Chapter 39 Yingying has plenty of time tonight
At the end of September, Chen Riying officially enrolled. On the first day after enrollment, she learned the address of the freshman orientation session from the email list. With a computer, notebook and recorder, Chen Riying went to the conference hall to attend the orientation session.
There are 66 people in the same cohort. In addition to the mailing list, Chen Riying also added a Slack channel.
It is convenient to obtain official notices issued by the Academic Affairs Student Union and the Professors' Association.
"Hi, I'm Riley. Do you want to join the chat channel?" A blonde girl wearing a khaki dress touched Chen Riying's arm, handed her the phone screen and asked.
"Okay, I'd be happy to." Chen Riying nodded and joined immediately.
"I've also joined the channel. What's your name? You're so young, are you a genius?" A boy with brown curly hair next to her looked at Chen Riying and said with a smile.
"Rying, this is the transliteration of my Chinese name."
"No, I'm already 26 years old." Chen Riying explained that she has gotten used to it. After all, Chinese people tend to look younger.
After the freshman orientation session, Chen Riying had already gotten to know two of her "classmates," or more precisely, doctoral students in the same major with the same academic background, working under different supervisors.
Chen Riyin's professor is a young professor with great momentum, Mark, ABC. He became a professor at the age of 24 and has been a professor for eight years, so he is only 32 years old now.
Currently, there are six doctoral students in total, and only Chen Riying is a new student this year.
After the freshman orientation session, Chen Riying went to the research group to meet her professor.
The professor was wearing a suit. Because he was young and had black hair, Chen Riying felt a sense of familiarity.
However, the first thing he said was fluent and accented English, which broke Chen Riying's sense of familiarity.
She spoke to the professor in English and didn't say anything else. Then, she met the four senior PhD students again, none of whom were Asian.
But then a senior sister came in, and Chen Riying breathed a sigh of relief. She was Asian but her temperament was not like that of a Chinese.
This made Chen Riying feel a little difficult.
That means it’s not easy to communicate or establish connections.
"Rying, that's all for today. Do you have any questions?" The professor looked at Chen Riying, indicating that she could ask questions freely.
"Yes, I have a lot of questions. If I ask them one by one, it may take 30 minutes. Is that okay?" Chen Riying knew that this was an interview. Although she had been admitted, it did not mean that her doctoral career would be smooth sailing.
"Of course, Rying, both hours this morning are yours." Mark raised his wrist to signal Chen Riying.
As Chen Riying asked more questions, the professor's answers became more and more serious.
"Rying, if you want more details, you can ask Sam directly." After answering some questions, the professor took a phone call and then threw time and space to Sam.
The professor leaves.
The five senior brothers and sisters all looked at Chen Riying.
"You're a brave boy. You can ask Mark so many questions. Fortunately, Mark answered a real call, otherwise he might have answered the alarm clock as well." Sam looked at Chen Riying first and spoke. After all, he would be the one to answer Rying's questions next.
"I thought this was an interview, so I prepared in advance. I was also worried that it would be difficult to see Mark in the future, so I asked all of them at once. Is there anything wrong, Sam?" Chen Riying asked seriously.
"Rying, there's nothing wrong. Mark is very satisfied with such a student."
"I'm lris." Jin Shuyan looked at Chen Riying and introduced herself.
"Iris, nice to meet you. Your name is very suitable for our major." Chen Riying smiled when he heard it.
"That's what we said at the beginning," Sam said with a smile.
Because of the name of lris, the research team has such an interesting event every year.
"The lris (iris) data set is so familiar." lris herself laughed.
But she first heard the name lris and then learned about the lris dataset.
Chen Riying then asked some simple questions to the senior brothers and sisters.
I got a general understanding of the focus of study after entering school, and listened to everyone share some skills and rules that must be understood and mastered in campus life, as well as the life culture around the school, etc.
After finishing, looking at the time, Chen Riying did spend two hours.
"Rying, the research team has the custom of welcoming new members. Let's go have lunch together." Sam greeted Chen Riying.
"Okay, I'd rather obey than be respectful." Chen Riying said.
"Rying, you speak very interestingly." Jin Shuyan looked at Chen Riying and said something in Chinese.
"Iris, your Chinese is very nice." Chen Riying looked at Jin Shuyan, and it was obvious that she basically knew her country.
But she knew Jin Shuyan and was very capable.
At first, she thought lris was Japanese, but in their major, there are very few Japanese students, especially girls, who come to the United States to study for a doctorate, not as many as in China, South Korea, and India.
The cafeteria’s buffet offers a wide variety of food and drinks, covering cuisines from all over the world. Iris especially loves Mexican burritos and highly recommends them to Chen Riying.
Although they had just met, Chen Riying had a good impression of Jin Shuyan herself. She enthusiastically accepted the suggestion and thought it was okay after trying it.
"Rying, lris, it feels like you two have known each other for a long time." Sam sighed from the side.
"I like Rying very much." lris said directly, she likes it.
"metoo, I like lris very much." Chen Riying looked at Jin Shuyan and said.
Except for Sam, the other two seniors drank their second bottle of Coke.
After a brief acquaintance, everyone went about their own business, but they all added Chen Riying to the channel, and Jin Shuyan wrote down Chen Riying's number.
