Meng Wan saw Lu Chaoqing put the shopping bag on the suitcase and rummaged through it, and asked, "Are you looking for the key?"
Lu Chaoqing nodded.
Meng Wan guessed, "Will you get out of the car?"
Lu Chaoqing paused, recalling the journey from the airport to the community, as if something had been dropped in the taxi.
The neighbor lost the key, Meng Wan looked at Lu Chaoqing's big suitcase, and enthusiastically suggested: "Call the lock company, why don't you come to our house first?"
In fact, it is somewhat dangerous for a girl living alone to invite a man she doesn't know very well to her house. However, Lu Chaoqing's parents are both professors, and Lu Chaoqing was a bookworm since he was a child. This kind of inexplicable trust will not think about danger at all.
Lu Chaoqing stood still in front of the door and asked her, "Thank you, do you have a pin?"
Meng Wan didn't understand what he wanted the pin for: "I'll look for it."
After speaking, Meng Wan went home with the takeaway, and then found a box of pins in the study, and she took them out.
Lu Chaoqing thanked him again and took out a pin.
Meng Wan lowered her head and saw that his fingers were slender and more beautiful than Lawyer Wu's hands. Without a Rolex watch, they looked cleaner.
Lu Chaoqing straightened the pin neatly and bent the end slightly upwards. When it was done, he squatted in front of his house with his back to Meng Wan, and inserted the pin into the keyhole.
Meng Wan almost wanted to cover her mouth again. Thinking of the scenes that often appear in film and television dramas, Meng Wan couldn't help but walked up to Lu Chaoqing, stared at the keyhole and asked, "Can you pick the lock?"
Not long after she took a bath, her body smelled of the fragrance of shower gel and a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.
Lu Chaoqing was not used to being in such close contact with women, so he tilted his head imperceptibly to one side, and hummed as an answer. He found that this neighbor always likes to ask some meaningless questions, if he can't pick the lock, what is he squatting here for
Meng Wan's attention was locked, and she asked curiously, "Who did you learn from?"
Lu Chaoqing pursed his lips, and at this moment, the lock opened.
Lu Chaoqing looked better, and he stood up and said, "I major in physics."
Meng Wan opened her mouth.
Lu Chaoqing's parents seem to be science professors, and it's normal for Lu Chaoqing to become a physicist.
But can physicists pick locks
Fortunately, Meng Wan could see that Lu Chaoqing didn't seem to like talking to her anymore, so she tactfully didn't ask any more questions.
"Welcome back to China, then, I'll go eat first." Meng Wan smiled at the man.
Lu Chaoqing turned the lockpicking tool in his hand and glanced at her: "I will return it to you."
It was just a pin, Meng Wanlian said no, and waved to Lu Chaoqing, and she went back home again.
Lu Chaoqing looked at the opposite door and felt that although Meng Wan had a poor memory, she was still very hospitable.
He picked up the suitcase and went in.
Meng Wan's breakfast is porridge. While drinking porridge, she wanted to call her mother to share the news of her neighbor's return. However, as she pressed her finger on the dial button, Meng Wan remembered that when she was in junior high school, her mother often called Lu Chaoqing as her friend. After complaining about her grades and worrying about the recurrence of the nightmare, Meng Wan didn't make the call in the end.
At half past nine, Meng Wan set off for the ramen restaurant.
"Meng Laotou Ramen Restaurant" is diagonally across from Z University, just across the road from the school gate. There is a century-old camphor tree with luxuriant branches and leaves in front of the shop, which complements the antique-style ramen restaurant. Ramen noodles are high-quality and cheap, a delicacy that ordinary college students can afford. Coupled with the short distance, the business of Meng Wan's ramen restaurant is very hot, and only during the winter and summer vacations will it be a little deserted.
There were still a few minutes before the opening at ten o'clock, and the staff of the ramen restaurant were ready. As soon as Meng Wan came in, the cashier Xiaoye greeted with a smile: "The boss is here!"
The two noodle brothers Xu Qiang and Chen Shuisheng in the open kitchen, and the waiter Xu Yue also called the boss together.
Meng Wan was about the same age as the four of them. At first, the employees called her Sister Meng or Sister Wan. Meng Wan thought it looked old, so she changed it to the boss.
"The boss didn't go on a blind date yesterday?" Xiaoye asked gossip, she was the one who called Meng Wan for emergency last night.
The other three also stared at Meng Wan.
Meng Wan sighed: "People think that our ramen restaurant is not good enough, so we lost our position."
Xiaoye snorted and looked at Meng Wan enviously: "Our business is so good. The boss is beautiful and can make money. If I were a man, I would hug the boss's thigh tightly and never let go."
Xu Qiang, the No. 1 ramen guy with eight-pack abs, looked at Meng Wan and joked, "I'm a man, and I want to hug the boss's thigh, but the boss doesn't like me as a ramen maker."
Xu Qiang and Xu Yue are brothers and sisters. Xu Qiang has been learning ramen noodles since he graduated from junior high school, and Xu Yue has finished high school anyway. The fathers of the two used to work in the ramen restaurant of Meng Wan's family, and now Xu's father opened a noodle restaurant in his hometown. When he heard that Meng Wan wanted to work alone, he introduced Xu Qiang and his sister.
Both brothers and sisters are very cheerful. Xu Qiang is tall, strong and handsome, especially with a sweet mouth. Xu Qiang, a frequent female customer of the ramen restaurant, can almost all be called by name, and he even remembers clearly what kind of noodles he likes to eat. On the contrary, Chen Shuisheng, the No. 2 ramen brother, is much more introverted. He is as tall and handsome as Xu Qiang, but he is taciturn. In Xiaoye's words, Xu Qiang is a sunny and handsome man, while Chen Shuisheng takes a melancholy route. Anyway, the two have their own differences in the ramen restaurant. fan.
