DYP 78

Chapter 78 – Happy Birthday, My Only One

 

When Luo Feng pushed the door open, Luo Xingyun was sitting at the table, struggling to hold back his speech.

 

Seeing him, Luo Xingyun felt like a poor and lower-middle peasant meeting the Red Army: “I will go on stage tomorrow to give a speech on behalf of outstanding students. Can you write one for me?”

 

“Don’t try to lie to me.” Luo Feng put down his guitar, “How can you become an outstanding student representative with a score of 250?”

 

Luo Xingyun conjured up a certificate, slowly opened it in front of him, and then stamped the big words “No. 1 in the S City Olympiad Competition” with such force that he almost pierced the certificate.

 

Luo Feng: “…”

 

Although he is very proud, hus palms feel a little itchy for no reason.

 

Luo Feng tried his best to restrain his original impulse to hit his brother: “Congratulations! It’s amazing! Whatever you want to eat, go outside and have a meal today.”

 

Luo Xingyun declined: “I don’t need food, I just need a speech.”

 

Luo Feng was as firm as Pei Yan on this point: “Write it yourself.”

 

Luo Xingyun walked around him and looked at him eagerly: “Brother, if you take action, I might not be able to make a rap debut at the 100th anniversary of the school.”

 

Luo Feng, a well-known musician, does not accept this trick: “Today it is a composition, and tomorrow it will be a thesis. This gap cannot be opened, and academic fraud must be strangled at the source.”

 

Luo Xingyun lost his dream.

 

None of the alphas around him were willing to help him write essays, so life was boring.

 

But what else could he do, other than forgive them like an old father?

 

Luo Feng took out his uniform that he didn’t often wear and set up a triangular board to iron it for him. Luo Xingyun followed him around like a little tail: “Hey, if you have money, what do you want to do? “

 

“What else can we do? Upgrade the equipment for the band.” Luo Feng looked at his little brother, “Did you get a scholarship?”

 

Luo Xingyun hummed: “I heard there are tens of thousands~”

 

Luo Feng was happy for a while, and then made a plan that was very suitable for everyone’s status as a parent: “Save it up. We will save it for you to study abroad.”

 

“If you save like this, I will be able to save until the year of the monkey. The real strong people rely on full scholarships to study abroad.”

 

Luo Feng clicked his tongue: “You know, if you add up a little, you’ll make a big difference. I’ve already saved more than 100,000 for you.”

 

Luo Xingyun looked at his busy figure and divided the scholarship he had not received into three parts in his heart.

 

One part is going to be used to buy a guitar for Luo Feng, the other part is to buy Pei Yan’s birthday gift, and the remaining part will be given to Luo Feng to help support the family.

 

It’s not easy for his brother to pull him over, so it’s right to spend money on him.

 

On the school anniversary day, Huo Siming and Luo Xingyun stood at the school gate wearing thin uniforms and volunteer red silk ribbons, holding up a name tag, shivering from the cold.

 

Behind them, the musical fountain sprayed gorgeous water splashes to the beat of drums, showing a coquettish posture.

 

Huo Siming: “Damn! Why did you choose me?”

 

Luo Xingyun: “Every class has VIPs to receive. We serve as concierges, which shows that we are still the best in the class.”

 

Huo Siming closed his mouth and secretly wiped the hair oil on his head. He also had a hairstyle before going out this morning.

 

Qi Yu put his arm around their shoulders: “Then why don’t you let me come?”

 

Luo Xingyun: “It means you are not a good classmate yet – go back, why are you here freezing?”

 

Qi Yu patted his black and ugly but warm winter school uniform: “I’m not cold.”

 

Huo Siming and Luo Xingyun: “Fuck.”

 

Qi Yu squeezed his head between them: “Don’t block me from seeing the boss.”