The research group's projects are all large projects. As the youngest among the participants, Chen Riying only had a superficial understanding of them at the beginning because she had to complete graduate courses in her first year.
And it relies on intensity and is very difficult.
Chen Riying only needed to attend class, but when she glanced at the chat channel, she saw many students participating in rotation.
That is to say, you will go to three to four laboratories to carry out scientific research practice for half a semester, complete small projects or assist in large projects during the rotation, participate in group meetings, perform practical operations, and then summarize and report.
Students choose the laboratory they want to go to based on their practice, and the instructors choose the students they want based on their reports.
After the first academic year is over, the supervisor will be officially determined.
Chen Riying was relieved. It was too hard, and the high uncertainty and pressure were enormous.
Although rotation also has many advantages.
But Chen Riying was still glad that she had chosen her mentor through an email interview.
And she does match this lab of Mark's.
Since school started at the end of September, Chen Riying has not been back to her residence in Auckland and has not looked for Fu Nian.
Fu Nian was also very busy at work and only came over at night. When he came, Chen Riying was always busy.
Chen Riying would occasionally satisfy his need for a kiss, kissing him on the sofa beside the bed for a while and then falling asleep soon.
The couple occasionally lay on the sofa and fell asleep slowly.
The semester has passed quite quickly and the final qualifying exam is coming soon.
Chen Riying went from the laboratory to the library, from the library to the classroom, from the classroom to the library, and then from the library back to the apartment.
Dragging a somewhat tired body, Chen Riying walked in, starving, with a cup of coffee in his hand.
Smelling the delicious aroma of chicken soup from the kitchen, Chen Riying walked straight in.
"You've been on a business trip for a week, right?" Chen Riying hugged Fu Nian from behind. Due to the difference in body shape, Fu Nian seemed very tall and difficult to hug, but with his broad shoulders and narrow waist, she couldn't hug him with his broad shoulders, but with his strong narrow waist, she could still hug him.
"Just one week old." Fu Nian's voice was sexy and pleasant.
"What did you make? It smells so good." Chen Riying asked with a smile.
"Can't you smell it?" Fu Nian turned around and reached out to smooth her hair.
"Why is your hair so messy?" Fu Nian asked while stretching out his hand.
"What's wrong? Is it a mess?"
"You're like this too when you're studying for a doctorate." Chen Riying turned to look at the glass door of the kitchen, where her own image was reflected.
My spirits have really deteriorated a lot.
"I'm taking a break these two days, so I'll stay at your place. I'll take care of your daily life." Fu Nian brought over the dinner that he had spent an hour and a half preparing. Many of the ingredients were airlifted in from China.
In China, food air-shipped from abroad is rare, and abroad, food air-shipped from China is precious.
"It's a rare opportunity for you to rest, so you should have a good rest. You don't have to take care of me. I can take care of myself." Chen Riying shook her head.
"Feeling sorry for me?"
Fu Nian raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised.
"Of course." Chen Riying raised his eyebrows.
After dinner, Chen Riying went to the bathroom in her bedroom upstairs to take a shower, and then continued studying in her pajamas.
After being married for more than a year, Fu Nian watched her studying every day and night, standing beside the desk. Fu Nian didn't quite understand where her strong motivation for studying came from.
If he asked Chen Riying, Chen Riying probably wouldn't know either.
She really likes to study and research, although there is pressure, and it is not small.
But learning can enrich her life and give her the most basic sense of gain and accomplishment as a human being.
After reading the last page of the PDF, Chen Riying stretched out in his chair.
"Is it over?" Fu Nian's voice came over.
"You're still here. You came back from China. Aren't you suffering from jet lag?" Chen Riying was startled and looked at Fu Nian in shock.
"I slept on the plane. I have nothing to do tomorrow, so there's no need to rush to rest." Fu Nian walked up to Chen Riying, bent down and picked her up while speaking.
"You are sick. I won't accompany you." He was picked up, his legs were held by strong arms, and his back was patted for a while.
"I really don't want to keep you company." Chen Riying said it again when he was put on the bed.
"I really can't be in a bad state tomorrow, husband." Chen Riying said with a sincere look and called him husband.
It can be said to be very sincere.
However, she forgot that these words would only make her desire stronger, and the skin on the lips of the person she kissed would turn bright red.
Just kissing is irresistible.
"Do it as quickly as possible, once." Chen Riying untied the belt of her pajamas.
Never mind, just consider it as a stress reliever.
"It's not enough normally, but I'll listen to you today." Fu Nian smiled.
This period of time is really very short, almost non-existent.
Having lost even the last bit of his sanity, Chen Riying finally fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Chen Riying was woken up on time. After washing up, she immediately had a Chinese breakfast that was the right temperature and tasted right.
"It's delicious. Wait for me to come back. I have plenty of time tonight." Chen Riying said to Fu Nian seriously before leaving the apartment.
After that, I hurried to school.
The qualifying exam is a project that makes everyone nervous. The difficulty of passing and the level of progress increase positively. Each exam is more difficult than the last, and there is always another shore after you reach one.
Ink was written on paper, and in a flash, eight hours passed, the sun rose and set.
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