Luo Ying's academic performance is very good. She has a very high average score in each subject, her family is rich, and she is beautiful. Many male classmates are interested in her, but she has never responded to anyone.
Luo Ying's roommate asked her: "Why don't you fall in love?"
Luo Ying said that she puts study first. "Love" is the icing on the cake, not a necessity in life.
What she actually wanted to say was that up to now, no man had been able to impress her. Perhaps it was not the man's problem, but her own problem. She could not experience the so-called "puberty awakening". The girl's feelings were like a silent dry well, which had remained calm for many years.
She has many friends but few confidants.
Friends often praise her for being "gentle".
But she knew in her heart that she was gentle to everyone, and that gentleness was very polite and without any emotion. When a girl asked her out for dinner, she rarely agreed, and when a boy sent her a message, she never replied.
Her daily social life was limited to the classroom, dormitory, library, and literary club.
Today was the first time she took the initiative to make an appointment and was willing to go to the laboratory with a junior schoolmate.
Why
Luo Ying thought that the answer was obvious, because Lin Zhixia was her direct junior, from the Provincial No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital. Lin Zhixia was lively and lovely, and had a delicate and beautiful appearance, just like her sister. She had previously imagined that she could have a sister like Lin Zhixia at home.
Thinking of this, Luo Ying unconsciously moved closer to Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia looked at her: "Senior sister?"
Luo Ying said softly, "Let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast, okay?"
Lin Zhixia responded: "Okay, senior sister."
Luo Ying was wearing a light grey long skirt with a waist, a thin black sweater, and a dark grey leather bag with a gold chain on her left shoulder. She had snow-white skin, shoulder-length hair, and her skirt fluttered in the wind, and she was filled with a scent mixed with roses and lilies.
Lin Zhixia particularly liked that smell. She said bluntly: "Senior, your perfume smells so good."
Luo Ying took her arm and said, "You had your birthday last month. I heard you were busy and didn't contact you. Did you celebrate your birthday with your classmates? I want to give you a bottle of perfume."
The male classmates passing by cast their eyes towards them.
Lin Zhixia read complex emotions such as surprise, envy, and exploration in the boy's eyes.
Come to think of it, Senior Sister Luo Ying is so beautiful and has such a good temperament. It must be an honor to be held tightly by Luo Ying!
Lin Zhixia nodded, but rejected the senior sister: "Thank you, senior sister, I don't need perfume."
"You don't use perfume?" The senior sister asked in surprise. After a few seconds, the senior sister said, "You smell good, like a fresh strawberry."
Lin Zhixia analyzed: "I take a shower every night and only use strawberry-scented shampoo and shower gel... My facial cleanser is Mentholatum's Strawberry Foaming Cleanser."
Luo Ying's laughter was as soft as a silver bell: "Are you made of strawberries?"
“Maybe,” Lin Zhixia said, “When I was a kid, I often suspected that I was a strawberry spirit in my previous life.”
Luo Ying asked again: "Is your nickname Strawberry Fairy?"
Lin Zhixia answered honestly: "It's Xia Xia, my parents both call me Xia Xia."
Luo Ying stopped and thought: "I want to call you Xia Xia, is that ok?"
Lin Zhixia was a little surprised.
After all, in her home, Lin Zeqiu would rather call her "mom-clinging girl" than call her Xia Xia.
When Lin Zeqiu was not around, Luo Ying played the role of an older brother or sister. Luo Ying was about the same age as Lin Zeqiu, and was especially gentle to Lin Zhixia, so she almost replaced Lin Zeqiu's position!
Lin Zhixia agreed generously: "Okay."
Luo Ying said: "Xia Xia."
Senior Luo Ying had a good voice, and her voice was sweet and clear, like a yellow oriole emerging from a valley. When she said the word "Xia Xia", Lin Zhixia was particularly pleased and responded to her enthusiastically: "Yes, senior sister!"
Luo Ying took Lin Zhixia into the cafeteria, found an empty table, and sat down next to each other.
