Great Country Academician

Although Xu Chuan almost forgot his birthday, there were many people who remembered his birthday.

In the past few years, because he basically returned to his hometown before the New Year's Eve and celebrated his birthdays there, Jinling couldn't find time to hold a birthday party for him.

After confirming the itinerary this year, the school leaders from Nanjing University quietly discussed with Xu Chuan's assistant Tang Ran and Lu Ling, and planned to hold a birthday party to celebrate this year's Xu Chuan while he was still in Jinling.

The birthday dinner was held in a villa at the foot of Purple Mountain.

Anyway, the second floor of this place is basically vacant during normal times. Xu Chuan doesn't go up there a few times throughout the year, so it's perfect for setting up the venue.

In this way, the unoccupied second floor was decorated in a birthday celebration style without the owner's knowledge.

The four students who were driven back by him a year ago were also quietly hiding on the second floor, preparing to surprise their tutors.

On the first floor, in the study room, Xu Chuan was still sifting through periodicals, papers and books to take home. He had no idea that the floor above him had been decorated in another way.

At this moment, the ding-dong-ding-dong of the villa's doorbell echoed in the room.

Xu Chuan, who opened the study door, naturally heard the sound, couldn't help but put down the journal article in his hand, and walked outside with some curiosity.

At this time, there is still someone here looking for him?

Who?

Walking out of the study, Xu Chuan opened the door of the villa, and a handsome figure stood at the door.

Looking at the figure standing in front of him wearing a white down jacket and a ponytail, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and stood still.

The person who appeared in front of his house was none other than Senior Sister Liu Jiaxin.

"Happy birthday!"

Liu Jiaxin was holding a cake gift box in her hand, with a gentle smile on her face, and her almond-shaped eyes were full of blessings and smiles.

Hearing this familiar soft voice, Xu Chuan came back to his senses, looked at the cake in her hand, smiled and said: "That girl Xu Xiao called me before and said she wanted to give me a surprise. Look. When I saw you holding the cake, I almost thought you were the surprise she prepared."

Liu Jiaxin: "╰(*°▽°*)╯?"

Looking at the confused senior, Xu Chuan smiled, and then said: "Come in first. It just so happens that there is no one at home right now. I didn't even plan to celebrate this birthday."

To be honest, he really didn't expect that it would be this senior who knocked on the door.

After all, Xinghai Network Technology Company has already had a holiday, which he personally arranged two days ago. Normally, she should be at her hometown in Sichuan and Chongqing.

But thinking back, it’s normal.

If that girl Xu Xiao ordered a cake or something for him, it would be impossible for the delivery person to deliver it to him. Basically, he would be stopped by Zheng Hai and his security team outside the villa, and then the cake would be taken for laboratory examination. It will be sent to him only after confirming that there is no problem.

Only a few people with his permission and acquiescence were qualified to enter the villa directly without going through Zheng Haihe's security report.

Holding the cake, Liu Jiaxin nodded lightly and followed Xu Chuan into the living room of the villa.

Although this is not her first time here, she has always come here to discuss matters related to work and academic research. This is her first time coming here for such trivial daily matters as today.

In addition, Xu Chuan had just said that they were the only two people in the house, and an atmosphere that seemed like they were on a date suddenly rose in her heart.

Thinking of this, looking at the figure walking in front, she pursed her lips and felt her cheeks getting slightly hot.

After going to the refrigerator and pouring two glasses of water, Xu Chuan smiled and handed one of the glasses to Liu Jiaxin, turned on the TV, and asked with a smile: "Speaking of which, where is your sister Jiaying? She went back to Sichuandu Already?"

Liu Jiaxin nodded and said, "Well, she has been on winter vacation a long time ago and went back before."

Xu Chuan drank some water and said with a smile: "Your income should have been enough for you to buy a villa in Jinling. Why don't you settle down here?"

Compared to him, this senior sister was definitely a hard-luck person. Her parents died in an accident when she was young, leaving her with a younger sister who was still in elementary school and her grandmother who was over seventy years old to depend on each other.

From that day on, it can be said that almost all the burden of the entire family fell on her. However, at that time, she was just a young girl who had just entered high school.

Although her parents left a little money to give her the opportunity to complete her education, it was obviously not a lot as you can imagine, otherwise she would not have been prepared to go out to work after college.

