That night, Ryan sat in the other bedroom almost all night. He knew that Jasmine was not wrong, but he didn't know who was wrong...... There seemed to be a low sobbing sound from the next door, but there seemed to be none.

The next morning, Ryan woke up from his stupor, got out of bed, and went to Jasmine's door, but there was no one in the room. Ryan walked downstairs, only to see Jasmine in an apron standing at the set table, "Good morning, Ryan." ”

Ryan walked over to her, subconsciously smoothing his unkempt hair. And Jasmine freshly groomed, her blonde hair was not messy, her face was a decent smile, her face was normal, and she didn't see anything unusual.

"Did you sleep well, Jasmine?" Ryan unconsciously cleared his throat to hide his nasal voice, which he hadn't woken up yet.

"It's alright, what about you?"

"Also...... OK. ”

"Let's have breakfast." Jasmine pulled out the chair at the table.

Ryan had no choice but to sit down. He saw a heart-shaped cake, freshly squeezed juice, and a biscuit on the large, white plate. The biscuit was a large circle, and another small circle touched it, and the large biscuit produced a small notch, and the two circles seemed to merge into one.

"It's breakfast for the newlyweds." Jasmine smiled.

Ryan curled the corners of his mouth as well.

Ryan ate some cake, drank the juice, got up and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't washed yet, I'm done." Jasmine, who hadn't finished eating, immediately stood up, "Okay." ”

Ryan changed his clothes and went downstairs, and Jasmine had already cleaned up the table.

Ryan prepares to go out, and Jasmine brings his uniform jacket to help him put it on.

"Walk slowly, be careful on the road." She smiled, her hands in front of her and her apron tied.

After marriage, individual women no longer work, as stated in the Guide.

Ryan walked down the road, the same streets, the same people working and the same light from the east, but everything seemed to be different.

Upon entering the office hall, Ryan received extensive and warm wishes from his colleagues. They had all heard how beautiful Lane's bride was, and had circulated pictures of Lane's wedding, and after admiring the ring on his hand and mocking his dark circles to the fullest, they told him that the editor-in-chief was invited.

Entering the editor-in-chief's office, Ryan still felt groggy, he threw himself on the chair, and when he saw the editor-in-chief smiling, he said, "For the sake of my marriage, can I have a cup of coffee?" ”

"Yo, what's the matter, in a bad mood?"

"Nothing—what's the matter?"

The editor-in-chief walked to a corner of the office to make coffee, and said while starting the machine: "Ryan, I know, you are very talented, you are also very thoughtful, and you want to do things, you may not know before, the Ark Daily, there is a special edition for the preferred people, which is dedicated to the ...... of the preferred citizens"

Ryan didn't know what he was doing, and listened to it without a match, only to see the editor-in-chief come over with two cups of coffee in his hand, and say, "Now, I want to ask you, are you interested, in charge of this special edition?" ”

"Huh?" Ryan sat up from his chair.

The editor-in-chief walked to the back of the desk and sat down, and said, "When you say that it is a special page, it means a piece, which is equivalent to one-eighth of the size of the Ark Daily." ”

"But, you mean...... Responsible for a special edition? ”

"With your abilities, I think it's okay. You don't have to be pressured to say it's a special edition and it's not a big deal, it's just, you know, there are some topics that are not shared between preferred citizens and non-preferred citizens. ”

Without waiting for Ryan to react, the editor-in-chief said: "Then, from today onwards, you will be familiar with it, there is your office upstairs, you can open it with your bracelet, and I have arranged a helper for you, named Amy, who is also the preferred person, Mei Li's side, I will inform her." ”

"Forehead ......"

"By the way," said the editor-in-chief, "there is another thing, the Ark has a stipend for married preferreds, which will be paid from this month, so you should pay attention to it then." ”

"Oh, uh, okay."

"This is as it should be, after all, your wife is not working anymore, this money, first, is to compensate your preferred wife, and second, I hope you can maintain certain living conditions."

"Well, in fact, our living conditions have ......"

