Chapter 40. "The person you like also likes you, very much." (Tan Yue Cao Xinyu Datang)
After the data from the South China Sea supplementary survey was uploaded to the system, the team in Hai City also gradually adjusted and improved the sea area parameters in the model.
More than a month later, the wind turbine successfully passed the tests under various sea conditions.
The entire plan is currently 90% complete, and the next step is to supplement the relevant information and complete the system.
Ke Fan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Finished the last meeting of the week with the team in Hai City.
She looked out the window. It was a rare sunny day at the end of October. The sunlight dyed the coastline with a golden edge, extending to the boundless distance. The sea followed silently, as if it had reached the end of heaven and earth.
The busy schedule of the whole year seemed to converge like a coastline at this moment, drawing a perfect full circle.
Yi Lingjia returned to Jinshi yesterday.
Nie Fei was busy with his business, so he stayed with her for a few more days, but still had to leave.
Before leaving, Yi Lingjia buried his head in her neck and said in a nasal voice:
"We have to separate again. When will we see each other again, baby?"
Ke Fan rubbed his black hair with his hands:
"It will be soon. I'll give you a surprise next time we meet."
Although he is gone, the messages and phone calls never stop.
Unfortunately, two out of three times the line was occupied by another person.
Cao Xinyu is in love and chatters with Ke Fan all day long. Once she talks about Tan Yue, she can't stop.
She is so kind, gentle, hardworking and caring, and she keeps Cao Xinyu's doghouse spotless.
She is so self-disciplined and sticks to fitness, her abdominal muscles are really hard to the touch!
She has that kind of light fragrance all over her body,
"...like a freshly opened pomelo blossom in early spring, so light yet instantly memorable once you get close."
Ke Fan listened and burst out laughing:
"I didn't know you were such a good metaphor writer."
Cao Xinyu pretended to be angry, and Ke Fan diverted her attention:
"You haven't told me how you two got together."
She really became shy:
"That's... after I talked to you on the phone that day, I asked her to meet..."
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Let’s go back more than a month.
After a big fight with her old man, Cao Xinyu called Ke Fan for comfort.
After venting, her emotions gradually calmed down.
And Ke Fan's words made her start thinking.
"Xinyu, many social stereotypes and intergenerational conflicts are difficult to resolve on our own. What matters most is what kind of life you want."
What kind of life does she want?
Before she met Tan Yue, she wanted to be an excellent doctor.
Saving lives and helping the wounded has been her ambition since childhood, but there have always been various obstacles on the road to her ideal, such as the unreasonable training system, the "4+4" scandal, and Cao's father's lack of support from beginning to end.
When she was feeling discouraged, Tan Yue brought a new possibility to her life.
There are people like her who, for their own ideals, are doing things that don't bring much reward but are very meaningful to society.
This person opened her eyes and also opened her defenses.
She wants a life with Tan Yue every day.
That weekend afternoon, the two made an appointment to meet in the park.
It was Tan Yue's idea to meet in the park. She explained the reason to Cao Xinyu:
"Have you heard of the 20-minute park effect? Spending 20 minutes in a park, getting close to nature, can really lift your mood."
Cao Xinyu was skeptical, but when the two of them actually sat on the bench under the big tree, looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, the grass and flowers nearby, and the gentle breeze blew, most of the worries in her heart really dissipated.
Tan Yue prepared fruits and snacks. The fruits were cut into neatly small pieces and placed in a glass lunch box.
She picked up a piece of melon with a small fork and handed the fork to Cao Xinyu:
"You asked me on the phone if I wanted to be a good person again and be your confidante. Why are you here and not saying anything?"
Cao Xinyu took the melon, and the fresh and sweet juice burst in her mouth. She hummed vaguely.
Before leaving, she decided to be frank and to find out whether Tan Yue liked her or not.
Just like what Cao's father said when he scolded her on the phone, maybe she was just being too sentimental?
After she really made an appointment with the person, her courage became smaller and smaller like a deflated balloon. She didn't dare to look at Tan Yue's inquiring gaze.
The park in September is no longer noisy, and the air is filled with the cool scent of early autumn.
The leaves on the tree-lined path became fragile. When the wind blew, a few of them fell down and swirled down beside the bench.
Cao Xinyu picked up a leaf and spoke hesitantly:
"Sister, I seem to have fallen in love with someone recently."
Tan Yue raised her eyebrows and said with a half-smile, "Oh, who is it?"
Cao Xinyu avoided answering, her eyes flickering: "But I don't know if she likes me too."
Tan Yue didn't ask any further questions and responded readily: "Really? Then how can I help you?"
"Yes, yes." Cao Xinyu nodded slightly: "Sister Zhixin, you know, this is the first time I like someone... I have no experience."
