Chapter 117: Proposal at Sea Sapphire is a gift from the sea, used to propose...
On the bed, Wen Yi curled up into a ball.
Gu Yifeng made a "wait a moment" gesture to her, then left the bedroom and closed the door gently.
He walked to the end of the corridor and answered the phone.
"Go ahead."
Chris took a deep breath and said, "Gu, good news or bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Bad news."
"DNA samples showed that she had a genetic sequence that was not of Earth origin embedded in her body and had integrated into her autosomes."
"And the sequence is already stably expressed."
He paused, then continued, "Biologically speaking—she's no longer human."
Gu Yifeng remained silent after the words were spoken. The lights in the corridor seemed to flicker, the glaring white light blinding him. He raised his hand to remove his glasses and pinched his brow.
"What's the good news?"
"The good news is that this exogenous gene still operates within the physical laws of our dimension."
"Well, not surprising." He snorted softly, "It's consistent with my initial speculation."
Chris continued, "We compared the sequence to a global gene library and found no exact match. We speculated that it was an XNA fragment not commonly found on Earth."
"You mean, the genes in her body might be the genetic material of extraterrestrial life?"
"We can't be sure yet. In recent years, space agencies have discovered suspected organic molecules in meteorites. Furthermore, panspermia suggests that life could have spread between planets via meteorites. The XNA fragment in her body could very well have come from that source."
There was a moment of silence on the phone, and then Chris added, remembering something. "The follow-up experiments during this period have shown that every time she experiences a critical state, that XNA sequence is activated, triggering continuous genetic remodeling. Every time she uses her superpower, the foreign gene merges deeper into her human genome."
Gu Yifeng was silent for a long time, then asked softly, "How many human genes are left in her body?"
Chris thought carefully and replied, "As of now, the functional human gene retention rate is about 62.1%, and this number may continue to decline."
"Gu, although she looks like us... her biological essence is that of an alien life form using humans as a carrier."
Gu Yifeng reached out and tugged at his collar, only to discover he was wearing a round-neck T-shirt. He still couldn't breathe, as if his chest was blocked by something. After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this process...reversible?"
"In theory, if you can block XNA transcription at an early stage, you might be able to delay it, but you can't eradicate it. And now... it's deeply embedded."
"The possibility of reversal is close to zero."
Gu Yifeng clenched his hands suddenly, and his face lost all color.
"What about gene editing?! You're a genetics expert, I'd like to hear your opinion."
“…it’s possible in theory, but in practice, editing every cell in the body is almost impossible.”
"So--"
"Gu," Chris interrupted. "She's being irreversibly dehumanized."
"...So what? There will be a way. I will find a way to save her. If biological methods don't work, I'll use physical methods. If physical methods don't work, there's always a way."
"Calm down first. Think about what would happen if her condition became public."
“…”
"When the time comes, she will be treated as an 'invader' who must be eliminated."
“…”
"Can you fight the whole world?"
The phone was hung up.
The light in the corridor reflected his pale face. Gu Yifeng stood there motionless, his mind blank.
After the regrets at Qingluan Mountain came to an end, he thought it would be the beginning of happiness, but he was caught off guard and fell into bottomless darkness.
How to save her? This was not within his ability at all.
"Hello--"
A voice instantly pulled him back to the world from hell.
"Where's my lobster?"
Gu Yifeng suddenly looked up and was stunned for a few seconds before he realized that Wen Yi was standing behind him, looking at him with her head tilted.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Gu Yifeng's throat tightened and his nose felt sore: "Are you hungry?" He pretended to be fine, but his voice was still trembling when he spoke.
"Yeah." Wen Yi nodded and asked with a smile, "What's with that expression on your face? Are you feeling guilty? Did you secretly eat my lobster?"
He wanted to hug her, but he was afraid she would notice. Finally, he managed only one sentence: "Let's go eat lobster."
At the dinner table, Wen Yi watched Gu Yifeng carefully peel the lobster and place it in front of her. Despite the delicious food, he said nothing.
