Chapter 960 Utopia

"My biggest wish is to live a better life." Xu Qian thought about it and said truthfully, "I stayed on the first floor. Although I always wanted to forget that period, it turned out that it was the most profound moment for me. A memory, every night I spent there I swore in my heart that if I left there one day, I would never go back."

"So you never went back after you left there, right?" Zhang Heng asked.

"That's right, is there any problem with this?" Xu Qian asked, and after a pause she continued, "I have come so far, all the way here, and now as long as I take one more step, the last step, I can realize my dream. Yes, I know what you think of me, a vain female anchor. I don’t deny this, but becoming a resident of the fourth floor is indeed very important to me, not to mention that my boyfriend is also very good. He will be a qualified life partner."

Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard the words, and just said, "It's getting late, go to bed early, we have to go out tomorrow."

Xu Qian nodded and stood up unsteadily from the ground. While she asked the housekeeping robot to clean up the uneaten snacks on the floor, she said to Zhang Heng, "If you have physical needs, I can spend money to give them to you." Find...professionals to handle it, I just hope you don't hurt me for the sake of us getting along happily during this period."

"Oh, you are overthinking," Zhang Heng said, "I am your bodyguard, isn't our contract over yet?"

"Yeah, anyway, um... thank you for helping me find the person who was following me in the mall." Xu Qian crossed her arms and walked back to the bedroom door, "Also, um... good night. "

"Sweet dreams."

When Xu Qian returned to the bedroom and closed the door, Zhang Heng did not lie down and rest immediately. Instead, he came to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. When he detected someone standing here, the automatic curtains slowly opened to both sides.

The night view outside the window was revealed.

Xu Qian's apartment is located close to the city center. From here, you can see a small half of the three-story space.

Under Zhang Heng's feet were colorful street lights and electronic billboards. Although it was already late at night, there were still many shuttle vehicles on the street. The suspended light rail whizzed past under the circular track. On both sides of it were various shapes full of colorful lights. Half of the futuristic office buildings still have lights on.

A group of elite white-collar workers had just solved the problems encountered on the project. They walked out of the office building talking and laughing. Although their faces were still tired, they were more excited. Instead of going home to sleep, they Let’s meet for a late-night snack to celebrate.

Although Xu Qian has always laughed at herself that she is just a vain little anchor, but if you compare this place with the first floor, you can clearly understand why she wants to climb up so much.

Compared to the bleak, crowded and messy first floor, this place is indeed full of vigorous vitality. In addition to the differences in education, living environment, and consumption levels, the most important thing is that everyone here is full of hope for the future. confidence.

Convenient and trendy technological products, row upon row of department stores, clean and tidy streets, and beautiful night skies, even the harshest critics have to admit that this may be the most ideal future for mankind.

And this is only the third floor of New Shanghai 0297. There are even more dreamy and beautiful fourth and fifth floors above it.

Zhang Heng took one last look at the huge shuttle track running through the sky in the center of the city. It was like the Tower of Babel described in the Old Testament, connecting the world and heaven.

Afterwards, Zhang Heng turned off the lights in the room and said to the hamster on the table, "Good night."

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Although she got Zhang Heng's promise that he would not hurt her, Xu Qian still looked a little nervous the next morning. Especially when she was having breakfast, she had asked several circumstantial questions, but Zhang Heng never told her that they would wait. Where are you going?

So Xu Qian couldn't help but feel uneasy. It wasn't until they arrived at the station after breakfast that Xu Qian saw the electronic ticket bought by Zhang Heng and realized where their next destination was.

"First level of space?" Xu Qian looked in disbelief, "I told you, I will never go back there again."

"Relax, I'm not asking you to settle there, just treat it as a short trip." Zhang Heng said.

"But I don't want to travel there because it reminds me of my life there."

"I forgot who said it. When we want to understand the present, sometimes we need to face the past head-on first." Zhang Heng said, "Anyway, I have already bought the ticket. As long as you go with me once, I won't bother you again." is you."

Xu Qian's expression seemed a little tangled, because a series of things that happened there made her very resistant to going back to the first floor, and the security situation on the first floor itself was not good. What would happen if Zhang Heng wanted to do anything to her there? get easier.

But if Xu Qian now screams and asks for help from the station guards, then although she can get out of trouble immediately, Zhang Heng is likely to be arrested and recalled by the company in advance. Once Zhang Heng's memory is read, what happened before will be lost to her. It cannot be separated, and it will undoubtedly affect her engagement.

In the end, her strong desire to live on the fourth floor outweighed the fear in her heart. Xu Qian chose to accept Zhang Heng's arrangement and boarded the shuttle to the first floor.

"You said you worked as a receptionist in a small restaurant when you first came to New Shanghai 0297. Do you still remember where that restaurant was?" Zhang Heng asked Xu Qian on the shuttle.

"Of course." Xu Qian slightly moved her body that was fixed by the seat belt. Although she had made a decision, once she realized that she was gradually approaching the first level of space, Xu Qian still felt inexplicably upset and just wanted to get out of her seat immediately. She got up and escaped from the car. However, once the shuttle started moving, her seat belt could not be unfastened, so Xu Qian could only sit quietly until the end.

Then she frowned again, "You plan to let me go with you to the small restaurant where I first worked. Why? I don't like the boss there and don't want to see him again."

"You are much more successful than him now, don't you want to go back and avenge yourself?"

"What's the point of that? It all happened a long time ago." Xu Qian shook her head and said, "And with his shamelessness, he would probably take a photo with me to advertise his small restaurant. I don't want to take advantage of him anymore. .”

"You don't have to worry about this. I'm here. If you're unhappy, I can even help you beat him up." Zhang Heng said.

"This proposal sounds good." Xu Qian forced a smile on her face after hearing this.