The weather in March and April is pleasant, with sunny afternoons and gentle breezes.

On the nearby lawn, several children laughed "haha" while playing and chasing. There are asphalt roads nearby, with apartments and low-rise villas. The scenery here is also like that of a city, but it is not as populated and crowded as the city.

The big road on the left is smooth and clean, and from time to time there are cars passing by, making a "whooshing" noise. This kind of noise is not disgusting, but reminds Gao Xu of the sound of the waves by the lake.

"To the east is Yangcheng West Lake, or let's drive to the lake to play." Gao Xue said.

Miaojin who held him raised his head and smiled: "Next time, I have to go home in a while." She went on to explain, "What I told my mom in the morning was that I would come to Suzhou to play with friends. I can't stay home tonight. ”

Gao Xu suddenly asked, "Where is your home?" Is it a dormitory to attend a university? ”

"There are houses in Jingshi and Taicang (near Shanghai), my mother is usually in Taicang, and my father sometimes goes back to Taicang. There are also two adult brothers, but my father and brother don't care much about us. My mom will take care of me. Miaojin said calmly, "The school is also in Taicang, and Jinling University has a campus over there. I usually live at home. ”

Gao Xu nodded, "Jingshi and Taicang are big cities, and the housing prices are a bit expensive, but your family is well-off?" ”

"Hmm." Miaojin nodded slightly.

She then said, "I will find a way to get them to accept you, and it will be convenient to live with you in the future." ”

Gao Xu muttered: "You are so young, I'm afraid things are a little difficult. ”

Miao Jin said softly: "I'll take care of it." ”

Gao Xu shook his head and said with a forced smile: "If I have a daughter who is so beautiful and only in her teens, I will definitely not worry that she will follow a man in his thirties." ”

Miaojin smiled: "You are a feudal mentality, the times have changed." My family is fine, my father and brother are very cunning, but they will still respect my choices and life. ”

"Cunning ......" Gao Xu felt that the word was somewhat familiar.

Miaojin said with a longing face: "In the future, I will come from Taicang in the afternoon, cook dinner and breakfast for you, and clean up your house; In the morning you go to work, I go to school. In the days of October, we were together every day, where you go, I go. ”

"Not tired?" Gao Xue said.

Miaojin had a smile on her face: "I don't want others to wait for you anymore." ”

Gao Xu thought for a moment and said, "Why do you always need someone to wait?" I will gradually adapt to learn to take care of myself, and I can do some things on my own. ”

Miaojin said softly: "I don't want to wronged you." ”

"All living things have to adapt to their environment, let alone people?" Gao Xu said indifferently.

Miaojin stuck out her little tongue and said with a smile: "You have a lot of reason." ”

Gao Xu turned his head and said, "Even if I was the emperor back then, when I was out on the expedition, I would live in tents and dilapidated houses in the village, and life would be much more difficult than this. Didn't Miaojin also live? ”

He paused for a moment, "None of us have to be so tired, it's good to get along comfortably after a long time." ”

Miaojin said solemnly: "What the saint said is very true, you can change your job in the future and come to Taicang to accompany you." ”

Gao Xu looked away and shook his head slightly.

The two of them walked blindly around the suburban town, sometimes walking to the vending machine, brushing their faces and getting two bottles of water to drink. If it were usual, it would be tiring to walk a little farther away, but this afternoon Gao Xu didn't know how long he had walked, and he felt that time passed very quickly.

Everything she said, Gao Xu found interesting. Her smile and cheek, he saw it in his eyes and thought it was wonderful.

But time is fleeting, and Miaojin is going home. Gao Xu wanted to drive her, but it was only two hundred miles, and it didn't take long to walk at high speed. But she insisted on taking the train back and said that someone from the station had someone from her family to pick her up.

So Gao Xu picked up the car and took her to Suzhou Station.

After booking the ticket, Miaojin walked to an electronic screen, and after hearing the voice, the two walked to the vicinity of the security checkpoint. She turned around, looked up at Gao Xu, and suddenly asked, "Do you like that little girl of Annan a little?" ”

actually mentioned Xiao Ruan again. Gao Xu suddenly thought that in the past, he had a group of concubines, and Miaojin would definitely not be satisfied, so he just endured it.

Gao Xu said helplessly: "Don't worry, I've always dared to admit it, and I will definitely tell you what I really have with her." Of course that's impossible. ”

Miaojin still muttered: "You are a feudal remnant, very greedy. ”

She thought for a moment and said, "But men are careless, you see what people are wearing." I'll come over tomorrow and take her to buy some clothes. ”

Gao Xu: "......"

Miaojin observed him and smiled, "Don't think nonsense. My brother's friend has a state-owned enterprise in Annan, so when the time comes, I will ask someone to help her and find her a better job, so that you and I will have peace of mind. ”

Gao Xu said casually: "I owe you a personal favor." ”

"Don't be so outside, okay? You say as if you and Annan Xiaoniang are your own people? Miaojin frowned and snorted.

