Lin Zhixia ran towards Miao Danyi and chatted with her very friendly: "Hello, my name is Lin Zhixia, and I am Wen Qi's classmate."
Miao Danyi took Lin Zhixia's hand and wrote the three words "Miao Danyi" directly on the palm of Lin Zhixia as her self-introduction.
Miao Danyi also said: "I know you. You are a young genius girl. I have seen many genius boys..."
Lin Zhixia smiled.
Wen Qi had his back to the two girls. He didn't even say hello to Lin Zhixia. He and Lin Zhixia had known each other for less than half a month, and they had spoken no more than twenty sentences, and their WeChat chat records combined couldn't even fill up a mobile phone screen.
The night Wen Qi messed up the email, Lin Zhixia sent him a message: "Do you want to talk to your senior?"
This message, in essence, was a call for his life.
So, he didn't reply.
From Monday to Friday this week, he took a leave of absence from the laboratory, and Lin Zhixia asked him again: "Are you feeling well?"
He answered irrelevantly: "I'm reading at home."
Lin Zhixia gave a thumbs-up emoji in return. Wen Qi didn't know how to respond. So, they both fell into silence, and no one spoke a word.
This afternoon, Lin Zhixia, Jiang Yubai, and Miao Danyi came to visit Wen Qi's home as if they had made an appointment, which made Wen Qi anxious like an ant on a hot pot. He brought the three classmates into the dormitory and accepted a lunch that Jiang Yubai gave him, only then did he remember that he hadn't eaten lunch yet.
Feeling extremely hungry, Wen Qi sat down on a chair. The air was as dull as death. He tried to tell a physics joke: "Are Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics better than Newtonian mechanics? No, they are equivalent. Hahahahahahahahahahaha..."
Lin Zhixia also found it funny and laughed out loud “hahahaha” as well.
Miao Danyi forced a smile.
Jiang Yubai was very calm and composed, as if no joke in the world could impress him. He chatted with Wen Qi for a while and always found a way to start the conversation. Wen Qi was so nervous that he had to say, "You guys chat first, I'll go cook."
Miao Danyi hurriedly said, "I'll help you."
Lin Zhixia continued, "Jiang Yubai and I will come to help you. I can wash and cut the vegetables... By the way, I also want to talk to you about Aishwarya. It seems that you didn't receive my email."
"Maybe you didn't see it," Jiang Yubai seemed to be trying to smooth things over for Wen Qi, "The school mailbox is full of all kinds of emails."
Wen Qi said nothing. He walked towards the kitchen.
The public kitchen in the dormitory is not very large.
Four people stood in the kitchen, and the space was a bit crowded.
Wen Qi took out a box of vegetables and beef. Lin Zhixia was washing vegetables skillfully while Wen Qi was cutting them. Jiang Yubai was standing not far away, wiping a dining table with a rag, while Miao Danyi was sitting on a chair, lowering her head and replying to messages on her mobile phone.
Miao Danyi's boyfriend David Sun sent a message: "Miao Miao, are you still shopping with your friends?"
Miao Danyi tilted her phone screen. Jiang Yubai had excellent eyesight and happened to catch a glimpse of her chat box. He said nothing, so Miao Danyi asked him, "How are you going to tell Sun David?"
Jiang Yubai whispered: "You should talk to him first."
"What are you talking about?" Miao Danyi propped her chin with one hand.
She looked mocking and said nonchalantly, "You told David Sun what you meant by asking him to find me a group of tutors? I am completely confused. I stayed at home all day to study and it took me a lot of effort to finish the homework assigned by the teacher. But you are really something. You are a handsome guy, but you are more evil than a crow."
"If tutoring is not suitable for you," Jiang Yubai suggested, "you can also bring it up. If you keep it to yourself, it will do more harm than good to you and him."
Jiang Yubai's mood and temperament are as peaceful as a deep pool, giving people a very reliable and trustworthy feeling - this special quality is not common in young boys.
What's more, Jiang Yubai was still wiping the table diligently.
Jiang Yubai loves cleanliness very much. He doesn't miss any corner and cleans the table more attentively than the hotel waiters.
While Miao Danyi and Jiang Yu were chatting, Lin Zhixia was also talking to Wen Qi.
Lin Zhixia asked softly: "Wen Qi, I find it very strange. Why are you always unwilling to answer my questions? You rarely reply to my WeChat messages. I talk to you ten times, and you only respond to me once at most..."
