"Xiaoqi, do you know what the greatest distance in the world is?"
Inside the office.
The young man suddenly turned around, smiled, and asked his female colleague at the next table.
"I don't know? I'm not very good at physics. Is it light-years?"
The girl at the next table first shook her head, then guessed an answer with the man's encouraging look.
"Wrong answer!"
However, the young man directly denied it, then his expression turned serious, and he said:
"The greatest distance in the world is... when I'm sitting right next to you... and you don't know... that I love you..."
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, the girl blushed instantly. She stood there, stunned, and for a moment, she was at a loss for words.
The young man, who had only been joking, was suddenly dumbfounded.
Looking at the girl whose gaze had suddenly softened, he felt a little reluctant to say that he was just joking.
But remembering that he already had a girlfriend, the young man feigned composure and said:
"Haha, you were scared, weren't you? I was just kidding."
This is a poem I just saw online, it's really well-written, I'll share the link with you!
After saying this, the man straightened his posture while sharing the link.
After what just happened, he was actually a little hesitant to talk to the female colleague next to him.
But after clicking the link and reading the original work, the girl named Xiaoqi sent the man another message:
"Brother Long, I also really like the poem you shared with me. By the way, I have two concert tickets here."
hiss!
Upon seeing the message, the man suddenly felt a slight ache in his face.
In fact, the last time he was shopping with his girlfriend at the mall, he was beaten up by his girlfriend simply because he glanced at a girl walking by.
Given the current situation, if his girlfriend finds out, it's probably not just a matter of getting a beating.
"Oh no, why was I so foul-mouthed? Would it kill me to say one less word?"
Frustrated, the man quickly sent a message back to the girl:
"Um... Xiaoqi, my girlfriend asked me to go out to dinner with her tonight, so... sorry!"
To everyone's surprise, the girl next door sent another message:
"It's alright, Brother Long. The concert is tomorrow night anyway, you should have time then!"
The man shuddered after reading it, and his face gradually turned pale as he thought of his girlfriend's formidable fighting skills.
...
at the same time.
A post titled "Love Poems Scroll: Winning Entry of the Competition - Birds and Fish" gradually climbed to the top of the trending search list.
More and more netizens saw it and immediately began leaving comments in the comment section:
"I originally thought that official competitions like this would be a private playground for people with connections, but I found out I was wrong."
"Yes, this champion song truly deserves the title; it's so beautifully written."
"The most distant distance in the world... these few lines of poetry really touched my heart, they resonated with me so much."
"I've decided, I'm going to use this poem as my signature!"
"Hahaha, you're too late. I already used it as my signature, so please don't repeat it!"
...
"In fact, I think that while 'Birds and Fish' is impressive, 'To the Oak Tree' is equally wonderful!"
"Um...didn't you guys notice that the first and second place winners in this competition are the same author?"
"Huh, it really is! Just who is this Qinglian Hermit? Taking first and second place is too strong."
"But are they strong? Among the top 100 works, only these two scored above 90, and 'Birds and Fish' got 99 points!"
...
"According to insider information, this song 'Birds and Fish' could actually have gotten a perfect score."
But one judge said they would leave one point, just to prevent this author, 'Qinglian Jushi,' from becoming arrogant!
"Holy crap! This is so dramatic! I didn't give them a perfect score because I was worried they'd get arrogant, but they're not arrogant at all!"
"That's right! If we were arrogant, there would never have been a 'To the Oak' award. This judge is really..."
"Brothers, I just did a search and found that this 'Qinglian Jushi' has opened a Weibo account."
"Really? Is it real or fake? Let me see what's going on."
...
Actually, Mr. Xu knew the results of this modern poetry competition before most people did.
Because the AI assistant 'Zhenweisi' intercepted the information the moment the notary announced the rankings.
"Since my two poems won first and second place, it seems there was no shady dealing involved in this competition."
Upon hearing the news, Xu Lu immediately sighed.
Clearly, he guessed wrong this time.
Although he didn't encounter any shady dealings, that doesn't mean this thing doesn't exist.
For example, isn't the third place winner in the competition a product of insider manipulation?
If Zhou Wenhao did not use his students to submit the article, then the third place would belong to someone else.
Those ranked lower up will also be able to move up one place in the rankings.
That means the 4th place becomes the 3rd place, the 5th place becomes the 4th place, and so on...
The 100th place became the 99th, and the top 100 list became the top 99, with one more spot added.
The impact of this operation.
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