"But the Mars mission just ended..."
"Mars is just the first step." She finally raised her eyes, her clear pupils reflecting the blue light of the screen. "The next step is somewhere further."
This is Ye Ju’s daily life.
A charming woman who single-handedly opened the interstellar age for mankind.
This is Yeju.
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Ye Ju returned to the dormitory from the command center. As soon as he opened the door, the lights in the room were soft and a rich fragrance was floating in the air.
A woman was reclining on the fabric sofa in Ye Ju's dormitory, her long wavy maroon hair casually scattered over her shoulders.
Her long legs were crossed, and the pair of luxurious nude high heels on her feet were hanging on her toes, about to fall off. The tight black knitted dress outlined her graceful curves, and the dolphin necklace at her neckline sparkled brightly under the light. Her fingers painted with rose-colored nail polish were playing with the space model that Ye Ju had placed on the coffee table. Her red lips were slightly pursed, revealing the unique style and charm of a mature woman.
It’s Jian Shui’er, the mature Jian Shui’er.
Ye Ju put down her bag expressionlessly: "How long will you stay here?"
Jian Shui'er raised her rosy red lips slightly, and her fingertips twirled around the ends of her hair: "The day you married Lin An."
Ye Ju sighed, took off his uniform jacket and hung it up: "Lin An and I are no longer possible."
"Why?"
"I've told you the reason." Ye Ju's voice was very calm. "I'm not a girl who only cares about love. I admit that love is indeed very attractive to me, but I have already had the experience of love and I already know the specific meaning of love. What I care more about now is the depth of the universe. Are there aliens? What's inside black holes? Where is the end of the universe? What is the origin of the universe? Love that has already been experienced is not as attractive to me as the mysteries of the universe."
Jian Shui'er leaned forward. "Have you truly mastered love, the most wonderful human emotion? You've certainly experienced the thrill of passionate love, but do you know what it's like to smile at each other ten years later? You've experienced reconciliation after a quarrel, but have you ever experienced the touching feeling of raising a life together?"
"These are simply the continuation of biological instincts," Ye Ju said. "Dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin... I've simulated the combined reactions of these chemicals countless times in the lab."
Jian Shui'er suddenly laughed out loud: "So you think that the chemical reagents you mix in the laboratory are equivalent to the real feeling of walking hand in hand in the sunset?"
She stood up, her skirt swaying slightly. "Just as you can never feel the true temperature of the Martian wind on a datapad, you can never replicate the full meaning of true love in a laboratory."
Ye Ju frowned slightly. "Emotional experience can be quantified. According to my research, during my time with Lin An, my happiness index peaked in the third month, and then continued to decline. The satisfaction curve brought by exploring the unknown..."
"Stop!" Jian Shui'er interrupted her: "You are studying emotions the same way you study rockets."
She walked up to Ye Ju and looked directly into her eyes. "Tell me, when you first saw the panoramic photo of Mars, that shocking feeling, can it be fully described with data?"
Ye Ju was silent for a moment: "No."
"Then why do you think love, a more complex and subtle emotion, can be summarized by a few simple statistics?" Jian Shui'er's voice suddenly softened. "Perhaps you've only tasted the appetizer of love and thought you've eaten the whole feast. A complete love isn't just the sweetness of passionate love. It's also the helplessness of being woken by a child's laughter in the morning, the hand clasped tightly by a hospital bed late at night, the laughter that persists at the same joke after twenty years, the attentiveness of him remembering your dislike for vanilla even when he's old, and the hand in hand of two people at sunset, which is a companionship through life, old age, sickness, and death."
Ye Ju was silent for a long time before saying, "Jian Shui'er, you actually left me speechless. You've grown a lot."
Jian Shuier sighed deeply: "After going through so much, it's useless not to grow. But standing there and regretting is still not my style. Not giving up on the things that I value is still my creed. I still like Lin An."
"Really? But a little..." Ye Ju looked at the starry sky outside the window and smiled gently: "The feast of the universe is far richer to me than love. Jian Shui'er, how about exploring the universe with me? Love will betray you, but the universe will not."
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Jian Shui'er was furious: "Why are you so stubborn!"
"You're also very stubborn. You've lived here with me for four years. How long will you stay?"
"Stay here until you marry Lin An."
"I was wrong." Ye Ju's lips curled up slightly, and her voice was filled with a hint of nostalgia: "You haven't grown up at all, you are still the willful Jian Shui'er of 18 years old."
"Whatever you say, if I don't marry Lin An, I won't go back and will live in your dormitory for the rest of my life. Anyway, you have harmed me so many times, you can't drive me away." Jian Shuier was determined to act like a rogue.
This is Jian Shuier's daily life. She pesters Ye Ju to marry Lin An. Jian Shuier has always been willful and unchanging.
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