After the speech of Dean Dubridge and the appearance of new faces, the buffet dinner entered the stage of free exchange.

Among the faculty and staff in the audience, Ewen, who was specially invited to attend as a student, should be a high-profile person, but because of his low profile, except for a few acquaintances, few people paid attention to him.

"Evan, aren't you going to say hello to the new director?" Leyton, who had just had a drink with Robert Batcher, found Evan who was feasting on it. Evan wiped his mouth and replied, "Don't worry, eat first and then talk about it." ”

"This salmon is good, why don't you have a little one?"

Leiden shook his head speechlessly, a person like Evan who can actually eat enough at the dinner party is a rare animal.

"You eat slowly, I'll talk to the other professors. ”

Evan waved his hand, signaling him to be casual.

Not long after Layton walked away, one of them noticed Evan.

The man was holding a dessert in his hand, and he was wearing an off-white suit that fit well, but it looked a little incongruous.

He looked at the young Evan who was sitting at the table as if no one was eating, and his curiosity was overflowing.

It seems that only a partner can be brought to the dinner, so there shouldn't be such a young faculty member in the college, right?

So he's ......

Curious, the man walked over to Evan, ready to get acquainted.

"Hello, do you mind if I sit here?"

Evan raised his head and looked at the person who had come. The man gestured to the chair next to him.

Evan was stunned for a moment, and then responded, "Of course, please feel free." ”

Things in the world are really wonderful, I was thinking about how to get to know you, and you actually sent it to the door yourself.

Evan suppressed the excitement in his heart and watched as the man pulled out a chair and sat down casually.

Noticing Evan's gaze, the man asked, "Well, you seem to know me?"

"Of course!" Evan nodded, "Dean Dubridge has just introduced the new Professor Robert Goddard, Mr. Qian from the Old Country. ”

"Oh, you see my ......" Mr. Qian smiled embarrassedly and said self-deprecatingly, "I actually forgot about this." ”

"There should be no one in this room more conspicuous than me, the face of the East. ”

Evan smiled and said, "That's true." ”

"Of course, it seems like the same is true for me. ”

Mr. Qian said: "In this way, we should get to know each other well. ”

Evan nodded, and while holding out his hand to him, he introduced himself: "My name is Evan Warren, and I am a member of the Warren-Leiden Laboratory in the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Electronic Engineering, and it is a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Me too!"

The two shook hands.

"Evan Warren?" Mr. Qian felt that the name was familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly showed surprise on his face, and asked, "You are the one who invented the transistor?"

Evan said, "That's right. ”

Mr. Qian suddenly realized, no wonder he could sit here.

Evan asked curiously, "Mr. Qian is also interested in solid state physics?"

Mr. Qian said, "Yes." ”

"However, the first time I heard your name was from an academic journal, but from the mouth of a friend. ”

"Friends?"

Evan vaguely guessed who Mr. Qian's so-called friend was.

Sure enough, in the next second, Mr. Qian said: "Mr. Warren, you should be familiar with the name Jack Parsons, right?"

Evan laughed, "Of course. ”

"I guess it's him, too. Mr. Parsons is obsessed with things that are beyond the norm, and he didn't expect to be connected to you. ”

"Parsons, though somewhat neurotic, is not bad in nature as a friend. Mr. Qian said, "Speaking of this, I have to thank you." ”

"Why?"

Mr. Qian explained, "Because of the so-called Plane Walker Home Society, Parsons seems to have changed a lot because of his membership in this society. ”

"Well, I'm talking about the best kind ......"

It seems that Mr. Qian knows the birthplace of this society.

Evan was shocked and said, "It was an accident, and I can't take credit for it." ”

"Well, in fact, that club was an accident. ”

Mr. Qian smiled: "So it's also an accident to say 'parallel world interpretation', right?"

Evan nodded.

Mr. Qian waved his hand, "Mr. Warren......"

"If you can, call me Evan directly. ”

That's what Parsons called. ”

"Okay, Evan. Mr. Qian changed his words from the good: "No matter what, I want to say this 'thank you', please don't shirk it." ”

As he spoke, Mr. Qian looked at Evan and said solemnly, "Thank you." ”

Evan had no choice but to reply, "You're welcome. ”

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, and changed from friends to friends.

Born in 1930 and 1911, the two have maintained a friendship in the years since.

In order to celebrate the birth of friendship, after the dinner, Evan specially invited Mr. Qian to his residence for a while.

The next day, Evan invited Mr. Qian to visit his laboratory. Subsequently, before school started, this weekend, Evan called Parsons, Layton and others to introduce Mr. Qian to his circle of friends.

Although Mr. Qian felt a little strange about the enthusiasm shown by Evan, he did not refuse his kindness.

The night after the party, Audrey and the hired servants cleaned up the house and went to the courtyard.

Evan in the yard

He was lying in a rocking chair, wine glass in one hand, his eyes glazed over.

Audrey walked up to him and took the glass from his half-drunk hand and set it aside.

She whispered, "Drunk?"

"No!" Evan shook his head.

Audrey said, "That's what all drunks answer. ”

Evan stretched out his hands and motioned for Audrey to come into his arms, "If you don't believe me, you can test it." ”

Audrey thought about it, didn't refuse, and curled up into Evan's arms.

"Do you seem to be happy today? Is it because of Mr. Qian's new friend?"

"Sort of!"

"Why?" asked Audrey, looking up.

"Why do you ask?" said Evan, playing with Audrey's fingers.

Audrey said, "You've never been so enthusiastic about your friends before. Mr. Qian didn't seem special in any way, except that he was East Asian. ”

"Chinese, to be exact. Evan corrected.

Audrey was silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Evan, I feel that you like this place in China very much." ”

"How?"

"You like to eat Chinese food, use porcelain, drink tea, and use chopsticks. ”

"It's a pity that I don't know Chinese. ”

Evan said in his heart, in fact, I know Chinese.

However, your conclusion is not wrong, I do like China.

It's a pity, in my capacity, not to think about anything to do with this country for at least thirty years.

So, yesterday was a very special day, and I couldn't be too happy.

Today is October 2nd.

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