Chapter 90 Chapter 90
Lin Han never took his eyes off it.
There are more than one meteorite stored in the Galaxy Exhibition Hall. Just now, when he passed by other floors, he saw several stones of different types and meanings, but he just glanced past them without stopping.
But now this piece - Lin Han had a strong intuition in his heart, and some voice was telling him that it was different.
The universe is so big and the Milky Way is so vast, but they come from the same star.
It might have lost its way at some point and finally crashed at He Yunting's feet.
Could it really be that He Yunting saved it? Lin Han thought.
His idea at the time might have been simple, or he might have wanted to give it to himself after the mission was completed.
But something must have happened later that prevented him from sending it away. He had no way of knowing, if the thing in front of him was really kept by He Yunting, what kind of emotions he had when he put it in.
He knows nothing.
But it's okay, it's okay.
Lin Han couldn't help but clench his fingers.
I received it after all.
Lin Han then realized that he had unconsciously tensed his body because of nervousness. He smiled again, trying to make his voice sound normal, and said to the young volunteer who was about to leave: "Please wait a moment."
"This stone," he saw the other party turned around and asked anxiously, "Do you know anything about it?"
Why does it exist here?
Does it have any special meaning? What does it represent? Is it... really related to me?
When he thought of this, Lin Han felt that his innate calmness had been stripped away completely when it came to matters related to He Yunting.
The volunteer was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Lin Han meant, but still answered: "This? This item does not reveal the client, nor does it explain the purpose of storing it here. I am just a college student who took the time to come here. If you have further questions, you can also ask the staff directly - but as far as I know, in order to avoid mistakes when taking things like this without any labels, the requirements will be higher, such as needing something that symbolizes an exclusive identity."
Perhaps seeing Lin Han's obvious disappointment, the other party paused and said, "But I have a connection with this stone. It happened to be stored here when I first came here as a volunteer."
"So...it's actually been three years."
"I understand." After hearing the last sentence, Lin Han finally showed a relieved expression and bowed to him: "Thank you."
“But the things that can be stored on this floor,” the volunteer was puzzled as to why Lin Han suddenly thanked him, “are mostly not simple things. Either the identity of the person storing them is not simple, or the items themselves are not simple.”
He didn't know Lin Han's identity, so he just said to him, "For example, look at this stone. It looks like it's only separated by a glass door with a password, but if it's not taken out by the museum staff, and it's taken out of the box without authorization, the alarm will be triggered instantly."
Lin Han nodded, not knowing how much he had heard. He looked up and smiled at the person in front of him: "I see."
At this time, the staff member who managed this floor, wearing the exhibition hall uniform, came over and greeted the young man in front of him: "Your classmate told me that he is going back. He will meet you on the first floor in ten minutes. Just tell me if you have anything to say."
This staff member looked much older than the volunteer. The title badge on his chest showed that he was a manager on this level. However, he looked very kind and was whispering to the other party about some work matters.
While thanking him, the volunteer couldn't help but look back at Gululu, who was lying limply on Lin Han's shoulder, because he really liked the little furry ball on Lin Han's shoulder.
A strange idea suddenly occurred to Lin Han.
When this idea first came up, Lin Han wondered for a moment how dare he become so bold, but no matter what, he couldn't suppress this idea.
He stared at the stone in the glass case, thoughts racing through his mind.
The meteorite that He Yunting gave him before had a very unique texture. It was not as hard as ordinary stones, so its edges were not sharp and it felt different when he touched it.
The only thing in Lin Han's field of vision was the glass window in front of him. If he could touch it and confirm the feel, he would be able to come to a conclusion that would no longer waver.
If he did as the volunteer said, he would not need to pick up the stone, he could just reach out and touch it, and the alarm would not be triggered.
He began to glance around casually.
Not many people visit this floor, not to mention that a plain-looking meteorite really cannot arouse people's interest or attention.
If I could ask for the password...
Lin Han felt like he was going crazy.
He patted the little ball on his shoulder gently and said softly, "Can you do me a favor?"
