Lin Zhaoxi thought it was funny, student Pei Zhi didn't seem to be resolute and sober about all the problems.
“Although Master Kong’s white pepper beef tastes great, I still recommend the classic braised beef noodles.”
She walked over, stood beside him, and said with a smile.
Pei Zhi nodded to her. They each picked up a box of braised beef noodles, tore open the package, filled hot water in the water room, and waited for the noodles to open.
In the deepest hour of the night, in the exceptionally warm boiling water room, the atmosphere is very comfortable.
The two of them stayed in the boiling water room for a while. Only then did Lin Zhaoxi realize that Pei Zhi hadn't left either, probably waiting for her.
The light from the chandelier in the water room shrouded him, Lin Zhaoxi raised his head and smiled. Because of being tired, many words were spoken without brain thinking: "Looking for a place to eat together?"
"Okay." Pei Zhi paused and said, "Then come with me?"
Lin Zhaoxi was a little surprised.
Holding the instant noodles, she followed Pei Zhi and walked along the corridor to the other side away from the computer room. A few steps up, there is a slightly higher platform. It was very dark around, so Pei Zhi sat down and put the instant noodle bowl aside.
Lin Zhaoxi sat beside him, half an arm's distance away from him, neither too close nor too far away.
At first, neither of them spoke.
In the distance is the campus shaded by street lights. The brighter places have exquisite landscapes. The street lights circle around the playground, like a pearl chain.
Compared with the entire campus, their surroundings seem to be covered by hazy night, like a drop of ink falling into clear water, isolating a vague but transparent world.
Lin Zhaoxi was wearing a blanket and holding hot instant noodles in her hand, feeling that the night breeze wasn't that cold.
"How did you find this place?" Lin Zhaoxi asked.
"I wanted to come here very early." Pei Zhi stayed up with them for two nights, looking a little lazy, and the end of his speech was a little low. "At that time, there was a school sports meeting. I came here. When I came out, I saw two A classmate in tracksuit secretly eats instant noodles here."
"Just hungry?"
"Yes, there was a relay competition on the playground at that time, and the atmosphere was in full swing. I thought the atmosphere was very good, but I didn't have a chance to try it." Pei Zhi said.
"This plot is very young." Lin Zhaoxi laughed.
She could almost imagine the scene at that time. The students who had just participated in the competition were burned with snot and tears, and the playground was full of loud noises. They hid upstairs, sweating profusely after eating, and had a great time.
"So now, what's it like to sit by yourself?" she asked.
"I'll talk about it after I taste it." Pei Zhi took the instant noodle bowl beside him, pulled out the fork and opened the seal, took a few mouthfuls slowly, and finally replied: "It's better to see others eat it better."
"It has nothing to do with taste, it's paying for feelings." Lin Zhaoxi also lifted the instant noodles to seal the cup, half-raised it, and said, "Cheers."
The night fell in the distance, and the stars scattered like broken diamonds.
Holding up the instant noodle bowl, Pei Zhi actually touched her lightly.
Satisfied, Lin Zhaoxi pulled out the fork, lifted the cover, took a big mouthful of noodles, and asked, "Are you talking about our junior sports meet?"
"Sophomore."
"Wow, that time I went to throw the shot put and got third place."
"Our school has sports students, and your ranking is very good."
"Yeah, I also think I'm lucky." Lin Zhaoxi took a sip of the noodles and asked, "Did you participate in nothing?"
"No."
She chuckled and said, "Are you afraid of being watched during the competition, are you ashamed to play?"
"It was a busy time."
Lin Zhaoxi thought about the time period for the sophomore athletic meet: "College student math competition?" She paused, "And the American competition seems to be around the same time?"
"yes."
"Didn't you sit here and eat noodles with your teammates during the US competition?"
Pei Zhi took two mouthfuls of noodles and made a slight chewing sound.
After Lin Zhaoxi finished speaking, she held the noodle bowl with one hand and her forehead with the other, preventing Pei Zhi from seeing her expression. It's over, it's over, after finally sitting with the male god, why did she start an awkward chat.
