"You … Are you really his granddaughter?"
Vera looked at the woman standing by the bed, who looked a bit like Lu Zhou. She was dumbfounded, and she didn't know what to say.
Her expression was so easy to understand that Lu Xiaoqiao immediately guessed what she had misunderstood, so she hurriedly explained, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Although we are indeed related by blood, it shouldn't be what you think."
Vera's hands gripped the sheet tighter as she whispered weakly, "… I don't mind."
"I already said, it's not what you think." Lu Xiaoqiao pressed her eyebrows with a headache. She complained about her dishonest ancestor in her heart. After sighing, she continued, "In short, I'm probably his collateral descendant, from Lu Xiaotong's branch."
"Xiaotong …"
Lu Xiaoqiao nodded calmly.
"Yes."
Her small hands that were gripping the sheet slowly loosened, but they quickly clenched again.
I didn't expect her to be gone …
Although this was inevitable, Vera still felt a little lonely in her heart.
Maybe because she was the quiet type, she still had a good impression of that lively girl.
Especially when she was a professor at Princeton, the relationship between the two had always been very good.
Not to mention, because of a certain person, she had always treated her as her own sister.
Lu Xiaoqiao read the expression on Vera's face and roughly guessed what was going on. She spoke softly.
"Please don't feel sorry for her. According to my father and grandfather, she was a very kind person, and lived a happy and wonderful life in the time she lived. Life itself is a journey with a beginning and an end. Since there is a beginning, there must be an end. Everything is inevitable. "
"… I just can't control my emotions."
She took a deep breath and calmed the sad emotions in her heart. She then showed a forced smile.
"Thank you for your comfort … To be able to raise such a kind child like you, I believe she must have been very happy when she was alive."
A shy smile appeared on Lu Xiaoqiao's face as she said with some embarrassment.
"Actually, it's alright … Although I've never met her, I've always heard Grandpa talk about her."
At that moment, the door of the ward suddenly opened, and Qian Xiuxiu, who was wearing a nurse uniform, walked in.
"Vera, someone is visiting you outside. Are you free now?"
"... Who is it?"
Qian Xiuxiu giggled and said, "He seems to be a famous person. His name is Lu Zhou, although many people call him Academician Lu."
In an instant, Vera, who was leaning against the pillow, sat up in excitement.
"Fang, convenient! Could you please bring him in quickly? "
Perhaps it was because of the strong reaction that the two short words were out of tune.
Seeing Vera's reaction, Qian Xiuxiu smiled.
"No matter how fast he is, he still needs time to walk over."
Lu Xiaoqiao looked at the nurse standing at the door in surprise. She glanced at her watch and muttered to herself.
"Didn't he say he was going to come …"
She had just called in the morning, and it was not even noon yet, which really surprised her.
After receiving the patient's permission, Qian Xiuxiu nodded and left the ward with a brisk pace. Not long after, she walked in with a man wearing clothes that were more monotonous than the popular styles of this world.
Looking at the person who appeared at the door, Vera's eyes were filled with tears of excitement. The excitement in her heart turned into a murmur that was like a trickle of water.
"I must be dreaming …"
"But no." Looking at Vera sitting on the hospital bed, Lu Zhou's throat moved slightly as he said softly, "What do you think? Just like I said, it was just the blink of an eye."
Vera: "But in fact, I had a very long dream."
"… Oh?"
Vera said with a red face, "I dreamed that I was lying in a frozen crystal coffin, and I saw a beautiful princess through the fog. She said a lot to me, and before she left, she told me to take care of you … As for the rest, I don't remember much."
Take care of me …
Lu Zhou smiled in his heart.
He didn't think he needed to be taken care of, but he was quite worried about her current appearance.
"Um …"
"What's wrong?"
After a moment of silence, Vera whispered.
"Why haven't you changed at all?"
Could it be that the problem of lifespan has been solved after 100 years?
But this doesn't explain why Xiao Tong died of old age.
She could feel that during the time she was asleep, many things had happened around her and far away from her.
This strange feeling made her feel a little scared, but for some reason, after seeing that familiar face, a sense of peace of mind filled her body.
"A lot of things have happened in the past 100 years, and all aspects are beyond my expectations." Lu Zhou looked out the window with a headache. After thinking for a while, he continued, "After you are discharged from the hospital, I will find time to tell you everything."
Not only did she need time to prepare, but he also felt that he needed some time.
For her, everything happened in the blink of an eye. However, in this blink of an eye, he already had many things that he never had before.
The kiss on the forehead was enough to make him feel guilty (although his original intention was to let her go to the future without regrets). He didn't expect to receive a million-word love letter.
He even regretted going back to Princeton …
Looking at Lu Zhou intently, Vera spoke in a very soft voice.
"Um … Thank you."
"Don't thank me. In fact, I didn't do anything. I really can't afford to thank you —"
"Of course not, you gave me knowledge, warmth, and courage that I never thought I could get." After a pause, her eyes flickered slightly. She added, "Also, I miss you too."
For some reason, the word "too" always made him feel weird, but he couldn't tell what was strange about it.
He did miss her, and he had investigated her whereabouts, but because of the long time and other reasons, he didn't find any news about her.
From the available information, during the duration of her frozen dormancy, someone modified her hospitalization information, as well as the time limit of frozen dormancy and the activation conditions of the active wake up program.
Otherwise, she would have woken up 20 years ago or even earlier.
As for who did this and what their motives were, no one knew.
Although this was an era of information technology, in the face of the barrier of time, even Xiao Ai couldn't achieve absolute omniscience and omnipotence.
Lu Zhou changed the original topic and spoke with a light cough.
"Have you thought about where to go after waking up?"
Vera: "I don't have a home, and I don't know anyone else … This world is too strange to me, and I don't know where to go."
"I'm sorry … for throwing you into this era without any explanation. But under the circumstances at that time, it was the best solution."
"Don't say sorry. You're the hero who saved me." Vera smiled gently and lowered her eyelashes slightly. She was inexplicably happy but also a little nervous as she added in a low voice.
She added in a low voice, "So, please, please take responsibility …"
Lu Zhou nodded.
"If you don't think about where to go for the time being, stay at my place for now …"
With Vera's ability, it was not a problem to find a job as a mathematics professor at Jin Ling University.
Even if it came from 100 years ago, and the research in the cutting-edge field might be a little behind, the basic things would not change 100 years ago or 100 years later.
Of course …
He also had his own selfish motives.
It just so happened that he still lacked an assistant who could help him study the Z particle wave equation, and Vera, who had excellent professional ability and thinking ability, was undoubtedly a suitable candidate.
As for other things …
He would find a suitable time to explain to her what happened after she was frozen.
However, after hearing the first half of Lu Zhou's sentence, Vera's face turned red. She couldn't hear the rest of Lu Zhou's words clearly.
Lu Xiaoqiao, who was standing on the side, sighed.
She felt like the manager of the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation had nothing to do here.
She was clearly the protagonist when it came to the issue of the frozen people …
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