underground river

Winter is coming, the cold wind is howling non-stop, and the whole north has been snowing heavily since the night before, and by now, it is already covered with snow.The students hugged their books and water glasses and walked hurriedly on the campus. The dim street lights and the steaming stalls on the roadside became the last warm scene in this cold night.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother——"

Yao Xue was panting a bit while running with a large pile of books in her arms. The fluffy hat on her head slid down a little, just covering part of her vision, causing her to run a little crookedly in the last few steps, and she was about to knock. I went to the stone steps next to me, but fortunately, I was grabbed by someone in time.

"Slow down, you hit the electric pole."

The young man who spoke was Chen Sen.

A few years have passed, his features have become more mature, and his whole body has completely calmed down. No matter what time he is, he looks unhurried and calm. Everyone in the courtyard said that he was caught by his mentor. Wen Ruchang was affected, and he lived like an old man when he was young.

The youth version of the old man, Chen Sen, had just finished his evening class for the sophomores. Yao Xue saw him as soon as he came out of the teaching building, but he was walking so fast that she almost missed him. .

Yao Xue pulled the hat up, looked at him and laughed, but when her eyes fell on the water glass Chen Sen was holding in his right hand, the corners of her mouth collapsed: "Senior brother, why do you feel like that old man like Master? Drink wolfberry water? Also, why does this cup look so similar to Master’s cup? Did he pass his family heirloom to you?”

Yao Xue was born with a baby face, very cute, and she spoke sweetly, and Chen Sen's mentor, Wen Ruchang, had been in the school for several years, so she took in such a female disciple, so the whole school loved her. No way, as for her, relying on her cuteness, she usually teases them whenever she gets the chance, and Chen Sen has long been used to it.

"Does it look like it?" Chen Sen picked up the cup and glanced at it, then smiled lightly, "This was a meeting with Master last week, the organizer was more generous, and each participant gave one to each of the participants, and you, Senior Brother Zhang, also had one. But it didn’t seem to work.”

"..."

Yao Xue pouted secretly.

The most unpredictable thing in the whole school is her, Senior Brother Chen. Other senior brothers will follow her jokes and make a few jokes, but he always explains to her in a serious manner every time, making the topic boring , it is unbearable.

Chen Sen looked at the large stack of books in her hand, and asked, "Have you taken on a new project? Why did you borrow so many books?"

Speaking of this question, Yao Xue curled her lips even harder, with an expression of wanting to cry.

"Don't mention it, I can't understand the new topic at all, and I don't have any ideas for writing, and the master asked me to show him the first draft the day after tomorrow. Where did I get the first draft!" Yao Xue said with an expression on the verge of tears.

"Is it so serious? Let me see what your subject is."

"Hmm...The lithospheric extension and crustal stretching periods since the Late Mesozoic in southeastern China...Why did you choose such a topic?"

Yao Xue's face collapsed when he asked back: "I overslept in the meeting last time, and there was only one topic left after I went. That old man, Master, didn't let me change it. I was promoted as a miner..."

Chen Sen turned over two more pages of her notes: "The research objects are basic rocks, basic dike rocks... Focus on analyzing the origin of the rocks, the nature of the source area... the direction is acceptable."

Yao Xue looked at him with a bitter face.

Chen Sen sneered: "I have three projects in my hands these two days, don't make up my mind, go to your brother Zhang and ask, rocks are his main business."

"Okay then, thank you brother."

Yao Xue walked with him to the dormitory area, and remembered another thing while walking.

"Hey brother, are you going to the big project in City A that Master said?" Before Chen Sen answered, she said anxiously, "Go, we can suffer less with you, I would rather I listen to Master's fancy praise every day, and I don't want to be hurt by him changing tricks if I don't do things well!"

The whole school knows that Chen Sen is Wen Ruchang's most proud student. The reason is that Chen Sen's professional skills are excellent, and Wen Ruchang praises him every day. Publicity, basically everyone in the postgraduate circle of D University knows that there is a person named "Chen Sen".

If he followed the project in City A, then Wen Ru usual would have a fixed target, and of course she would suffer less.