Note, note alone born.
Pei Zhi's voice interrupted her messy thoughts.
"My teammates pay more attention to health care, saying that they must eat and sleep well during the game."
Lin Zhaoxi was stunned for a moment, then she understood. 'My teammates pay attention to health care', which means that they all go back to eat and sleep well, and I am alone.
She laughed: "Then you still advise us to find like-minded friends?"
"So you know, it's really from experience."
Pei Zhi answered every question, and occasionally asked her some questions. They chatted casually, wherever they talked.
This feeling is so comfortable. In the dark night, there is a comfortable wind and a warm noodle bowl, and the aroma of instant noodles is in the breath.
They also chatted about high school and Anning City. Lin Zhaoxi was afraid of confusing the two memories, so she was a little cautious.
She could feel that Pei Zhi was trying to answer her words and keep chatting with her.
But the divide always exists.
Whether she is 12, 15, or even 22, Pei Zhi is the same person to her.
But she was completely different to Pei Zhi.
When the noodle bowl was empty, Lin Zhaoxi drank the last sip of noodle soup, knowing that the supper time was over.
Starlight is delicate and gentle.
She held the noodle bowl and stood up under the blanket. Pei Zhi finished his instant noodles long ago, and kept half a bowl of soup by his side, but he didn't intend to go with her.
Lin Zhaoxi turned her head to look at Pei Zhi.
He was still wearing a very simple white shirt and a thin gray coat. Under the moonlight, he was still sitting, his long legs resting lazily on the steps, very casually.
"You should go to sleep for a while." Pei Zhi said.
"I'm not sleepy." Standing there, Lin Zhaoxi suddenly didn't want to leave, so she wanted to say something to delay the time, "I once had a stage where studying was very hard, so I learned how to keep my brain functioning with the least amount of sleep."
"How to keep it?"
"There are no distracting thoughts in my heart, only study in my heart, and I don't think about anything other than study."
"What now?"
"I only have the game in my heart... except for the game... I don't think about anything."
The last few words were spoken very lightly.
Pei Zhi smiled lightly.
She waved at Pei Zhi and said, "Then I'll go to work first."
Pei Zhi nodded.
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Later, Lin Zhaoxi returned to the computer room and finished the can of Red Bull.
There is already hot soup in the stomach, so I don't feel uncomfortable, but full of energy.
When it was almost dawn, she finally finished all the procedures. A clear escape path is displayed first in the form of data.
Lao Wang woke up and began to take over her work, completing the data analysis of his field of expertise. Lin Zhaoxi and Ah Guang started to research traffic simulation software.
If this is just a random question, then the result is out, and they can stop.
But this is a competition, and it is easier to present the results intuitively in the form of pictures, so that the judges can grasp the key points. In this case, the role of traffic simulation software is very important.
It still takes half a day, as Zhou Aping, an ancient respected by Lao Wang, said. Lin Zhaoxi and A Guang started to study the traffic simulation software, and before the end of the morning, they made the results of the first question that they were very satisfied with.
At noon on the third day, a team had already submitted papers and left the computer room.
Xie Ran began to stay in the computer room, and there was a printer in the lounge next door. When the computer room was extremely quiet, he could hear the sound of the printer next door running from time to time.
Every time a group of submissions leaves, small sighs erupt in the computer room.
Compared with others, the progress of their group is still far behind, but they are not impatient.
Ah Guang took over from him to write the program for the next question, and Lin Zhaoxi started to drink her third can of Red Bull today. While she was still in good spirits, she began to formally revise the thesis.
For this kind of modeling competition that will submit tens of thousands of papers in total. It is impossible for the teachers in the first round of grading to read the paper from beginning to end, and the abstract is often a crucial part.
She began to revise the sentence word by word, choosing the wording, keeping the writing concise and smooth.
Next, she continued to improve the main body of the thesis according to the abstract style and wording. By 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Ah Guang had also completely completed the second question.
His one sentence was: "Do you want to go to sleep?"
