Chapter VIII
Do you keep your promise and stay here and wait for him, or do you just walk away and never set foot in this data room again?
Thinking of his parents who had finally lived a good life, Feng Shaojun thought about it again and again, and walked quickly to the window with a notepad. Lifting the window with great difficulty, she held up her notepad and looked at the sunflowers outside the window, and wanted to throw it far away.
On November 19, 1981, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the start of the Z-Sally project, the person in charge, Feng Shaojun, mysteriously disappeared, and the Z-Sally project was urgently stopped.
The content of the press release can't help but come back to mind.
If I throw it away, will it really fix everything?
What if I'm still missing?
Getting this notepad and meeting Xu Zhan in the future, did it bring the disaster of disappearance, or did it give her a chance to redeem?
The summer breeze blew in through the window, and the calendar on the wall rattled.
June 23, 1979.
It will be two and a half years before she disappears. Does this mean that she has at least two and a half years left to find the cause of her disappearance with Xu Zhan, and that she will not be "stuck in the gap in time" before November 19, 1981?
After figuring this out, the hand holding the notepad high couldn't help but fall, and Feng Shaojun's fierce emotions slowly calmed down. Fingers clenched the peeled notepad in his hand.
Think of it as a gift, and if she's destined to disappear, then at least, she'll have two and a half years to see the future.
The notepad he was holding in his hand was heavy, and his finger-bony hand gently grasped the other end of the notepad.
Xu Zhan is back.
The tempting aroma of food poured into his nose, grabbing Feng Shaojun's wandering thoughts.
Xu Zhan shook the beautiful dessert in his other hand in front of her as if showing off, and Feng Shaojun's eyes couldn't help but widen. She had stumbled upon this thing when she was passing by the State Guesthouse. This is a Western confectionery, and most people can't even see it if they eat it.
Layers of fluffy cream leaning over the surface of the cake, wrapping the baked chocolate sponge cake, rolled into a small spiral of cream inlaid with fresh fruit cubes, refreshing and eye-catching yellow, mild and elegant red, delicately like a handicraft, just looking at it makes people appetize.
Seeing Feng Shaojun's instantly lit eyes, Xu Zhan knew that his trip to the dessert house just now was not in vain. Sure enough, using cakes to please her was the right choice.
Xu Zhan put the takeaway on the table, stuffed the cake into Feng Shaojun's hand, and thoughtfully helped her open the package and remove the plastic spoon, "Senior Feng Shaojun, those things are really important, but after being reminded by the takeaway, I think we should indeed eat something." People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. You can't just watch me eat, you have a pre-dinner dessert, it's ...... Uh, you're just going to be a menu, you just order ......."
It's also fate to meet once, although you may never see each other again after today.
I came here from another parallel world, and the anomaly in the data room, no matter how you think about it, may have been caused by him. Feng Shaojun is the one who was innocently involved, and if he could, it would be better to leave early before putting her in danger.
Feng Shaojun hadn't recovered from the sweet breath of the cake, and Xu Zhan stuffed his mobile phone in his other hand.
Feng Shaojun had a cake in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, feeling that the things in both hands were extremely precious, and he didn't dare to treat them casually. She froze in place and couldn't move at all, she didn't even dare to breathe a little heavier, so she could only blink vigorously and ask Xu Zhan for help.
Xu Zhan also understood, chuckled and took the phone off her hand and put it on the table, replaced it with a plastic spoon and handed it to her, asking her to choose dinner while eating.
Changing the ordering app to the homepage, Xu Zhan patiently introduced the menu for her: "Senior, I don't know what your taste is, you see, which one do you like in Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Northeast, Guangdong, Guangdong, Guangdong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, and Northwest? Ah, if you don't like Chinese ...... It should be said that in addition to these, you can also try foreign vegetables from Japan, South Korea, Italy and other countries!"
Feng Shaojun was stunned, "In 40 years, I will be able to use a TV to not only buy vegetables from all over the country, but also from abroad? How long will it take for this to be delivered?
Xu Zhan was amused and laughed, "No, no, no, this thing is a mobile phone, not a miniature TV...... In addition, most of this dish is made by the chefs of the surrounding restaurants, not from other provincial cities or even abroad...... How can I say it, hasn't it been reform and opening up in 78 years, and 40 years later, our China has developed like this!"
Feng Shaojun was shocked to dig a bite of the "artwork" cake and send it to his mouth, and after sending it, he was completely shocked by the soft and smooth taste of the cake.
Both visually and tastefully, this cake is a top-notch treat.
This slightly sweet but not greasy taste, mixed with the aroma of mango, strawberry and other fruits she has eaten or not, slid through the tip of her tongue and mouth, and turned into soft juice before she could chew it.
After taking a bite, he couldn't help but take the next bite, Feng Shaojun didn't have the time to take care of Xu Zhan's display and introduction of various cuisines, and only concentrated on dealing with the fruit sponge cake in front of him.
