The Name of the Rose [Interstellar]

〖The fox fell silent and stared at the little prince for a long time. "Please... tame me," he said. --"little Prince"〗

An office layout is a wonderful thing.

As soon as he went to work in the morning, Xue Yuan noticed a strange change: there was an extra seat next to his desk.

The entire technical department is in the same large office, Qin Huan occupies a cubicle, Xue Yuan occupies a desk, and the others can only squeeze a desk, like a study room in a library.

Now, the table that originally belonged exclusively to Xue Yuan was divided into two by two brand-new name badges.One belonged to Xue Yuan, and the other belonged to Joey, who was also acting chief technology officer.

Xue Yuan was not surprised.When Qin Huan said "airborne troops" at the dinner that day, he had expected such an annual drama.

The name plate is compared in Chinese and English. Upon closer inspection, the Chinese word is the same as "agent", but there are subtle differences in English: Xue Yuan is "Deputy (deputy)", and Joey is "Acting (functioning)" .

Qin Huan was probably worried that Xue Yuan would have unreasonable thoughts about this, so he walked over and said, "When the previous Minister Chi was in office, my position was also Deputy. I miss it a lot, hahaha."

Qin Huan is a veteran in the workplace, and he often seems to accidentally throw words to his subordinates that are difficult to explain easily.If the answer is not cautious enough, it will expose the little girl in my heart.

For example, his current sentence is difficult to answer.Expressing dissent is of course not acceptable, and it is not appropriate to decisively second, which shows Sima Zhao's heart.

Subordinates with low ambition are usually not easy to be liked by superiors.Qin Huan often beat up his group of pretentious young elites: "You young people, it's a good thing to be motivated, and it's a bad thing to always think about promotion."

So Xue Yuan didn't express his opinion, just nodded slightly, and then naturally changed the topic to the upcoming media meeting.

This meeting is about artificial superintelligence, and the Ministry of Technology will explain the value of the "Human Software Project" to the media and the public.

For the idea of ​​combining human beings with artificial intelligence, the public has generally shown great disgust, believing that it is unethical, not humane, and has no practical significance.

Xue Yuan took out a printed piece of paper from the folder and handed it over: "Minister, I have drawn up a list, listing some questions that may be asked, you can see what else you need to add."

"Oh, oh." Qin Huan took it with one hand, and stroked his shiny head with the other, "I think these are very good, and there is nothing to add. You are an old hand at dealing with the media, so you can do whatever you want."

At ten o'clock, Xue Yuan appeared in the multimedia hall on time.He wore a crisp officer's uniform, with long tassels over his left shoulder, and the gold rose collar badge of the captain's rank was shining brightly.

In the questioning session of each media meeting, there are some pre-arranged "extras" who ask pre-arranged questions, taking up a lot of time.But if you are unlucky, you will meet a few real questioners.

The first half went well.When it was about to end, the right to speak was taken away by a reporter.

"Mr. Xue, as far as I know, even within the technology department, there is no consensus on whether to develop super artificial intelligence. For example, Mr. Joey, the new acting chief technology officer, is a staunch opponent. May I ask what you plan to do?" How to reconcile this contradiction? When you see that your colleagues do not support this plan, do you still insist that humans should be planned as software?"

Xue Yuan felt annoyed in his heart.Bastard, which pot is not open and which pot to lift.

One of his special tricks is to twist and turn a few words without information content, so that they seem to have a lot of depth.When the other party realizes that the whole article is nonsense, the time for questioning is over.

He pondered for a while, and said: "Max Weber gave a speech "Academia and Politics", I think you may also know it. There is a passage in it that says, 'All the answers provided by natural science are to answer a question: If we want to dominate our lives at the technical level, what should we do.' As you can see, I am a technical officer. I was presupposed that 'what technology can do'. As for whether we should do this, whether to do so Has an ultimate meaning, that's not what I'm asking."

Xue Yuan wanted to end it with this, but suddenly felt the adjutant gently tug on the corner of his clothes.

This is a secret signal, which means that there is one minute left in the time for questioning. Try to find a way to delay the time and don't ask people to ask any more questions.