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When Lin Han walked over, the volunteer had just finished handing over to the staff on this floor and turned to leave.
Gululu seemed to be in much higher spirits than before, very eye-catching. At this moment, he was holding Lin Han's neck and shaking back and forth, making slight squeaking sounds from his mouth from time to time.
"Is this your pet? It's very cute." It was obvious that the uniformed staff member was also interested in this little guy and spoke to Lin Han.
Lin Han nodded, his expression full of apology: "It's like this, it was too excited just now, and accidentally fell from its shoulder and hit the glass password cabinet in front of it. I'm really sorry, or do you want to see if the glass cabinet is damaged?"
During the conversation, Gululu seemed to fit the description of "active" as he said at the moment. He jumped off him and rubbed against the staff without any fear.
"It's okay, don't worry." The other party's tone was full of confidence. "These glass cabinets are special. It is impossible to open them without entering the correct password. And they are not ordinary glass. They are very hard. What you should worry about is whether your pet is injured."
Hearing this, Lin Han rubbed Gululu's furry head with his hand and said softly, "Is it hurt?"
Gululu seemed unwilling to pay attention to him. Instead, he showed great interest in the strange staff member in front of him whom he met for the first time.
"I don't think he was injured." Lin Han said, his tone revealing a hint of helplessness, "But he was hurt by the collision, and it seemed like he was angry with me."
After a moment, he looked up, extended his hand sincerely, and smiled as he placed it on the other person's hand: "If there is any problem with the glass combination cabinet because of it, please let me know. By the way, do you have a pet room here?"
[This gentleman is very polite.] How could the password cabinet be broken into by such a little guy? 】
[What's more, the password for this floor is much more complicated than several floors below...]
After this statement, it seemed to be an occupational disease of the staff. The other party went through a long string of characters in his mind. Lin Han concentrated and wrote them down one by one in his mind.
"Yes, I'll take you there." said the staff member.
Lin Han nodded and smiled faintly, saying "Okay". Just as he was about to go together, he found that the little ball on the staff member's body had its hair standing up, as if it really didn't want him to get close.
"Sorry." Lin Han took his hand back, still repeating the words in his heart, but the words he said were irrelevant. "It's still angry with me. Can you please take it over? I'll be there soon."
The staff member didn't expect that this little creature would be so attached to him when they met for the first time. He felt a little pity for it and agreed, "Okay. The pet room is at the corner at the right end. It's very close. You can find it as soon as you turn around."
Lin Han did not move forward.
Gululu was still lying on the other person with great interest, shouting something happily. The other person couldn't help laughing because of it, and for a moment his attention was all on this little guy.
The moment the other person turned around, the smile on Lin Han's face disappeared instantly. He quickly walked back to the glass cabinet, found the light screen of the password box, and smoothly entered the complex and lengthy string of characters one by one.
The location of this meteorite is too remote. Unless you trigger the alarm device, basically no one will pay special attention to this corner. Lin Han leaned sideways to block his hand as he was typing the password, so that he looked like a man standing in a daze in front of the glass window.
“Ka——”
A soft sound.
The layer of special glass that was said to be extremely hard opened in front of Lin Han.
Lin Han's hand was very steady when he entered the password just now, but when he stretched it out again now, it was shaking a little.
Just touch it, just touch it...
He was so nervous that his throat began to feel dry, and the next second, he covered it with his hand.
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Three minutes later, Lin Han found the pet room that the other party had mentioned.
Gululu was not "angry" this time. He jumped up very actively and rubbed against Lin Han's palm.
"Okay, now that you're here, I'll continue doing my job." The staff member smiled and was about to stand up when he noticed that Lin Han's face was a little pale. He asked with concern, "Sir, are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Han moved his lips, his expression a little stiff: "...No."
The other party thought for a moment and said, "Then shall I pour you a glass of water to calm you down?"
“No need.” Lin Han’s eyes were not focused on any specific point. He seemed to be in a daze, or absent-minded. The color on his lips seemed to have faded a little, but he still shook his head politely, “I… I’ll go back first.”
