Tuesday night, seven o'clock.
Xia Yunian arrived at the University Student Activity Center at just the right time, and the interview classroom designated by the Astronomical Society was already crowded with people.
Xia Yunian didn't push forward, but waited at the back of the stairs.
A few girls gathered around and were discussing, saying that the Astronomical Society had received hundreds of application forms this year, and that they seemed to have seen Fu Shicheng coming, and wondered if he would still be there for the interview.
Xia Yunian took out her mobile phone and sent Fu Shicheng a message.
Xia Yunian: "Mr. Fomero, I have arrived at the Student Activity Center. There are many people here. I don't know when it will be my turn."
The interview inside has just begun. There are five departments in the Astronomical Society recruiting new recruits, and they are divided into several groups to conduct interviews at the same time. It opened in no time.
Two seconds later, Fu Shicheng got up and walked out the back door of the classroom.
The corridor was full of people, mostly girls. Fu Shizheng's eyes quickly swept across the crowd, and stopped at the person who was looking down at his mobile phone at the side of the stairs at the back.
It was only for a moment, Fu Shicheng looked away.
Xia Yunian sent another message: "I'm actually a little nervous. I heard that they have received hundreds of application forms. I don't know if I can be selected."
Fu Shicheng leaned against the wall and took another look there.
He turned back casually: "Why are you nervous, you are not very good at talking, just speak carefully during the interview."
Xia Yunian: "Do you think I can talk? This is the first time someone has praised me so much."
Fu Shicheng thought to himself that he had never seen such a pestering boy. Xia Yu could talk non-stop by himself, and there was no one better than him.
Fu Shicheng: "Do you think this is a compliment to you?" Xia Yunian: "Isn't it?" Fu Shicheng: "You say it is."
Xia Yunian: "I don't want to embarrass Mr. Fomero. You have been teaching me for several nights. If I still can't be selected, I will have no face to chat with you anymore."
For three nights in a row, Fu Shizheng explained the introductory knowledge of astronomy to Xia Yunian on the secret, and the end was basically after midnight. If Xia Yunian was not a fool, he would be enough to cope with the interview.
Fu Shicheng narrowed his eyes lightly, thought for a while, and replied with three words: "Come on."
Someone inside came out to call him, Fu Shicheng put away his phone, took one last look at Xia Yunian over there, and went in.
Xia Yunian waited until after eight o'clock, and finally it was his turn.
A total of five interview groups occupied different positions in the huge lecture theater. Fu Shizheng was at the front of the classroom, sitting with the others. He was interviewing a girl who stepped in before Xia Yunian, and he could only see his back.
Xia Yunian was assigned to the third group, and the interview took place by the back door of the classroom.
Xia Yunian sat down, and Fu Shizheng, who had been indifferent all this time, suddenly got up. The girl who was answering the question was taken aback for a moment, and the other members around him also looked at him in surprise. then go.
Xia Yunian was introducing himself. There were three people who interviewed him, two women and one man. They were all smiling and seemed to be easy to talk to.
Xia Yunian was still nervous, he was still not used to communicating with strangers, especially when he was stared at like this.
Xia Yunian spoke very slowly. When Fu Shizheng came over to sit down, he was talking about his art skills. He learned to draw since he was a child, and he also did publicity work in the drama club before.
The two looked at each other, Xia Yunian's eyelashes trembled, Fu Shicheng's expression was so calm and indifferent, as if he didn't know him.
Fu Shicheng should know him. He sent Fu Shicheng a selfie with his whole face, and even sent him a voice message and sang a song, but Fu Shicheng's expression at the moment seemed to be looking at a stranger.
Xia Yunian felt a little uncomfortable, but she was nervous and forgot. After a moment of stuttering, she found her voice and continued: "I want to join the Astronomical Club. I borrowed a star map manual in Spanish from the library some time ago, although I can't read it. , but those star maps are very beautiful. When the stars came out at night, I took pictures and tried to compare them with the star maps in the book. It is very difficult for beginners to distinguish those stars and constellations one by one. Fortunately, I found someone willing to teach me My teacher patiently gave me pointers, and this is the image of Greek mythology I drew after distinguishing the constellations from the photos."
Xia Yunian handed over the picture that he had drawn all night and took two days to refine. Several people in front of him took turns to read it, exclaiming, and finally the picture was passed to Fu Shicheng.
Fu Shicheng's eyes fell down, and he didn't move again.
Xia Yunian painted very well, beyond Fu Shicheng's expectation. The original monotonous starry sky map became vivid under his pen. The constellation images he sketched were lifelike, and he added a lot of his own imagination, which was very interesting.
It turns out that what he said about drawing a picture before was just drawing this.
The other three people began to ask Xia Yu to read some basic knowledge of astronomy, which are very simple things, as long as people who are really interested in this will not be unable to answer.
Xia Yunian answered one by one unhurriedly. He had read these in books, and Fu Shicheng had also taught him, so he answered them very smoothly.
The vice-president in charge of this group drew a circle on Xia Yunian's form, and had already decided to hire him.
But Fu Shizheng suddenly asked: "Since someone has already taught you, why do you still want to join the club?" Xia Yunian looked at him and whispered: "It's not good for me to bother him all the time. It's hard to pay back favors. .”
Fu Shicheng frowned imperceptibly.