Xue Yuan understood, and immediately brought the topic back to continue circling: "There is another sentence, which I personally agree with very much: there is no morality that can be used to regulate sexual|love relationships, business relationships, family relationships, and political relationships at the same time. Yes For me, the morality of judging a thing is very simple: what belongs to technology belongs to technology, what belongs to politics belongs to politics, what belongs to God belongs to God. I cannot speak for God, nor talk about politics, I can only answer from the level of technology Your question, and technology itself does not matter good or evil. Therefore, the conclusion is still the same sentence, I only consider what technology can do. As for other things, others will judge. Thank you everyone."

He calculated the speed of speech just right, and finished speaking in the last second of the question time.

The reporter was a little dazed by his words, and hesitated for a second.When he woke up, he didn't answer the question at all. When he wanted to ask again, the adjutant stepped forward and announced: "The time for questioning is over. Thank you very much for your participation. Please go to the tea break area outside to have some snacks and take a break. "

After the cameraman and sound engineer removed the equipment in the arena, Xue Yuan stood up and left directly through the aisle on the side of the rostrum.Secret Service pulled a row of iron horses to block the backstage entrance and prevent fans from breaking out.

As soon as he entered the backstage lounge, Xue Yuan immediately tore off his tie and unbuttoned his jacket.The adjutant came up and removed the thread and belt for him.

The officer's dress is a fitted fit with a large row of cinching reinforcements in the lining.No matter you have a big belly and a thick back, you can also force yourself into a nine-headed model with the back of an ape and the waist of a wasp.

Xue Yuan's figure was handsome enough, but the adjutant was afraid that he would not be good enough for the camera, so he buckled his belt into the innermost buttonhole every time with all his strength, strangling Xue Yuan into the shape of an erhu egg.So every time he retreated as soon as the show was over, nominally to avoid the fans, but in reality he was afraid of dying from a broken waist.It is really not easy to be a quiet and handsome man in front of the camera.

Taking off his coat, Xue Yuan stood in front of the full-length mirror and took a picture, and said to the adjutant resentfully, "My figure is getting more and more like a nunchaku, no matter what I think, it's all your fault."

The adjutant had no sense of misunderstanding: "Sir, there is an old saying that you gain three pounds on camera. For the sake of your public image, please bear with it. According to my observation, your efforts have already received good returns."

"What in return?"

"Girls in the Commonwealth are singing about your camera image. (singing) I want a man like Ivan~I saw him on the news yesterday~He's so attractive~I can't help wanting ..."

"Let me be quiet."

"Then can I go to drink with you after get off work today?"

"I said, leave me alone."

Xue Yuan and the adjutant have a good personal relationship, and they often drink and play cards together when they are free.

But after get off work today, he doesn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

Back at his residence, Xue Yuan turned on his computer and logged on to a website.

This website called "Desolate Flower" was created to cover up the hacking incident, and the homepage is the picture of the volcano with the poem.

In just a few days, this place has been turned into a translation and exchange forum for poetry lovers. Many people post messages, some of whom are technical officers wearing vests to gain popularity.

Xue Yuan logs on to this website for another purpose.He wants to fish.

He hung a highly concealed Trojan horse on the webpage, and the geographic location of each online ID would appear on an electronic map in his computer.

His target is only one person.

This person's ID is "Rose Knight", and the posting time is fixed at six o'clock in the evening.The content of the post is a certain paragraph from the long poem "Gorse Flower", and naturally, it is still translated by Xue Yuan.

This ID is extremely alert, and the online time is extremely short each time, so it is difficult to be tracked and located by the electronic map.In the past two days, he noticed that Xue Yuan was chasing him, but he didn't show up.

Xue Yuan deliberately made the other party aware of this.The enemy is hiding our Fang Ming, and he has to force the opponent to make further moves before revealing his flaws.

He registered the website with the name Ivan, and he didn't hide his IP address at all, brazenly squatting in the theme post of "Rose Knight".

This is completely using a mocking face to pull hatred.If the other party is an arrogant person, he will never be indifferent to such a provocation from Hong Guoguo.

