【13】When you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex
As it turned out, Ye Xin's saying, "get high quickly, get low even faster," only applied to the men who followed her closely, and had no effect on the man she herself had developed feelings for. Just two days later, on Tuesday night, Liang Zhiyao, exhausted from a morning part-time job, afternoon classes, and teaching assistant duties, returned home exhausted. He had just kicked off his sneakers and sat on the sofa when his roommate, with long, straight black hair and a mournful, ghostly expression, stopped him. "Zhiyao, it seems they're really dating..." The saying "well-fed and well-clothed" truly rings true. Compared to Ye Xin, who had plenty of money and a relatively easy workload, Liang Zhiyao's meager part-time job and demanding computer science courses were like a series of death warrants, weighing him down. After a long day of hard work, all he wanted was to fall into bed and fall asleep. Even making a simple salad for dinner required intense concentration, let alone contemplating the idea of love. Thankfully, Ye Xin was understanding. While she was talking, she also knew to bring out a steaming hot pizza for takeout, like a capitalist who uses pantry delicacies to keep the beasts alive so they can continue to extract surplus value. She even offered him a cola with ice cubes, a gesture of great grace. Liang Zhiyao took two bites of his pizza and gulped down a few sips of his iced cola. Feeling his hunger subside, he asked, "What happened?" "I actually ran into Cheng Yan outside of class," Ye Xin sighed. "But I ran into him and Thea. I thought they might be together." "Where did you run into me?" "Today at noon at Nelson... They were eating alone, chatting and laughing." Nelson is the largest cafeteria on their campus, or more accurately, a cafeteria. Admission is $16, which is charged separately if you buy a meal plan for the semester. The menu offers both meat and vegetables, and a wide variety of cuisine from America, Asia, and Europe. It's also centrally located, making it convenient to everything. Liang Zhiyao used to go there often for lunch, but now, of course, it's out of her reach and she hasn't been there in a long time. Feeling grateful for the food, she looked at the pizza in her hand and tried to offer some comfort. "That's not so bad. They're a senior and a junior in the same major. Although they're in different grades, they all have classes in the same building. Eating lunch together in the cafeteria after class seems pretty normal." "It's mainly the atmosphere... well, how can I describe it? I have a feeling there's something wrong with their body language..."
Facts have proved that what Ye Xin said, "getting high quickly and getting low even faster," only applies to the men who follow her closely, and has no effect on the person she has feelings for.
Just two days later, on Tuesday night, after Liang Zhiyao had endured the torment of working part-time in the morning, attending classes, and then being a teaching assistant in the afternoon, he dragged his exhausted body back home. He had just kicked off his canvas shoes and sat down on the sofa when his roommate, with long, straight black hair and a mournful, ghostly expression, stopped him. She said gloomily, "Zhiyao, it seems like they're really dating..."
The saying "when you're well fed and well clothed, you'll think about sex" is undoubtedly true. Compared to Ye Xin, who had plenty of money and a relatively easy academic schedule, Liang Zhiyao's meager part-time job and the demanding computer science courses were like a series of death warrants, weighing him down.
After a hard day's work, all I want to do is lie down on the bed and fall asleep. Even making a simple salad for dinner requires my utmost concentration, let alone thinking about love.
Fortunately, Ye Xin was very sensible. While she was talking, she also knew to bring out the steaming hot pizza takeaway. She had the talent of a capitalist who used the delicacies in the teahouse to keep the cattle and horses alive so as to continue to squeeze out the surplus value. She also did not forget to serve the cola with ice cubes with both hands, which was very polite.
Liang Zhiyao took two bites of pizza, grabbed the cup and gulped down a few sips of iced cola. When he felt his stomach wasn't as hungry as it was, he asked, "What happened?"
"I actually ran into Cheng Yan outside of class," Ye Xin sighed, "but I ran into him and Thea directly. It felt like they might be together."
"Where did you meet by chance?"
"At noon today in Nelson...the two of them were sitting together eating alone, talking and laughing."
Nelson is the largest dining hall on campus, or more accurately, a cafeteria. Admission is $16, which is charged separately if you purchase a meal plan for the semester. They offer a wide variety of dishes, including meat and vegetables, American, Asian, and European cuisine. It's also conveniently located in the heart of campus, making it easy to get around.
Liang Zhiyao used to go there often for lunch, but now it is naturally out of his reach and he hasn't been there for a long time.
She looked at the pizza in her hand and wanted to say something comforting, "That's not so bad. They are seniors and juniors in the same major. Although they are in different grades, they attend classes in the same building. It seems normal for them to have lunch together in the cafeteria after class."
"It's mainly about the atmosphere... well, how can I describe it? My intuition tells me there's definitely something wrong with the body language between those two. They feel very intimate. Maybe things have progressed rapidly in the past few days, and they might even have kissed."
A woman's sixth sense in this regard is truly terrifyingly accurate. Liang Zhiyao was shocked and complained to himself: "It's more than just kissing, you're still too conservative in your guess."
