Ark, they don't revolve around you

"Okay, if there is..."

Zhuang Ning stood up, passed by Mostima, and murmured in a low voice, "If there is anything..."

That was already a sign that Zhuang Ning was not in good condition.

He casually threw the letter into the shredder without noticing that the shredder was not started.

Mostima struggled for a while. As a professional and ethical courier, she would not do such an unethical thing as peeping at other people's letters.

But perhaps the girl was touched by the doctor's reaction. After some hesitation, she reached out and took out the letter to read it.

At first glance, the letter seemed ordinary, such as asking about the doctor's health and whether Rhodes Island was okay. Mostima Yan's Chinese was acceptable, which was why she was able to serve as the messenger of all nations.

Soon, she found the key point in the letter.

"Longmen rarely has free time. Doctor, if you want to take a vacation, why not go with others? I think there will always be an operator who will agree."

Why does this statement sound so familiar?

Isn't this what I said to the doctor?

No wonder he had that reaction... Mostima was shocked at that time, but didn't care too much.

But now it seems that is not right.

Mostima didn't know about other people, but would Chen Huijie be busy?

Things in Longmen are definitely not that busy, and it’s not like the Integration Movement is invading again. It was Chen Huijie who refused, and she had to add the excuse of being busy!

Mostima had no feelings for the Dragon Gate inspector, but now seeing her speaking righteously, he sneered, "You don't care about him that much."

Chen Huijie's face turned even paler.

She also recalled that the doctor had sent her a letter a year ago, asking if she could come along, but Chen Huijie refused.

reason?

There are many reasons, but being busy is definitely not the reason.

On the one hand, it is his position as Longmen's successor.

At that time, Rhodes Island was caught in the Kazdel crisis. Although it was largely resolved, all parties were still passing the buck. Chen Huijie was no longer an inspector. Her identity as the successor of Longmen was semi-publicized and known to everyone in the upper echelons. At least before she took office, she really shouldn't have too much contact with the then-focused figure, the Doctor.

The future is unpredictable. Who knows whether Rhodes Island will collapse overnight?

On the other hand, she hesitated.

She wondered if she should really deepen her relationship with the Doctor.

If they went to Dosores, there was no doubt that both she and the Doctor would be very happy.

and then?

I am the successor of Longmen, and I have the shackles of responsibility. If I go, will I be soft-hearted and stay in Rhodes Island? !

This is very irresponsible, and this is not how Chen Huijie should think!

Anyway, the doctor has enough people around him, so give him and me some time to calm down.

When she really takes over Longmen and has her own bottom line, I can -

"What can you do?"

It seemed as if I heard a sneer.

I thought it was W, but she said nothing and just looked at me coldly. It wasn't Mostima or Kal'tsit either.

Time seemed to stand still, but the sneers became more and more piercing.

"Even if you inherit Longmen, you can do whatever you want?"

"That's not right, Officer Chen, Miss Chen... or should I say, Mr. Chen?"

——That was her mockery of herself.

Chen Huijie has always been feeling irritated, but she doesn't know the reason... No, she knows that she is just covering her true feelings with a layer of cloth!

——But Mastema tore it off mercilessly!

"You don't care as much as you think, Doctor."

This is the truth, Mastema watched coldly.

Chen Huijie suddenly felt powerless and realized that the bunch of seemingly well-reasoned rebuttals just now did not touch on the most core issue.

——She didn't think for the Doctor.

Due to the influence of Originium, the inter-city network is not interoperable, and the only way to communicate across cities is through messengers.

Time passed very slowly and spanned a long period of time. In addition, she procrastinated for a long time at that time, so it was probably a month later that the letter was delivered to Zhuang Ning.

What was Zhuang Ning's mood when he handed the letter to the girl?

He waited for a month. During this month, perhaps whenever he got tired of dealing with things, he would go to the mailbox and ask the messenger whether he had replied to him.

Then a month later, the letter finally arrived, but the answer was a cold rejection, and even the reason was so glaring!

He should probably have just sighed and laughed it off.

But the depression settled down and clung to him, unable to escape.

"You really haven't thought about him?!"

"You only think about yourself. You think this is not good for both you and him, but it's just an excuse!"

The self in my heart became more and more rampant, "Chen Huijie, how dare you take him away?"