Wen Qi wiped his face vigorously with an oily rag.
His face suddenly became very dirty, very dirty.
Lin Zhixia frowned slightly, finding it even more difficult to understand Wen Qi's inner world.
What is going on?
Lin Zhixia originally thought that she was very close to being a normal person, but unexpectedly, after entering the doctoral stage, she was once again confused by the behavior of normal people.
She put aside her doubts for the moment and said straight to the point: "From what I have observed, our instructor is very busy with work and he doesn't care about the email at all. Aishwarya is really angry. You can apologize to her at the group meeting... In fact, I should take the main responsibility. If I hadn't asked you, you wouldn't have written the email."
Wen Qi doesn't think so.
Thinking back, he was the first to mention Aishwarya's complaint to Lin Zhixia. If he hadn't said it, Lin Zhixia wouldn't have known about it. If he hadn't sent the wrong email, Aishwarya wouldn't have been so angry.
He is the main person responsible.
After washing a bowl of cabbage, Lin Zhixia said, "Your contribution to the paper was deleted. I'm trying to fix it. I'm almost done with a paper. Are you willing to work with me? I can also publish this paper in Nature, and you can be the second author."
Wen Qi sternly refused, "No, don't use the second author to compensate me."
His tone was very hurried and embarrassed, and Lin Zhixia misunderstood what he meant: "Do you have any other solutions? I will continue to follow up with Senior Sister Aishwarya. When I was a child, people often called me a freak. I can understand how uncomfortable Senior Sister felt when she saw the word "evil witch"... You relayed the undergraduate's words and were just describing an objective fact. I believe you, you have no malicious intentions subjectively. Are you willing to go with me to talk to Senior Sister Aishwarya?"
Wen Qi let out a sigh.
Bright red blood oozed out from between his fingers, staining the snow-white plastic chopping board, staining the emerald green cabbage red.
Wen Qi was distracted while cutting vegetables and accidentally cut his finger. He quickly turned on the tap to wash away the blood. Lin Zhixia shouted, "Wen Qi's hand was cut by a knife."
Wen Qi lied inexplicably, "It made a small cut, but it stopped bleeding."
Lin Zhixia said casually: "That's good."
Wen Qi turned away, not daring to look at her: "There is a Band-Aid in my room."
Lin Zhixia said seriously, "I'll go with you to the dormitory to get the Band-Aid."
Wen Qi waved his hand: "There is a fish in the pot, you watch the fire in the kitchen."
Finally, Jiang Yubai accompanied Wen Qi back to the dormitory, leaving only Lin Zhixia and Miao Danyi in the public kitchen.
Lin Zhixia added some seasoning to the braised fish. Miao Danyi came over to her and asked, "Do you often cook at home?"
"Yes," Lin Zhixia said with a hint of pride, half lowering her head, "I can cook a lot of dishes now."
Lin Zhixia's skin is very well maintained, with fair and translucent skin, and it seems that there are no pores if you look closely. Her facial features are very delicate, especially her eyes, which are bright and lively, with thick and curled eyelashes, like black butterfly wings, and her lips are red and tender, like delicate rose petals.
When she was talking to Miao Danyi, she was very close to the stove. The heat was evaporating, and her face turned slightly pink. Her pink cheeks were even more lovable. Miao Danyi asked, "Did Jiang Yubai let you cook for him at home? How could he do this?"
"No," Lin Zhixia argued, "Jiang Yubai and I don't live together."
Miao Danyi quickly explained that she was living with her boyfriend, so she was overthinking. She introduced her background in detail, which instantly brought her and Lin Zhixia closer.
Lin Zhixia nodded and asked, "What is Malaysia like? Do you speak Burmese?"
Miao Danyi described it very honestly: "My mother is Burmese. She passed away when I was a child. I live in Malaysia. My father runs a company. I have four half-siblings. I went to a private school when I was six years old..."
"Four brothers and sisters?" Lin Zhixia said as a matter of course, "It will be very lively."
The corners of Miao Danyi's lips curved up.
Lin Zhixia grabbed the spatula and turned the braised fish over again.
The smell of cooking oil drifted outside, and the kitchen windows were covered with a layer of mist. Miao Danyi stirred a bowl of eggs, saying that she wanted to make a special dish. She hadn't cooked for a long time, and when she heated the pan, the splashing oil dripped onto the back of her hand.