Mentioning this, Liu Jiaxin smiled and said with some nostalgia: "Grandma is still at home, and some uncles are also there. They have to go back to celebrate the New Year. Aren't you staying here too?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan nodded in agreement. Like Liu Jiaxin, although he currently lives in Jinling and does research here, he has never transferred his household registration here.

The Jinling Municipal Government had mentioned it to him many times, either explicitly or covertly, but he rejected them all.

As he said before, the village of his childhood will always remain in his memory. At least it was his hometown before his parents left.

The two chatted for a while, and when it was time to eat, Aunt Liang, the housekeeper who was responsible for cooking and daily cleaning of the villa, walked over.

After completing the controllable nuclear fusion technology, he was given two assistants, a life assistant Tang Sijia and Aunt Liang.

The former is responsible for his daily life and medical care. For example, when he went to Tsarist Russia before, Tang Sijia went with him.

(Ahem, the person I wrote about in the previous article was Tang Ran, an assistant at NTU. Mainly because I forgot about this assistant when I wrote it. Crying with laughter.JPG. According to common sense, this assistant should be the one who follows that kind of thing. , I will modify the previous article later, it is just a patch, sorry.)

The latter's surname is Liang, and her name is Liang Xian. She is a middle-aged woman under fifty years old. Xu Chuan calls her Aunt Liang. She is mainly responsible for the sanitation of the villa, and sometimes cooking and laundry if he is at home.

"Aunt Liang, please prepare meals for two people tonight." Looking at Aunt Liang walking in with a basket of vegetables, Xu Chuan shouted.

At the entrance, Aunt Liang, who was putting on shoe covers, poked her head out curiously and asked, "Are there guests?"

When she saw Liu Jiaxin sitting on the sofa, she put on a friendly smile: "Hey, Jiaxin is here. If you want to eat something tonight, tell aunt."

Although they didn't meet many times, Aunt Liang was quite impressed with and liked this girl who occasionally came over. She has a gentle personality and is pretty. Sometimes she stays here late chatting with Xu Chuan and even takes the initiative to help in the kitchen when she stays here for dinner.

"Aunt Liang."

Seeing Liang Xian, Liu Jiaxin quickly stood up, said hello, and stepped forward to take the vegetable basket from the other party's hand.

Liang Xian smiled and patted her hand, like an ordinary middle-aged woman doing her homework: "Jiaxin hasn't gone back to celebrate the New Year yet?"

Liu Jiaxin said softly: "Get ready to go back tomorrow."

Xu Chuan turned to look at the two of them, noticed the vegetables piled in the vegetable basket, and asked curiously: "Why did Aunt Liang buy so many vegetables today?"

Liang Xian smiled and joked: "Our great scientist has a long tail, why should he have a rich birthday?"

Xu Chuan looked at the vegetable basket in her hand with a smile and said: "This is too much. I will go back to my hometown tomorrow. It will be a waste if I can't finish it. Just make two at random. For things like birthdays, It happens every year.”

Liang Xian smiled and said: "It won't be wasted."

Although everyone kept the matter of holding a party for Xu Chuan's birthday hidden from Xu Chuan, she definitely knew that the dishes in the basket were naturally prepared for everyone in the evening.

But since she had agreed to give Xu Chuan a surprise, she naturally would not tell it in advance.

Liu Jiaxin followed Liang Xian into the kitchen and was busy. In the living room, Xu Chuan returned to the study and continued to organize his things.

In order to celebrate his birthday, dinner was much later than usual. Xu Chuan went into the kitchen and took a look. It was almost half past six, and Aunt Liang and senior sister were still busy.

Although I don’t know how many dishes these two people cooked, looking at the insulated boxes and steaming steamers, it must be a lot.

But he didn't stop him. Once these dishes were made, they would definitely not be wasted.

When it comes to eating, he and his senior sister will definitely not be able to finish it, but he knows that his assistant, Zheng Hai, and Aunt Liang must not have had dinner yet. Xu Chuan is going to use the excuse of his birthday to invite him to celebrate together. .

At this moment, the door of the villa was suddenly opened, and footsteps came over quickly.

In the living room, Xu Chuan turned his head and looked towards the entrance.

At this point, the person who could enter his house directly was probably because the "surprise" Xu Xiao had ordered for him had arrived. It was probably delivered to him by Zheng Hai or Tang Sijia.

