At 7am on July 30, 2013, Lin Zhixia posted a message on WeChat Moments: “I’m moving today!”
In less than an hour, more than forty people liked her post, and many classmates left comments.
Duan Qiyan asked doubtfully, "Were you kicked out of the dormitory by the administrator?"
Tang Tingting directly tagged him and insulted him, "Shut your mouth. If you can't speak, don't speak."
Duan Qiyan was obviously not convinced. He and Tang Tingting started arguing in the comments section of this post. Shen Fuxuan left a message: "Lin Zhixia, block them both."
Lin Zhixia replied: “Hahahahahahahahaha.”
After a while, Lin Zeqiu sent a WeChat message to Lin Zhixia: "Why are you moving suddenly?"
Lin Zhixia then realized that she had not blocked Lin Zeqiu in her WeChat Moments!
Although Lin Zeqiu has become more virtuous and gentle recently, Lin Zhixia still remembers how scary he was when he got angry, and also remembers how nagging and chattering he was.
Lin Zhixia was flustered for just a few seconds before regaining her composure. She cleverly and indirectly explained, "British university dormitories are changed every year."
Lin Zeqiu was half-believing and half-doubting: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Perhaps it was telepathy between siblings, Lin Zeqiu intuitively felt that he had caught something. He criticized his sister harshly: "Lin Zhixia, I warn you, if I find out that you lied to your family..."
Lin Zhixia replied with an emoji of a kitten clapping its paws, and added: “Check it online to see if what I said is true.”
Lin Zeqiu hesitated for a moment and sent her a picture of a dog with squinting eyes - Lin Zeqiu has a whole set of dog emoticons. Lin Zhixia immediately fought with him, and after a few rounds, Lin Zeqiu forgot his original intention and gradually believed Lin Zhixia's words.
Lin Zhixia's WeChat notifications kept ringing, with many messages from her middle school and undergraduate classmates. However, the one that surprised her the most was a text from Wen Qi: "Are you okay?"
Wen Qi actually took the initiative to talk to her.
It's incredible!
Lin Zhixia replied immediately: "I'm fine, I found a new place to live. How about you, have you been assigned a school dormitory?"
Wen Qi said, "Yes."
Afterwards, Wen Qi seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and never typed another word.
During his one-year doctoral study, Wen Qi published three papers, two of which were completed in collaboration with Lin Zhixia. His collaboration with Lin Zhixia went very smoothly, and they worked well together, and neither of them liked to take credit. Wen Qi believed that it was hard to find a classmate like Lin Zhixia. His condolences to Lin Zhixia were the limit of his social wisdom.
After a while, Wen Qi received another WeChat message from Lin Zhixia: "You can try to communicate more with your classmates. Everyone wants to talk to you."
Wen Qi was so scared that he threw his phone away.
Just then, Lin Zhixia's cell phone rang, and a line of words "Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Yu Bai" appeared on the screen.
Jiang Yubai had already walked to the downstairs of Lin Zhixia's dormitory. He intended to show off in front of Lin Zhixia. He did not contact the employees of the moving company. He helped her carry the luggage alone. He also deliberately wore a short-sleeved shirt to facilitate himself in doing heavy work.
Lin Zhixia was quite frugal. All her belongings added up to just two suitcases and a large cloth bag - she used a bed sheet to wrap up all the odds and ends.
So Jiang Yubai lifted a heavy suitcase in each hand and a huge cloth bag on his shoulder, just like a migrant worker returning home to visit his family. Lin Zhixia wanted to help him carry the luggage, but he refused. He said, "These things are not heavy."
Lin Zhixia said suspiciously: "Your arm muscles are tense."
Jiang Yubai said casually: "If you touch my arm, my muscles will also tense up."
Lin Zhixia thought: She will give it a try when they get home.
That morning, Lin Zhixia officially moved into Jiang Yubai's home.
Lin Zhixia's new bedroom is very large, with all kinds of furnishings available, and it is connected to a study. The entire bedroom environment is very clean and comfortable, the bedding is of very high quality, and the velvet quilt is fluffy and soft. Lin Zhixia sat on the bed for a minute and wanted to fall down for a nap.
Jiang Yubai put her luggage in the middle of the room: "My bedroom is opposite you, come to me if you have any problems."
"Are you at home every day?" Lin Zhixia looked up at him.
He smiled: "If I'm not at home, where else can I go?"
Lin Zhixia asked again: "Can I come to you no matter what happens to me?"
Jiang Yubai asked back: "Are you playing the landlord-tenant role-playing game with me?"
Lin Zhixia's cheeks were slightly hot. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but she finally admitted: "Yes, I want to play with you for a while. Because I'm in a good mood... How about you, are you happy today?"
Jiang Yubai closed her bedroom door and locked it.
