Genius Club.

Chapter 380 Seeing Through
Night, early morning, Zhao Yingjun's bedroom.

Pomeranian VV had already gone to bed.

Maybe it was because he ate too much for dinner today, his belly was so round that he couldn’t sleep on his stomach. He could only sleep on his side, a sleeping position that was not very suitable for a dog.

That bulging belly...it really looks like being pregnant.

But Zhao Yingjun did not sleep.

She leaned against the head of the bed, her hair spread out behind her head and tied with a headband. Then her long legs were curled up, holding a tablet in both hands, and she kept this posture for a long time.

She is watching a movie on her tablet.

A classic science fiction film.

"Back to the Future".

Ever since Zhao Yingjun learned from a previous meal with Lin Xian that Lin Xian liked watching science fiction movies, he also watched a lot of them in his spare time.

She reads a lot of different movies, basically all the ones at the top of the charts.

The movie "Back to the Future" is in the form of a trilogy, and through watching the movie some time ago, Zhao Yingjun deeply realized that the sequels of most movies are downhill and poor imitations.

Sometimes, the second part can even surpass the first one.

But the third one... 99% of it is a work that destroys word of mouth.

It is for this reason that Zhao Yingjun temporarily put the "Back to the Future" trilogy on hold and never watched it.

But today is different.

She wants to watch this movie carefully.

This is a movie released in 1985, telling the adventure story of a teenager and a mad doctor.

Because of an experimental accident, the two accidentally traveled back to 1950, to a time when the boy's parents had not yet met each other.

As fate would have it, the teenager disrupted the life trajectories of his young parents, resulting in the two not knowing each other or meeting each other... If this continues, the teenager's parents will not get married and have children, so naturally the teenager will not appear in the future, becoming a paradox that is destined to disappear.

The young man panicked.

We must think of a way.

So, the mad doctor suggested to him that he should be the wingman of his parents, so that the two who missed each other could meet, know each other, fall in love and get married again. Only in this way can he be guaranteed to be born in the future and maintain his reasonable existence in time and space.

The ending is of course a happy one for everyone.

The boy successfully brought his past parents together and made them fall in love again. Afterwards, he and the mad doctor took a time machine and returned to the future to 1985.

……

At this time, on the tablet, the movie was coming to an end.

Lens.

It was also frozen in 1950, the scene of the boy’s young and immature parents holding hands, having a happy date, and kissing under the beautiful scenery by the lake.

Snapped.

Zhao Yingjun closed the protective cover of the tablet, raised his head, and in the bedroom illuminated by the warm bedside lamp, he looked at the warm yellow wall and thought -

how is it.

How can we have a child together without any contact, pregnancy or sexual intercourse?
The only plausible possibility she could think of...

Could it be in vitro embryo cultivation technology?
It is similar to in vitro fertilization, first paired in the laboratory and then implanted into the mother for nourishment.

But the prerequisite is that the reproductive cells of both men and women must be extracted in advance.

This is difficult, right?

When she was a teenager, she was abroad and Lin Xian was in Hangzhou. Let’s not talk about the IVF technology at that time. Just crossing half the world, several countries, and stealing cells from two children to cultivate embryos...

What's the point?
Even if it was for some kind of experiment, why did they choose her and Lin Xian?

No matter how you look at it, this is unrealistic.

Reasonable, but unrealistic.

Then, we can only consider unreasonable reasons.

This is exactly what was just told in the movie "Back to the Future" -

"If Yan Qiaoqiao is like the male protagonist in this movie, and traveled from the future, for example, from the future more than ten years later... then everything seems to be clear."

According to the plot of the movie, Zhao Yingjun began to simulate the future trajectory in his mind.

Maybe in a few years, she will marry Lin Xian and give birth to a daughter;
The daughter thrived and grew into her teens;
Then, just like in the movie, an accident occurred, causing her and Lin Xian's daughter to travel back to the past in 2024, which is now;
After traveling through time, some accident happened, which caused her to lose her memory, and then she became Yan Qiaoqiao by accident.