She suppressed her shyness, bit her lip and looked at Tan Yue. The other person's eyes were deep, and her heart was beating like a drum.
Taking a deep breath, she asked, "How can I know if the person I like likes me back?"
Another flake wobbled and landed on the bench where they were sitting.
"How do you know if she likes you?" Tan Yue repeated this sentence softly.
She turned slightly, her gaze fixed on the rippling lake in the distance, and was truly thinking seriously.
Soon, she turned around again, her eyes met Cao Xinyu's again, and she said:
"Do you see that she always tries to create opportunities to see you and stay with you for even a little while longer?"
"What are your plans for the future? Are you interested in doing more good deeds?"
"Does she want to introduce you to everyone around her?"
"Sister He, Xiaowen, Shurui, Aqiu, Misha, this is my friend, Dr. Cao, who's here to help with the free clinic today."
"Does she always try to make you happier?"
"Let's meet at the park. Spending twenty minutes in the park, connecting with nature, really lifts your spirits."
Every time Tan Yue said something, Cao Xinyu's mind would flash back to what she had done and said.
I was almost certain that she understood what I meant and was responding to her.
Cao Xinyu's face flushed uncontrollably, even the tips of her ears tinged with joy. It felt like a pot of freshly boiled water was bubbling in her chest, each beat bringing a dizzyingly sweet bubbling sensation.
A pair of slightly cool hands cupped her cheeks, and her gaze fell into another pair of deep yet equally joyful eyes.
Tan Yue said word by word: "The person you like also likes you, very much."
A gentle kiss fell on Cao Xinyu's forehead.
A gentle breeze blew through the park in September, and in my ears I heard Tan Yue's touching whispers:
"Let me tell you a secret. I wanted to do this the first day I met you. This is a reward for Dr. Cao's heroic rescue."
There is another secret: you saved more than one person that day.
Tan Yue rubbed Cao Xinyu's fluffy hair with her cheek and whispered in her heart.
The day she met Cao Xinyu was the worst time in Tan Yue's life.
She resigned from the system and founded a female repair team. To increase customer flow, she opened a social media account to promote it.
Somehow, she was inexplicably attacked and slandered by several accounts, who said that they were just putting on a show to attract attention. She couldn't help but fight back, but ended up facing even larger-scale cyber violence.
This has affected offline operations, with clients beginning to question the abilities of female workers, and projects being maliciously priced down or even terminated.
That day, she looked at the growing number of malicious messages on her account and the several messages on her phone about sudden contract cancellations, and she felt a deep sense of powerlessness: Was she too naive to quit her stable job and pursue the ideal of "making the world a better place"? Could she really do it?
Tan Yue didn't sleep all night and prepared to go for a morning run, breathe fresh air and clear her chaotic thoughts.
There were almost no pedestrians on the road in the early morning and it was very quiet.
Therefore, the girl in casual clothes in front is particularly conspicuous.
She walked slowly, her ponytail swinging back and forth, mumbling something as if she was talking to a friend on the phone:
"Last night, there were two consecutive rectal perforations in the emergency room... I was busy all night, and I shouldn't have drunk that bottle of Wangzai Cowboy that the patient handed me... I'll be a bitch if you're greedy next time."
Tan Yue sneered inwardly.
When running past her, Tan Yue noticed from the corner of his eye that she had bangs and was very cute. She looked to be in her early twenties. Could she be a doctor at such a young age?
As if noticing her gaze, the girl subconsciously smiled sweetly at her.
For some reason, Tan Yue felt that the air was a little fresher and her steps became lighter.
The turning point was found at the next corner.
She ran to the breakfast shop and stopped to buy some steamed dumplings, but the little girl in her nightgown next to her fell to the ground.
Tan Yue didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly used the back of her hand to support her head. She felt a sharp pain on the back of her hand and fell to the ground.
Discussions exploded all around, but no one took the initiative to approach the little girl, and no one took the initiative to help her.
Until she saw the girl just now, she rushed over without hesitation.
"I'm a doctor, I'm here!" she said loudly.
After Tan Yue stood up, she saw through the crowd that the girl was kneeling on the ground and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even though she was sweating profusely.
At that moment, she felt like something hit her heart gently.
Like a beam of light that had been covered by thick dust for a long time, it was lit again.
Tan Yue saw that the girl wanted to help the patient hold the skirt but was unable to do so, so she took off her short-sleeved shirt.
The kneeling girl persisted until the ambulance arrived and the emergency worker called her Doctor Cao.
It turns out she is really a doctor.
The ambulance drove away and the crowd dispersed. The girl, her clothes soaked, stood there in a daze.
Something in Tan Yue's heart seemed to burst out. She took out a tissue and walked forward without hesitation:
"Doctor Cao, wipe your sweat."
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