At 7am on July 30, 2013, Lin Zhixia posted a message on WeChat Moments: “I’m moving today!”
In less than an hour, more than forty people liked her post, and many classmates left comments.
Duan Qiyan asked suspiciously, "Were you kicked out of the dormitory by the administrator?"
Tang Tingting directly tagged him and insulted him, "Shut your mouth. If you can't speak, don't speak."
Duan Qiyan was obviously not convinced. He and Tang Tingting started arguing in the comments section of this dynamic. Shen Fuxuan left a message: "Lin Zhixia, you should block them both."
Lin Zhixia replied: “Hahahahahahahahaha.”
After a while, Lin Zeqiu sent a WeChat message to Lin Zhixia: "Why are you moving so suddenly?"
Lin Zhixia then realized that her WeChat Moments had not blocked Lin Zeqiu!
Although Lin Zeqiu has become more virtuous and gentle recently, Lin Zhixia still remembers how scary he was when he was fierce, and also remembers his nagging and chattering appearance.
Lin Zhixia was flustered for just a few seconds before she regained her composure. She cleverly and indirectly explained, "British university dormitories are changed every year."
Lin Zeqiu was half-believing and half-doubting: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Perhaps it was the telepathy between siblings, Lin Zeqiu felt that he had caught something. He severely criticized his sister: "Lin Zhixia, I warn you, if I find out that you lied to your family..."
Lin Zhixia replied with an emoji of a kitten clapping its paws, and added: “Go check online to see if what I said is true.”
Lin Zeqiu hesitated for a moment and sent her a picture of a dog with squinting eyes - Lin Zeqiu has a whole set of dog emoticons. Lin Zhixia immediately challenged him with pictures, and after a few rounds, Lin Zeqiu forgot his original intention and gradually believed what Lin Zhixia said.
Lin Zhixia's WeChat notifications kept ringing, with many messages from high school and undergraduate classmates. However, the one that surprised her the most was a text message from Wen Qi: "Are you okay?"
Wen Qi actually took the initiative to talk to her.
It's incredible!
Lin Zhixia replied immediately: "I'm fine, I found a new place to live. How about you, have you been assigned to a school dormitory?"
Wen Qi said, "Yes."
Afterwards, Wen Qi seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and never typed another word.
During his one-year doctoral study, Wen Qi published three papers, two of which were completed in collaboration with Lin Zhixia. His collaboration with Lin Zhixia went very smoothly, and the two of them worked well together and neither liked to take credit for anything. Wen Qi believed that it was hard to find a classmate like Lin Zhixia. His condolences to Lin Zhixia were the limit of his social wisdom.
Not long after, Wen Qi received another WeChat message from Lin Zhixia: "You can try to communicate more with your classmates. Everyone wants to talk to you."
Wen Qi was so scared that he threw his phone away.
Lin Zhixia's cell phone just happened to ring, and a line of words "Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Yu Bai" appeared on the screen.
Jiang Yubai had already walked downstairs to Lin Zhixia's dormitory. He wanted to show off in front of Lin Zhixia. He did not contact the employees of the moving company. He helped her carry the luggage alone. He also deliberately wore a short-sleeved shirt to facilitate himself in doing heavy work.
Lin Zhixia was quite frugal. All her belongings added up to just two suitcases and a large cloth bag - she used a bed sheet to wrap up all the odds and ends.
So Jiang Yubai lifted a heavy suitcase in each hand and carried a huge cloth bag on his shoulders, just like a migrant worker returning home to visit his relatives. Lin Zhixia wanted to help him move the luggage, but he refused. He said, "These things are not heavy."
Lin Zhixia said suspiciously: "Your arm muscles are tense."
Jiang Yubai said casually: "If you touch my arm, my muscles will also tense up."
Lin Zhixia thought: She will give it a try when they get home.
That morning, Lin Zhixia officially moved into Jiang Yubai's home.
Lin Zhixia's new bedroom is very large, with all kinds of furnishings and a study room. The whole bedroom is very clean and comfortable, the bedding is of high quality, and the velvet quilt is fluffy and soft. Lin Zhixia sat on the bed for a minute and wanted to fall down for a nap.
Jiang Yubai put her luggage in the middle of the room: "My bedroom is opposite you, come find me if you have any problems."
"Are you at home every day?" Lin Zhixia looked up at him.
He laughed: "If I'm not at home, where else can I go?"
Lin Zhixia asked again: "Can I come to you no matter what happens to me?"
Jiang Yubai asked back, "Are you playing the landlord-tenant role-playing game with me?"
Lin Zhixia's cheeks were slightly hot, and her face was pink. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but she finally admitted, "Yes, I want to play with you for a while. Because I'm in a good mood... How about you, are you happy today?"
Jiang Yubai closed her bedroom door and locked it.
