Most Wanted [Interstellar]

Chapter 73

The atmosphere of the dinner suddenly became very depressed. After at least 10 minutes, they didn't speak to each other.

"Can I add one?" The fat chef came over with a dessert, "Although I know you are a couple, but it's really lonely here, let me add one."

Alvin reached out to help him pull the chair.

"Thank you, you are so kind." The fat man squeezed into his place, and he turned his head to look at Schlieffen, "What's wrong with you, you don't look very good."

"I'm a bit allergic to chives..."

When Schlieffen said this, he habitually looked at Alvin, and Alvin seemed to have noticed his strangeness, and his face was full of guilt.

"...It's okay, just a little allergic, Ah Qiu!" He wiped his nose with a towel.

"Oh." Fatty believed it, he turned his head and asked Alvin's evaluation of the dishes.

During their conversation, Schlieffen reflected on his state - just now he was really angry, very angry, very angry!But I don't know why, just a guilty look from him, his anger disappeared, and he even became a little happy, what happened to him...

"Do you like my salad? The shrimp paste is made by myself, using shrimp from the sea."

The fat man suddenly turned his head and asked him a question, which made Schlieffen stunned for a moment.

"It's... very delicious, I like salty sauce." When he said this, he unconsciously smirked at Alvin who was sitting opposite him.

Alvin thought that he had said something wrong just now, and Schlieffen was helping him lie, so he quickly followed others and giggled.

... This is probably the so-called love. Looking at the two people who were giggling, the fat man swallowed a mouthful of the cake and almost choked to death on the cinnamon powder.

At this time, the display screen next to the table ended the commercial display and interrupted a replay-a celebration ceremony celebrating the launch of Owen-Misterioso.

"The big guy is finally online." Fatty said with emotion.

"I didn't expect you to be interested in this." Schlieffen was quite curious.

"Actually, I am very old. I also worked in the research institute many years ago, and I studied something similar."

"..." Alvin stopped what he was doing, "Are you studying life engineering?"

"In this category," the fat man looked at the cheering crowd on the screen, "but it's not basic research, what we do is anthropological research, you know, there were only two genders on the ancient earth, and now evolution takes over artificial intervention s consequence."

"I prefer the state of the ancient Earth," Schlieffen interjected.

"But it's pretty good now," the fat man said to him with a smile. "The world is progressing, and human beings can't stand still."

"Then what if the evolution fails?"

"Hahaha," the fat man laughed loudly, "Young man, do you think there is no failure in abo's experiment? Let me tell you, there are many failures, and the price paid by human beings is great, but there is no way, this is The only way of evolution, nothing is obtained out of thin air, what is gained is doomed to be lost. You go to look up the last few years of the history of the ancient earth. Before leaving the earth, the human population has been reduced to ten percent of the original One, why? Because of the genetic modification experiments that almost everyone has experienced, the probability of failure is very high."

"Why do humans have to interfere with life? Isn't it good to live naturally?"

"You misunderstood one thing." Fatty suddenly showed a deep expression that only a scholar would have. "Natural selection will also pay a price, no matter which price is not small."

"Then why did you leave the institute?" Alvin asked curiously.

"Because I have doubts in my heart," the fat man played with the cake in his hand, "I'm doing research on life, but I don't know what life is. Ah... It's not that there is no theoretical explanation, what I mean is that I have no idea what life is. Life has no perceptual cognition. What do you think people live for? To make themselves smarter, to know more, to make biochips and such big things to make themselves stronger?" He pointed to the TV, "Or for something else? I want to know the answer, so I choose to leave the institute and live a down-to-earth life first."

"So you became a chef?" These words made Alvin forget his nervousness, and he felt that the atmosphere was less awkward.

"Yeah, I love cooking just like you love him." Fatty looked at the dishes he made, "I take care of every process, just like a lover, carefully."

Then, Fatty chatted on this topic, starting from various raw materials, and talking about various cuisines and the cultural stories behind them.Halfway through, Schlieffen went to the bathroom.Alvin quickly interrupted him and asked, "Why do you have to be careful with your lover?"

The fat man looked at him with the expression of a love idiot: "Of course it's because you care about his happiness and anger! Aren't you afraid of losing him? People will be angry!"

"Oh..." Alvin nodded thoughtfully.

They chatted for a long time afterwards, and the fat man even opened a bottle of wine that he treasured. By the time everyone had to say goodbye, it was almost dark.