Sure enough, just after six o'clock, a new post floated at the top of the topic list.Still a translated poem:

You calm gorse, with fragrant leaves

Dotted silently, this barren landscape

Before long, you will too

In the cruel ground fire, to perish.

But this time, Rose Knight didn't go offline immediately, but jumped to the short message interface in the station, and stayed there for a while.

A few seconds later, his location appeared on Xue Yuan's electronic map.

At the same time, with a "ding", the website reminded Xue Yuan that there was a new message.

The sender was Rose Knight, and there was only one photo.

The scene in the photo is very familiar to Xue Yuan, it is the room he sees now.From the point of view, the photographer is almost standing next to him.

"........."

Xue Yuan took a deep breath, took a step back, and looked around with as little movement as possible.

The interior furnishings are simple, and all the furniture can be counted on one hand: a desk, a bed, a bedside table, a chair and a three-tier shelf.Every corner is clear at a glance, and no one is hiding anywhere.

As for whether there will be hidden cameras and the like, we will have to wait until we get the detector tomorrow to be sure.

It would be better not to stay here tonight.After thinking about it, there is only one person who can chat with him to relieve boredom, and who is not suspected of committing a crime at all.

Qi Lian hadn't slept yet. For the first time, he walked around in the glass greenhouse, as if waiting for something.

Xue Yuan swiped the door with his iris and fingerprints.Hearing the sound of the door opening, Qi Lian happily ran over.

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Well. Because you came last night, I thought, maybe you will come tonight."

Xue Yuan didn't know what to say, he walked two steps closer to him, and suddenly frowned: "Why do you still smell like disinfectant? What about the perfume I gave you? Haven't you started using it yet?"

Qi Lian glanced uneasily at the perfume bottle at the corner of the bed: "Well... I opened it and smelled it."

"Don't like it?" I didn't expect this guy to be quite picky.

"It's different from yours." Qi Lian whispered, her tone was a little stubborn.

"The perfume I use is made by myself, and the one given to you is branded."

"..." Qi Lian remained silent.

Xue Yuan was a little bit dumbfounded.Perfume in the earth age is rare, but any well-known brand may command a sky-high price in the auction house.If he gave this bottle of perfume to someone else, the other party would be as excited as if he had won the lottery.

But the reason why Qi Lian doesn't like it is that it tastes different from Xue Yuan.

It seems that there is such a formula in Qi Lian's heart: Xue Yuan's = good.

Whether it's food, perfume or anything else, as long as it's different from Xue Yuan's, no matter whether it's good or not, it won't work anyway.

You can't be serious with a guy who has less than 100 hours in the world.

"Okay, I'll bring you some for me to use next time." Xue Yuan coaxed him, "You can keep this as well, it's good to change the taste once in a while."

As he spoke, he sprayed a little on his wrist.

This bottle of perfume was made in 2011. Although it is well preserved, the fragrance is still a bit out of shape after more than 100 years.The bright aroma of orange blossom in the top note has become blurred, but a slightly bitter fragrance is lightly highlighted.

The scent of gorse.

It would have been a subtle foil to the fragrance, not even noticed.Unexpectedly, after hundreds of years of washing, the fragrance is half faded, but its taste is completely preserved, tranquil and pure.

ByKilian's perfumer Carlisle Becker once said: "Love | Love that cannot be born is sweet salvation."

That may be the redemption of gorse.

But Xue Yuan's thoughts immediately turned to something unpleasant.Hacks, websites, and photos just received.

He threw the perfume aside, turned on his laptop, and studied the photo carefully.

The photo has been processed by software, and all parameters in the Exif information have been erased, so it is impossible to know the shooting time.

But Xue Yuan has a unique way of judging the date: in the photo, there is a matryoshka doll in the corner of the desk.It appears to be just an ordinary decorative item, and it seems that it has never been moved.But in fact, its location changes every day.

Xue Yuan selected a point on the base of this doll, and divided the entire tabletop into a coordinate plane.Set a coordinate point every day, and put the nesting doll in the corresponding position.

The panel of the desk is movable.If you want to get the contents of the table, you can only lift the table top, and you must first remove the matryoshka on the table top.

If someone has moved it, even if it is carefully restored to its original position, it is unlikely that it will completely match the coordinate point he set before.