"It splashed on you," Lin Zhixia asked hurriedly, "Does it hurt?"
Miao Danyi said for no reason: "You are a very special and smart person."
Lin Zhixia blinked.
Miao Danyi pursed her lips and smiled: "You and Jiang Yubai have a very good relationship."
Lin Zhixia and she flattered each other: "You and your boyfriend must have a very good relationship."
Miao Danyi curled her lips: "He doesn't like me, but I don't dislike him."
"What do you mean?" Lin Zhixia asked humbly.
This complicated situation reminded Lin Zhixia of senior Tan Qianche.
Lin Zhixia acted gentle, lovely and considerate. In front of her, Miao Danyi's long-repressed chatterbox suddenly opened up: "He has money, my father has no money. My classmates are smart, I am stupid. I can't get a scholarship, and the tuition and living expenses for a year are tens of thousands of pounds..."
Lin Zhixia sorted out the cause and effect: "Do you let your boyfriend pay for your tuition and living expenses?"
"Have you heard of Sugar Daddy?" Miao Danyi's voice gradually deepened. "There is a sentence that can summarize it... ah, I remember it now, see the essence through the phenomenon, and each takes what he needs."
Miao Danyi's words shocked Lin Zhixia greatly, even surpassing the romantic history of Tan Qianche that she had witnessed in the past. Her "Human Observation Diary" had new material.
Lin Zhixia couldn't help but ask: "Which major are you studying?"
Miao Danyi lied, "Philosophy."
Lin Zhixia grabbed the kitchen knife and cut a tomato: "What you just said is in line with the definition of 'logic-centrism'. Logic-centrism uses vocabulary and language as the fundamental expression to replace external reality..."
Miao Danyi casually talked about "philosophy", but she never expected that Lin Zhixia would start talking to her about professional terms.
The braised fish was sizzling in the pot. Miao Danyi held her breath and asked, "Are you going to scold me?"
Lin Zhixia shook her head: "I hardly ever curse at anyone."
Their conversation died down.
Because Jiang Yubai and Wen Qi are back.
Lin Zhixia had almost finished preparing lunch. She served all the food on the table, and heated up the clay pot rice, which she served to Wen Qi in a porcelain bowl. The four of them sat around the table, just like a classmate gathering, and had a particularly harmonious meal.
During this time, Lin Zhixia repeatedly asked Wen Qi: "When are you free? Let's go talk to our senior."
Wen Qi covered his mouth and said nothing.
Jiang Yubai seemed to be thinking about something. After a moment, he said, "Next Friday, your instructor will treat you to a meal. You, Lin Zhixia, and your senior sister can arrive early and find a chance to chat. Even if the conversation doesn't go smoothly, when your instructor arrives..."
Before Jiang Yubai finished speaking, Lin Zhixia understood what he meant. She slapped the table and said proudly, "What a good plan! That's settled then."
No one objected to Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia finalized the plan easily.
After dinner, Jiang Yubai and Wen Qi went to wash the dishes, while Lin Zhixia and Miao Danyi sat at the table.
Miao Danyi's skirt belt was a thin string. She pulled out the string and tied a knot. Lin Zhixia suddenly had an idea and started playing the game of cat's tuck with her.
While playing, out of curiosity, Lin Zhixia secretly asked her: "What is Sugar Daddy?"
Miao Danyi smiled and replied: "Rich men date female college students from prestigious universities and pay for their tuition and living expenses."
Lin Zhixia asked naively: "Is this common?"
"It's very rare, very small." Miao Danyi's fingers flew and hooked a bow.
Lin Zhixia picked up the string with her fingertips: "Is there a Sugar Mummy website? Rich women date male college students from prestigious universities."
"No." Miao Danyi said.
Lin Zhixia seemed to be thinking about something.
Miao Danyi joked, "You want to build a Sugar Mummy website?"
Lin Zhixia shook her head like a wave drum: "No, no, no, I am trying to analyze the problem using 'deconstructionism'."
Miao Danyi exclaimed, "Ah!" Lin Zhixia explained in more detail: "Deconstructionism means that seemingly fixed and unchanging structures can be reshaped. Starting from a new perspective, new meanings can be derived, and the fixed ideas of centralization can be removed... I think of the structure of blockchain again. The core theory of blockchain is also 'decentralization'."
