DCBS

133 (Extra 3)

DCBS: Chapter 133
Extra Three: Five Years Later (3)

Spring was in full bloom and there seemed to be transparent and fragrant particles floating in the air. The plump buds trembled and quietly bloomed among the treetops and leaves.

The bus drove across the wide stone bridge, the tires rubbed against the gravel road and the bodies swayed gently. When the endless fields on both sides of the road came into view, there was an exclamation from the car.

As far as the eye could see, the fields were full of rapeseed flowers. The rich golden and green colors merged into a grand picture that blew in the wind.

By the clear glass window, slender fingers pressed the camera shutter and the dreamlike scene was frozen in the lens.

The compact black camera was no longer a popular model. It was a classic of the early years but it was still clean and new. It was clearly well preserved.

Ji Tong took a photo and let go of his hand. The camera hung in front of him just as it did in the past. The black lanyard lay against his collarbone. He was wearing a blue and white short-sleeved shirt and light blue jeans. He looked youthful and full of vigor, like a student.

Today was the group building event at a farmhouse so it wasn’t suitable to dress too casually. But at his request, Pei Qingyuan next to him was wearing an elegantly tailored black shirt. He didn’t need a jacket and still had the temperament of a business elite.

The clear sunlight poured in from the window and the temperature of the sun warmed his soft hair tips. When it passed over the electric poles and trees beside the road, it burned dark shadows on the cool back of his hands.

The vehicle moved gently through the bright landscape, overlapping with the summer of a few years ago.

Ji Tong looked sideways at the person beside him, “Do you think this scene is very familiar?”

Pei Qingyuan reached out and tugged his windswept hair behind his ears, replying, “The high school graduation trip.”

“I am wearing the same clothes as I did that day,” Ji Tong specially emphasized. “Only one pair of glasses is missing.”

The reward they chose that year was a pair of plain glasses that made them look like a different person after wearing them. Thanks to the pair of glasses, Pei Qingyuan didn’t have to worry about being recognized by strangers after being famous for his interview after the college entrance examination. He had a summer of traveling with Ji Tong.

Later, the freshmen Pei Qingyuan and Ji Tong won the world championship of the robot competition together. In each subsequent year, their team would win several championships. So when they chose to focus on their career after graduating instead of further studies, many competitors sighed with relief.

With the advancement of science and technology, domestic awareness of the field of artificial intelligence was getting higher and higher. Everything related to it had become more eye-catching than in the past. The influence of the international event and start-up company made more people know Pei Qingyuan.

In daily life, this magical pair of glasses had become an indispensable travel prop.

After all, no matter how aloof and distant the president’s usual image was, Pei Qingyuan and Ji Tong would still go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and go for a walk in the breezy night.

This was the ordinary life that Ji Tong had always liked.

“By the way, so many people are coming out to play together today.” Ji Tong looked around at his chatting colleagues and his tone was quite satisfied. “It is very lively.”