At the end of July, the summer is hot.
In Terminal 1 of K City International Airport, facing the blindingly bright sunlight from the panoramic sunroof, a group of young people chatting and laughing came out one after another from the international arrivals gate.
"Oh, I slept all the way, it's really comfortable!"
"You're comfortable. The snoring is so loud that we can't sleep."
"Ah? Am I snoring? Hey, I'm sorry, everyone. It's a shame that I slept in business class for the first time."
"It was also my first time to fly in business class. Compared to the economy class, it was indeed more spacious and more comfortable. If I changed to the economy class that the school funded to participate in competitions, and curled up in such a narrow seat for seven or eight hours, everyone would come down. It should be stiff."
"Thanks to our team leader for the upgrade award... Hey? Speaking of Brother Zhan, where did the others go?"
The group found the first one, and everyone stopped after realizing it, looking around with blank expressions.
"Yes, what about Brother Zhan?"
"Fuck, the team leader got lost?"
"Didn't we get off the plane first, and we didn't get off with the other passengers, so how could we get lost?"
"The covered bridge was still there just after leaving the plane, why did it suddenly disappear?"
"… "
"Hey, Xueyu, aren't you walking behind with Brother Zhan? Where did you see him?"
With the last words of this person, the eyes of the group of int participating in the Songke Cup competition fell to the back.
Meng Xueyu was not prepared to suddenly become the center of attention, and his expression was a little cramped.
He bent his index finger and pushed his glasses, and pointed behind him in a low voice: "Just now he stopped to answer the phone and told us not to wait for him."
Several people were stunned.
When the reaction came, someone laughed: "Let's not wait, you just follow us without saying a word, the white-eyed wolf is not so lawful, right?"
Meng Xueyu opened his mouth, trying to justify something, but in the end he pressed it back.
"Okay, okay, Xueyu didn't do it on purpose. Don't blame him."
"Hey look behind you, isn't that Zhan here?"
"Brother Zhan, here!"
"… "
Luo Zhan, who was holding the phone, stopped and looked up at the source of the sound. Seeing the group of people waiting to exit and looking at him eagerly, Luo Zhan had no choice but to raise his hand to signal.
Then he frowned, and while dragging the plane forward, he whispered, "Why did Ranran come with me? Didn't I tell you to keep the news of my return to China?"
Opposite the phone, Tan Yunchang's tone was aggrieved.
"Can you blame me? As soon as you won the first prize in the Songke Cup, the technology editions of various electronic publications were published. Sister Tang Ran is watching your movements every day, and even my male god has hands and eyes. Let her ask what the background is - how can I hide it?"
"Can't hide it, you just hired our flight time?" Luo Zhan asked in a cold voice.
Tan Yunchang was speechless for a few seconds, and he wanted to prevaricate: "Ancestor, I think so, you can see you sooner or later, right? Besides, you have been delayed for half a month in the middle of the race this time, and now Sister Tang's eyes The stitches are all removed. Even if you recognize it, if you are a little emotional, it should be fine, it’s fine? It’s not going to be able to, um, it will affect the recovery of the eyes… right?”
Tan Yunchang himself became more and more guilty, and Luo Zhan fell into silent unease.
He couldn't predict Tang Ran's reaction when he discovered the truth, and he was even more worried that a certain reaction there would lead to a bad outcome.
Luo Zhan faced something for the first time and found that he was so worried that he chose to escape.
Luo Zhan ruffled his hair irritably: "There are a lot of people in the terminal building. I'll go out with them later. I'll find a chance to leave first. If Ranran asks, you can find a reason to hide it."
Tan Yunchang: "Ah? Then what reason am I looking for?"
Luo Zhan lowered his eyelids expressionlessly: "I just said I broke my leg and sent it home."
Tan Yunchang: "... Ancestor, we don't need to curse ourselves so hard, right? And if this is the reason, sister Tang Ran must be even more anxious to see you."
Luo Zhan: "Then think about it."
"Huh? How did I—"
Before Tan Yunchang could finish speaking, Luo Zhan hung up the phone in a distraught state.
At this time, he had also walked to the group of the Songke Cup project team in the int laboratory. Luo Zhan did not stop, dragging his suitcase with his eyes down and expressionless.
"Let's go."
"Brother Zhan, whose phone number is it?" He came up to him with a smile, "Could it be his girlfriend Cha Gang?"
Luo Zhan was too lazy to explain: "Tan Yunchang."
"Oh, Senior Tan, they are already outside the airport, right? However, this is to avoid the calls we answer. I thought we would have a sister-in-law in our laboratory."
Luo Zhan's eyes paused, but he didn't speak.
On the other side of him, someone jokingly took over the conversation: "Brother Zhan, how can you have a girlfriend with this temperament? There was a joke in the school two years ago, saying that in the field that Luo Xiaocao is best at, AI can only rank first. Two items, the first item has to be a hot hand to destroy flowers - in terms of the degree of indifference, it has to be unprecedented on the school draft list."