"In this case, it seems that the issues of blood relationship and paternity testing can be explained."

Zhao Yingjun tilted his head and held his cheek, thinking that there was nothing wrong with this logic.

It is because Yan Qiaoqiao is her and Lin Xian’s biological daughter in the future.

So of course the three of them are related by blood.

Of course, he is related by blood to his own parents and even Lin Xian's parents.

“That should be the reason.”

Zhao Yingjun shook his head gently:

"Although time travel is too incredible and unscientific. But..."

“[When all answers are eliminated and only the last option remains; no matter how outrageous or unrealistic this last option is, it is absolutely true and correct.]”

This is the process of elimination.

A very effective scientific logic.

and……

There is one more thing that is very concerning.

A few days ago, Lin Xian used a far-fetched excuse to ask her and the little girl named Yu Xi to do a paternity test.

At that time, Lin Xian's reason was "Since we are here, let's have a blood draw together."

Now that I think about it, how could this happen? Is the paternity test really that ridiculous?
If you really have come to this point, you should try any possible means.

Brother Wang was also there at that time.

Why not just let Brother Wang have his blood drawn as well?
and so.

it goes without saying.

It was based on his inner doubts that Lin Xian persuaded himself and Yu Xi to do a DNA paternity test.

Compare Yu Xi and Yan Qiaoqiao.

There is a big difference in height, appearance, physique, voice, etc. Yu Xi looks like a little athlete, very refined; in contrast, Yan Qiaoqiao is a petite princess who never leaves the house and never exercises.

The two girls really had nothing in common.

Only...

age!

Yu Xi looks to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. Yan Qiaoqiao’s age estimate is not accurate, but it should be between twelve or thirteen and fifteen or sixteen years old.

Look at it this way.

Lin Xian really knew something, which was why he did such a ridiculous thing as doing a paternity test with Yu Xi.

That is to say...

[Lin Xian knew very well that he and himself would have a daughter in the future world.]

"Lin Xian should have a plan in mind for this matter."

Zhao Yingjun continued to analyze:
"But...Lin Xian's information is also very limited."

She scratched her temples:
"First of all, Lin Xian probably wasn't that sure. He just suspected that I had a daughter in the future world, so he just wanted to verify it. At that time, Lin Xian had no confidence in the results of the DNA paternity test, and he was just taking a chance."

"Secondly, Lin Xian didn't know our daughter's specific appearance, name, age, etc. He knew nothing and had never met our daughter properly. So when he met Yan Qiaoqiao at the dinner table, he didn't recognize her at all."

"wrong."

Zhao Yingjun shook his head and recalled the details of the dinner that day:

"In fact, Lin Xian still had doubts, and he specifically asked about Yan Qiaoqiao's background. But my parents and I both said that Yan Qiaoqiao was our close relative. As an outsider, how could Lin Xian doubt our words?"

"It's all just a coincidence. My parents think that family disgrace should not be made public, and they don't want Lin Xian to know that Yan Qiaoqiao was adopted. I already knew that Yan Qiaoqiao and I were mother and daughter, but in that situation... I definitely wouldn't say it. Let alone at that time, I don't know how to say it now."

"If we had admitted to Lin Xian that day that the girl was picked up on the street, Lin Xian would have most likely doubted Yan Qiaoqiao's identity and continued to take her to do a paternity test. So no one can be blamed for this incident... It's really a farce full of misunderstandings."

……

This is the end.

Zhao Yingjun felt that she had almost completed the logical analysis of the whole matter.

And from Lin Xian's perspective, many things are uncertain.

such as.

He wasn't sure whether his daughter from the future had traveled back to the present;
He wasn't even sure whether he really had a daughter with him in the future world.

It turns out.

Regarding the matter of "daughter from the future traveling back to the present", Lin Xian was also ignorant, confused and uncertain.

But there is one thing that is beyond doubt -

[Since Lin Xian has doubts in his heart, it means that he has come into contact with things like time travel and the future world.]

