Chu Xingyue's eyes were now devoid of warmth; she looked at Chu Yunzhi as if he were a complete stranger.
There is no emotion in those eyes now, let alone any familial affection.
"An'an, it's me."
"I know that anything I say now will be ineffective. Please believe me, I really have no other options right now, but my experiment is already halfway done."
"If they don't allow me to do anything now, then all my subsequent experiments will be wasted."
“An’an, I know you’re not very involved in things, but you will never refuse anything that is good for the people and beneficial to them.”
"That's just your opinion."
"How many people know that you used yourself as a test subject?"
"Only Nan Zhi has consistently disagreed."
"That's because he knows that if what you did is exposed, the consequences you face will be beyond your ability to bear, and it may also implicate your family."
"I know, that's why I'm going south."
"An'an, so I want to ask you to help me. I really have no other choice right now. The success rate is only so low, but it proves that I'm on the right track."
"How much blood do you have for your experiments?"
"I think you'll die when the experiment reaches one percent completion."
Any research project requires support and a significant amount of human and financial resources to follow up.
Chu Xingyue felt that Chu Yunzhi hadn't considered these issues at all.
"An'an, I know that no one thinks what I'm doing can succeed, but you have to believe me. I'm definitely not some kind of scientific madman. I have a whole theory. I hope you can take some time to help me take a look."
"Okay, I won't condemn you outright now. Tomorrow I'll give you half a day to convince me with your theories."
Chu Xingyue's words surprised and delighted Chu Yunzhi.
"I, I, brother, I'm really grateful. I brought everything with me when I came back, I definitely won't let you down."
"Let's go. Let's stop talking now and catch up with them."
"Um"
The brother and sister sped up to catch up with Chu Jiaojiao and the others ahead.
"Mianmian, can your aunt hug you?"
"I don't want my aunt to hold me, Mianmian can still manage."
Chu Jiaojiao looked at the little girl, who was covered in sweat but still gritting her teeth and persevering, and felt a little sorry for her.
“Mianmian, when you can’t walk anymore, just tell your uncle. Your uncle’s shoulders are good for us to ride on.”
"I don't want Uncle to carry me, he's too tired. Mianmian can do it."
Following behind was Chu Nanzhi, who was a little out of breath. Not to be outdone, Chu Nanzhi also expressed his desire to carry Xiao Mianmian.
Little Mianmian's eyes seemed to say, "Uncle, you seem to be a little inferior to me."
After walking for another ten minutes or so, the three adults and one child caught up from behind.
"Mianmian, come here, Auntie will hug you."
The little girl isn't trying to be strong anymore; she's actually quite tired now.
"Let's rest for a while, then Auntie will carry us. We'll try to have lunch on the mountaintop."
Chu Yunzhi and Chu Nanzhi both breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to rest.
Xia Yiyang put down the large package he was carrying. The food inside was lunch for several people. Because some of them had big appetites, the package Xia Yiyang was carrying was much heavier than a normal package.
Fortunately, Xia Yiyang had been trained by Chu Xingyue for so many years and had already developed the necessary skills, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to persevere. Chu Yunzhi and Chu Nanzhi were even less likely to succeed. Although they were considered to have good physical fitness in the lab, they were still far behind Xia Yiyang, and compared to Chu Jiaojiao and Chu Xingyue, they were simply not up to par. Therefore, the two of them were now the most exhausted among the group, except for Chu Mianmian.
After resting for a while, Chu Xingyue held Xiao Mianmian, Chu Jiaojiao shared a package with Xia Yiyang, and the Chu brothers, Chu Yunzhi and Chu Nanzhi, followed at the back.
"Now we're going to go full speed ahead, brothers, keep it up!"
Chu Jiaojiao's words made her two brothers grit their teeth in anger. "Little sister, we brothers are just ordinary people. We really can't compare to you. We can only follow in your footsteps now."
The two waved to the three of them, indicating that they should go up first, while the two of them would walk slowly behind.
Holding Chu Mianmian, Chu Xingyue felt the little girl's head bobbing up and down, her eyelids drooping slightly. Without saying anything to her, she walked up until the little girl's head was completely drooping, then adjusted her holding position and carried the little girl horizontally.
This baby is hard to hold when he's awake, and even harder when he's asleep, because he's soft all over. So you rarely see babies like this when you climb Huayang Mountain. Luckily, Chu Xingyue isn't an ordinary person. Even ordinary men would find it hard to hold, let alone ordinary mothers.
