Annihilation of the solar system

After the demonstration meeting, Xia Lan did not attend the press conference with her mentor Shen Manling as arranged. Although Shen Manling tried her best to persuade her to attend, after all, the press conference of this historic discovery can bring a lot to young scholars like her. The unexpected convenience and aura will also be of great help to her future academic studies.

In the end, Xia Lan rejected Shen Manling's kindness. After she left the National Academy of Sciences, she rushed straight to an ordinary residential area outside the Third Ring Road, where her mother lived and was her home.

She opened the door. A woman with glasses, a trace of white hair on her temples, traces of her youth on her eyes and face, but meticulous makeup was sitting on the balcony of the living room reading a book. She heard the sound of the door opening. Looking up, he was stunned for a moment, then took off his reading glasses, and a smile of surprise and happiness immediately appeared on his face:

"It's Lan Lan. Aren't you on a business trip in Jinling? Why are you back?"

Xia Lan said while putting her backpack on the sofa:

"Mom, I received an urgent notice to return to Beijing for a meeting, which just ended. I will go home quickly to see how you are and how are you? Are you still getting used to your retirement days?"

The mother put the book in her hand on a small table next to the chair, walked to Xia Lan, looked at her daughter carefully and said:

"I'm very good, but I'm really not used to it after retirement. I've been standing on the podium for decades, and suddenly sitting like this every day is really a bit at a loss. Although I was tired before, it often made those kids who didn't study hard get angry and dizzy. But I live a fulfilling and purposeful life, but now I always feel a little empty."

Xia Lan helped her mother sit down on the sofa and said:

"You, you have been a high school teacher all your life and you have worked so hard until you retire. Just find something you want to do and enjoy your retirement time."

The mother had a kind smile on her face:

"Your Aunt Lin used to be a music teacher at the school. She retired two years before me. Some time ago, she asked me to learn musical instruments to kill time, so I went. I tinkered with guzheng and liuqin, but it really wasn't that good. Good stuff. This school is hiring retired teachers again. I really want to go back and teach for a few more years."

Xia Lan frowned slightly, with a hint of reproach:

"Mom, don't go back to school. Aren't you tired from studying in the morning to studying in the evening? I told you to calm down and adjust your state. When you are too busy, I invite your old sisters to travel around. Take a stroll. Don’t spend all day in and out of the position of gardener and soul engineer of the motherland.”

Mother smiled and shook her head:

"Stop talking about this, please leave me alone and mind yourself. Don't indulge in your romance of stars and seas every day. You are already old. Where is the classmate Lin who came to your home with you last time? Yes. Didn’t you come back together for the meeting?”

Xia Lan looked embarrassed and said something in a coquettish tone.

"mom....!".

Mother also felt that she was a bit nagging and quickly changed the topic:

"You are so busy at work and you are taken back for a meeting. How can you have time to go home and see me?"

The embarrassment on Xia Lan's face was replaced by the warm smile before:

"I'm really busy now, and I may not have the chance to go home often for a long time. So I quickly took some time to come back to see you and get something. Do you remember what I did two years ago? That Venus life detection project?”

Mother nodded:

"Well, remember. At that time, you worked overtime at school every day, and you also worked overtime when you came back. Later, you quarreled with your father several times because of the approval of that plan."

The smile on Xia Lan's face disappeared instantly, and she said with a somewhat angry tone:

"Mom, how did you know that I had a quarrel with him? Did he call to tell you?"

A look of panic flashed across the mother's face:

"Hey... this happened a few years ago, so don't pay too much attention to it. Your dad is like that. He has a bad temper and is a bit of a chauvinist. He gets angry easily when he is anxious. After all these years, he has always been...

Your father..."

Xia Lan's face became increasingly gloomy, and her tone of voice was also full of rare hostility:

"He abandoned us, mother and daughter, when I was 13 years old. From that time on, he was no longer my father. I have no father."

The mother's expression was much calmer, and she still held her daughter's hand with a smile:

"Lan Lan, after so many years, we, mother and son, have been doing well till today. I am no longer angry with your father. You should also try to forgive him. He will always be your relative.

, Reconciliation with relatives is also reconciliation with oneself.

The facts cannot be changed, so let’s accept it with a different mentality. Although he is not a good husband or a good father, he is a very good scholar and a very good scientist. He has also provided you with guidance on your academic path.

Help."

The gloominess on Xia Lan's face did not retreat at all, and she said with some resentment and ridicule:

"Help? Mom, did you say that he cared about my study and life before I was admitted to the Department of Astronomy of Qingbei University as a graduate student? He didn't even give me daily hypocritical greetings. After I was admitted to the Department of Astronomy as a graduate student, he greeted me every day.

What’s the result? It’s not just for me to do projects for him that will allow him to gain political leverage.”

The mother regretted mentioning this topic, and her daughter's reaction caught her off guard. Xia Lan's tone became more and more excited:

"What kind of scientist is he? What he cares about has never been scientific research results! Since he was promoted to associate professor, he has done no valuable scientific research. He only wants to climb up!"

After saying these words, Xia Lan's resentment eased a lot:

"I can forgive him for all this. But when he abandoned our mother and daughter to marry the daughter of a senior official in order to compete for the title of professor and the position of academician of the Academy of Sciences, I will never forgive him in my life."

Saying this, Xia Lan's eyes flashed and two big tears rolled down her delicate face. A hint of sadness emerged in her mother's eyes. She gently put her arms around her daughter's shoulders and took her daughter into her arms.

Zhong said:

"Lan Lan, my mother has lived for most of her life and has understood many things. When the person you love is destined to leave you, your best way is to wish him the life he wants.

Because in this way you can convince yourself not to torture your soul for meaningless results. Hatred born of love is the longest imprisonment for yourself, which is unfair to yourself."

There was a brief silence in the warm home, and Xia Lan's weak sobs could only be heard faintly.

Mother sorted out her emotions, wiped away the trace of tears from the corner of her eyes, and restored her kind smile on her face:

"By the way, didn't you just talk about the Venus Life Plan? Are you coming back for this meeting because there are results?"

Xia Lan raised her head and wiped away the tears on her face, with a hint of pride in her gloomy and sad expression:

"If nothing else happens, you will be able to see the press conference on TV soon. The detector has indeed discovered life on Venus in accordance with our plan."

The mother’s face also showed a look of extreme pride:

"Really? This is a historic discovery! Mom is so proud of you."

The confident and charming smile returned to Xia Lan's face again:

"The next step is to establish a Venus orbiting space laboratory, and then a series of detection activities will be launched. I will be even busier. Please get me something I like to eat tonight. I'm afraid it will be very difficult in the next two or three years.

You rarely get the chance to eat it.”

Mother stood up and said with a smile:

"This is really weird. When I went shopping this morning, I actually bought the tofu and diced chicken that you love. I'll cook them for you right now, and you go and pack the things you want, so don't leave anything behind."

A naughty smile appeared on Xia Lan's face:

"I know, Mom!"

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