[Now] I want to hold your hand tightly

Zhou Jisheng nodded thoughtfully.Zhou Jisheng knew how cruel the disputes between professors in Jingnan University College were when he was sensible, and he had a deeper understanding after studying at Jingnan University.Zhou's father's medical school was relatively good. In Zhou Jisheng's eyes, his father Zhou Bo's position as the dean of the medical school was completely picked up.Keenan University has regulations that at least three candidates for the dean of each school are required, and the medical school of Keenan University has stricter requirements than any other school. After open registration, only two people meet the registration requirements after review. There were less than three candidates, and the registration time was extended, but the third suitable candidate was still not selected by the second registration deadline.When everyone was worried about the last candidate, the old dean of the medical school who was about to retire suddenly remembered Zhou Bo who often stayed in the laboratory and rarely went out.In the end, Zhou Bo pushed hard, and after the interviews of the two candidates, one was invited by a foreign university to serve as the dean of their medical school, while the other was eliminated because of his professional superiority compared to Zhou Bo.Zhou Jisheng was just a freshman at that time. He remembered that day in the laboratory, his father said to Zhou Jisheng while observing the changes in the cells under the microscope: "There will be a lot of troubles coming to you in the future." Zhou Bo was right. After becoming the dean, he has little time to do research. In the past, their family was sparse, but now their family is crowded.Since then, Zhou Jisheng has made up his mind not to stay in the university. Zhou Jisheng heaved a sigh of relief after leaving Jingnan University after graduating from Ph.D.

The top-to-bottom factional struggle in Jingnan University is very cruel. Zhou Jisheng sometimes joked that the election of the dean of each college in Jingnan University is like fighting for the heir. Xu Haoran said that the election of the president is not a war of gods?Zhou Jisheng laughed so much that he spit out all the water he just drank and didn't swallow, and gave Xu Haoran a thumbs up: "As expected of the Faculty of Arts!"

All joking aside, Xu Haoran's spirit has not been very good during this time, Zhou Jisheng looked distressed.Zhou Jisheng scooped up a bowl of winter melon pork ribs soup for Xu Haoran: "Drink some soup, don't think about those things."

Xu Haoran nodded, he didn't want to keep thinking about things in school, but it wasn't that he would be fine if he didn't want to.Since the beginning of school, Xu Haoran has found that there are more and more social activities outside of work, and sometimes he has to go shopping with Lin Yihan on weekends. There has always been a subtle and just right distance of one step or so between people.Although Lin Yihan explained to Xu Haoran that the relationship between the two is just to take advantage of each other, Xu Haoran still feels that this state makes him very tired.He had wanted to end this inexplicable "relationship" more than once. Nie Mi, who could see the students' minds, reminded Xu Haoran that if he offended Professor Lin, not only would Nie Mi's dean position be hopeless, but Xu Haoran might also be kicked to a second-tier college or university. Go to junior college.After thinking about it, Xu Haoran finally had no choice but to continue to compromise.

What Nie Mi wanted was the support of the old professors of Professor Lin’s faction; what Professor Lin wanted was the support of Nie Mi’s election for the next professor from the Faculty of Liberal Arts of Jingnan University after Nie Mi became the dean of literature.Professor Lin's plan was to win over Zhou Bo, the dean of Jingnan University's premier medical school, but Zhou Bo didn't get in, and his son Zhou Jisheng went to a small hospital as soon as he graduated. There was no profit for Zhou Bo, so he set his sights on the liberal arts school where he was ranked after the medical school in Jingnan Dali.

Xu Haoran was holding the spoon absently, drinking the soup one bite at a time. Zhou Jisheng served a bowl of rice for Xu Haoran, and put two green peppers stuffed with meat in the bowl and served it to Xu Haoran: "Professor Nie, Professor Lin and the others The two are now on the same front, and next year's election to Dean Professor Nie has the best chance of winning, so you have nothing to worry about." Although Zhou Jisheng graduated from Jingnan University for four years, he has been in contact with Jingnan University since he was a child. He is not interested in these open and secret struggles, and Zhou Bo will not tell his family too much about the messy things in the school. After Zhou Jisheng entered Jingnan University to study, Zhou Jisheng found out about Jingnan University more quickly and deeply than others. The intricate faction relations.

Xu Haoran forced a smile to show Zhou Jisheng, then he looked down at the two green peppers stuffed with meat in the bowl, and said to Zhou Jisheng, "I made you worry about me."

"Speaking of these polite words again, why are we so respectful to each other?"

Xu Haoran smiled: "There is a saying in the ancients, between husband and wife, respect each other as guests."

Hearing what Xu Haoran said, Zhou Jisheng suddenly laughed out loud: "I can understand your ancient prose!"

Xu Haoran put a piece of pork ribs in Zhou Jisheng's bowl, and when he came back and chatted with Zhou Jisheng, he felt a lot lighter: "I reward you for being able to understand ancient Chinese."

"Hey, hey, anyway, I was admitted to Jingnan University with the top grades in the school, and my Chinese scores were not bad." Zhou Jisheng pretended to complain, but he laughed out loud as he spoke.

Zhou Jisheng asked Xu Haoran if he wanted to go for a walk after washing the dishes. Xu Haoran glanced at the blue-purple sky on the balcony and agreed to Zhou Jisheng.

There are four distinct seasons in Jingnan City. Autumn has just entered at this time, and there is still a hint of heat in the air.Zhou Jisheng and Xu Haoran each wore a long sleeve and walked side by side along the tree-lined path next to the community.

