Fight the Landlord, Fall in Love

"and after?"

Another weekend, Xie Zhuo and Sun Zinan sat outside the small bar, with a cup of wolfberry tea in front of each of them, chatting lazily in the spring breeze.

"If there is no future, what do you want later." Sun Zinan said, "Tang Kai's prudence, once his true nature is exposed, how can he have the face to recruit me again?"

Xie Zhuo looked at him suspiciously: "Really? Why do I feel that your face is full of smugness? It seems that you like this prudence."

Sun Zinan categorically denied: "I am not, I have not."

As a friend who has been hurt for many years, Xie Zhuo understands Sun Zinan's temperament very well.This person has been mature and prudent since he was a child, and he is even more disciplined when he grows up, and he hardly does anything out of line. He seems to be particularly tolerant of "deviating from the orthodoxy", but he prefers mature and rational people who can maintain the freedom and purity in their bones.

Listening to what Sun Zinan said, he teased Tang Kai a lot that day. If he didn't think the other party was cute, how could he be so close?It's just that he doesn't realize it.

"Do you still keep in touch after that?" Xie Zhuo drank half a glass of goji berry water in one gulp, "Didn't you add WeChat?"

Wechat has been added, but Sun Zinan doesn't like to post on Moments. Tang Kai's Moments are full of academic articles and meeting notices, and Sun Zinan doesn't have the patience to read them one by one.

Xie Zhuo really convinced him: "If you don't have a circle of friends, don't you usually chat?"

Sun Zinan then opened the chat interface to show him, the latest record is 01:30 last night, Tang Kai sent Sun Zinan "Start with four bombs, how do you lose [website link]", Sun Zinan replied "Sorry, good cards It's just being able to do whatever you want [link to website]".

Xie Zhuo: "..."

The bloody battle until dawn, this is probably the friendship of men.

"I can't be too coquettish, I really can't be too coquettish." Xie Zhuo shook his head again and again, and sighed, "What kind of pot goes with what kind of lid. I think he is your destiny, don't struggle."

Sun Zinan didn't know what he was thinking, he was in a daze for a moment, and then said: "Let's take a step and see."

Xie Zhuo obviously felt that his mood was suddenly depressed, which was a little inexplicable, but after years of knowing him, he didn't show it. Instead, he rolled his eyes and said, "Anyway, we are acquaintances. The opportunity to get along for a long time is just for me to check for you, and you will know if it is suitable."

Sun Zinan raised his brows, before he could speak, Xie Zhuo jumped ahead of him and said, "I know your rules, so I won't try to trick him. Besides, he's my uncle, how can I trick him? It's just a meeting of friends, don't worry, you just need to show up on time. That's it!"

"Okay," Sun Zinan waved his hand, instead of calling back his arrangement to redo it, he just said, "Tang Kai is not in the same circle as us, so don't bring messy people with you."

"What are you talking about, old aunt," Xie Zhuo said coquettishly, "Am I that kind of person?"

Sun Zinan was so disgusted by his eldest niece that he fled.

On the way back, he sent Tang Kai a WeChat message: "Professor Tang, are you free tomorrow?"

Tang Kai replied quickly: "I'm free."

He asked what he asked and answered what he wanted, but he didn't ask him what he wanted to do.Sun Zinan thought it was very interesting. He deleted half of what he had typed and changed it to "I want to treat you to dinner. Would you like to treat me? It won't take you too long."

Tang Kai, who was reading the thesis in the study, unconsciously squeezed his phone tightly, frowned and pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then replied bluntly: "Yes."

Sun Zinan displayed "typing" and replied after a while: "Okay, I'll send you the time and location later. But it's a bit far from your home, so I'll drop by to pick you up?"

Tang Kai couldn't help but recall that night, under the warm and diffuse light, the man said in a gentle and joking tone, "It's not a good habit to be picky about food, but duplicity is cute."

Through the words and sentences on the screen, he can make up the tone of Sun Zinan's speech, which is meticulous, considerate and polite.It's hard to imagine that he would be the kind of sand sculpture man who smashed tomatoes against others in the game and had to compete with him every night.

It was even more difficult to imagine that he would be willing to get along with him further.

Tang Kai's parents practiced a free-range policy on him since he was a child, and would give advice when encountering major turning points in his life, but they never forced him.This time, Tang Zhenhua saw that he was nearly thirty but still alone, so he provided him with such an opportunity. As for whether it would succeed in the end, whether Tang Kai chose to marry and start a family or remain single for the rest of his life, his parents respected his opinion.

In fact, Tang Kai knew in his heart that the relaxed family atmosphere and long-term life in the ivory tower kept him away from most of the trials and setbacks in the world, and he was not tempered by the melting pot of society.This tranquility is good for scientific research, but not for his private life.His interpersonal relationship is simple and pure. His friends are all colleagues in the industry. Although he usually has to take care of teaching, he also keeps a distance from the students. As for other communication, it is almost non-existent.

It is not that no one has tried to pick this high mountain flower before, but they all ended in failure.It is better to fall in love with Paramecium than to fall in love with him.Professor Tang doesn't know how to cook, so he relies on the school cafeteria for three meals a day; the housekeeping is done by the housekeeper—he rarely even stays at home, and sometimes he just spends the night in the laboratory.What's the use of this kind of lifeless man if he grows up to be a fairy?Can the face be eaten?

