Lu Yuan's teasing made Chen Bin, who was usually mature and composed, blush even more and kept avoiding eye contact.
Lu Yuan nudged the other person with his shoulder and said, "Tell me! Do you have a lover?"
After fidgeting for a while, Chen Bin finally whispered, "President Lu, don't talk nonsense. There's no lover at all! It's just... just a pen pal! This reminds me of my childhood! Back then, there were no telephones, and communication was all done by writing letters. So I always heard my dad say that he and my mom met through pen pals when they were young. At the time, I didn't think much of it, but now I think it's quite interesting. There's always been a sense of mystery about it, which is why I felt comfortable meeting her last time!"
"Hooray! Meeting in real life after communicating online! That's great, Lao Chen. You're coming with me this time! Look how eager you are!"
Upon hearing that Lu Yuan had agreed to take him along, Chen Bin's face immediately lit up with excitement.
The next morning, Lu Yuan was woken up by Chen Bin. He was somewhat dissatisfied as he put on his clothes and checked the time; it was only a little past four in the morning.
"Mr. Lu, it's getting late, let's go!"
"Damn! Chen Bin, you're in such a hurry! It's only a little past four! You haven't even started work yet! You're pushing yourself too hard!"
"Hehe! I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night!"
Looking at the older man's second spring in front of him, Lu Yuan could only sigh. Men and women who are caught in the quagmire of love have negative IQs. Sure enough, this older man is the same. It has nothing to do with age.
So after Lu Yuan finished packing, Chen Bin couldn't wait to pull Lu Yuan up the mountain.
Although the mountain road is not yet fully repaired, it is not far off. The end of the road is about a kilometer away on the opposite side of the mountain. Some road repair tools are placed by the roadside. In order to better facilitate the road construction, Lu Yuan specially had some thick tents given to the road construction workers. There are tents on both sides of the road.
It was already past seven in the morning, and some people had already gotten up and started repairing the road. Lu Yuan greeted everyone and then led Chen Bin down the mountain.
Standing at an altitude of over 300 meters, one can clearly see rows of neat houses. Lu Yuan last returned two months ago, and he had been staying at the new base for those two months. Seeing these houses upon his return, Lu Yuan felt a surge of excitement.
The path down the mountain was not easy, but both of them were carrying their own thoughts, and they couldn't help but quicken their pace.
Back at the camp, the two parted ways at the entrance. Lu Yuan strode into the camp, where some people had already begun to get busy. Most of the camp area had fallen into the rift valley, but it was still quite large.
Lu Yuan's house was located in the middle. When Chen Bin and the others built this place, it was to repay Lu Yuan's kindness, so they built his house to be the tallest, making it the only four-story building in the entire camp.
Standing in front of the door, Lu Yuan took a deep breath and gently knocked on the door. His mother's voice immediately came from inside.
"Coming! Coming! Stop knocking!"
With a creak, the door opened, and Lu's mother, wearing a gray woolen coat and a red apron, appeared to be making breakfast. She froze when she saw Lu Yuan standing in front of the door.
A few seconds later, Lu's mother felt her eyes getting wet and immediately went forward to give Lu Yuan a big hug.
Lu Yuan also hugged his mother tightly, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. His role had finally changed from the savior whom everyone called him to a big boy.
"Xiao Yuan, why didn't you tell me you were coming? You've lost weight in the two months I haven't seen you!"
Lu's mother looked Lu Yuan up and down, seemingly unable to get enough of looking at him. When she saw the wound on Lu Yuan's cheek, she felt a pang of heartache and gently rubbed it with her hand.
"Haha! Mom, you're talking nonsense again. I've gained weight now, I haven't lost any weight at all!"
Lu Yuan was right. He did have a dimensional space. Whenever Lu Yuan was busy at night, he would always treat himself to a special meal, such as a stew of pork belly or braised pork ribs. Sometimes he would even cook a special meal for a few of his closer subordinates.
During this period, Lu Yuan did not lose weight; on the contrary, he gained a lot of weight. However, in his parents' eyes, it always seemed that their child who had been away from home for a while had lost weight, which seemed to be a common problem for all parents.
Immediately afterwards, Lu's father and Xiaoshan's father, who were about to go to work, came out for a smoke. When they saw Lu Yuan, they couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. After all, everyone in the entire camp regarded Lu Yuan as a god-like figure. If it weren't for him, it would be a question whether these people would have survived until now.
Many families kept inquiring about Lu Yuan's marital status. When this happened, Xiao Shan's father would always proudly say, "My son-in-law is Lu Yuan, so you shouldn't even think about it!"
Then I saw Xiaoshan's mother, grandfather and grandmother, but I didn't see Xiaoshan.
"Why isn't Xiaoshan home? Did she go to work so early?" Lu Yuan looked around for a long time but couldn't find Xiaoshan, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange.
With a pained expression, Lu's mother said, "I don't know what's wrong with this girl. She's become obsessed with biological research lately and spends all her time in the lab. She didn't come back until after nine o'clock last night. She ate some food and then left again, saying she had an important experiment to do. She hasn't come back yet!"
Lu Yuan was quite surprised to hear this. When did his girlfriend become like this? She seemed like a terrible student! When did she suddenly become interested in biological research? Is this some kind of mysterious situation?
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