Of course, Chen Sen knew what her real purpose was, so he shook his head dumbfounded, and said, "I don't know yet, let's see what Master arranges. After all, City B also has project arrangements, so I don't know."

"Ouch, senior brother, you can ask to join on your own initiative! As long as Master and his old man are eager to love his disciples, as long as you ask him, he will definitely agree!"

Chen Sen smiled and didn't answer.

During the conversation, the two had already walked near the men's dormitory. Yao Xue begged tirelessly all the way, but Chen Sen was tortured to no avail, and finally had no choice but to agree to check on the master's tone another day.

Yao Xue was happy when she suddenly heard someone calling her, and when she looked up, it was Li Ziwen.

"Brother Li? Why are you here?"

Li Ziwen rolled his eyes helplessly: "I should be the one asking why you are here, okay? It's already at the door of the men's dormitory. Why, do you want to go out overnight in the men's dormitory?"

Yao Xue glared at him angrily, and said harshly: "I won't introduce you to a good-looking little brother again! Hmph!"

"Hey! This girl!" Li Ziwen pointed at the back of her running far away, a little dumbfounded.

Wasn't it just that she accidentally caught him breaking up with his ex-boyfriend?This girl even threatened him!

When Li Ziwen stopped his hands and turned his head, he saw Chen Sen looking at him with a subtle expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You broke up? How come I don't know when? No, why did you break up again?"

The two have known each other for many years, Li Ziwen has long been too lazy to pretend in front of him, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Forget it, I ran into an enemy this time, and almost killed me, so we should break up to save our lives!"

The two walked side by side to the dormitory, and probably suddenly remembered the person they broke up with. Li Ziwen sighed sadly and said, "Actually, I quite like him. His looks, height, personality, and temper are all mine. Vegetables are nothing more than hobbies and my... oh..."

"What hobby?" Chen Sen asked curiously.

Li Ziwen looked embarrassed, hesitated for two seconds, and finally confessed.

"He likes to play SM."

"..."

Li Ziwen was annoyed by the way Chen Sen was trying to hold back his laughter, so he punched him angrily: "Laughing fart! I'll just become a monk and become a monk in the future. What the hell are these people! "Turning around and sighing again, "It's still good for you, I broke up the relationship early, and devoted myself to academics and career, let's see..."

Li Ziwen automatically stopped talking before finishing his sentence.

He stole a glance at Chen Sen's face, and he was relieved when he saw that the latter looked calm and as usual.

Li Ziwen scolded himself in his heart, saying something was not good, he had to say Duan Chenyuan, he almost shaved his head after so many years of innocence, who else could it be for?

Li Ziwen in this room seriously criticized and educated himself, but Chen Sen in that room said: "What are you looking at? Why don't you say anything?"

Li Ziwen saw that he didn't seem angry, but he seemed to really want to listen. He was wondering, when suddenly his mind was struck by lightning, clapped his hands, and shouted: "Oops!"

Chen Sen stopped: "What's wrong?"

"I asked Yao Xue to interrupt me, I almost forgot, hurry up, let's take a taxi to the company." Li Ziwen was about to drag him out after speaking.

Chen Sen was tense and did not move: "What's the matter, please clarify the matter first!"

"Hey, I went out to discuss a cooperation with someone at night. Do you remember the project of Keyu Company?"

"Say the point!"

"The point is, my phone is out of battery. I just went back to the dormitory to recharge it, and then I saw the message that Xiao Zhou and the others sent me, saying that the backstage was broken, and asked me to go over and have a look."

Chen Sen frowned: "The backstage collapsed and there are engineers here, what are you doing there?"

"..." Li Ziwen glanced at him, "There are only two engineers in our company, one of them asked for leave today to go on a blind date, and the other girlfriend came to my aunt and asked him to accompany and wait on me. I called and turned off my phone."

"..."

Chen Sen raised his forehead with a headache: "Let's go."

The cram school they held together in their dormitory a few years ago was very lively for a while, but there are many such cram schools near the university town, and the pressure of competition is very high. Later, when the bottleneck period came, Chen Sen resolutely disbanded the cram school , pulled Li Ziwen to open a resume studio instead.

