"and after?"
Another weekend, Xie Zhuo and Sun Zinan sat outside the small bar, with a cup of wolfberry tea in front of each, chatting lazily in the spring breeze.
"There is no later, what do you want." Sun Zinan said, "Tang Kai's seriousness, once his essence is exposed, how can he still have the face to take the initiative to recruit me."
Xie Zhuo looked at him suspiciously: "Really? Why do I think your face is full of spring breeze, it seems that you like this kind of seriousness."
Sun Zinan flatly denied: "I'm not, I don't."
Xie Zhuo, as a long-lost friend, knows Sun Zinan's temperament very well. This person has been mature and prudent since he was a child, and when he grows up, he is more disciplined, and he hardly does anything out of the ordinary. He seems to be very tolerant of "deviants", but prefers mature and rational people who can maintain the freedom and purity in their bones.
Listening to what Sun Zinan said inside and outside the words, he didn't tease Tang Kai less that day. If he didn't think he was cute, how could he have such a close behavior? It's just that he doesn't realize it himself.
"Do you still have contact after that?" Xie Zhuo drank half a cup of wolfberry water in one gulp, "Didn't you add WeChat?"
WeChat has been added, but Sun Zinan doesn't like to post on Moments. Tang Kai's Moments are full of academic articles and conference notices, and Sun Zinan doesn't have the patience to read them one by one.
Xie Zhuo really convinced him: "If you don't have a circle of friends, don't you usually chat?"
Sun Zinan opened the chat interface and showed him the latest record. The latest record was at 1:30 last night. What Tang Kai sent to Sun Zinan was "Four bombs at the start, how do you lose [web link]", and Sun Zinan replied, "I'm sorry, the cards are good. You can do whatever you want [web link]".
Xie Zhuo: "…"
Bloody battle till dawn, this is probably the friendship of men.
"It's not good, it's really bad." Xie Zhuo shook his head again and again and sighed, "What kind of pot goes with what cover. I think he is destined for you, don't struggle."
Sun Zinan didn't know what he was thinking, and he was dazed for a moment before he said, "Let's take one step at a time."
Xie Zhuo obviously felt that his mood was suddenly low, a little inexplicable, but after years of understanding, he did not show it, but rolled his eyes and said, "Anyway, they are acquaintances, I will save a game another day and create a game for you two. The opportunity to get along for a long time is just for me to check for you, and you will know when it is suitable or not."
Sun Zinan raised his brows, and before he had time to speak, Xie Zhuo rushed in front of him and said: "I know your rules, so I won't try to test him. Besides, that's my old uncle, can I still cheat on him? It's just a gathering of friends, don't worry, you just need to show up on time. That's it!"
"Okay," Sun Zinan waved his hand. He didn't return his arrangement to redo, but said, "Tang Kai is not in the same circle with us. Don't bring messy people."
"What are you talking about, auntie," Xie Zhuo said in a whimper, "Am I that kind of person?"
Sun Zinan was disgusted by his eldest niece and ran away.
On the way back, he sent Tang Kai a WeChat message: "Professor Tang, are you free tomorrow?"
Tang Kai replied quickly: "I'm free."
Ask what to answer, but don't ask what he wants to do. Sun Zinan thought it was very interesting. He deleted half of the words he had entered, and changed them to "I want to invite you to dinner, would you like to enjoy the honor? It won't take you too long."
Tang Kai, who was reading the papers in the study, unconsciously squeezed his phone, frowned and pursed his lips. After hesitating for a moment, he simply replied, "Yes."
Sun Zinan showed "inputting", and replied after a while: "Okay, I'll send you the time and location later. But it's a little far from your home, so I'll drop by to pick you up?"
Tang Kai couldn't help but think of that night, under the warm light, the man said in a gentle and playful tone, "It's not a good habit to be picky eaters, but duplicity is cute."
Through the words on the screen, he could make up the tone of Sun Zinan's speech, which was meticulous, considerate and polite. It's hard to imagine that he would be the kind of sand sculpture man who smashes rotten tomatoes with people in the game, and has to compete with him every night.
It is even more difficult to imagine that he would also be willing to get along with himself further.
Tang Kai's parents have implemented a stocking policy on him since he was a child, and they will give advice when he encounters major turning points in his life, but they have never forced him. This blind date was also because Tang Zhenhua saw that he was nearly 30 years old but was still alone, so he provided him with such an opportunity. As for whether it could be done in the end, whether Tang Kai chose to marry and have a family or be a single dog for a lifetime, his parents respected his opinion.
Tang Kai actually knew in his heart that the relaxed family atmosphere and the long-term life in the ivory tower kept him away from most of the trials and setbacks in the world, and he had never been tempered by the melting pot of society. This tranquility was good for scientific research, but not so much for his private life. His interpersonal relationship is simple and simple, and his friends are all colleagues in the industry. Although he usually has to take into account teaching and maintain a distance from students, as for other communication, it is almost impossible.
It is not that no one has tried to climb this high mountain flower before, but all ended in failure. It is better to fall in love with Paramecium than to fall in love with him. Professor Tang does not know how to cook, and relies on the school cafeteria for three meals a day; housework is taken care of by the housekeeper - he rarely stays at home, sometimes he just spends the night in the laboratory. What's the use of this kind of man who is only a life, he is grown into an immortal? Can the face be eaten
To put it further, if the experimental instrument and the lover fell into the water at the same time, he might not be able to save anyone first.