"How is Aunt Qin's health?" Zhou Jisheng often chatted with Xu Haoran about the hospital, and Xu Haoran also knew about Aunt Qin's affairs.Aunt Qin was diagnosed with gastric cancer in the middle stage more than three years ago. If the cancer was surgically removed, Aunt Qin could live for three to five years longer.Aunt Qin stayed in the hospital after the operation. She was a patient of Zhou Jisheng, and Zhou Jisheng would visit Aunt Qin every morning and evening.Aunt Qin has a sincere heart, and she especially likes Zhou Jisheng who takes care of her meticulously, treating him like her own son.After Zhou Jisheng ran away from home, he rarely saw his mother. He could get some care from Aunt Qin, and Zhou Jisheng treated Aunt Qin just like his own mother.

When Aunt Qin was mentioned, the smile on Zhou Jisheng's face decreased a bit. Xu Haoran saw clearly the change of Zhou Jisheng's expression through the street light, and guessed something.

The two of them kept silent in tacit understanding and continued to walk forward. After walking for a while, Xu Haoran suddenly stopped, grabbed Zhou Jisheng with one hand, and brought Zhou Jisheng back in the direction of the way he came and went.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Jisheng was staggered by Xu Haoran, and before he recovered, he was pulled back by Xu Haoran.

"It's my student."

Zhou Jisheng immediately understood why Xu Haoran made such a move, he held Xu Haoran's hand tightly, and trotted with Xu Haoran all the way back to the community and back home.As soon as he entered the door, Xu Haoran was panting out of breath, and pressed his sweaty back against the cold wall.

Zhou Jisheng brought a pair of slippers for Xu Haoran to put on, and comforted him: "Next time, change the road."

"En." Xu Haoran closed his eyes and sank himself into the darkness. He struggled in his heart, wondering if he should tell Zhou Jisheng everything about him and Lin Yihan.

In the blink of an eye, the National Day came. In previous years, Xu Haoran could take a full seven days off for the National Day, but this year Xu Haoran received a notice from Nie Mi to go to Singapore for him to attend a Chinese academic exchange meeting.Xu Haoran looked at the itinerary, and the communication was actually only on October 10, but Nie Mi asked him to stay there for a few more days.Seeing Xu Haoran looking at him suspiciously, Nie Mi said to Xu Haoran bitterly, "Lin Yihan will also go, so you can spend more time with her." Xu Haoran thought that he had become a free bag-carrying waiter for Lin Yihan.

Xu Haoran told Zhou Jisheng that he was going to Singapore for an academic exchange on the National Day, and Zhou Jisheng said to Xu Haoran while eating in a hurry: "It's okay, you can go."

"Do you want to bring something?"

Zhou Jisheng originally wanted to say no, but after thinking for a while, he told Xu Haoran that he would ask his colleagues, and then he would go back at night and make a list for Xu Haoran.

Xu Haoran smiled and said on the other end of the phone not to write too much, he only had two hands.Zhou Jisheng happily responded.

For Zhou Jisheng, statutory holidays are his busiest days.After simply finishing his lunch, Zhou Jisheng hurried to the inpatient department for rounds.The little nurses liked to chat with Zhou Jisheng the most. Seeing Zhou Jisheng coming, a group of people hurriedly followed Zhou Jisheng.This actually helped Zhou Jisheng a lot.

Aunt Qin's son and daughter-in-law are here today, Zhou Jisheng greeted them, and then checked Aunt Qin carefully.Aunt Qin's body is not as good as it was a year ago, but she can still chat with people.

Aunt Qin took Zhou Jisheng's hand and asked Zhou Jisheng if he was getting along well with his partner recently, and when they were going to get married. Zhou Jisheng was a little embarrassed by Aunt Qin's question, and Aunt Qin's son and daughter-in-law embarrassedly asked Aunt Qin not to keep asking about others private affairs.Aunt Qin was not happy and said: "Xiao Zhou is my half son, and I must go when he gets married!"

Zhou Jisheng had no choice but to say that soon, Aunt Qin patted Zhou Jisheng's hand and said that she must wait for Zhou Jisheng to get married.The little nurses following Zhou Jisheng pursed their lips, and one of them asked Zhou Jisheng when he would take them to his new home, and introduced Zhou Jisheng's girlfriend to them.Zhou Jisheng responded one by one, saying that when this busy period is over, in fact, he has no idea when he will be able to tell everyone about his relationship with Xu Haoran openly, and get everyone's blessing.

It was already 5:[-] in the afternoon after the round, Zhou Jisheng asked his colleagues in the consulting room if they would like to bring back some special products from Singapore before leaving work. The colleagues laughed and joked Zhou Jisheng that they didn’t need to bring any special products, they just wanted to meet Zhou Jisheng's subject.Zhou Jisheng scratched his head and said that there must be a chance, and then left the hospital.

On the third day after Xu Haoran went to Singapore, Zhou Jisheng, who was on the night shift, was just about to squeeze his shoulders to relax, when suddenly the door of the consulting room was pushed open, and a handsome man in a well-fitted suit broke into a handsome man with a pale face. After leaving Zhou Jisheng's office, the little nurse who followed behind shouted "Sir, wait a minute" while trying to hold the man but was still a step too late.

Zhou Jisheng stretched out his arms and looked at the two men facing him in astonishment. Although he wasn't too frightened to make his legs weak, the man in the suit had a strong aura. Zhou Jisheng came back to his senses and asked someone to sit down: "Please sit down first, I'll check this gentleman." As he spoke, Zhou Jisheng signaled the little nurse standing at the door to push the chair over with his eyes.