It turns out that no one survives in love

When Li Tian and Lin Rui walked out of the office together, Lin Rui realized that the sky had already darkened. He raised his hand to look at his watch, and sure enough, it was already 7 o'clock.Lin Rui clicked his tongue secretly. It turned out that he had been lying on the table in a daze for 4 hours. No wonder his stomach hurt and his legs were weak just now. It has been nearly 10 hours since breakfast. This is basically hypoglycemia up.

The two walked slowly side by side, the corridor was very quiet, Li Tian silently held Lin Rui's hand.

Lin Rui looked around, but didn't see anyone else, so he held Li Tian's hand instead.

Immediately at the elevator entrance, suddenly a voice came from behind, "Lin Rui!"

Lin Rui was startled, and immediately let go of his hand. Looking back, Zhou Yan walked over with a smile.

When he walked in front of him, Zhou Yan was obviously taken aback, "Yo, President Li is here?"

Li Tian smiled at him, "Oh, we recently built a new database, which is related to our project, come over and talk to Lin Rui to see if there is any possibility of cooperation. With such good resources as two big professors, it doesn't take too much It was a waste. We are talking about it, and there are still a few problems that the project manager will give you a simple report after confirming."

Zhou Yan was very excited, "What's the matter with Mr. Li? This is also a very precious opportunity for us. It's a win-win for everyone, right? Thank you Mr. Li first."

After all, he looked at Lin Rui, "Are you going out to eat?"

Lin Rui smiled, "Yes, such good news, please have a meal with President Li." After a pause, he continued, "Together?"

Zhou Yan also laughed, "No, I have an appointment with my girlfriend. Otherwise, this would not be a matter of package." After finishing speaking, the three of them said goodbye with smiles.

After separating from Zhou Yan, Li Tian and Lin Rui got into the elevator, they discussed it and decided to take Li Tian's car to eat dumplings.

When the two of them got into the car, Li Tian thought about it and asked, "Have you known Zhou Yan for a long time?"

Lin Rui nodded, "I met at a conference when I was studying for a Ph. D., and then we chatted well, and we did research together. Counting, we have known each other for seven or eight years. Counting the current project, we have already collaborated on four papers." gone."

Li Tian let out a "huh" to show that he knew, and didn't say anything more.

Lin Rui is in a much better mood now, so he joked with him, "Why, are you jealous of the straight one?"

Li Tian smiled, "That's not true, I just want to know more about your friends."

Lin Rui felt very heartwarming, but didn't say anything more.

Lin Rui had been hungry all day and was in a good mood. Naturally, he had a big appetite and ate a whole plate of dumplings in one sitting.Li Tian laughed at him all the way, so he drove the car home and took Lin Rui for a walk around the neighborhood for over an hour.

After the walk, it was already very late, the two of them felt physically and mentally exhausted after a day of drama, so Lin Rui simply stayed at Li Tian's house.

Lin Rui never told Li Tian what happened during the day.

It is not a trivial matter to return to China completely, let alone the school has not given him a formal offer, just the resignation procedures in the United States, and various things, he always needs to have a plan first.He wanted to prepare everything and then give Li Tian a surprise.

The next morning, the two had breakfast, and Li Tian sent Lin Rui to school first.This time, he didn't drive into the parking lot. When he reached the school gate, Lin Rui got out of the car and walked to the office.

Just as Lin Rui made coffee, there was a knock on the door. Lin Rui smiled and turned around, and it was indeed Zhou Yan.

"What's the matter, miss me so much?" Lin Rui made a rare joke with Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan laughed, "That's right! I saw you leave with someone else yesterday. My little heart hurts so much that I didn't sleep well all night!"

Lin Rui felt a "thump" in his heart, and then couldn't help laughing at himself as "all grass and trees are soldiers". Zhou Yan was probably just joking, so he also laughed, "When I see your girlfriend, I will sue you!"

Zhou Yan sat across from his desk with a smile, and asked casually, "By the way, I heard that the department intends to let you stay?"

Lin Rui was really surprised at this, but after a little thought, he understood that since it was the meaning of the department, it must not be Director Jiang's idea alone, and someone should have told Zhou Yan.

He had nothing to hide, so he nodded, "Well, the department briefly mentioned it to me, but it was just an idea."

"What about you? What do you think?" Zhou Yan continued to ask.

"Well, I'm still thinking about it." Lin Rui said after deliberation.

Zhou Yan was obviously a little surprised, "Really? Do you have any thoughts to stay? Last time we chatted, didn't you say that you are not used to it, why did you change your mind so quickly?"

Lin Rui smiled, "It's just a possibility." After speaking, he looked at Zhou Yan and teased him, "Why, you're not welcome?"

Zhou Yan laughed, "How is it possible? I wish for it! I just feel a little surprised. But if you decide, you have to be the first to tell me, we have to celebrate!"

Lin Rui smiled helplessly, "It's still early, you just listen to the wind and the rain."

After sending Zhou Yan away, Lin Rui was about to sit down and catch up on some work. The day before, he was giving lectures and was in a bad mood. He didn't accomplish anything, and the progress was delayed a lot.In the end, he didn't expect to work until 6 p.m., and Lin Rui didn't realize that he forgot to eat lunch until he felt a dull pain in his stomach.Picking up the keys and preparing to go out to eat something casually, the phone rang.

