Lin Zhixia frowned: "No, clothes can't be thrown around, they have to be hung up on hangers."
Jiang Yubai picked up Lin Zhixia's down jacket and casually opened a closet door. He walked into the closet.
Lin Zhixia followed curiously and saw the legendary "cloakroom" - that cloakroom was even bigger than her dormitory.
Directly in front of her was a French window, with dark grey satin curtains gathered on both sides of the window. On the walls on both sides were built pure wooden closets, which contained all kinds of clothes, shoes, and hats, and were covered with a layer of thick, solid glass.
There was a round sofa in the middle of the room. Lin Zhixia sat on it and found a remote control. She asked politely, "Jiang Yubai, can I play with your remote control?"
Jiang Yubai responded: "Of course, you can play it however you want."
He took out a hanger, hung the down jacket on it, buttoned it up, and then put the down jacket into the closet.
Lin Zhixia's clothes were temporarily stored in his closet. Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai was distracted for a moment. He was ready to say something to Lin Zhixia, but he couldn't make his thoughts too clear. He always expressed his feelings in an obscure way. This process itself was long and painful, but he was happy to do it and didn't ask for anything in return.
The floating clouds outside the window dissipated and the sky gradually brightened.
The cool breeze lifted the gray curtains, and oval spots of light rolled on the floor. Lin Zhixia chased the spots of light with great interest. She also pressed the remote control in her hand, and a display table in the glass cover began to rotate slowly, displaying rows and rows of sunglasses and watches. She exclaimed in amazement: "How magical." She also said: "Jiang Yubai, I have never seen you wearing sunglasses, I want to see."
Jiang Yubai stood beside her: "Help me choose one."
Lin Zhixia picked up a pair of sunglasses.
Jiang Yubai was 1.86 meters tall, 20 centimeters taller than Lin Zhixia. But he bent down in front of her. She carefully put the legs of her sunglasses on his ears, and her soft fingertips gently touched the tips of his ears. The lenses blocked his unobstructed gaze, but her hands felt itchy and numb, as if they were petrified and quietly suspended in the air.
At this time, he actually smiled at her.
His smile was silent, like the gentle spring rain that moistens everything silently. Her heart was watered with fertile soil, and the vague ambiguity grew wildly in the air.
Jiang Yubai obviously realized that the atmosphere was wrong.
In the enclosed space, he even wanted to raise his hands and put his arms around her waist - he had such close contact with her at the high school graduation dance, and his palms and brain were deeply impressed. However, she trusted him 100% and relied on him, so he shouldn't get too close to her under the guise of friendship.
The more he likes it, the more restrained he becomes; the more obsessed he becomes, the more rational he becomes. This contradictory path is a dead end that he has brought upon himself.
He looked at her silently and intently.
Lin Zhixia's situation was no more optimistic than his. She was at a loss for words, which was rare, and suddenly remembered her business: "Where are your undergraduate photos? I came here to see them."
She took two steps back and ran out of the cloakroom.
In the southeast corner of the bedroom, there was a desk with a desktop computer and a laptop on it. Jiang Yubai opened the laptop and entered the password, while Lin Zhixia was wandering behind him.
She saw a beautifully bound file box on the bookshelf, with a strawberry as red as a flame on the cover. She grabbed the file box and found that it contained several printed manuscripts - the manuscripts she had published online.
She belatedly raised her head and looked at the furnishings in the bedroom again.
There are only two paintings in this house, one is a summer forest, and the other is a vast starry sky. She doesn't know whether this is a coincidence or a deliberate design by Jiang Yubai.
She really wanted to ask him directly: Do you like me
Jiang Yubai suddenly called her name: "Lin Zhixia, come here."
Lin Zhixia noticed that Jiang Yubai no longer called her "Xia Xia", nor did he say "Lin Lin Lin Lin Zhixia", let alone "Captain Lin Zhixia", and he hadn't called himself her "best friend" for more than half a year.
She was troubled by her own speculations and hesitations, and said angrily, "I won't go."
Jiang Yubai asked very patiently: "Don't you want to see the photos?"
Lin Zhixia hesitated for a few seconds, but finally ran towards him. She stood beside him, pressing the keyboard with her right index finger, flipping through the photos one by one. She soon became happy and exclaimed, "This photo is really beautiful, the composition is very artistic."