This habit originated from his elementary school days.He often worried that his parents would steal his things while he was not at home, so he set up an inspection mechanism in this way.At that time, he always carried a vernier caliper in his pocket. Every time he returned to his room, the first thing he did was to measure the position of the doll, otherwise he could not feel at ease.

Xue Yuan has always regarded his actions as a manifestation of victimization paranoia, but he did not expect that it would actually come in handy today.

He quickly built a model on the computer and calculated the coordinates of the nesting dolls in the photo.It is the coordinate parameters he set six days ago, exactly.

This says two things:

First, his desk has never been opened;

Second, this photo was taken six days ago, the day the website was hacked and the invisible wall was discovered.

Why did all these things happen on that day?

Why did "Rose Knight" send this photo to himself, just to retaliate against his provocation?

Xue Yuan closed the computer, resting his chin in thought.

What would a person do if he found that his place of residence had become unsafe?

It should be to confirm and transfer the most important things at the first time.

Perhaps this is one of the purposes of the Rose Knight.There was something in Xue Yuan's room that he wanted, but he couldn't find it, so he used this trick to let Xue Yuan reveal the hiding place of that thing.

If the other party has this kind of calculation, then he is doomed to be disappointed.

Because, the secret hidden in his room will not be discovered by others.

In other words, the secret is hidden among the ordinary objects in the house.Like the matryoshka doll on the table, even in the eyes of onlookers, they don't realize what they are really seeing.

Perhaps because he saw that his expression was too severe, Qi Lian, who had been obediently keeping silent, finally couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

It was only then that Xue Yuan remembered that there was a living creature beside him.

"Where's your "The Little Prince"? Have you finished watching it?" He changed the subject.

"Not yet." Qi Lian shook his head, "I really like the current chapter, so I'll stop here."

"The Little Prince" was turned upside down on the bed, and Xue Yuan picked it up.The story in this chapter is that the little prince met a beautiful fox and wanted to be friends with him.But the fox told the little prince that to be friends, one must first tame him.

"My life is very monotonous. I go to catch chickens, people come to catch me... so I am a little tired. But if you tame me, my life will be full of sunshine."

——Said the fox in the story.

Xue Yuan also read this book when he was a child, but now that he re-reads it, he suddenly has a little childlike innocence.

He looked at Qi Lian half-jokingly:

"I said, do you like me?"

"I like it." Qi Lian was extremely serious.

"Want to be my friend?"

"think."

"Well, to be honest, my life is also very monotonous. I hate others, and others hate me, and I'm really a little tired. So..." He bowed and leaned closer to Qi Lian's face, "Please tame me. I will also tame you, so that our lives will be filled with sunshine for both of us."

Later Xue Yuan understood that this cannot be said casually, because it is a curse.

The moment he said it inadvertently, this curse had quietly been imposed on him and him, and it was inseparable from fate.

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☆, Domestication

Although there is only one single bed, it can accommodate two people lying sideways.

Before going to bed, Xue Yuan took off his coat and laid it flat beside him.He'd go straight from here to the office tomorrow morning, with his uniform crumpled.

He went to bed with only his shirt on, got into the thin quilt, and fell asleep facing Qi Lian.

"Will you kick people when you sleep? Do you talk in your sleep?" He asked Qi Lian, "I'm a light sleeper, and I still get angry when I wake up. If you wake me up, I will beat you hard."

"I won't wake you up." Qi Lian said as if making a promise.He was very new to this situation, excited like a schoolboy going on an outing for the first time, and kept asking questions:

"Living 'outside', sleeping alone?"

"Not necessarily. Some people sleep alone, and some people sleep with others."

"Is it like we are now?"

"Basically.—well, and other things sometimes, too, and you'll see later."

"Oh."

Qi Lian was quiet for a while, then continued to ask:

"Do you sleep with other people when you're outside?"

"Yes, but it was seventeen or eighteen years ago."

Xue Yuan recalled the distant childhood, he and his younger brother did not sleep well every night, playing poker under the quilt with a flashlight drill, and the loser was played by the opponent.

