Engage

Qi Lian was not there, the house was empty, Jiang Ran ate alone, read a book by the window for a while, thought for a while, and talked to his "father" who was far away on the edge of the star.

In fact, the relationship between the father and daughter has never been broken. Earlier, when Jiang Ran got married, Jiang’s father, Jiang Chan, came back to Capital Star. Not long after staying, Jiang Chan hurried back to Edge Star the day after Jiang Ran and Qi Lian's wedding.

Jiang Chan runs a mining business on Edge Star, and he is usually a busy person. Jiang Ran is relieved that he comes and goes in such a hurry—after all, he is the closest family member of the original owner and knows her very well. What if she reveals her secrets?

When Jiang Ran got married, Jiang Chan originally bought her a lot of property and brought many gifts from Edge Star. It really looked like marrying a daughter, but those Jiang Ran didn't go to investigate.She has already occupied the life of the original owner, so it is difficult to enjoy those things with peace of mind. On weekdays, as long as the expenses can be maintained, she is quite simple, but after Qi Lian moved in, the family spent on food. Still big.

The original owner is not a saver, she has very little savings left, if she doesn't use the "dowry", Jiang Ran's life will be difficult to maintain, she rejected Qi Lian's transfer that day, she seems to have a lot of confidence, but in fact, she About to become a pauper.

After the video was connected, there was a world of ice and snow on the other side of the screen.

Different places on a planet often have seasonal differences, not to mention the edge star that is not known how many light-years away from the capital star?It's summer here for Jiang Ran, but it's winter where Jiang's father is currently staying.Jiang Ran had talked to him twice before, and she was already mentally prepared for the scene over there, but when she actually saw it, she still couldn't help but admire it.

really beautiful.

It is a kind of beauty that is completely different from midsummer.Ice and snow cover the earth, and above the sky, the clouds look like a continuation of the snow on the ground. The background is azure blue, and under the azure blue sky is a large area of ​​crystal clear.This is a mine, right? The site is empty. In fact, the ground is rough, but the heavy snow covered everything, as if it was flawless.But also because of the heavy snow, no one is working here anymore, only the mine cart stands alone on the white snow, and the snow is also falling on the mine cart. The small ones further highlight the magnificence of this world.

"Dad, what are you doing in the mine again? Don't you think it's not cool enough at home?"

Following the tone of the original owner, Jiang Ran said something coquettishly, but Jiang Ran was somewhat sincere.She took over the body of the original owner, and not only had to deal with the mess left by the original owner, but also took over the burden that the original owner should have borne. Therefore, Father Jiang was also her responsibility.

"Your dad, I'm used to it. If I don't come here every day, I feel bored and panic." On the other end of the video, Jiang's father smiled heartily, and his face with cold and red Chinese characters was covered with traces of wind and frost.

Jiang Ran looked at him carefully, and saw that he was wearing a thick coat and boots, and he didn't forget to wear a leather hat, so he was relieved, but he still said a few words to him, and the man on the other end of the video burst out laughing , as if shaking the wind and snow.

"Okay, okay, stop reading, I didn't see you worrying so much before, it turns out that you are married and grown up, and you know how to care about your father. Okay, you have already talked, I can still stay here and not leave Is it? Let’s go home now.”

"It's almost there."

Jiang Ran smiled sweetly, and asked about his father's recent situation. Jiang's father naturally said that everything was fine. He only said a little about himself, and then there was a long section of entrustment to his daughter. It can be seen that he is a good father.

It's just that he is also a too busy father, and he didn't care much about his family before.Men are always rough and not good at raising children, besides, Jiang Ran is a girl.In such a single-parent family, it's not surprising that the original owner developed that kind of temperament.

The atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious, Jiang Ran knew his own shortcomings, so he seldom spoke, but fortunately, Jiang's father always had endless things to say to her every time he talked with her, so the time passed quickly , the two were chatting, Jiang's father somehow suddenly mentioned her and Qi Lian's future.

For a newly married couple, the closest problem is probably the children.

In the interstellar era, marriage has long lost the shackles of gender. Moreover, thanks to technology that is much more advanced than modern times, having children of the same sex is very common. Jiang Ran doesn't understand the specific principle, but she knows that it seems to be related to genetic About it.

Therefore, she and Qi Lian can have a child, a child of their own.

However, that is still very early.Jiang Ran hasn't been with Qi Lian yet and she herself is quite unstable, Qi Lian's body is like that.It's really too early to say this now, so when Father Jiang mentioned this, Jiang Ran smiled and changed the subject.

Seeing that she didn't want to say much, Jiang's father seemed relieved instead.While speaking, he had already entered a building, lit a cigarette at the place marked with smoking place, and took a deep puff.

This is a bad habit he learned from the workers when he was working hard in the mine in the early years. He smoked so hard that he almost lost half of a cigarette in one puff. Jiang Ran looked at it and frowned slightly.

"Dad, please smoke less."

The words blurted out, which naturally made Jiang Ran startled.She was stunned, feeling sad for the tall figure that suddenly flashed across her mind.

