After the award ceremony, Gu Qi and others returned to the capital.

With much effort, Gu Qi managed to complete the make-up exams for all subjects and successfully became a sophomore in the Department of Mechanical Engineers at the University of Science and Technology.

With the arrival of the new semester, good news also comes.

——Wen Yiyi finally woke up.

After chatting with Wen Yiyi for the first time, Gu Qi became close to her.

Not only because she has some extraordinary insights into mechanical manufacturing, but also because the two of them are like friends.

Wen Yiyi's personality is like the scorching sun, and she can unconsciously bring warmth to those around her.

Yuan Qingze and Yuan Zeyi were initially happy to see Wen Yiyi and Gu Qi become friends, but when the two began to discuss mechas day and night, they finally couldn't help it.

Yuan Qingze smiled and helped Wen Yiyi lie down, saying: "It's getting late, your body is still recovering, you should rest well."

Before she could answer, Yuan Zeyi grabbed Gu Qi's arm and said, "Qi Qi, it's really late now. We should go back and rest. We have things to do tomorrow."

Gu Qi was stunned and looked at him puzzledly: "What's going on tomorrow?"

Isn't tomorrow the weekend? She remembered that there was nothing to do.

Yuan Zeyi looked at her quietly without saying anything. Gu Qi's eyes turned and he suddenly remembered something. He said embarrassedly: "Ah, I remember now."

Principle 1: "What do you remember?"

"Well..." Gu Qi lowered his head shyly and said, "Well, tomorrow is the weekend."

Principle smiled and said, "It's nice of you to remember the weekend."

The two have been busy with various things since they confirmed their relationship, and now they finally have a free weekend.

Principle One decided to go on a date with Gu Qi.

——

The next day, Gu Qi and Yuan Zeyi met at the agreed time.

Before this, Gu Qi had never asked Principle One where he was going today.

Anyway, all she had to do was follow.

But the destination she arrived at was completely beyond her expectations.

She thought it might be an amusement park, a movie theater, or a military training ground, but she didn't expect that the place she was brought to was actually an orphanage.

And it was the one I stayed at for seven hours.

Gu Qi: "How do you know this place?"

She remembered that she had never told anyone about it.

Principle 1 took her hand and led her inside.

This orphanage covers a large area, enough to accommodate more than a thousand people, and there are many children playing inside.

Yuan Zhe Yi led Gu Qi in the yard and said softly, "This place has been funded and protected by the upper echelons of the Federation for many years. It can be regarded as the number one orphanage in the Federation now."

“The reason is the experiment that year.”

After stabilizing the federal regime from Lu Yuan, he finally began to deal with the mess left by his predecessor.

The first thing to be affected is the experiment.

Because the most F-level children were transferred from this orphanage, and in the end they all lost their lives because of the experiments.

In fact, there are many orphans born in the Federation every year due to various reasons.

After considering many aspects, Lu Yao finally decided to establish this orphanage as an official federal welfare home.

Not only is it to make up for the damage caused to the orphanage by the experiment, but it is also to provide orphans across the federation with a real big family.

Gu Qi glanced around the courtyard and playground in a daze. The place that seemed a bit shabby but warm had changed a lot and there was no trace of its past any more.

But now everything seems better than before.

Gu Qi looked at the carefree smiles of the children playing.

At least the days when everyone was in financial difficulty will no longer exist.

Gu Qi: "So, you never told me how you knew I was from here."

Principle stared at her without explaining, but took her to a closed chapel.

When we pushed the door open, we saw the church was full of people.

"What is this..." Gu Qi was puzzled.

Principle took her hand and said, "I'm bringing you to an important ceremony."

"Important ceremony?"

Principle nodded.

Gu Qi obediently followed him to the last row and sat down.

A series of melodious bells rang in the church, and when the bells stopped ringing, the ceremony officially began.

The host who was walking on the stage to pray looked old and haggard, with her hair already covered in gray, but one could still see the traces of time on her face.

Gu Qi looked at her and murmured, "This is... the dean's mother."

"Yes." Principle smiled.

"Dean Mom...it turns out that so much time has passed." She couldn't help but be moved.

Gu Qi looked at a photo hanging on the background wall behind the dean's mother. The photo showed a kind and gentle lady. She was wearing a blue and white dress and had a gentle smile on her face.

Behind her was a group of innocent and thin children.

Gu Qi saw himself in the middle.

Looking at the photo, she suddenly felt a lump in her throat.

