"Yes, Yueyue, you are so kind. I must have done a lot of good deeds in my past life to be able to meet you in this life."
You're still alive and well.
Lin Yue looked at Cang Yu, unsure how to respond.
She didn't know when it started, but Cang Yu had become so glib and smooth-talking, always saying things to flirt with her, though they sounded rather pleasant to her.
It's true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Despite such greasy words, she didn't find Cang Yu greasy at all, or perhaps he was just handsome and therefore had an advantage.
Meanwhile, after Cang Jun and Cang Jue returned to their small courtyard, they sat in silence, smoking for an hour. After finishing their last puffs, they threw away the cigarette butts, leaving more than a dozen on the ground.
"Brother Jue, what do you think we should do about this?" Cang Jun stood up, his gaze resolute.
Anyway, he's going to stick with his brother no matter what. It's just a time machine, right? He can just find a way to get a spot.
"The boss doesn't want us to follow him..." to our deaths.
Cang Jue lowered his head, looking somewhat dejected.
He wanted to go with the boss, but the higher-ups only agreed to one slot for his sister-in-law, which was not enough to squeeze them in. They couldn't join even if they wanted to.
"Brother Jue, how many times has the boss told us not to come? When has he ever risked his life to let us come? We always have to go on our own. This time is no different. Since there are no spots available, we'll just try to get two spots."
Although they often drag the team down, their presence keeps the boss entertained.
"Do you have a solution?" Cang Jue seized on the unspoken question in Cang Jun's words.
"Yes, there is, but I don't know if it's true." He heard some things while he was in the team, but he didn't know if they were true or false.
"Speak quickly, you're usually the most talkative person, why are you acting like a quail today?" Cang Jue was getting impatient.
"The base research institute is recruiting people to work as meteorite radioactive element strippers. It's basically turning on a switch and then staying there to guard it. I heard that after completing this job, you can get a chance to go back to the past. I don't know if it's true."
Watching the process of stripping radioactive elements and observing the machines for too long would cause health problems for anyone. Not to mention now, even in the past, they wouldn't have lived long after the work was completed.
"So, even if we go back then, we might not live for more than a few years?"
"Brother Jue, are you scared?"
"Don't worry, let's go apply for the job."
Even if they don't live much longer, they want to live by their eldest brother's side, and they want to die by his side. They absolutely cannot accept that their eldest brother is abandoning them now.
After discussing it, the two immediately equipped themselves and, braving the wind, went to Lin Yue's house again.
"If you want to change jobs, then go ahead. Come back and visit us when you're on vacation." Cang Yu had no objections when the two said they wanted to change jobs and that the salary was higher than what the police station offered.
They will part ways sooner or later; they have a long life ahead of them.
Cang Jun and Cang Jue nodded. They didn't tell Cang Yu the truth. They only said that the base was recruiting, but it needed to be kept secret. They were going to go and take a look first. If everything went smoothly, they would work there and wouldn't be back for a long time.
Although Cang Yu found it strange that there was anywhere to hire people at this time, the two spoke with such conviction that they didn't seem to be lying at all, so Cang Yu could only nod in agreement.
Besides, if they don't go to work, they won't have food or drink. They can't keep eating Lin Yue's food. Even if Lin Yue agrees, Cang Jun and the others probably wouldn't feel comfortable doing so. As for Lin Yue's previous offer to leave enough supplies for the two of them, he thinks the two of them wouldn't agree to that either.
But those are things for later, we'll talk about them later.
After exchanging greetings, the two walked away with firm steps.
As Cang Yu watched the two figures disappear into the distance, he felt a strange unease that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yue asked, walking up behind him.
“I always felt that Ah Jun and Ah Jue were hiding something from me, and it felt like they were never going to come back.”
This feeling is especially strong today.
"Don't worry, it shouldn't be a problem. There are no major incidents at the base right now. The biggest issue is probably this extreme wind weather, but it's not a problem for them. There's no danger. Perhaps you really care about them, so why don't you go and check on them?"
"No need. I can't follow them forever. Let them decide for themselves." Cang Yu closed the door, shutting out the sandstorm outside once again.
...
I haven't seen Cang Jun and Cang Jue since their last visit.
The days of waiting for news at home were extremely difficult. Even though Cang Yu and Kong Ling were with her every day, and she had two wolves to keep her company, and she would often go into the space to plant crops, she still felt that every day was like an eternity.
When you don't expect anything, life goes by easily; but when you have a thought in your mind, it really feels like counting down the seconds.
Fortunately, six months after the extreme wind, the base's military sent people to remind them to prepare, saying they would come to pick them up in a couple of days to go to the research institute.
Lin Yue knew that the time machine was ready.
Upon hearing the news, Lin Yue, who was usually able to keep her emotions hidden, couldn't help but laugh.
It was truly a case of "after the clouds part, the moon shines," and she finally got what she had been waiting for.
Seeing Lin Yue happy, Cang Yu stood aside and watched her gesticulate wildly while he focused on her.
Lin Yue was happy by herself for a while, then ran to Cang Yu's side, looked up, and suddenly hugged him: "Cang Yu, did you hear that? They're going to take us to the research institute. The time machine must be ready. I... we can go back to the past. I can save Mom and Dad."
Lin Yue started crying again as she spoke.
After arriving at the J City base, she never saw her parents from the parallel universe again. Even Kong Ling tried to contact them once, but to no avail.
"Yes, my Yueyue has finally arrived." Cang Yu didn't say much, he just hugged her tightly.
"Cang Yu, we're having a big meal tonight, no, we're having big meals for the next two days." She was happy, and when she was happy, she wanted to eat delicious food.
"Yueyue, are you really sure?" Kongling heard the news in the space, hesitated for a moment, then came out of the air. Gone was her usual playful smile. She just calmly asked Lin Yue.
Lin Yue released Cang Yu, looked at Kong Ling, and stretched out a hand, letting Kong Ling rest on her palm.
“Kongling, you know I have to do this.”
"Don't you regret it? It's possible that the time machine isn't a time machine in the true sense. If it fails, you'll really die."
"I don't regret it. Even if I can't go back to the past, I won't regret it. Ever since I knew it was possible to go back, all my goals have been this. I've worked so hard for it, and no matter what the outcome, I won't regret it," Lin Yue said firmly.
She was determined to try, no matter what the outcome.
"Okay, I support you! Yueyue, Yueyue, I feel like the light around me isn't pretty enough. In the next couple of days, could you get me some more antique jewelry?" Kongling flew up, circled in front of Lin Yue, and said.
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