"It's not for you, it's for the Ark, it's for the future of humanity."

The editor-in-chief made the gesture that he had finished speaking, and Ryan had no choice but to stand up.

"Your coffee." The editor-in-chief gestured to the coffee on the table.

Ryan walked to the door and was stopped again, only to see the editor-in-chief winking at him, "It's nothing to do these days, just go back early, the work system of the Ark is too inhumane, and you are still in the honeymoon period." ”

Walking out of the editor-in-chief's office, Ryan realized that he had been promoted, and he had been promoted several levels in a row.

After a dizzying day, Ryan returned home. As soon as you enter the door, you can smell the aroma of food, and Jasmine is serving dinner.

"Looks like the time is just right." Jasmine laughs.

"How do you know I'm back? ＂

"My bracelet has been set up with your bracelet as a family relationship, so I can know, well, your location."

Ryan didn't say anything, changed his shoes, took off his uniform, Jasmine came over, Ryan said, "I'll do it myself." "Hang up your uniform jacket.

The dishes are steaming and served on white porcelain plates, which look bright and delicious, very different from the rations that are delivered on time every day.

"These ...... Did you do it? ”

"yes."

"Why bother, we can eat ration meals too."

"Although my skills are not good......"

"No, I'm not saying your technique ......"

"Come on, let's see if it's delicious?" ”

Although it didn't taste good, Ryan said, "It's very good." ”

"Well, the first time I went to the preferred store to buy raw materials today, I bought some ...... casually"

"What? Do you buy ingredients at the Preferred People store? "Preferred People store Ryan never goes to, it only sells natural ingredients, it's ridiculously expensive, and rations are free."

"If you think it's too expensive......"

"No, it's not ......" Although his heart was dripping blood, when he thought that Jasmine gave up a job with a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan and came to live with him who earned thousands of dollars a month (or after being promoted), Ryan swallowed the next words.

After a while, Ryan said, "I actually think that synthetic food is also good, and besides, most of the rations are natural ingredients...... "The guide" says that couples should be honest, think about it, or say it.

"I think it's our first dinner since we got married."

Ryan bowed his head.

After a while, Jasmine said, "I've done research on synthetic foods before, but I never eat them. ”

Ryan said in his heart, that must be able to afford to eat, he looked up and found that Jasmine looked serious. "Because I know how limited what we can do," she said. ”

She continued: "You know, we just imitate the composition of biological tissues, put chemical molecules together randomly, and then make them look like meat, but no matter how we combine chemical bonds, no matter how we change the cultivation conditions, we can't make life, we can't make a mass of matter come to life, life can't be made. ”

When Jasmine said this, she was like a scientist.

"So the creatures that the Ark has now ......," Ryan thought he should play as a reporter at this point.

"It's all from the reconstructed genes of prehistoric creatures." Jasmine said, "All the creatures that exist in the Ark, whether they are grass grown on the street, chickens on our plates, any kind of animal or plant, whether it is in mass production or in the research and development stage, are all genetically restored from prehistoric creatures. Frankly, for more than a thousand years, the Ark has not created a single creature. ”

"Well, that's pretty good." Ryan softened.

No, this proves that our reverence for life is correct, life can be rewritten, but it cannot be created, and it is God's business to create life. Even the prehistoric earth, the hundreds of millions of colorful creatures, all from the same ancestor, no one can guess, billions of years ago, the original life, how came about, that is a blueprint, a unique and wonderful combination, so, 'there is light'. ”

After eating, Ryan went to the living room and sat down on the sofa, not wanting to go upstairs.

He glanced at the time on the bracelet, from last night to now, he always thought that the bracelet would do something, send a reminder, or send a pill, or some other more drastic way, but it didn't do anything.

He looked at his heartbeat, which was faster than usual. He turned the bracelet, it looked precise and strong, extremely smooth against his wrist, and now there, a little drenched in sweat.

"Ryan." Jasmine walked over and placed a cup of tea in his hand.

Ryan felt his heart beat a little faster.