 

Not far away from the school gate, a Bentley motorcade drove up. Their class monitor and student union president accompanied the principal to greet them. Ling Zhizhi and other members of the Journalist Department followed with cameras. The principal, with his shiny bald head, lowered his head and bent over to say hello to the people in the car. In contrast, Pei Yan, who had a straight posture, had more of a fairy-like spirit as a leader.

 

Qi Yu’s eyes lit up: “The boss is here!”

 

Luo Xingyun: “Who is it?”

 

Qi Yu: “Does Mr. Ji know?”

 

After saying this, Luo Xingyun understood: “Oh~ the one who donated the new building.”

 

More than ten years ago, the Ji Group donated 100 million to Chengnan to build a magnificent new library.

 

“That’s his dad who donated the new building. He’s retired now. This time it’s Mr. Xiao Ji, from Class 1 of the 18th class.” Following Qi Yu’s words, a long leg stepped out of the Bentley, wearing a handmade custom-made suit. The man in a suit got out of the car majestically. He 

took off his sunglasses, revealing a handsome face with a strong mixed-race temperament. “…He is now the richest man in our city S. During this centennial anniversary, he will speak on behalf of the outstanding graduates. The principal hopes that he can recall his youthful years and donate several hundred million more when he is finished.”

 

Luo Xingyun couldn’t understand: “We don’t need so many libraries. Or is he planning to donate several hundred million to recharge meal cards for our students in the south of the city?”

 

Qi Yu: “…Did you follow the class monitor and read some strange and overbearing president’s article?”

 

Luo Xingyun quickly clarified: “He doesn’t read the writings of domineering presidents. He reads the writings of officialdom, political struggles, factional strife, power play, and borrowing knives to kill people.”

 

Qi Yu finally understood why their class monitor could become the president of the student union, and he had such a leadership style. He always cultivated his sentiments.

 

The principal, chairman, and various concierges surrounded Mr. Xiao Ji, who was wearing a long trench coat, as he walked past the musical fountain, and everyone in the introverted group shut their mouths.

 

When they went to the playground, Qi Yu glanced at Huo Siming: “The boss you are hosting is coming soon. Go and have a look at the door.”

 

Huo Siming was shocked: “I don’t even know when he will come, how do you know?”

 

Qi Yu was amazed at their poor intelligence gathering ability: “You are receiving Shen Yu, right?”

 

Huo Siming looked at his cards: “Yes.”

 

“He is from Class 13 of the 18th Class. After graduation, he joined Jishi and worked in the entertainment industry – Dent is his name, don’t you know that?”

 

Luo Xingyun and Huo Siming: “I know this!”

 

He is a traffic god, has a genius face, can’t sing, dance or act well, and is the butcher boss of the ghost district of station B. His every look and smile seems as if he saw a ghost. However, under the uncanny workmanship of Shen Yu, everything transformed. There is no song that Dent can’t sing anymore, and there is no dance that Dent can’t dance. From Lin Daiyu to Voldemort, they are all Dent’s CP. Women love his looks, and men love his charisma. Although he will never know anything, his popularity changes from generation to generation, and Dent remains evergreen.

 

“——He was brought out by Shen Yu’s company.” Qi Yu proudly shared the entertainment industry gossip, “Shen Yu is a subordinate of President Xiao Ji. His boss is here, but he still dares not to come?”

 

As he said this, a man and a woman dressed in fashionable clothes came from outside talking and laughing. Their eyes fell on the name tag in front of Huo Siming and paused.

 

The man was 1.9 meters tall, even stronger than Huo Siming’s alpha, and had a fashionable and fierce chestnut haircut. Huo Siming was so frightened that the hairs all over his body stood up: “Damn it, is he really the boss of an entertainment company? Why does he look like a gangster?” After snatching the name tag from Luo Xingyun’s hand, he wanted to switch it with him.

 

Luo Xingyun: “He has already seen you. You are dead.”

