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Zhong Li was used to walking for a while with Ye Yiheng in the middle of the night until he returned to his teacher's apartment.

In this way, the two can discuss some things while walking, from experimental projects to the latest research progress at home and abroad, to the situation of other disciples in the laboratory, and sometimes talk about life.

Zhong Li remembered that this happened at the beginning, because when Ye Yiheng first came to the laboratory, the school had not yet started. He said that he lived at home outside the school and had to drive to the school every day. Zhong Li didn't buy a car, so he gave him his staff card to apply for a car pass. Afterwards, Ye Yiheng always parked his car in the parking lot not far from his teacher's apartment building. As a result, every time he wanted to drive, he would walk a certain distance with Zhong Li.

At first, Zhong Li naturally didn’t think there was anything wrong with this matter, but after realizing that Ye Yiheng’s friendship with him was beyond teacher-student and friend, Zhong Li even suspected that Ye Yiheng always parked his car in the parking lot not far from the teacher’s apartment building where he lived. It was done on purpose.

But even if Ye Yiheng did it on purpose, Zhong Li couldn't tell.

As long as it is broken, it will inevitably be embarrassing.

The two walked all the way without talking for a while. It was past midnight, and the school road was very quiet, and no one else could be seen.

In order to break the embarrassment of this silence, Zhong Li asked Ye Yiheng, "When will you go back to your hometown?"

Ye Yiheng replied: "The experiment should be in the second grade of junior high school."

Zhong Li was surprised, "Why did you arrange to go to the second year of junior high school?"

Ye Yiheng said: "It's okay to go home, and it's okay to stay in school. Do you have any plans for the New Year?"

Zhong Li didn't answer his own arrangement, and persuaded him, "Let's let the experiment go if you can, and go back to visit your parents during the Chinese New Year!"

Ye Yiheng said: "They also have arrangements for Chinese New Year, so I don't need to go back. Besides, I don't get along well with my parents."

Zhong Li said, "After all, they are your parents. Aren't you the only child in the family?"

"You always care too much!" Ye Yiheng said.

Zhong Li was choked up by his words for a while, and endured for half a minute, then frowned and looked at Ye Yiheng and said, "Is this the way you speak to the teacher?"

Ye Yiheng said: "That's it, don't ask me."

Zhong Li had no choice but to stop asking.

In the beginning, Ye Yiheng said that when he was living at home off campus, Zhong Li thought he was married and had his wife and children with him, so he settled down at home off campus. This is especially true for students who have already worked and come back to study for a Ph.D. very common.One reason why Zhong Li thinks this way is that he saw that Ye Yiheng's identity and address are from Beijing, and the company he is targeting is also from Beijing, but his ancestral home is Sichuan, so he has the kind of guess that he brought his wife and children to C City to study for a Ph.D. .

Zhong Li thought that his life was very stressful, so he valued him very much, and planned a lot for him, hoping that he would graduate on time in three years, so that he could go back to work and support his family better.

It was about half a year later that he found out that Ye Yiheng was not married, but his family conditions were relatively good, so he lived off-campus.

When Ye Yiheng first came to Zhong Li's side, Zhong Li's career had just started, and everything was in the initial stage of construction.Zhong Li is so busy every day that he does not touch the ground. In addition to considering teaching and laboratory matters, there are many rules in the school that he needs to adapt to. Zhong Li is really moved by the arrival of such an excellent student as Ye Yiheng. Ye Yiheng regarded him as his student, and also regarded him as his confidant.

The two of them would always be busy until midnight every night before leaving the laboratory. The walk from the laboratory back to the teacher's apartment was the section where Zhong Li and Ye Yiheng had the most heart-to-heart relationship. At that time, he told Ye Yiheng a lot about his inner feelings. But thinking about it now, Zhong Li actually regretted it.

He didn't know if it was because he talked too much with Ye Yiheng that Ye Yiheng had feelings for him other than being a teacher-student friend.

And after he found out about it, he couldn't ask Ye Yiheng for the answer, because he would be embarrassed if he asked.

And after Ye Yiheng hinted to him so many times, Zhong Li never considered that he really wanted to have some relationship with his disciples other than teacher-student relationship. It will be very criticized in the future, and it will be a heavy blow to his career. No matter how you say it, this matter is absolutely impossible.

However, he asked himself, does he like Ye Yiheng?

It doesn't take much thinking at all to have the answer.

There is no tutor who doesn't like an excellent student like Ye Yiheng who can help the tutor.

Zhong Li also really liked him, valued him, and even relied on him in many things.

But Zhong Li felt that it was nothing more than that.

This kind of liking can never rise to the level of love.

Walking outside the parking lot, about 200 meters away from Zhong Li's teacher's apartment, Zhong Li stopped and said to Ye Yiheng: "I saw that there is an underground parking lot in the community next to our research building. I thought there was only a community parking lot there. Residents can park, but later I heard people say that as long as you go to apply for a card, you can park in. If you park your car here every day, it is far away from the laboratory. You might as well apply for a card in that community and park your car there."

