Chapter 966 - 964: Past the Newbie Protection Period

From the delivery and commissioning of the first space shuttle Wentian up to now.

There hasn’t been a single safety incident.

Especially with the first space shuttle, Wentian.

As of now, according to the officially released data, Wentian has flawlessly carried out 63 space missions.

A day later, Mo Jingchun, who had finally managed to take some time off to come have a look, stood on the mountaintop feeling like he could take in all the smaller hills at a glance.

The original hill had been leveled by half, which made Mo Jingchun feel a little out of sorts.

Seeing her brother spread his arms wide to embrace nature, Candy, who had been "taken out to play" in name only, curled her lip.

They’d said they were going out to have fun, and Candy had been looking forward to it. In the end they came straight to Anyang Base.

Only...

"Bro, why has this place changed so much?"

"And... and... over there too. I remember it used to be all hills."

Hearing that, Mo Jingchun took a deep breath of fresh air and said with a smile:

"Didn’t you see? It’s all turned into factory buildings."

Withdrawing his arms and stuffing his hands into his pockets, Mo Jingchun turned around and smiled broadly at Candy, who was already up to his chest in height:

"Come on, I said I was taking you out to play, would I lie to you? We’re going fishing."

In an instant, Candy’s eyes lit up. She’d originally planned to sneak off with Zero to go fishing when her brother got busy with work. Now this was even better—she could openly go along with her brother.

Half an hour later, Candy was sitting under a sunshade fully geared up, wearing sunglasses and staring intently at the bobber.

She looked less like she was here to fish and more like she was here to fight a war.

Shaking his head, Mo Jingchun cast his hook into the water and said:

"Be careful. I heard from Su Wenyan that after these years of breeding, there are big fish of twenty to thirty jin in this little reservoir. Watch out you don’t catch the fish—instead the fish drags you into the water."

Mo Jingchun just said it casually, but Candy took it to heart and got serious.

Back in elementary school, because a classmate drowned, the way the principal flipped out is still vivid in Candy’s memory.

Thinking about it, wearing a life jacket in this kind of weather was a bit hot.

Seeing the anti-slip wrist rope behind her, Candy’s eyes lit up.

Under the gaze of Zero and the others including Mo Jingchun, Candy tied one end of the rope around Zero’s waist and the other end around her own waist.

Watching Candy’s operation, Mo Jingchun silently gave a thumbs-up.

Nice. As long as the rope wasn’t tied around his waist, it was all good.

Feeling the rope Candy had tied on her, for a moment Zero didn’t know what to say.

If you call it trust, Candy doesn’t really believe she can’t jump in right away to save someone if they fall in.

If you call it mistrust, she’s still entrusting her life’s safety to her.

More than two hours flew by in a flash.

When Mo Jingchun and Candy packed up their fishing rods, neither of their faces looked good.

Air Force. And both of them were Air Force.

This was just absurd.

"Where are those twenty- or thirty-jin big fish we talked about? I was thinking of catching a big one to take home and show off to my sister-in-law. Now look at this—I don’t even dare say we went fishing today when we get home."

Mo Jingchun at the side was just as confused.

Today was really weird—not a single fish bit the bait.

Even someone as lucky as Candy didn’t manage to catch a single small white fish.

"Ahem, don’t talk nonsense. We came to inspect the work site. Who was fishing?"

Hearing that, Candy stared at her brother, who was still packing up the rods, in utter shock.

Talking with his eyes wide open! This was exactly what talking nonsense with your eyes wide open looked like!

But... the two of them not catching even one fish was indeed kind of embarrassing.

"Bro, you’re absolutely right. We’re here to inspect the work."

Mo Jingchun and Candy exchanged a glance and smiled in unison.

Having settled the little sister who was most likely to let something slip, Mo Jingchun looked over at the bodyguard team.

Seeing everyone gazing up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, Mo Jingchun nodded in satisfaction.

Good. You get me.

At dusk, Candy walked through the door and shouted loudly:

"Sis-in-law, we’re back!"

Li Xuanyu, who was cooking in the kitchen, stuck out her head to take a look and said with a smile:

"You’re back. What fun thing did your brother take you to do?"

Hearing that, Candy waved her hand and said very solemnly:

"Oh, don’t mention it. My brother took me to Anyang Base to inspect work. Everywhere we looked, it was all airplanes. I’d have been better off staying home watching TV."

Li Xuanyu gave Candy a suspicious look and wanted to ask a few more questions, but remembering she still had dishes in the pot, she let it go.

At dinner, at the table, Li Xuanyu asked with concern:

"Candy, have you been able to adapt to school this past month?"

"It’s okay. It’s just that evening self-study every day makes me so sleepy."

At this point, Mo Jingchun cut in and said: "That’s normal, you’ll get used to it. In the first year of middle school there are only two periods of evening self-study—not a big deal.

When you get to the third year, it’ll be three periods every evening, and in high school there’ll be four.

When you’re in your senior year of high school, heh, four and a half. By the time you get out of self-study, it’s basically almost eleven o’clock."

Faced with her brother’s alarmism, Candy wasn’t nervous at all.

Scaring little kids might work, but trying to fool her—he was still a bit short of the mark.

The fact that there were a lot of self-study periods was true. When evening self-study started just after term began, the teachers had already explained the whole evening self-study setup to the class.

Four periods of evening self-study was indeed long, but all the seniors could stick it out. There was no reason she wouldn’t be able to when it was her turn.

"Bro, next time you try to fool me, can you please not laugh? Everything you just said, our teacher already told us when we first started evening self-study."

Mo Jingchun raised his eyebrows and fell silent.

It was getting harder and harder to fool kids.

And Mo Jingchun often noticed Candy and Li Xuanyu whispering to each other, and he had no idea what they were talking about.

Suddenly, Li Xuanyu remembered something and said:

"Right, I almost forgot. This afternoon, Zhou Yaling called me. She’s already checked into the county hospital."

Hearing this, Mo Jingchun froze for a moment. "She’s about to give birth?"

Li Xuanyu shot her man a glare. "Of course. If you count the days, it’s about time."

"I’ve been busy with experiments lately, all my energy’s been going into them.

She’s about to give birth—let’s go to the hospital together to see her tomorrow."

Li Xuanyu nodded. That was what she’d been thinking too.

Lying in bed, in the dark room, Li Xuanyu stared with open eyes, completely awake.

"Honey."

"Hmm?"

"When are we going to have children of our own?"

In the quiet bedroom, Mo Jingchun was silent for a moment before saying:

"Inside the No. 1 laboratory building, there’s a project that still hasn’t been made public. Aside from me, the relevant departments, and those who have used the experimental product, nobody knows about this result."

"The Genetic Optimization Liquid. Honey, how much do you know about the Genetic Optimization Liquid?"

Li Xuanyu tilted her head to look at the man on the pillow beside her, hardly able to believe it.

The Genetic Optimization Liquid!

No wonder. No wonder she hadn’t been able to get pregnant.

"You’ve used it, haven’t you?"