At this moment, he is still not sure whether Xia Yu Nian knows that the person on the secret is him. If Xia Yu Nian knows and sees that he pretends not to know him, what will he think? But this sentence "It's hard to repay a debt owed to others" somehow made Fu Shicheng feel unhappy.
"You used to be in the drama club? Why did you quit the drama club and come here?" Fu Shicheng continued to ask.
Xia Yu answered: "If you like it, if you're interested."
In fact, he signed up for the drama club at the beginning because his mother was worried that he would be too withdrawn and unsocial at school, so he forced himself to participate in club activities. The people in the club were pretty good, and he liked to watch dramas and stage plays, so he insisted. At the end of the freshman year, the president asked him to take up the position. He felt that he couldn't do it, and he quit the company after the final exam.
"Afterwards, if you have other hobbies and interests, will you leave here and go to other places?" Fu Shizheng asked again.
The vice president and the two officers next to him looked at each other in blank dismay. Did Fu Shicheng take the wrong medicine today? In the past, every time he recruited new recruits, he always sat on the sidelines and couldn't listen, but today he suddenly made things difficult for others? And why does this question sound so strange? Xia Yunian didn't know what Fu Shicheng was like before, but thought that this was a question that everyone would ask, and answered seriously: "The club wants me to stay with me, it's a two-sided choice in itself, if you want me, then I'm willing too Stay here, as for other hobbies and interests in the future..." Xia Yunian continued slowly: "No, at least not in a short time, I'm not such a person who loves the new and dislikes the old."
It was almost nine o'clock when Xia Yunian finished the interview. When he got up to leave, he took one last look at Fu Shicheng. Fu Shicheng lowered his head, still looking at his picture.
Xia Yunian called him softly: "Fu Shicheng."
Fu Shicheng raised his head. This was the first time Xia Yunian called his real name. Xia Yunian's voice sounded softer than in the chat software, especially when calling his name, the last word sounded a little longer, which made Fu Shicheng It seems that there is an illusion that he is acting like a baby with himself.
But Xia Yunian in front of him just looked at him calmly and said, "My picture."
The female vice-president who was interviewing Xia Yunian laughed and joked, "Primary school boy, do you know the name of our president?" Xia Yunian looked natural: "There is no one who doesn't know."
Another boy asked, "Aren't you here for President Fu?" Xia Yunian lowered her head, and said to Fu Shicheng again, "Can you return the picture to me?" Fu Shicheng handed the picture in his hand In the past, Xia Yunian reached out to pick it up.
The fingertips touched together inadvertently, and then separated again in an instant.
When Xia Yu wanted to leave, the vice president pouted at Fu Shizheng, and asked him with a smile, "Can I have this junior?" Fu Shizheng said flatly, "Didn't you already decide to take it?"
It was almost time for Fu Shicheng to turn off the lights when he returned to the dormitory. He checked his phone a few times. Xia Yunian would definitely send him a message at this time every day before, but today there was no movement suddenly.
Fu Shicheng stood in front of the sink and absently squeezed toothpaste, not even noticing that the water in the washbasin overflowed.
Lu Weize, who came out of the toilet, happened to see this scene and shouted loudly: "Hey, turn off the water!" Fu Shizheng came back to his senses, and quickly turned on the faucet.
"Are you standing here in the middle of the night thinking about spring?" Lu Weize really can't stand Fu Shicheng's behavior, this person is really not right recently.
Fu Shizheng ignored him, wiped the sink, washed up quickly, and climbed into bed.
Xia Yunian hugged her phone, hesitating about what to say to Fu Shicheng.
Fu Shicheng deliberately pretended not to know him, but he also pretended not to know that the other party was Fu Shicheng who struck up a conversation first, so he was the one who was at fault, but he was not angry.
It's just that Fu Shizheng's indifferent and even picky attitude during the interview tonight made him somewhat uncomfortable.
The phone screen lights up, and a new secret message comes in.
Fu Shicheng: "How was the interview today?" This was the first time Fu Shicheng took the initiative to send a message to himself, and Xia Yunian pouted lightly, and replied: "I don't know, their president is very strict, and they don't necessarily want me .”
Fu Shicheng: "Do you think their president is strict?" Xia Yunian: "Strict, everyone else is laughing, but he doesn't smile, he doesn't smile even if he's good-looking, it's a waste of face."
Fu Shicheng was speechless.
Xia Yunian sent another message: "Mr. Fomero, you took the initiative to send me a message today."
Fu Shicheng: "Then you still want to join the club?" Xia Yunian: "Join, if you can join, of course, at worst, I will stay away from that club president in the future."
Fu Shizheng was in a complicated mood, he didn't know how to describe it, and that weird emotion called unhappiness seemed to reappear.
Xia Yunian sent a picture, which was the one he showed to others during the previous interview.
Fu Shicheng: "Did you draw this?" Xia Yu read: "Yes, is it good-looking?" Half a minute later, Fu Shicheng came back with two words: "It looks good."
It turns out that he really thinks it looks good, Xia Yu thought, Mr. Fomero is much more honest than Fu Shizheng, and everyone else praised him for his good painting, but Fu Shizheng was expressionless, but dawdled and refused to return the painting to him. It turned out to be beautiful.
Xia Yunian: "Then give this painting to Mr. Fomero, thank you for teaching me these days."
Fu Shicheng: "...um."