"Leng Qian, I'm discharged from the hospital, Lulu is dead, I'm still alive. I'm leaving Linxin City soon, and I don't know when I'll be back. If you see this message, then I beg you to go and see Lulu, and I put a picture of it in its new nest, the one it didn't get a chance to live in. The spare keys to my house are at the property and if you take out your ID they will give it to you. Don't reply to this text, I don't want to have expectations, count me begging you. ”

When Lu Jiuchuan finished editing this text message with a heavy heart, he turned off the plane, sat in his seat, closed his eyes and recuperated, and quietly waited for the plane to take off.

On a street in Linxin City, when the brown curly-haired girl saw the last sentence of "I beg you", she covered her mouth and began to sob.

……

Lu Jiuchuan's first stop was to the resort area in the south of Phuket, Thailand, where his radiation-damaged body had not yet fully recovered, so he chose a place not too far from home and with a warm climate to recuperate.

During his time in Phuket, he almost always came to the beach to watch the sunrise and sunset, and occasionally when he was in the mood, he would take his pedal to meet the waves or ride a motorcycle around the island. On a whim, Lu Jiuchuan will also integrate into the local life circle, learn about some customs and customs, and collect materials for writing popular science articles.

One evening half a year later, Lu Jiuchuan, as usual, came to the beach, lit a coconut, and then lay under the parasol to watch the tide rise and fall, and recuperate. At this time, the owner of the coconut seller came over and greeted Lu Jiuchuan with a kind face.

"Hello! (All in English, most of the business in southern Phuket is in Thai English, and for convenience, all in Chinese.) "The boss said nonchalantly, lying under the parasol next to Shimoriku Jiuchuan.

"Hello." Lu Jiuchuan took off his sunglasses, glanced at the boss with a smile, and nodded.

"You're Chinese, right?"

"Yes."

"Chinese, there are few people like you who can stay here for so long." The boss was very curious about this big boy from China who lived here for a long time.

"Most of us Chinese are very busy, and people who go to work can only come out to play if they take annual leave, and most of them are tour groups, such as seven-day tours, so the time in one place will definitely not last long." Lu Jiuchuan explained.

"What about you?" The boss asked with a smile.

"I was murdered before, and my family was worried about my safety, so they asked me to come out and stay for a while." Lu Jiuchuan honestly told the reason why he came here.

The boss was very surprised when he heard this, and on his dark face, a pair of bright eyes looked Lu Jiuchuan up and down, as if he didn't expect this boy to have such an experience.

He asked curiously, "Then why didn't you call the police and arrest that person?" ”

"Reported."

"Then why are you hiding here?"

Lu Jiuchuan fell into deep thought, and after looking at the waves for a long time, he said: "Because the person who wants to harm me is the person I care about, I didn't tell the police about this, so the police just investigated the person who directly attacked me, but now I don't know how it is going." ”

"She's your inner demon." The boss used the word "she" precisely.

Lu Jiuchuan was noncommittal and stopped talking.

Seeing that Lu Jiuchuan was silent, the boss said earnestly: "Child, no one will harm you for no reason." If she harms you, then there must be a reason for her, or some other factor that forces her to hurt you. And if you are killed, it is the effect, but you are still alive, which means that killing you is not the last choice of this cause and effect. You're running away from your heart. ”

As the sun sets and the sea is bathed in the afterglow, some European tourists stroll on the beach in twos and threes, and the evening breeze slowly brings the smell of the sea, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, and feel that the sunset is infinitely good.

The sea never seems to resist the sunset, as it always welcomes the sunrise.

"Thank you. I think it's time for me to leave Phuket tomorrow. Lu Jiuchuan stood up, looked ahead, and said, "I will definitely go back, but now is not the best time, I still have to go somewhere." ”

The next day, Lu Jiuchuan embarked on a journey to England, where he came to Cambridge, in the east of England, England, and rented it with a local resident family.

The landlords, Jack and Ruth, are a loving couple, they are very enthusiastic to entertain Lu Jiuchuan, and after getting a large rent from Lu Jiuchuan, they plan to go on a cruise around the world. Jack and Ruth also expressed their trust in Lu Jiuchuan and begged him to help them take care of the house during his days.

Lu Jiuchuan came here, on the one hand, Cambridge University is the place he has longed for since he was a child, he wants to come here for pilgrimage, if he has the opportunity, he can communicate with local students, and if he is lucky, he can even meet some well-known professors; On the other hand, he heard Qi Yuan say that he graduated from Cambridge University, so he wanted to come here to learn about the past of this person who might have wanted to kill him.

