under hope

Xiao Lu was sent to the biology department again. Now there are only two people left in the institute, Doctor and Xiao Lan. Because of fear of loneliness, Xiao Lan begged Doctor to stay.

In fact, the doctor had already had the idea of ​​"Will Xiaolan be lonely?", so he agreed.

"Does the doctor usually eat these?"

Xiao Lan emerged from the water, holding his head with his hands and leaning on the soft sheath on the edge of the pool.

The doctor in front of him was sitting on a chair eating. When he heard Xiao Lan's question, he put down his chopsticks and replied:

"Well, that’s all for today. In the past, in pursuit of convenience, I always ate instant noodles."

This answer seemed to make Xiao Lan feel very incredible. She jumped out of the pool and looked around the doctor.

"What's wrong? asked the doctor

"The book says that eating too much instant noodles is unhealthy, but the doctor is as strong as an ox."

Xiaolan squeezed the doctor's biceps, the shock on her face not diminishing but growing.

"I often exercise in my spare time, maybe because of this."

The doctor smiled modestly, then picked up the chopsticks and continued eating.

Xiao Lan curiously looked at the food in the doctor's lunch box. They were some green plants and the yellow long strips of food she had seen before.

The doctor was still thinking about the past. The thought of"Can mermaids be vegetarians?" Seeing Xiao Lan's curious look, he tried to ask her:

"Want to try it?"

The doctor raised his lunch box towards Xiao Lan.

"I just want to try it."

Xiaolan lay on the doctor's shoulder and opened her mouth slightly.

"It's really unique for your character to behave like this."

The doctor picked up a bit of the green plant and carefully brought it to Xiaolan's mouth. At the end, he did not forget to tease her a few times.

"Ahhh~, acting like a spoiled child is not Xiaolu’s exclusive domain."

Xiaolan ate the food in one bite, then pretended to be preaching, half-closed her eyes and raised a finger.

"A little sweet...um...and a little bitter."

As she chewed for a long time, Xiao Lan made a grinning expression, which prompted her to swallow quickly.

"Haha, that’s what spinach is like."

Looking at Xiaolan's funny expression, the doctor couldn't help laughing.

"Are you still used to eating?"

The doctor asked again

"Hmm...how to put it, for me, I still prefer fish."

As he said that, Xiao Lan took out a box of canned fish from somewhere.

Just like ancient humans hunted wild animals, mermaids living in the sea also hunted, but the targets were sea creatures.

The doctor said so Thinking about it, he silently swept away the remaining food, while Xiaolan just opened the can of fish.

"Do you know how to drive this?"

The doctor was surprised by Xiaolan's behavior of opening the can

"Eh? Why not? Just... you can tell how to open it just by looking at it."

Xiao Lan replied in surprise.

"This is indeed a lot of progress compared to Xiao Green. If it is to reproduce the mermaid, then why should Xiao Green be used as the basis for cloning?"

The doctor couldn't help but have doubts about Lin Hongchang's ideas.

Lin Hongchang's request was not obscure, at least to the doctor. He believed that Little Blue was more suitable as a cloning basis than Little Green.

The Doctor was immersed in his own world of thinking. Trying to figure out Lin Hongchang's thoughts over and over again in my mind

"Hmm~, fish is more delicious. I miss the days in the sea a little bit."

Xiao Lan was lying comfortably on the water, eating canned fish leisurely. What he said subconsciously made the doctor stunned.

Missing? Xiao Lan is undoubtedly a clone, so how can he have the memory of living in the sea? It is inheritance. From Xiaolu’s memory? But... Xiaolu is also a clone?

The questions that came one after another made it impossible for the doctor to complete the questions and answers. Where did Hongchang extract the DNA from, and where did the real creature that is the main subject come from? ?

"Xiaolan, you said you missed the days in the sea. Were you arrested?"

The doctor who was eager for confirmation hurriedly asked Xiaolan

"I don’t know, as soon as I woke up, I was in a transparent jar. I just had some vague memories, and I took them as my own."

Xiaolan's answer gave the doctor some answers he wanted. It is indeed a clone, and the memory is most likely inherited from the main body.

"I'll go to the communications room and you eat slowly."

The doctor hurriedly said to Xiaolan. He spoke and turned away almost at the same time.

"oh oh."

When Xiaolan turned around to respond, she could only see the doctor's back.

With questions and conjectures in his mind, the doctor opened the terminal in the communication room. After the familiar startup tone, he quickly clicked on the email.

——Individual No. 2 holds some vague previous memories, is it inherited from the subject?

He sent an email to Lin Hongchang

——Do you really have previous memories?

Lin Hongchang replied immediately

——Yes, Individual No. 2 has memories that do not belong to her, and they are memories about life in the sea.

He also immediately edited and sent a reply

——Got it, thank you for staying in the institute so late.

Lin Hongchang accepted this fact calmly and sent him condolences.

——That's okay, I like to have something to do.

This time Lin Hongchang did not reply again, and the conversation ended there.

After telling Lin Hongchang about the matter, the doctor relaxed and turned around to find Xiaolan standing at the door holding a bag of snacks.

"Hehe, I found this, the doctor can't keep it to himself."

Xiao Lan said in a tone that sounded like he was raising an army to accuse someone.

"I originally planned to eat it with three people, but there is still a lot anyway, so I will try it with you today."

The doctor smiled helplessly and took Xiaolan to the lounge.

When he unpacked the snacks, he discovered that the snacks had a real person advertisement printed on them, with a very familiar hair color and a slightly shy expression.……

"It's Shu Tong. Was he forcibly dragged into advertising?"

The doctor recognized that the girl printed on it was his student Zhou Shutong. She should be in the engineering team now. When he tore open the package, the salty smell immediately hit his face. Looking at it, he saw that they were pickled dried fish.

