"I didn't mean that...well, forget it, I can't explain it clearly."
Aya thought for a while and finally gave up the explanation.
Huiyue said: "Miss Lingsi, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can see clearly the real life of an artificer through your own eyes. You can even become an artificer as a humanoid girl, just like the oldest humanoid girl [moment]
.”
Ayasi clearly remembers that the creative workshop facility once said similar words.
"Well, the future is full of unknowns, and there is indeed such a possibility." Lingsi looked up at the relief painting above her head, "It is enough for me and the people around me to be happy, and I don't want to ask for anything else too extravagantly."
"That's it. Miss Lingsi, I heard that in one month, you will say goodbye to ASEAN City. Do you really not want to explore those memories that have been sleeping in the past?" Huiyue asked Lingsi thoughtfully.
.
Although Lingsi was confused, she still said decisively: "It's not that I don't care about the past, but I hope that the tragedies of the past will not happen again. From a selfish point of view, it may be that I am running around day and night, busy with investigations, and I am tired."
"What Lingsi said does make sense, but...as the current head of the ASEAN City branch, I don't really want you to leave ASEAN City." Huiyue confessed.
"But if we want to build an equal cooperative relationship, the status of Miss Lingsi and I is also equal. I have no intention of retaining Miss Lingsi, but I am just a little reluctant and unwilling."
Lingsi said responsibly: "This is a normal feeling. Minister Huiyue, you are not wrong. But this world cannot satisfy all people with different positions at the same time, so in the end, you have to fight for the desired results by yourself."
Huiyue said frankly: "That's right. Everything has a price. This is true for me who became the head of the branch, and the same is true for Miss Lingsi who has lost her past memory."
Ling thought: "We are all conspirators who don't want to miss opportunities and don't want to betray the trust of others."
"Miss Ayasi, wait for me for a moment."
Huiyue suddenly turned around and said helplessly towards the fork in the road behind Lingsi: "Qinglao, you'd better come out openly and come with us. It makes me a little unnatural to hide in the dark and eavesdrop.
"
After Huiyue's reminder, Lingsi finally noticed the existence of the old lady hiding her aura next to her.
"Minister Huiyue, your observation skills are very strong, but it would be even better if you use them in the right place." The old lady curled her lips and appeared reluctantly.
Huiyue said helplessly: "That's what Qing Lao taught me."
The old lady walked up to Lingsi and said kindly: "The tour of the first researcher for you two should be coming to an end soon. Then I will lead Miss Lingsi to a very interesting place."
"no problem."
…
The First Research Institute, at the suspended elevator.
The old lady skillfully pressed the elevator switch of the First Research Institute, and then called Huiyue and Lingsi to come in.
"This elevator has been used for more than ten years. I didn't expect that ten years have passed and it can still remain the same as it was ten years ago." After confirming that the elevator had not been improved, the old lady complained to Huiyue.
"Young Lao, this also shows from a side perspective the superb level of our seniors. It has been so many years, but the life of the elevator has not yet reached a critical stage." Huiyue smiled.
Try your best to circle it.
The elevator carried Huiyue, Lingsi, and the old lady, rising slowly. The number of stairs increased from small to large.
When the door opened again, the elevator finally stopped at the top floor.
Huiyue noticed something was wrong and quickly asked: "Old Qing, are you going in the wrong direction? Where are you going?"
The old lady frowned and said forcefully: "Shut up and just follow me."
The top floor of the First Research Institute has the smallest floor space of all floors and is usually used to store some sundries that do not have much use.
This floor has not undergone any improvement or decoration in the past ten years. The dim old-fashioned light bulbs can only illuminate the house numbers in front of each room.
The old lady held her chest high and raised her head bravely, walking in front bravely, while Huiyue lowered her head and followed behind without daring to speak. The status of the two was clearly visible at a glance.
"Minister Huiyue, actually I want to thank everyone in the ASEAN City branch who did not propose changes to the top floor. It is because of this inaction that an important room was protected." The old lady suddenly said, making Hui
Yue’s incredible words.
"Old Qing, I'm sorry. The omission in the top-level maintenance of the institute is my dereliction of duty." Huiyue mistakenly thought that the old lady was speaking sarcastically.
"The maintenance loophole is indeed your fault."
The old lady stopped in front of a room with '017' printed on the metal door number.
After seeing the number clearly, Ayashi thought of something and said to the old lady in surprise: "Lao Qing, could this be..."