Jiang Yubai seemed to have prepared photos specially for her. He took photos on the way to class, and also took photos when he was sitting at his desk doing homework... After watching for a few minutes, Lin Zhixia could imagine his daily life.
She said: "Even if you are far away from me, I am not separated from you."
He asked back: "Do you still remember the binary star?"
"Of course," Lin Zhixia repeated what she said back then, "different tracks, same center."
After the words were spoken, the room became even quieter.
Lin Zhixia added: "I feel like I am growing up with you, and no one understands me better than you."
Jiang Yubai guided her in a roundabout way: "As you experience more, you will change, but our path cannot change..."
“I understand,” Lin Zhixia nodded, “I will often share my life experiences with you, and share with me too.”
Whenever Lin Zhixia finished writing a diary or an essay, she would give the notebook to Jiang Yubai. She knew he would keep it safe, but she didn't know he would read it over and over again. The communication between them gradually led to the resonance of their souls, like an eternal and stable binary star system. From the moment they met, she no longer felt lonely.
Jiang Yubai was also in a good mood. His tone became lighter, as if he was imitating her: "Okay, okay."
Lin Zhixia put her arm around his shoulders and asked, "Is it interesting to learn from me?"
He laughed: "If it's boring, I won't learn it."
Lin Zhixia walked around to his other side and changed the subject: "Next year we will be able to go to school together. You will study for your undergraduate degree and I will study for my doctorate. Please call me Dr. Lin."
Jiang Yubai accepted all her settings: "Dr. Lin."
Lin Zhixia said happily: "You and I are in the same college, and I can participate in college activities with you. I will also apply to be a teaching assistant, and it would be even better if I could teach you."
"Do you want to be my teacher so much?" Jiang Yubai asked her.
"Yes," Lin Zhixia admitted generously, "It's interesting to be your teacher. If it wasn't interesting, I wouldn't be one."
Jiang Yubai closed his laptop and said, "Sophomore courses are difficult. I'm waiting for you to teach me."
Lin Zhixia slammed the desk excitedly: "Wait for me for a year!" Then she added: "But I won't be an adult when I go abroad next year. According to the regulations, I need to find a local guardian."
Jiang Yubai immediately offered himself: "Can I help you find it? My father has a lot of friends."
"Okay, thank you." Lin Zhixia agreed.
They chatted for a while, then Jiang Yubai turned on the TV, connected to the Internet, and invited Lin Zhixia to play a level-breaking game with him.
Lin Zhixia had never played a large-scale game before. She had only played Spider Solitaire and 3D Pinball on the computer. Jiang Yubai made a sincere request, and there was no reason for Lin Zhixia to refuse. She held the game controller, stared at the huge screen, and exclaimed, "So many ferocious monsters!"
This is a game called "Monster Castle".
Jiang Yubai personally designed "Monster Castle".
There are only two characters in the game—the female player Xiaolin, and the male player Xiaojiang.
The plot of "Monster Castle" is full of ups and downs. One of the most important parts is that Xiaolin will be pushed off the cliff by the monster, and Xiaojiang will use a rope to tie Xiaolin, save the beauty, and fight with her.
Jiang Yubai designed this scene because he took into account the famous "suspension bridge effect" - the suspension bridge effect refers to the fact that when a person encounters danger, he or she will feel very nervous and easily develop feelings for another person who saves her.
Jiang Yubai's plan was very thorough. Lin Zhixia had never played a large-scale game, nor had she touched a game controller, so she would probably be nervous and uneasy, shrinking to his side and saying something like "The monster is so fierce, it scared me, Jiang Yubai, please save me."
However, the reality was contrary to his imagination.
Lin Zhixia looks innocent and pretty, but she is very fierce and ruthless. When she encounters a monster, she kills it immediately and reacts very quickly. The monsters on the screen are lying dead all over the ground, and she laughs: "It's so funny! The monsters are so stupid, I am laughing!"
Jiang Yubai's hands stiffened slightly for a moment.
He nonchalantly guided "Xiao Jiang" through a tropical rain forest. Suddenly, more than a hundred giant monsters jumped out from the dense trees. "Xiao Jiang" was a beat too slow and his gun was out of bullets. He had nowhere to escape and could only run forward.