Lin Zhixia heard the noise and looked at him warily. He unbuttoned the first button of his collar and sat next to Lin Zhixia. Lin Zhixia stepped back about half a meter and asked again, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Yubai said in a businesslike manner: "Let's go over the rental contract again later. Once we've confirmed it, you can sign it."
Lin Zhixia quietly held his fingers, and he did not show any aggression. Lin Zhixia gently scratched the back of his hand, drew several circles, and then said: "Okay, okay, I'll go take a shower and pack my things first, and we'll have lunch together at noon. We can discuss the details of the contract at the table."
Jiang Yubai still abided by the serious character of the "landlord" and asked her politely: "Can we have dinner together every day?"
Lin Zhixia agreed without hesitation.
Jiang Yubai took her left hand and kissed the back of her hand. This seemed to be a customary practice between them. Whenever Jiang Yubai did this, Lin Zhixia's heartbeat would speed up. She deliberately averted her eyes, but couldn't help but clench his fingertips.
Lin Zhixia spent the whole morning tidying up her room. She folded her clothes and opened the curtains. The flowers and trees outside the window were lush and green, and the sunlight under the blue sky seemed to shine into her heart.
The lunch that day was also very sumptuous and Lin Zhixia enjoyed it very much.
After dinner, Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai took a walk in the garden. They walked on a small path shaded by trees, and a cool summer breeze blew in their faces. Lin Zhixia suddenly stepped in front of Jiang Yubai and gently touched his arm. He didn't react, so she asked directly: "Didn't you say this morning that if I touched you, your muscles would tense up?"
Jiang Yubai sat on a bench by the roadside. Dense vegetation surrounded the seat, the fragrance of the lamp tree wafted in the wind, and the green leaves were rustling.
There were shadows everywhere and the sunlight was dim. Lin Zhixia sat next to Jiang Yubai. She got closer to him and smelled his fragrance, which was very light and seductive. She asked him, "Why do you smell so good?"
Jiang Yubai looked around and confirmed that this place was hidden enough. He put his arm around Lin Zhixia's waist and guided her to sit on his lap. He held her quietly, took a deep breath in her ear, and then said, "You smell good too."
When Jiang Yubai was talking, Lin Zhixia felt itchy and numb at the tips of her ears. She turned around, took Jiang Yubai's left hand, played with his slender fingers, and confided in him: "I suddenly felt like we were back to the days when we were deskmates when we were kids. Every day, we could tell each other the first thing that happened..."
Jiang Yubai lowered his head and kissed her cheek gently: "Is there anything you want to tell me today?"
Lin Zhixia said: "Yes, yes!"
As the shadows of the trees swayed, Lin Zhixia said frankly: "The current quantum community is still underdeveloped. I want to develop a new programming language based on quantum computing and provide it to researchers around the world. I had this idea when I was an undergraduate. Python, R, and C++, which you usually use, are all common programming languages..."
It turns out that Lin Zhixia wanted to talk to Jiang Yubai about this.
Jiang Yubai was a little distracted.
After Lin Zhixia finished his long speech, he still asked him: "Do you think it is feasible?"
Jiang Yubai hugged her waist tightly with one hand and analyzed: "After you return to China, you have to apply for the 'Young Thousand Talents' program. Compared with open source code projects, papers and academic achievements are more important..."
The so-called “Youth Thousands” refers to the “Thousand Youth Talents Plan”.
Young scientific researchers selected as "Young Thousand Talents" can get more resources and attention.
Lin Zhixia thought thoughtfully: "If I write a quantum programming language, I can also publish a paper. The number of citations of this paper must be very high, at least 300."
Jiang Yubai asked again: "Are you going to finish it by yourself? Do you have time?"
Jiang Yubai's question hit the nail on the head. Lin Zhixia thought for a moment and said, "Wen Qi will definitely agree to join my team. He is particularly interested in quantum computing, and he is willing to cooperate with whatever I say..."
Lin Zhixia didn't know something.
Wen Qi was not "particularly interested in quantum computing", he just couldn't refuse Lin Zhixia. Once Lin Zhixia started talking to him, his head would buzz, and he couldn't say "no" when Lin Zhixia asked him again.
Lin Zhixia considered the candidates one by one: "Feng Yuan is very smart, and she is good at math and physics. She stayed in school to pursue a Ph.D., and she should agree to it. Senior Wei Ruoxing also said that she is very interested in my project... Senior Luo Ying will probably agree as well. And my brother. He can build the basic underlying framework, and I will discuss it with him. If he doesn't come to the academic world, no matter how many citations this paper gets, it may not be helpful to him."
Jiang Yubai listened from beginning to end, but did not hear his own name. He asked cryptically: "Your closest friend..."
Lin Zhixia reacted very quickly: "Are you talking about yourself?"