Miao Danyi remained silent.
Lin Zhixia talked nonstop. She talked about structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstructionism, and the philosophy of science theories of Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. Later, her voice became slightly higher, and Jiang Yubai and Wen Qi could hear her clearly - but they did not understand Lin Zhixia's philosophical terms at all.
That evening, on the way home, Lin Zhixia held Jiang Yubai's hand and told him what was in her heart: "I feel that the people and things I encounter are becoming more and more complicated. In elementary school and middle school, everyone's goal is just to study, and in school, they live a routine life."
Jiang Yubai responded: "It's not complicated now. When you graduate with your doctorate and leave school, you will often have to deal with others..."
"I understand," Lin Zhixia hugged his arm. "Senior Wei Ruoxing told me that university professors are very busy. They have to contact schools, companies, and various units. The work of a professor is not as easy as I imagined."
She said to herself, "I should be able to adapt. I can do anything I want to do."
"Of course," Jiang Yubai encouraged her, "I will always support you."
I will always protect you, he thought.
Lin Zhixia, however, behaved very independently.
Jiang Yubai suggested that he accompany her to the mentors' dinner, but she politely declined.
Lin Zhixia believes that she can handle this matter properly, calm the disputes within the group, and repair everyone's relationship.
Her first step was successfully implemented. Senior Aishwarya agreed to her request. On the day of the dinner, Aishwarya arrived at the restaurant half an hour early and sat at the same table with Lin Zhixia and Wen Qi.
The long table was covered with a layer of white cloth, with silver knives, forks and plates neatly placed, candles flickering dimly, and the chandelier hanging from the ceiling shining brightly. Lin Zhixia's seat was just under the chandelier. She took a sip of lemonade to moisten her throat, and greeted her senior happily.
Tonight, Lin Zhixia put on light makeup, wore a light black gradient starry sky dress, and wore a heart-shaped necklace given to her by Jiang Yubai - her outfit was stunning. Senior Aishwarya looked at her for a few seconds, praised her for being beautiful and charming, and she smiled even happier.
However, when it came to Wenqi, Aishwarya's attitude became much more serious.
She asked in a serious tone why Wen Qi wrote the complaint against her in such detail.
Wen Qi only said: "Sorry, I am sorry."
Wen Qi is very handsome. He has a well-proportioned face, a high nose bridge, and slightly upturned eyes - these are good appearance traits, but he turned his face away and only glanced at the senior with the corners of his eyes, giving people the feeling that he looked down on her.
The senior student suddenly became furious and uttered a long string of curses in a suppressed voice.
Lin Zhixia was stunned for a moment before she realized what the senior student was saying: "You listened to the undergraduates and took their complaints as facts! Do you know how much effort I put in? I developed a training plan for every undergraduate! But they called me a witch behind my back, and you defended them."
Lin Zhixia immediately defended herself. She believed that Wen Qi had no ill intentions, and she hoped that her senior would calm down.
The senior is not calm at all.
She asked Wen Qi to formally apologize to her in front of all the classmates.
Wen Qi fell into a state of turtle breathing. He lowered his head and his breathing became slow.
No matter how the senior student provoked him, he did not say a single word in response.
Lin Zhixia tried to stop her senior's unilateral attack.
The senior student asked her three questions: First, if the students don't meet your expectations, will you be disappointed? Second, can you control your emotions and not hurt anyone? Don't hit anyone's self-esteem? Third, you discuss problems with people of the same level every day in the laboratory, thinking that everyone in the world is smart. After leaving this environment, can you still maintain a calm attitude towards ordinary students?
Lin Zhixia answered decisively that she would not be disappointed and she could keep a calm mind. The differences between people made them different individuals. No one in the world could completely meet her expectations.
Aishwarya's gaze remained fixed on Lin Zhixia's face for a long time.
Aishwarya meaningfully quoted a famous Internet saying: "Just because you are right does not mean I am wrong."
At this time, classmates in the group appeared one after another.
They sat at a long table and talked in low voices.
Aishwarya glanced at Wen Qi intentionally or unintentionally.
The whole table of students seemed to be looking at him.
He rested his elbows on the table, clasped his hands together, and put them in front of his forehead. People thought he was a religious believer and was praying before cooking.
