Xie family’s seventh child, Xie Yunxi, is the host of an English-language program and has been filming on location in Europe for the past month.
She had just finished recording and was about to move on to the next place when she received a call from Xie Yunshu.
“Fourth Sister, what’s up?”
“Yunxi, let me ask you, have you been in contact with Xie Yunqian this whole time?”
She paused. “Not the whole time, just chatting a few lines occasionally. Fourth Sister, why are you suddenly asking about this?”
“Then give me her contact info, cough… after kicking her out of the group chat last time, I also blocked her on WeChat…”
So now there was no way to add her back.
Xie Yunxi was stunned. If she remembered correctly, the one who disliked Xie Yunqian the most was Fourth Sister. “What do you want her contact information for?”
“…Something came up.”
Xie Yunxi frowned. Her intuition told her something was off, so she didn’t hand over the contact information right away.
“What exactly is it? Tell me, maybe I can help?”
“You? Forget it.”
“Fourth Sister, don’t play dumb. What’s really going on? Tell me. You’re someone who usually puts on a cold face just hearing the name ‘Xie Yunqian,’ and today you suddenly come to me asking for her contact info, this is way too abnormal. If you don’t explain it clearly, I won’t be able to sit still.”
There was a moment of silence on the other end. “…It’s fine to tell you. I’m looking for Xie Yunqian because of Ah Yuan.”
“Little Nine? Didn’t he go to the Lasker Awards ceremony with his girlfriend? If I weren’t tied up with work here, I’d be squatting to watch the livestream too, though it’s fine, I can watch the replay online. What could he possibly have to do with Xie Yunqian?”
Xie Yunshu couldn’t help frowning. Hearing Seventh Sister’s calm tone that even carried a hint of anticipation made her feel stifled. “You seem to like Jiang Fuyue quite a bit…”
“What’s not to like about such an outstanding girl? Mom is a million percent satisfied, she even specially called me yesterday to remind me to watch the livestream.”
Xie Yunshu pressed her lips together. Why didn’t the old lady call her?
“Fourth Sister? What exactly do you want to do by looking for Yunqian?”
“Nothing, just chatting.” She didn’t want to tell Xie Yunxi anymore.
But Xie Yunxi wasn’t stupid. Hearing that tone, she knew it wasn’t simple. “Fourth Sister, you’re not planning to pull some stunt behind Dad, Mom, and Little Nine’s backs, are you?”
A flash crossed Xie Yunshu’s eyes. “What stunt could I possibly pull…”
“Then why do you need Yunqian’s contact info? And right at the moment Little Nine just announced he has a girlfriend, you’re not unaware of how she feels about Little Nine…”
“Relax. I’m not as bored as you think. Little Nine is our own younger brother. Over the years, which one of us seven sisters hasn’t doted on him like the apple of our eye…”
Cough! Even though Ah Yuan doesn’t really appreciate it.
“In short, I won’t harm him. Hurry up and give me the contact info. I’m busy watching the livestream here…”
After hesitating again and again, and with the camera crew urging her on, Xie Yunxi finally sent Xie Yunqian’s phone number to her.
Before hanging up, she couldn’t help reminding her once more: “Fourth Sister, you really mustn’t stir up trouble. Ah Yuan may not like to nitpick, but once he gets angry, the whole family won’t be able to handle it.”
“Got it, got it…” Xie Yunshu impatiently hung up.
She didn’t believe that Ah Yuan would turn his spear toward the entire family, toward her, over such a trivial matter!
As his own sister, could she really be inferior to an outsider like Jiang Fuyue?
Ridiculous!
After hanging up, she immediately turned around and called Xie Yunqian.
“It’s me.”
“…Fourth Sister?” The other end sounded stunned, with a trace of disbelief.
Xie Yunshu taking the initiative to call her?
Did the sun rise in the west?
Xie Yunshu disliked Xie Yunqian, but she disliked Jiang Fuyue even more.
Xie Yunqian might be muddle-headed, but at least she hadn’t affected Xie Dingyuan.
But Jiang Fuyue had directly turned Little Nine into a different person, he could even agree to something like kissing in public, simply…
“Uh! Fourth Sister, how have you been recently?”
“Let’s skip the pleasantries between us.” Who doesn’t know whom?
Xie Yunqian’s voice also cooled. “What is it? Say it.”
“Ah Yuan has a girlfriend. Did you know?”
Instant dead silence on the other end.
Xie Yunshu curled her lips. Looks like she didn’t know.
“Besides that, he also made the relationship public…”
“Made… public?” Xie Yunqian’s voice sounded somewhat dazed.
