[Now] I want to hold your hand tightly

Nie Mi intends to bring Xu Haoran and Lin Yihan together. Seeing that Xu Haoran didn't respond, Nie Mi patted Xu Haoran on the shoulder lightly: "Professor Lin admires you very much, and he often mentions you in front of Yihan. Yihan is replacing Professor Lin today. Here, don't you want to toast Yihan?"

Nie Mi eagerly pushed Xu Haoran a few steps towards Lin Yihan, although Xu Haoran didn't want to, but knew that today he wanted to show Nie Mi face, Xu Haoran offered another glass to Lin Yihan: "Thank you, Professor Lin, for your kindness, and thank you, Miss Lin, for your appreciation. "

"Mr. Xu, you're being polite." The cups touched lightly, and the wine-red liquid shone beautifully under the light. Xu Haoran looked away, but he didn't know if the light was too dazzling, or he was resisting such an arrangement in his heart.

After Xu Haoran toasted Lin Yihan, Nie Mi hurriedly made arrangements for the students: "Yihan, don't you have a lot to say to Haoran? Why don't you sit next to Haoran to facilitate communication."

Lin Yihan said shyly, "It's too much trouble for Teacher Nie." After receiving the teacher's eye signal, Xu Haoran said calmly, "I also have something to talk to Lin."

Under Nie Mi's deliberate arrangement, Lin Yihan moved to the main table and sat next to Xu Haoran.Zhao Geyi gave Xu Haoran a cold look, and didn't bother to say anything.

After Lin Yihan sat down, Nie Mi was busy matching the two of them again: "By the way, isn't there a group of female students who want to hold a celebration party for you tomorrow? Is Yihan free to attend?"

"I don't have any class tomorrow." Lin Yihan replied with a smile.

"Then you go with Haoran tomorrow and let Haoran pick you up." Nie Mi said with a smile.

Xu Haoran nodded in agreement.

At nine o'clock in the evening, after the banquet was over, Nie Mi told Xu Haoran to send Lin Yihan back to the dormitory, and then left the hotel with a bunch of professors and students.Before Zhao Geyi left, he said to Xu Haoran, "Don't get too complacent" and then left without looking back. Nie Mi looked at the old dean's back and shook his head repeatedly, telling Xu Haoran not to take Zhao Geyi's words to heart.Even if Nie Mi didn't say it, Xu Haoran would not listen to the words of an old man who is about to retire.

The winter night was chilly, but a man and a woman walking on the campus path were not close together.Xu Haoran took a small step away from Lin Yihan, and the two of them went one in front of the other, and they didn't talk much along the way.

The old campus of Keenan University is a small but quaint campus, with a row of decades-old cedar trees standing on the side of the road.The light fell on the snow-covered path, stretching the backs of Xu Haoran and Lin Yihan.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Haoran's cell phone rang. Xu Haoran stopped and took out the cell phone, looked at the caller's name on the screen, and immediately pressed the answer button: "What's wrong?"

"Are you free tomorrow night? I want to show you the new house!" Zhou Jisheng's enthusiastic voice came from the phone.Xu Haoran remembered that Zhou Jisheng was on the night shift today, it was rare for a doctor to be so energetic.Xu Haoran is a university teacher, compared to a surgeon, Xu Haoran is not as busy as Zhou Jisheng, but Xu Haoran is entangled in the interpersonal relationship in the university, and psychologically exhausted than Zhou Jisheng.

Lin Yihan, who was walking in front of Xu Haoran, also stopped. She tilted her head slightly and looked curiously at Xu Haoran standing under the light.Seeing Lin Yihan present, Xu Haoran replied, "Let's change another day, I have something to do tomorrow."

"It's almost winter vacation, and those professors still refuse to let you go, and want you to help their students read the papers?" Zhou Jisheng felt sorry for Xu Haoran, who has been helping the tutors in the department to read their students' papers since he was in graduate school. , this matter has long been commonplace.Xu Haoran is also willing to take this job, although he doesn't earn much, but after all, he has the money to get it, and he can give the mentor some goodwill, so why not do it.

"No, it's the students who want to celebrate me. I'll call you the day after tomorrow."

"Oh, are you still outside? Don't go back too late, it's cold at night, and I can only let you lie on the bed to rest if you're freezing." Zhou Jisheng asked Xu Haoran with concern, and Xu Haoran hung up the phone after a few replies .

Looking up and seeing Lin Yihan staring at him with a slight smile, Xu Haoran put the phone back into his pocket guiltily and said, "Friend, man."

"Mr. Xu, you are really humorous." Lin Yihan said with a smile, "Even a man can be a boyfriend these days."

"You misunderstood, it's not..." Xu Haoran was startled, and quickly opened his mouth to explain.The reputation of a university professor is very important, if it is known that he and Zhou Jisheng are in a relationship, then Xu Haoran's future will be ruined, so he keeps reminding Zhou Jisheng, and also reminding him not to expose himself to outsiders.

Lin Yihan smiled even more happily. After a few seconds, she suddenly threw herself into Xu Haoran's arms and gave Xu Haoran a big hug: "Mr. Can you come pick me up?"

