Seeing Once Is Better Than Hearing a Hundred Times

New Jersey.

Leonard's bedroom.

"It's quite clean and tidy."

Adam looked around and praised it.

"You've already met my mother."

Leonard retorted, "Isn't this perfectly normal?"

"Too."

Adam nodded.

Sheldon's obsession with cleanliness is well-known, and Beverly, the female version of Sheldon, isn't much better. With her around, Leonard can't help but be clean and tidy.

Who is this?

Adam saw a framed photo on the desk, which contained a picture of Leonard and a bald man.

"My uncle Freud."

Leonard explained, "He's my favorite person in our family, and my fondest childhood memories are all with Uncle Freud."

"Oh."

Adam remembered his uncle Leonard.

In the original timeline, Leonard's closest uncle didn't even appear; he was killed off in the background simply through Beverly's words.

Beverly didn't say how she died, only that her heart stopped beating.

Huh!

With this thought in mind, Adam had an idea and began to calculate the time difference.

Because he had watched the Big Bang Theory dozens of times in his previous life, Adam remembered almost all the plots and most of the details.

The Big Bang Theory started in 2007, Beverly appeared in the second half of the second season, around the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009.

If Leonard was unaware of this, it could only have happened recently, within the same year; otherwise, Leonard would have heard of it.

In other words, Freud likely died around 2008.

It is now 1993, 15 years before Freud's death.

Based on Adam's plan of 3 years of university, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 5 to 6 years of residency, by 2008, Adam had already been Attending Physician for 1 to 2 years.

With Adam's current preparations, his continuously improving talent Adam the four major attributes, and the opportunities Leonard will provide in the future, Adam's level will be absolutely top-notch when he is promoted to Attending Physician.

At that time, Adam had every opportunity to save Leonard's uncle.

Of course, the best approach would be to remind Freud to go to the hospital for a checkup beforehand. However, without knowing what illness Freud actually had, saying this without any reason would probably make him seem crazy.

Then he was reminded of Sheldon's father, George.

George died when Sheldon was fourteen, which is next year. He had a heart condition and had flared up several years ago, at one point so critical that Sheldon had to go to church to pray to God.

After being saved, Sheldon immediately changed his mind about God.

Therefore, he did not die suddenly without knowing his condition.

So Adam could do nothing but sigh.

Thinking of this, Adam smiled helplessly, inwardly mocking himself. "I'm really obsessed. Before, my feelings were just floating in the air, but now, am I overcompensating?"

First, she helped Leonard's parents resolve marital problems, then she helped Leonard save face and achieve his dreams, and now she's worried about Leonard's uncle who won't die for a long time and Sheldon's father who is about to pass away.

What is this if not obsession?

However, Adam still secretly remembered Freud's case. He was powerless to help Sheldon's father, George, but there was a good chance that Freud's problem could be saved if he paid attention to it.

True friends should care for each other from the bottom of their hearts, shouldn't they?

And this feeling... is not bad.

"Is this a group photo of your Hofstadter family?"

Adam picked up another picture frame and looked at it, then burst out laughing.

"This is not inevitable."

Leonard knew perfectly well what Adam was laughing about, and quickly explained, "Look, my dad has great hair, and my aunt has so much hair."

"Um."

Adam nodded seriously, but his gaze remained fixed on the photograph in the frame.

Just as Sheldon, who had seen the photo in the original timeline, said, Leonard's uncles were all top-notch (bald) men, and sitting together, they looked like half a carton of eggs.

After looking at the photos, Adam laughed and said, "Leonard, show them to me."

"What?"

Leonard was taken aback.

"You know that."

Adam joked, "What I most want to see is your masterpiece?"

"You mean..."

Leonard's lips twitched, and he said with a bitter face, "Hug Machine?"

"Certainly."

Adam laughed and said, "This is a legendary item that you invented all by yourself. How could I miss it? Don't tell me your father borrowed it again!"

"No."

Leonard smiled wryly, "That's something I made when I was a kid. Who uses that anymore? I put it away in the attic."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Adam urged, "It's getting late, I have to get back quickly, so let me see it."

"All right."

Leonard, feeling helpless, took Adam upstairs to the attic and rummaged through the clutter to find the famous Hug Machine.

"When I was little, my mother never hugged me. To experience what it felt like to be hugged by my mother, I invented this when I was 10 years old."

Adam listened to Leonard's explanation while carefully observing him.

The so-called Hug Machine is just a dressed female mannequin, the only difference being that its arms have been obviously modified.

"I had a tailor make this. It even has an electric blanket inside that can heat up to body temperature. The arms have been modified and are driven by a motor. It's controlled by a radio. You can hold this in your hand, press a button, and it can hug me and pat my back."

"Let me demonstrate, let me demonstrate."

Adam laughed.

"You can play by yourself."

Leonard naturally refused.

"I'd like to, but this was designed specifically for you, it doesn't suit me."

Adam joked.

"..."

Leonard couldn't help but roll his eyes at Adam.

What do you mean by "not matching"? Just say I'm short!

However, he still gave it a demonstration in the end.

Adam touched it and found that the temperature and the effect of the hug and pat on the back were both quite good.

What a talent!

If Leonard had chosen mechanical engineering at MIT instead of experimental physics, like Howard, another robotics genius would have emerged.

Perhaps, if Leonard and Howard collaborate, Howard's robotic hand, which always gets stuck at crucial moments, and the Interactive Mouth that's a godsend for long-distance relationships, won't appear at all. Instead, they'll create a real robot that's a dream come true for otaku.

After seeing the famous Hug Machine, Adam resolutely said goodbye amidst Leonard's reluctant gaze and drove back to New York.

I have class tomorrow, and ever since I met Heather, this gift from heaven, I've really been feeling like I miss her terribly if I don't see her for a day.

For a short period of time, he really couldn't live without her.