In the blink of an eye, a year has passed. Today's Duck Fort is divided into two parts on the central axis. Dorothea lives in the east and Carol and Catherine in the west. In order not to show anything strange to the people next to them - although in principle the people who work in the duck castle are selected and reliable, and all of them have some training in secrecy, one of the basic principles of secrecy is that the fewer people who know, the better. Because many times, important secrets are not intentionally revealed, but are exposed from some unintentional words and deeds. If Dorothea and Carol are going to court outside, but they are still in harmony inside, then all the staff in Duckburg will find out that something is wrong. Therefore, in the duck castle, Dorothea and Carol also put on a posture of looking at each other unpleasantly, although they both lived in the same castle, but they did not even say anything to each other except during secret meetings.

This "strained" relationship even affects the next generation. This is how Dena records this period in her memoirs.

"My Uncle Scrooge fell into a prolonged coma, and to this day I am not entirely sure whether Uncle Scrooge was really in a 'deep coma' at that time, although all the details of my life show me that Uncle Scrooge was indeed in a coma and will never wake up. But from what I learned about the family's actions during that time, and with 'malice', or guessing with my brain, I am more inclined to believe that my uncle was not 'unconscious' at all, but that he had done it to lure his enemies into a trick. In fact, it is not difficult to perform a trick. My whole family, including me, learned a lot about acting at an early age, and we were even able to tear up our tears of gratitude for our performance, but at the same time sneer in our hearts.

But anything, as long as it needs to be persistent, is extremely difficult. It is not difficult for a person to tell a lie and deceive others, but it is difficult to tell a lie for a long time or even a lifetime. Because you have to remember any lies you have told and always be aware of whether what you say contradicts previous lies. So later, when my brothers and I grew up to the point where Uncle Scrooge thought we could face the 'truth of the world,' he taught us the art of lying like this:

The best technique is to mislead others by telling the truth and adding some hints. Of course, this is difficult, and it is not possible to do it all the time. Therefore, it is also necessary to lie directly. One of the most important principles at this time is to lie only where it is most critical and necessary. This is how you can remember the lies you have told.

But even with this skill, it is still quite difficult to deceive people. And to pretend to be in a coma for more than a year in one go, to deceive even a professional liar like Morgan to believe it, I have to say, my uncle is simply not a normal human being. No wonder he has always been in control of the family. And in the days since, I have never seen a creature as sinister and terrible as him. Compared to my uncle, the Tsar of Russia, or the Provisional Government, and later Denikin, the Kolchak gangs were ridiculously stupid.

If his coma was indeed a conspiracy - my brain is incredibly supportive of this idea, then this conspiracy was made possible by my parents and good actors like Aunt Dorothea. I dare say that any of the actors in the later films were inferior to them. That performance between them at the time really made me think they had a falling out. Even when Aunt Dorothea saw me and Donald, she looked cold, ignoring us, and sometimes when she spoke, her voice was so cold that it could freeze people into ice cubes. And my parents, when they faced Greystone, were like that.

This change has even affected our relationship (me, Donald, Greystone). I isolated Greystone with Donald and didn't play with him. So for a long time, we didn't have a good relationship with Greystone......"

During this time, the lawsuit over the disposition of the wealth of the MacDonald consortium was also held several times, and the facts of the case were confusing, and the lawyers on both sides were agitating and attacking each other with incorruptible tongues, which was even more lively than a big show. But the results are not immediate. Public opinion generally believes that this lawsuit may last for another year or two before there is a preliminary result. It was also at this time that the two new manufacturing plants of "General Motors" were basically completed, and the production lines began to be put into trial operation.

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Maxwell now disliked the MacDonalds, who he felt were all completely in the eye of money (of course, this was not a slander), and they were engaged in the division of the family property while Scrooge was in a coma. He even said things like "how did Scrooge find such a wife" to his wife more than once. In recent times, people at Cambridge University have started to contact him again, hoping that he will return to Cambridge. Maxwell was also a little impressed by this. It's just that some of his research is at a critical time, so he can only politely decline Cambridge's invitation.