 

Huo Siming gave up the idea of ​​​​escape and tremblingly stepped forward to atone for his sins. Before leaving, he wanted to take off the camera hanging around his neck, but the camera got stuck on the red silk ribbon and could not be taken off.

 

Luo Xingyun helped from the side: “Why did you bring such a heavy DSLR to the school anniversary?”

 

“Do you think I want to bring them?!” Huo Siming cursed, “It was the class monitor who told me that there were not enough publicity personnel, so he asked me to prepare them!”

 

Seeing the boss getting closer and closer, Qi Yu patted his butt: “Stop picking it off and hurry up!”

 

Huo Siming could only carry a heavy DSLR to the execution ground.

 

When he said a few words to the boss with a sad face, the boss’s eyes settled on his chest: “The camera is good~ You also do photography?”

 

Luo Xingyun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huo Siming passing the musical fountain talking and laughing with the boss.

 

He stretched his stiff legs and turned the name tag to Qi Yu: “Since you know everyone, tell me about the person I am hosting. If I get to know him better, I won’t be indifferent later.”

 

Qi Yu glanced at the word “Lu Rong” on the pink note and shook his head: “I don’t know him.”

 

Luo Xingyun felt that others were greeting big shots while he was greeting an unknown ordinary person, whose worth had plummeted.

 

“Athletes’ March” sounded on the playground, and people at the school gate gradually dispersed. Even Qi Yu rushed to enter. The lonely Luo Xingyun stood beside the cold music fountain, feeling that his boss was probably not here and will never come.

 

Just as he was about to leave, a gentle voice came from behind: “Are you my volunteer?”

 

Luo Xingyun turned around and saw a man carrying a briefcase standing in front of him.

 

He was wearing a white shirt, a black suit, and a beige windbreaker. He was meticulous and extremely strict. He looked very well-behaved, as if he had just gotten off the bus and was going to work.

 

“Oh…Mr. Lu, right?”

 

The office worker nodded steadily.

 

“The ceremony is about to start, please come this way.” Luo Xingyun led him to the playground.

 

The office worker looked a little cold, but he was not silent. He quickly asked Luo Xingyun about the current situation of the school: “Who is your current school bully?”

 

Luo Xingyun: “…?”

 

He felt that Mr. Lu was a bit strange.

 

Most people would ask if Teacher XX is still there, how many buildings have been built in the school recently, and whether the small fish cakes in the second-floor window are still sold. Who would ask who the school bully is?

 

If it were a classmate with a stronger sense of collective honor, they would probably die refusing to admit that they have a school bully.

 

But Luo Xingyun has always been straightforward: “It’s Hewanglan from Class 1.”

 

Lu Rong frowned slightly: “How is he?”

 

“It’s hard to evaluate.” Luo Xingyun thinks that Hewanglan’s attribute should be chaotic evil. “Even if he sometimes bullies his classmates, he sometimes protects them as well. You can’t figure out what he is thinking.”

 

Lu Rong’s brows furrowed even more tightly: “Bullying classmates?”

 

Luo Xingyun said politely: “He is quite good at fighting.”

 

Lu Rong snorted coldly, with a chill between his brows, as if he was very dissatisfied with Hewanglan.

 

Luo Xingyun realized in hindsight: “Are you… are you the parent of classmate Hewanglan?”

 

Lu Rong gave him a strange look: “No.”

 

After a pause, he added, “I don’t know him.”

 

Luo Xingyun: “…?”

 

What a strange guest.

 

Seeing that Mr. Lu’s face was as cold as frost, he probably felt heartbroken that his alma mater had fallen into this situation, so he quickly picked out some good news that he liked to hear and cheered up Hewanglan’s profile: “Our school bully is not very good, but the school’s top student is magnificent. He is also the president of the student union. He is handsome and has good grades. He has won the first place in S city in the ten-school joint entrance examination and will be the top scorer in the college entrance examination in two years.”

 

Lu Rong nodded casually: “It should be.”