"Oh, good." Xu Haoran stood there dumbly, saying that girls are sensitive, Xu Haoran felt that he should stay away from Lin Yihan, but thinking of Nie Mi's advice, Xu Haoran could only force himself to agree to Lin Yihan.As long as he pays more attention, Lin Yihan shouldn't be able to discover his relationship with Zhou Jisheng, Xu Haoran thought.

Zhou Jisheng pinched the bridge of his nose, which was a little sore, and then stretched.The hands of the wall clock pointed to 09:30. Zhou Jisheng glanced at the mobile phone on the desk, as if looking forward to a call from Xu Haoran, but Xu Haoran didn't call back after hanging up the phone.When the night's ward round time came, Zhou Jisheng stood up from his chair and walked towards the inpatient department.

"Is everything okay?" Zhou Jisheng asked the little nurse on night shift while looking through the nurse's records.

The little nurse was happiest to be on duty with Zhou Jisheng. She nodded with a smile and said to Zhou Jisheng: "Doctor Zhou, Aunt Qin is sulking."

"What's wrong?" Hearing the patient's anger, Dr. Zhou asked the little nurse nervously.

The little nurse winked at Zhou Jisheng mysteriously: "You have to ask yourself, we don't dare to mess with her old man."

Zhou Jisheng saw that the little nurse was deliberately teasing him, so he put the notebook back on the table. Zhou Jisheng also smiled and said to the little nurse: "Aunt Qin usually loves you for nothing, and she often gives you fruits and snacks. She is angry and you don't want to persuade her?"

"Persuasion?" The little nurse deliberately said with a stern face, "We tried to persuade you, but Aunt Qin said that I must ask you for clarification. We can't help it."

Zhou Jisheng sighed helplessly, these little nurses were all fine, he couldn't play with them.

Zhou Jisheng pushed open the door of Aunt Qin's ward, and behind him were a few nurses watching the excitement.Aunt Qin, who was lying on the hospital bed, saw Zhou Jisheng walking in, and hurriedly turned her back to Zhou Jisheng.Zhou Jisheng had no choice but to walk to the other side, and Aunt Qin turned around again and walked over.

"Aunt Qin, you just had an operation, I told you, don't be angry, you can't be angry at all, why are you disobedient?" Zhou Jisheng coaxed Aunt Qin in a childlike tone, regardless of Aunt Qin's age But the mentality is very young, not to lose to young people like them.

Aunt Qin snorted with her back to Zhou Jisheng, and said in a muffled voice: "You have a date and you still hide it from Auntie, I treat you as my own son, and you still keep it from me?!"

Zhou Jisheng finally understood why Aunt Qin was angry, and the little nurses behind him covered their mouths and laughed. They already knew why Aunt Qin was angry with Zhou Jisheng.

"Didn't I just establish a relationship with him? I'm going to tell you. At that time, he will regret it and refuse to agree. Didn't I deceive you?" Zhou Jisheng coaxed Aunt Qin.

"It's a new house, why did you confirm your relationship with her?" Aunt Qin turned around. She liked Zhou Jisheng very much. During the six months in the hospital, Aunt Qin kept matchmaking for Zhou Jisheng, but this afternoon I heard the nurses talk about Zhou Jisheng. Sheng already had a relationship and bought a new house. Aunt Qin thought that Zhou Jisheng didn't treat her sincerely, so she was angry.Now that Zhou Jisheng said it himself, Aunt Qin felt strange. It is reasonable to say that she would only consider buying a house and getting married after talking for a year or two. Why did Zhou Jisheng rush to buy a house as soon as the relationship was established?

Zhou Jisheng scratched the back of his head: "We have known each other for more than ten years, and I have been chasing him for seven or eight years. Only yesterday he agreed to live with me. That's why I said that we just confirmed our relationship."

"Ouch! What kind of girl is this? You want such an excellent boy to chase you for seven or eight years?!" When Aunt Qin heard this, she sat up on the bed without caring about her body, scaring Zhou Jisheng and the little nurses into a panic. Advise Aunt Qin to lie down quickly, and don't touch the wound that has just been operated on.

"He's much better than me. He's an associate professor at a university. I can't compare to him." Zhou Jisheng replied with a smile.

"Associate professor at the university?" Aunt Qin's son is also an associate professor at the university, and she knows when the associate professor at the university can be judged. Hearing Zhou Jisheng say this, Aunt Qin is even more surprised, "Then she must be in her 30s. ..."

"Aunt Qin, age is not the criterion for choosing a partner. I am in my 30s. Isn't he in his 30s? Why do you have to find someone younger than you?" Zhou Jisheng knew that Aunt Qin regarded his date as a girl Yes, but regardless of men and women, it is too biased to use age to comment on a partner.

Aunt Qin wanted to argue a few more words, but Zhou Jisheng said again: "Aunt Qin, I know you care about me. Didn't you always say that I have vision, and now you don't believe my vision?"