The reason why he had this idea was because he was asked by the teacher of the school league committee to help organize a resume contest that year, and he came up with this idea after seeing piles of badly written resumes collected.

In the beginning, it was just ghost writing and revision of resumes. Later, the business increased, and the two of them jointly made several fixed templates for everyone to download for a fee, and the effect was not bad.Later, there were too many people in this industry, and the business of resumes was not easy to do. Chen Sen thought of simply building a job hunting website for college students, providing resume services, interview skills guidance, job search, post-special vocational training, and even Students renting houses are all accommodated.

If this project is to be done well, it will take a lot of manpower and financial resources. Chen Sen found a few senior brothers and sisters, and Li Ziwen relied on his strong contacts and sharp tongue to find two fresh graduates. The master who wrote the program came over.In this way, they set up a company with trepidation, and then groped all the way to today.

The two rushed to the company at high speed and worked until midnight before the problem was solved.Li Ziwen ordered takeaway, took out two cans of beer from the refrigerator in the pantry, and threw one can to Chen Sen.

"Hurry up and pour me that goji berry of yours. I'm upset. I'm not an old man in his seventies..." Li Ziwen murmured.

Chen Sen pulled the tab and took a sip, Bing's teeth chattered.

Li Ziwen drank most of it in one breath, his whole body trembled, and said with a smile, "I think of the time when our company was first established two years ago. Fuck, at that time, we were completely dependent on cigarettes and alcohol. I was so busy every day that my feet caught fire, until the end of my busy day, I almost forgot that I was still a rich second generation!"

Chen Sen was amused by his self-mockery, and was a little dazed after laughing.

Two years ago, when the company was just established, a group of pure newcomers who came out of Novice Village made a sudden move, and were almost slapped to death by the market.At that time, many things could only be done by groping, and everyone suffered a lot.They ran publicity in one school after another, met with investors day and night, and several people in the middle team quit.And he and Li Ziwen were just graduate students at that time, especially him, who was almost tortured to death by Wen Ruchang.

He also thought about forgetting about it and doing academic research in a down-to-earth manner, but there was always a voice in his heart reminding him, you can't just forget about it, you have to become stronger.

Maybe it was because I was still young and energetic at that time, so I always wanted to make a big career out of it.However, all the way to today, until now, he no longer has any thoughts of "must become stronger", and he even seldom manages the company, anyway, Li Ziwen is there.

Compared with running and managing a company well, Chen Sen is actually more willing to teach students at school and then do his geological research.

As his mother expected from the beginning, he was finally back on track.

"The takeaway is here, come here!"

Li Ziwen distributed the takeaway to colleagues who worked overtime, and then brought two bags into the office alone.

"Choose one, I'm going to eat this!" Li Ziwen lifted the lid, and the aroma of braised beef noodles kept getting into his nostrils, "I'm so delicious! This 18 yuan noodles and three yuan Five is different!"

After he finished speaking, he looked up and found that Chen Sen was holding the paper bowl, and he leaned over curiously: "Hey, yours is porridge? Don't you want to eat it? How about we change it?"

"No need, let's eat." Chen Sen took a spoon and fed a piece of fish fillet into his mouth. There were no thorns, but it felt like a thorn in his throat.

Li Ziwen didn't realize it after eating halfway, and immediately jumped up as if being scratched by a cat, and stuttered for a long time without uttering a clear word.

Chen Sen looked up at him: "What are you doing?"

Li Ziwen scratched his head resentfully: "I... hey, forget it."

Forget it, but as he was eating, he couldn't hold back, and asked a lot: "You... haven't contacted him since then? It's been so many years, you—"

"I've contacted you." Chen Sen interrupted him, buried his face and fed the porridge into his mouth as if he couldn't feel the heat.

"And then?" Li Ziwen looked at him expectantly.

Chen Sen paused his hands, swallowed with difficulty, looked up, looked at him and smiled wryly.

"could not be reached."

The author has something to say: I want to end...weeping and scratching the wall...