After saying this, he didn't look at the other person again. He retreated to the elevator step by step and left without looking back.
The staff thought this gentleman was a little strange, as he was fine just now.
But he didn't think much about it and returned to the hall on this floor to continue his work.
Everything was the same as when I first arrived, and all the exhibits were neatly displayed in glass cabinets.
Including that unremarkable stone.
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When Lin Han went back, He Yunting had not returned yet.
Gululu felt that his acting skills today were excellent, almost comparable to those on TV. Now he was smugly picking up a piece of food, chewing it happily while turning on his favorite melodramatic tragedy.
Lin Han sat on the bed, unable to recover for a long time.
He looked down at his hands.
The meteorite was indeed exactly the same as the one He Yunting gave him. It was completely certain that they came from the same planet.
But that’s not the point.
The volunteer was right.
Anything that can be placed on this floor is not a simple item.
When Lin Han was working, he had heard that when some meteorites fall into the M galaxy, they will generate huge amounts of energy at the moment of falling. Some of them will quickly dissipate after coming into contact with the atmosphere, but some can remain in the rocks for a long time, and after being properly processed, they can even be reused.
One of them is the energy that has been sealed in meteorites for a long time. The person who discovered it named it "Cosmic Source Crystal".
But he didn't expect that it was actually possible to store some things in the meteorite through the cosmic source crystal inside.
He had never expected that there might be a lot of source crystals left in the meteorite, or that there were too many things stored inside. The moment he put his hand on it, he could almost hear and see the "voice" of the meteorite as if he had read its mind.
These are the memories that He Yunting had lost for a long time, and they are only related to himself.
Although the time was too short, Lin Han was not able to hear or see everything.
When he saw He Yunting at that time, his expression was not so cold yet, and his eyes and eyebrows still showed the vigor and vitality unique to that age.
He saw the young man at that time wearing a Mecha Academy uniform, standing in the early morning sun and taking the oath like everyone else.
But when he turned his head, his eyes never left the thin boy bathed in the warm morning light.
Lin Han almost forgot what he looked like when he first entered school.
Did they meet each other so early?
He saw the man, who could almost be described as dull emotionally, always leaning on his mecha after arduous training, and then carefully and thief-like turning on the light screen, on which was the speech he had given when he first entered school.
He saw that the other party didn't even know how to create an encounter on purpose, and could only wait miserably for an encounter - but when they really met, he had to take the initiative to pretend to be indifferent and ignore it.
He saw several classmates who had made things difficult for him in college. The next day after they despised his background and mocked him for coming from a working class area, they were somehow found by them and had to cower and apologize to the man in front of them with cold eyes.
He saw that he wanted to pay attention to him, but didn't dare to get too close.
There are fewer scenes later.
I continued my studies while the other joined the army.
He saw that the man no longer had a lot of time and could only occasionally find himself in college reports or news. Sometimes he would stare at the content for a long time in a daze, and sometimes he would purse his lips and say to the lively young adjutant next to him, "You think too much."
He saw him being promoted and crowned with honors all the way, and having outstanding military exploits, but every time he passed through the Central Park in triumph, he would look for him one by one in the cheering crowd through the mecha, with a faint hope that he could see his own figure.
Later, when he entered the research institute, he saw that the other party would always take advantage of the half-day off at the base to fly the aircraft to a place not too far away, and would not get off. He would just stay there quietly for a while and then leave on his own.
He saw that the other party was finally persuaded by his adjutant and asked, "Then if you want to meet Mr. Lin, what should you do for the first time?"
He saw him coming back from the battle covered in blood, with a not-so-good-looking meteorite in his pocket.
He saw that He Yunting's hair was messy and he was leaning against the cockpit to calm his breathing.
Even though his combat uniform was stained with sweat and blood, his face was still handsome.
He saw the man open his eyes again, but in his hand he was stroking the unremarkable "gift" he had prepared for the first time.
He saw the El Iniho Nebula appear for the first time in the border area, and saw the purple tulips in the courtyard bloom and fade with the changing seasons.
He saw that he had truly loved him silently for so many years with silent tenderness.
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