Xu Nianguo spent his whole life lonely and destitute, never having met his mother.
Reborn one day, he became a sent-down youth in the 1960s or 1970s.
To his astonishment, the village schoolgirl Shan Xinghe
was the very mother he had thought about his entire life.
He was bound to a top-secret national experimental AI from the future:
To the outside world, it was Jiuding, a vital national asset.
In private, it was simply A Bao, who kept him company and warmed his heart.
A tap on the light screen brought cutting-edge technology;
a few words of comfort could make up for a lifetime of cold and loneliness.
In this life, he would not take over her life or interfere with her fate.
He would simply protect her as a friend and older brother, and help her grow up in peace.
Once his parents had found happiness and his little family was secure,
he would turn around and give the power of Jiuding to his country.
From a neglected orphan to a pillar of the nation.
He protected his mother in her youth,
filled the void left by the family bonds he had missed,
and with his own faint light, helped build our vast land.
He thought of his family, his country, and Xinghe.
With A Bao, there was a home, and there was a country.