She stared at the lobster on the plate and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little dull. She asked tentatively, "Were you talking to Chris just now?"
The hand that was peeling the shrimp paused slightly.
He lowered his head and said indifferently, "No, it's a student asking questions." He changed the subject, "Yi Yi, I will be busy these two days."
"Oh." She nodded. Her affairs must have delayed a lot of his work during this period.
Gu Yifeng's busyness wasn't an exaggeration. For the next few days, he was either holding a multinational video conference or buried in piles of documents, the lights in his study often on until the wee hours. She could only sit on the beach, basking in the sun. She asked him several times about the genetic report, but he always said, "No news yet."
On the eve of leaving the island, Gu Yifeng took her to an unknown beach.
She looked up. The stars were shining brightly, and the Milky Way was clearly visible. It was a beautiful night. She was afraid that she would never see a starry sky like this again after returning to Yunhu, and she couldn't help feeling disappointed.
My footsteps stepped on the soft sand, and the tiny sounds mixed with the layers of waves. A small boat was lying not far away.
"Do you want to go boating with me?" Gu Yifeng asked her, tapping his chin on the boat.
"Who would row a boat so late at night?" Wen Yi said this, but still followed him on the boat with a smile and rowed towards the other side of the sea.
The starry sky cascaded like a waterfall from overhead to the horizon. The surroundings grew increasingly quiet, with only their small boat remaining between the sea and the sky.
Wen Yi sat at the stern, holding her chin and watching his back as he rowed, feeling a bit surprised. She had always thought that Gu Yifeng was the type who was "good at literature but not martial arts", but in fact, he was not weak at all. His arms were strong, and he rowed fast and steadily. When he raised his hands, his shirt lifted up, revealing the tight lines of his waist and back.
She actually believed the sentence: "Moderate muscles and strong endurance..." Thinking of this, Wen Yi suddenly came to her senses and cursed herself for thinking too much, but she still couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked, turning around.
"nothing."
After rowing for an unknown amount of time, Gu Yifeng finally stopped paddling, turned around and met her eyes.
All was silent.
The sea breeze and starlight mingled with each other's clothes in her ears. She seemed to hear their heartbeats, one after another, like a small boat moving in the ambiguous rhythm of the waves, lingering and passionate.
"Lower your head." He said suddenly.
Wen Yi was startled and looked down at the sea.
"What are you looking at?"
Gu Yifeng's paddle blade lightly touched the water surface and quickly drew an arc.
Wow—the water ripples.
The inky sea surface suddenly lit up, as if billions of fireflies in the deep sea were awakened. Countless tiny points of light lit up one after another as the oars passed by, and then went out silently.
Like a shooting star passing by.
The starry sky under the sea, the Milky Way hangs upside down, flowing endlessly.
Wen Yi opened her eyes wide: "What... is this?"
She couldn't help but lean over to take a look.
The two sat facing each other on the side of the boat. When she leaned forward, the boat tilted slightly. She subconsciously reached out to hold onto the side of the boat, and her palm was covering the back of Gu Yifeng's hand that was supporting the side of the boat.
The night breeze was cool, but her skin felt warm. Wen Yi was about to withdraw her hand, but he grabbed it first. "The fluorescent sea is a cold light produced by plankton when they are disturbed. They are dark most of the time, and only when they are touched—" He squeezed her hand tightly, "does it light up."
Wen Yi, feeling playful, stretched out her hand and swiped it across the water, stirring up another stream of light. The water gurgled, and countless stars twinkled at her fingertips.
"Floating, born and dead, their lives are but a fleeting moment, yet they illuminate the ocean with their tiny glimmers, writing miracles with their lives. Our lives are also fleeting, yet they can be solidified into eternity through love."
Gu Yifeng held her tightly with one hand, and slowly reached into the water with the other hand, scooping up a handful of sea water filled with starlight.