At the entrance, a small figure walked in quickly. After looking around the living room, he saw Xu Chuan looking over here.

"Brother, surprise! Happy birthday!"

Stepping into the living room, Xu Xiao stood in front of Xu Chuan with a smile on his face, holding a cake in his hand and congratulating him with a smile.

Seeing his sister standing in front of him, Xu Chuan was stunned again and almost thought he was hallucinating.

"Xiaoxiao??"

With a slightly skeptical voice, Xu Xiao smiled triumphantly, feeling proud of his actions: "Brother! How about it, are you a surprise?!"

After confirming that he had not hallucinated, Xu Chuan asked in surprise: "No, weren't you still at your hometown this morning?"

Xu Xiao replied with a smile: "Yes, I bought a high-speed train ticket from Baling to Jinling at noon. I took the train for five hours and then asked Brother Zheng to arrange for someone to pick me up."

After a pause, she lamented: "My poor brother, no one celebrates your birthday, only my sister comes."

Before she finished speaking, her eyes fell on the cake box on the coffee table.

After being stunned for a moment, Xu Xiao asked curiously: "Brother, did you order the cake yourself?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "I didn't order this, but someone brought it here specially for my birthday."

Xu Xiao sniffed and asked with a hint of doubt: "I don't believe it! Besides your cutest sister, who else can come here to celebrate your birthday?"

After finishing his words, before Xu Chuan had time to answer, a figure wearing an apron came out of the dining room connected to the kitchen.

"Xiaoxiao?"

"Sister Jiaxin?"

The two girls looked at each other, and after recognizing each other, they happily held hands and got together.

The two of them met very early, and they have not lost contact for several years. They are almost best friends. Even when Xu Xiao was researching the control array of brain electrodes, Liu Jiaxin even helped.

"Wait a minute, the food here will be ready soon."

After whispering about old times and appeasing Xu Xiao, who complained that she was hungry and was leaning towards the kitchen to smell the aroma of the food, Liu Jiaxin turned to look at Xu Chuan and said:

"Xuchuan, Aunt Liang said that there seems to be something wrong with the electric hot pot and it cannot be used. There is a spare one in the storage room on the second floor. Can you help me get it?"

"OK."

Xu Chuan nodded and had no other thoughts. He stood up and walked towards the second floor, unaware that another surprise was waiting for him.

Looking at Xu Chuan who turned into the corner of the stairs, Liu Jiaxin took Xu Xiao's hand, "shushed" her index finger in front of her mouth, and whispered: "Don't make any noise, follow me, Xiaoxiao."

Xu Chuan didn't notice the movements of the two people, and he didn't know that there were two little tails following him.

Along the stairs, he walked up to the second floor of the villa.

The duplex staircase spiraled up the stairs, and the sound of footsteps echoed crisply in the villa. In the main hall on the second floor, a group of people waiting inside held their breath while listening to the footsteps in the dark, until the lights in the main hall came on.

"Professor! Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!!!"

"Happy birthday! Academician Xu!"

At the doorway of the main hall, colorful ribbons like meteors fell slowly with blessings. Some fell on the white tile floor, and some fell on Xu Chuan's hair.

The sudden movement startled Xu Chuan. He leaned back and almost fell flat on his face.

Holding on to the wall cabinet in the hallway to steady his body, he took a closer look and realized that there were so many people hiding on the second floor of his house.

The originally simple main hall on the second floor was also transformed into a different look by these people.

"Tutor, Principal Tan, Tang Ran, Yin Shi, you guys"

Xu Chuan stared blankly at the crowd that quickly gathered around him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Today's birthday was full of surprises for him.

"Professor, happy birthday!"

Rong Xinji, the youngest among several students, held a colorful birthday hat in his hand and quickly placed it on Xu Chuan's head, sending a blessing along the way.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Xu Chuan was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses.

Touching the birthday hat on his head, he looked at the carefully arranged scene in the main hall. He felt that his nose was a little itchy. He couldn't help but twitch and inhaled hard to relieve it.

Obviously, the group of people in front of him held a birthday party for him without telling him.

The colorful ribbons that slowly fell to the ground fell on his heart like the sunshine in winter, warm and bright.

PS: I’m not very good at writing about daily life, so just make do with it. Tomorrow we will enter the second phase of spaceflight.

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