Even Minister Xu Chang, who lives on the small ranch, felt the passionate and hard-working atmosphere of Taoyang.
Tang Huan and her daughter went to Taoli Building to attend a meeting and came back. Every day they got up an hour earlier than usual just to feed the chickens and ducks.
During this period of time, Xu Chang has gained a thorough understanding of Taoyang inside and out.
There is no doubt about the strength, especially the infrastructure, there is nothing wrong with it. Even if people from the Changjing Urban Construction Bureau come, they cannot say it is not good in good conscience.
The only shortcoming is the armed forces.
As far as he knew, Taoyang only had one security department that could barely fulfill this role, but if it was just applying to be a gathering place, it could still meet the qualification standards.
Xu Chang decided to apply for gathering place qualification for Taoyang when he returned to Beijing this time.
With the status of a gathering place, it is considered to have been officially recognized, and can not only receive some official support, such as the supply of talents, sharing of scientific research results, and subsidies for weapons and supplies.
They can also get protection, just like when He Kang got into trouble, Chang Jing would immediately send troops to rescue him after getting the news.
In addition, if other bases want to rob or encroach on Taoyang, Changjing will also take action to stop them and warn the troublemaking base that they will be suppressed by force if they commit the same offense again.
Of course, the importance and attention Changjing pays to gathering places and bases of different levels are different, and the support and help provided are also different.
This is also the reason why the northern and southern forces are trying their best to please him, a small minister.
Xu Chang found Su Tao and told her that he was going to say goodbye and return to Changjing.
Su Tao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "What about Alice?"
Although she knew in her heart that Alice would definitely go back to Changjing's home with Minister Xu, she still felt reluctant.
Such a beautiful and lovely girl, now that she leaves Taoyang, I don’t know when I will see her again.
Xu Chang noticed her loss and patted her head affectionately:
"I'll bring He He back to Taoyang often in the future. Or, if you have time, come to Changjing to play around and stay for a while. I'll personally entertain you, okay?"
Su Tao nodded: "I'll go after I'm done with this busy period."
"By the way, before I leave, prepare the materials for Taoyang to apply to become a gathering place in the next two days."
Su Tao was stunned and said honestly: "Taoyang doesn't meet the requirements yet. We have been established for less than a year. The minimum requirement for a gathering place is a one-year history of establishment."
Xu Chang laughed heartily. "The time limit isn't particularly strict. Basically, as long as the other conditions are met and the time is at least half a year, it'll be fine. Besides, my reputation is still worth a bit of respect. If I apply for the recommendation, it shouldn't be a problem."
Su Tao was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.
But after calming down for a while, he couldn't help but say:
"Minister Xu, please don't make an exception for Alice, no, He He's matter. I took He He in without any ulterior motives or asking for anything in return. Now I don't want to trouble you or bring you any negative influence. It's just a matter of waiting for another half a year. Taoyang can wait."
Xu Chang was stunned.
He didn't expect that he would be rejected the first time he helped someone "through the back door".
So many people wanted to get in through the real backdoor or side door from him, but only Su Tao considered his reputation and future.
He was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and was filled with emotion:
"You are such a pure-hearted girl, but this matter really has no impact on me. I am not deliberately looking after Taoyang because of He He. Taoyang is strong enough, otherwise I would never recommend him to Chang Jing."
Su Tao scratched her head awkwardly, feeling that she was being too sentimental.
However, she was thick-skinned and the embarrassment came and went quickly. She even asked Minister Xu to help her keep an eye out for various scientific research instruments that Taoyang wanted to buy when he returned to Changjing.
Minister Xu readily agreed.
Unexpectedly, two days later, on the day of farewell, something went wrong.
Alice was wearing a pretty little dress and had two ponytails. She smiled and waved goodbye to Minister Xu.
Minister Xu tried to communicate with her: "He He, come home with Daddy, okay? Come on, give Daddy your hand, and be obedient."
Alice didn't understand and just kept waving, just like every morning four years ago, she watched her father go to work and waited obediently at home for him to come back.
She didn't understand why her father never went to work today and kept holding her hand.
Minister Xu hardened his heart, picked her up and prepared to put her in the car, but at this moment Alice suddenly screamed and waved her arms and legs in the air.
She didn't want to go out. She was afraid of the outside world because there were bad people there.
She screamed and cried, then began to go crazy, breaking free from Xu Chang's arms and flailing around like a headless fly.
People and objects close to her will expand and enlarge in a short period of time.
The street lights and trash cans on the roadside, the stones and grass in the green belts, all seemed to be inflated and slowly floated into the sky.
Su Tao was not spared. She watched her head and Zhuang Wan's head next to her inflate and grow bigger.
Even some objects, like the house in the distance, begin to look like a mosaic.
The scene was both eerie and terrifying, and seemed like a dream.
Xu Chang realized that his daughter was ill, so he immediately ran over, knocked her down, hugged her tightly in his arms, and sang a nursery rhyme.
He didn't sing very well, and the low tone unique to men made the nursery rhyme seem less gentle.
But surprisingly, as the singing slowly spread in the air, Alice's screams stopped and the expanding objects around her gradually recovered.
Su Tao touched her normal-sized head and breathed a long sigh of relief.
No one dared to say a word, and they just stood there staring at the father and daughter.
Because of this sudden accident, Xu Chang was unable to leave that day and was forced to stay and temporarily comfort his daughter.
After Su Tao finished a meeting with engineers from Dongyang in the evening, she went to see Minister Xu without going home.
"Uncle Xu, how is He He now?"
Minister Xu sighed: "Just fell asleep."
He waved to Su Tao, and the two went downstairs and sat on a bench by the roadside.
Xu Chang said slowly:
"Although He He had intellectual disabilities as a child, she wouldn't scream, go crazy, or cause chaos like she does now. She fell ill one year, and it was later diagnosed as a mental illness called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome."
Su Tao opened her eyes wide. What kind of disease is this?
Is there any disease with this name?
Minister Xu looked somewhat pained:
"This disease severely affects her visual perception. The doctor said that when she looks at something for a long time, the object itself will become distorted, suddenly becoming larger or smaller. Sometimes she will feel a mosaic-like feeling in front of her eyes, or a sense of distortion of time and space, or other messy things that shouldn't be there."
"Later, she mysteriously awakened a supernatural power, which turned her psychotic hallucinations into reality."
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