Fatty even walked them to the door and shook hands with them several times before saying goodbye.

It was already raining lightly outside, and the wind became a bit cold. Alvin rubbed his hands: "Buy me a cup of hot drink, I want to drink on the way back."

"Okay." Schlieffen said goodbye to the fat man apologetically, and walked out of the restaurant first.

"I wish you good luck." Fatty and Alvin hugged, "Young man is a good man, I think you will be very happy, I am very happy tonight, I haven't been this happy for a long time."

Alvin also hugged him back: "Goodbye." He looked into his eyes, "Also, thank you."

When he walked out of the restaurant, Schlieffen just bought a drink and ran over. He quickly put his arms around Alvin's shoulders and pulled him into his arms.

"It's not cold, I'm just saying." Alvin had mixed feelings when he saw the cautious and worried expression on his face.

But these words were useless at all, Schlieffen still hugged him tightly, and didn't let go until he entered the train station.The night in Ushuaia is relative. When the train they took was speeding towards the sea, what they saw was the night in front of them, but the morning was behind them. The seabirds on one side of the coast were getting ready to sleep, and the seabirds on the other side just woke up.So even though the universe has no boundaries, everyone still thinks this is the end of the world.

When we got back to the beach, it was already dark, and the sea had a fishy smell before the high tide.Perhaps because he temporarily forgot the unhappiness just now, Shilieffen took his hand.

"The sea here is warm at night." Alvin knew this. He took off his shoes, held them in his hand, and dragged Schlieffen into the sea.

"You know a lot."

The sea water is really warm. Although the air has cooled down a little, it doesn't feel cold anymore.

"You know a lot too." Alvin bumped him deliberately.

"Thank you for the great scientist's praise."

"You're welcome, Lieutenant." Alvin looked at the sky, "Maybe you have a wish? The sky of Ushuaia is full of meteors. If you make it, I think it will come true."

That's a good point. There are many small planetary debris in the near space of Ushuaia, and meteors can be seen almost any time you look up.

What will he say?Alvin suddenly became curious.

"I want..." Schlieffen said, "that the people I love can live their lives on their own terms."

"..."

"what happened?"

"I thought you were going to say you wanted to be with me forever."

Schlieffen smiled: "There are still many meteors here, I will make this wish later."

At this time, a burst of music came from the sea surface. This was the sound of the sea surface operation platform ending a day of production, and it also reminded the residents on the shore that the sea water was about to rise.

"Let's go home." Alvin said, their home is the lighthouse at this moment, although it is an abandoned lighthouse, it is not an exaggeration to call it home now.

When he was about to reach the lighthouse, Erwin suddenly remembered something, he touched the pocket of his coat: "Oops, I seem to have forgotten my card case in the restaurant!"

"What card case?" Schlieffen was quite surprised, he hadn't heard of anyone still using a card case.

"It's a paper business card case, which contains the business cards of Planck, Annie, and other colleagues, including my own, um, I was too careless." Alvin buried his head in his pocket, "It must be in the restaurant , it is impossible to throw it on the train."

These business cards may not match his identity as a college student.

"Don't worry, I'll get it back, the restaurant is still early to close, you go back first." Schlieffen pointed to the road not far away, "I'll take a taxi this time, it will be very fast."

"Okay, I'll go back to the lighthouse and wait for you." Alvin smiled at him.

"Well, go back quickly, it's getting colder and colder outside, don't catch a cold." Schlieffen told him that he only needed to walk back a few hundred meters to get on the highway.

"Okay..." Alvin looked at his hurried back, "...goodbye..."

When Schlieffen disappeared from his field of vision, the sea rose higher until all his footprints were covered.Alvin just walked towards the lighthouse, he didn't go in, he put on his shoes, stood by the sea, and heard the sound of music coming from the sea for the second time—it was already ten o'clock in the evening, when several stars appeared in the sky at the same time The light in the small room on the lighthouse went out as the meteor slid towards the port at the same time.

"Can I still make a wish?" Alvin asked himself, "If possible, I hope you can return to your peaceful life, I hope you are happy, I hope you..."

I hope you……

The silent air suddenly suffocated him, and the sea breeze messed up his hair and his thoughts. He suddenly felt a little sad, so that he hoped that time would pass faster.

But things backfired, and it wasn't until a full hour later that his back was illuminated by the bright flashlight.

"Alvin. Herman! Hands up, don't resist! You're under arrest!"