When a person relies on one breath to hold on, all the drowsiness is pressured on the part below the eyes, and the body is too tired to move.
Lin Zhaoxi shook her head: "Once I lie down, I may never get up again."
"Oh, then you don't want to sleep, let's go to bed first." After Ah Guang finished speaking, he and Lao Wang pushed the keyboard away and fell down.
Lin Zhaoxi was a little bit dumbfounded.
One-third of the computers in the computer room have been darkened, and the night wind cannot blow away the smell of instant coffee and heavy cooling oil in the air.
Xie Ran didn't know where to get a recliner, and lay down under a blanket to take a nap.
Outside the computer room, Pei Zhi came in carrying a box of things.
His logistical work was indeed very meticulous, and he distributed the items in the boxes to each student who was still working in turn.
When it was sent to Lin Zhaoxi, she realized that it was actually a double sandwich sandwich. It's a little warm, it should have been ordered at a convenience store long ago, and it was brought just after it was warmed up.
Lin Zhaoxi was distracted for a while, thinking about what Pei Zhi said last night. Sure enough, after staying up all night alone, I know what the children who stay up late at night need.
This night, she has no chance to have supper with Pei Zhi again.
At three o'clock in the morning, she finally finished the final promotion and evaluation part of the paper, which meant that the whole paper was finally completed.
But after finishing, after polishing, it's still polishing.
The next job is extremely boring and requires a lot of patience.
She woke up Lao Wang and Ah Guang and asked them to check the model formula and data. She continued to read their own papers from beginning to end, comparing the first-prize papers on the official website to see if there were any redundant or unclear descriptions.
Anyway, at the end, Xie Ran didn't sleep anymore, and Pei Zhi was still in the classroom. He walked around occasionally or had a brief conversation with someone, his voice was quiet and peaceful.
Four o'clock in the morning is the time when people are most sleepy and mentally weak.
Finally, some students cried at this time, probably because they realized that it was too late to finish the whole thesis, and lost their temper with the team members anxiously.
Pei Zhi took the initiative to go over and call out that classmate. They stayed out for a while. When the classmate came back, he smelled of instant noodles.
But the classmate who had just cried sat down. Lin Zhaoxi heard dull, hesitant, choking, but clear and pleasant keyboard tapping sounds.
This kind of feeling is actually very good. You know that there are people around you who are working hard with you, and some people don't say anything, but silently accompany you.
After another period of time, at this point in time, another third of the teams completed their papers and submitted them to leave. In fact, she just glanced at the estimate, and the actual number of people who left may even be more than he estimated, but she still focused on the short 18-page paper in front of her.
After 6 o'clock in the morning, the sky is already very bright, and you can't judge the time from the sky.
Ah Guang reviewed the revised paper again.
Lao Wang said: "Your disciple, you will almost see through the screen."
The meaning of this sentence is probably: it is almost ready and can be submitted.
At this time, Xie Ran also came to them.
Lin Zhaoxi held the mouse, corrected a typo she had just discovered, and said to Xie Ran, "Give me another hour."
7:35, this is the time they are expected to submit their papers on the project schedule, not one point more, not one point less.
After printing out the thesis, Xie Ran picked up the pen, and finally signed his name in the instructor's column.
Lin Zhaoxi raised her head and yawned heavily.
"Do you know that the national first prize will be defended?" Xie Ran said speechlessly.
The sunlight outside the window was so bright that Xie Ran and Pei Zhi were blurred in her vision.
Lin Zhaoxi nodded heavily, and asked dumbfoundedly, "Then what's wrong?"
"So you'd better go to bed now, and don't hang up in the defense."
Although the angle is weird, it is definitely appreciated.
Lin Zhaoxi took out her blanket from her school bag, and said to Lao Guang and Lao Wang, "The rest of the papers and md5 code submissions are up to you. I can finally sleep on the sofa downstairs..."
She lazily walked out of the classroom, only to hear Lao Wang shouting behind him: "Remember to cover your face!"
She smiled towards the sun.