Chapter 674 (1/2)
Mei tried to lean back on the office chair with a pipe in his mouth. The cut tobacco in the pipe had been burned out. He was still breathing there, but he couldn't spit out a trace of smoke.
Mei Ziqing knocked on the door and came in. He was startled. His pipe fell on his chest and beat on his clothes with his violent cough.
”Professor, you said you couldn't smoke any more. Why don't you listen!”
Mei Ziqing put down the lunch box in her hand, helped him pick up his pipe and put it on the table. She glanced at the computer on her desk. There was a video window on the screen, playing a documentary about the change of the earth's environment.
”Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough
The professor became excited.
Mei Ziqing shook her head reluctantly, opened the lunch box on the table and said, ”it's time to eat. Today there's your favorite shredded silver fish.”
The professor coughed as if speechless, but reached out to the table to touch his pipe. Mei Ziqing did not stop him any more. He helped him pick up his pipe, skillfully changed the cut tobacco, and said, ”only two bites are allowed. Eat immediately after smoking.”
The professor was still coughing and took his pipe. He neither lit the fire nor spoke. Mei Ziqing stood quietly and waited, just as respectful as when she first came to Mei's laboratory.
After a while, Mei Tui coughed better, but she was still a little excited. Her chest heaved and gasped: ”OK, you're not my assistant anymore. Send me to the welfare home! Let me accept the judgment of the end with those childless old friends!”
”Professor...” Mei Ziqing cried sadly and looked wronged.
Mei Tui calmed down slowly. Looking at the poor Mei Ziqing, she sighed and said: ”In recent years, your achievements are obvious to all. You are already a qualified scientist. I can retire at ease. You are not my servant and don't have to take care of my daily life. Work well. If you don't trust me, you can find me a nanny. Oh, it's best not to nag. I don't like nagging!”
Mei Ziqing said, ”Professor, you gave me everything I have today. Besides, no one knows you except me. How can I rest assured to give you to them!”
Mei tried to stop talking, put down her pipe, picked up her chopsticks and opened the lunch box. Seeing that he was like this, Mei Ziqing smiled and said, ”take your time.” then she turned and went out.
Mei Tuo just waved her hand, but her eyes kept staring at the screen. What Mei Ziqing didn't notice was that the video suddenly changed the picture, and the beautiful scenery in the original documentary disappeared. In one of the generation's humble live broadcasting rooms, sitting in the live broadcasting room was an old lady with a kind face and elegant manners.
”Selena...” Mei asked softly.
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Dickinson sat on the sofa in the living room, staring nervously at the TV. Due to the lump behind his neck, he couldn't lean on the back of the sofa, so he had to sit straight.
When today's business is over, I'll have surgery to take out the damn chip. He thinks so. It's impossible to predict how the world will develop next. I'm afraid his old bone can't help any more. It's good to spend his old age in peace. In the future, I can really enjoy fishing in Stanley Park.
As for Selena, he couldn't know what she would face. Since she made such a choice at the beginning, she was doomed to no peace for the rest of her life.