There was also a handsome blond-haired German man in their group. He was also a devout Catholic, and he prayed with Wen Qi. The table was filled with a sacred and peaceful atmosphere, but Wen Qi suddenly spoke up.
Wen Qi said in fluent English that first, he wanted to apologize to the senior sister, because he had damaged her reputation by sending the email. Secondly, he did not intend to write the email - unless he prepared the manuscript in advance, he could not describe something through face-to-face communication.
As for why the complaint was written in such detail...
It's because he has such a good memory.
“I’m deeply troubled by this,” he said.
Lin Zhixia seemed to have found a soulmate: "I understand you, I really understand you, and I too... I have many things I can't forget."
However, Wen Qi's courageous explanation did not impress Aishwarya. Aishwarya's expression remained unrelieved until the tutor and his wife Shanshan arrived. Aishwarya finally smiled.
The dinner lasted more than two hours.
The tutor did not mention anything academic at all. He talked about a lot of interesting stories in college. It was only then that Lin Zhixia realized that the tutor and his wife both had high emotional intelligence. They easily created a pleasant atmosphere so that everyone could gather together.
Lin Zhixia felt that she had learned something.
However, the conflict between Wen Qi and senior Aishwarya has not yet been resolved.
The next morning after the dinner, Lin Zhixia called Jiang Yubai and asked him what to do next. He suggested that Lin Zhixia not pursue perfect social relationships. Aishwarya asked Wen Qi to apologize in public, and Wen Qi had already done so. This matter was over.
Lin Zhixia said "hmm" to the phone.
After a few seconds, she suddenly said, "Senior is like a mirror, allowing me to see my former self."
Jiang Yubai coaxed her gently: "You have always done well."
"No," Lin Zhixia reflected, "When I first met you, did I hurt your feelings or undermine your self-esteem? Tell me the truth."
Jiang Yubai vaguely remembered that when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, his survival ambition was to "defeat Lin Zhixia". He dreamed of hearing Lin Zhixia say with his own ears, "Jiang Yubai, you are so strong. I lost, please forgive me."
So many years have passed, he has long forgotten his original goal.
As fate would have it, he heard Lin Zhixia's apology: "Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Yubai, if I made you sad at that time, I'm sorry, I..."
He interrupted her: "Don't say sorry."
He said slowly, "I feel lucky to have known you since childhood."
Tears welled up in her eyes, and Lin Zhixia said with a nasal voice: "You are so nice."
Before Jiang Yubai responded to her, Lin Zhixia said honestly: "I just called my brother. I asked him if I had hurt him. He said that I only called him once a month and he had deleted me from his memory..."
Jiang Yubai sneered: "It doesn't matter, call him again next month and let him guess who you are."
This time, Lin Zhixia did not accept Jiang Yubai's suggestion.
She wrote on the calendar in front of her desk: "Call my brother more often, from once a month to once every two weeks."
At the end of October 2012, Lin Zhixia's life was back on track.
Everything is normal within the research team.
Wen Qi would arrive at the laboratory on time at 8 o'clock every morning and pack up and go home at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Even if it was windy, rainy, or cold, he had never been late or left early.
He and Aishwarya would meet and greet each other - but beyond that, there was no communication.
To compensate Wen Qi, Lin Zhixia insisted on cooperating with him on a paper. She gave half of the experimental work of the paper to Wen Qi, who did a great job. He also improved one of Lin Zhixia's theoretical deduction steps and expressed the calculation formula in another basis.
Lin Zhixia accepted his inspiration, and for a week, they discussed the content of the thesis in the same office.
Wen Qi found that Lin Zhixia could understand all his thoughts.
Even if his description was obscure and difficult to understand, even if his description was fragmentary and incomplete, Lin Zhixia could quickly understand his deep meaning. He no longer rejected talking to Lin Zhixia. Their division of labor and cooperation became smoother and smoother.
By early December, Lin Zhixia's thesis had taken shape. She submitted it to her tutor, who revised it several times. Before Christmas, Lin Zhixia submitted the thesis. She told Wen Qi with a beaming look, "We will definitely be accepted!"
Wen Qi said: "Okay!"
During Christmas, the school was on holiday and the entire laboratory building became empty. Most of the students from European and American countries went back home to celebrate the holidays, but Lin Zhixia still held her ground.
