Chapter 143: I sensed Dad's presence

Then let's start from the very beginning.

Shen Ye said, his eyes deep, this time he won't overlook any detail.

Being played with once is enough.

"Our team has more than just the three of us?" the Sixth Senior Brother said.

"Today is our internal analysis, not a meeting of the Project Team; the people on the Project Team are definitely more than just the three of us." Shen Ye said, "The team leader is in place and will contact us."

"Isn't there a place for me in the Project Team?" Xie Wantang asked.

"You're an external hire, so the Project Team definitely doesn't have you, but don't worry—I need your external support; as for salary, I'll apply to the team leader." Shen Ye said.

"However, the two of us remain on a single line of contact."

"Got it." Xie Wantang replied.

"So-called single-line contact means using Queen's alias, not the name Xie Wantang."

It's getting late; Xie Wantang told them to hurry up and rest.

As for the team leader Shen Ye mentioned, Xie Wantang didn't think much of it.

The three senior brothers stayed one night at the Qin Family's residence, then left the next day; they had their own lodging, which Xie Wantang knew Shen Ye wouldn't tell her about.

Seeing off the three senior brothers, Xie Wantang logged into her email and related forums using Queen's alias to get the latest news in the voiceprint field.

Ding—

An invitation flashed in the lower-right corner of the computer.

Xie Wantang opened the new email: the International Voiceprint Authentication Summit, held every five years, will take place in Sijiucheng this time; over the past five years, all voiceprint experts who have achieved results in the field have received invitations.

Queen's fame was booming, and the hype around her was quickly catching up to that of King from years past, so Xie Wantang naturally received this invitation as well.

But Xie Wantang hadn't expected the summit to be held in Sijiucheng, and moreover, this summit would also invite celebrities from all walks of life to experience the charm of voiceprint and the demeanor of voiceprint experts.

To ensure the privacy of voiceprint experts, they are allowed to wear masks upon entry, after all, many voiceprint experts work in criminal investigation, helping solve cases, and are targeted by criminals; some even openly clamor to buy Queen's life.

Like destroying King, they want to destroy Queen.

Besides Queen, there are other voiceprint masters with code names.

In this world, only Shen Ye knows Queen's true identity; as for other voiceprint authentications, they are merely online requests, and Xie Wantang never reveals her true self.

Toward Shen Ye, Xie Wantang places complete trust.

Five years ago at the summit, she had actually gone to see the world, and it was Shen Ye who brought her.

She went for King.

However, King did not come.

Although the clamor was high, King's divine presence never appeared, which many people considered a great regret.

She had thought that five years later, she could join the voiceprint field and stand on stage alongside King, not knowing that King had already left this world.

This missing regret may never be made up in her lifetime.

After filling out the information, Xie Wantang clicked agree and went offline.

At midnight, Xie Wantang slept and slept, then suddenly woke; she had a dream about Lu Chen.

In the dream, Lu Chen's face was very clear, and he looked perfectly healthy—definitely not a dead person.

In the dream, Xie Wantang even tried to touch him; he was soft and fleshy.

Lu Chen, aren't you dead?

Just as Xie Wantang asked that, a soft, childlike female voice came from beside her ear: "Mom, are you calling for Dad?"

Xie Wantang just like that suddenly opened her eyes.

Her heart was greatly shocked; she even dreamed that Qian Qian had started speaking.

Mom—

Again, Xiao Qian Qian's voice came from beside her ear.

Only then did Xie Wantang realize she had already woken from the dream; the reality was that Xiao Qian Qian had suddenly begun to speak.

She was truly calling "Mom," calling her mother.

Xie Wantang turned her head; Xiao Qian Qian stood at the bedside with disheveled hair, quietly looking at her.

Her big eyes were like black grapes; the light from outside streamed in, making her eyes unusually bright.

Qian Qian, are you calling for Mom?

Xiao Qian Qian nodded.

Xie Wantang excitedly embraced her precious daughter, "How wonderful—I knew our little Xiao Qian Qian would start speaking, right?"

……

Xiao Qian Qian let Xie Wantang hold her; after a while, she finally said, "Mom, I sensed Dad—he's coming back to find us."

Xie Wantang continued to hold Xiao Qian Qian in her arms, "You say… you can sense Dad?"

"Mmm." Xiao Qian Qian nodded seriously, her earnest expression completely unlike someone lying.

Moreover, with that serious expression, she hardly looked like a three-year-old child.

She was practically a little adult.

Even though her words sounded like a fairy tale, Xie Wantang chose to believe her.

"Where is Dad then? Is Dad really alive?" Xie Wantang asked.

Lu Chen had been lost at sea for over two years; the salvage team, in the first half year, would still occasionally go out to search, but they never found a body, and with the bloodstains and tissue fragments at the scene, everyone thought Lu Chen would never return.

But in Xie Wantang's heart, unless a complete corpse or more bodily fragments were found, she would rather believe Lu Chen was still alive.

However, before Lu Chen's accident, they had not obtained a marriage license, so they were not legally recognized as husband and wife, and she could not handle the matter properly.

Only Professor Lu and Professor Chen could properly handle Lu Chen's affairs, and when they signed, they were calm and indifferent.

Now Xie Wantang looks back, and after seeing those two professors up close a couple of days ago, she finally understood how terrifying a mad scientist can be.

They might achieve great success in scientific research in the future, but for their family, being like this is truly terrifying.

Of course, everyone can choose great love or small love.

Xie Wantang's choice is to have great love and not lack small love.

"Dad is still alive; he's coming to Haishi soon. Mom, I'm still too young, my sensing range is limited, sorry." Xiao Qianqian apologized to Xie Wantang.

"No, being like this means you're definitely amazing—more amazing than Mom, more amazing than many, many amazing people."

"It's too late, go to sleep." Xie Wantang placed Xiao Qianqian beside her.

Xiao Qianqian soon fell asleep.

Xie Wantang turned her head to look at Xiao Qianqian's sleeping face; at that moment, she suddenly couldn't sleep.

Can Xiao Qianqian speak?

Moreover, what she just said was very fluent, well-organized, and logical.

So, autism, language development issues—actually none of those.

Perhaps, at her young age, she was frightened by her own special ability.

She had just been talking about sensing.

At such a young age, being able to sense those things, Xie Wantang felt that aside from the words "special ability," she really couldn't imagine why Xiao Qianqian would have such sensing.

She herself might be completely at a loss.

Realizing she was different from other children, she could only remain silent.