Lin Zhixia heard the noise and looked at him warily. He unbuttoned the first button of his collar and sat down next to her. Lin Zhixia stepped back about half a meter and asked again, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Yubai said in a businesslike manner: "We'll look over the rental contract again later. Once we've confirmed it, you can sign it."
Lin Zhixia quietly held his fingers, and he did not show any aggression. Lin Zhixia gently pinched the back of his hand, drew a few circles, and then said: "Okay, okay, I'll go take a shower and pack my things first, and we'll have lunch together at noon. We can discuss the details of the contract at the table."
Jiang Yubai still abided by the serious persona of the "landlord" and asked her politely: "Can we have dinner together every day?"
Lin Zhixia agreed without saying a word.
Jiang Yubai took her left hand and kissed the back of her hand. This seemed to be a customary practice between them. Whenever Jiang Yubai did this, Lin Zhixia's heartbeat would speed up. She deliberately looked away, but couldn't help but hold his fingertips.
Lin Zhixia spent the whole morning tidying up her room. She folded her clothes and opened the curtains. The lush green trees outside the window formed a shadow, and the sunlight under the blue sky seemed to shine into her heart.
The lunch that day was also very sumptuous and Lin Zhixia enjoyed it very much.
After dinner, Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai took a walk in the garden. They walked on a small path shaded by trees, and a cool summer breeze blew in their faces. Lin Zhixia suddenly stepped in front of Jiang Yubai and gently touched his arm. He didn't respond, so she asked directly: "Didn't you say this morning that if I touched you, your muscles would tense up?"
Jiang Yubai sat on a bench by the roadside. Dense vegetation surrounded the seat, the fragrance of the lantern tree wafted in the wind, and the lush green leaves were rustling.
There were intertwined shadows nearby, and the sunlight was dim. Lin Zhixia sat next to Jiang Yubai. She approached him and smelled his fragrance, which was very light and seductive. She asked him, "Why do you smell so good?"
Jiang Yubai looked around and confirmed that this place was hidden enough. He reached out and held Lin Zhixia's waist, guiding her to sit on his lap. He held her quietly, took a deep breath in her ear, and then said, "You smell good too."
When Jiang Yubai was talking, Lin Zhixia's ears felt itchy and numb. She turned her head, took Jiang Yubai's left hand, played with his slender fingers, and confided to him: "I suddenly felt that we seemed to have returned to the days when we were deskmates in childhood. Every day, we could tell each other everything at the first time..."
Jiang Yubai lowered his head and kissed her cheek gently: "Do you have anything to tell me today?"
Lin Zhixia said: "Yes, yes!"
As the shadows of the trees swayed, Lin Zhixia said frankly: "The current quantum community is not yet fully developed. I want to develop a new programming language based on quantum computing and provide it to researchers around the world. I had this idea when I was an undergraduate. The Python, R, and C++ you use are all common programming languages..."
It turns out that Lin Zhixia wanted to talk about this with Jiang Yubai.
Jiang Yubai was a little distracted.
After Lin Zhixia finished her long speech, she still asked him, "Do you think this is feasible?"
Jiang Yubai held her waist tightly with one hand and analyzed: "After you return to China, you have to apply for the 'Young Thousand Talents' program. Compared with open source code projects, papers and academic achievements are more important..."
The so-called "Qing Qian" refers to the "Thousand Youth Plan".
Young scientific researchers selected as "Young Thousand Talents" can receive more resources and attention.
Lin Zhixia seemed to be thinking: "If I write a quantum programming language, I can also publish a paper. The number of citations of this paper will definitely be very high, at least 300."
Jiang Yubai asked again: "Do you plan to finish it by yourself? Do you have time?"
Jiang Yubai's question hit the nail on the head. Lin Zhixia thought for a moment and said, "Wen Qi will definitely agree to join my team. He is particularly interested in quantum computing, and he is willing to cooperate no matter what I say..."
Lin Zhixia didn't know something.
Wen Qi was not "particularly interested in quantum computing", he just couldn't refuse Lin Zhixia. Once Lin Zhixia started talking to him nonstop, his head would buzz, and if Lin Zhixia asked him again, he couldn't say "no".
Lin Zhixia considered the candidates one by one: "Feng Yuan is very smart, and she is good at both mathematics and physics. She stayed in school to pursue a doctorate, and she should agree to me. Senior Wei Ruoxing also said that she is very interested in my project... Senior Luo Ying will probably agree as well. And my brother. My brother can be the basic underlying framework, and I will discuss it with him. If my brother does not come to the academic world to develop, no matter how many citations this paper has, it may not be helpful to him."
Jiang Yubai listened to the whole thing, but didn't hear his own name. He asked cryptically, "Your closest friend..."
Lin Zhixia responded quickly: "Are you talking about yourself?"
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