“Yes, it’s public, and…”
Xie Yunqian’s eyelid twitched, and she heard the other end laugh. “It was Ah Yuan who took the initiative to request it. Official media spoke out, and the whole internet sent their blessings.”
Her heart sank abruptly.
After a long while, “…Fourth Sister, you specially called, surely it wasn’t just to tell me this news, right?”
Xie Yunshu curled her lips.
……
At the awards ceremony venue, once the kiss ended, applause and screams almost lifted the roof.
Those who didn’t know better would have thought it was some massive idol-chasing scene.
After Xie Dingyuan finished presenting the award, he returned to his seat below the stage.
Professor Thomas, on the other hand, consciously stepped aside, leaving the entire stage to Jiang Fuyue.
Under the strong lights, she was the focal point of all eyes at the scene.
Professor Thomas: “Next, let us invite Jiang to deliver her acceptance speech, where’s the applause?”
The venue erupted once more.
Holding the Winged Victory of Samothrace trophy in her hands, raising it to her chest, Jiang Fuyue faced the standing microphone and spoke in Chinese to the entire world.
“Respected Chairman of the Lasker Foundation, members of the Lasker Awards judging committee, dear Nobel laureates and my compatriots, and all the ladies and gentlemen present today: I am honored to receive the 2052 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, but more gratifying than the award itself is that patients infected with the Schenck virus can be reborn…”
“Humanity is so small and fragile, yet also so powerful and resilient…”
“That I could safely reach Continent F, survive multiple dangers, and ultimately succeed in developing the A+ vaccine and discovering the F active enzyme, all of this was inseparable from my motherland standing behind me as protection, so, ”
“Today’s honor, my motherland Huaxia shares it with me!”
“This award is not only an affirmation of myself, but also an affirmation of Huaxia’s long-standing role as a major power, providing aid to third-world countries, shouldering global responsibility, and safeguarding global stability.”
“Thank you to my motherland, thank you to my compatriots, and thank you to all the staff who devoted their efforts to the A+ vaccine and the specific medicine.”
“Lastly, I also want to thank…” Jiang Fuyue paused, casting her gaze toward the audience below. A trace of gentle smile suddenly bloomed at her lips as she continued, “a special person.”
The camera immediately cut to Xie Dingyuan in the guest seats.
“It was he who, at the risk of infection, entered and exited the resettlement camps multiple times to help collect samples; it was also he who, amid the smoke of air raids, held me tightly in his arms.”
“Thank you, Ah Yuan…”
And the netizens watching the livestream in front of their screens had completely gone crazy,
【Ahhhhh, Sister Yue’s acceptance speech hardly talked about herself at all, it was all about the motherland, Huaxia】
【Watching the national flag stand tall behind her, listening to her speak Chinese with ringing force in a venue filled almost entirely with people from Country M, I instantly teared up】
【I’m shattered, no regrets in this life entering Huaxia! This is the backbone and spirit of us descendants of Yan and Huang!】
【Sister Yue truly deserves her title as a patriotic maniac, I’m bawling!】
【This is what real role-model power looks like, those so-called celebrity halos pale completely in comparison】
……
【She smiled at the professor! Waaah, 】
【When she talks about the nation, she’s so firm; when facing her lover, she’s so gentle】
【Standing shoulder to shoulder, moving forward side by side, sharing the same pursuits and ideals, bearing each other’s safety and misfortune, for the nation, for the people, for righteousness, this is what love looks like at its most beautiful】
【No one suits the professor better than Sister Yue, and no one understands Sister Yue better than the professor】
【She stands on stage crowned in glory, he applauds and smiles below, sob! YuanYue makes me believe in love all over again】
【These two just need to exchange a look and I’m sweet enough to crow like a chicken!】
……
“In the history of human medicine, opportunities to celebrate a discovery capable of saving the lives of millions of infected patients and preventing hundreds of countries from suffering viral invasion are rare. Thank you to Jiang for her great contribution to all humanity, and of course, to her beloved motherland, Huaxia!”
With Professor Thomas’s concluding remarks, the awards ceremony officially came to an end.
But just as Jiang Fuyue and Xie Dingyuan were preparing to leave, they were immediately blocked by media reporters.
“Jiang, could you accept an interview?”
“How do you feel at this moment?”
“Is there anything you’d like to say to audiences around the world?”
“……”
In an instant, long guns and short cannons were shoved right in front of them.
Xie Dingyuan drew her into his arms and casually pointed to a Huaxia reporter. “We still need to attend a banquet, so apologies, you may ask only one question, and it cannot exceed three minutes.”
The reporter was startled, then his eyes lit up with delight: “Sister Yue, Professor Xie, you are both Lasker Award laureates. Do you have any messages or words of encouragement for the next generation of young people?”
Though there was only one question, it was directed at two people.
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