Her own father also smokes, and she doesn't like her father smoking. She couldn't persuade her when she was a child, but when she grew up, she would stop him every time.

Unfortunately, until she left the 21st century, she failed to persuade her father to quit smoking.

"Hey, just smoke a little to refresh yourself." Jiang's father pinched the cigarette and patted the snow flakes on his coat: "Actually, I just want to remind you that you are still young, don't be fooled by them into having a child early, You are still studying, and you are so young, why do you want a child so early? Dad is still young, and he is not in a hurry to have a grandson. It is best for you to live freely. Speaking of which, you and Qi Lian were too sudden, Dad originally disapproved, but when you talked to you that time, you said that you wanted to agree to this marriage, and it seemed that you were not forced, so I let you go."

Although Jiang Chan said it very easily, as if as long as he did not agree to the marriage, it would not be possible, but secretly, although there was a fierce quarrel around this marriage, oppression and compromise followed.

He couldn't stop it either.

Jiang Ran looked at him unexpectedly, she thought Father Jiang wanted them to have children by mentioning this, but she didn't expect him to mean that.But Jiang Ran immediately thought of something: "Dad, did Grandpa look for you?"

Since he never thought about asking them to have children early, but this topic was brought up again at this time, with Father Jiang's temperament, someone should have reminded him of this matter.

Jiang Chan didn't hide it from her: "Your grandpa is like this. You used to be afraid of him when you were young. Now that you have grown up and have a powerful daughter-in-law, don't be afraid of your grandpa anymore. Listen to your father, not your grandpa." .”

It means that Jiang Quan really said something.

Jiang Ran nodded thoughtfully: "Did Grandpa say anything else?"

She imitated the original owner, and when she talked about Jiang Quan, there was still a little fear in her eyebrows and eyes. Jiang Chan looked at it and felt distressed.

His daughter is good at everything, but her courage has never grown, which is really worrying.

"Just don't worry about what he says. Didn't you mention it to you before you saw him? He cares about the one in your family. Don't think too much, I'll just vaccinate you so that you won't be scared Promise something."

Jiang Ran showed a little shyness: "Dad, don't worry. Qi Lian, she said not to have a child so early." She mentioned Qi Lian with a smile in her eyes: "I listen to her."

Jiang Chan felt relieved, seeing how she was completely focused on Qi Lian, he felt a feeling that his little cabbage was being pushed, but at the same time, he felt a little relieved.

Since Ran Ran feels happy when she mentions Qi Lian, it means that she is doing well after getting married, and Qi Lian should be pretty good.

At this time, Jiang Chan has long forgotten that a few years ago, when the news of Qi Lian killing the Zerg Queen came back from the front line, he and tens of thousands of people took to the streets to revel in excitement and admiration.

Once upon a time, he also respectfully called Qi Lian "That Excellency", but these respects and gratitude had "disappeared without a trace" when Qi Lian stole his daughter.

Alas, the old father's complicated mood.

All of a sudden, Qi Lian felt that there was nothing good about him, and Jiang Chan immediately hated iron and said: "You don't have to listen to her everything, people who play politics have dirty hearts, don't think that Qi Lian is very young, but she She was educated by the crown prince since she was a child, and she is also a soldier who has experienced wars. Her mind is deeper than your grandfather's, so don't plunge into it head-on, and keep some sense."

As he spoke, he touched the cigarette habitually, and then thought of his daughter's persuasion just now. The cigarette was held between his fingers, and it had not been lit for a long time.

Jiang Ran nodded: "I know."

She agreed like this, but she didn't care about it in her heart.Qi Lian is a very soft person, and between the two of them, she was the one who "bullied" Qi Lian.

She is the head of the family, okay?Jiang Ran thought confidently.

That person who is always shy, that person who never even takes the initiative to kiss, that person who blushes at the slightest provocation, is she thinking deeply?

Maybe, but definitely not to Jiang Ran.Jiang Ran thought to himself.

It is said that knowing a son is like a father, Jiang Chan saw that his daughter didn't take his words to heart, so he sighed immediately and didn't persuade him much.

Some things are just fine to talk about.He is still very satisfied with this marriage, it would be great if Qi Lian's status is not so high, he wants someone who will spoil his daughter wholeheartedly, not someone who looks like the Tianbian Shendi from a distance.

But now that they are married, he doesn't want to say too much to distract Ran Ran and Qi Lian, that would not be good for the young couple, so he just reminded her.

"By the way, Dad. Is mental violence difficult to treat?"

Jiang Ran asked a question.She remembered that there were a lot of demobilized soldiers coming and going, and some of them worked in the mines, and the people with high incidence of mental violence were soldiers. Jiang's father had run the mine for so many years, so he certainly didn't know much about it. few.

She seized the opportunity at this time and finally asked.

Jiang Chan knew very well why she asked this, wasn't it because of the thief?If you want to put it aside, how can your daughter care about these things?

