An Accident in Broad Daylight

The data and model were given to Yu Yu, but Xu Tangcheng didn't think the impact was too great.The doctoral dissertation is not completed overnight. Most of his early research results have been transformed into articles, and all that should be published have been published. What really creates a gap is the content of the last chapter of the dissertation.But the postponement of the defense has become an unavoidable thing. The sudden postponement of the graduation time will inevitably lead to questioning. Others can fool it, but Xu Tangcheng has to bite the bullet and explain to his teacher.

The teacher was very puzzled when he heard him talking about it just now, and asked, didn't you say that you are almost ready last time?

"Well, there is a little content... that needs to be improved." Xu Tangcheng said vaguely.

The teacher then asked: "Improvement? Which part?"

Xu Tangcheng couldn't answer this question.It has only been ten days since the accident. In such a short period of time, it is impossible for him to suddenly change or make a breakthrough in the thinking that he had studied for several years.

The teacher stared at him for a while, then got up suddenly and closed the office door.

Slightly surprised, Xu Tangcheng looked up and saw him sigh.

"Aren't you a bit strict with yourself? In fact, what you did before is enough, and you have published enough papers early. Didn't you want to graduate and work quickly before, and I said that there is no need to change it, and you can defend it quickly." He paused for two seconds, as if he felt that what he said was teaching the students not to be aggressive, so the teacher quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, "Of course there is nothing wrong with you wanting to keep improving. You can give me two more years to work for me. I'm happy."

Xu Tangcheng didn't know how to answer the previous words, so he simply smiled and followed his last words and said, "Isn't that just right?"

"Just what?" The teacher glanced at him, "I'm glad you stayed a little longer, your job might be ruined."

Xu Tangcheng didn't say a word, but when he decided to give the data and model to Yu Yu that night, he felt lucky that he didn't tell Yi Zhe about his work.Otherwise, with the degree of twisting this person, I'm afraid they will not be able to pass this hurdle no matter what.

"Although the students who go out of my laboratory don't have to worry about finding a good job, to be honest, I don't think there is a second company that will directly transfer a house on the second ring road after signing the contract, even if it is what I said before. I recommend you to go to my friend, but he can't give such a good condition."

"I know." Xu Tangcheng nodded slightly, but after a short pause, he continued, "But there's no way, I'm really not satisfied with the last part."

When he was contacted by that company, he was also surprised. After all, he had never heard of any company poaching people so hard at school.

With this kind of entry benefits plus the salary offered by the other party, Xu Tangcheng was lying if he said he was not tempted.He considers himself to be a very realistic person. He used to watch Zhou Hui carefully calculate the family money, raise the medical expenses of Xu Tangqi and Xu Yueliang, and distribute the various expenses of the family, which made him feel the importance of money early on. cognition.The so-called cognition does not mean that he got into the eyes of money, but realizes that he needs enough money to protect his life and deal with accidents.He wants to give his family a more stable and comfortable life, and has been working hard for it, so when the other party offered this attractive offer, what Xu Tangcheng immediately felt was that so many years of hard work were not in vain sense of relief.

The teacher looked at him, opened his mouth, and closed it again.After a long time, he suddenly said something heartfelt.

"To tell you the truth, I wanted to throw you abroad for two years, and let you stay in school when you come back. Nowadays, young people are not willing to do this kind of hard work. Everyone wants to post articles and become a talent. We The team teacher gap is too serious. Up to now, we are still led by three teachers who are not young. This is not a problem. This team needs to be supported by young people to continue to run. I hope that when I retire, I can’t do it. Well, the team I brought up with great difficulty will not disperse, and I can continue to do some meaningful projects. But you didn’t want to go abroad at that time, so forget it.” The teacher thought for a while, and said jokingly, “But Now that I think about it, even if you go abroad and meet the conditions to stay in school, I don’t think I can keep you. You work in our school, and you can’t afford a house on the second ring road. There is a better life in front of you. Well, as a teacher, I can’t stop you from going. Besides, you deserve this condition. Whether it’s a graduate student or a Ph. Comparable."

My teacher has never been talkative, and he is usually very restrained. These words are already the most straightforward compliment Xu Tangcheng has ever heard.Maybe it's because he's about to graduate and looking for a job. Today, the teacher is no longer the strict old man who always tells them to understand the direction of his work thoroughly and not half-know it. big kids.

"Speaking so much, I don't completely encourage you to look at money, but you should seize good opportunities. You don't understand this truth, do you?"

Xu Tangcheng was silent for a moment, then nodded.