When Xu Qiang was joking, Chen Shuisheng looked up at Meng Wan.
Meng Wan glared at Xu Qiang, and went to the changing room to change her work clothes first. After a while, she and Xiaoye were sitting at the cash register side. Xiaoye was in charge of collecting money. Meng Wan would help out when she was busy, and Meng Wan would always come forward when there were disputes between customers in the store. , it's pretty easy overall.
Open at 10:10, the store has customers coming one after another.
At eleven o'clock, the part-time waiter Xiao Shen also arrived. She is a sophomore in the English Department of Z University. Her family's financial situation is not good. She found a part-time job at Meng Wan's place and came to help serve dishes every day during the peak hours of noon and evening.
The air conditioner was turned on in the ramen restaurant, and the cold wind was blowing to eat the hot ramen. Looking around, the faces of the guests were mostly satisfied.
Meng Wan went to the bathroom, and when she returned to the front desk and sat down, Xiao Ye lightly bumped her shoulder, pointed at a table not far from the front desk and said, "Professor Gao is here again."
Meng Wan ignored Xiaoye's joke and did not look at Professor Gao.
About half an hour later, Professor Gao from Xiaoye's mouth came to pay the bill. He was a man in long trousers, shirt, cropped short hair and glasses. According to Xiaoye's gossip collection, Professor Gao works in the Department of Physics of Z University. He is only 32 years old this year, and he became a professor at a young age. It can be seen that he is a figure of genius level.
"A total of fifteen yuan, scan the QR code or cash?" Xiaoye asked with a smile.
Professor Gao, who had been lowering his eyes all the time, took out his wallet, took out a twenty-yuan bill, and handed it to Meng Wan hesitantly. Only then did Professor Gao take a quick look at Meng Wan.
Meng Wan suppressed a smile and gave him the change.
Professor Gao took the change, pushed the mirror frame, and left.
Xiaoye looked at the back of Professor Gao, and shook her head regretfully: "Professor Gao is not bad, and his career has a future, but he is too boring. Nowadays, it is not good for a man to pursue a woman, not to mention his continuous reading. I don’t dare to look too much, if it weren’t for my bad eyes, who would be able to tell that he likes the boss? But I heard that men in science are boring, so when looking for a boyfriend, you must not look for a man in science, and science professors are even more boring.”
Meng Wan yelled at her: "It's as if you had a science boyfriend."
Xiaoye made a face.
The guests had a good meal, Meng Wan checked the time, and walked towards Z University with the canteen card of part-time worker Xiao Shen. The food in the Z cafeteria is not bad, nutritious and healthy, Meng Wan and the others eat the takeaway there.
During lunch time, people come and go in the cafeteria, and there is a long queue in front of each cafeteria window.
Meng Wan picked a line with few people and stood there.
"Our physics department is going to add a new professor, who will focus on gravity and astrophysics."
There were people chatting in the next team. Meng Wan looked over and saw three boys in a row, two of whom were wearing thick glasses, which fit the image of a science guy in Meng Wan's mind.
The boys were still chatting: "I heard that the new professor is only 27 years old, and he is the youngest professor in the history of our Department of Physics at University Z."
"Twenty-seven? Younger than Professor Gao, it's not human at all!"
"That's a real genius, unlike me, if I hadn't been transferred to the physics department, I wouldn't have studied physics."
"All geniuses are ugly. Tomorrow night, the department will hold a welcome party for him. Then we will be able to see his real self. I bet he will be bald after a meal."
bald
Meng Wan thought of her physics teacher in high school. Not to mention, he was really a bald little old man, but balding at the age of twenty-seven is too exaggerated, right? That Professor Gao has quite thick hair.
After listening to the gossip, it was Meng Wan's turn to eat. Meng Wan ordered portions for six people in one go, and packed two big bags, which made the muscles of her two slender arms tense. It was June, and it was as hot as a steamer outside. Meng Wan chose a shady place to walk. When he was approaching the gate, he bumped into a young man in a white shirt.
It was Lu Chaoqing who had just met this morning.
Lu Chaoqing also saw her, and his eyes glanced at the canteen packing bags in her hands, he was a little surprised. As far as he knew, the Meng family was very rich, and this rich lady would never be reduced to delivering food.
"Hi!" Meng Wan greeted with an embarrassed smile. It was too hot at noon and her face was sweating. This image was really indecent.
Lu Chaoqing nodded without asking further questions.
When the two were about to pass each other, Meng Wan suddenly remembered something, tilted her head and asked him, "Why did you come to Z University?"
Lu Chaoqing had no choice but to stop and replied, "Apply."
Meng Wan's eyes widened: "Are you the 27-year-old new professor who studies astrophysics?"
Lu Chaoqing acquiesced.
Meng Wan couldn't help looking at the top of his head.
Her eyes were strange, Lu Chaoqing looked at his watch and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Meng Wan shook her head quickly.
Lu Chaoqing continued to walk in.
Meng Wan looked at his tall and slender back, which was comparable to the hero of an idol drama, and silently lit a candle for the betting men in the cafeteria.
With Lu Chaoqing's hair, there should be no possibility of going bald in a short time.
The author has something to say: Professor Gao: You are indeed younger than me.
Professor Lu: He also has more hair than you.
Professor Gao: ... I got to know her first!
Professor Lu smiled without saying a word.