In front of him was a steep cliff.
"Xiao Jiang" couldn't stop and fell off the cliff.
Jiang Yubai almost threw the handle away.
Lin Zhixia immediately comforted him: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, I'm here to save you, I won't let them bully you, I will definitely avenge you."
In a flash, she found a rope from her backpack, threw it out, and accurately hooked "Xiao Jiang", while her left hand was still operating a machine gun, turning around and shooting at a group of monsters that were rushing towards her. Her movements were simple and smooth, without any lag. She not only rescued "Xiao Jiang", but also stuffed a loaded gun into his hand.
Jiang Yubai's heart felt slightly hot.
The "suspension bridge effect" was fulfilled in Jiang Yubai's case.
Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai stayed in the bedroom for several hours. At noon, they had lunch together in the restaurant.
The table was filled with Western delicacies such as honey ham, oyster soup, and grilled steak, but Lin Zhixia still wanted to eat rice. The chef specially steamed Northeastern rice for her, and she mixed the rice with oyster soup, and paired it with steak, ham, and broccoli, eating it with relish.
"It's so delicious." Lin Zhixia praised it endlessly.
Jiang Yubai whispered, "You will study for a doctorate next year and you can come to my house for dinner."
"Is there white rice every day?" Lin Zhixia asked him.
Jiang Yubai promised her: "You can order dishes, shrimp dumplings, braised spareribs, spicy hot pot... As long as you can say the name, my chef will cook it."
Lin Zhixia pondered for a moment before asking, "Do you charge for food? How much does it cost?"
Food expenses
Which man would accept the food money for a girl when pursuing her
Jiang Yubai smiled mysteriously: "Employees working in the company will have a probation period. Come to my house for dinner more often. After the probation period, we can talk about money."
Jiang Yubai's words made sense, and Lin Zhixia agreed, "That's fine."
After finishing a bowl of rice, she was already full.
Jiang Yubai took her for a walk in the garden and gave her a water cup with strawberry patterns on it. He said it was a New Year's gift he prepared. The water cup was not a valuable item, so Lin Zhixia gladly accepted it and liked it very much. That afternoon, she returned to school contentedly, holding the water cup.
Jiang Yubai wrote briefly in his private diary: One cup, a lifetime.
After the Christmas holiday, Jiang Yubai went abroad again.
He has made many friends and his social circle is very wide. Because his father is his schoolmate, he also got to know several people of the previous generation through his father's relationship. His grandfather accumulated a lot of capital in Southeast Asia, and he paid special attention to building the relationship network in Southeast Asia. Of course, there are more things to do when he returns to China.
He does not plan to go to graduate school.
After graduating from college, he will return directly to his country.
Jiang Yubai's plan became clearer, and Lin Zhixia was also working on her graduation project in an orderly manner. After more than two years of hard work, she had almost completed all the credits. As long as she performed well in her graduation project, she would be able to graduate successfully.
Lin Zhixia has been in the quantum laboratory for more than two years, but her graduation project has nothing to do with quantum.
She was working on an artificial intelligence project that combined mathematics and computers, focusing on "deep learning video classification algorithms." She was lazy here. She had already written this part of the algorithm and used it for the "Linjiang" robot. She sorted out her previous work, wrote a paper, and improved the overall framework under the guidance of her teacher. She didn't expect that her changes would become more and more complicated. In the two months before graduation, she became very busy again. When she finally submitted her paper and defended it, it was June 2012.
Lin Zhixia's three roommates and senior students in the quantum laboratory are not yet mentally prepared to see her off.
Among them, Deng Shasha's reaction was the most intense.
Deng Shasha sat in the dormitory, stunned as if struck by lightning: "Xia Shen, if you leave, what should I do? Take me with you."
Yuan Wei suddenly said: "You should get admitted to Cambridge first."
Deng Shasha sniffed and said: "Cambridge is not the first choice of great scholars. Great scholars usually go to Harvard, Massachusetts and Stanford."
Lin Zhixia explained: "That advisor is quite suitable for me. I visited their laboratory during the summer vacation of my freshman year."
Deng Shasha lay flat on the bed: "Xia Shen, I will miss you. Before the final exam, I will miss you until I cry."