Annihilation of the solar system

The curtain gradually enveloped this huge city, and the continuous rain curtain enveloped the concrete forest where the lights had just begun. The windshield of Xia Lan's car was sprinkled with dots. Against the dim light of the street lamp, every drop of water on the glass

The pearls diffracted a trace of dark yellow light, which in Xia Lan's eyes looked like a pitch-black universe dotted with countless stars.

She looked at her watch and saw that it was almost 9:30 pm. She sighed and turned her gaze to the vague-looking villa door outside the car window, which was the home of her father Xia Jigang.

After having dinner with her mother, she drove here to wait for her father Xia Jigang to come home. During the long wait, those heartbreaking past events flooded into her heart repeatedly. This was the place she least wanted to be, and her father Xia Jigang was also the place she least wanted to be.

People you don’t want to see.

Her desire for the mystery of Oumuamua's orbit is the only reason why she is still waiting here.

A strong light in the distance gradually illuminated the surrounding area. A car stopped at the door of the villa. The figure who got out of the car was Xia Jigang. After saying a few words to the people in the car, he turned and walked towards the door of the villa.

When he reached the gate, a voice suddenly broke through the rain curtain and made him look back.

"Father!"

Xia Jigang looked back and saw that the figure of the woman under the dim street light was his eldest daughter Xia Lan. His livid face showed rare surprise and excitement, and he walked to Xia Lan:

"Xia Lan, it's so late, why are you here? Why didn't you go to the press conference?"

Xia Lan did not answer Xia Jigang's question but asked:

"Have you read the information I gave you this afternoon?"

A trace of anger flashed across Xia Jigang's face, and the face that originally had a slight smile turned livid again. He turned around and locked the door of the villa with his fingerprint, and said:

"That's why you came here, right? You know there are so many things going on this afternoon. It's raining outside. Let's go in and talk."

Xia Lan stood still and asked again:

"Have you brought the information back?"

When Xia Jigang heard this question, his face was already clouded. The waves of anger seemed to be rolling in his eyes, as if they were about to come out of his sparkling eyes.

"Click" the door opened by itself, and a little boy in his early ten years poked his head out of the half-open door and looked at Xia Jigang. His childish face was full of smiles:

"Dad, you're back!"

The waves on Xia Jigang's face faded a little, and he lowered his voice and said:

"Xia Yuchen, it's raining outside, go back inside."

The little boy seemed to have no intention of listening to Xia Jigang's words. He leaned out half of his body and saw Xia Lan beside him. A bright smile immediately appeared on his face and he shouted:

"Hey! Are you sister Lanlan? Are you here to play with me?"

Xia Lan was shocked. She had long known that her father had a teenage son since starting a family, but she had never seen her half-brother. This was even the first time she came to see her father.

At the door of her home, why does this child know her?

Xia Yuchen ran to Xia Lan and held her hand regardless of her father's obstruction. Although Xia Lan hated her father and this place, she had no reason to be angry with her brother, who had never been masked before. Her face recovered

With the most common intoxicating smile in the past, he knelt down and said to Xia Yuchen:

"Little brother, how do you know me? We have never met."

Xia Yuchen looked at Xia Lan innocently:

"Dad told me in the photo, but you are much bigger and more beautiful than in the photo."

Xia Lan stroked Xia Yuchen's head, and a complex emotion arose in her heart. If she remembered correctly, the only photo taken with her father was probably on her twelfth birthday. She didn't expect that her father still kept this photo.

"It's better to go in and talk. It's raining outside. I'll ask the secretary to send the information right away." Xia Jigang's tone was much calmer.

Xia Lan stood up, and Xia Yuchen kept holding his hand and walked into the house.

"I brought an extra portion, you don't have to ask them to give it away."

Xia Lan was dragged down by her younger brother to the spacious living room. The decoration here was completely luxurious at the level of model rooms in TV series. She did not pay more attention to this. She sat on the soft cowhide sofa in the living room and took some food from her bag.

He took out a stack of information and put it on the coffee table. After Xia Jigang sat down, he asked Xia Yuchen to go upstairs and play by himself. He picked up the information and flipped through it and said:

"You said this afternoon that the latest orbital data was calculated by Liu Chaowen? Isn't that genius boy engaged in theoretical physics? How come he ended up in your sky survey project?"

