At the same time, at the University of Billerica in Tshwane, South Africa, De Silva was teaching students. After finally waiting for the bell to ring, he smiled slightly. When he walked out of the classroom, a beautiful girl was already waiting at the door, "Where are we going to eat?"
"Let's go back to my house! My mother's birthday is today, I have to go back early." The girl was a little disappointed, but she still followed. The two got in a car and drove for six or seven minutes. The girl turned to De Silva who was driving and said, "I'm going to buy some birthday gifts. It's not good to go empty-handed."
"No, I've prepared it for you. It's in the trunk of the car." After more than ten minutes, the car stopped. The two got out of the car, De Silva opened the trunk, and took out a set of exquisite cosmetics gift boxes from his backpack. "Why is there only one?" The girl asked.
"Sophia, we can give one to each of us. ”
On the outskirts of the town of Burano, beside a quiet and beautiful lake, there is a villa surrounded by green grass. The house is large, a two-story building, with the door facing the lake. In front of the door is a wooden fence similar to a fishing port pier. Not far away on the lake, there are two small boats parked. This is De Silva's home. When the two arrived, they walked into the house hand in hand. The living room was full of people. This was Sophia's second time here, and many people didn't know her. De Silva introduced them one by one. He first pointed to a man in his fifties and said, "This is Mr. Miles, my stepfather, and also a teacher." Then he pointed to a girl in her twenties, "Her name is Alena, and she is my sister."
As soon as Sophia saw Alena, she felt that she was too ugly to be seen in public. She thought to herself, how could there be such a beautiful girl in the world. De Silva introduced five people in a row, and Sophia knew the remaining ones. Everyone just waved their hands to say hello. Nicola, the protagonist of this banquet, asked, "Why hasn't Afastin come yet? "
"I'll go out and look for him." De Silva volunteered.
"I'll go with you," Sophia stood up and followed him out.
The two of them hadn't even sat down yet when they went out to look for Afastin again. Halfway through the journey, Sophia asked, "You have a sister? I haven't heard you mention her before."
"She is my half-sister, who just returned from studying abroad."
"What about your father? I mean your biological father." Sophia emphasized. De Silva hesitated and didn't want to say it, because it was a scandal in their family. "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. I understand."
After a long while, he sighed, "Alas! Anyway, I have to tell you sooner or later. My father's name is Amandine. He left us for more than 30 years. We only met once in Thailand nearly a year ago. At the meeting, he had a big fight with my mother, and we returned to South Africa the next day. "
"Then how do you have a stepfather? Are your parents divorced?"
"My father is a future man, he has never been married to my mother."
"Future man? What do you mean? "It was the first time that Sophia heard of such a person in reality.
"As the name suggests, it means a person from the future." Sophia screamed in surprise, "Ah, is your father really from the future?"
"Yes, he is from three hundred years later, just like Norforth of the city-state."
"It seems that your father is very mysterious. Can I meet him?" Sophia was very interested in the future and kept asking questions. Unfortunately, De Silva didn't know much, but it was also very exciting for Sophia. They talked more and more, and forgot the purpose of coming out. When they returned to the living room, they found that Afastin had already sat in the corner. The banquet lasted for more than three hours. After everyone dispersed, Nicola called De Silva who was about to go upstairs, and Sophia could only stop and wait, "You are already forty years old, when are you going to get married?" De Silva's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he quickly replied, "Mom, I know, I will hurry up. ”
After sending Nicola away, Sophia asked with a puzzled look, "Didn't you say you were only 27 years old? How did you become 40 years old?"
"This..." After a pause, "My mother remembered it wrong. Afastin is 40 years old." De Silva lied, relying on his youthful appearance. Sophia looked at the tender-looking man in front of her and believed it for a moment. If he didn't say his age, De Silva really looked only about 20 years old at this time. The two went upstairs and entered the second room. Sophia took off her coat and changed into pajamas. When she was about to go to the bathroom, she found that De Silva was already inside. "Why do you always lock the door? Can you hurry up?"
"It will be done soon, don't worry." De Silva in the bathroom was scratching his head in front of the mirror at this moment. He was born bald and usually wore a wig, which made him look more handsome. Sophia didn't know this. This is one of his secrets. He has many secrets, such as wearing height-increasing shoes and a mouthful of dentures. "It relieves the itch! "He whispered to himself.
After putting on the wig, he pretended to flush the toilet before opening the door. Sophia came in and said unhappily, "You are always sneaking around, what on earth are you doing in there?"
"I'm afraid that the stench here will bother you, please don't wrongly accuse me, okay? "The next day, which was the weekend, the two of them slept until ten o'clock before getting up. After seeing Sophia off, De Silva went out the back door of his house. There was a small forest more than 400 meters away from the back of the house. There was a wooden house here, which was De Silva's laboratory, but these were just superficial phenomena. There was also a secret underground laboratory hidden in the wooden house, which was the core place. The reason why De Silva looked so young was because he stole a formula from Amandine, and this formula was given to Amandine by Ronnie (Ronnie is Amandine's father). De Silva made the "Telomere Regeneration Liquid" based on the method on the formula. He was afraid that others would know, so he only dared to use it himself. Of course, the thing is not from this era, and he was more afraid of causing changes in history. He came here today to get a tool. When he finished and was about to lock the door, Afastin appeared in front of the door like a ghost. He was startled and asked unhappily, "Brother, when did you come? "Afastin seldom talks to his family. He has no friends and no job. He is supported by his family. He looks pale and sick. "Your girlfriend is very beautiful. Can you introduce her to me?" De Silva was furious. "Brother, are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy. I like Sophia. She shouldn't follow a liar like you." Afastin said seriously. "How am I a liar? Tell me!"
"De Silva, don't force me to tell you. I know everything about you." De Silva felt guilty and asked carefully, "What do you know?"
"You stole our father's dark blue notebook. You rely on the formula in it to stay so young, right?"
"How do you know?" De Silva blurted out in a hurry. "Our father came to me and asked me if I had seen it. Later, I saw the notebook in the gap between your pillows, but unfortunately I couldn't understand the formula in it. "