Chapter 270: Flying Wings
If he had faced this problem when he was fifteen, he would have given up everything without a second thought and embarked on an endless adventure; if he had faced this problem when he was twenty-five, he would have considered it carefully, said goodbye painfully, packed his bags, said goodbye to his family, and left in style; but he is now thirty-five years old.
His parents are getting old, his son is still young, and tens of thousands of employees rely on him to support the family. He also has a lover, and when they got married, he promised to stay with her forever. Perhaps this is the biggest difference between Jin Yang and Rong Yuan - there are many important people to him, and giving up any one of them would make him heartbroken.
Rong Yuan is a bird that spreads its wings and flies high. If he can fly thirty thousand miles, he would never want to stop at twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
He also knew that when Rong Yuan said this, he was not asking him to choose between taking risks and his parents and children. If the spaceship could carry one more person, it could also carry three or five more people. If his wife and children wanted, they might be able to leave with him. However, the people he loved also had other people who loved them and people they could not abandon.
Responsibility, obligation, family, and numerous social relationships are woven into a big net that entangles people. They are unable to break free, nor do they want to break free. He cannot give up all of this for the sake of his young dream, but if he chooses responsibility and family, he must give up the other side.
His heart felt like it was weighed down by a lead block, heavy and stuffy; his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, suffocating and unable to speak. His lips stammered, his hands clenched so tightly that veins were exposed, but he could not utter the word "sorry".
Rong Yuan smiled softly, and said lazily: "I'm just asking for fun. Stupid human, I'm too lazy to take you even if you want to go!"
Jin Yang was stunned. Rong Yuan just smiled and said something sarcastic, but his eyes were surprisingly gentle and calm.
——Don't worry, I knew you wouldn't agree.
He just didn't ask a question because he was still unwilling to give up. No matter how much time passes in the future, he will regret it.
After the release of the Ark, Rong Yuan found that the line in the Merit Mall was pushed forward by him. If he exchanged an ordinary car before, he could give it to ordinary people to drive, but exchanging a spaceship would cause the person's death because it exceeded the technological limit of the world he was in, after the birth of the Ark, which far exceeded the technological level of the earth, in the calculation of the Merit Book, spaceships were similar to cars, and they were all commodities that ordinary people could touch.
Or, at worst, it wouldn't be difficult for Rong Yuan to build a spaceship himself from scratch.
He was very happy when he discovered this, but after he figured out why he was happy, all his emotions calmed down.
But just a moment of hesitation was enough.
No matter how long and lonely the road he chooses in the future, just the thought of "I once had close friends" is enough to comfort all the coldness.
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After the press conference, all players, whether they were having a blast, eating from street corners to alleys, being chased by monsters from alien planets, or worrying about how to leave the game because it took too long, were forced to quit Ark in an instant. Everyone returned from the virtual world and almost instantly fell into incoherent discussions and fanatical desires. People had countless questions to ask and countless feelings to express. Everyone tried to make their voices heard, and the venue was almost immediately filled with noise.
Then Rong Yuan finally appeared.
His figure seemed to have some kind of magical effect, and the venue was muted in an instant. After a moment, the venue regained its peace and order. Looking around, the 10,000 people were all in the same position: only half of their buttocks were still on their seats, their bodies leaned forward, their necks stretched, their eyes staring at the person on the stage with an intensity comparable to that of X-rays, but they all forcibly controlled their desire to speak.
Rong Yuan has always been straightforward. He even skipped the self-introduction and clichés like "thank you all for coming", and only said two things: first, there is more than one research result of his years in [Ark]. If someone can discover it, no matter who it is, the patent and honor will belong to the discoverer; as for other matters of this virtual game, please find out for yourself after [Ark] is officially launched; second, Rong Yuan decided to leave the 907 Institute and see the infinite mysteries of the world.
Big bomb!
No matter how magical and incredible the virtual game was, it was not as shocking as the last piece of news. Many people thought they had heard it wrong, and even the unsuspecting host was stunned on the spot! When people woke up and wanted to ask carefully, they found that Rong Yuan on the stage had left without knowing when.
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Crowds of people gathered at the narrow exit of the venue, expressing extreme shock and doubt to each other. People were saying everywhere, "How could this happen? Is this true?" The security guards tried hard to maintain order but it was just a drop in the bucket. Fat Cat struggled to push away the crowded crowd in front of him. Rong Jing and Yuan Xueqin almost had to stick to his back to squeeze out.
