Chapter 160: Chapter 7 Waiting for a Meteor Shower_2 Chapter 160: Chapter 7 Waiting for a Meteor Shower_2 This must be the kind of romance that people often talk about among science students.
Lin Xian didn’t know where the issue with the “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant” really lay.
Everyone in the world thought it was wrong,
but the truth proved it had to be right.
Could it really be as Li Qiqi had said…
[Is it not the Cosmological Constant that’s wrong, but humanity’s understanding?]
Things were certainly getting more interesting.
“I really want to fund Liu Feng to continue his research, can you help me convince him?”
Lin Xian explained to Li Qiqi in the wheelchair:
“Since we both believe ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ is correct…
I think our goals align on this matter.
Perhaps giving Liu Feng more funding and a better lab could really lead to some results.”
“I talked to Liu Feng about this just now, but he immediately refused.
In fact, I don’t quite understand.”
Lin Xian spread his hands and continued:
“He’s working so hard delivering takeout and tutoring; isn’t it all for the money too?
If he takes my funding, it wouldn’t hinder his research, nor would it prevent him from being with you.
Why wouldn’t he want that?”
At this point, Li Qiqi sighed:
“The setbacks Liu Feng has suffered over the years have been too great, plus my illness…
He doesn’t even believe in his own research anymore; how could he have the face to accept your funding?”
“To be honest with you, Liu Feng hasn’t done any math research for almost a year.
He works day and night, earning money, like a broken clock.
The hands are still moving, but the rhythm is wrong.”
“I really want to do something for Liu Feng too, but you see my condition…
there’s nothing I can do.
I think the only thing I can do…
is to leave this world sooner, to stop holding up Liu Feng’s life.”
“No, no, no, don’t think like that.”
Lin Xian quickly waved his hand, urging her:
“You must have confidence in the progress of science nowadays, especially recently, with countries all around the world researching the field of Hibernation Pods.
Maybe in a year or two, the prototype of a Hibernation Pod would be developed, and then you could go into hibernation to get treated in the future.”
Li Qiqi merely smiled and looked down:
“Actually, I haven’t thought about things that far off.
My only wish, and my only regret…
is to see a meteor shower before I die.”
“I’ve always loved meteor showers since I was a child, but it’s always been through television.
I’ve never actually watched one in real life.
The major in astronomy I applied for in college was also because I like meteor showers.”
it was only after I learned this astronomical knowledge that I realized the real meteor shower is nothing like what I saw on TV.
The duration of meteors is very short; most meteors last only a second or two in the night sky, so the concept of a meteor shower is really just in people’s imagination; it doesn’t exist in reality.”
Lin Xian did not respond.
He knew that what Li Qiqi said was true.
Generally speaking, a meteor shower in astronomy is completely different from what people imagine.
The normal burning time of a meteor in the atmosphere is indeed within a second, and only a few last a few seconds.
And in reality, the frequency of a meteor shower is quite low, with only a few dozen to nearly a hundred meteors per hour, which is considered a large meteor shower.
So, all things considered, it’s very possible to stare at the sky all night at the time predicted by the news and not see a single meteor.
A meteor might pass by in the blink of an eye.
Not to mention the so-called meteor shower.
A meteor shower, then, can be considered a typical case of imagination being rich but reality being stark.
Li Qiqi, with a major in astronomy, must be very clear.
She would never see the meteor shower she imagined in her lifetime, much like Liu Feng’s “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant”…
even 600 years later when the world ended, it would still be considered a worthless book full of errors, relegated to trash.
Lin Xian recalled the little card Li Qiqi wrote to Liu Feng inside the book 600 years later.
It also mentioned a meteor shower.
“If you really could see a meteor shower, what would you do?” Lin Xian looked at Li Qiqi.
“Then I would definitely make a wish,” Li Qiqi said, looking up at the pitch-black, starless sky, smiling:
“[I would wish for the whole world to know what a remarkable discovery the Cosmological Constant is, to let the whole world know that Liu Feng is right.]”
It matched the little card in that book.
Lin Xian sighed inwardly and also looked up at the night sky with Li Qiqi:
“Has Liu Feng’s ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ ever been published?”
Li Qiqi shook her head:
Or send the manuscript to a publisher?”
Li Qiqi shook her head again:
“Now, Liu Feng himself believes that ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ is wrong, so of course he wouldn’t do those things.”
Lin Xian sorted out the logic.
The root of the issue still lay with Liu Feng himself…
He didn’t believe in his own correctness, so naturally, he wouldn’t seek agreement from others, and naturally, he had no interest in funding for his work.
But now that question became even more baffling—
If the book had indeed never been published, where did that ancient manuscript from 600 years later come from?
The night breeze blew, and Li Qiqi coughed weakly twice.
She lifted her head, looked at Lin Xian, and pointed inside the house:
“Excuse me, I should go back.”
“Yeah, take care of yourself.”
Lin Xian waved goodbye to her:
Vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom squeak—
The sound of a motorbike approached and finally switched off in the yard, and the house door was pushed open.
Inside the house, Li Qiqi turned her wheelchair around, smiling at Liu Feng as he took off his delivery helmet.
On the dining table in the middle of the living room, there were two simple dishes and a bowl of porridge.
“Why don’t you rest earlier, you don’t need to prepare a meal for me, I can eat anything.”
Liu Feng hung the helmet on the wall, took off his delivery vest, and rubbed his hair that had been flattened against his scalp.
“I’ve been sleeping all day, hehe, I can’t sleep all day long.”
Li Qiqi moved her wheelchair, gesturing Liu Feng to come and sit down:
“Come sit down and eat, it’s been reheated several times.”
Liu Feng sat at the dining table, received chopsticks from Li Qiqi, and began to eat:
“It’s going to get colder these coming days, remember to put on more clothes if you go out to the yard.”
Li Qiqi nodded, watching Liu Feng eat voraciously with a smile:
“Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of myself when you’re not home.
tonight, I met a very interesting person in the yard, we had a great conversation.”
Liu Feng picked up a slice of cucumber with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth:
“This area isn’t very safe, don’t talk to strangers.”
“I’m not a child!” Li Qiqi huffed:
that person wasn’t a bad guy, he was a very nice person.”
“How do you know he’s a nice person?”
“He said ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ is correct!” Li Qiqi said happily.
Liu Feng’s chopsticks paused in midair, the sliver of potato dangling powerlessly.
After about two seconds.
Liu Feng put the sliver of potato into his mouth, bit into a large steamed bun, and chewed vigorously:
“Saying ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ is right, makes him a good person?”
“Yep!” Li Qiqi nodded and said with a smile:
“In my opinion, that makes him a good person.”
“You…” Liu Feng gave a resigned laugh and continued to eat:
“By your logic, everyone else in the world is a bad person.”