng didn't say anything, but his deep eyes were surprisingly bright, brighter than the moon last night.
Not long after, a female water-type mutant appeared in the hospital.
Gu Jinsheng said: "Her name is Yuan Mingan, a water-based supernatural being. This is Ji An."
After a brief introduction of their identities, the two got to know each other. Ji An briefly explained the situation and said, "I need a place to live. It doesn't have to be too good, but it must be safe."
Yuan Mingan's hair has completely turned white, with not a single strand of black hair visible. Her eyes are cloudy, and she has some of the slowness that is typical of old people. Her appearance makes people think she is in her sixties or seventies, but in fact, her real age is only forty.
At this moment, Yuan Ming'an stared at Ji An with his chaotic eyes, "Are you going to support them? There are so many pitiful people in this world, you can't pity them all."
Ji An said calmly: "□□ people."
Yuan Mingan added: "What about other children? If you meet them again, they are all bottomless pits. How long can you raise them?"
"I have money."
The space storage props are very profitable and are enough for him to support these children.
"If I go bankrupt and can't support them, then I won't support them. What's the big deal? At least these children have lived a few more days, months or years. At least they have grown up a few more days, months or years, and they have a little more power to protect themselves."
Ji An said: "I will open an orphanage and raise these children in the future. As long as there are children, I will raise them for as many days as I can."
Yuan Mingan's eyes were no longer so sharp, and gradually relaxed. She said, "You can't afford it."
Gu Jinsheng suddenly said: "Raised at the base."
Ji An and Yuan Mingan were both stunned.
Gu Jinsheng said: "I am the commander-in-chief of the base, and this is my responsibility. The base's birth rate is less than 10 per thousand now. Without these children, the base will perish sooner or later."
In the end times, many people don't want to have children anymore. Especially those with special abilities, they have experienced life and death, and they dare not have children. They are afraid that one day they will die, and their children will not grow up yet. How can they live without them in such a horrible world?
Ordinary people are even more afraid to have children. It’s hard enough for them to live, let alone raise one.
The only ones who are still willing to give birth are those women who use their bodies for sex trade. In fact, they don't want to give birth, but they have no choice. They don't have money to buy contraceptives, and they don't have money to have an abortion when they get pregnant, so they have to give birth.
If they cannot afford to raise their children, they will become beggars.
If this continues, the birth rate in the base will be low, and there may be no humans left in the future, not because of zombies, but because there are no newborns.
Gu Jinsheng had seen these problems a long time ago, but there was nothing he could do. In such a harsh living environment, he could barely protect himself, so how could he have the right to ask others to have children?
They want to use policies and preferential treatment to promote fertility rates, but the base's economy is not prosperous enough to support it.
Ji An said, "Okay then. Go back and hold a meeting to discuss it. If it doesn't pass, I will personally fund a salesian home."
It's not that Ji An is too virginal. As the old saying goes, if you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world. He is rich now and has the ability to do so.
Then again, Ji An himself was born in an orphanage. If everyone only cared about themselves, he would have disappeared from this world long ago.
'Take from the people and give back to the people', this saying also applies to him, many kind-hearted people funded the orphanage, so he survived. Now that he has grown up and has the ability, it is time for him to help others.
Rather than saying that he was helping Little Rose and the others, it would be more accurate to say that Ji An was helping his younger self in the past.
Gu Jinsheng said: "Okay, I'm willing to give out all the money for our cooperation."
Ji An smiled and said, "70% is enough. You also need to live a good life."
This incident showed that Gu Jinsheng was a very good commander-in-chief. Ji An hoped that he could eat and drink well, take good care of his body, and live a good life. As long as he was there, the base would be stable.
After the medical examination, the children were all healthy, including Little Rose, who just ate less and was hungry. They would be fine after a few good meals.
This was something Ji An had anticipated long ago, but Xiao Shitou and the others were unsure. After knowing the result, they jumped for joy.
"Little Rose, did you hear that? You're fine, you're just hungry. As long as you eat a few good meals, you'll be fine." Little Stone pulled Little Rose and smiled from ear to ear.
Little Rose's eyes sparkled. "I won't die. That's great. I must live a good life in the future."
"Yeah." Little Stone nodded repeatedly.
After getting the result, Ji An handed the person over to Yuan Mingan, briefly explained some things to him, and then he followed Gu Jinsheng away.
At this time, it was already bright outside and people were hurrying on the street.
Gu Jinsheng opened the car door for Ji An and put his right arm on the door, as if he was afraid that Ji An would hit his head. He was very gentlemanly.
To be honest, if someone treats you so earnestly, even if that person is just an ordinary person, you will be touched.
What's more, such an attentive person is the commander-in-chief of a base. Usually, others would take the initiative to please him. Now that he is willing to put down his status and do these things for him, Ji An's heart couldn't help but beat.
After Ji An got in, Gu Jinsheng closed the door for him and then walked back to the driver's seat.
"I'll take you home."
"Okay." Ji An was not sleepy after not sleeping all night.
Gu Jinsheng drove fast and steadily and soon arrived downstairs. Ji An got out of the car and found that Gu Jinsheng had no intention of getting out. He was stunned for a moment, "You're not going home?"
Gu Jinsheng said: "There is still work."
Ji An said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I didn't know. I kept you busy all night yesterday. I..."
"I'm very willing." Gu Jinsheng's four words blocked Ji An's words that were about to come out.
Ji An was stunned for a long time before he recovered. "Be careful when driving on the road and be cautious at work. If possible, find a chance to get some sleep."
"Okay." Gu Jinsheng responded softly.
Ji An stood there quietly, watching Gu Jinsheng leave, then turned and went upstairs.