However, three months have passed, and he has not heard any deeds about Qi Yuan. But Cambridge is, after all, the place where the "King of the Universe" Stephen Hawking worked, and he was very keen to discuss the topic of "time machine", Lu Jiuchuan gained a lot of knowledge about the theory of time machines in the past three months, and even heard a lot of rumors about Zhan Guoxiang.

Lu Jiuchuan went to Cambridge University every now and then to communicate with students to enrich his knowledge. In the blink of an eye, there was less than a month left for the maximum validity of the British visa, and he also saw from the local British media that Zhou Wei was about to start the crossing after a year of study at Kaizen Biotech, and they were proud to say that Aron Choo, the president of Kaizen, was a Cambridge graduate.

AronChoo？ Lu Jiuchuan suddenly understood that Qi Yuan must have used an English name while studying abroad. He patted his head, thinking that he was really stupid sometimes, but he didn't think about this problem. But Qi Yuan, why is the surname of the English name Choo? Lu Jiuchuan was puzzled, but the most important thing at the moment was to go to the Cambridge campus to learn about this "AronChoo".

In the past six months, Lu Jiuchuan and Wang Yihan, a Chinese student in Cambridge, have a good relationship. Wang Yihan is a big girl, majoring in psychology in Cambridge, and is also very good at computers, according to her, she has been in love seven times in the three years she has been in Cambridge, and every time she dumped those boys. Lu Jiuchuan also asked her why, and she always said that it was to "avenge" those Chinese girls.

Under the leadership of Wang Yihan, Lu Jiuchuan easily came to the archives in Cambridge, and only after Xiaozhi asked the staff with emotion and reason, the staff allowed them to enter the archives.

After a while, they found some information about AronChoo, which can be summarized as follows:

AronChoo, Chinese Pinyin ZHUHAI, graduated from Cambridge in 2008, majoring in physics, from Linxin City, China, parents unknown, it seems that he was admitted to Cambridge through the funding of an institution and his own excellent grades, the teacher's evaluation of him is - he is like a wild wolf from the East, like a dreamer who dares to build a utopia, and more like the mysterious Kronus (the second generation of the king of the gods in ancient Greek mythology, in charge: time).

"This AronChoo is not simple, it looks like a genius." Wang Yihan looked at the transcript in this file and exclaimed.

"Don't you think this teacher's evaluation is like saying that he's crazy." Lu Jiuchuan did not agree with Wang Yihan's opinion.

"Genius on the left, madman on the right." Wang Yihan playfully read out the title of a book.

"I've seen his lab, I've seen him start the time machine, and I have to admit that it's magnificent." Lu Jiuchuan didn't know why, and suddenly wanted to use "magnificent" to describe that scene.

"Okay, let's go, I've finally got rid of that old man, and he's going to come to catch us if we stay any longer."

"Well, it's not unrewarding."

The day of visa expiration was gradually approaching, and Lu Jiuchuan told Wang Yihan everything that happened to him before stepping on the plane, and after talking for a long time, the two shook hands and said goodbye.

……

After more than ten hours of flying, Lu Jiuchuan finally returned to this familiar land. The moment he walked out of the airport, he saw a familiar figure in the crowd of people picking him up - Qin Kai.

Lu Jiuchuan was overjoyed, walked up to Qin Kai, didn't say anything, and gave Qin Kai a big hug.

"You're back!" Qin Kai looked at Lu Jiuchuan and felt that he was no longer the young old boy he was a year ago, and he had a little more of a mature man's taste in his gestures.

"Yes, I'm back and won't be going back."

"I'll send you home first. Ever since you left, I didn't even know where to go when I was bored! ”

"Okay, I want to take a break and take a jet lag."

In the familiar house, all the furniture is so nostalgic, and the house that hasn't been here for a year seems to be a little too clean, is it that the mother police are to take care of it?

Lu Jiuchuan suddenly thought of something, came to the guest room, and saw that the kennel that was hanging on the balcony had been taken back, and in the kennel, there was a photo frame, and there was a man, a woman and a dog in the frame.

She's definitely back!

"Qin Kai, has there been any news of Leng Qian this year?" After Lu Jiuchuan walked out of the door, he asked Qin Kai, who was looking for the remote control of the air conditioner everywhere.

"No, I haven't heard from her, but I haven't looked for her either." Qin Kai seemed to have found the remote control of the air conditioner, and after pressing the on/off button, he lay comfortably on the sofa.

The air conditioner starts slowly, and it won't be long before the house gets warmer.