 

Luo Xingyun: “…?”

 

Luo Xingyun led Lu Rong to the VIP seat opposite the rostrum, and was busy catching the volunteers in charge of this area: “Where is Mr. Lu’s position?”

 

The volunteer looked in awe, and just as he was about to point the way, Lu Rong waved his hand: “Do you have any other vacancies?”

 

Luo Xingyun thought he was worried that he would not have a seat: “As long as you are on the list, you will have a seat, as well as mineral water and corsage, just wait…”

 

He ran to the side and grabbed a bottle of mineral water for him and carefully pinned the corsage on his chest.

 

There are tassels hanging down from the corsage and “Excellent Graduate” is written in gilding on the bright red satin.

 

Luo Xingyun felt that these seniors had traveled all the way, and no matter whether they were doing well or not, they were all members of the family here, regardless of their status.

 

Although Mr. Lu is just an office worker, he is his distinguished guest, and he cannot lack anything that others have.

 

Lu Rong looked at the corsage on his windbreaker in astonishment. He then showed a faint smile and whispered into his ear: “I don’t want to meet my enemy from my student days, so I’ll sit with you.”

 

Luo Xingyun suddenly realized that this was the case.

 

He can’t tell whether Mr. Lu is gentle or has enemies.

 

Luo Xingyun took him to the last row warmly and hospitably. This is the preparation area where people who are speaking on stage can sit and other non-VIP alumni can rest.

 

As soon as they sat down, Mr. Xiao Ji, who was sitting in the first row of the VIP area, turned around and cast a stern look at them.

 

The VIP seats were basically full. There were only a few empty seats, and there was one next to him.

 

Luo Xingyun suddenly remembered that when the name tags were put up yesterday, Lu Rong’s name seemed to be listed next to Ji Wenfeng’s.

 

What is the origin of this ordinary Mr. Lu next to him?

 

The north wind was blowing loudly, and the students from the south of the city stood in the cold wind, accompanied by the majestic and fierce “March of the Athletes” like a wooden man.

 

The leaders delivered stinky and long speeches one after another on the stage and there was neat applause from time to time, but they were all soulless. Only when Pei Yan came on stage to join forces did the sincere cheers erupt. The young man has a noble manner and is surrounded by orchids and jade trees. Even if he stands far away, it does not prevent his sincere admiration from chasing him away.

 

In this solemn celebration, Luo Xingyun sat in his seat and memorized the speech crazily.

 

I don’t know how long it took, but Mr. Xiao Ji, the representative of outstanding graduates, came on stage to give a speech.

 

Ling Zhizhi ran over: “You will be next – where is your certificate?”

 

“Take it with you, take it with you.” Luo Xingyun poked his head from the waistband of his trousers.

 

The school was very formalistic and felt that it would not look good for him to just receive the scholarship. Yesterday, they called him and asked him to take the certificate back and issue it again.

 

Ling Zhizhi walked away with his certificate and Lu Rong looked at him: “Are you an outstanding student representative?”

 

Luo Xingyun: “Ashamed, ashamed!”

 

Lu Rong thought he was quite interesting and smiled: “What award did you get?”

 

Luo Xingyun: “The first prize in our city’s physics competition. It is a very small one.”

 

Lu Rong reservedly agreed: “Not bad.”

 

The domineering president was invited to the podium, and there was suppressed agitation below. When he appeared behind the scenes, there was thunderous applause and screams reaching into the sky.

 

The leader’s speech was smelly and long, and the richest man’s speech must be of a higher standard. As a pure science student with no speech experience, Luo Xingyun was under great psychological pressure.

 

He unfolded the crumpled paper in his pocket, scratched his neck, and murmured to Lu Rong next door: “Actually, I have never been an outstanding student, and I have never delivered a speech in front of so many people. I will definitely make a fool of myself soon. “

 

“No.” Lu Rong turned his attention to the boss who walked up to the podium, “You can’t be worse than him.”