"Auntie doesn't mean that. Mommy is afraid that you will be cheated." Aunt Qin said, "You have a serious heart. You have been chasing someone for seven or eight years and never let go. The other party only agreed after seven or eight years. If you put your heart into it, You used 99%, and she used 1%, if the other party breaks up with you, wouldn't you waste seven or eight years?"

Aunt Qin is also a real person, and Zhou Jisheng also knows that Aunt Qin cares about him, but these words still sound harsh.Zhou Jisheng believed that Xu Haoran would not do what Aunt Qin said. "Aunt Qin, you haven't seen him before, and you don't know how good he is. In short, he is not the person you said." Zhou Jisheng was in a hurry. He is proficient in medicine, but he is not so eloquent. Tell Aunt Qin all her thoughts and let Aunt Qin understand.

Seeing that Zhou Jisheng was in a hurry, Aunt Qin also knew that she was a little unscrupulous just now, she hurriedly grabbed Zhou Jisheng's arm, and apologized to Zhou Jisheng: "I'm sorry, aunt said the wrong thing, Xiao Zhou, don't be angry, aunt! I can't control my mouth."

How could Zhou Jisheng be angry with Aunt Qin, after all, Aunt Qin was kind.Seeing that Aunt Qin's anger had subsided a lot, the expression on Zhou Jisheng's face also eased a little. He comforted Aunt Qin to lie down, and told the nurses to take care of Aunt Qin before going to the next ward to check on the conditions of other patients.

The snow that had been resting for a day fell down one after another, and in an instant, a layer of white was laid on the place where the snow melted during the day.When Zhou Jisheng walked by the window, he glanced out of the window, the dim light divided the snow curtain, the world looked so unreal.

Sending Lin Yihan back to the dormitory, Xu Haoran did not go directly to his teacher's dormitory.He sat by the lake of the school and lit a cigarette and smoked. The snow fell on his body, and soon a thin layer was laid.

After the associate professor finished his evaluation, he thought he could take a good rest for a while, but he didn't expect that life was not what he wanted.The chaotic thoughts were knotted in his mind, Xu Haoran flicked the cigarette butt, took out the mobile phone from his pocket, flipped through the names in the address book, paused at Zhou Jisheng's name for a few seconds, then flipped up, and pressed Another familiar number was called.

"Haoran, why are you calling me so late? It's snowing outside, go to bed early." Mother Xu's voice entered Xu Haoran's heart like a spring breeze in March.Xu Haoran's father died early, and it was Xu's mother who raised Xu Haoran alone. When Xu Haoran graduated from high school and wanted to go to work in college to help Xu's mother reduce her burden, Xu's mother held a broom and scolded Xu Haoran to let Xu Haoran go to college.The most important person in Xu Haoran's life is Xu's mother. When Xu Haoran is upset, Xu Haoran will call Xu's mother, listen to her mother's voice, and look for a trace of peace. .

"Mom, I've been rated as an associate professor. Wait for another two years, when I have the money to buy..." Xu Haoran paused. He wanted to say that he would buy a house when he had the money, but he agreed to live with Zhou Jisheng yesterday. He didn't need to buy a house, but Xu Haoran felt that the house was bought for his mother, so he continued, "When I have money to buy a house, I will bring you to live with me in the city."

Mother Xu cried happily when she heard that her son was rated as an associate professor: "No, it's good for mom to live here, and the neighbors around are also old people. If you want mom to move to a big city, mom won't be used to it. As long as you take good care of him Myself, mother is satisfied."

"Mom, please don't reject me. You have been suffering all your life, so it's time for me to be filial." Xu Haoran stubbed out the cigarette butt, and continued to persuade Xu's mother.

"I know you are sensible and good-looking. Mom really doesn't want to leave the village. If you want to be filial, marry a wife quickly and give me a big fat grandson or granddaughter!" Mother Xu said while wiping her tears .Xu Haoran is 34 this year, and it will be the end of the year soon. Xu Haoran will be 35 in the new year. The children in the village who are as old as Xu Haoran are all married and have children, and the children can go to school. Xu Haoran has not even had a girlfriend. Xu’s mother is like many parents. The same, began to worry about the marriage of the children.

Xu Haoran held the phone and remained silent for a long while.Getting married and having children is a normal thing for others, but it is not so easy for Xu Haoran.Seven or eight years ago, when Zhou Jisheng kissed him, Xu Haoran was at a loss in his heart. Later, he told Zhou Jisheng that he and Zhou Jisheng had no official relationship, and he had to think about it. Zhou Jisheng agreed, and the relationship between the two Although there is no intimacy, but I will see each other from time to time.Until he became an associate professor, he felt a little guilty about wasting Zhou Jisheng for the past few years, and agreed to Zhou Jisheng's request to live together.This should be considered a formal relationship, but the reality is not as simple as Xu Haoran thought.

"I get it, Mom, don't keep thinking about it, you care about yourself, and don't be reluctant to eat the tonics I sent you." Xu Haoran didn't continue the topic just now.

On the other end of the phone, Mother Xu repeatedly agreed, and gave Xu Haoran a few words of advice before hanging up the phone reluctantly.

The snow was falling heavily, and Xu Haoran felt a little cold, so he stood up and walked towards the teacher's dormitory.