After a quick shower, Ji An lay down on the bed. He thought he would sleep well in the big, comfortable and soft bed after a sleepless night, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the old memories, dark memories, the skinny little boy, and the face of Little Stone intertwined.
Ji An couldn't sleep at all, so he turned over, sat up, put on his clothes and went to the laboratory.
Ji An came here on a whim, thinking that no one would be in the lab, but unexpectedly everyone was there.
These people were doing experiments while discussing space storage props.
A student said, "I heard that Researcher Han donated his space storage tool for research. I wonder if they have come up with anything useful? They said at the beginning that it wouldn't take as long as Boss Ji, and it would only take half a month or a few days to come up with it."
Another student said, "I don't know. I didn't hear anything."
"Then they must have failed to come up with it, otherwise they would have held a party long ago and they are still so low-key."
"We have now switched jobs to Boss Ji, and we don't know if we will be lucky enough to get access to space technology."
"You are so bold to think about this. We are just a group of students and we have core technologies."
"Of course I don't dare to dream of core technologies. I'm satisfied with just getting some of the edges and corners."
In Han Yaokun's laboratory, Han Yaokun, who had just finished a set of experiments and was taking a break, asked Zhao Zhen, "How are they doing? Are there any results?"
Zhao Zhen's face flushed, and he said with gritted teeth: "Yes, there are some clues."
"It's been a month, and we've only seen some progress?" Han Yaokun frowned, looked up and saw Zhao Zhen's unhappy expression, and asked sternly, "What's the progress?"
Zhao Zhen was still trying to argue, but a researcher said, "Professor Han, we have no idea."
Han Yaokun's face immediately darkened.
Boyu stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "This is a completely new field for us, so it's normal for us to make slow progress in the early stages. If Researcher Han can come and give us some pointers when he's not busy, I believe we'll be able to make a breakthrough soon."
Han Yaokun's expression eased a little, "Okay, I'll go to the lab and take a look later."
Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na felt awkward with their identities, and it was inappropriate to say anything at this moment, so they simply shut up and said nothing, communicating silently with each other only through eye contact.
After actually coming into contact with space technology, the two found that this technology was not as simple as they had imagined. It might even be very difficult, so difficult that without someone to guide them, they might never be able to find the door in their entire lives.
The students who did not leave with Wu Youyang due to various concerns were still very optimistic. They had no access to core technologies and only helped the professors, so they did not know that the professors were already trapped in mysteries.
One of the students, Meng Changan, said optimistically: "The professors have been conducting experiments for a month. I believe the results will be available in a few days."
"Of course. The leaders of our team are all top professors like Professor Han and Professor Na. There's just a rookie student over there who has no scientific research results like you and me. How profound can the technology he can come up with!"
"I don't know what Professor Wu is thinking. He is obsessed with following a student even at the risk of offending Professor Han!"
"I don't know. Maybe he wanted to prove himself so much that he was blinded by the small profits in front of him."
"It's just a pity for those students who followed Professor Wu. Their lives were ruined because of Professor Wu's selfish desires."
"It's a good thing for us. We changed professors and ended up following a better professor than before."
"In fact, the person I wanted to follow at first was Professor Shi Jun, but Professor Shi Jun's students were full, so I followed Professor Wu Youyang."
"Professor Shi Jun is similar to Professor Wu Youyang. He has been a burden to Professor Wu Youyang for many years, and his hair is almost gone. Now that we are learning from him, we will definitely learn a lot more than when we were learning from Wu Youyang."
"By then we will all be masters and can participate in the experiments. I guess they will still be students and won't be able to learn anything."
"They will regret it by then. I don't know if Professor Han will still accept them if they want to come back."
"No way, this is considered a traitorous act."
"It's a pity for Rong Fan. He was the most talented and hardworking student in our batch. He should have had a bright future, but it was ruined like this."
"well……"
Several students sighed quietly, as if they were pitying the life of the student named Rong Fan.
Wu Youyang was leading students in the lab to do previous experiments and answering their questions. When he looked up, he saw Ji An and hurried over to explain, "Boss, you're here. We're doing the previous experiments here and we're not touching your research results."
Taking someone else's experimental data without their consent is a felony in the research field. Taking something without permission is stealing, and stealing other people's scientific research results can result in a prison sentence.
Ji An stored all the important experimental data in the space. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I asked you to come here to help me with the space storage props. I'm sure I can't handle it myself."
Wu Youyang was so excited that his face turned red, and his eyes were as bright as the light bulbs in the laboratory.
When Ji An recruited these people, he never thought of hiding anything. He couldn't fight alone forever. If he wanted to go very far in scientific research, he needed a team of trusted people who were absolutely loyal to him.
Wu Youyang happened to be the first to surrender, so Ji An planned to use him as a test. As long as Wu Youyang stayed quiet and didn't make trouble, and followed his steps, he would train him well.
"Boss, don't worry, I will study hard, follow your pace, and definitely won't hold you back." Wu Youyang promised, patting his chest.
Wu Youyang's students were also excited. This was a pleasant surprise for them.
It doesn't matter whether they can participate or not, as long as their teachers can participate.
They are all students studying under Wu Youyang. Only when Wu Youyang knows more can he teach them more.
The students who had originally followed their teacher out of trust in him now felt that their original decision was absolutely right, otherwise they might not have had the opportunity to learn about space technology in their lifetime.
Thinking about how a few students were unwilling to come along and looked down on Boss Ji for his lack of experience and experimental results, a few of them had a secret feeling of being superior.
"Meng Changan used to love competing with Rong Fan. This time he's staying over there, and Rong Fan and Professor Wu are coming over here. Meng Changan will be even more competitive. I don't know how he's going to deal with Rong Fan."
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