This job opportunity is indeed rare, not only because of the salary, but also because of what he has learned about the company.He has always hoped to find a creative job, instead of spending a lot of time on useless processes, he can concentrate on solving a difficult problem with the team.

This small technology-based company with ambition and strength met almost all his expectations.So he didn't intend to give up this opportunity.

University A has set up four doctoral defense time in a year. Xu Tangcheng's consideration is that if he catches up in these few months, he can still graduate this year.According to the promise made by the other party, as long as he can join the job this year, the job will not be yellow.

Find a new breakthrough point for innovation, redo the last chapter, or even reorganize the structure of the thesis because of the involvement of cause and effect...It sounds a bit unreal to complete these within a few months, but Xu Tangcheng has to made.

After wrapping up his school work, he returned home with the presents he brought back from Japan before starting to get busy.Tang Qi was already studying at university, and only Zhou Hui and Xu Yueliang were at home. Xu Tangcheng laid out the presents, explained what they were and how to use them one by one, and then said that the school would be busy for a while, and he might seldom go home.

Xu Yueliang knew more or less about Xu Tangcheng's job hunting. At this moment, he felt a little strange and asked, "Didn't you say that you have nothing to do?"

"The graduation thesis has to be revised, so the defense has to be postponed for a while."

"Then your previous job?"

"It doesn't affect."

Xu Yueliang nodded, and said that as long as Xu Tangcheng knew what was in his mind, it would be fine.On the other hand, Zhou Hui, with a worried face: "I still have to revise the thesis, won't that be too tiring?"

Probably mothers worry differently from others.Ever since Xu Tangcheng started his PhD, Zhou Hui was always worried that he would be tired. Even when he saw social news about PhDs, he would carefully mention them to Xu Tangcheng, for fear that he would be stressed.

"No." Xu Tangcheng smiled easily, and quickly changed the subject.

In July, there are days that are unbearably hot.

Relying on the fact that the rented house is not far from the school, Xu Tangcheng and Yi Zhe usually go back to sleep for four or ten minutes at noon.I don't know if it was because the sun was too strong in those few days, but from then on, Xu Tangcheng's insomnia symptoms began to appear.

At first, he just took a nap and couldn't sleep, but after a month, his sleep at night also became restless. When Yi Zhe got up to go to the bathroom at night, the slightest movement would make Xu Tangcheng wake up immediately, and then he couldn't fall asleep again.Until daybreak, he still rushed to the laboratory with a dizzy head.

Such a vicious circle is the most terrifying, and all injuries can be fed back to the body.

Can't sleep, headache, Xu Tangcheng didn't dare to tell Yi Zhe about these situations.Even during the past month or so, he didn't dare to mention his own favor, and he didn't dare to shout tiredness to Yi Zhe.

That day they went back to take a nap as usual, and not long after lying down, Yi Zhe's breathing became even.Xu Tangcheng turned over and lay on his side with his back facing the window.

Their curtains are light green, a color they've decided on together.It's a nice color, but it's useless.The shade of the curtains is not enough, even though the entire window has been covered, the room is still occupied by light.Even the thin eyelids could not block the excessive light, Xu Tangcheng closed his eyes, only to feel that there was still a bright scene in front of him, and he was very upset.

When the alarm clock rang, he was already in a daze with a headache, and he couldn't tell whether what he heard in a daze was the ringtone or not.

Yi Zhe didn't notice it at first, but thought that Xu Tangcheng hadn't woken up, so he turned off the alarm clock and lay quietly aside for a while.But when it was close to 02:30, Xu Tangcheng hadn't moved yet, so Yi Zhe turned his head, intending to wake him up.

But what surprised him slightly was that the person lying beside him frowned deeply, not only did he not look like he was asleep, but he also looked uncomfortable.

"Brother Tang Cheng." Yi Zhe tugged at the air-conditioning quilt and called softly.Xu Tangcheng grunted, buried his face in the quilt, and pulled Yi Zhe's arm over to cover half of his exposed eye.

"Didn't you get enough sleep?" Yi Zhe asked a little closer.

"Not asleep."

"What time is it?" His entire face was almost buried under the quilt, making Xu Tangcheng's voice muffled.

"It's almost 02:30."

Xu Tangcheng listened, took a deep breath, and struggled to sit up.He tugged at his hair, trying to use the pain to wake himself up, but the combination of internal and external pain made his scalp numb.

Yi Zhe sat up after him, still a little stunned: "Have you not fallen asleep for so long?"

Xu Tangcheng shook his head.