The younger brother always loses and is screamed by the playing. Xue Yuan reprimanded him seriously: "Keep your voice down! If my mother finds out, I will never take you to play again!"

His younger brother, Xue Yu, is two years younger than him and has blond hair like him.He vaguely remembered that his younger brother was quite cute, and his grinning teeth could be regarded as good-looking—if you don't consider that he was changing his teeth and opened his mouth at that time.

Suddenly there was a slight pain in my heart.

The guy, if alive, would be 24 years old this year.What will he look like?Is it the same as when I was a child?

In these chaotic thoughts, drowsiness gradually emerged.Xue Yuan closed his eyes heavily.

...A vague feeling of being watched.

It was very similar to the two malicious gazes in the banquet hall a few days ago, but it seemed different.

Xue Yuan dispelled his drowsiness in an instant, and opened his eyes sharply.

It's not a dream.He really caught those two gazes.

Just outside the greenhouse, through the glass wall, a figure stood there silently.

Joey folded his arms and stared at the two people in front of him for a long time, as if observing a pair of very interesting animals in a cage.

Xue Yuan looked at his watch, it was already morning.

No matter who is looked at like this, it will not feel very pleasant.If you jump up and straighten your clothes in a hurry, you will immediately lose a lot to the opponent in terms of aura.

If you shouted shyly and angrily, "What are you looking at, don't come over here, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", from now on you will be the king of all things.

Of course Xue Yuan didn't accept it.

He sat up, made a "wait a moment" gesture to Joey, and slowly put on his clothes.

Joey wanted to embarrass Xue Yuan, but Xue Yuan didn't accept it, and the embarrassment was sent back to Joey like a boomerang.The current situation no longer looks like he is looking at animals from across the cage, but rather like waiting at the door of his superiors to report to work.

Dressed properly, Xue Yuan straightened his tie and adjusted his cuff buttons.When she turned around, she suddenly found that Qi Lian was awake, looking at him with bright eyes.

"When did that guy outside come here?" Xue Yuan asked in a low voice.

"It's been a long time, standing there watching us."

"Then why didn't you wake me up?"

"You're going to hit me hard."

"........."

Xue Yuan pressed the fingerprint lock on the wall to open the door, and hooked his finger at Joey.

Joey stood by the door and did not go inside.

"I listened to your speech yesterday, it was very exciting." He tapped the palm of his left hand with the tip of his right finger a few times, "You are practicing yourself now, and you have come here to 'deeply' study technical issues? The work has reached such a level that there is no distinction between public and private. It’s really awe-inspiring to me.”

Xue Yuan smiled, and spread his hands helplessly: "That's why everyone said that a competent technical officer has no private life. But it doesn't matter, you may also slowly learn to adapt to this high-intensity work in the future."

Joey didn't answer his words, and looked around: "The conditions here are really bad. ——Killian, are you satisfied with your current living conditions? It will be very hard for your technical officer to work in such a crude place .”

Xue Yuan knew that Qiao Yi wanted to induce Qi Lian to say "dissatisfaction" so that he could make a fuss about it in the Human Rights Committee.Before Qi Lian could speak, he stopped him: "Killian, you don't need to answer." He turned to Joey, "His immediate superior is me, who is directly responsible to me, and no contact with irrelevant personnel is allowed. In addition, this place ——" He pointed to the metal plate outside the door, "It's the laboratory of the artificial superintelligence project, and only the project team can enter. This time it's okay, I can understand your desire to get familiar with the environment as soon as possible. But you should pay attention in the future A little is better."

Qi Lian sat quietly on the bed, listening to the two people pinch each other in a friendly manner, thinking that they were indeed talking about work.

Xue Yuan turned around and explained to him: "I'm going to the office now, I'll come back later. If anyone comes to see you, don't bother with them."

"Okay." Qi Lian nodded.

Xue Yuan walked towards the door, politely gestured "Please go away" to Joey, and locked the door again.

"Good morning, Killian!"

As usual, Anna appeared on the screen on time.

Qi Lian nodded to her.

Xue Yuan told him that "good morning" means goodbye.Although he found that this word did not seem to have such a meaning in others, but since Xue Yuan said so, he obediently stopped using this word.

