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Chapter 1712: Scientist's Guide (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Sometimes you can never imagine how a person behaves in a way that is both rude at first and respectful later.

One second ago, he seemed like a high and mighty king, but the next second he turned into a eunuch in the palace.

The stark difference in attitude is very obvious.

At this moment, the arrogant restaurant clerk became humble. Not only that, even the people who had originally accused Gao Guangyao of not queuing became silent.

During the silence, their eyes were filled with envy, because they all knew that the other party did not need to queue.

Foreign guests don't need to queue here.

Originally they thought this guy was a Mongolian.

Who would have thought that he was from SEA - a very developed Western country.

Thinking of this, they even felt that this restaurant was more upscale, after all, it was a restaurant for receiving foreign guests!

Just as the restaurant clerk was warmly welcoming Gao Guangyao and Sharapova and inviting them in, someone in the queue suddenly shouted:
“High, high…”

There was some expectation in the shout. Gao Guangyao, who was about to enter the restaurant, heard the shout, looked out, and then said in surprise:
"Ah, it's Professor Morozov."

He walked over quickly and greeted:
"Professor, why are you here too?"

Professor Morozov said as he looked at the student whom he had only met a few times.

"Gao, are you having dinner here? Can I discuss something with you?"

Professor Morozov's tone sounded a little awkward, and he glanced at his wife beside him.

Then he spoke to Gao Guangyao in a pleading tone.

"Today is my wedding anniversary, and I want to bring my wife here for dinner...but..."

Before the professor could finish his words, Gao Guangyao said:
"Professor, if you and your wife don't mind, we can have dinner together."

The woman next to the professor said quickly.

"We don't mind, we really don't mind."

As she waved her hands, her face was full of smiles, and her smile was filled with satisfaction of having gotten what she wanted.

Professor Morozov said:

"You must allow me to pay for our dinner."

Then he turned to his wife and said.

"Anna, today I can finally fulfill the promise I made."

What kind of promise is it?

Gao Guangyao couldn't help but feel confused, and looked at the professor and his wife with some confusion.

Soon, Professor Morozov's wife walked into Moscow's most upscale restaurant amid everyone's envious eyes.

The restaurant clerk led them into the restaurant, and after they sat down, the professor's wife, Anna, looked at the person playing the piano on the stage and said in surprise.

"Ah, it's Alyosha."

Gao Guangyao looked at the person playing the instrument with some confusion and asked:
"Is he famous?"

"He is a professor at the music school. I didn't expect him to perform here."

Listening to the professor's wife's words, Gao Guangyao glanced at the musicians who were playing and said.

“Maybe this is a fine dining restaurant.”

Yes, in such a high-end restaurant, musicians could only play the piano there like waiters, and professors from the top universities in the Soviet Union like Professor Morozov could only queue outside and then be brought into the restaurant by foreign guests.

When ordering from the menu, Anna couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"Oh my God! There's caviar here."

Caviar is a specialty of Russia, but for ordinary people, it is rare and cannot be bought even with money.

But in this high-end restaurant it only costs one ruble.

There are many foods and drinks on the restaurant's menu that cannot be seen in other restaurants. All of this makes people who come to this restaurant for the first time feel extremely surprised.

After ordering dinner, while waiting, Professor Morozov couldn't help but say:
"Gao, thank you for your help."

Professor Morozov looked at Gao Guangyao holding his wife's hand, and then said:
"It allows me to fulfill a promise I made 20 years ago."

"promise?"

Gao Guangyao looked at the professor with some confusion.

Anna explained.

"Gao, he and I were classmates in college. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, we were both studying in the same college. Then, when he went to the front, I found him and told him that I loved him. Then he told me...if he came back alive, he would take me to this restaurant for dinner and then marry me."

While recounting all this, Anna's tone was filled with happiness, all filled with happy memories.

"I joined the army in 43 and fought all the way to Berlin. I retired as an army captain."

Professor Morozov held his wife's hand and said:

"And I also received the Order of the Red Banner. The first thing I did when I returned to Moscow from Berlin was to propose to Anna. It was she who supported me during the difficult war. She was my only hope for survival."

As he spoke, Professor Morozov looked at his wife with eyes full of love.

"I wanted to propose to her in this restaurant, but even though I was an army captain and had won the Order of the Red Banner, I couldn't enter this restaurant."

When he said this, Professor Morozov's tone was filled with a particularly suppressed emotion, and then he smiled and said:

"But Anna finally accepted my proposal in the workers' restaurant."

When he mentioned the workers' restaurant, he emphasized it.

"Haha, there were a lot of people applauding us in the workers' restaurant. They even played music and danced with us. I think that was the happiest moment in my life."

Looking at his smiling wife, Professor Morozov started laughing too. He said:

"Yes, at that moment I felt that I was the happiest person in the world. I have been the happiest person in the past 20 years because of you and our children."