They brought back two plates of steamed buns and two bowls of rice porridge from the canteen window. Lin Zhixia picked up a custard bun and put it in Luo Ying's bowl, and Luo Ying also gave her a pan-fried bun. They shared each other's food naturally, just like friends who had known each other for many years.
After dinner, Lin Zhixia became Luo Ying's guide.
Lin Zhixia took Luo Ying to the laboratory building. Luo Ying liked to take the stairs and didn't like to take the elevator, so Lin Zhixia accompanied her to climb the stairs. When they reached the corner of the third floor, they heard a strange sound.
Luo Ying quickly raised her hand to stop Lin Zhixia.
But she couldn't resist Lin Zhixia's curiosity.
Lin Zhixia slipped under Luo Ying's arm and took a step forward on tiptoe. When she looked up, she felt as if struck by a thunderbolt. She saw that senior Tan Qianche from the Provincial No. 1 Middle School was standing in the corner kissing a girl.
Tan Qianche is 1.85 meters tall, looks pretty good, and wears a pair of silver-framed glasses, which gives people a gentle and refined feeling. However, Lin Zhixia's roommate said that he looks like a gentleman, that is, he looks pretty decent, but he doesn't look like a good person at all.
Lin Zhixia held her breath, and Luo Ying said nothing.
Tan Qianche had his back to them. He put one hand on the girl's shoulder, leaned down, and kissed her lips again and again, and the air was filled with the ambiguous sound of water. The girl hugged Tan Qianche's back with both hands, and his shirt was scratched to make stripes, and her dark red nails were more eye-catching.
"Is this a kiss?" Lin Zhixia asked in a low voice.
Luo Ying blurted out: "Haven't you seen it?"
"I've seen him on TV," Lin Zhixia described, "and I've also seen him on the streets of Romania, but they were just passers-by, and I didn't know them. This senior Tan Qianche is someone I know."
Luo Ying put a finger to her lips and made a soft "hush" sound.
Until this time, Tan Qianche seemed to hear some noise. He turned around and saw Lin Zhixia with her eyes wide open. He was even more embarrassed than Lin Zhixia: "What time is it now?"
"Seven fifteen in the morning." Lin Zhixia showed her watch.
Tan Qianche coughed. The girl next to him punched his chest: "You are annoying." He immediately held her fingers and looked at Lin Zhixia. Finally, his eyes fell on Luo Ying: "Who is this..."
"She is my senior," Lin Zhixia introduced, "Senior Luo Ying, a sophomore from the mathematics major. She graduated from the provincial No. 1 Middle School competition class and is one of our outstanding alumni."
Tan Qianche straightened his clothes. He did not introduce his girlfriend to Lin Zhixia and Luo Ying. He whispered a few words to his girlfriend, and the girl left with a red face.
In just one minute, Tan Qianche adjusted his state as if nothing had happened. He put on his silver-rimmed glasses again and asked, "Did Luo Ying also receive an invitation from Teacher Gu?"
Luo Ying walked between Tan Qianche and Lin Zhixia. She said as she walked, "I didn't receive an invitation. I came here with Lin Zhixia."
Lin Zhixia asked tentatively: "Can I let you visit the lab?"
"Sure," Tan Qianche said, "Students from our school are welcome anytime."
They walked through a door, Tan Qianche pressed the combination lock, scanned his face and swiped his card, and then officially stepped into the laboratory.
It was not yet 7:20, and three seniors had already come to the laboratory - one of them was Yang Shuwen, whom Lin Zhixia had met before.
When Yang Shuwen saw Lin Zhixia, his expression was not right. His eyebrows trembled, and he suddenly lowered his head and continued to work on the laboratory table.
"What's wrong with him?" Lin Zhixia asked.
Tan Qianche smiled slightly: "It's okay. He contacted your original experimental group a few days ago. There is a person in your group called Niu Siyuan, right?"
"What happened to Senior Niu Siyuan?" Lin Zhixia asked.
Tan Qianche took out a glasses cloth and flicked it in the air, his movements very cool. He wiped the glasses gently and said calmly: "Niu Siyuan sent an email to Yang Shuwen... I didn't see the email, I only know that Niu Siyuan mentioned you in the email, which scared Yang Shuwen."