"Wow, Doctor, you actually hid such a good thing."

Xiaolan's eyes shone brightly, and she reached out and grabbed a large handful and stuffed it into her mouth.

"No one will compete with you, so eat slowly."

Looking at Xiaolan's bulging cheeks, the doctor was afraid that she would choke again.

The doctor picked up a piece of dried fish, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully. The salty taste produced a lot of saliva.

"This is too salty."

The doctor quietly revealed his mask of pain, but he was still noticed by the keen Xiao Lan.

"Hahaha, there are things that the doctor can't deal with!"

Xiaolan took the opportunity to laugh at the doctor, but forgot that she was still chewing something.

"Uh...cough, cough..."

One second, she was laughing at the doctor, and the next second, she was beating her chest and coughing. Xiao Lan vividly expressed her feeling of getting carried away.

"Alas, even though his mind is better than Xiaolu's, he is still a child after all."

The doctor sighed, patted Xiaolan's back, and gave her a glass of drinking water.

"After drinking the water gurglingly, the food stuck in the throat went safely into the stomach.

"Huh-huh——……"

Xiao Lan took a long breath and ate much slower.

This scene couldn't help but remind the doctor of the past. He still remembered what happened when he first came into contact with the young Zhou Shutong.

He was only in his thirties at the time. Hongchang suddenly sent a twelve-year-old primary school student to his office. By searching the documents, he learned that the child's name was Zhou Shutong.

Hongchang said that this child is very talented, but has a strange personality. Maybe he is the only one who can teach him.

When Shu Tong first arrived at his office, there was an indifference in her eyes that was not childish, as if she didn't trust anyone.

According to the person who sent her here, the city where the child was located was attacked by monsters. Almost everyone in the city was killed, and the soldiers did not even react.

Perhaps he was blaming the country for failing to protect them. Looking at Shu Tong's newly installed alloy prosthetic limbs, he showed sympathetic eyes.

The staff said that the child had not eaten for many days, as if he was afraid that the food would be poisoned.

But it’s no wonder that when such a big thing happens, sometimes the government will silence the survivors for the sake of national security.

He ordered some takeout and ate some himself in front of her before pushing the food in front of her.

She still didn't eat, and just kept staring at herself with indifferent eyes.

So he had no choice but to try to make something himself, hoping to let her watch him make it so he could tell her it wasn't poisonous.

But as soon as he turned around, there was the sound of devouring food behind him. He turned back sharply. Shu Tong, who was still covered with food residue at the corner of his mouth, was caught off guard and tried to restrain himself, but accidentally choked on it.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Shu Tong began to cough violently. He was so panicked and waving his little hands randomly that he looked like a child.

He handed Shu Tong a glass of water and rubbed her back. Childless, he felt the cuteness of the child for the first time.

After that, he realized that the reason why he didn't eat was because he didn't want others to see his imageless appearance, which was really a strange idea.

His teaching lasted for five years. During this long period of time, Shu Tong mastered all subjects below the university level.

Shu Tong is very talented and hardworking enough, and his personality is indeed very strange. He always makes mistakes deliberately to attract his reprimand.

He cherishes it very much. During the days he spent with Shu Tong, Shu Tong slowly opened his heart to him.

Unknowingly, the relationship between them was no longer like a teacher and a student, but a father and daughter.

When he announced that Shu Tong could graduate At that time, Shu Tong still couldn't believe that she didn't want to leave.

When does time fly by so fast? The answer is when doing what you like.

For Shu Tong, these five years were short, and so was he.

But The knowledge he could teach Shu Tong was limited. Shu Tong always had to break away from himself and fly to a wider sky.

He also held a decent graduation ceremony with Shu Tong, but Shu Tong cried very sadly that day. That was also the first time he saw the child crying until he was shaking.

After that, Shu Tong went to work in the mechanical department. He thought this would be the end for the time being.

Unexpectedly, Shu Tong was kicked back by the minister again , saying that she didn’t obey the instructions, but there was nothing wrong with her work, so he couldn’t control her.

He severely reprimanded Shu Tong that day, but she felt very aggrieved and said,"It’s obviously the teacher’s fault!".

Later he figured out that he didn't say goodbye to Shu Tong on the day she left, which made the child think that he didn't care about her at all.

This strange character really made him dumbfounded. After a solemn farewell, Shu Tong returned to work with confidence.

"Speaking of which, he is very similar to Xiaolan's character. No wonder I said that."

The doctor came out of his memories and looked at Xiaolan who was chewing slowly for fear of choking.

"Although on the surface, he does things very strangely, in fact, he just wants to be noticed."

The doctor touched Xiaolan's head. The lively shadow of the past seemed to overlap with Xiaolan, making him hug Xiaolan involuntarily.

"Bo…doctor?"

Being suddenly held in my arms, Xiao Lan was a little panicked.

"They are obviously just children, so just tell them if you have something to say, don't hide it all the time."

The doctor said dotingly.

"Eh? Doctor...do you know? I'm sorry, Xiaolan made a mistake and shouldn't have painted a turtle on your forehead."

Xiaolan's inexplicable apology made the doctor confused.

"ah? turtle? when?"

The doctor let go of Xiaolan and reflexively touched his sparse hair.

"Didn’t you already know that? Just... when I'm lying on your shoulder……"

Xiao Lan said hesitantly.

The doctor took a picture of the back of his head with his mobile phone, and sure enough he found that an extremely abstract turtle was drawn on the back.

"Xiao Lan, you are still more naughty than that child."

The doctor tried his best to smile, but the hand on Xiaolan's shoulder slowly became stronger.

"It hurts so much, Doctor! Xiaolan knew she was wrong."

Be kind, be kind, and you must be taught a lesson when you make a mistake, no matter if your personality is weird or not.