 

He took the microphone, looked in all directions, and spoke coolly: “Hello everyone. I am Ji Wenfeng, Class 1 the from 18th class. Today is the 100th anniversary of my alma mater, and I would like to offer my sincere blessings to my alma mater.”

 

Zhu Renliang raised his hand at the side of the rostrum, and the audience burst into warm applause.

 

The boss continued to say coolly: “I still miss Chengnan and the high school years I spent here, because it was here that I met the love of my life, my wife.”

 

There was silence on the playground, except for the sound of the national flag blowing in the north wind.

 

A few seconds later, a noisy wave rolled from east to west, from front to back – holy shit, they had listened to leaders’ speeches for more than ten years, and they had never heard anything so exciting!

 

Everyone on the podium was stunned.

 

What’s going on with this outstanding graduate representative? !

 

Next, Ji Wenfeng delivered a long and stinky speech on the podium. The main content was how he and his wife had a crazy puppy love in the south of the city. Based on the principle that if you have money, you can do whatever you want, and forcefully stuffed dog food into every part in the south of the city. Not to mention, in the ears of students and leaders. Before he finished speaking, it was already the top trending topic.

 

After Pei Yan urged him three times, Ji Wenfeng finally reluctantly put down the microphone.

 

After taking two steps, he remembered something and walked towards Pei Yan who was announcing the curtain and said into the microphone: “Finally, I would like to thank Director Zhu Renliang for never catching us once and for making our marriage perfect. Thank you! “

 

Zhu Renliang stood beside the rostrum and suddenly became the focus of the teachers and students in the school. He touched his thinning hair and didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

 

Ji Wenfeng finally left the stage with satisfaction amid the cheers of the students.

 

Lu Rong turned around and encouraged Luo Xingyun sincerely: “Let me tell you, you can’t say it worse than him.”

 

Luo Xingyun took a few deep breaths: “…Actually, what I want to read is also a love letter.”

 

Lu Rong: “…”

 

Pei Yan announced on the stage: “…Next, I would like to introduce to you an outstanding Chengnan student. He won the first prize with the first overall score in the just-concluded S City Olympic Physics Competition, and therefore became the Winner of Lingyun Scholarship…”

 

Luo Xingyun stood up and strode towards the rostrum.

 

Luo Xingyun ran up to the podium, went up to shake hands with the principal, and took the certificate that had just been handed over.

 

The bald principal handed out the award kindly and patted him hard on the shoulder: “Thank you for your hard work. You’re awesome. Take the test well. It’s up to you.”

 

Luo Xingyun: “…”

 

He always felt that the principal’s eyes were full of tears, and the hope of the whole school seemed to be piled on his shoulders.

 

Luo Xingyun walked to the podium with his heart beating like a drum, and Pei Yan adjusted the standing microphone to his height. Luo Xingyun subconsciously held the microphone. Pei Yan turned his back to the leader on the podium and covered his hand.

 

“Don’t be afraid, look at me.” After Pei Yan said that, he reluctantly let go, and his fingertips traced the back of his hand.

 

He turned around and walked to the lowest level, leaning against the railing, with an endless crowd behind him.

 

Luo Xingyun looked into his dark eyes. His hurricane-like heartbeat gradually calmed down, his cold hands stopped shaking, and he unfolded the crumpled speech.

 

He glanced at Ling Zhizhi, who understood and projected the ppt on the big screen.

 

Solid color background, 5 symbols and 1 number.

 

10^23

 

Everyone looked at the screen, confused.

 

Luo Xingyun stared into Pei Yan’s eyes as he did when he sang at Green School last time, and took a deep breath: “Hello everyone, I… I can only talk about physics. Today I will teach you about physics. .”

 

There was a sticky sound from the speakers, and there was a commotion on the playground. The principal beside him was heartbroken.

