93: The whole country was shocked

Pingshan County.

Evening.

The sun was setting, and dusk was falling.

The soft glow of the sunset draped over the vast sky and earth, covering them in a thin, rosy shroud.

"See you tomorrow."

Li Mubai sat in the driver's seat, waving to Ruan Xiu as she got out of the car.

After a day of sightseeing and dinner, he drove straight back to the county town and dropped Ruan Xiu off at the employee dormitory rented by her company.

"Uh, see you tomorrow."

Ruan Xiu stood downstairs in the residential building, smiling and waving.

Under the setting sun, the white knee-length skirt she wore swayed gently in the evening breeze, and her black hair also fluttered.

Seeing this, Li Mubai sat in the car, his eyes involuntarily drawn to her, unable to look away.

Just then, the rear window of the car rolled down.

A small head popped out, and a sweet voice followed.

"Sister Ruan Xiu, I had so much fun today! Can we play together again next time?"

It was Li Qian speaking.

Her big, beautiful eyes looked at Ruan Xiu with anticipation.

Ruan Xiu smiled slightly: "That depends on your brother's permission."

Hearing this, the Xiao Yatou immediately pulled her head back in, then leaned her head against Mu Bai's ear.

"Brother, can we bring Sister Ruan Xiu again next time? Sister Ruan Xiu is so pretty and gentle, I really like her. Please, brother~"

She mumbled, tugging at Li Mubai's sleeve and shaking it.

"We've only met twice, and you already like her so much. Does that mean your brother isn't favored anymore?"

Though he thought this, Li Mubai wasn't angry at all.

Because just hearing his sister's coquettish tone made his heart melt.

Refusing was out of the question.

Otherwise, his sister would get sulky again and ignore him.

So, he could only nod: "Alright, alright, I promise you. Next time we go out, we'll bring your Sister Ruan Xiu along."

"Yay, brother is the best!"

The Xiao Yatou was overjoyed, her eyes crinkling in a smile, revealing a set of pearly white teeth and those sharp canine teeth.

Without delay, she immediately sat back in the rear seat, poked her head out the window again, and shouted to Ruan Xiu:

"Sister Ruan Xiu, brother agreed! You must come next time we play, okay?"

Ruan Xiu was all smiles: "Okay! I'll definitely come!"

After saying that, she looked at Li Mubai again: "You should go back. I'm already downstairs, it's very safe, nothing will happen."

Li Mubai nodded to her, then turned the key and started the car.

Vroom—

The car started, slowly turned around, then drove straight away from the residential building.

Ruan Xiu stood there, and after the car completely disappeared from sight, a faint smile reappeared on her face.

"Mom was right, men really do prefer pretty girls."

She whispered softly, looking down.

At five o'clock this morning, she got up, went to a mirror, and began to apply makeup.

This was her first time doing so.

In the past, she always went out with a bare face, never bothering with makeup or dressing up.

Because she believed it was meaningless.

If she had time to put on makeup, she would rather use it to read more books and gain more knowledge.

The reason for this change was what happened last night.

Before calling Li Mubai, her mother had called.

Her mother had just recovered from a serious illness, and her voice was still very weak.

"Xiuxiu, you are already 25 this year. You've graduated and started working, it's time to seriously consider marriage and having children."

"Mom, I don't want to get married yet. I want to wait until my job is stable before I consider it."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Xiu's mother immediately said with a reproaching tone: "Xiuxiu, you are truly too muddled."

Then, her mother softened her tone:

"Your education is so high, you wouldn't like just anyone. If you don't start preparing now, when will you find someone you like?"

"Mom, I just graduated from the academy, I really don't have the mind for this."

"No mind? Is it because of your young boss?"

"Mom, I... I don't, I don't like him."

Her mother chuckled softly: "When did your tone become so lacking in confidence? If you like him, you like him, no need to deny it. Love at first sight isn't impossible. Love can sometimes be so unreasonable."

"Mom~"

"Xiuxiu, listen to me first. If you like someone, be brave and pursue them, otherwise, if you lose them one day, you will regret it deeply."

"..."

Under the setting sun, just recalling her mother's earnest advice from last night made Ruan Xiu's cheeks feel a little hot.

...

The galaxy turned, the moon hid, and the stars receded.

Yanbei City.

As the first municipality in the country to have a subway, people began to enter the subway station entrance one after another early in the morning.

Although these people were in a hurry, almost everyone held a newspaper.

These newspapers all came from the newsstand outside the subway station entrance.

Since there wasn't much entertainment on the subway, people generally spent a few dimes to buy a newspaper before entering the station to pass the time on the train.

It wasn't rush hour yet; otherwise, people riding the subway wouldn't be reading newspapers.

During rush hour, the subway would be packed, extremely crowded, so who would be reading a newspaper then?

Before long, the first subway train of the morning departed.

People riding the subway began to take out their purchased newspapers and started reading them.

"Huh? Breaking news? Our country has Numerical Control Machine Tools? When did this happen?"

"Accuracy of 0.001? Is this real or fake? This can't be a lie, can it?"

"Are you kidding? A few years ago, our country still wanted to buy Numerical Control Machine Tools from German Country, but they refused. If our country had the ability to develop this, would we have to humiliate ourselves like that?"

"And this is news from the National Daily? Are all newspaper offices just clickbait now?"

"How dare they publish such obvious fake news? Isn't this just blatantly rubbing our intelligence in the dirt?"

On the subway, many people raised questions.

However, someone immediately noticed something was off.

"Isn't the person in this photo Hu Guoyong, Academician from our Academy of Sciences? Did he also visit the factory in this photo?"

"Why would an academician from the Academy of Sciences appear in this factory, and Hu Guoyong, Academician even has an excited expression?"

"This news couldn't be true, could it?"

These words immediately drew the attention of others on the subway.

Everyone looked at the accompanying picture below the news.

Suddenly, everyone was surprised.

"This person really is Academician Hu Guoyong, Academician! He even personally went to the site to investigate!"

"Looking at his surprised expression, I think this matter is very likely not fake; it must be true. Otherwise, this news wouldn't have been published at all."

"Holy cow! Our country actually managed to create this thing! This is too incredible!"

"Isn't the precision of this thing very difficult to improve? How come as soon as the news is announced, it's directly 0.001 millimeters? Even German Country and Eagle Country aren't that amazing!"

Everyone was astonished.

And this scene on the subway, at this very moment, was also unfolding across the country!

Suddenly, the whole nation was shaken!!!