Qi Lian didn't have any psychological problems, and he didn't have anything to confide in, so every day's counseling turned into chatting.The protagonist of the topic is the only person who has crossed paths with both Qi Lian and Anna.

In this way, Xue Yuan was exposed a lot without his knowledge.

"Do you spend a lot of time with him?" Qi Lian was a little envious.

"To tell you the truth, we dated for a while.—well, 'relationship' means two people who like each other and spend a lot of time together. However, we broke up after a short period of time."

"Why? Because you don't like it?" Qi Lian asked.He didn't have the concept of "privacy" yet, so he said whatever came to his mind without hesitation.

Anna smiled: "Not exactly. At least from my side, I still like him. However, there are many situations where I like each other but can't be together. It's hard to explain the reason, I can only say, Everyone has problems in their life."

Qi Lian was silent for a while, unable to understand what kind of state "all kinds of problems" were.

Anna looked at him gently: "Killian, what you see now and what I told you are just the good part of him. If it's just getting along with each other normally, that's enough. But if it's with If he is in a relationship, he must accept the problematic part of him. Not everyone can do this, at least I didn’t. So, I gave up on him. Of course, the reverse is also the same, he also Give up on me."

"Is there no way not to give up?"

"Maybe." Anna sighed, "I just hope that someone can find that way."

Although the destination was the same office, after less than ten steps together, Xue Yuan and Qiao Yi each found a reason to part ways.On this point, the two have a perfect understanding.

Xue Yuan went to the restaurant to drink a cup of coffee, and dawdled until it was almost time before heading to the office.

In the hallway came a woman.Xue Yuan thought she looked familiar, but he couldn't match her for a while.

The woman saw him too.It's not convenient to chat during working hours, she didn't speak, she just smiled charmingly when passing by.

It was only then that Xue Yuan remembered that it was Miss Jiao Didi.

The number of times they have dealt with each other is not too infrequent, but Xue Yuan can never remember her name, nor can she remember her specific appearance.Occasionally when I think of her, there is only a fuzzy face in my mind.Firstly, it was because her make-up was always too bright, and secondly, it was because of Xue Yuan himself: he has mild prosopagnosia.

For most of the people he has been with, he can't remember their faces clearly.

That feeling is a bit similar to seeing an actor that I am not very familiar with on TV.When I look at the screen, I think, "Oh, I know this person." As soon as I turn off the TV, that face disappears, and no matter how hard I try to recall it, I can't come back clearly.

Said the fox, "All hens look alike, and men all look alike."

Such a world is really boring.

For a whole day, Xue Yuan and Qiao Yi sat upright like two Buddhas, three meters apart from each other.They don't mind sitting the furthest distance in the world if the table is long enough.

With them at the center, the temperature plummeted by twenty degrees.Except for Qin Huan, everyone in the room was under the terrible low pressure.

Xue Yuan stared at the work plan, but what appeared in his mind was an electronic map.

"Rose Knight" is in this office right now.

That guy must be guessing Xue Yuan's thoughts at this moment.

The two exchanged hands like lightning yesterday, and then hid their swords in their sheaths again.The other party was very cautious and used a virtual machine and a proxy IP as a double cover.But Xue Yuan's Trojan horse directly invaded his network configuration and obtained the geographical location corresponding to the other party's real IP.

That's the technical officer's club.

After get off work, technical officers are used to going there for a while to relax.There are a lot of recreational activities, including Internet cafes, bars, chess and card rooms, and billiard rooms.There is no monitoring equipment, and no registration is required, and anyone can come and go freely with their certificates.

Although Xue Yuan could find the computer where Rose Knight posted the post, there was no way to find out who was using it at that time.The only information is that "the other party is also a technical officer".

The question now is, did the Rose Knight accidentally reveal his identity due to overconfidence, or did he do it on purpose to make Xue Yuan suspect everyone around him?

Moreover, did the other party already know that Xue Yuan knew his identity?

Xue Yuan slapped himself in the heart, letting his thoughts escape.If you keep thinking in this direction, you will fall into the infinite loop of "does he know or not? I know he knows x N", which will have no effect except to torture yourself to exhaustion.

