Busy, another weekend.
Wan Ziang called Du Ruo, saying that we hadn't seen each other for a long time, and we wanted to have a meal together.
After the crash six years ago, the lives of everyone on Team Prime have changed dramatically. Everyone went abroad to study at the same time, but not in the same school.
In his second year at Berkeley, Du Ruo met He Wang, who was at Stanford. The two met by chance on the streets of a foreign country, only to find that they had entered two schools so close to each other.
The two had a simple lunch together, and during the chat with He Wang, she learned that Wan Ziang was at Caltech, very close to them. Tu Zhiyuan is in Illinois, Zhu Tao is in Columbia... I chatted with everyone in the team, but I didn't talk about Jingming. When we parted, we left contact information. He Wang said that she is a girl who is abroad, and if she encounters any trouble, remember to call him immediately.
She said yes.
But she didn't have any trouble, so she didn't look for him.
During those days in the United States, no one deliberately made an appointment to meet. Even so, they often meet in various competition academic forums and exchange meetings.
During the four years, she gradually reunited with everyone in the Prime team.
Except Jingming.
The same goes for the others, who never saw him again.
Everyone knew he was there, but they never looked for him.
He has never participated in any major competitions, and no longer has any public appearances, as if he has disappeared from this world.
Two years ago, some people including Zhu Tao stayed abroad, and Wan Ziang Hewang and others returned to Beijing. After returning to China, everyone gathered together from time to time to chat about work and industry trends.
Six years, time flies.
The development of the domestic technology industry is in full swing, and new projects and companies are springing up like mushrooms. The market is mixed with good and bad people, and there are countless people who rely on technological gimmicks to attract investment to make money; there are sporadic people who are serious about doing practical things, like pearls on the gravel beach.
How could Wan Ziang and the others get together again to make artificial intelligence. Due to economic considerations, Du Ruo went to Yuangan—how could Wan Ziang and his family be rich, and they only invested and had no output in the first few years of starting a business. They could afford to wait, but she couldn't.
On the weekend, Du Ruo drove a BMW to an appointment, and happened to run into He Wang and the others while looking for a parking space in the underground parking lot.
He Wang stuck his head out of the car window and winked at her: "Mr. Du bought a car?"
Du Ruo: "The company's."
He Wang: "That's a promotion."
Du Ruo: "I'm still promoted? Have you kicked Yi Kun?"
He Wang: "You have the ability. I like you."
Du Ruobai glanced at him and parked the car.
Wan Ziang Tu Zhiyuan got out of the car, and the four of them went upstairs to the restaurant together.
The elevator door closed, and the shadows of several people were reflected on the smooth elevator wall.
Without warning, Du Ruo thought of Shenzhen. At that time, eleven of them crowded in the hotel elevator, and their laughing figures were reflected on the golden elevator wall.
At that time, they were thin, young, thin,
Time flies, back to the present, their shoulders are broad, their bodies are strong, their faces are mature, and their clothes are exquisite. Year by year, she watched them grow from teenagers to men.
She didn't know if that person had also changed his appearance.
What will he look like now
When he was stunned, Wan Ziang's low smile came from beside his ear: "Look at me, I'm crazy."
He Wang teased her: "Mr. Du, don't look at it, it's very beautiful."
She recovered, straightened her hair, and said deliberately: "Of course I know."
She has changed too.
The little girl who was as fragile and introverted as bean sprouts back then has now become a pretty girl who can do things with ease in the business field.
Tu Zhiyuan said with emotion: "Du Ruo, you have changed a lot in the past few years. I think Zhu Tao and the others will be shocked to see you again when they come back."
Du Ruo: "Aren't you all the same?"
The four of them got out of the elevator, walked into the restaurant, and sat by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Tu Zhiyuan glanced at the bustling shopping mall outside the window, and said: "After dinner, you can accompany me to choose a gift."
Wan Ziang unwrapped the napkin: "Why?"
