The students in the Mecha Maintenance Class 2 discovered that since the announcement of the midterm exams starting next week, Lin Zimao came to class yawning every morning and slipped away very quickly after class every afternoon. Even Wang Yi and Suran’s academic group couldn’t find him even when they wanted to catch him to attend club activities.
At noon that day, Lin Zimao, Wang Yisuran and others were having lunch in the cafeteria together. Lin Zimao asked Wang Yisuran about his recent trip home on time.
Su Ran asked Lin Zimao: "Why do you run home after class? Don't you live alone?"
Lin Zimao recalled the three rules he had agreed with Jiang Xuan and said, "No, I'll live with my roommate."
Wang Yi: "Huh? So you have a roommate, I never heard you mention it."
Lin Zimao said: "My roommate is relatively low-key, and since I live in his house, there is nothing much to say."
Wang Yi had always thought that Lin Zimao came from a well-off family, but he didn't expect that he would have to share a house with others. It seems that people on Alpha Star are indeed not very wealthy.
It is normal to share a house with others in college, so Wang Yi and others did not ask about Lin Zimao's roommate.
Su Ran asked Lin Zimao: "We agreed to go to the library to review this week, are you coming?"
The daily route of the top students in school is roughly: dormitory-canteen-classroom-library-dormitory.
"It depends on the situation." Jiang Xuan didn't have time to "tutor" him, so he would come to school to review.
During lunch, Lin Zimao asked Jiang Xuan on the communicator if he was free to help him review in the evening. Jiang Xuan said he didn't have time tonight because he had something to take care of.
Lin Zimao agreed to go to the library with the academic elite group to review in the evening.
The library of Feige University was designed by a famous designer in the 200th century. It is not only a famous building in the capital star, but also a place of centuries-old heritage with specific historical and cultural significance.
This was Lin Zimao’s first time coming to the library. He had passed by here several times during class but never went in.
After finishing our meal, we went directly to the library on the fifth floor. It was around seven o'clock and there were still quite a few students studying in the library, but we could still find a long table that was big enough for six people to sit together. The bookshelf next to it was marked with the professional book data of our major, and we could directly look it up on the computer if necessary.
It was too warm at home, and Lin Zimao often got distracted by Jiang Xuan's voice. He couldn't help but remember that the first time he saw Jiang Xuan's holographic photo, the background was in the library, and he didn't know where the photo was taken.
Jiang Xuan's appearance was too outstanding, so people would secretly take photos of him no matter where he was. There were many photos of him on the forum, including photos of him studying, walking, attending classes, eating, talking to people, etc.
In the library, everyone was studying and there was no one bragging or chatting. However, Lin Zimao became more energetic and quickly got into the state.
After studying the basics of mecha maintenance principles for about half an hour, they suddenly heard someone talking loudly next door. Lin Zimao, Su Ran and others heard it, but Wang Yi didn't hear it because he fell asleep on the table.
Lin Zimao didn't care much at first. Although the library was mostly quiet, there were always small issues that needed to be communicated.
But when he heard the familiar coquettish voice, he still turned his head to follow the gaze of Su Ran and others.
Then they noticed that the person sitting behind them was Cheng Chen, whom they had just met not long ago. Sitting with him were their classmates, as well as several second-year seniors such as Jiang Xuan.
Why was Jiang Xuan sitting with Cheng Chen? Is this what he meant by "no time"
They seemed to be discussing something, and someone's voice became louder.
When Lin Zimao turned around, Jiang Xuan just happened to come over, and their eyes met in the air.
Lin Zimao raised his eyebrows, put his fingers under his chin, looked at Cheng Chen who was looking at Jiang Xuan sweetly with interest, and then looked at Jiang Xuan again.
So Jiang Xuan’s job is to help Cheng Chen and the others with their homework
Are you still doing one-on-one activities
Lin Zimao certainly didn't know what the specific situation was, but now that he saw Cheng Chen and Jiang Xuan sitting close to each other, he had no intention of continuing reading.