The sea water flowed through the fingers, and finally, only a gleaming ring remained in the palm of his hand.
He moved the ring in front of her.
Wen Yi was stunned and looked up at him.
Gu Yifeng tilted his head slightly and whispered, "This sapphire is a gift from Fluorescent Sea. I'm going to use it to propose to you... Are you willing?"
She hadn't expected him to hand her future back over here, and she felt a sense of surprise and sweetness. The night was so dark that she couldn't see the ring clearly. Starlight fell on his profile, his expression dim and unclear.
This is his second time proposing.
The waves surged and the boat swayed from side to side, just like her wavering mood at the moment.
Her gaze returned to the sea. Perhaps the magnificent scenery before her soothed all her hesitation and anxiety, and her heart was filled with love and courage. As if it were her illusion, the boat, drifting and swaying, finally stopped.
Wen Yi smiled and asked tentatively, "Yuexi Mountain only recruits sons-in-law who marry into the family. Do you mind going back to the mountain with me?"
She wanted to liven up the atmosphere with a joke, but Gu Yifeng just smiled calmly:
"good."
Now it was her turn to choke. Was he... serious?
She touched her nose and said guiltily, "While I'm acting as the head of the family, I have to stay in Yuexi Mountain..."
"Okay." He agreed again straightforwardly.
"You stay on the mountain. I'll accompany you when I'm free." After a pause, he added, "But during the experiment... I still need your cooperation."
Without waiting for her to answer, he gently lifted her left hand and put the sapphire ring on her ring finger.
Wen Yi looked down at the ring. The dark blue gem made her look like a small piece of the sea on her hand.
Everything happened so fast that she was a little dazed, wondering if she had forgotten something important. But then she thought, since Gu Yifeng was already willing to marry into her family, what was there for her to worry about? She knew the road ahead would be difficult, but she was still willing to be with him, planting the seeds of love that would blossom and bear fruit in the future.
It was already late at night when we left the Fluorescent Sea. The next morning, the private plane landed at Yunhu Lake.
As soon as Wen Yi got out of the cabin, she received a call from Wen: "The wedding will be held tomorrow, you must not be absent, come back quickly!"
After hanging up the phone, she told Gu Yifeng: "Something happened at home, I have to go back immediately."
Gu Yifeng asked calmly, "So urgent?"
"Well, I have to go back."
Before he finished speaking, his phone rang: "Gu Bo, Chris just sent the 'Qingluan Mountain Ore Composition Analysis Report' and has placed it on your desk."
"knew."
He turned around and asked solemnly, "Yiyi, the ore report for Qingluan Mountain is in the office. Do you want to take a look at the results before leaving?"
An hour later, the two arrived at the institute.
His office desk was piled high with documents awaiting approval. He sat at it, flipping through the ore report. His eyes scanned the conclusions, his pupils shrinking slightly—but before he could close them, a slender hand reached out from behind and held down the page he was eager to turn.
Gu Yifeng didn't turn around immediately, but just stared silently at the sapphire ring on her ring finger.
Wen Yi, standing behind him, tapped the report lightly with her slender white fingertips and said coldly, "Explain why there is a comparison between the mineral and my gene sequence in the report?"
"Are you lying to me?"
He reached out to hold her hand, but Wen Yi suddenly took a step back.
He closed the report, turned to look at her, and explained in a low voice: "I didn't hide it from you on purpose, but I wanted to tell you everything after I figured out a solution."
Wen Yi sneered: "Don't make deception sound so sweet."
"I'll give you one chance. Now, explain everything clearly."
Gu Yifeng considered it carefully before speaking. "The XNA gene sequence in your body is not of Earth origin and is irreversible. The original quantum decoherence plan was unable to rewrite genes." He tapped the report. "The ore from Qingluan Mountain is actually meteorite fragments. Its organic molecules match the XNA sequence in your body with a 98.7% match."
He raised his eyes and said, "Yiyi, your genes come from a galaxy that we have never observed."