That morning, after breakfast, Mr. Maxwell was getting ready to go to class. only to see a convoy of cars parked in front of his house. Dorothea got out of the car and walked towards Mr. Maxwell with a beaming face.

"Lady MacDonald, why are you free to come to me?" Maxwell, though still polite, deliberately pronounced the word "Macdonald" with extra weight. As if to remind Dorothea that you are Mr. MacDonald's wife, have you done your duty as a wife?

But apparently, Dorothea didn't understand this at all, and she shouted at Mr. Maxwell with excitement on her face, "Thank you, Mr. Maxwell, thank you, his fingers are moving!" The doctor said it could mean he was about to wake up! ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Maxwell immediately threw his dissatisfaction with Dorothea out of the clouds and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" Mrs. MacDonald, this is wonderful. Can I take your car to the hospital to see Mr. MacDonald? ”

"Of course, of course. In fact, I came to you specifically to hope that you would go to the hospital and work with us to see if we could wake him up. Thank you, Mr. Maxwell, that Scrooge began to move his fingers while listening to those papers. ”

"That's great! Let's go right away! Mr. Maxwell stopped abruptly, and then said, "Mrs. MacDonald, can your car go around the real room first, I have a half-written gadget there, and Mr. Macdonald may be interested." Also, I have a class this morning, and I'm going to ask Nikolai to replace me. ”

Nikolai, Maxwell's assistant, was a young man from Serbia. Maxwell said of him: "Very smart, very capable, a wizard second only to Scrooge." But also, like Scrooge, the interests are too broad. ”

"Of course, there is no problem." Dorothea replied.

Mr. Maxwell hurriedly said hello to his wife, got into Volkswagen's latest white "Silver Elf" bulletproof car specially built for the rich, and drove in the direction of the Dashi yàn room......

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"Scrooge, you know what? I've been in big trouble lately. Maxwell sat at the head of Scrooge's bed and said. And beside him, Dorothea, as well as the Carol couple, who had already "turned their faces" and "became enemies" with Dorothea, stared nervously and silently at Scrooge who was lying quietly on the bed.

"Some time ago, when I was studying the relationship between radiation intensity and radiation frequency, I got a lot of numbers, which are very useful in the development of lighting equipment, which you naturally know. It's just that it's too inconvenient to simply use the real yàn number jù to find the corresponding point. So, we're trying to push a formula out of that. As a result, we're in big trouble. Because the formula we get is normal when the radiation wavelength is shorter, but ......"

"Look, look! His hands are moving! Dorothea screamed in surprise.

Maxwell quickly stopped and looked at Scrooge's hand. Really, Scrooge's hand was really moving.

"Scrooge, Scrooge, can you hear me talking to you?" Maxwell was really excited to say it out loud.

The relatives next to him also hurriedly gathered around and shouted Scrooge's name loudly. Finally, Scrooge's eyebrows furrowed, as if trying to break free from something, and then, then, his eyes opened.

"Thank God!" Maxwell shouted, though as a physicist, he didn't really believe in God or anything.

"Mr. McCowsway." Scrooge tried hard to say that he didn't know how to pronounce the words, and some of the pronunciations were obviously problematic. But that doesn't stop everyone from being happy.

"And me, and Carol!" Dorothea shouted.

"Dorescia, Karel." Scrooge seemed to have a hard time speaking. Dorothea turned her gaze to Dr. Menger and Dr. Heim, who were standing aside.

"Don't worry, madam, it's just a minor problem caused by the lack of proper movement of the muscles for a long time. It won't take long to recover. Dr. Menger replied with a smile.

"His intelligence won't be affected." Carol asked.

"Not really. However, the patient has just woken up and needs a good rest. Refamiliarize yourself with your body. In a few hours, you'll be able to make your math debut for Mr. MacDonald. Dr. Heim replied.