"Is it true that the world is so vast... that there are all kinds of things?"

Zhao Yingjun closed her eyes.

A breath came out through his nose.

She believed that Lin Xian would never drag her to do the paternity test for no reason.

"But why didn't Lin Xian tell me directly?"

She opened her eyes.

I can't figure this out.

There must be some special reason, right?
Although the two are currently just colleagues, Zhao Yingjun believes that she and Lin Xian are relatively familiar with each other and trust each other.

At least it's not that this kind of thing can't be talked about directly, right?
Is it shy?

Ha ha.

Zhao Yingjun couldn't help laughing.

It's really hard to talk about.

because……

The relationship between the two was indeed good, but it was far from the point where they could talk about such things.

If she were really asked to take the initiative to explain Yan Qiaoqiao's matter to Lin Xian and directly point out the relationship between the three members of the family...to be honest, she couldn't do it and couldn't say it.

but.

She’s intuitive.

It shouldn't be entirely because of this kind of reason that can't be expressed.

Judging from Lin Xian's cautious character, he must have other concerns.

Zhao Yingjun fell into deep thought again.

I began to think about the irrational behavior of Lin Xian during the limited contact he had with him:

1. Lin Xian’s driving skills are too superb, which does not match his family conditions. It is obvious that there is another hidden story.

2. Lin Xian had asked himself many inexplicable questions, such as the puzzle about the mirror at the banquet that day, and he had also asked himself if he would sleep in a hibernation chamber. I didn't think it was a big deal at the time, but now the more I think about it, the weirder it gets.

3. Lin Xian set off fireworks for himself at Disneyland, which is actually full of mysteries. But what Zhao Yingjun cares most about is the story of "trash can VV and white jade statue" told by Lin Xian... This story is more fairy-tale than fairy-tale, and it is hard to imagine that it is just a dream. Lin Xian is likely to hide something.

4. Lin Xian is usually a bit too busy, and it's not because of company matters. He often goes to the United States for unknown reasons, and has been back and forth several times; he was even secretly seconded by the country to perform confidential tasks. It's hard to imagine that this is the daily life of a 25-year-old man.

All of the above are unreasonable.

Zhao Yingjun speculated that

[Lin Xian must have been doing some dangerous work behind the scenes, or doing something that he cannot confess, cannot expose, and cannot tell others casually.]

Indeed it is.

She has an uncle who works in the national security department. However, it was not until the New Year's Eve dinner this year that everyone knew about this matter. This uncle had kept it a secret from the whole family for more than 30 years, and only confessed it when he retired this year.

The Zhao family wasn't the only ones who had just learned about this.

Even this uncle’s wife!
It was also on the day of my retirement that I heard this shocking confession:

“Haven’t you been working at the tax bureau for so many years?”

My uncle’s wife was stunned:
"I've been to the tax bureau to look for you! Don't you have your own office? And your salary card is with me. Your monthly salary is issued by the tax bureau!"

In response, the uncle just smiled:

"If ordinary people can really see through my disguise, then what is the point of the national security department's existence? Since I want to deceive the enemy and hide my identity, I must first deceive my relatives, my family, and myself."

"Of course, my identity as a tax bureau member is complete, and even my annual promotions and awards are real... It's just that I often travel and am seconded, and rarely work in the tax bureau. That means I am carrying out secret state missions."

Although the uncle did not say it explicitly.

But everyone knows it.

The so-called secret mission must be very important and very dangerous.

In the history of Dragon Country, there were many scientists who concealed their identities, even from their wives and families.

Most of them have kept their identities secret for decades for the sake of lofty ideals and important missions, chewing up and swallowing this secret, keeping it only in their own hearts, and hiding their achievements and fame.

This is true greatness.

Is it...

Is Lin Xian also doing such a great thing?

Zhao Yingjun nodded gently:

"Lin Xian must have his reasons for not telling me many secrets, he must have his concerns, and there must be relevant regulations and restrictions."

"Or maybe... he's worried about my safety and the safety of everyone around him, so he can't easily reveal his identity and purpose."