Wen Yi stood there, not speaking for a long time, with only a hint of fatigue on her face. At this moment, she had a new understanding of her own destiny.
Before leaving, she didn't show much emotion, she just took off the ring and placed it gently on the table.
"If that time really comes," she said, "I will live and die with my family and will never bring you any harm."
Gu Yifeng sat in the empty office until dark. The ring on the table glowed faintly, just like the fluorescent sea that day.
*
When Gu Yifeng caught up with Yuexi Mountain, it was already dusk the next day.
The lights are on, shining brightly.
Yuexi Mountain has changed from its former tranquility, and the whole mountain is immersed in joyful noise.
The main peak has changed its appearance. Along the way, there are beautiful glass lanterns and red silk, and red wedding characters are hung high.
He stopped someone at random and asked curiously, "What are you doing with all the lights and decorations?"
"A wedding!" The other person smiled brightly. "Thanks to the head of the family, it's being held so grandly. The Wen family hasn't had such a lively occasion in years."
He looked at Gu Yifeng and said enthusiastically, "Since you can come here, you must be a distinguished guest of Yuexi Mountain. Are you an invited guest? The auditorium is in the main courtyard. Please come this way."
Gu Yifeng lowered his eyes.
Maybe it was the wedding of another member of the Wen family and had nothing to do with her.
He thanked the kind-hearted passerby and asked, "Actually, I'm here to look for your master, Wen Yi. Where is she now?"
The other person waved his hand. "Oh, what a coincidence! The head of the family is not available to see you right now. She is putting on makeup and changing clothes. She will wear the Nine-Que Yuepo Huachang at the wedding ceremony today."
"Wedding ceremony? Yuepo Huashang?"
"That's right!" The man's eyes were filled with excitement. "The Yuepo Huachang is the Wen family's most elegant dress, passed down for hundreds of years. Only the head of the family can wear it on important occasions. It's embroidered with a nine-star constellation pattern in gold thread, and has jade buckles dangling colorful necklaces. It was specially used for the wedding ceremony today. It's magnificent, as if a goddess has descended! You're in for a treat, you must go and see it!"
Gu Yifeng's heart sank. He suppressed his emotions and asked again, "Wedding ceremony?! Your family head?!" He spoke with difficulty, "Wen Yi...who is she going to marry?"
The other party was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Master? You don't know? Her fiancé is Wen Chi. They have been childhood sweethearts and have been engaged for a long time. Of course she has to marry him."
"Wen Chi is in the auditorium. You can see him at the wedding ceremony."
Gu Yifeng stood there, his ears buzzing, unable to hear a single word. The words "childhood sweetheart" were like a sharp blade, piercing his heart.
The air grew dry, and his chest constricted. He felt absurd and angry.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind—Wen Chi? Engagement? Childhood sweetheart?
She had just agreed to his proposal in the fluorescent sea, and the next second, she was going to wear the most formal wedding dress and marry Wen Chi?
good.
Very good.
A passerby sensed the hostility surging from him and asked tentatively, "Which party are you from? Do you need me to take you to... the ceremony?"
"Watch the ceremony?" Gu Yifeng turned around slowly, without answering, and walked towards the auditorium with an arrogant look on his face.
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The author has something to say: Thank you to all the little angels who subscribed to my blog! [Come on][Come on] I was stuck yesterday, so I’ll update something bigger today.
The Fluorescent Sea is a place I’ve been to in real life. It’s really beautiful! [dog head holding a rose]
Finally, I have written my favorite part about the wedding robbery. Dr. Gu has a long road to propose marriage, so I have to keep working hard! [狗头]
Small Theater:
Wen Yi: You bastard, you lied to me! I'm going back to the mountains to be the king! [rolls eyes]
Gu Yifeng: Director, we're already robbing a wedding, so let's arrange some action scenes! This is my chance to prove my strength and power [shy]
Director: [Doghead][Doghead][Doghead] You have no chance of winning against a group of aliens.
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