Feng Yuanzheng smiled, but because of his thin face, Ye Zhiqiu actually thought the smile was quite ugly!
It's just that his smile seemed to come from the heart, and it wasn't so ugly that it made people want to slap him in the face.
"I planned everything and wanted to arrange a good path for you, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to hold on any longer..."
Ye Zhiqiu's heart skipped a beat, and he had a vague bad feeling.
"I work in the materials science field, and I spend all day working with all kinds of metals and chemicals. Last year, I received a letter from your Aunt Chen, and I was very happy.
But I fainted at that time, and when I woke up, the doctor told me that I didn't have much time left. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm also extremely afraid of it!
I still have a lot of experiments to complete! Do you know about missiles and atomic bombs? I’m researching the materials for these things, but now it seems I can’t see them being created…”
Ye Zhiqiu frowned and asked softly, "Is it really incurable?"
Feng Yuanzheng sneered and replied, "The best doctors in the country, both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine, have all determined that I won't live more than three years! No, the last time they did it was in May, and they said I wouldn't live more than a year."
Ye Zhiqiu didn't know what to say. He never thought that his first meeting with Feng Yuanzheng would turn out like this!
His eyes dimmed, and he suddenly felt a little contempt for himself. The dislike and hatred he had felt at the beginning was a bit shameful!
"Actually, I'm quite open-minded. I originally wanted to keep you by my side and teach you well for a year. At least I could let you learn something, get a good job, and take good care of them.
It was also because of my health that the organization approved your application. Of course, they also knew my selfish motives. But who knew that my body wouldn't hold up and wouldn't be able to hold on!
So Xiaoye, I want to say sorry to you. I don’t have much time left and I can’t be by your side to teach you.
I need to hurry up and verify more alloy formulas, hoping to contribute a little more to our country. You've really just been enlisting for two years to train.
I feel the deepest regret for my wife and daughter in my life, and now I feel the greatest regret for you, my future son-in-law. I hope you don't hate me."
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Feng Yuanzheng in surprise. He thought Feng Yuanzheng disliked him because his relationship with Feng Xiaomei had grown too close so quickly. He also wondered if every father-in-law would dislike a son-in-law who was not a good-for-nothing, and that was why they sent him to the army!
But he never thought that Feng Yuanzheng wanted to arrange for him to study with him, and hoped that he would have a good job to take care of Feng Xiaomei and her daughter!
He asked with a complicated look in his eyes, "Uncle Feng, why make it so complicated? Can't you just ask them to transfer me to where you work?"
Feng Yuanzheng smiled, then shook his head and said, "No ordinary person can get into the unit I'm in. You either have to be a college student or be transferred from the army! At least if you don't have more than a year of military experience, you can't... cough cough cough..."
Before he could finish his words, he started coughing violently again. The coughing sound was very scary, as if he was going to cough out his lungs!
Ye Zhiqiu hurriedly went to support Feng Yuanzheng and patted his back to help him calm down.
After Feng Yuanzheng finished coughing, he waved his hand to signal that it was not necessary to bother. He sighed and said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Promise me that you will treat my daughter well in the future and never let her suffer any grievances!"
Ye Zhiqiu said sincerely, "Uncle Feng, I swear, if I ever bully Feng Xiaomei in this life, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
"Although I don't believe in swearing, there's no other way. I just hope you remember what I said today and don't be a hypocrite who breaks his promise!"
After saying this, Feng Yuanzheng reminded him again: "I am here this time, and I will leave here soon and go back to do what I should do. You can endure some grievances here. After serving as a soldier for two years, my friends will transfer you back to the capital.
After Xiaomei graduates, you can start a family! Remember to keep it a secret from them for me, I don’t think I’ll be around until then. Even if I die by then, I won’t tell them so soon for the sake of confidentiality.”
Ye Zhiqiu felt a little heavy-hearted. He nodded seriously, indicating that he understood the matter.
Feng Yuanzheng patted Ye Zhiqiu on the shoulder and said seriously, "Although you may be a bit of a rogue, I'll leave everything to you, taking care of them mother and daughter!"
"Uncle Feng, you can actually choose to go home and spend their final days with them. There's no need to do this..."
Before Ye Zhiqiu could finish his words, Feng Yuanzheng waved his hand to interrupt him.
He looked up at the sky, at the sun hanging high in the sky, and said with a smile: "A man should have an ideal and a responsibility!
The perfect life is when I strike the right balance between these two things. If I've failed in my responsibilities, I can't lose my ideals.
Maybe you think this is cruel to Aunt Chen and the others. But if I let go of what I am doing, then I will have no responsibilities and ideals left!
Please forgive my selfishness. I want my death to be meaningful. Lying on a hospital bed, barely surviving, watching my wife and daughter suffer for me, that is not an ending I can accept..."
People have many choices, but perhaps the choice made by the person concerned is the best choice!
Ye Zhiqiu did not continue to persuade Feng Yuanzheng because he was just a person who liked research work and was ready to devote his life to work.
He knew very well that he was the selfish person, because Ye Zhiqiu would not do such a thing, because he was a person from the later generations and was selfish at heart.
Just like those people who have this or that toxic point, when people become selfish, doing things that don’t go against their wishes is all wrong!
When they arrived, six cars carrying nearly twenty experts of various kinds were in the group. When they left, only Feng Yuanzheng and his group were in the car.
Ye Zhiqiu waved goodbye. He knew that this meeting might be his first time seeing Feng Yuanzheng, and also his last time seeing him...
Ye Zhiqiu didn't return to the tent until the car disappeared. Seeing his heavy mood, Fang Wenhai asked in a low voice: "Ye Zi, what's the matter? Tell the brothers if there's anything! Whether it can be solved or not is one thing, but at least speaking it out can make you feel better."
Ye Zhiqiu forced a smile and said, "Brother Fang, when you say what if, I mean what if. One day, a relative of yours dies, but you have to keep it a secret, wouldn't that be too cruel to your family?"
"Oh, about this, you should tell me when the time comes! It's so hard to hide this kind of thing, so hard that you can't even face your family..."
"Ye Zi, we all have fellow villagers who joined the army together, but many of those who returned home were as ashes. So the possibility you mentioned is something we've all experienced."
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