Before going abroad, teacher Gu Likai once told her to be humble and down-to-earth, and she would definitely succeed.
Therefore, Lin Zhixia’s academic goal is no longer “complete a Ph.D. in two years”, but “I want to complete the most work in the shortest time.”
For her, the Christmas holiday was no different from the working day. She still went out early and came back late every day, sitting in the office at noon, holding a lunch box to eat lunch. Jiang Yubai invited her to London to spend the New Year, but she refused him because she had a new research idea - she would rather stay in the laboratory to solve her own problems.
As the New Year was approaching, Jiang Yubai went to London with his friends.
At 8pm on December 31, 2012, Jiang Yubai sent Lin Zhixia some photos of fireworks. He said that when he saw the fireworks, he would think of that night in August last year.
Lin Zhixia remembered that she confessed her love to him that night.
But now, he didn't even mention the word "confession", but it triggered her imagination.
Lin Zhixia sat on the bed in the dormitory, secretly wondering if Jiang Yubai was setting a trap for her?
She opened a paper and her brain seemed to split in two.
Half of the brain is thinking: The greatest significance of quantum computers is to solve quantum problems. No matter how powerful traditional computers are, they cannot break through such limitations.
The other half of my brain was thinking: I haven't seen him for a long time, and this is the limit of my tolerance as a normal human being.
She picked up her phone and sent him a message: "I miss you so much."
Jiang Yubai replied immediately: "Look downstairs."
Lin Zhixia threw her phone away in surprise. She ran to the window and looked down, only to see Jiang Yubai standing under a street light, holding a bunch of roses. In the cold wind, he stood straight, and the light cast a hazy mist over the roses, just like a dream scene, both real and illusory.
Lin Zhixia's heart was beating wildly.
She opened the door and ran to the stairs, as if she was going to elope with him. When she grabbed his hand, she found that his hand was slightly cold. She asked, "Why didn't you call me?"
Jiang Yubai had a good reason: "I heard you've been very busy lately."
Lin Zhixia vowed: "No matter how busy I am, I will always have time to see you!"
"Really?" Jiang Yu asked calmly.
Lin Zhixia suddenly felt guilty, but still said stubbornly: "Yeah, yes."
Lin Zhixia took him back to the dormitory and made him a cup of hot tea. He took off his coat and wore only a shirt. He sat quietly on the bed. The room was filled with the fragrance of roses. Lin Zhixia approached him and asked, "Didn't you go to London?"
"I just came back yesterday," Jiang Yubai replied, "I brought you a New Year's gift."
Lin Zhixia pointed at the vase and said, "Isn't your New Year's gift that bouquet of roses?"
Jiang Yubai put down the teacup in his hand: "There are more than just roses."
"Anything else?" Lin Zhixia looked at him.
Jiang Yubai took out an exquisite wooden box from his coat pocket. He opened the box and found a silver ring inside. Lin Zhixia asked in surprise, "Are you going to propose to me?"
Lin Zhixia was wearing a cotton dress, the smallest size, which fit her body very well. When she brought Jiang Yubai up, she didn't pay any attention to her clothes. Now, she suddenly got into the quilt and said in a muffled voice, "It's too early. Let's not think about those problems for now."
Jiang Yubai lifted a corner of the quilt.
Jiang Yubai got on her bed, but she still hid in the corner. Jiang Yubai grabbed her wrist and put the ring in her palm: "Proposing is for the future... This is a little toy."
"Little toys?" Lin Zhixia rested her head on the quilt and repeated Jiang Yubai's words.
Jiang Yubai smiled and said, "Look."
He triggered a mechanism in the ring, and the silver rings embedded in it overlapped each other. The ring turned into an astronomical planet with English words engraved on each silver ring.
Lin Zhixia stretched out her finger and gently poked the astronomical ball: "How magical."
"Do you like it?" Jiang Yubai asked her.
"I like it." Her eyes flickered.
Jiang Yubai pressed the switch again, and the astronomical ball turned back into a ring. He said, "This is an astronomical ball ring designed by Germans in the 16th century. I found a company in London to make it. I went to London the day before yesterday to get the ring."
Lin Zhixia played with the ring for a long time and read out the English words on it. When they were put together, it formed a sentence: "I love you more than all the stars in the sky."
She turned the ball over again and saw her name.
She put the ring away and put it on the index finger of her left hand.