Feeling angry, Jiang Chan still explained to her: "Don't worry, it's not difficult to treat. Qi Lian didn't get better before, isn't that because there was no medicine? Now that you are married, you are her medicine, don't worry, She'll be fine."

"But they also said that Qi Lian's case is special, and it may be difficult to get treatment."

Jiang Ran saw how relaxed he said it, but his heart turned cold.It sounds like Father Jiang's opinion is the same as the current mainstream opinion, which is not good news for her.

Jiang's father still looked very relaxed: "Does it mean that Qi Lian's mental power level is too high?"

he knows?Hope rekindled in Jiang Ran's heart.

"I have never seen a double-S grade worker, but there was a worker in a similar situation in our mine before. He was only one grade lower than Qi Lian. Mental violence is a very strange disease. The higher the level and the higher the risk, the higher the mental power, the greater the damage will be when the mental power riots, this is not only the damage to the outside world, but also to the patient himself."

Father Jiang was talking about the basic theory of mental violence. Jiang Ran had read the book and was already familiar with these. She could only suppress it in her heart, expecting Father Jiang to say something else.Fortunately, Father Jiang got to the point soon.

"That brother is also very dangerous. He was originally a major with a good future, but he got this disease and was issued a critical illness notice, so he came to Edge Star far away, not wanting to drag his family down. At that time, because of his disease , Other mines dare not accept him, and to be honest, neither do I, I knew he had this disease and dared to come to the mine, hired someone to beat him up, and then sent him to the hospital.”

Jiang Ran: "Dad, is this too much?" Although she knew that patients with mental violence would hurt other people, her father said it so confidently, as if he lacked sympathy for the patients.

"It's okay. Indeed, he is a soldier, and he got this disease to defend his family and country. In a sense, he sacrificed for the people. But he is still a jerk to hide his illness and come to work. One thing is one thing, although I have taught him a lesson. But he also admires him, so his follow-up medical expenses are sponsored by me."

"Is he cured?"

"It's cured. But it's not because of the high level of the hospital, but because he was lucky enough to meet someone who matched his genes and fell in love with each other. That person was a nurse in the hospital. During his hospitalization, he and He often met face-to-face. He told me at that time that he always felt calm when the little nurse was there, but he didn’t think about genetic matching at that time. Didn’t he feel that he was critically ill? He didn’t even dare to Responding to other people's emotions, anyway, it took a long time, but in the end he recovered."

It was snowing outside the hall, and when Jiang's father talked about the past, there was a warmth in his eyes that did not match the ice and snow outside.

His eyes are also taupe, darker than Jiang Ran's. The warmth in Jiang Ran's eyes may be inherited from him.

Such people, even in such a severe cold region, will not lose hope of life, because they themselves are like the sun.

will shine.

"Ran Ran, there are so many people in the world, they seem to be different, but in essence, they are all human beings. Yes, people have different mental powers, and the level of danger of mental violence is also different, but any one A treatment method that has been generally affirmed is by no means suitable for only some people. You have to have confidence in Qi Lian, she has survived for so many years. You also have to have confidence in yourself, your genetic matching is very high. The pair I've seen are more than ten points high, they can do it, why can't you?"

Jiang Ran's body was reinfused with hope by these words, she nodded heavily, choked up slightly and said, "Thanks——no, I love you, Dad."

Jiang Chan laughed again: "You said the same thing when you left Boundary Star, and you always said the same thing when you were studying at Capital Star University. I know, you said that kind of thing back then, because you wanted me to accept it. You go back, but I have no way to promise you. Dad is just a small arm, which can't twist the Jiang family's thigh. He couldn't protect you well, and he was always worried that you would blame me. However, what you said today is really nice. , is really grown up."

He made a gesture of stroking Jiang Ran's head, and the figure in the void seemed to touch Jiang Ran's head: "Don't be afraid, don't worry, just do what needs to be done."

As he spoke, he thought of a question, and suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't be too eager to get it done. You are all still young, and you should pay attention to restraint when it comes to certain things."

Jiang Ran raised his forehead: "Dad, where are you thinking?"

She and Qi Lian, they have always been very disciplined and restrained, okay?

Jiang Chan smiled and made a gesture to seal his mouth: "Father doesn't want to mention this either. Your mother left early, and these should be her business... Anyway, you just need to be sensible."

Jiang Ran smiled helplessly, chatted with him about other things, and then hung up.

It was Jiang Chan who cut off the communication. He waited until the phantom in front of him completely disappeared before his eyes revealed some darkness.

In fact, he was not so optimistic about Qi Lian's condition.But there is no way, Ran Ran is already married to Qi Lian, he can't stop this marriage, he can only try his best to eliminate the bomb in this marriage.

He gave Ran Ran hope, and he believed in the power of hope, and what he said was true, so this hope was also based on truth.

He lit a cigarette, watched the snowstorm outside the window, and secretly prayed for Qi Lian.

"God bless, please let her survive."

He prayed devoutly to heaven and earth.

Heroes for mankind.