"Strange," Lin Zhixia fell into reminiscence, "Senior Niu Siyuan has always been afraid of me."
She turned her head and looked at Luo Ying: "Senior sister, do you know? Niu Siyuan will tremble when he sees me."
Luo Ying laughed twice before asking, "Why?"
Lin Zhixia said: "Who knows."
No one was talking in the lab, only the roar of the machines. Lin Zhixia felt like she had come to a brand new Feng Shui treasure land - this was a brand new planet, and all the equipment and instruments were waiting for her to explore.
She walked around everywhere, and Tan Qianche and Luo Ying were always with her.
Tan Qianche asked, "Lin Zhixia, do you have any questions? I can't solve them, go find Teacher Gu."
Lin Zhixia suddenly thought of Zhu Chan from Shen Zhaohua's group. When she was in the provincial capital, Zhu Chan was a great help to her academic career. This led Lin Zhixia to like all the doctoral sisters.
She couldn't help but ask back: "Senior, is your girlfriend a doctoral student in our group?"
To her surprise, Tan Qianche actually replied: "The woman just now is not my girlfriend."
In the huge quantum laboratory, all footsteps stopped. Lin Zhixia was surprised: "I didn't expect you to be such a person."
Tan Qianche was about to explain when Luo Ying grabbed his sleeve and said, "Lin Zhixia is not yet an adult. She is only fourteen years old."
This sentence reminded Tan Qianche.
He shrugged his shoulders and said implicitly, "It's something we both agreed to. You can't just blame me. You'll know what kind of person I am if you observe me more."
Luo Ying teased, "In quantum mechanics, the wave function after observation will collapse into the eigenstate."
"Your statement is not rigorous. Do you want to transfer to our Physics Department?" Tan Qianche was not angry at all and even teased her instead.
She didn't respond.
She followed closely behind Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia had already walked to Yang Shuwen's side. Yang Shuwen automatically moved a short distance to the side and successfully avoided Lin Zhixia.
Unfortunately, Lin Zhixia had no self-awareness at all. She approached Yang Shuwen again and asked him, "What are you doing?"
Yang Shuwen, wearing gloves, picked up a piece of metal with tweezers: "This is our chip."
Tan Qianche spoke from behind: "Guess what metals are used in the chip?"
Luo Ying couldn't guess.
Lin Zhixia answered easily: "Mostly niobium. The quantum bit circuit part mainly uses niobium and aluminum."
"Are they useful?" Luo Ying asked.
Yang Shuwen didn't hear her clearly, so Lin Zhixia explained directly: "Senior, have you heard of superconducting metals? When the temperature drops very low, the resistance becomes zero. The material has zero resistance and is completely anti-magnetic."
Luo Ying said quickly: "I remember now."
"Hmm!" Lin Zhixia picked up the tweezers and picked up a piece of metal.
Yang Shuwen raised his hand and pointed at a machine. Before he could speak, Lin Zhixia answered again: "Look, senior sister, that's a dilution refrigerator. When current passes through the dilution refrigerator, the temperature drops. When the current approaches the quantum bit, it will generate an induced magnetic field."
Yang Shuwen scratched his scalp.
The day before yesterday, Yang Shuwen contacted the students in Shen Zhaohua's group, wanting to ask them about Lin Zhixia's theoretical foundation. Teacher Gu Likai asked Yang Shuwen and Tan Qianche to guide Lin Zhixia together, with Yang Shuwen responsible for the theoretical part and Tan Qianche responsible for the experimental part.
Yang Shuwen had a good impression of Lin Zhixia and wanted to give her some training. Unexpectedly, a student named "Niu Siyuan" in Shen Zhaohua's group sent a short email, telling Yang Shuwen that although Lin Zhixia was young, her thinking was very scary and terrible.
Niu Siyuan also posted a picture with the words "I'm not targeting anyone, everyone here is garbage" written on it.
Yang Shuwen was a little worried. He turned to Tan Qianche and said, "Come over and explain it to them. I can't do this job."