That being the case.

Then I should cooperate with Lin Xian.

"You don't have to tell me. This is your job and mission, your responsibility and obligation. But...how long do you plan to keep it a secret from me?"

"As for other things, I don't mind if you keep it a secret until you complete your mission, until you retire, or even until your entire life... As long as it's necessary, I completely understand."

"only……"

Zhao Yingjun turned over to the bedside, looked at the Pomeranian dog VV sleeping on the carpet below, rubbed his belly, and smiled:
"You can't hide the fact of our daughter from me and give birth to her yourself, right?"

"I'm actually looking forward to it...how did you take me down?"

She reached over and turned off the lamp on the bedside table.

Wrap yourself in a blanket.

Facing VV, lying on the pillow, closing your eyes:

"Good night, VV."

……

the next day.

Shopping malls, brand name clothing stores.

Zhao Yingjun sat on the sofa, swiping the iPad in her hand and choosing clothes.

In luxury clothing stores like this, there are special models to help VIP customers try on clothes, and the customers do not need to try on the clothes in person.

Especially in today's situation.

Zhao Yingjun wasn't buying clothes for herself, so it would be useless to try them on. It would be better for her to choose the clothes and let the models wear them.

"Miss Zhao, are you satisfied with these?"

In the front, two children's clothing models with good figures changed into new clothes, stood in front of Zhao Yingjun, turned around, and let the guests observe the details of the clothes.

"Well, yes."

In Zhao Yingjun's mind, she imagined Yan Qiaoqiao's rustic outfit overlapping with the beautiful children's clothing model in front of her.

Ok.

That makes more sense.

The height and weight of the two children's clothing models are similar to Yan Qiaoqiao's, but the other two little models' figures are the result of training, while Yan Qiaoqiao's are the result of starvation.

amount……

I really don't know how I got so hungry.

Zhao Yingjun feels that this is also an unsolved mystery in the world.

Yan Qiaoqiao eats so much and has such a good appetite, so how does she manage to be so thin?

"Pack all of this up."

She put down her iPad and pointed at the clothes she had just picked out:
"After it's packed, it's delivered directly to my car, and then I'll go to the store next door to pick out some small decorations."

Say it.

She left the clothing store in her high heels and went to a boutique decoration store next door.

When Zhao Yingjun thought of Yan Qiaoqiao's tacky pigtails and fake flower hairpins, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.

Other people's children are fine...

As the president of a fashion company, she could never accept her daughter dressing up in such an ugly way, reminiscent of the 1980s.

……

An hour and a half later.

In the suburbs of Donghai City, in a luxurious single-family villa, the doorbell rang.

"Coming."

Yan Mei opened the door and saw Zhao Yingjun with bags outside:
"Hey, you're here. These are... children's clothes? Are you buying them for Qiaoqiao?"

Zhao Yingjun nodded:

"Where's Qiaoqiao? What are you doing?"

"I'm watching TV. Come in."

Zhao Yingjun walked into the living room and saw Yan Qiaoqiao sitting on the sofa, staring at the TV watching cartoons.

Just like an addiction, it's unshakable.

Ok.

Today is ok.

At least he didn't run around on the sofa, which shows he has some manners.

She glanced at Yan Qiaoqiao's profile, looking for the slightest resemblance to Lin Xian...

Is it an illusion?

I feel that Yan Qiaoqiao seems a little cuter and more likable today, at least not as irritating as she was a few days ago.

She walked around to the sofa.

Yan Qiaoqiao was so engrossed in watching TV that she didn't even notice her arrival.

Zhao Yingjun also followed her gaze and looked at the TV.

On TV, a very old but very classic domestic animated film is being played——

"The Lotus Lantern".

"Do you understand?"

Zhao Yingjun was a little bit surprised for a moment.

Although everyone knows that Yan Qiaoqiao is about thirteen or fourteen years old...but she has lost her memory. In terms of IQ and cognition, she is about the same as an ordinary five or six-year-old girl.