But this is also good. The two playboys quickly merged the similar items to prevent her from worrying about the good girl like an old mother. They comforted her: "There are many good men in the world. This one just happened to be a suspected scumbag. The next one will be even better."
Ye Xin nodded in agreement. After finishing the pizza, she still felt unwilling to give up. Impulsively, she took out her phone, opened WeChat, and agreed to the invitation from a male guest who looked quite pleasing to her to "have dinner together on the weekend."
The world seemed to have turned into a huge chain loop. She did not comment on Ye Xin's quick change of course and contacting the "backup tire". Anyway, most men who used all their tricks to pursue beautiful women knew that they were just one of the fish in the pond, and they still hoped that one day they would be appreciated by her and get the opportunity to "become a regular".
Her only worry was that sincerity would encounter hypocrisy, and seriousness would meet capriciousness. The imbalance of supply and demand was like two misplaced puzzle pieces, impossible to fit together.
The next morning, in the general education class where she was a teaching assistant, Liang Zhiyao unexpectedly saw Cheng Yan and Liu Siyan together again, which indirectly confirmed Ye Xin's guess that "they were already dating."
She was sure that Cheng Yan, who was in the same class as her, had already taken this course, but he suddenly appeared in the classroom full of sophomores and sat next to Liu Siyan.
They both appeared together, and accompanying each other to class was much more convincing than eating lunch together in the cafeteria. Liang Zhiyao simply took out his mobile phone to take a photo of the two of them sticking together, and sent it to his roommate with determination.
She has always prided herself on having a strong sense of boundaries, but now she suddenly discovered that this is actually Schrödinger's sense of boundaries, which is sometimes quite weak.
But when he thought about how he had concealed the secret that he discovered on Liu Siyan's birthday party from Ye Xin and failed to help her "calm down quickly", he couldn't help but feel guilty and couldn't help but meddle in other people's business, hoping that the other party would face the reality as soon as possible to avoid being harmed by the scumbag.
Something unexpected happened in the human-computer interaction class in the afternoon.
Professor Ed announced this semester's group assignments, with a two-week deadline. Being easygoing and not keen on forced pairings, he let everyone form their own groups, as long as they stayed in groups of three.
It was only then that Liang Zhiyao realized that he had fallen into an awkward situation where no one would accept him - Ye Xin had already dropped out of the course before the deadline, and ever since the "gambler" rumor broke out in the Computer Science Department, the Chinese students in the same major looked at her in a very subtle way, and several classmates who were usually quite familiar with her no longer paid attention to her when they met.
She asked around, only to receive a few cold replies: "It's full." She then tried to find students from other countries to form a team, but discovered they had already formed cliques with their usual "friends." Suddenly, she was left alone.
Lively discussions could be heard around her, but she still stood in the middle of the classroom with an unfocused gaze.
"Hi."
Just as she was hesitating whether to ask the professor for help, someone suddenly tapped her shoulder. She turned around and saw Tan Xu looking at her with a faint smile: "Do you want to - join us?"
Liang Zhiyao looked behind him curiously. There was a muscular white American boy.
Although Tan Xu is just a finance guy with a CS minor, having a native speaker in the group is a great advantage - after all, human-computer interaction is not like other computer science courses. In addition to coding skills, it also tests the understanding of local technology applications and presentation skills.
"Okay." She actually had no choice but to think about so many things.
With just over ten minutes left before the end of get out of class, Ed was happy to be lazy and let the students start the discussion directly according to their groups. They used this time to get to know each other and agree on a framework for several after-class discussions and division of labor.
In this regard, American college campuses are tantamount to publicly executing people with social phobia. People Skills permeates every aspect of learning and life and is unavoidable.
Since there were Americans present, they naturally didn't speak Chinese and immediately introduced themselves in English as if they didn't know each other at all.
One of them is a native speaker, and the other has studied in high school in the United States. Naturally, they both have a language advantage over Liang Zhiyao, who has only been there for two years. Fortunately, she is the only one among the three who has graduated from a computer major, so she immediately received the distinguished treatment of a big boss, and her voice was not weakened.
The white boy was named Jeffrey, a player on the school's football team. He was obviously very outgoing. After introducing himself, he chatted about a lot of hobbies and invited them to watch his games when they were free.
The specially recruited athletes in the university were very busy, and Jeffrey had training and competitions all weekend. The three of them took out their schedules and exchanged information, and finally agreed to meet next Tuesday afternoon for the initial discussion.
After the discussion, the other party left first, leaving the two Chinese people staring at each other.
Tan Xu spoke first: "Are you still going to Fortune to play basketball tonight?"
"Go ahead." In her opinion, betting on football with others was no different from working for others. Unless the weather was really bad, she would go regardless of the weather.
"Want to ride in my car?" he asked naturally.
Liang Zhiyao hesitated for a few seconds.
After Liu Siyan's birthday party, she instinctively didn't want to get too close to Tan Xu, but she was also tempted by taking a ride to save on round-trip fare, so she finally nodded and agreed.
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