Tu Zhiyuan said: "A friend of mine belongs to the zodiac sign of Leo, and it will be the month of Leo soon, pick a gift and prepare it..." As soon as he said it, he felt something, and his voice faded away.
He Wang flipped through the menu while Wan Ziang drank the water in his glass.
Du Ruo was also silent.
Lion month.
By the end of this month, Jingming will be 25 years old.
How can time pass so fast.
Du Ruo changed the subject and asked, "How is your project going?"
"Everything is going well." He Wang chatted about their current progress, and said, "Du Ruo, you really don't plan to jump ship and come to help us?"
Du Ruo said: "There are a lot of things going up and down in the company, and I can't get away. Besides, the product I am responsible for research and development is still in progress."
He Wang said: "You are in that position, you have a lot of miscellaneous things. Can you concentrate on research and development?"
"It's okay, just need to spend more time and energy." Du Ruo said.
"More than a little?" Wan Ziang frowned and asked, "How many hours do you work every day?"
Du Ruo lowered his head to drink water, and muttered softly, "From nine in the morning to ten in the evening."
"More than 13 hours?" He Wang was surprised, and complained, "That pervert Yi Kun, is this going to squeeze you dry? Hasn't your company expanded its recruitment a long time ago? Are you still so tired?"
"No!" Du Ruo waved his hand and explained, "Because I still want to do research and development, so I will spend a lot of time on it."
Wan Ziang still frowned: "It's been like this for a long time, is your body able to bear it? How thin do you think you are now?"
"I've always been so thin. Oh, it's okay. When I was young, I should work harder." She said it as a matter of course, and then asked, "What about you, do you intend to do artificial intelligence in multiple fields or..."
He Wang said, "Unmanned driving."
Du Ruo was startled suddenly.
He Wang calmed down: "I'm just like this. That hurdle hit me badly, no matter how many years it takes, I have to make a comeback and kick that hurdle." He was silent for a while, then whispered, "Six Years ago, I followed the car and watched her with my own eyes... Until now, I still remember Levi saying that she can stop.... She can stop.... But why didn't she stop.... "
He took a deep breath, turned his head to look out the window, and tried his best to calm down.
"This matter is endless." He Wang clenched his fists, "I am like this, and so is Jingming."
For so many years, he mentioned that name in front of her for the first time.
Du Ruo was dumbfounded.
"He will definitely return to this territory." He Wang said, "He will definitely."
"But..." she hesitated for a moment, then said, "If he's really still working on driverless cars, why hasn't there been any news about him for so many years?"
"I don't know. But I feel he's there."
Du Ruo whispered: "So you are waiting for him?"
The three men in front of them were silent and acquiesced.
She felt a little uncomfortable: "But you never thought that if he doesn't come back..."
"He's back." Wan Ziang said.
With a murmur in Du Ruo's mind, he mechanically asked, "When did it happen?"
"It's been more than half a year. Zhu Tao said it. He didn't contact any of us." Tu Zhiyuan said, "We thought he would find you, but..."
No.
He didn't look for her.
Six years can change a lot of things.
What's more, he made it very clear back then that he didn't want to see her. Maybe forget about her.
But she has obviously worked hard to walk into his world.
There is a new chef in the restaurant, and the dishes are exquisite, but Du Ruo's food is tasteless.
After dinner, everyone chatted for a while and then dispersed.
On the way back, Du Ruo kept deserting and almost ran a red light, but fortunately he recovered in time. She sat in the car and looked ahead, the city lights were shining brightly in the night, and the crowds walked across the zebra crossing.
The wide road in front of me seemed endless, with endless traffic lights, traffic, and overpasses.
Over the years, she has been to many cities. I found that there is probably no city in the world that has as many overpasses as Beijing.
In the countless late nights when she went home alone, she felt that the city was too huge, the roads were too wide, and there were steel and concrete everywhere, cold and silent. But tonight, it seemed to have a strange temperature.
He is back. back to the city.