"You were the one who rejected him then. Now, you feel that you are powerful...you want to take him away without even asking him what he thinks."

"How selfish—"

"When did you become so self-righteous? Why do you think you weren't the cause of his current situation?!"

Chen Huijie's lips trembled and cold sweat broke out, soaking his clothes.

She saw Mastema's expression again, and also saw W's mockery - she seemed to read contempt.

Chen Huijie lowered his head and his breathing became rapid.

She remembered what the doctor had just said to her.

"Ms. Chen, you have no need, no reason, and no qualifications to care about me."

All her confidence was gone. Chen Huijie suppressed her shame, and her eyelids seemed to feel a little warmer.

No wonder he treats himself like this...

At that time, he was in a very difficult position and reached out to you, not wanting your help, but just wanting you to accompany him.

But you didn't notice it at all.

Just because of your ridiculous ideas, you are turned away and you think this is right!

How are you qualified...! ! !

Chen Huijie heard some breaking sounds.

That seemed to be the relationship between her and Zhuang Ning.

Spilled water cannot be reversed, a broken mirror cannot be mended—this was Zhuang Ning’s answer to her.

Chapter 11: Dawn Shines Like Gold

Kal'tsit couldn't help but frown.

There was another dejected person sitting on the sofa waiting for guests. Chen Huijie had been keeping his head down since being awakened by Mostima.

The room was eerily quiet, as if dark clouds were gathering overhead.

"..."

Kal'tsit understood them very well, after all, she had experienced the same thing herself.

But she couldn't always let them immerse themselves in this atmosphere.

The woman coughed and said faintly: "So, you only know how to be decadent?"

The low voice reached the ears of several people.

They raised their heads and met a pair of green eyes, whose gazes were as calm as an ancient well, making it impossible to tell the emotion.

"Are you willing to watch him continue to sink?"

Kelsey said, slightly emphasizing, "Watching him turn into a monster, an evil spirit?"

The evil spirit of the Tower of Babel - Kal'tsit knows it better than anyone else. After all, they are "comrades-in-arms" during the war.

Deep down she didn't want to see it.

Zhuang Ning is now very close to the evil spirit of the Tower of Babel, but has not yet stepped into that abyss.

Therefore, she had no intention of giving up and said softly:

“We have to do something.”

"Is it because of my age that my memory is not very good?"

Perhaps because of her irritability, Mostima became inexplicably aggressive. "Who said it was irreversible?"

"It's me." Kal'tsit closed her eyes, "Even now, I still think so."

"So?" W also smiled, his smile revealed indifference, "Old woman, is there something wrong with your brain?"

Even Chen Huijie's frown was tight.

"Are you planning to give up?" Kal'tsit gave them a cold look.

She walked to the window and opened the curtains, revealing a scene of setting sun outside.

It was a desolate scene. The setting sun slowly fell towards the horizon, but the night stretched out its hand and dyed the sky like ink.

"I don't know if I'm doing this in vain. A closed-minded doctor must be more cruel than anyone else."

Kal'tsit's body was covered by the afterglow of dusk, and her pupils seemed to be burning. "But I won't give up."

Kal'tsit said quietly: "We have to cooperate."

"Put aside your arrogance. Terra cannot do without him, and neither can Rhodes Island."

She omitted the last sentence.

——We can’t do without him either.

Kal'tsit stretched her finger into the distance, and above the wasteland, she could vaguely make out the shape of a city.

Gantry.

For the Doctor, that was pretty much where it all began.

“Let’s start from the Dragon Gate,” she said.

At this moment, the last ray of sunlight in the distance disappeared and the sky became completely dark.

Night is coming.

……

Longmen, on the deck, Zhuang Ning looked at the city.

Tall buildings stand tall and the place is bustling.

During these four years, Longmen's status in Terra has been further enhanced. As Yan's window to the outside world, its importance is unquestionable.

He once stayed here for a while... Come to think of it, it seems like a lifetime ago.

This is the starting point of his return home, and he will never waver at all.

"Doctor, Rhodes Island has been connected with Lungmen." Scout's voice came.

He saw the doctor looking back.

The night was about to end, and a faint light appeared in the sky, shining on him. The black color of his clothes looked like fine steel that had been tempered a thousand times.

"Let's go." Zhuang Ning murmured in a voice that only he could hear, "Let's welcome the new life."

"I will crush that stupidity."