The director's mother on the stage smiled and looked sideways at the photo on the background wall, her eyes slightly moist with a feeling of guilt and sadness.

"It's today again."

"I believe that some of you here already knew the purpose of this ceremony, but there are still some who just happened to come here. Then, according to custom, I will first tell you why this ceremony took place and what its purpose is."

After the dean's mother finished speaking, she bowed to the audience and then spoke:

“The photo shows me when I was young, and the children in the orphanage at that time.”

"Although the orphanage back then had limited funding and a relatively small space, and could accommodate less than one-tenth of the children today, my teachers and I did our best to take care of these lovely children."

"But, due to some accidents, none of the children in this photo survived."

The dean's mother choked up when she said this.

"This is all because of the orphanage's wrong decision-making. The entire orphanage cannot escape responsibility for the accident."

"We are all sinners, but these children are angels."

“Because of them, the orphanage is getting better and better, but we will never forget who donated this.”

At this point, the director’s mother said firmly: “No matter how many years the orphanage can exist, as long as it exists, every director in the future must not forget the sins we bear.”

"We must not forget that today is both a day of repentance and a day of thanksgiving."

"Now, everyone please stand up."

Gu Qi stood up silently with Yuan Zeyi. In the crowded church, the two of them did not stand out.

The director mother continued, “When the prayer music sounds, please let us pray silently in our hearts.”

"Don't forget that you are here on earth. Be grateful and thankful. The angels will always be with us."

"I wish these lovely and pitiful people to be reborn in a happy and perfect family in the next life, without abandonment and suffering."

When he opened his eyes, Gu Qi seemed to see the loving and relieved eyes of the dean's mother looking at him.

It seemed to be telling her: "It's great that you are still alive."

The emotions surging deep in his heart still left Gu Qi speechless for a long time even after they left the orphanage.

Principle One followed her quietly, waiting for her to digest her emotions.

After a while, Gu Qi looked at him with red eyes.

"When did you know?"

As a rule, I didn't know what she was asking specifically, so I just told her everything.

"We met each other a long time ago."

"It's not 1248 Star, it's on the Capital Star."

"The first time I saw you was the day you left the capital planet."

Principle told her about his acquaintance with Gu Yuan when they were children, including everything that happened between them that day.

Even the first moment they saw Gu Yuan at his home after growing up, they recognized each other.

After that, Principle One went to find Gu Yuan alone.

"As for the information about the orphanage, I found it myself after the experiment failed."

"Over the years, the director has been doing his best to run the orphanage, not only to atone for the sins, but also to keep a little hope."

"Hope there's at least one person alive."

As soon as Yuan Yi looked up at the sky, he knew that the dean recognized Gu Qi, but she chose not to reveal the news that Gu Qi had been here.

Because the fact that Gu Qi had undergone illegal experiments was still a secret in the federal government.

As for the experiment of the original letter of application, it only revealed the matter of Yuan Mo and Lin Xun to the outside world.

Although the experiments of that year were disclosed, the existence of Gu Qi was still concealed.

The goal of all of them is to protect Gu Qi and prevent her from getting hurt because of her dark childhood experiences.

I walked until I came to a big tree, and the branches were rustling in the warm spring breeze.

Principle didn't stop until this moment, turned around and looked at Gu Qi who had been silent the whole time.

He raised his hands and held her in his arms, gently pressing the back of her head and letting her lean on him.

Then he said, "Qiqi, you are not a weirdo."

"Everything you have now is earned by yourself."

"You will now experience as much joy as you have experienced."

Principle One's eyes were very gentle at this moment, looking towards the setting sun in the distance.

A warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Qiqi, how long you exist is how long I will stay with you."

"You will never be alone again in this life."

At this moment, Gu Qi's heart seemed to have fallen into a warm pot, with steam still coming out of the pot.

Warmth gradually spread to those bright eyes.

It was so warm that she couldn't help but close her eyes.

At this moment, she only had one sentence she wanted to say in response to Principle One.

"The same to you."

Just like the promise Principle 1 made to Gu Qi, Gu Qi not only did not lose a person in the second half of his life, but he also gained two little angels.

Just two years after graduation, Gu Qi and Yuan Zeyi welcomed a new member into their family.

——A pair of twin brothers.

My brother is a replica of Principle 1. He has been suffering from facial paralysis since he was a child.

She doesn't cry or make a fuss, and is extremely calm in everything she says and does.