Perhaps because the air in the quilt was not circulating, she was not quite clear-headed. She fell into Jiang Yubai's arms, and he hugged her and whispered, "Xia Xia."
Lin Zhixia untied his clothes. She lay on the bed and whispered, "Hold me."
Jiang Yubai turned off the lights and lay down beside her. It was dark inside the room, and under the cover of darkness, they kissed naturally. At some point, it started to rain outside, and the sound of the rain was like the sound of a winter wind blowing, hitting the windowsill of the dormitory.
The rain was getting heavier, but Jiang Yubai was still kissing her.
Lin Zhixia gently pushed his chest, and the heat reached her palm. He returned to the cage of reason, pausing all actions, and said, "It's getting late, I'm going home first."
"Now?" Lin Zhixia said, "It's still raining outside."
Lin Zhixia turned on the light in the room.
The light suddenly came.
Jiang Yubai grabbed his coat and tied it around his waist. He was still sitting on the bed, half leaning against the headboard. He looked quite messy and beautiful. Lin Zhixia didn't quite understand what was wrong with him. She asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Jiang Yubai was a little embarrassed: "I feel very comfortable."
"Really?" Lin Zhixia asked again and again.
"Really." Jiang Yubai raised his chin slightly.
Lin Zhixia touched his forehead and said, "You probably don't catch a cold."
She talked to him for a while and asked him what he wanted to eat and play. When Jiang Yubai heard her mention "playing games", his thoughts drifted to other places. He could only say: "Let's play chess."
Lin Zhixia brought the chessboard over. They fought for several rounds in a row, and Jiang Yubai was completely defeated by Lin Zhixia, leaving no trace of his troops. He had originally thought that she would let him win, but she was still the same. Very good, he liked this about her.
He gradually regained his composure.
At twelve o'clock midnight, the New Year's bell rang from afar.
Jiang Yubai still hadn't left Lin Zhixia's room. The rain outside the window hadn't stopped either. Lin Zhixia smoothed the quilt and invited him, "Would you like to sleep with me for one night?"
He knew she didn't mean that.
He replied in a mysterious way: "Okay."
He slept very uneasily that night.
The single beds in the student dormitory were too narrow, and he was used to spacious beds. Lin Zhixia fell asleep with her back to him, without any suspicion. He kept his arms around her waist, but the warmth and softness of her body was a sweet torture - the faint fragrance and the soft and warm touch stimulated his senses and nerves, making him both excited and awake. How could he still feel sleepy?
He will never forget the last day of 2012.
The next morning, Jiang Yubai got up very early.
Lin Zhixia was still in a state of confusion, and hadn't yet distinguished between reality and dreams, when Jiang Yubai said, "I'm going home first. If you have anything, call me or come to my house to find me..."
Lin Zhixia nodded and asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Jiang Yubai recalled last night, when Lin Zhixia leaned in his arms and he accidentally touched her chest - this was really inappropriate. He opened the mineral water bottle, took a sip of water, and then said, "I slept well."
Jiang Yubai now really wants to go home to change clothes, take a shower, and get some sleep.
Lin Zhixia greeted him and watched him leave.
After the Christmas holidays, undergraduates faced their final exams.
Lin Zhixia took time out to attend several teaching assistant training courses. During the training courses, she met many doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, which greatly broadened her social circle.
The new semester is about to begin, and Lin Zhixia receives one bad news and two good news.
The good news is that the paper she and Wen Qi collaborated on was successfully published, and she also got her place on the student list.
The bad news was that the paper she and her Indian senior student wrote was rejected by the editor. The reason for the rejection was very simple: the core idea of the senior student's paper had been published by another research group first - this is a very common thing in the academic circle.
For several days in a row, the senior sister was in a low mood.
This is probably the legendary "butterfly effect".
If the senior student had not deleted Wen Qi's experimental work, she would not have to spend time designing another method. She would have submitted her paper earlier than the other research group.
Lin Zhixia felt very sorry for her senior, but there was nothing she could do. Rules were rules, and they had to follow them.
At the same time, Lin Zhixia officially took up her post. She is the teaching assistant for the "Quantum Computing" course this semester - she has five colleagues. The six teaching assistants have to jointly tutor dozens of students and teach them in groups every week.
The more embarrassing thing is that Lin Zhixia is younger than her students, who are all young people in their 19s and 20s.
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