There is a breeze in long summer

At the end of summer, the temperature is no longer unbearable, but the sun outside is still very dazzling.

Waking up from the dream, Xia Yiqun only felt a tightness in his chest.He straightened up and looked at the electronic clock on his desk, it was only two o'clock in the afternoon.

Next to the electronic clock, there is a photo frame, which is made of wood and has a warm luster, just like the young man in the photo: the man is wearing a hospital gown, leaning on the bedside and reading a book, his head is slightly lowered, and he looks a little out of sorts , but smiled peacefully.

It was one of the few photos left by Wen Qiu, and it was secretly taken by Xia Yiqun's brother when he was visiting a doctor, and the picture quality seems to be a bit blurry.

Xia Yiqun took the photo frame, trying to trace the smile lines at the corners of Wen Qiu's eyes, as soon as he touched the glass mirror, the cold touch immediately spread from his fingertips, along his arms, to his heart.

The whole body was quickly shrouded in this chill, but Xia Yiqun didn't take it seriously, holding the photo frame and continuing to be lost in thought.

It has been more than a year since I heard the news of Wen Qiu's death.

Has it been a year?

So short, as short as a white horse.

And so long, as long as a lifetime.

During this year, Xia Yiqun also worked as a teaching assistant in the Physics Department while continuing his studies.He is the most proud student of his tutor Wang Musong. His original intention of being a teaching assistant was to share the pressure of teaching work for the tutor. The main task was mostly to correct homework or invigilate the final exam; A class or two.

Unexpectedly, it was such a few accidental lessons that made Xia Yiqun famous.According to the word of mouth among the undergraduates, there is a teaching assistant in the School of Physics who is studying for a Ph.D.

From time to time, Xia Yiqun's reputation reached Wang Musong's ears, and Wang Musong made up his mind to let Xia Yiqun stay in school as a teacher.In order to train Xia Yiqun, he was asked to substitute for the class more often.

The students gradually discovered this pattern, and they became restless.Everyone has changed the evil spirit of "elective courses must be skipped, and compulsory courses must be skipped", but all the courses taught by Professor Wang, regardless of electives and compulsory courses, are full. ——Who knows if the handsome Mr. Xia is giving the lecture today?

Seeing his reputation, Xia Yiqun's classmates jokingly asked Xia Yiqun if he would be on duty in the teaching assistant's office, so that the students in the courtyard would have the opportunity to get in touch with Teacher Xia up close.Unexpectedly, Xia Yiqun didn't think too much about it, and he accepted this kind of thankless job without hesitation, and would help people to take over during the question-and-answer time every now and then.

As a result, everyone took the opportunity to be lazy, but Xia Yiqun was busy: either waiting in the laboratory for a piece of data, or being surrounded by a group of undergraduates in the office.

Zhang Shixuan, who was from the same school as his teacher, couldn't stand it when he saw that the younger brother was busy all day.Every time I pass by the teaching assistant's office, I never forget to say: "Xiao Xia, how many of those children came to ask questions sincerely? It's simply a drunkard's intentions! You can deal with it casually. Also, don't be foolish and always stand for me. Others are on duty, and this is almost becoming your exclusive office. How can you waste all your youth here?"

"It's all right." Xia Yiqun replied, but his eyes were always focused on the presentations and lesson plans on the computer screen, never moving away.

Xia Yiqun also knew in his heart that he was not made of iron, and he would feel tired if he was so busy.But he didn't dare to stop. Once he stopped, he would only hopelessly miss the person in the photo.

Wen Qiu, even if he just thought of these two words, Xia Yiqun's heart would become tense.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xia Yiqun is naturally high-spirited, but in fact he knows that he has long since become a walking dead.

Xia Yiqun put the photo back to its original place, and the photo frame collided with the table, making a slight sound.

The little guy lying on the sofa finally hummed a few times uncomfortably, but he didn't wake up immediately.

Xia Yiqun turned down the air conditioner by one degree, put down the remote control, walked to the sofa, bowed slightly, and touched the young man's cheek with the cool back of his hand.

The high fever just now has subsided.Xia Yiqun let out a long breath.

If this person fainted again, Xia Yiqun planned to send him to the hospital.Looking at the situation now, it should be slowed down.

Xia Yiqun shook his head: After a year of experience, he has gradually figured out many ways to get along with the students, but he still has nothing to do with the student named Lin Changqing in front of him.

The first time Xia Yiqun saw Lin Changqing was at Wang Musong's home.

A year ago, when he learned that Xia Yiqun had returned to Shanghai from the United States, Professor Wang asked him to have dinner at home to welcome him and ask about the progress of the joint laboratory.Xia Yiqun arrived at the appointed time and knocked on the door three times, but it was Lin Changqing who opened the door.

Seeing the person coming, Lin Changqing's eyes brightened slightly, and he blocked the way at the door, without saying a word, looking at Xia Yiqun with eyes full of smiles.

Xia Yiqun felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, he couldn't help but took two steps back, looked up at the door number, and was sure that he didn't go to the wrong door.

"Xiao Xia is here?" The voice of the teacher's wife Lin Wenyin broke the awkward scene, "Come in, come in, don't stand by the door, it's so hot outside!"

"Auntie, who is this?" Lin Changqing finally spoke.

"This is Xia Yiqun, the favorite student your uncle often mentioned." Lin Wenyin led Xia Yiqun in and said with a smile, "Xiao Xia, this is my nephew Lin Changqing, a loyal fan of my old Wang."