Xia Lan said:

"Yes, the orbital data was calculated by Liu Chaowen. He is a student of Professor Zhou Cheng. Professor Zhou Cheng and my supervisor Professor Shen Manling are husband and wife. I think it may be arranged because of some academic needs.

I don’t know the specific reason, but he did find the problem.”

Xia Jigang continued to read the information:

"Oh, that's right. But you also know that the direction the space telescope is pointing and the direction you need to observe are almost in two directions. It is very troublesome to turn the space telescope through the National Space Center to activate the attitude nozzle. I read the information

The unknown variable introduced in Liu Chaowen’s orbit calculation formula is almost a wild imagination.”

Xia Jigang was talking to himself, completely unaware that Xia Lan's face had gradually turned gloomy.

"Furthermore, you have made such a great discovery in the field of extraterrestrial life detection. The next step will not only carry out all-round detection and research of life on Venus, but also the detection of Europa and Titan. Why don't you take this opportunity?

How about taking your career to a new peak?”

Having said this, Xia Jigang stopped for a moment, raised his eyes at Xia Lan, and continued:

"The next Venus Orbital Space Laboratory should be sent to the Venus orbit in a year's time. I would like to recommend you to go there. Besides, astronomers have discovered the irregular orbit changes of comets a long time ago. Oumuamua

Even if it is observed at a new location this time, what does it mean? It is probably just the result of its breakage during flight."

Xia Lan was already prepared for Xia Jigang's remarks. She suppressed the turbulent emotions in her heart:

"Thank you for your kindness. I am neither a professional planetary biologist nor a Venus expert. Apart from passenger planes, I have never had any other flight experience, let alone going to space. It is better to leave such a precious opportunity to more people.

A suitable candidate. Moreover, when our plan for detecting life in the upper atmosphere of Venus was reported to the Academy of Sciences at the beginning, didn’t you think it was too wild and unrestrained and did not approve it?”

Hearing Xia Lan's unhurried words, Xia Jigang suddenly stopped flipping through information, and his knife-like eyes shot at Xia Lan again. Xia Lan did not avoid the scalp-numbing gaze. She just had an expressionless face.

He looked at his father who was already livid.

Xia Jigang threw the information in his hand onto the coffee table with a "bang" sound, and the living room fell into a dead silence. The only thing that could be heard was Xia Jigang's heavier breathing.

Xia Jigang was about to speak when Xia Yuchen pulled a graceful middle-aged woman slowly down the stairs of the villa. Even though she was at home, the woman was still well-dressed and wearing exquisite makeup. She walked to the living room

, a solemn and formal smile covered his entire face, and he said in a very calm tone:

"It turns out Xia Lan is here. It's really rare. Have you eaten? The chef made French desserts today. Do you want to try them?"

Xia Lan glanced at the woman, shook her head, and forced a smile on her face:

"No, I've eaten at home."

The woman sat on the sofa with some pretense, and then said:

"Yuchen told me that my sister was here, but I didn't expect you to be here. If you need any help in life or work, just ask, your father and I will definitely do our best to help you and your mother."

The almost mocking tone seemed like a beggar from a rich family giving alms on the roadside. Xia Lan felt a burning pain from his back to the back of his neck, and an uncontrollable anger in his heart.

spread.

She almost ignored the purpose of coming here today and used the most vicious words she could think of to respond to the woman in front of her, who had a beautiful face and a graceful figure, but a soul as rotten as wood. She struggled to control her emotions, and that

The woman was looking at Xia Lan's eyes that were almost bursting with anger with admiration from across the sofa.

"It's so late, you'd better take Yuchen upstairs to sleep first. Xia Lan and I still need to discuss some work matters. These matters are now classified as confidential, and it's not suitable for you to listen."

Xia Jigang's tone was surprisingly gentle.

The woman raised her chin artificially, glanced at Xia Jigang, and snorted coldly. She stood up and gently combed her gauze skirt, then pulled Xia Yuchen over, who wanted to touch Xia Lan, and said:

"Then I won't disturb you. Lao Xia, you should go to bed early."

After saying that, he pulled Xia Yuchen towards the stairs, half holding and half dragging. The livid color on Xia Jigang's face had disappeared and was replaced by a trace of blush and embarrassment, and there were waves of apologies in his eyes.

He took off his glasses, rubbed his matching eyes for a while, and sighed. Then he picked up the information he just dropped from the table and said:

"How confident are you about the orbital data calculated by Liu Chaowen?"