The old lady replied calmly: "Well, Miss Ayasi, it's just as you guessed. This is one of the studios that the talented boy once used. It is probably the only one related to him in the ASEAN City branch.
A studio.”
"Eh? That genius boy's studio? Why don't I know anything?" Huiyue scratched her head and sighed helplessly.
The old lady said in a serious and responsible manner: "The talented boy left the ASEAN City branch before you took office. As an ordinary member at that time, it is normal for you not to know about this private matter."
The old lady looked at Lingsi, who was easily ignored next to Huiyue: "Miss Lingsi, this was indeed your master's private studio. According to what I have seen and heard in the past, he likes to conduct research in extremely quiet places.
So he chose this place."
Lingsi nodded: "Well, Qinglao, I want to know more about him."
The old lady replied earnestly: "Since Miss Lingsi wants to know more, let me talk a little bit about the genius boy. Miss Lingsi, please listen carefully."
"Uh-huh."
The old lady said enthusiastically: "Although the genius boy, Miss Lingsi's master, showed great talent during the research process of the machine engineer, in daily life, he is like a necessary person.
The child I took care of. I happened to meet him when he was sixteen years old..."
While the old lady was explaining, Huiyue looked through the items left behind in the room, hoping to find some treasure.
…
"Come here and see, what is this?" Huiyue suddenly shouted, interrupting the old lady's explanation.
The old lady who was interrupted came over unhappily: "Minister Huiyue, what happened?"
"I found a
big baby."
Huiyue was very lucky. He found a large blue-gray box from the messy room. He weighed it with his hands and found that it was heavy inside, as if there was a big treasure hidden inside.
Huiyue tried various means and exhausted all methods, but could not open it. Finally, she used her brute force to forcefully break open the big box.
"Alas, after working on it for a long time, it turned out to be a broken crystal." After Huiyue saw the "treasure" in the box, she was about to close the box in disappointment.
A strong hand stopped him.
"Qing Lao?"
The old lady said angrily: "Minister Huiyue, your taste is really unflattering, and you are too ignorant. This is obviously a precious work of art, and it is also the work of that talented young man. How could it be that it is worthless?"
Something of value.”
"Uh... I'm sorry." Huiyue reopened the big box dejectedly after being slapped in the face.
There is indeed only one item in the big box - a piece of crystal as transparent as a mirror, with a carved flower embedded in the transparent crystal.
[Flower in the Mirror] is dominated by bright red tones, and the overall shape is sonorous and powerful. The sharp thin lines overlap and overlap layer by layer, forming a unique beauty.
The old lady carefully held up the piece of [Flower in the Mirror] and walked to Lingsi, "Miss Lingsi, I heard that before leaving the ASEAN City branch, your master destroyed all the works. This
This single work [Flower in the Mirror] should be the only work left by your master in the ASEAN City branch."
"One theory is that this work was too completed and he could not bear to destroy it. Another theory is that this work is proof that he once stayed in the ASEAN City branch, and he will always remember this past.
Regardless of whether that statement is true, this [Flower in the Mirror] is the hard work of a young genius."
Lingsi admired from the bottom of her heart: "This [Flower in the Mirror] is so beautiful. He is indeed a talented young man who can create a humanoid girl. If I have a chance to meet him, I will definitely not be able to bear it."
Stay out of curiosity and ask him questions."
"Well, although that guy did cause you a lot of trouble, Miss Ayasi, after learning that the branch conducted illegal experiments on you in the past, I really admire his choice to abandon everything." The old lady recalled the long history.
past.
"Has that time come to the point where there is no other option? He was obviously an engineer who made great contributions to the ASEAN City branch, but he gave up everything because of me." Ayasi felt guilty.
"At that time, the situation was indeed very complicated, but it had not yet reached the stage where I had to leave. I heard from the senior management of the original branch that when the talented boy went out for an internship, he discovered a research organization that was more advanced than the ASEAN City branch.
, so I wanted to break away from the ASEAN City branch. That inhumane experiment was just a convenient reason."
Lingsi quickly said: "No, that's definitely not the case."
"I am also skeptical about this statement. Anyway, so many years have passed, and now there is no news about him. It's like he disappeared out of thin air and evaporated from the world." Huiyue said frankly, "
Moreover, when faced with the wrong actions of the ASEAN City Branch, he chose to escape and leave the ASEAN City Branch; and I chose to face it and became the minister of the ASEAN City Branch. This is also the most important point among the countless points that I cannot approve of him.