Knowing that Lin Wenyin was about to start revealing his dark history to outsiders again, Lin Changqing had a resentful expression on his face: "Auntie, don't arrange me!"

Lin Wenyin and Xia Yiqun were already very familiar, and turned a deaf ear to her nephew's complaints, and continued to tell Xia Yiqun about Lin Changqing's interesting stories: "Changqing loved reading when he was a child, and when he read a lot, he especially worshiped scientists..."

Xia Yiqun spent the past few days in a muddle, and the news of Wen Qiu's death dealt a great blow to him.Hearing the teacher's mother say that Lin Changqing loves reading, and remembering that Wen Qiu is also a book lover, she couldn't help but look at Lin Changqing more.

"Changqing's father heard that his son admired scientists, so he told him that his uncle... oh, that is, you, Mr. Wang, said that he was a great scientist. This is great. Every time we go back to our hometown to visit relatives, Changqing's uncle They are all like a little groupie, pestering Lao Wang all day long, saying that he wants to study science and become a scientist when he grows up. At that time, his family thought that he was only 3 minutes hot, but this kid is quite patient. This year The college entrance examination, you actually got into your department." Lin Wenyin nodded Lin Changqing's small forehead, "Congratulations, you are one step closer to your dream of being a scientist. Just in time, it is also convenient for you to continue to be your uncle's little follower."

Lin Changqing groaned, covered his forehead, but fixed his eyes on Xia Yiqun, refused to move away, and retorted with a smile: "I'm not my uncle's follower, I have a new goal now!"

Sure enough, Lin Changqing did not continue to pester Wang Musong after school started. Instead, like his classmates, he respectfully called him "Professor Wang", for fear that others would think that he entered the Department of Physics through connections.

Lin Changqing did have a new goal: he fell madly in love with Xia Yiqun.When Xia Yiqun was a substitute teacher, he would always try to get the seat closest to the podium; when answering questions, he would go to the teaching assistant's office the most frequently, and he could really ask a lot of questions every time. He stood out from the crowd, and justifiably occupied Teacher Xia; even when he went to the cafeteria to eat, he could sneak out of the way and block Xia Yiqun on the road. Teacher, let's have dinner together.

These little tricks of Lin Changqing will not cause too much trouble to Xia Yiqun. For the sake of Professor Wang, Xia Yiqun is a little resigned to his various behaviors.

After a long time, the whole class knew that Lin Changqing was always around Mr. Xia, and every time he wentssip, he never forgot to tease him: "Do you like Mr. Xia?"

"Yes!" Lin Changqing replied confidently.

You all don't know, the first time I saw him, I fell in love with him.

There were still a few days before school started, but Lin Changqing caught the earliest flight of the day and arrived in Shanghai.

Lin Changqing has a big plan today.He inquired about Xia Yiqun's whereabouts from his uncle early on, returned to his residence to put down his luggage, and before he had time to catch his breath, he immediately went out under the scorching midday sun, looking for his teacher Xia non-stop.

Plans can never keep up with change.There was a temporary staff meeting in the School of Physics today. Lin Changqing didn't know about it. When he walked to the door of the teaching assistant's office, he found the door closed.

Today is Lin Changqing's birthday, he made up his mind to let Xia Yiqun celebrate with him, and the small calculations in his heart were crackling along the way.Facing the empty office now, no one answered his phone calls, and no reply to his text messages, he lost his mind for a while, hesitated for a while, and was not reconciled, so he simply stood in the corridor and waited for Xia Yiqun to come back.

The heat was too strong, and Lin Changqing had been standing for a long time, his cheeks were hot, his breath was tight, and his chest was tight. As soon as his back leaned against the office door, his feet felt weak and he sat down on the ground involuntarily.

When Xia Yiqun returned to the office, he saw a person curled up at the door from a distance, but when he got closer, it was Lin Changqing.He tentatively called out twice, but there was no response, only then did he realize that the kid had already suffered from heat stroke and was sitting on the ground fainting.

With a helpless expression on his face, Xia Yiqun half-carried Lin Changqing into the office, arranged him to lie down on the sofa, turned on the air conditioner, and sat back on the office chair, intending to take a nap.

The new semester is approaching, and because Xia Yiqun received a good response from the students, the school decided to let him be a lecturer, responsible for the teaching of a basic course alone, and at the same time continue to teach Professor Wang's two courses as a teaching assistant.

Xia Yiqun only returned to Shanghai yesterday, and he was notified to submit the teaching plan. He was busy for most of the night and finally caught up with the deadline.So as soon as I sat down, sleepiness hit my heart.

Even though he was exhausted, Xia Yiqun couldn't sleep well.Not long after I fell asleep, I started dreaming again.

Probably because he misses Wen Qiu so much, as soon as he closes his eyes, Xia Yiqun will dream over and over again of the scene when he and Wen Qiu first met.

He dreamed that he was standing under the scorching sun, waiting patiently.

When Wen Qiu appeared again, he called Wen Qiu's name as usual.

He knew he was in a dream, and he thought, like all the dreams of the past year, that the boy would ignore him again, hurrying past him.

Unexpectedly, today, that person turned his head back.

Wen Qiu turned around, the smile on his face remained the same as before.He opened his lips lightly, and responded softly and peacefully:

"Brother Yiqun."

The voice seemed to be right next to his ears, it was too real.

Xia Yiqun woke up suddenly.

Today's dream is different from all the dreams he has had in the past year.

like an omen.