It's New Year (Part 1)

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After hanging up,

Xu Yun couldn't help sighing, his feelings complicated.

Though he had said "goodbye,"

Xu Yun knew all too well that, at least within the instance, he and Yang Zhenning probably wouldn't get a chance to meet.

After all,

only a few months remained before Xu Yun would leave the instance and return to reality.

Even with Xu Yun's guarantee, Yang Zhenning's political vetting couldn't possibly be expedited enough to finish within that time. Some procedures still had to be followed. After all, including the senior leaders in the capital, no more than eight people knew Xu Yun's identity.

There was another, more important point.

Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning's return to China had already sent shock waves through the international physics community. The other side of the sea, Japan, Europe—even the Soviet Union—were all watching them.

So for a long time to come,

whether willingly or not, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao were destined to be the focus of certain people's attention. Having them come into contact with Project 221 and Xu Yun at this time simply wouldn't be appropriate.

There was a saying at banquets in later generations: "Everything that needs to be said is in the wine."

In a sense, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao's situation was much the same—everything that needed to be said was in the Proto-hadron Model.

So even though Xu Yun very much wanted to meet Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning, he held back out of concern for their safety.

Besides, in this instance, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao might finally put their grievances to rest. That was already a pleasant surprise beyond anything Xu Yun had expected.

After hanging up,

a tired Xu Yun yawned, then used the intercom to contact Mou Fangdong, who was on duty. With his