Gu Qi had often wondered if his eldest son had lost his mind.

Although Gu Yuan's multiple examinations proved that she was just overthinking.

The younger son was a naughty and crying child.

That mischievous kid could easily overthrow the entire current federal leadership team.

He can climb onto the head of the current head of state, Lu Zhifeng, or grab a pretty girl on the street and hold her legs tightly.

Acting coquettishly, cutely and naughtily are commonly used tricks.

Gu Qi had no way to deal with him, and the principle was that he was too lazy to care.

He doesn't even have enough time to spend with Gu Qi every day, let alone take care of the children.

So he let go and handed his younger son over to his older son, who was the same age as him but looked particularly mature and sensible.

Therefore, the little devil who is not afraid of the sky, the earth, the mother or the father originally felt that the only thing he was afraid of was his brother.

Every time he misbehaved, his brother would stare at him expressionlessly until he peed his pants. This kid felt very aggrieved.

He felt that it must be a natural suppression of his birth time.

So finally one day, the original child rebelled.

He put his hands on his hips in a serious manner and said to his expressionless brother, "You, don't think that just because everyone says you are the older brother, you are the older brother. There must have been a mistake in the time of birth. I was clearly the first one to come out, but the nurse was so stupid that she recognized the wrong person!"

In order to show how powerful he is, he felt that the power of words alone could not defeat his authoritative brother, so he pushed him with his chubby hands, but failed.

He glanced at Yuan Shuishui with his little eyes, then withdrew his hand with a bit of grievance and put it behind his back.

She continued in a baby voice, "From today on, your name will be Jue Jue, and mine will be Shui Shui!"

Yuan Shuishui had been listening to his neurotic brother's nonsense with a paralyzed face, but his mind had actually drifted away thousands of miles away.

He was thinking about what lessons he should take tomorrow to make the present day less boring.

So when Yuan Juejue started crying and ran to complain, he didn't know what was going on.

It turned out that he had been acting for a long time, but in the end, no one responded. He had never been ignored like this before. The little boy cried and clung to the legs of Gu Qi who was walking over.

"Woo woo woo woo~ Mom, Shui Shui bullies me!"

Gu Qi glanced at Shui Shui, who had an expressionless but round look on her face and had been staring at her innocently, then lowered his head to look at Jue Jue, who was sitting on her slippers and crying her heart out. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Here I come again. I don’t know what’s wrong with me recently?

I feel like I'm starting to stop talking to reason with her.

There was no other way, Gu Qi had to hold Jue Jue and start coaxing her.

"What's wrong? How did your brother bully you?"

Jue Jue wiped her tears and snot on Gu Qi's clothes, rubbed her wet eyes and said:

"He...he...is not respectful at all!"

Gu Qi: ...What the hell is Brother Gong?

However, she couldn't complain out loud, so she could only respond: "What did my brother do to us to make us feel sad?"

Yuan Juejue twirled his two fingers, lowered his head and said, "My brother doesn't want to be my brother anymore, he wants to be my younger brother!"

Gu Qi: !!! ...

Then he looked at the little boy Yuan who was already sitting on the sofa next to Yuan Ze with a look of surprise.

When Yuan Shuishui heard these confusing words, he secretly rolled his eyes in his heart.

The short legs dangling in the air as he sat on the sofa swayed, and he turned his head seriously to look at Principle One who was watching the show with a smile.

"dad."

Yuanze turned his head and looked over, raising his eyebrows: "Hmm? What do you want to say?"

The original sleeper had a face that looked exactly like the one the original one had an hour ago, and said seriously, "Can you put your consciousness back and give birth again?"

Gu Qi: ...Wait, where should I put it back?

When Yuanze heard this, he burst out laughing. He never expected that such nonsensical words would come from Shuishui's mouth.

But he asked in amusement: "Why?"

Shuishui seemed to have thought about it very seriously and said, "I think something went wrong when he was born. He didn't go through the correct procedures, so he is naughty like this now."

"Once he goes through the procedure again, he should be able to understand things!"

"Yeah!" After saying that, he nodded seriously.

This reason made Principle One unable to help but laugh. Gu Qi came over and threw Jue Jue to Principle One, then he went forward and ruffled Shui Shui's well-groomed hair.

After she had vented enough, the sleepy little girl began to doubt her life.

He murmured to himself, "Could it be that even my mother didn't follow the correct procedures?"

In this way, the two brothers who had abnormal original sleep began their abnormal growth path.