Ji Yanzhi's expression remained taut, but the corners of his mouth had already begun to rise despite himself. He turned his face away and sat back down in the chair. "You think those two words are enough to brush me off?"
Ji Ting pinched the hem of his clothes with his left hand. As he struggled to find the words, tiny beads of sweat gradually formed on the tip of his nose.
Seeing that he still couldn't get a word out, Ji Yanzhi was about to tell him to forget it when Ji Ting suddenly spoke. "You're my... stable particle."
Ji Yanzhi didn't understand what that meant, so he simply reached out and pulled him onto his lap. "Care to explain, Academician Ji?"
Ji Ting had already heard the amusement in his voice, so he leaned naturally against him, resting his forehead in the crook of his lover's shoulder. "It means that without you, my beta decay would fall out of balance."
Although he still didn't understand, those two sentences were enough to satisfy Ji Yanzhi.
He raised a hand to stroke the back of Ji Ting's neck and pressed his cheek to the crown of his head. "You once said that scientific research means braving the night alone with a candle, never knowing whether your next step will lead to a cliff or a plain. This is your life's work. I can't selfishly ask you to give it up, so I've made up my mind."
When he stopped there, Ji Ting asked, "About what?"
"From now on, whenever you do something dangerous, I'll do exactly the same thing."
The moment he finished speaking, Ji Ting tried to sit up, only for Ji Yanzhi to hold him down by the waist. "Think carefully. All that knowledge in your head might