Chu Xingyue took off her coat and wrapped it around the little girl.
Chu Xingyue and Chu Jiaojiao moved very fast, and Xia Yiyang tried his best to keep up behind, making sure he didn't fall too far behind.
His sisters have become even more amazing; he still needs to work harder.
The two sisters reached the mountaintop before eating and rested there for a while.
"Mianmian, wake up! We've reached the top of the mountain!"
Chu Xingyue called Chu Mianmian softly.
The drowsy little girl slowly opened her eyes, and gradually her eyes widened.
"Wow, Auntie, have we reached the top of the mountain yet?"
"Do you see a mountaintop in front of you?"
"Yes, Auntie, that's amazing! I'm so happy!"
"Ah!" the little girl exclaimed happily.
"ah"
"ah"
"ah"
The shouts echoed down the mountainside into the distance, filling me with immense joy.
Chu Yunzhi and Chu Nanzhi gritted their teeth and finally reached the top of the mountain.
The moment they reached the summit, they both collapsed onto the grass, panting heavily, never imagining they could actually climb to the top.
"ah"
......
"Come on, let's have lunch."
Chu Nanzhi took out a picnic mat from the package he had brought, laid out all the delicious food on the mat, and began to enjoy the meal.
Chu Jiaojiao loves the pastries made by her mother and grandmother the most. She doesn't know what time her mother and grandmother get up, but now the picnic mat is full of their delicious snacks.
"Mmm, delicious, delicious! Grandma's cooking is so good! Mianmian's happiest moments are when she can eat Grandma's delicious cooking."
"Oh, I'm just as happy as Mianmian! My mom and grandma are such great cooks!"
"Yes, Auntie, you're just as happy as I am."
Mianmian, that little girl, not only loves to eat well, but she also loves to praise things.
After they finished eating, they packed everything up and put it in the bags they had brought, adhering to the virtue of not leaving any trash behind.
Chu Mianmian sat on Chu Xingyue's lap, hugging her full little belly. Seeing that the three uncles had finished cleaning up and were lying on the grass, she struggled to get down and lay down on the grass. The little girl didn't know how comfortable it was; she only knew that it was so comfortable.
Chu Xingyue and Chu Jiaojiao also lay down on the grass. Now all the siblings were lying on the grass. The grass on the mountaintop was quite tall, completely covering their bodies.
Just as the group was enjoying themselves, they heard panting sounds coming from the mountainside to their side. The people lying on the ground assumed it was hikers climbing up and didn't pay any attention.
Then came the sound of crying. The small sobs made the gossip genes of the Chu family start to boil. They slowly sat up and tried to figure out the direction from which the crying was coming. Even the youngest Chu Mianmian squeezed her head out from Chu Xingyue's elbow and looked in a direction she couldn't see.
"What do you think is causing this girl to cry?" Xia Yiyang asked softly.
"I think it's nothing more than because of feelings."
"Is it possible that this girl has some incurable disease?"
"I think her parents scolded her," Chu Mianmian whispered, covering her mouth as she joined in the gossip.
"I don't know, let's not speculate."
Several kind people just listened to the other person's crying.
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, I'm really useless. I think I did the right thing, but I'm not happy at all right now. I stuck to my opinion, but this is not what I want. I don't know where to go now. I don't know if I should continue to stick to what I want and do what I want to do."
The more they listened, the more uneasy they felt; it somehow made them feel a little sorry for the listener.
What kind of injustice must she have suffered to make this girl so emotional?
"Auntie, Auntie," the little girl Mianmian whispered into Chu Xingyue's ear.
Chu Xingyue raised an eyebrow, signaling the little girl to speak.
"Auntie, I think I've heard this voice before, but I can't remember." The little girl reached out and scratched her braids a little shyly.
"Hmm?" Even Chu Xingyue, who wasn't usually gossipy, was a little curious now. This voice must be one that Mianmian often heard, otherwise the little girl wouldn't have said she had heard it before.
The mountaintop is quite a large area, and they just happened to run into it. I wonder who these people are.
Chu Xingyue placed Xiao Mianmian in Xia Yiyang's arms and stood up. When the others saw Chu Xingyue stand up, they all stood up as well. Chu Mianmian hugged Xia Yiyang's neck with both hands and stretched her little neck to look in the direction of Chenyin.
