Chapter 872
Chapter 872: Chapter 29 Told you I loved you centuries ago Chapter 872: Chapter 29 Told you I loved you centuries ago Creak—
Under the glow of several oil lamps, Great Uncle Wei Shengjin’s safe slowly swung open, stirring up a bit of dust.
Driven by curiosity,
Lin Xian, CC, and Angelica couldn’t help but step forward, bending down to peer into the safe.
It was mostly empty, practically holding nothing.
Only a delicately crafted slim metal box was inside, which had not rusted despite the many years, indicating very high-tech material.
Yet, the box was far too small.
At most, it could hold a book or a notebook.
CC, seeing this, was somewhat perplexed,
“Why do these safes…
everyone seems to store very little, quite small items, without any excess belongings?”
“Because most manufactured items just can’t withstand the ravages of time…”
Lin Xian explained to CC,
“This is something that customers are told before they purchase safes.
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Any non-metallic man-made items, like fabric, handicrafts…
these things will slowly oxidize, become brittle, fade, and then shatter.”
“Even with metals, it’s hard to say.
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The storage environment of the vaults has certain humidity, oxidation, rust, and corrosion are inevitable, and it’s generally not recommended for customers to store easily rusted metal items.”
“A short while is okay, a few years or decades, most items can withstand that, leaving you with an intact artifact.
But as time goes on…
a hundred years, or even hundreds of years, most of the stored items will disintegrate into fragments and powder.”
“Therefore, what we most recommend our clients store are specially treated books, written materials, and so on.”
CC found that very reasonable.
Turning his head to look at Lin Xian:
“You seem to know a lot about this.”
Lin Xian just smiled, not saying anything.
Being the owner of Tem Bank himself, how could he not know these things?
Great Uncle Wei Shengjin, looking at the metal box, naturally didn’t know what else was inside it, his heart raced a bit.
He knelt on the ground, reaching into the safe, and gingerly picked up the metal box.
It really was quite small.
He wondered why his younger self chose to put such a small thing in such a large safe…
Was it precious?
Did it carry some special meaning?
He flipped open the metal box’s latch and opened it.
Inside,
lay a letter, peacefully.
The envelope paper was still in excellent condition, certainly using impressive anti-decay and antioxidation technology, not just ordinary paper.
“It really is a letter.”
The elderly Angelica said,
“The few safes we opened previously, mostly had similar envelopes inside, mostly written to their future selves.
This kind of paper’s technology was very high, at least we don’t have this kind of technology on Mars…
This also shows that, before the super-disaster of 2400, Earth’s technology level was definitely superior to present-day Mars.”
“So, this letter was probably written by this gentleman to himself when he was young.
Just…
if he suspects that he is not Wei Shengjin, then this letter is useless, because this safe belongs to Wei Shengjin, and the person who wrote this letter was the young Wei Shengjin…
You trying to prove through Wei Shengjin’s safe that you are not Wei Shengjin is in itself a paradox.”
“Indeed.”
Lin Xian also felt that Great Uncle Wei Shengjin’s trip to Earth was probably futile.
At most, he could only fulfill a personal wish.
Trying to prove oneself with just a safe, to find oneself, was still too difficult.
Great Uncle Wei Shengjin looked at the letter.
Placing the metal box on the ground, his hands trembling slightly, he opened the letter, taking out the thin folded paper.
Human nature is all about gossip and curiosity.
Lin Xian, CC, and Angelica all instinctively leaned in, lifting the burning oil lamp forward, very curious about what was written on the letter.
Great Uncle Wei Shengjin didn’t mind.
He gently unfolded the letter that had been folded for over two hundred years…
At the top,
were lines of very delicate handwriting.
It seemed to be from a young girl, as the heading in the upper left corner “To Student Wei Shengjin” also indicated it was a letter written to the young Wei Shengjin,
and not, as Lin Xian and the others had guessed, written by the young Wei Shengjin.
It was from a young girl to the young Wei Shengjin!
Everyone’s curiosity burst forth, looking at the content above:
[To Student Wei Shengjin:
They all say, after waking up from hibernation, you will have amnesia, so naturally, you won’t remember me, your classmate and desk mate.
I really miss your departure, but this era cannot cure your illness, I sincerely hope you can recover in the future.
There’s a thank you I’ve always wanted to say to you, I think it’s time now, if not now…
I may never have the chance again.
Do you remember things from elementary school?
My teeth were not good-looking, my front teeth were particularly large, and classmates always laughed at my teeth, calling me a rabbit, always stealing others’ corn.
I was afraid to speak, afraid to open my mouth, scared people would laugh at me.
But back then, it was you who stood up to protect me, you hadn’t fallen ill yet, and you were tall and brave, standing in front of me, saying whoever dared laugh at my teeth, you would knock their teeth out.
I sat in the corner by the wall in the classroom, watching your back in front of me, felt like you were a beam of light, shining into my life.
I remember you really liked Ultraman, you told me Ultraman Tiga was your favorite, saying Tiga is a partner of justice, so you wanted to be like Tiga to protect the world and uphold peace.