Xu Zhan saw that her mind was not here, so she simply stopped talking, and just sat on the side to watch the little girl eat the cake. Feng Shaojun didn't even notice that she had a happy smile on her face when she ate this cake.
When she reached out to dig again, she found that the cake was gone. Her face fell, and then she noticed that Xu Zhan had been staring at her, and immediately became embarrassed, "That, that, thank you......"
"It's okay, it's okay, it's good if the seniors like it. Xu Zhan said politely and gentlemanly, "The seniors shouldn't have eaten yet, right?
Feng Shaojun shook his head vigorously, calculating with blood in his heart how much the piece of cake he had eaten just now was worth. Alas, I always feel that it may be almost five yuan, and a small half of this month's salary has been eaten by myself who can't help it for a while.
At this moment, Feng Shaojun glanced at the price on the package that Xu Zhan helped peel off on the table: 35 yuan.
Feng Shaojun's eyes suddenly turned black, did she eat a piece of gold just now?
"Xu, classmate Xu Zhan, this money ...... Can I give it to you at the end of the year?" Feng Shaojun's voice trembled a little.
Xu Zhan followed her eyes and saw the marked price, and immediately understood what Feng Shaojun was talking about, and hurriedly explained: "Seniors, seniors, the price in 2018 is different from your then, this piece of cake is almost the price of a meal, not expensive!
After Xu Zhan and Feng Shaojun emphasized the current salary level and threw out the big data to show her, Feng Shaojun finally reluctantly believed that he didn't have to smash the pot and sell iron for a piece of cake.
After arranging Feng Shaojun, Xu Zhan opened the takeaway that Song Qinghui ordered for himself......
A fiery red brightened his eyes. The chef was too ruthless, and all the dishes were drizzled with chili oil.
Is my uncle joking with him? He's been staying up late late, and he's already prone to getting angry, and he's still eating such spicy food......
Xu Zhan frowned and silently covered the takeaway and put it aside.
If you don't eat, let's get down to business.
"Senior, although we may not see each other again in the future, I think at least this time we might as well find as much information as possible, so that you don't come for nothing. ”
Feng Shaojun looked at him with some surprise.
"It's still a bit difficult to go directly to the police to find the file of your disappearance, but based on what we've seen before, it's surmising that you were still experimenting with the Z-Sally project before you disappeared. If I could get in touch with your colleague at the time, I might have some clues. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Zhan cleared up a little bit of his mind, and his mood suddenly eased a lot, "There are quite a few professors who have worked on the Z-Sally project who are still working in the university, and it is not difficult to find them. ”
Feng Shaojun nodded again and again, and talked with Xu Zhan about the experimental record books in the filing cabinet, and all the experimental records were taken out and rummaged through. In addition to the names of several old professors in the Department of Pharmacy, there is another person's name that appears frequently, including the last October 1981, and his name is also on the last issue of the experimental record book, that is, "Xu Lang".
Xu Zhan has been dealing with professors in the Department of Pharmacy a lot in the past few days, but he doesn't have this researcher in his impression.
"This Xu Lang should be quite close to 'you', maybe 'you'''s experimental assistant. He told Feng Shaojun his reasoning.
Feng Shaojun was already sitting in front of the computer and using a search engine to look up this person's name. The name Xu Lang is very popular, and there are thousands of people with the same name and surname in one search, and there are still a lot of people with the same name and surname, excluding age.
Xu Zhan couldn't help laughing when he saw Feng Shaojun rolling the pulley, frowning.
"Senior, it's too inefficient to check like this, look at me. ”
Before she could give up her seat, Xu Zhan had already leaned in front of her and tapped it familiarly on the keyboard with one hand.
Suddenly surrounded by a masculine aura, Feng Shaojun blushed slightly and hurriedly leaned back to distance himself from it, but leaned back on Xu Zhan's arm holding the back of the chair. Feng Shaojun suddenly blushed, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Xu Zhan, but found that he didn't notice the distance between the two at all, and it was a little close.
Although Xu Zhan shouted Feng Shaojun as a "senior", in fact, Feng Shaojun was still a few years younger than him.
The pale glow of the computer screen fell on his face, and when viewed from the side, the fine fuzz on the boy's smooth face seemed to glow.
Xu Zhan's expression was focused, and his eyes looked at the small words scrolling on the screen for a moment.
Xu Zhan, who didn't know that he had teased the little girl in his arms, still reported the conclusion he had reached after indexing on CNKI: "This Xu Lang should continue to develop in the medical industry according to reason, but except for the papers published with you and your predecessors, he doesn't have any finished products." ”
Could it be that this Xu Lang also disappeared with Feng Shaojun? Then why was Feng Shaojun only mentioned on the news, but not Xu Lang?