Gao Xu said: "Okay. ”

Miaojin persuaded again: "I don't want to care about you too much, but sympathize with other little girls." This kind of young lady was greedy for your money at the beginning, but she was involved and easily relied on you. When the time comes, you're having fun, what will people do? ”

Gao Xu rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "I didn't do anything." ”

Miaojin held his hand, and then gently let go: "Then I'll go." ”

Gao Xu said: "The family has received you, send me a message." ”

Miao Jin smiled and nodded, "Hmm." ”

Gao Xu stood outside, watching her walk in. Miao Jin turned back several times in a row, and when she reached the staircase, she smiled and waved at him again.

When Miaojin disappeared under the escalator, Gao Xu turned around and left, went to the parking lot to pick up the car, and went home alone. I listened to the broadcast in the car for a while, went home and took a shower and continued to watch TV alone. Xiao Ruan didn't come this afternoon, probably thinking that there was a woman at his house.

After urbanization, the population of the Ming Kingdom was concentrated in cities and towns, but the lives of people became more and more alienated. In the past two months, Gao Xu has found that he is alone most of the time except for working hours.

Gao Xu took the remote control board to change a few stations, and some old machinery appeared on the TV, and the camera was pointed at several people in white robes and helmets.

A woman's voice said: "Fifty years ago, the cryonics institution invested by the world's richest man Sheng Evergreen during his lifetime is still operating normally. Mr. Sheng Changqing was suffering from lung cancer, and because the medical technology at that time could not cure it, he chose to cryostore himself, hoping that future scientific and technological breakthroughs would allow him to obtain effective treatment. Mr. Sheng Changqing also became the first human body in the world to be frozen. ”

Then a microphone was placed in front of a white-robed man. The white-robed humane: "The document signed by Mr. Sheng sets the awakening time to be fifty years later. Today is the day when the deadline comes. ”

The woman said, "Are you going to wake up Mr. Sheng?" ”

Bai Pao said: "At present, there is no such technology, and the terms of the document cannot be fulfilled. The agency decided to remain the status quo ante. ”

The woman asked again, "Isn't there a treatment technique?" ”

Bai Pao said: "Yes, cancer experts from Beijing Normal Medical University have confirmed that there is still no cure for patients with advanced lung cancer. The bigger problem is that we don't have the technology to wake up frozen people. ”

He changed his tone to the camera, and said: "The cryonics plan fifty years ago was that after obtaining the authorization of the person concerned, the blood would be drained, filled with cryogenic liquid, and quickly frozen before his death, so as to avoid damage to the human organs as much as possible. If we thaw the human body now, we all think that it is unlikely that we will bring the frozen body back to life. ”

The woman said, "Come to life? You mean, these frozen people are dead? ”

The white-robed man smiled, and then immediately said with a straight face: "Of course, how can a person who has been frozen for half a century still be alive?" However, we cannot give a rigorous answer. This is because the subject of individual consciousness is not our research direction.

There are psychologists working on consciousness in the fake house, so you can ask them. As far as I know, research and analysis are mainly carried out through experiments in the near-death state of people. In addition, neuroscientists have also studied this area. ”

The woman said: "I heard that after death, the quality will be reduced. Do you think people have souls? ”

The white-robed man shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

The woman asked, "How many frozen people are here?" ”

The white-robed man turned his head and looked: "More than thirty." ”

The woman asked again, "Are they all rich?" ”

The white-robed man was silent for a while, then waved his hand and said, "I have no right to answer this question. Mr. Sheng Changqing's identity was made public at that time, so we only mentioned that he was harmless. ”

The woman took back the microphone and said, "Thank you for cooperating with the interview." ”

Gao Xu smiled to himself when he saw this.

It seems that people's minds have not changed much since more than 2,000 years ago. Qin Shi Huang once chased immortality, and now that industrial civilization and technology have been highly developed, the world is still unwilling to face death.

Sometimes I feel that if I think too long-term, everything is just tragedy and silence.

At this moment, a message came from the phone. Gao Xu opened it and saw it, and Miaojin sent it: It's here, see you tomorrow.

With a smile on his face, Gao Xu replied: Received.

He was half-lying on the soft Chinese chair, still recalling for a while, and said in his heart: When Miaojin was lying on the bed in the palace of the concubine, when he closed his eyes, if he could say "see you tomorrow", it might relieve his pain.

Gao Xu turned off the TV, got up on the small bookshelf behind the chair, and took a book and threw it on the coffee table.

He sat alone in his chair reading a book, and before he knew it, the light outside the glass door of the balcony was dim, and night was gradually falling. He boiled water and made a pot of tea, pushed open the glass door with the teacup and walked out to the balcony, resting his elbows on the railing, still admiring the night of the town.

Behind the lights, in the faint sound of music, there should be a variety of modern nightlife, and the urban area is densely populated and probably more abundant. Gao Xu is not interested at the moment, and his mentality is still not as good as that of the young man born here.