Sun Zinan would want to continue to meet him for dinner, which made Tang Kai feel a little weird.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the type that Sun Zinan would like. But thinking about it again, he wasn't quite sure, because he didn't even know what kind of person Sun Zinan was.
He replied "yes" in the dialog box.
The atmosphere of the second meeting was obviously better. Spring was in a warm and bright time. One of the two wore a white shirt and the other wore a light blue, which seemed to be inexplicably matched. Wearing sunglasses, Sun Zinan drove Tang Kai to eat a private kitchen hidden in a courtyard.
This restaurant is an ancestral official cuisine. It only accepts guests by appointment, and only opens three tables a day. The privacy is better than the restaurant box. Outside is the old veranda railing, there is a large Xifu Begonia in the flowerbed, the flowers fall like rouge rain, butterflies stop at the window from time to time, birds chirp, the scenery is intoxicating.
Sun Zinan didn't eat much, and while drinking tea to digest his food, he chatted with Tang Kai slowly and leisurely.
"How's it going, is the meal okay this time?"
Although Tang Kai eats the cafeteria every day, his sense of taste is not dead. This table of expensive and exquisite food certainly pleased his appetite, but for some reason, everything around him, including Sun Zinan's arrangements, always gave him a "fancy" feeling. He thought he had enough to live, but he didn't expect Sun Zinan to be more exaggerated than him.
Yupan delicacies are of course good, but he prefers to have a home-cooked meal with Sun Zinan.
"Very good." Tang Kai said, "It cost a fortune."
Sun Zinan smiled and shook his head, indicating that it was okay, and raised the teapot to refill him with a cup of tea.
Tang Kai thanked him, took it over without drinking, and asked directly, "Mr. Sun, you invited me out on purpose, do you have anything to say?"
Although he does not understand the world, he is born with a very sensitive intuition. Sun Zinan gave him a deep look, and a thought suddenly appeared in his heart—
The mallet-like appearance this guy had when he first met was a fake.
"Well," he said frankly, "I want to confirm with you. Professor Tang, do you think we are suitable for getting along as marriage partners?"
Tang Kai was wrong and blurted out, "You're not satisfied with me?"
Sun Zinan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and smiled: "That's not what I meant, I just wanted to ask if you are still satisfied with me, and would you like to get a license to marry me."
Tang Kai was confused, and almost thought he heard it wrong, or that Sun Zinan was joking.
As far as his common sense is concerned, marriage should not be such a hasty child's play.
If Professor Tang has seen the kindle of the doctoral students he brought, and clicked on one of the categories called "first marriage, then love", you will find many love stories based on legal or illegal contracts, and the classic dialogue there is his The next scene to face.
He asked inexplicably, "Are you in a hurry to get married?"
"Getting the wedding certificate is just a ceremony, it's not urgent," Sun Zinan said, "but I want to confirm the relationship as soon as possible."
Tang Kai: "Why?"
Sun Zinan glanced at him, there was a bit of surprise in his eyes, and before Tang Kai understood, he heard him say: "Professor Tang, although I don't know why you came to have a blind date, but our ultimate goal is the same. , they should all go to get married and start a family, right?"
Tang Kai nodded.
"That's right," Sun Zinan leaned back on the back of the chair and said indifferently, "My father asked me to marry you this year, otherwise he won't give me a penny of inheritance."
Tang Kai: "..."
"So, if you think I'm a suitable marriage partner and don't plan to change midfielders, I hope to upgrade each other's status." He thought about it and said, "At least at the level of a prospective fiancé."
Tang Kai asked in disbelief: "You... get married to divide the inheritance?"
Sun Zinan replied frankly, "What about it?"
He didn't miss Tang Kai's expression as if he had taken the wrong mouse medicine, and said a little funny: "You think, my little broken company sells health care products, if it wasn't for the backing of the mountain, how could we come here today? What about local consumption? I can only take you to eat a bowl of Mala Tang for 20 yuan."
Tang Kai was silent for a long time, until Sun Zinan thought he was tempted by this proposal, but he heard Tang Kai suddenly say, "It doesn't matter."
Sun Zinan: "Huh?"
"It doesn't matter who I like, even if I eat instant noodles with him," Tang Kai said solemnly, "but I don't accept marriage as a tool to achieve goals, because human feelings can never be clearly marked."
Well, I also talked to him about "human beings".
Sun Zinan's face slowly sank, and he said, "Professor Tang, I appreciate your romantic idealism, but I am a realistic person."
Sure enough.
The gentleness and thoughtfulness that had been before were like dew evaporated by the rising sun, but suddenly dissipated with the wind, as if it was a sweet dream that woke up too quickly.
Since when has the world been confronting reality, accepting reality, and becoming a part of reality. Only he stays where he is, ignorant, and will not compromise.
Almost thirty years old and still innocent man, no wonder he can't find a partner.
"So the throne you want to inherit and the wealth of the Wanguan family have nothing to do with me." Tang Kai stood up, endured his disappointment, and said coldly, "Mr. Sun, unfortunately, I'm not the person you're looking for."