Because tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a national holiday, and the work of the institute is not urgent.
After the meeting, Professor Bai did not assign any more tasks to everyone. Instead, he asked everyone to go back early, pack up their things and prepare to go home.
Everyone was excited, except Lan Xiaolan, who was sitting at her workstation with a sad face and was reluctant to leave.
People rarely hear Lan Xiaolan mention her home and family. They only know that she has a father and they depend on each other for survival.
Lan Xiaolan took exams all the way from a fifth-tier small city and overcame many obstacles to get into her current research institute.
She has always cherished her current job and works harder than anyone else.
Sometimes, in order to repair a complicated artifact, I often work in the institute without taking a break on weekends and holidays.
So everyone didn't find it strange when they saw that Lan Xiaolan had no intention of packing up and preparing to go home for the holidays.
Some people also heard that she transferred most of her salary back to her father, and in order to save money, she lived directly in the dormitory of the institute.
So in the eyes of others, everyone thought that Lan Xiaolan's family was very poor.
Look, tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and Professor Bai has specifically asked her to prepare for the press conference.
Everyone else is happily preparing for vacation, but she has to work overtime here to prepare the manuscript for tomorrow's press conference. How can she not be worried?
Everyone thinks so.
But everyone was wrong.
In fact, Lan Tian had already called her two days ago. His father said that he had to go to a friend's house for the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he couldn't spend it with her.
Her father has his own job and life, and Lan Xiaolan has always been independent and never disturbs him.
As for tomorrow's press conference, it's nothing to Lan Xiaolan.
Because Professor Bai had already given her all the questions the reporters were going to ask, she didn't actually need to prepare anything special. She just had to answer according to the actual situation.
The person she cared about, the person who entangled her thoughts, was a person.
The conversation between the two security guards this morning kept playing in Lan Xiaolan's ears. What she kept thinking about was that in the past few days, Ren Tingxi drove to the gate of the institute every night and spent the night there.
Is he doing this because he is waiting for her?
But the matter of the construction site and the ancient tomb has come to an end. He came to find her and she came to see him. What could the two of them talk about?
But if I ignore him, what should I do if he comes over again tonight?
Or, what if he comes over every night and stays up all night?
The car is not like home. If he comes here like this every day and sleeps on the driver's seat, his body will not be able to take it.
It’s not right to see him, and it’s not right not to see him. What should I do about this?
In life and work, there are always numerous difficulties, but Lan Xiaolan can always find a way to solve them.
The only thing she had no idea about was the matter concerning Ren Tingxi!
Everyone in the institute went on holiday early today, so the cafeteria was not open. Lan Xiaolan had no choice but to order some takeout to eat by herself.
But she didn't go back to the dormitory.
The institute is surrounded by lush green belts, where many plants are planted.
Although it is only early autumn now, the autumn wind has already blown with a hint of coolness, allowing people to feel the breath of autumn.
Many plants began to turn golden, as if they were dyed with a light yellow paint.
The leaves, grass and flowers gradually lost their summer green, replaced by a golden scene.
This change gives people a sense of tranquility and beauty.
Perhaps, autumn can also give people a different feeling of warmth!
Lan Xiaolan was sitting on a stone bench downstairs in the dormitory, not far from the security room, quietly eating her takeout.
She ate very slowly, from dusk till nightfall.
After finishing the meal, she pursed her lips and sighed, feeling a little sad and a little disappointed.
It was already dark and he didn't seem to come.
But Lan Xiaolan did not leave. She sat quietly on the stone bench.
The cool autumn wind blew against her face, making her sober and intoxicated.
Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are a lot of people who need to be visited before the festival, so Ren Tingxi is particularly busy today.
Leng Leng had already been sent to deal with those who could be avoided, but there were still some people who had to be met, so Ren Tingxi could only punish himself with three cups of wine one by one, hoping to end the social engagements as soon as possible.
As for the messages sent over and over again by the Ren family asking him to go home for a family dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he didn't read any of them.
When the social event ended, it was already a little late. He didn't have time to go back to the B&B to wash up, so he directly called a designated driver and drove his Audi to the back door of the institute.
It stopped skillfully at that familiar position.
It's a holiday tomorrow, so basically no one will stay in the institute's dormitory.
On weekdays, you can see a few lights here and there, but today all you can see are pitch-black buildings.
Even the lights in the most familiar spot on the third floor were not on.
Slightly drunk, he angrily knocked on the steering wheel.
Ren Tingxi arrived late today and couldn't see the person he wanted to see. He felt annoyed, angry, confused and helpless.
Ren Tingxi thought to himself.
Tomorrow is a holiday, so she should go home. But where is she going? Where is her home?
So where is my home? Where can I go?
In the security room, the security guard who was here to take over the night shift came to work.
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