Quick Wear: Give the Resentful Man a Home

On the way home, Duan Wu took him to the supermarket to buy some food for dinner. Shen Changling rarely went to the supermarket, let alone bought food. He was full of curiosity about the details told by this person who was six years younger than him.

"Actually, there's nothing special about this dish, but it would look better if they were round and plump." Duan Wu gestured for him to pick a few tomatoes he liked.

Shen Changling dazedly picked up three that looked round, nice, and pretty. "Is this all right?"

“If you don’t consider the size, it does look pretty good.”

Duan Wuxu leaned on the shopping cart, watching Shen Changling choose his favorite things with great interest, and then taught him how to choose. These common sense of life were not forgotten because of the car accident.

But it is an area that Shen Changling is not good at.

“Know why vegetables look so beautiful now”

"Because the genes have been optimized." Duan Wu raised his head, holding up a small tomato, and stared at Shen Changling. "The optimization direction of tomatoes is to preserve them longer and have a more refined appearance. The most important thing, taste, has become the least valued thing in the market now."

“Why, when it comes to eating, don’t we care about genetic optimization for good taste?”

"Because consumers want delicious fruits, but growers want easy preservation. Just like you, you won't pick fruits that don't look fresh or are deformed."

Shen Changling looked at Duan Wu thoughtfully. He knew there was something else behind his words, but he didn't understand what he meant.

Duan Wu smiled slightly and threw the tomato in his hand into the bag. "Let's go and check out the meat."

……

After returning home with a full load, Duan Wu carried two large bags of vegetables back to the kitchen. Shen Changling's kitchen looked very clean and there were no signs of use.

"Professor Shen, in which direction do you think human genetic optimization should go?"

While washing vegetables, I chat with the people behind me.

In fact, what Duan Wu learned from the plot was very limited. For example, what was the purpose of the Human Biological Science Research Organization? To cultivate better artificial humans, what was the point?

Every destruction and evolution of a living thing is not because the species is not good enough, but because it is not suitable for survival.

"I think it would be a good idea if everyone could cook from birth."

Shen Changling admired Duan Wu very much. He was dazzled by his amazing knife skills at such a young age.

"So I understand that you hope that the direction of human evolution will be practicality?"

Duan Wu turned his head, but his hands did not stop moving. "If you were given a chance to change your genes, what kind of person would you like to become?"

Shen Changling leaned against the refrigerator, thinking about this problem seriously. The only sound in the kitchen was the thump thump of the kitchen knife hitting the chopping board, and he listened to it for a moment.

“I want to be a normal person.”

"Normal people?"

Shen Changling nodded.

After losing all that knowledge and talent, Shen Changling realized that his life was so dull and lacking. He had no experiences worth remembering, and no one to miss.

Not even a complete life.

While others were still being picked up and dropped off at kindergarten by their parents, Shen Changling was studying the origin of species every day. While others were still discussing what games they played last night at school, he was sitting in front of a microscope day after day, looking at billions of microscopic molecules.

Shen Changling would spend the whole day watching it, and he never felt bored in the past.

But looking back now, he hated the experience. There were no memories and no happiness.

"I want to start growing up from kindergarten, and I want to know if I can experience getting up at six in the morning and studying until twelve at night."

Shen Changling recalls the “ordinary people” he saw in literary works

"Maybe I won't study seriously, and worry about why I'm not a genius every day, and then continue to stay up late playing games. There will be people I like, but I won't dare to approach because they are too ordinary..."

Duan Wu put the knife on the chopping board and walked to Shen Changling.

"But you know, people who are living like this are trying to escape."

Shen Changling couldn't understand why anyone would escape from a normal life. People who lack sufficient emotional experience cannot empathize with everyone's living conditions.

After quickly finishing two dishes and a soup, Duan Wu cleaned the table and brought out the dishes.

"You can actually make beef brisket stewed with tomatoes." Shen Changling took a sniff, and the heat immediately rushed into his nose. His taste buds were instantly activated, and he admired Duan Wu even more.

Shen Changling's appetite was much smaller than expected. Duan Wu could see that he had tried very hard, but he only ate six pieces of meat and a bowl of soup, and hardly touched the rice.

This should be Shen Changling's pain. He is a genius, but he cannot live like a normal person.

How can human beings accurately control the genetic sequence of hundreds of millions of genes? The answer can only be that we will lose sight of one thing while focusing on another. The worst consequence is the amount of food we eat that cannot maintain the normal functions of the human body.

Lying on the sofa, Duan Wu lit a cigarette for himself. Shen Changling looked at him curiously.

"You haven't graduated yet, how can you smoke?"

"Then you've graduated, why don't you know how to smoke?"

Shen Changling had no way to deal with this sophistry. He thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to refute it. Under normal circumstances, smoking is an established fact.

"Because this is not a good thing and can cause multiple diseases."

"So what does this have to do with graduation?"

……

Shen Changling couldn't argue with this guy.

Duan Wu did not let him go. He sat up from the sofa and came to the fair and tender man.

"Do you want to try it?"

"No, I don't like the taste."

Holding the back of his head forward, Duan Wu handed him the cigarette holder. Shen Changling felt the smell of tobacco spreading in his mouth in a daze, causing the tattoo to become restless.

"Now, do you like it or not?"

Duan Wu let him go and looked at the great scientist's dazed look, which he found extremely cute.

"It seems, not annoying."

"If you like something, just say you like it. If you don't hate it, it means you want to try it again."

The door was pushed open, and Duan Wu was holding up the man who looked worryingly light.

The good news is that Shen Changling's body had some problems during this transformation, but the bad news is that Duan Wu is not sure if there will be any problems if he pushes too hard.

He had been asking for the artificial being's approval in the most gentle way.

"Professor Shen."

Duan Wu smiled and asked Shen Changling.

"You can't do these things before you graduate, but 21-year-old adult men can. Do you want to try it?"

"...It doesn't seem to conform to normal people's morality."

"You're joking, Professor Shen. Actually, we normal people don't have morals."