New Year (Part 2)

Looking at the two women talking quietly in the distance.

Xu Yun looked up at the bright, sunny sky and let out another deep breath.

In the original history,

whether it was Xu Luxi or Wu Yueqin,

their love for their husbands could certainly be called heroic, but what made it so was the loneliness and sorrow of spending more than a decade apart.

At least for the lives of both parties at the time, this had been a great regret.

So, not long ago, when he gave that writer a list of names, Xu Yun had included the family members of several experts, Xu Luxi among them, and asked that they be allowed to come to the base and reunite with their husbands.

After discussing the matter, the capital ultimately agreed with Xu Yun's suggestion.

After all,

Xu Luxi and the others were different from returning scholars like Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee. Their political background checks had actually been completed long ago.

At least when it came to arranging for them to come to the base, there was no need to spend much time explaining the situation to comrades who didn't know Xu Yun existed.

So the organization went along with the idea, allowing these couples, who had been apart for so long, to reunite during the New Year.

It was worth remembering that

although Xu Luxi, Lu Guangda, and the others hadn't been separated for a dozen years, it had already been more than three years since Base 221 began construction. That was no short time for any family or couple.

Forget three years—how many long-distance couples in later generations could even last three months?

Granted,

Xu Yun's decision might mean there would be a few fewer articles in later generations about Xu Luxi and the