Lin Rui took it over and saw that it was Li Tian, ​​so he picked it up, "Hello?" Lin Rui didn't realize that his voice was very gentle, and there was an unconscious smile on his face.

It sounded like Li Tian was driving, and his voice was a little higher, "Lin Rui, are you done?"

Lin Rui thought to himself, it's really time for you to call, and replied with a smile, "I just finished my work, and I'm about to go out for something to eat. What about you?"

Li Tian laughed a few times sullenly, "I have a meal and I'm stuck on the road. I just wanted to call you to remind you to eat."

The words were simple and clear, but there was a bit of tenderness in Lin Rui's ears.Lin Rui locked the door with his hands back, and said softly as he walked towards the elevator entrance, "Got it, oh, but don't tell me, I really forgot to eat lunch."

Li Tian was very helpless when he heard that, "You have a bad stomach, and you don't remember to eat." After thinking about it, "Well, you set an alarm clock, um, I will remind you when I have time."

Lin Rui listened to the music, "This is the rhythm of dementia, and the alarm clock. Otherwise, you should set an alarm clock. When the alarm clock reminds you, if you remind me again, it will be over."

Lin Rui talked on the phone with Li Tian all the way, exuding the rancid smell of being in love, and there was a bit of coquettishness in his tone that he didn't feel.

After pressing the elevator, he said goodbye to Li Tian, ​​"Okay, I'm in the elevator, let's do this first."

Li Tian returned a loud kiss, and Lin Rui couldn't help laughing out loud.

He hung up the phone, walked into the elevator, turned around to close the elevator door, but found a figure walking in another direction, it looked a bit like Zhou Yan.

Lin Rui thought narrowly, "Hurry up to accompany your girlfriend after work, and be careful of punishment." He pressed the elevator button.

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The next few days were very busy, Li Tian really sent a voice reminder to Lin Rui to eat at 12 noon every day.The tone is similar to coaxing a child, it can be said to be quite disgusting.

On Friday afternoon, Lin Rui finished his work early, thinking of going to Li Tian's house early, cooking a delicious meal, and spending the weekend together.As a result, as soon as he packed up his things and was about to leave, the office phone rang.

Lin Rui picked it up, and it turned out to be Director Jiang, who asked him to go to the office for a "chat".

Lin Rui answered "OK", put on his handbag, and prepared to go home directly after meeting Director Jiang.

Soon after arriving at the department head's office, Lin Rui knocked on the door, and upon hearing "Come in", Lin Rui opened the door and walked in, "Director Jiang, are you looking for me?"

"Oh, Teacher Xiaolin, sit down quickly."

Lin Rui thanked him with a smile, pulled up a chair and sat down. "Director Jiang, what do you want me to do?"

Director Jiang smiled kindly, but when he looked carefully, he could find a slight frown, "There is something."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to be thinking about what to say, hesitated for a while, and continued, "Xiao Lin, don't mind, as for me, I just asked, have you got married?"

Lin Rui was a little puzzled, thinking, "Could it be that you want to introduce someone to me?" But he quickly replied, "Oh, no."

"So, do you have any friends?"

Lin Rui wasn't sure where the topic was headed, so he smiled and simply replied, "There are people I'm dating."

Director Jiang pursed his lips, looked at the desktop and nodded, "Yeah." After a while, he raised his head and looked at Lin Rui, "That's it. Our department received an anonymous letter this morning, which contained some, um, Teacher Xiaolin’s personal information.” At this point, he paused for a moment, and then continued carefully, “Specify that there is a problem with personal life style.”

Sitting opposite Lin Rui, he froze, "Personal, personal style, no, personal life style, problem?"

Director Jiang sighed, "As for us, we must believe you. It's just that almost all the leaders in the department have received this letter. Now, the influence is very bad."

He looked at Lin Rui's unbelievable face, and felt a little sad. He really admired this young man, and he knew that if this matter was not handled properly, a simple "personal life style problem" could completely solve the problem. Completely destroy the future of this young man.

He sincerely said to Lin Rui, "Xiao Lin, I'm [-] years older than you, so I'll just entrust you once, to be honest. This kind of pretentious thing has the worst impact. But it's still under control now. If you have a girlfriend who is dating now, why not take them with you and walk around. Many rumors will naturally be broken without breaking through."

At this point, Lin Rui finally understood what the so-called "personal style problem" meant.He had the audacity to come out straight out of his Ph. D. in Chicago, and to come out at a welcome party at UCLA, but he's not fooled enough to think the same here.The environment is different, he can understand, and he has been very careful in asking himself.He didn't know who wrote this letter, how he found it, and what it was for.

When he came out of Director Jiang's office, Lin Rui felt his whole head froze. The cool evening wind blew over him, and he shivered from the cold.Only then did he realize that he had left his coat in the office.He hugged his arms tightly, but didn't want to go back to get his clothes.In fact, he doesn't want to be near that building at all right now.

I was in a daze all the way, and after being "died" many times, I finally drove to Li Tian's house.

Li Tian is not home yet.He opened the door, changed his shoes, and sat directly on the sofa without turning on the light, feeling tired like never before.

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