Where is he at this moment? Have you ever thought of her
A whistle sounded from behind, and the light was green. She drove across the intersection, passed one overpass after another, and the shadows of the bridges slid across the windshield and flowed behind her.
The day went on as usual, and soon it was August. The temperature has dropped slightly, and it will no longer be scorching when you go out.
On the last day of July, Du Ruo was so busy with meetings and product testing that he didn't even know the date. It was several days later that I remembered that Jingming's birthday had passed.
When she thought of it, apart from being a little hesitant, she didn't have too many emotions.
After all, so what if I remembered it on the same day.
She had long since broken contact with him.
Over the years, she has been in contact with Ming Yi, but it is limited to the relationship between the two of them, and Jing Ming has never been mentioned. At the beginning of this year, after she returned all the funding for these years to Ming Yi, she never went to Jing's house again. There are still telephone greetings, but door visits have been deliberately reduced.
She didn't want to go to that place to think of that person again, and think of everything that happened in that family, which would only add to the sadness.
What's more, she is too busy.
Before the first ten days of August, something happened to the contract negotiated with Wanxiang last month, and she had to go there in person.
As soon as Guo Hong saw her, he broke the big news: "Miss Du, it's not that I don't know what to say. This happened so suddenly. Our company is about to be acquired."
Du Ruo was extremely surprised: "Acquisition?"
Guo Hong patted her on the shoulder again to reassure her: "Don't worry, this will not affect our cooperation. It's just that due to the acquisition, all new contracts of Wanxiang will be put on hold for a while, and the parent company re-sign on behalf of the
"Ah, so." Du Ruo felt relieved and asked, "When will it be?"
"Within half a month."
"So fast?" Du Ruo was a little surprised.
"The other party is also vigorous and resolute in doing things."
"Well, we'll keep in touch anytime."
"Okay. I'll let you know as soon as I have something to do."
Du Ruo walked out of the office, feeling a little sad. In her opinion, Wanxiang could go public on its own after working hard for a few years, but she didn't expect to cash out so early. But this is also common. In the past few years, there have been too many companies in the industry that have gone bankrupt, merged, acquired, and reorganized. The big waves wash the sand in general.
Wanxiang is one of the few companies in the industry with a high degree of professionalism, and they have a good vision for the parent company that initiated the acquisition.
Du Ruo selfishly hopes that it will be a big company, which is also good for Yuan Qian.
She went to the bathroom to get out, and walked down the corridor to the elevator.
In the corridor, a tall and tall man walked by from the back, and several professional men followed him like stars. Although the man in the middle is just a back view, he is tall and tall with a dignified aura. A slim and tailored white shirt with two small pale gold cross stars on the shoulders. Very expensive.
She inadvertently took another look, but only for a moment, the pedestrian turned into the elevator.
She also walked into the elevator, and the group of people just entered the elevator. She didn't intend to share a ride with a group of strange men, so she leaned against the wall and waited for the other elevators.
She looked away from the phone and raised her eyes casually. The elevator doors are closing, and the figures inside are scattered.
She saw Jing Ming.
In an instant, she suddenly widened her eyes and looked at the man in the elevator in astonishment.
He was wearing a pair of thin light gold-rimmed glasses. He was quiet and silent. He raised his deep, dark eyes and saw her.
She was stunned on the spot, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but her throat seemed to be choked, and she couldn't make a sound; she wanted to rush up, but her body was stiff and unable to move.
Through the thin lenses, Jing Ming looked at her, his eyes seemed familiar yet strange, without a trace of extraneous emotion.
The next second, the elevator door closed.
Du Ruo was startled for a moment, then came to his senses, and immediately rushed to press the button, but the elevator didn't stop.
She quickly pressed down on the other elevators, all of which were too far apart and stopped one after another.
Her heart was beating like a drum, and she couldn't hold it back. She turned around in a hurry and rushed out of the elevator hall, ran to the stairwell, and ran downstairs quickly on her high heels.