A little girl of five or six years old would surely not be able to understand an animated film as profound as "The Lotus Lantern", right?
"Hey, our Qiaoqiao has made great progress in the past two days!"

Yan Mei closed the door, walked over with a proud look on her face, and showed off to Zhao Yingjun:
"Qiaoqiao really changes every day. Now she can understand almost everything she watches on TV. She learns things very quickly through TV, and her speech is getting more and more fluent, and she can even speak in long sentences."

"Yesterday, your father and I took her to Ruijin Hospital for a checkup. The experts who consulted said that there was nothing wrong with Yan Qiaoqiao's health. In fact, she is much better than normal children in many aspects!"

"Now it seems that my Qiaoqiao is really smart! After all, she just lost her memory, and her IQ is not really low... So look at how fast she is improving now! I estimate that in ten days or half a month, her intelligence and mind will be completely back to normal!"

at this time.

The animated film "The Lotus Lantern" playing on TV is also coming to an end.

Many people have watched this animated film in their childhood.

that era.

It was the era when domestic animation in the Dragon Country took off and even led the world. Whether in terms of technology or concept, it was not inferior to the animation powerhouse, the Sakura Country.

This "The Lotus Lantern" is probably the last and one of the few glorious moments of the Donghai Art Film Studio.

It is a recognized masterpiece, even the theme song is amazing.

"The Lotus Lantern" tells the story of a brave young man who splits the mountain to save his mother.

Zhao Yingjun still vaguely remembers the plot...

The Three Holy Mothers in the Heavenly Palace fell in love with a scholar from the mortal world. She brought the Precious Lotus Lantern down to earth to meet him, despite violating the heavenly rules.

Seven years later, their child Chenxiang grew up, but was discovered by the villain Erlang Shen.

Erlang Shen captured Xiao Chenxiang and threatened San Sheng Mu to hand over the Precious Lotus Lantern. San Sheng Mu had no choice but to hand over the lantern for the safety of her son, and was then held captive by Erlang Shen under Mount Hua.

What follows is the story of little Chenxiang’s growth and adventures.

Until the end.

Chenxiang and the Precious Lotus Lantern merged into one and finally defeated Erlang Shen. He used the magic axe to split Mount Hua and saved his mother.

Mother and child hugged each other and reunited.

At this moment on TV, Chenxiang and San Shengmu, who had been separated for many years, hugged each other. Chenxiang called out "Mom" and returned to his mother's arms.

The music of "The Heaven and Earth in My Heart" followed, warm and touching.

Zhao Yingjun watched this scene silently.

Folding his arms, he looked at Yan Qiaoqiao:
"Do you understand? How does it feel?"

Yan Qiaoqiao raised her head and pointed at the mother and son who were reunited on TV after a long separation:
"Where is dad?"

"..."

Zhao Yingjun didn't expect that Yan Qiaoqiao would ask such a difficult question.

Yes.

She couldn't remember either, where did Chenxiang's father, the mortal scholar whom the Three Holy Mothers liked in "The Lotus Lantern" go in the end?

amount……

I guess it’s not mentioned in the story.

Could it be that one day in heaven is one year on earth, so by the time Chenxiang split Mount Hua to save his mother, hundreds of years had already passed on earth, so the scholar died early?

Or was he executed for violating the laws of heaven?
I'm not sure and I can't remember.

Zhao Yingjun could only shake his head:

"The theme and purpose of this animated film is not about the father, but mainly about maternal love, struggle, hard work and so on."

"For film and television works, we only need to understand its main theme, and don't need to think too much about other things."

"Just like in this animation, Chenxiang's father is a dispensable character. He is just a mortal. What does he have to do with the battles between these gods? So he was quickly forgotten by the audience. He was just a simple background board and tool man."

Yan Qiaoqiao seemed to understand.

It seems that he didn't understand again.

She listened to the cheerful ending song, looked at Chenxiang and the Three Holy Mothers laughing on the screen, and said leisurely:
"But……"

"How can we be a family without a father?"

(End of this chapter)