He turned around and no longer paid attention to Jiang Xuan, Cheng Chen and others.
Unable to bear the thought of Wang Yi sleeping, Lin Zimao kicked him awake and asked, "Are you here to read books or to sleep?"
Wang Yi was suddenly awakened: "..."
The noises at the back quieted down. Lin Zimao was the only student living away from home among their group. He packed his backpack and left around 8:30.
When passing by Cheng Chen, Jiang Xuan and others, he resolutely didn't even glance at them, since he wasn't familiar with them anyway.
After arriving home, Lin Zimao turned off the computer in the living room, and all the books projected on the table disappeared. He took the computer back to the room, then carried Jiaoyan back into the house, took a shower, and went to sleep with Jiaoyan in his arms.
When Jiang Xuan got home, the living room was pitch black, and there was no sign of Lin Zimao reading by lamplight.
I feel like I should explain.
There was a gap in Lin Zimao's room because Jiaoyan had to go to the toilet at night, so he usually didn't close the door too tightly unless there was anything important.
Jiang Xuan knocked gently on his door: "Are you asleep?"
Lin Zimao responded from inside, not sleepy: "Asleep."
Salt and Pepper meowed.
Lin Zimao patted his head and said, "I didn't ask you."
Jiaoyan wanted to jump off the bed and look for Jiang Xuan, but Lin Zimao held her down and wouldn't let her go. Jiaoyan struggled hard and twisted in Lin Zimao's hands.
Finally, Jiaoyan defeated Lin Zimao, gained his freedom as a cat, and decisively ran towards Jiang Xuan who was at the door.
The door was opened by Jiaoyan, and Jiang Xuan followed Jiaoyan out to ask for touch, and he touched her twice perfunctorily.
Jiang Xuan saw that the lights had been turned off so he stopped disturbing him, closed the door for him, and went upstairs with Pepper and Salt.
Lin Zimao cursed at the closed door: "Little traitor."
The next morning, Lin Zimao went to school without having breakfast. Jiang Xuan put the bread he had just taken out of the refrigerator back and ate breakfast alone. Pepper Salt came to the table and wanted to bite his bread, but he took it away.
Today's breakfast tasted a bit tasteless.
Lin Zimao bought a sandwich at school and ate it as he walked into the classroom.
I had classes during the day and went to the library with Wang Yi and others at night. I didn't pack my books. I just put my bag on the seat and walked around the library, copying a lot of data related to my major. I turned off the computer and went home at 10 o'clock in the evening.
When I passed by the place where I was last night, I saw Cheng Chen and the group of people from last night, but I didn’t see Jiang Xuan.
Lin Zimao picked up his schoolbag and went home.
The lights in the living room were on. Jiang Xuan was sitting at the desk in the living room reading a book instead of drawing his design.
Jiang Xuan asked Lin Zimao: "Why are you back so late?"
Lin Zimao responded coldly: "Books."
Jiang Xuan asked him: "Don't you need me to help you review?"
Lin Zimao lowered his head to change his shoes and said, "You are busy again."
Jiang Xuan put down his books and took the initiative to explain: "Yesterday the department arranged for us to tutor the freshmen in this year's design competition. It was a last-minute notice, so we didn't go today."
Lin Zimao lazily threw down his backpack and went to get some water to drink. He turned his back to Jiang Xuan and replied, "Are you going again tomorrow?"
Jiang Xuan: "Not going tomorrow either."
Lin Zimao: “Why?”
Jiang Xuan: "I don't want to waste time. There are other people who can tutor them. I have my own things to do."
Lin Zimao gulped down a bottle of ice cola. He looked much more energetic than when he came in with his head drooped. He said "oh" but the tone of his voice was obviously higher.
Jiang Xuan hesitated and asked him, "Are you going to the library to review tomorrow night?"