Then the professor looked at Gao Guangyao and said, "We have been married for 20 years, and today is our wedding anniversary. Although so much time has passed, we have never been to such a high-end restaurant. Today I finally fulfilled my promise to my wife. You don't know, half an hour ago I took 20 rubles and wanted him to arrange a seat for me, but..."

Professor Morozov said:

"Today I finally felt what Ochumelov is!"

It's the character in Chameleon.

Professor Morozov suddenly said as if he realized something.

"Well, I drank a little too much today."

Looking at the professor in front of him, Gao Guangyao said with a smile.

"Professor, in that case, let's be happy. I wish you happiness, professor."

So, last night they ordered caviar and other food that were rarely seen in ordinary restaurants, they drank vodka, chatted, and laughed.

When everything was over, when Professor Morozov went to pay the bill, he found out that someone else had already paid.

When he walked over and wanted to give the money to Gao Guangyao, Gao Guangyao refused the professor.

"Professor, today is your wedding anniversary with your wife. This is a gift. Please accept it."

Who wouldn’t be touched by such a gift?

After the professor and his wife left, Gao Guangyao and Sharapova drove to Sharapova's home.

Neither of them spoke along the way. After a long time, Sharapova spoke.

"Gao, will you marry me?"

"what?"

For a moment, Gao Guangyao didn't even react.

"I mean I want to be your wife."

Sharapova looked at the man next to her and said:
"I love you, I know I love you, I want to be your wife, I don't know if you're willing to marry me. But I really don't want to wait in line anymore."

After saying this, Sharapova looked at the man beside her, her watery eyes full of expectation, even with a kind of pleading.

"Are you sure?"

Gao Guangyao stepped on the brakes hard, then looked at the girl next to him and said:
"Marrying me means you're leaving here, leaving this country, and going to a strange place."

"I do, really, I really do."

Hearing the girl's answer, Gao Guangyao just smiled and said:

"Ok!"

"what?"

"I mean I accept your proposal!"

The sudden surprise made Anna unable to believe her ears, so much so that she repeatedly asked if this was true?
Only after repeated confirmation did she look at the man beside her with eyes full of happiness and said:

"Gao. Please believe me, I will definitely make you happy."

Sometimes life is just like this. Gao Guangyao accepted Sharapova's proposal with a smile. When they left, he deliberately took a look at the car not far away. It was the professor's car.

As the professor's car drove away, Gao Guangyao's mouth curled up slightly with a mysterious smile.

A few days later, Gao Guangyao met Professor Morozov again on the campus of Moscow University, and the two chatted happily as usual.

In this way, the two became friends. In the following contacts, they seemed to talk about normal topics.
Most of them are academic issues, and of course there are some political issues. Although there are not many political issues, the dissatisfaction in the words is difficult to conceal.

But just as the conversation was about to end, Gao Guangyao looked at the professor and said.

"Professor, if you have the chance, would you be willing to leave here?"

"Leaving here? Traveling to another place?"

At least for a moment, Professor Morozov didn't even react, and then he looked at the other party with some confusion.

It seemed that she didn't quite understand what he was saying, but she also seemed to understand what he was saying.

"Yes, it's just traveling abroad."

"You know, people always want to travel to different places, but sometimes we have to stay where we are due to the reality."

Professor Morozov looked around as he spoke, then said:
"Perhaps this is the most helpless part of life. We always imagine various possibilities, but we don't have any chance."

"Perhaps, the opportunity is right in front of you, of course, the premise is that you are really willing to leave."

"Of course I want to get out of here. You know, sometimes we can't get a lot of things even if we queue up."

“Sometimes you don’t need to queue up for some things, but you must seize the opportunity, because once the opportunity is missed, it will be gone.”

Gao Guangyao smiled at the professor, then turned back, waved goodbye and left.

The professor was left confused.

A few days later, Professor Morozov received a letter from the European Physical Society inviting him to attend a physics seminar in Switzerland. The other party generously provided air tickets and accommodation expenses, and also said that they could provide air tickets for his family.

After studying this, Moscow University immediately agreed. After all, they would not refuse such academic exchanges. Besides, Professor Morozov was just an ordinary physicist and there was nothing special about him.

And so, two weeks later, Professor Morozov and his family embarked on a journey to Geneva, Switzerland.

Both he, his wife and children were very excited. After all, going abroad was something they had never even thought about before.

What's more, it is a developed Western country.

After they arrived in Geneva, Professor Morozov attended a two-day conference, where he met some colleagues and naturally had enthusiastic communication with them.

But the next afternoon, the professor, his wife and children disappeared. No one knew where they were.

As for the Soviet officials, they were merely investigating Professor Morozov and his family. They had no idea where he had gone, but they knew better than anyone else where he had gone - he had just taken the opportunity to flee to a Western country.

This is a very normal thing in Russia.

(End of this chapter)