Next to them, a man waved his arms vigorously, almost hitting Rong Jing in the face without him noticing. The man shouted at the top of his voice: "Editor-in-chief, big news! Urgent news! Dr. Rong announced at the press conference today that he would retire... No, he would retire... Yes! You heard it right! Front page headline..."
After finally squeezing out, Fat Cat wiped his hands, shook off his soaked vest, and said in confusion : "What happened? Why did Dr. Rong quit so suddenly? There was no prior information!"
"Why can't he quit?" Yuan Xueqian immediately said, "He has already made so many contributions to the survival and development of mankind and the progress of society. Don't you allow him to take a break when he feels tired?"
Young people like Yuan Xueqian, although only ten years older than Rong Yuan, grew up listening to Rong Yuan's stories . Compared with those great scientists who are old or have been buried in the dust of history, Rong Yuan is young, handsome, has made great achievements, and seems to be within reach. He is admired and admired by young people. He is the goal that boys strive for and the perfect lover that many girls (such as Yuan Xueqian) dream of.
"No!" Fat Cat knew how powerful the girls' fighting power would be when they talked about the three words "Dr. Rong", and quickly defended: "Isn't it too sudden? Mirror, what do you think? Mirror?"
Rong Jing hadn't said anything. He frowned and searched among the crowd. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the distance. He hurriedly said to the two of them, "You go back first. I'll go find someone!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry, and Fat Cat and Yuan Xueqin looked at each other.
Seeing the fat boy's reluctant look, Yuan Xueqian snorted, and like a Peking Opera face-changing, she returned to her cold and aloof nature and said, "I'll take the subway myself. You don't need to take me there."
"That's great!" Fat Cat immediately breathed a sigh of relief. His appearance as if he had escaped from death made Yuan Xueqin so angry that she wanted to kick him.
On the other side, Rong Jing trotted over. Fortunately, the person he was looking for lowered his head and walked slowly, so Rong Jing quickly caught up with him and shouted, "Brother Jinyang!"
Jin Yang looked up in a trance, glanced at him, and after a moment he said, "Oh, Yuanyuan."
"Brother Jinyang, are you worried about something ?" Rong Jing asked in surprise. He had almost never seen Jinyang look so worried. His furrowed brows even gave people a feeling that he was enduring pain.
"It's okay." Jin Yang rubbed his brows and asked, "Did you have fun today?"
Rong Jing pursed his lips, and seeing that he didn't want to say more, he said: "Well, it's good. You know? We also saw a dragon in space! You can't imagine how big it is! It's amazing!"
——Was he in that spaceship at that time?
Jin Yang thought to himself: This is too much of a coincidence.
During these years, Rong Jing's father's company, mother's business, and grandparents' business all seemed to be sniped by a mysterious force. Wave after wave of traps and troubles almost brought down the Rong family. In the most difficult time, their family was driven out of their house in the cold winter. In addition to the clothes on their bodies, they only had a few coins in their pockets and various frozen credit cards. At that time, if Jin Yang had not extended a helping hand to them, it was not impossible that they would have frozen to death on the street. Afterwards, perhaps because their lives had fallen into the valley, their luck finally hit the bottom and rebounded. Rong's father started from scratch and worked hard again. Although he did not create the Rong Group that once dominated the area, he also reached the standard of being a small rich.
——In fact, Noah saw Jin Yang interfering and was afraid that if he continued, it would cause Rong Yuan’s dissatisfaction. He also thought that they were pitiful enough, so he let them go.
Jin Yang knew all this, but he didn't know that Noah's actions were not directed by Rong Yuan. He didn't want Rong Yuan to really kill his biological father's family, but he didn't want to blame him because he knew Rong Yuan's past sufferings, so he just helped the Rong family a little. When he saw that the all-encompassing strangulation really stopped, he sighed a lot in his heart.
Jin Yang felt reluctant and guilty when he did this, but Rong Jing didn't know this. He regarded Jin Yang as "brother's friend" and took the opportunity to establish a relationship with him. He followed him around, calling him brother, and was as sweet as honey. He tried every possible way to find out about Rong Yuan's news, just like a brainless brother-con. Over time, Jin Yang also showed more care and love for him.
But at this time, Rong Jing didn't want to find out any news. He looked at Jin Yang's face. Although he felt that the timing was not right, he still asked carefully: "Brother Jin Yang, can you contact my brother?"
"Yeah. What's wrong? Are you worried?" Jin Yang said tiredly, "Don't worry, he's fine, he just wants to go out for a walk."
"That's not it." Rong Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "My dad wants him to go home." Seeing Jin Yang's face darken slightly, he quickly explained, "Aunt Lu is dying... She... wants to see my brother..."