 

Luo Xingyun’s face heated up, and he turned stiffly to the big screen and stretched out his hand: “n is a coupling constant, which represents the ratio of the electromagnetic force and gravitational strength between a pair of protons, n=10 to the 36th power. “

 

“If the value of n increases or decreases just a little bit—a little bit here refers to one of 10 to the 40th power—then our universe would have ended long ago.”

 

“We wouldn’t be standing here today.”

 

Silence fell.

 

The atmosphere was almost frozen.

 

Only Pei Yan’s eyes were still so solemn, and he listened carefully with his tall and tall figure.

 

Luo Xingyun therefore took courage: “e is a measure of the nuclear efficiency of fusion from hydrogen to helium, e=0.007. This means that when four hydrogen atoms react to form a helium atom, 0.7% of its mass is converted into energy.”

 

“e determines whether the star can transform hydrogen into other heavier elements on the periodic table through fusion reactions. For example, the carbon that makes up our bodies and the oxygen we are breathing are both produced by the fusion reaction of helium.”

 

“If e=0.006, the universe is all hydrogen; if e=0.008, there will be no more hydrogen in the universe.”

 

“We wouldn’t be standing here today.”

 

…

 

“Ω represents the ratio of the mass density of the universe to the critical density. Coincidentally, Ω happens to be approximately equal to 1.”

 

“If Ω is greater than 1, the universe has collapsed before we appeared; if Ω is less than 1, all stars in the sky will cease to exist, including the one under our feet.”

 

“We wouldn’t be standing here today.”

 

…

 

“Λ, the cosmological constant, is an antigravity term introduced by Einstein, the physicist I admire most. In his gravitational field equation, describing the ratio of dark energy density to the critical energy density of the universe. Λ=10 – Power 122, it is very, very small.”

 

“But if it were not so small, the entire universe would expand at an alarming rate. Every particle would not be able to reach each other and there would be only one lonely particle left in the universe.”

 

“We wouldn’t be here today.”

 

…

 

“q, describes the ratio of the density of the universe to the average value, q=10 to the power of -5.”

 

“If the q value is reduced to one part in a million, we will lose the sun and all stars. If the q value is increased to one part in a million, there will be only huge and indescribable black holes in the universe.”

 

“We wouldn’t be here today.”

 

…

 

When Luo Xingyun said this, the whole place was still silent, but he was no longer afraid.

 

These physical constants and Pei Yan accompany him.

 

Stiffly, he raised his hands to his chest and acted in conjunction with his words: “What I want to say is… In fact, it is almost impossible for us to stand here today. You see, if these physical constants change just a little bit, the whole world will cease to exist.”

 

“And life is an almost impossible task. The common ancestor of all our lives is the single-cell organism Luca, the last universal monancestor, that appeared on the earth 4 billion years ago. It underwent 20 trillion generations of evolution and finally became me and you here today.”

 

“Even if one of my ancestors, counting 20 trillion generations up, makes a mistake during replication and reproduction, there is no way I can exist.”

 

“Like it’s impossible to have you.”

 

Luo Xingyun raised his arm and pointed at the last number 1.

 

The one who is extremely determined, lucky, and cherished 1.

 

“So, you were born in a universe where it’s almost impossible to exist.”

 

“Born into an almost impossible relay of life.”

 

“The 10^23 particles that make up you. From the moment after the Big Bang have been moving forward one after another, passing through the most dazzling stars and the vastest desolation, experiencing countless glorious births and eternal annihilations, and finally arrived in front of me.”

 

“The probability is infinitely close to 0.”

 

“You are a miracle.” Luo Xingyun looked directly into Pei Yan’s eyes and said with great certainty, “It is a miracle that I met you.”

 

It is the supreme gift given by this 93 billion light-year-long universe and 13.8 billion years of time.

 

Amidst the cheers of the whole school and the standing applause of the school leaders, Luo Xingyun looked at Pei Yan and smiled as he said, “Happy birthday to you.”