In the duel between people of similar level, the comparison is not who is better, but who does not make mistakes.

This game of chess has only just begun.

Before leaving get off work, Xue Yuan announced: "I will be on night duty at the artificial intelligence laboratory for a period of time in the future. If you need anything, go find me there."

Joey cast a meaningful glance, but Xue Yuan pretended not to see it.Since Joey had found out about the fact that he and Qi Lian had spent the night together, he simply acted openly so as not to utter tongue behind his back.

Before going to see Qi Lian, he went back to his residence and checked the electronic equipment in the room.

After carefully checking every corner, the scanner did not respond.Fortunately, there is no camera or anything like that.

From the last time he checked the room until now, he had not made a move that would reveal that secret.For now at least, the secret is safe.

Xue Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he realize how tense his nerves were before.He needs to take a good bath and treat himself to aromatherapy.

Lie down in a bathtub filled with warm water, light an aromatherapy lamp, and pour a few drops of rose essential oil into the tray on the lamp.

The curling fragrance evaporates quickly, accumulates in the room, and is slowly sucked into the ventilation system.The entire ship has a well-developed internal circulation ventilation system, which is kept open around the clock, and there is fresh oxygen no matter where you are.

Amidst the fragrance of roses, he closed his eyes and slid into the bottom of the bathtub, submerging himself in the water.

Smell is the best memory storage.

His love for fragrance can be traced back to his childhood.There are many roses planted in the backyard of the house.There are Corolla red roses for ornamental use and Damask roses for essential oil extraction, intertwined into scattered patterns.

As an adult, Xue Yuan has always maintained a habit. Whenever his mind is tortured by his suspicious nature, he uses fragrance to soothe his nerves, and silently warns himself: Don't be driven crazy by yourself like some people.

The so-called "someone" is actually his father.

His father was also a technical officer, mainly studying encryption algorithms.I don't know when, the original amiable father became more and more taciturn, and began to look at everyone around him suspiciously.Later, he stopped going out altogether and shut himself in the most secluded room in the house.

Xue Yuan was still a child at that time, so he didn't realize that his father's spirit had changed.He didn't quite understand why his mother always complained that his father worked too much overtime, but now that his father was at home every day, why his mother's expression became more and more haggard and sad.

One evening, when my mother took my younger brother out to play, my father mysteriously pulled Xue Yuan to the window, pointed to the flower garden in the backyard and said, "Ivan, your mother is from the KGB. She is here to spy on us. Those flowers outside are actually It's a code she sent to someone else. Don't you see that the roses are arranged in a regular way? They are actually binary codes!"

At first, Xue Yuan really believed it a little bit, and secretly studied the arrangement of those flowers, trying to find out the unfounded pattern.

Until one day, his father said to him mysteriously again: "Ivan, your brother is a spy. Didn't you notice that he changes his teeth very regularly?"

“…………(￣Dan￣;)”

From then on, Xue Yuan didn't even dare to comb his hair in front of his father, for fear that his father would say to others one day: "Ivan is a secret agent, and the length of his hair that falls out every day is arranged very regularly. , that's Morse code!"

…………

"Tude."

An extremely slight sound came from somewhere.

Xue Yuan returned to reality from the memory, but he didn't move.He knew exactly where the sound came from and why.

"Du, dun."

There were two more soft beeps.After that, the surroundings returned to silence, and there was no more sound.

After a while, Xue Yuan sat up from the water and turned off the aroma lamp.

Before reaching the glass house, Xue Yuan saw from a distance that Qi Lian was already waiting inside with full expectation.

Every day, Xue Yuan's appearance is his only hope.After all the technical officers got off work, it became deserted outside, but he would become more and more happy, and he would prick up his ears to welcome the sound of the door being opened.

"Di!"

Qi Lian immediately jumped over happily, and opened his mouth to say to Xue Yuan: "Happiness is also very tormenting. (*￣︶￣*)"

"..." Even though he knew that he was quoting the words from "The Little Prince", Xue Yuan still felt a little horrified.

——Hey, you don't even know what happiness is, do you?Don't use the lines indiscriminately!

I wanted to be so joking