"I know this, and I have seen it with my own eyes! Last time we went out from the laboratory building, a very beautiful and bold girl was stopped at the front door of the laboratory building to confess to Brother Zhan - they were still expressing their love with true feelings, Brother Zhan he actually hit Yawning and going around the side door!"
"Yes." The person who spoke first smiled meanly, "Even if you have a girlfriend, if you don't see him for three days, you will definitely forget what you look like and what you call him—this is a natural fit for a career in science. , don't count on us mortals who can't get rid of their emotions and desires."
"Hahaha, then according to what you said, the reason for our dishes is that the six roots are not clean?"
"you do not say."
"… "
Luo Zhan has been a popular figure with his own topicality since he entered the K University Junior Class at the age of 14. In addition, he doesn't care about anything and doesn't bother to care about anyone, so he jokes about him in the laboratory on weekdays.
Luo Zhan has long been accustomed to this.
At this time, he was thinking about how to get out later, and how to prepare for the official "meeting" between him and Tang Ran after he left, let alone where those people talked.
When it was about to arrive at the airport pick-up exit, there were more and more people. Luo Zhan took the baseball cap from the outer bag of the suitcase, buckled it on his head, lowered the brim, and automatically dropped to the second half.
The group of int walked out of the drawn fence and saw Tan Yunchang who came to pick up the plane within a few steps.
"Senior Tan? It's really you who came to pick up the plane. Brother Zhan just said..." Just as the leader was about to look back for Luo Zhan, he was hugged by a bear from Tan Yunchang who suddenly stepped forward.
Tan Yunchang slapped the man on the back vigorously, with an exaggerated look that was about to fill his eyes with tears: "The hero returns to China, warm welcome! Comrades have worked hard!"
The man was so stunned that he forgot what he was going to say for a while.
The other people next to him were not photographed foolishly, but at this moment there was one of them, staring strangely at the girl standing a meter or two behind Tan Yunchang.
In the hot summer, even if the central air conditioner in the terminal building is blowing cold air, the bright and dazzling sunshine outside the large skylight can still make people feel the oncoming heat.
But the girl in the light apricot-colored mid-length dress stood in the sunlight, her bare neck and arms showed a kind of snow-like white, as if it was rare to see light, and it was beautifully white.
Long black hair, warm eyes.
Her eyes are not as lively and lively as girls of the same age, and they seem to be a little dark, but they have an inexplicable static and sick beauty.
A few boys who had just been scorched by the warm sunlight in the country were at the age of vigorous blood, and they were hit by such a "crit" as soon as they came out, and the quickest response stayed for several seconds before recovering—
"Senior Tan, you, you, are you a beauty? Is there such a benefit when you return to China with the first prize? Believe it or not if I knew I would bring you a room full of trophies and medals!"
"Fuck you," Tan Yunchang scolded with a laugh, "It's a matter of life or death, don't you dare to worry about anyone?"
"Ah?" After returning to God, someone suddenly wailed, "Is the famous flower already owned?"
"What kind of cow dung is this? Take the initiative to stand up, and we can spare him—"
"Luo Luo!"
Having been quietly suppressing her impatient mood, the girl suddenly turned in a certain direction and shouted.
int Everyone was stunned.
"Is there anyone in our lab with this name?"
"Luoluo? But that sounds like a girl's name?"
"But it did come with Senior Tan. It should be our experiment... Wait, what is Brother Zhan's last name?"
"… "
In the excited state of seeing the little beauty, several people immediately locked the suspect with the word "luo" in the only name, and then they all stood on the spot.
Some of them did not give up, and followed the line of sight of the girl standing there and looked behind—
Wearing a black tracksuit and a low-top black baseball cap, the slender young man was carrying his suitcase with his back to them, as if he was about to leave in another direction.
At this moment, the man stopped for some reason, the arm that rolled up the sleeve of the sportswear was half exposed, the slender and white phalanges were tightened, and they were clenched on the trolley of the suitcase.
Grip tightly.
Several people from int gathered their heads.
"It's over, it's over, there's no drama, I really asked Brother Zhan to confess."
"I've chased them to the airport, it's amazing... But this is too bold, isn't it? That name, I remember when the old seniors were still in the laboratory and said that they used this name when they opened an AI voice assistant, The name was almost silenced - did this little girl know about it from Senior Tan, and she dared to call it directly."
"But you see that Brother Zhan has stopped. Maybe this is a good way to attract attention?"
"The possible consequences of this method are too terrifying, right?"
Just as they were sweating for this delicate looking little girl, they heard the little girl speak again.
"Luo Luo..."
Unlike the previous time, her voice fell, as if she tried to hide her grievance but couldn't hide it.
"Do not you want to see me?"