Xia Yiyang, who is over 1.8 meters tall, was holding Chu Mianmian. His height made it easy to tell who she was.
The crying grew fainter and fainter until only sobs could be heard. It was a girl, who looked to be about 1.65 meters tall. The girl took out a tissue from her bag and wiped her tears. Then she heard the sound of her nose being wiped. She took out a plastic bag from her bag, put the used tissue into the bag, tied it up, and put it back in her bag.
This action immediately impressed the people watching her, showing that the girl had her own set of principles for dealing with things.
A shout of "Teacher Hua Hua!" immediately made the girl not far away turn around.
"ah"
Before everyone could recover from Chu Mianmian's shouts, they saw a figure so fast that only a blur remained as it lunged at the body leaning backward.
With her mind blank, Hua Yu stared blankly at Chu Xingyue, who was gripping her arm.
"Waaaaah, Teacher Hua Hua!"
Chu Mianmian was so frightened that she burst into tears.
"Don't cry, Mianmian. With your aunt here, your teacher Huahua will be fine. Look, didn't your aunt catch Teacher Mianmian?" Chu Jiaojiao's comforting voice reached Huayu's ears, but Huayu couldn't understand a word at the moment.
With a strong pull of her right hand, Chu Xingyue dragged Hua Yu up.
Hua Yu sat on the grass, dazed, her heart pounding. Unconsciously, she reached out and touched her chest. "Am I alright?"
Only when she felt a touch on her hand did Hua Yu slowly turn her gaze to Chu Mianmian in front of her.
"Mianmian?"
"Teacher Hua Hua." Little Mianmian threw herself into Hua Yu's arms, crying softly.
"Hello! We are Chu Mianmian's family. We are very sorry that Mianmian's sudden voice startled you! We apologize." Chu Xingyue apologized for the little girl's behavior.
"No, it's not Mianmian's fault, it was my own carelessness. I should thank you, if you hadn't saved me at the last minute, I don't know if I would still be alive." Hua Yu looked at the girl who saved her, blushing a little shyly as she looked at Chu Xingyue. Chu Mianmian's family is just too good-looking.
"Chu Mianmian, stand to the side and apologize to Teacher Hua Hua."
Chu Xingyue's cold voice reached Chu Mianmian's ears, making Chu Mianmian tremble in Hua Yu's arms.
The little girl struggled out of Hua Yu's arms, stood still, and bowed to Hua Yu. "Teacher Hua, I'm sorry. Mianmian's cries just now frightened you. Please scold Mianmian." Chu Jiaojiao and the others couldn't bear to see the little girl like this.
Seeing the little girl apologize to Hua Yu so openly brought Chu Xingyue a small measure of comfort.
"Teacher accepts Mianmian's apology." Huayu couldn't bear to see little Mianmian like this either.
Chu Mianmian carefully looked at her serious-looking aunt, whose expression was so endearing that it would be a rare sight for anyone who saw it.
"Since Teacher Hua Hua has forgiven you, remember there won't be a next time."
"Yes, Aunt, Mianmian knows she was wrong."
"Hello, Teacher Hua! I am Chu Xingyue, Chu Mianmian's eldest aunt. This is Chu Mianmian's youngest aunt. These three boys are our brothers and also Chu Mianmian's uncles."
"Hello, Teacher Huahua!"
"Hello, Teacher Hua"
The people mentioned greeted Hua Yu one by one, which made Hua Yu even more nervous. Such good-looking people and such good-looking family members were actually Chu Mianmian's family members. They were all so good-looking.
Hua Yu was a little infatuated at this moment. Who could blame her for liking to look at handsome men and beautiful women? Besides, these guys' looks would cause a sensation anywhere.
If Hua Yu knew Chu Xingyue's true identity, she probably wouldn't dare to speak to Chu Xingyue at all.
"I'm sorry, I'm sure I disturbed you just now."
Hua Yu realized she might have disturbed their rest and said somewhat apologetically.
"It's alright, we're just hiking today, there's no need to make a fuss," Chu Xingyue said with a smile.
"We overheard it just now, but we definitely didn't mean to, it was just..." Chu Jiaojiao's words made Hua Yu feel embarrassed.
"There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. You must hold on to your beliefs and keep moving forward."
"Yes, it's clear that you care a lot about our little Mianmian."
“You don’t know that my Mianmian is not very old, but she has her own ideas and is very picky.”
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