He was really uncomfortable today, so uncomfortable that when Yi Zhe asked him, he couldn't hold back, and said: "I can't sleep at noon."

"Then how about..." Yi Zhe paused, "Don't go to the laboratory this afternoon?"

Yi Zhe said this unnaturally, and Xu Tangcheng felt uncomfortable hearing it.He didn't let go of the hand that was pulling his hair, and for a while, he stared blankly at the quilt spread on his lap.

After the two got together, Yi Zhe always told him one thing and another, even if he was used to being brief sometimes, he was always open and frank in expressing his concern.So used to being so comfortable, Xu Tangcheng has almost forgotten the scene where the two of them were cautiously separated.

The air conditioner was turned off, and the fan blades closed without haste.

His thoughts seemed to be slowly crawling back along the trajectory of the fan blades. Xu Tangcheng suddenly realized that the awkward atmosphere between the two had become the norm recently.

He was afraid of Yi Zhe's self-reproach and Yi Zhe's discomfort, so he never mentioned his difficult situation.But getting along day and night, Yi Zhe's eyes were always filled with him, so it was impossible not to see his fatigue.

As for the reason why Yi Zhe has remained silent, Xu Tangcheng is not sure.Perhaps it was because he still cared about Xu Tangcheng's handling of that matter. After all, he never agreed with Xu Tangcheng's approach, but because he didn't want to quarrel, he stopped mentioning it; or maybe, he still trapped himself in the I felt that I had caused today's situation, so I had no position to persuade Xu Tangcheng not to be so tired.

These were all speculations that came up in Xu Tangcheng's mind all of a sudden, and it seemed that he had no way of proving them.

The two walked to the school, the sweltering heat on the road aggravated Xu Tangcheng's physical discomfort.He leaned back and moved his neck from side to side. The pain in his cervical spine was accompanied by a strong sense of dizziness.Xu Tangcheng was standing at the corner of the elevator. He subconsciously reached out to hold something, but that hand changed direction halfway as if he had an idea.

Closed space, cold white lights, cold elevator handrails.Xu Tangcheng regained his composure, and felt that such an environment was simply terrible.

The elevator reached the third floor, and all the passengers walked out.

Xu Tangcheng had the urge to flee here now, but he was caught off guard and suddenly touched a picture in his memory, which made him froze there—at a certain moment, he was also in the elevator, and Yi Zhe told him that Liwo might be Just now.

When a person is tired to a certain extent, the psychological defense line is probably really easy to collapse.Looking at Yi Zhe's back, Xu Tangcheng was overwhelmed by a sense of despondency. Not only was his heart sore, but his legs were so weak that he almost fell to the ground.

All kinds of sudden thoughts were mixed in his mind, like the chaotic sleep these days, making him unable to breathe.His logical thinking ability has always been very good, but he can't figure out why two people are in love with each other, but love has become the situation today.

He was distracted, so he didn't see that after the elevator door opened again, Yi Zhe had already turned around and looked at him for a long time.

"Huh?" Xu Tangcheng glanced at the floor number hastily, "Are you there?"

Feeling guilty after being seen by Yi Zhe, he opened his legs and walked forward, but after taking a step, he was stopped by the person beside him.Yi Zhe was so strong that Xu Tangcheng could not move with one arm.

"you're uncomfortable."

Not a question, but a direct affirmation.

When the time came, the elevator doors began to close.

"No." Xu Tangcheng put both hands on his arms, trying to make him let go, "Don't make trouble, the door is about to be closed."

Yi Zhe didn't move, his arms were still firmly across Xu Tangcheng's waist.

Someone should have pressed the button on the first floor. Xu Tangcheng watched helplessly as a downward arrow appeared on the display panel, and the number of floors began to decrease.

He looked helpless, and glanced at Yi Zhe: "Go down."

Yi Zhe said, "I'll take you to the hospital."

"I'm really not uncomfortable." Seeing that the number had changed to 2, Xu Tangcheng quickly discussed with Yi Zhe, "Let go of me first, others will find it strange to come in."

Yi Zhe looked at him determinedly, with no expression on his face, but with the momentum of never letting go.I don't know if Xu Tangcheng was thinking too much. In those familiar eyes, he seemed to see not only firmness, but also deep confusion.Like a close-up focused on a person, he is moving forward, surrounded by blurred fog.

First floor, the bell rings.

Just when Xu Tangcheng was about to waver under such eyes, hesitating whether to tell the whole story and try to communicate again, Yi Zhe suddenly let go.

The door opened, and there was some noise outside.The people beside him became silent again, turned around, and stood with their eyes facing forward.