Lin Zimao said, “No.” Then he went upstairs to sleep. He felt a little sleepy after reading all night.
The next night came. Jiang Xuan went home on time, but Lin Zimao did not come back on time. Didn’t he say he would not go to the library to review
Lin Zimao didn't get home until ten o'clock in the evening. He smelled of sweat. After changing his shoes, he went straight upstairs to take a shower and go to bed.
Jiang Xuan opened his mouth but didn't ask him what he was doing in the evening.
For three consecutive nights, Lin Zimao did not return home until ten o'clock in the evening.
Jiang Xuan couldn't help himself, and when Lin Zimao came back on Sunday night, he asked him, "Why do you come home so late every day recently?"
Lin Zimao said coldly: "There is no rule. You can't go home after ten o'clock, right?"
Jiang Xuan was stunned: "No."
In the next few days, both of them came home late, and only Jiaoyan was left at home guarding the empty house. He meowed from time to time, and when no one came back, he continued to sleep.
The friendly atmosphere between the two was gone.
After the midterm exam, the freshmen finally relaxed.
They were supposed to take a rest at noon, but Lin Zimao was dragged by Wang Yi to participate in club activities on the grounds that he could meet beautiful female classmates, so he didn't even have lunch.
Wang Yi joined a drama club which was mostly composed of girls, and it turned out that everyone in the club had a dream of becoming an actress.
Lin Zimao accompanied Wang Yi to sign up, but he was not interested. Instead, he was attracted by the advertisement for the Conducting Department next to it.
—Command Department "Man vs. Machine" rich prizes are waiting for you!
A handsome senior sitting next to him asked him: "Junior, do you want to join? It's fun."
In fact, there were many girls standing next to the seniors, but they could only look at the conditions above and were discouraged. No matter how handsome the seniors were, they had no registration conditions and they had to understand tactical command.
Lin Zimao asked the other party: "What is the man-machine war?"
When the senior heard this, he felt that this junior had a chance: "It's like this, this is a reserved event in our competition. First, the top three contestants from the command battle competition will be selected. As long as you make it into the top three, you can compete with the new command AI developed by Liang Yuan, a famous genius senior in our department."
Before Lin Zimao could ask, a voice interrupted: "Zimao? Are you interested in this?"
The person who came was Ji Chen.
Lin Zimao remembered that he seemed to be from the command department: "Senior, are you from the student union?"
"No, I just came here to join in the fun and add some color to our department's competition. Do you want to sign up and have fun?" Ji Chen had an idea, "If there's anything you don't understand, I can explain it to you." Explanation is equivalent to developing feelings. If they stay together every day, wouldn't it be natural for them to be together
Lin Zimao pointed at the “Man vs. Machine” and said, “I’m more curious about this.”
Ji Chen: "As long as we can get into the top three, we can fight against the all-round command AI designed by Liang Yuan."
Lin Zimao: "Is it Liang Yuan, the second-year graduate student?"
Ji Chen: "Yes, it's him, do you know him?"
Lin Zimao said: "We met once before, and I am a little interested in the AI he designed. Do you think you can defeat it?"
Ji Chen didn't notice that Lin Zimao said "", so he said : "I heard it's a bit difficult, so I came here to try to see if I can get first place and have some fun with ."
Lin Zimao narrowed his eyes and said, "Then I'll sign up and try to see what the command department is like."
Ji Chen didn't mind Lin Zimao's exaggerated tone at all. He just thought it was a joke and took the initiative to promote himself to Lin Zimao: "Do you need me to teach you about command and combat knowledge? Your grades are not bad."
Jiang Xuan walked up to Ji Chen at some point and asked, "What do you want to tutor?"
Lin Zimao said coolly: "The enthusiastic senior is tutoring the junior in new knowledge individually."
Jiang Xuan: “…” There was no individual tutoring for Cheng Chen that day.