Ye Yiheng didn't respond, but instead said: "Let's go, I'm at the teacher's apartment, and I'll come back."

Zhong Li looked at him depressedly, "You really are a machismo."

These words were full of resentment, Ye Yiheng looked at him and said: "I just want to walk a few more steps to exercise my body?"

Zhong Li sighed, "Why bother! I really don't understand why you are so single-minded!"

"You said I was chasing you?" Ye Yiheng said bluntly.

Zhong Li felt really awkward, "What do you think?"

Ye Yiheng looked around, and said to Zhong Li: "How about I go to your apartment and talk to you about this?"

In fact, if Ye Yiheng didn't change his subject, he would have graduated next semester, and he would go back to Beijing after graduation, so there shouldn't be any involvement between the two of them.But now he has to extend the extension for one year, and the extension application has already been completed, and Zhong Li just signed it for him to hand it in two days ago.For Ye Yiheng, the postponement will not only require him to stay in school for one more year, but also make him take one year of class late, which will definitely affect his career progress. Let’s not talk about these follow-up effects. During the postponement period, he cannot He got a national doctoral scholarship, and his unit will not provide him with living expenses during the extension period, etc. There are still many troubles in the follow-up, but Ye Yiheng doesn't seem to take these things to heart.

He didn't take it to heart, but Zhong Li felt very sorry. After much deliberation, he felt that it would be better to make it clear with Ye Yiheng.

He nodded and said, "Okay, follow me to the apartment."

The teacher's apartment provided by the school to young unmarried teachers is not bad.This building is newly built, and everything inside is very new. According to Zhong Li’s level, he lives in a house with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The total area is more than 30 square meters. Convenience, that's why Zhong Li forgot about buying a house while he was living there.But he actually had to buy a house, because the house could not be lived forever, and the school would urge him to move out.

Ye Yiheng is no stranger to his apartment. After entering, the living room inside is completely a work room, with a large desk, a computer on it, and a lot of books and materials. There are clothes on the sofa, a standard bachelor's house.

Zhong Li picked up the clothes from the sofa and put them in the bedroom. After letting Ye Yiheng sit down, he went to get two glasses of water from the water dispenser. After handing Ye Yiheng one cup, he took another cup and sat at the desk on the chair.

Ye Yiheng looked at Zhong Li, but did not speak first. Zhong Li was very uncomfortable being looked at by him, and said earnestly: "Look at you, you have a bright future, why not cherish it?"

Ye Yiheng was amused by his words, and said, "I don't cherish anything."

Zhong Li said: "Then what are you pestering me for?"

Ye Yiheng: "Of course it's because..." He raised the corners of his lips, looking a little naughty, "I like you, no, I love you very much."

Zhong Li was very uncomfortable with him saying these words before, but now he held back when he was being open and honest, and said seriously: "Is there anything you like about me, who is not good for you, and what do you like about me?"

Ye Yiheng said, "Is there any reason for this?"

"I don't believe in love without a reason." Zhong Li said coldly.

Ye Yiheng lowered his head slightly, and said: "If you have to ask for a reason, you are one of thousands of talents, one in a million, my teacher, who encourages me, supports me, cares about me... the only one I have met People, this kind of reason, isn't it enough?"

He raised his head and looked at Zhong Li, "I didn't mean to force you, but I really can't let it go, just like I quit smoking many times, and I still can't quit. I really can't help it. Look at you, and you don't want to get married. You don't go on blind dates, you always treat me like this, you don't alienate, you don't scold me, I thought you didn't hate me, I don't know whether you want to refuse or welcome or welcome or refuse, what do you want me to do?"

Zhong Li looked at him in shock, "I didn't mean that. But it is absolutely impossible for me to refuse you to get married and go on a blind date!"

Ye Yiheng said: "Then what's wrong with trying this with me? I graduated, and it might be difficult for you to see me."

Zhong Li said: "You should go first, I really never thought you thought this way before."

Ye Yiheng asked: "Then why do you miss me?"

Zhong Li said, "I didn't think much about it. After you graduate, the problem will be solved."

Ye Yiheng smiled helplessly. He sat on the sofa with long arms and legs, and suddenly stood up, leaned over the desk, and looked at Zhong Li.

Zhong Li was taken aback by his sudden approach, and looked at him blankly, Ye Yiheng asked: "Zhong Li, do you really have no feelings for me at all?"

Zhong Li didn't know how to answer, "You are my student and you are so outstanding. Of course I like you very much and value you. But that's all."

Ye Yiheng said: "But you didn't treat Xue Zhiqiang and Liu Zheng as well as I did to me."

Zhong Li said: "Because you are better than them, you are the student I value most."

Ye Yiheng nodded in a daze, stood up straight in a daze, and left.

Seeing him turn around and close the door, Zhong Li always felt tears in his eyes, and his heart ached like a knife. For a moment, his whole body was empty, and he stayed in a daze for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he just felt that Frozen from fingertips to toes.