It turns out that no one survives in love

In Lin Rui's intensive preparations, the new semester finally started.

He took a deep breath and walked into the classroom. Under everyone's curious and scrutinizing eyes, he introduced calmly, "Hi everyone, my name is Lin Rui, and I will study this course with you this semester."

Although he has been teaching for many years and has seen all kinds of demanding students, this is Lin Rui's first time teaching at his alma mater after ten years, after all, it has a different meaning.He prepared well in advance, the content was substantial, and the style was simple and straightforward without losing humor. Judging from the performance of the students, the first class was very successful.

After the four-hour class ended, Lin Rui spent another half an hour sending away the students who asked various questions and simply introduced themselves. Lin Rui returned to the office, took off his glasses, peeled a toffee and put it in his mouth. Then he slowly rubbed the center of his eyebrows.

Less than 10 minutes after taking a break, I heard someone knocking on the door.

"Please come in!" Lin Rui put down his arms, opened his eyes and saw that Zhou Yan walked in with a cheap smile, "Congratulations, Mr. Lin! I just heard when I entered the office that your class today was greatly affected. It’s a good review.” Zhou Yan sat down on Lin Rui’s desk unceremoniously, reached out to pick and choose in Lin Rui’s candy shell, then peeled off a piece of chocolate, and said while eating,

"By the way, don't forget the EMBA exchange reception tonight, in the auditorium on the second floor. Also, tomorrow night is the alumni reception. Hey, I'll come to you when the time comes, and tell you that you probably won't remember."

Lin Rui felt a headache, "There are so many things."

Zhou Yan looked at him like an alien, "Is there too much? It hasn't even started yet. Let me tell you, if there are less than five such occasions in a week, you should be lucky."

Lin Rui was dumbfounded, "Really?"

In the United States, he also participated in such receptions, exchange meetings, face-to-face meetings, etc., but they only happened once a week or two, and as a professor, he didn't have to attend every time.Going once in a while is also an opportunity to learn about new data and research projects.Now he's really getting a little bigger.

Zhou Yan looked at him with a helpless smile, "Okay, I'll get used to it after going there a few more times. I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to report to my girlfriend." Turning around and walking out, I walked a few blocks by the way chocolate.

Lin Rui suddenly felt nervous.He wasn't a gregarious person in the first place, he was good at talking about research, but he was really not good at things like chatting and connecting with relationships.He can still take a scene, but if there are such a dense "scene", he really can't pretend.

No matter how unwilling Lin Rui was, it was still 6:[-] p.m., and the EMBA reception began.

Zhou Yan and Lin Rui wandered to the venue together, and when they entered the door, they saw a dense darkness.The relaxing music, the sounds of clinking glasses, the laughter of greetings, and the exquisite snacks made people feel good at first glance, but Lin Rui felt that he was overwhelmed by the darkness.

Seeing that he was uncomfortable, Zhou Yan said helplessly, "Okay, follow me."

Then he turned around and took two glasses of wine, handed one to Lin Rui, and took him to say hello to his friends.

They walked to a small circle of about five or six people and patted one of them on the shoulder.The man was smiling and chatting with everyone. He turned his head and saw Zhou Yan, and immediately deepened his smile, "Professor Zhou! Hello, hello. How are you doing? Are you giving lectures this semester? I haven't seen you in golf recently." .”

Zhou Yan returned with a smile, "Mr. Zhong is good. It's still the same. Hey, there are four courses this semester, and I don't have time to play. Let's make an appointment next time." He pulled Lin Rui back, "This is our The department is a new visiting professor who just came back from UCLA, Lin Rui, Professor Lin. Lin Rui, this is Mr. Zhong, the president of XX Technology."

Zhong Yong immediately stretched out his hand, "Professor Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Lin Rui reached out to shake hands with him, "Hello, Mr. Zhong. The merger case last month was really beautiful."

Zhong Yong's eyes lit up, "Professor Lin also heard about it in the United States?"

Lin Rui smiled and said, "It's hard not to notice such a neat case. There are few people in the LA Chinese circle who haven't heard of it."

Zhong Yong laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Professor Lin, you are so interesting. Next time you play golf, you must come with Professor Zhou!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yan introduced several other people to Lin Rui one by one.Walking around in a circle, Lin Rui laughed so hard that his face hurt, and he felt more tired than going to class, let alone eating.

Coming out of the reception, Zhou Yan and Lin Rui walked slowly outside the school gate. Both of them were still hungry, so they simply decided to eat a bowl of ramen.

Zhou Yan had already taken off his suit jacket and casually put it on his arm.While walking, he teased Lin Rui, "I don't see anything wrong with you? Isn't that good?"

Lin Rui smiled wryly, "Anyway, I've finished all my words. Once again, I can only drink in silence." Zhou Yan laughed muffledly, took out a pack of cigarettes from his suit pocket, and took out a pack of cigarettes. , held it in his mouth, lit it, and sucked it slowly.Lin Rui gave him a big roll of his eyes in protest, but didn't really stop him.

The two walked slowly, and Lin Rui suddenly asked Zhou Yan a question he had always wanted to ask, "Zhou Yan, why did you come back?"

Zhou Yan took a puff of cigarette, laughed a few times, and then answered him, "It's related."

Lin Rui didn't understand, "Relevant?"

"Well, it's related. When I was in the United States, my life was relatively simple, and I didn't need to worry about these things. But I always felt that something was missing. What policies, changes, what does it have to do with me as a teacher? That's someone else's home. Come back In fact, there are all kinds of bad things, such as salary, treatment, and workload. These are things you can see, and there are things you can’t see, such as air, interpersonal relationships, and pressure. But these are our own affairs. If it’s good, I’ll be happy, if it’s bad, I’ll be angry and complain. To put it bluntly, I hope to have the right to speak and participate in the game. How should I put it, I have a sense of purpose.”

Lin Rui looked at Zhou Yan, his expression was a bit blurred in the dimmed light, but he could feel the firmness of the other party.

Zhou Yan took another drag on his cigarette, and suddenly smiled, "Lin Rui, it's actually not suitable for you to come back."

Lin Rui was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he heard himself asking, "Why?"

Zhou Yan's voice seemed to be a little erratic, "We are different. I am like a child who goes out to study. After learning and playing enough, I want to go home. But you are a child who ran away from home. Where is no different to you."

Lin Rui suddenly felt empty in his heart, "Run away from home", so he was like this?

From the breathtakingly beautiful afterglow of the sunset to the complete darkness, it is actually an instant.The two still walked slowly side by side, and the long shadow trailing behind them quickly disappeared, completely melting into the night.

That night, Lin Rui suffered from insomnia, he simply got up from the bed, poured himself a glass of red wine, sat by the window, stared at the night outside the window in a daze.

He has been entangled in his own emotional world, standing still and pitying himself.I thought it was pure, but it was actually very narrow.He always thought that it was his failure to confess that made him disheartened, which made him lose his pursuit and expectations for life and the future, as well as his motivation and enthusiasm for a new life.It turned out that I was just too narrow-minded.There are still many important things in life. He is 36 years old. It is time to get out of the small circle of love and love and care about some more important things.