"Dad!"
Liu Nan jumped off the boat, gave the middle-aged man a hug, then turned to look at He Ao and introduced to the middle-aged man, "This is He Ao."
Then she looked at He Ao and introduced the same, "He Ao, this is my dad, Liu Zhengyun."
The middle-aged man put away his book, stood up slowly, looked at He Ao with a smile, "Young man, we meet again."
"Well," He Ao also showed a smile, "Hello, uncle."
The middle-aged man in front of him was the "uncle" he had just met at the abandoned construction site who had shared a lot of knowledge with him and was a bit of a mentor. He Ao didn't expect that he was Liu Nan's father. He was well-maintained and looked to be in his thirties.
"Do you know each other?"
This time it was Liu Nan who was surprised.
"I happened to meet him when I was wandering around in the afternoon," Liu Zhengyun laughed loudly and stood up, walked between Liu Nan and He Ao, pushed Liu Nan aside, and leaned against He Ao.
"It's almost ready inside, let's go in and eat."
"Okay."
He Ao nodded.
The house Liu Zhengyun is a simple villa facing the lake. The exterior surface is designed with geometric splicing shapes, which is quite artistic, and the decoration of the inner room is also quite luxurious.
When He Ao and Liu Nan followed Liu Zhengyun in, the busy delivery boy was serving dishes to the table, and the kitchen seemed to be in full swing.
A chef team of this size generally does not stay at home permanently, and according to Liu Nan, this house is not commonly used. It is probably a temporary chef team.
"Originally I wanted to arrange a table at a certain hotel," Liu Zhengyun introduced as he walked, "But after thinking about it, you are Nannan's classmate after all, so it would be more cordial to arrange a family dinner."
He always stands right between Liu Nan and He Ao, making Liu Nan frown when he looks at them.
"It feels good."
He Ao smiled, but he didn't care about Liu Zhengyun's actions.
At this moment, the table is filled with all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water.
But He Ao actually doesn't care what others treat him to. Whether it's delicacies from mountains and seas, or glutinous rice flour, he will sit down and eat it with a smile.
Everyone's family situation is different, so just follow some etiquette.
However, when he saw that the waiter was still serving food, he tilted his head and said to Liu Zhengyun, "Uncle, it should be enough for the three of us? Any more would be a waste of food."
"Okay."
Liu Zhengyun smiled and waved his hand to signal the kitchen to stop.
The three of them got to the table. He Ao and Liu Zhengyun sat down first, and then Liu Nan made a circle and sat next to He Ao.
There was nothing to talk about at the dinner table. Liu Zhengyun asked the chefs to leave first, and soon there were only three of them left in the room. He Ao was used to eating quietly alone, so he had no desire to chat.
Liu Zhengyun talked about everything from personal Physical Quality, to talent, to abnormal circumstances, from beginning to end, basically without stopping.
While he was talking, He Ao tilted his head, approached Liu Nan and asked softly, "Does your dad have any side business?"
Liu Nan bit the head of his chopsticks with his white teeth and thought for a moment, "He used to be East Capital University's professor."
Oh, it's the teacher.
That's okay.
He Ao continued to eat in silence.
Finally, Liu Zhengyun was tired of talking. He stopped, took a sip of wine, looked at He Ao and asked softly, "Xiao He, what do you think of this house?"
"Very good."
He Ao opened the shell of the big lobster, took out the meat inside, and nodded gently.
"This house was given to me by White Bird Group as payment for the purchase. It was designed by the famous architect South Capital. Although it is not expensive among villas in this area, the current market price should be around 25 million."
Having said this, he paused and looked at He Ao, "How about I give you this house?"
He Ao raised his head and looked at Liu Zhengyun.
But before he could say anything, Liu Nan leaned over and said, "Don't listen to him. This house leaks. If it rains outside, it will rain inside."
Then she pointed to the art-style curved beams and walls made next to her, "This kind of crooked wall is very troublesome to decorate, and it's not easy to sell. It has nothing but good looks. If you give it a house, let him give you cash directly."
Liu Zhengyun's face darkened visibly, and he knocked on the table, "Is my apartment so bad?"
"Well," Liu Nan thought for a while, "There are still some good things. Although the property fee here is expensive, the service attitude is also bad!"
He Ao can feel that Liu Zhengyun really likes this house. Liu Zhengyun has the intellectual and literary sense in his heart, so he has no resistance to this kind of lakeside villa full of art and poetry.
Liu Nan is more realistic in comparison.
This wave of He Ao stands at Liu Nan.
Liu Zhengyun looked at He Ao without speaking, and knew that he had listened to Liu Nan's words.
He sighed and looked at He Ao, "If you don't like my house, I have a second plan for you. Do you know Ruins?"
He Ao stopped what he was doing and looked like he was listening carefully.
Liu Zhengyun was really useful, and he began to explain in detail, "The so-called Ruins, to put it simply, is a Different Dimension Space. The passage to this space first appeared eighteen years ago, and it will be opened every once in a while to allow some people to enter.
However, the channel it opens appears randomly each time and is not in a fixed area. After entering, the location it appears is also random.
The Transcendental energy concentration inside Ruins is much higher than that in the real world. All kinds of crazy monsters and Transcendental lives are active inside. Ordinary people have a high probability of gaining Transcendental power after entering. And Transcendental users can also find some powerful Contaminants or ways to improve their own power if they are lucky.
Of course, with benefits comes risks. After entering Ruins, not only will you gain benefits, but you may also die. "
Then he paused and continued, "The next Ruins will be opened in three days. The location happens to be an island that I control for oil exploration on the high seas. I happen to have one quota left in my hand that can be freely arranged. I can give this quota to you, but you need to join Research Institute first."
"Are there any traces of living human activity in Ruins?"
He Ao asked suddenly.
"No," Liu Zhengyun shook his head, "We have not found any traces of living human activities in it, but there are human Ruins. Our current conjecture is that the human civilization in the Ruins space experienced a huge disaster, leading to the extinction of the entire human civilization, so we call that space 'Ruins'."
It sounded a bit like Copy World, but there was no one around. He Ao thought for a moment and asked, "Approximately how big is Ruins?"
"Currently we have not explored the entire Ruins, but we have used optical experiments to detect that the entire surface of Ruins is curved."
"Is it a planet?"
"Yes," Liu Zhengyun nodded and drew a circle on the table with his drink. "We roughly calculated that Ruins is a dwarf planet with a diameter of about 1,000 kilometers and an area of about 3 million square kilometers.
However, Ruins seems to have undergone certain artificial modifications. Its gravity is similar to that of the real world. There are no obvious stars around Ruins. The lighting relies on some space lighting systems that are still operating normally outside Ruins. "
That's not Copy World.
Copy World has normal day and night and the sun, and Copy World is much larger than a dwarf planet. If the bodies of the two worlds are similar, the area controlled by Federation alone now relies on Fortress City is far more than 3 million square kilometers.
But after confirming that it was not Copy World, He Ao instead developed some interest in Ruins.
"So what's your choice?"
Liu Zhengyun looked at He Ao.
Liu Nan, who had been silent since just now, also raised his head and looked at He Ao.