To put it more heartbreakingly, if the experimental equipment and his lover fell into the water at the same time, he might not necessarily save anyone first.

Sun Zinan would want to continue dating him for dinner, which made Tang Kai feel a little unbelievable.

No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the type that Sun Zinan would like.But when he thought about it carefully, he was not sure, because he hadn't even seen what kind of person Sun Zinan was.

He replied with a "good" word in the dialog box.

The atmosphere of the second meeting was obviously better. Spring was in full bloom, and one of them was wearing a white shirt and the other was wearing light blue. They looked inexplicably right.Wearing sunglasses, Sun Zinan drove Tang Kai to eat a private kitchen hidden in a courtyard.

This restaurant is an ancestral official restaurant, only accepts guests by appointment, and only opens three tables a day, which is more private than a restaurant box.Outside are the old verandah railings. In the flower garden there is a big Xifu crabapple, the flowers fall like rouge rain, butterflies stop at the window from time to time, birds chirp, the scenery is intoxicatingly beautiful.

Sun Zinan didn't eat much, and while drinking tea to digest his food, he chatted leisurely with Tang Kai.

"How is it? Is the meal good this time?"

Although Tang Kai eats the cafeteria every day, his sense of taste is not dead.This table of expensive and exquisite food certainly pleased his appetite, but for some reason, everything around him, including Sun Zinan's arrangements, always gave him a "fancy" feeling.He thought that he could not live enough, but he didn't expect Sun Zinan to be even more exaggerated than him.

Jade plate delicacies are of course very good, but he would rather have a casual meal with Sun Zinan.

"Very good." Tang Kai said, "It's a waste of money."

Sun Zinan shook his head with a smile, indicating that it was all right, and picked up the teapot to refill him a cup of tea.

Tang Kai thanked him, took it without drinking, and asked straightforwardly: "Mr. Sun, you specially asked me out, do you have anything to say?"

Although he is unreasonable in the world, he is born with a very sensitive intuition.Sun Zinan took a deep look at him, and suddenly a thought came to his mind——

The guy with the mallet when we first met was really pretending.

"Well," he said frankly, "I want to confirm with you. Professor Tang, do you think we are suitable to get along as marriage partners?"

Tang Kaihui misunderstood, blurted out and asked: "Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Sun Zinan was taken aback, then waved his hands and smiled: "That's not what I mean, I just want to ask you if you are satisfied with me, and would you like to get married with me?"

Tang Kai was taken aback, almost thinking that he had heard wrong, or that Sun Zinan was joking.

As far as his common sense is concerned, getting married should not be such a hasty thing.

If Professor Tang has read the Kindle of his doctoral students and clicked on the category called "Marriage First, Love Later", you will find many love stories based on legal or illegal contracts. The classic dialogue in it is his The next scene to face.

He asked inexplicably: "Are you in a hurry to get married?"

"Getting the wedding certificate is just a ceremony, so there's no rush," Sun Zinan said, "but I want to confirm the relationship as soon as possible."

Tang Kai: "Why?"

Sun Zinan glanced at him, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes, and before Tang Kai could understand, he heard him say: "Professor Tang, although I don't know why you came on a blind date, our ultimate goal is the same. , they should all go to get married and start a family, right?"

Tang Kai nodded.

"That's right," Sun Zinan leaned back on the chair and said calmly, "My father asked me to marry you this year, otherwise he won't give me a penny of inheritance."

Tang Kai: "..."

"So, if you think I'm a suitable marriage partner and you don't plan to change people at halftime, I hope we can upgrade each other's identities." He thought for a while and said, "At least to the level of prospective fiance."

Tang Kai asked in disbelief: "You...married to share the inheritance?"

Sun Zinan asked frankly, "Otherwise?"

He didn't miss Tang Kai's expression as if he had taken the wrong rat poison, and he said a little funnyly: "Think about it, my little broken company sells health care products. If it wasn't for relying on mountains and mountains, why would we be here today?" What about local consumption? I can only take you to eat a bowl of Malatang for 20 yuan."

Tang Kai was silent for a long time, so long that Sun Zinan thought he was tempted by this proposal, but Tang Kai suddenly said: "It doesn't matter."

Sun Zinan: "Huh?"

"Whoever I like, it doesn't matter even if I eat instant noodles with him," Tang Kai said solemnly, "But I don't accept marriage as a tool to achieve goals, because human feelings can never be clearly priced."

Well, let's talk about "human beings" with him.

Sun Zinan's face slowly darkened, and he said, "Professor Tang, I appreciate your romantic idealism, but I am a realistic person."

Sure enough.

The tenderness and thoughtfulness before were like dew evaporated by the rising sun, and suddenly dissipated with the wind, as if it was a dream that woke up too quickly.

Since when, the whole world has been facing reality, accepting reality, and then becoming a part of reality.Only he is always standing still, ignorant, and will not compromise.

Almost 30 years old and naive man, no wonder he can't find a partner.

"So the throne you want to inherit and the wealth of Wanguan family have nothing to do with me." Tang Kai stood up, suppressing his disappointment, and said coldly, "Mr. Sun, unfortunately, I am not the person you are looking for."