Entering November, the weather in Boston has become a little cold, the maximum temperature during the day has dropped to about 10 degrees, and it is even lower to 4 degrees at night, and you have to add a thick coat to feel a little warm when you go out.

Today is the second Friday of the month, and it has been raining lightly in the sky since noon, and it has rained even more in the evening. At dinner just now, Chen Zishan heard the bad news from a senior brother that the research project presided over by her mentor might be canceled, which made her mood worse again after just getting better in the past few days.

Chen Zishan held an umbrella and walked on the path covered with fallen leaves, her shoes stepped on the waterlogged ground and made a slight snort, and a gust of wind blew, bringing naughty rain to drill into the cracks of her clothes, and a trace of chill seeped in. Chen Zishan tightened her clothes and walked towards the dormitory at a faster pace.

Walking into the dormitory door, Chen Zishan put away the folding umbrella and put it in a bag, and then returned to his room with the bag. Opening the door of the room, a warmth greeted her, Chen Zishan put away the umbrella, took off her thick coat and hung it on the coat rack at the door, then changed her shoes, went to the bathroom and wiped her long hair stained with raindrops with a towel.

Wiping her hair, Chen Zishan walked around the room, but didn't see her roommate Judy, thinking that it was the same as before, and she was dating her boyfriend again. Came to the window and looked out, under the dim sky, the scenery outside the window was already difficult to identify, and the sound of the rain showed no sign of abating, Chen Zishan couldn't help frowning, this weather is just like her current mood, it makes people feel very unhappy.

Chen Zishan looked back at the wall clock on the wall, the time had just reached a quarter past seven in the evening, which was not a good time to log in to ICQ, because Zhang Lexing was still eating breakfast. After looking out of the window for a while, Chen Zishan came to his desk and sat down, then turned on the laptop on the desk, and then turned on the power supply.

After the system was launched to the desktop, Chen Zishan did not log in to ICQ, but used an account given to her by Zhang Lexing a few weeks ago to enter the board game website and play poker to pass the time. Obviously, today's luck is not on Chen Zishan's side, she has not won since the first game, which makes her very depressed. After changing several games in succession, Chen Zishan finally persevered until nine o'clock and could log in to ICQ.

……

At a quarter past seven in the morning, when Zhang Lexing was eating breakfast, he somehow felt a little uncomfortable, and his mind involuntarily remembered Chen Zishan who was far away on the other side of the world. Hastily cleaned up the rest of the breakfast, Zhang Lexing came to his office a little earlier than usual.

Zhang Lexing glanced at the clock on the wall, the time had just arrived at 8:45 in the morning, at this time Chen Zishan usually did not log in to ICQ, but he still habitually clicked on his ICQ, opened the message window, and sent a greeting to the past.

……

After many turns of the red, green, and green petals, Chen Zishan's ICQ automatic login was successful, and as before, the friend list had just come out, and there was a sound of "uh-oh", and someone sent a message. The only friend on the list, the "freedom" icon, was flashing, and Chen Zishan clicked with the mouse, and a greeting popped up.

freedom: "Good evening!" ^_^

Although the words were as ordinary as usual, Chen Zishan's heart suddenly had a trace of warmth, and the previous depression also dissipated a lot. She clicked the reply button, and sent a missing paragraph in the message box.

Susan: "Hi, good morning!^.^"

freedom: "What's the weather like over there? I heard from a friend that it's pretty cold now. ”

Susan: "It's okay, just add a thick coat, it's not cold in the house." What's the weather like over there?"

freedom: "It's a little cold, too, so you have to wear thicker clothes when you're outside." The heating hasn't started yet, and it's cold in the house, but I've got an air conditioner. ^_^”

Susan: "I haven't been back for years, and I don't remember what winter was like in Beijing. ”

freedom: "Then I'll take some pictures for you and bring them over, I'll be here next week anyway." ”

Susan: "Forget it, maybe I'll be back next year." ”

freedom: "Well, didn't I hear you say last time that the research work is estimated to be at least two years away?"

Susan: "I heard the bad news today, it seems that there is a funding problem, and the research project is probably going to be cancelled, and it will probably be at the end of the year. ”

freedom: "So what do you think? Are you planning to come back?"

Susan: "I haven't figured it out yet, maybe I'll come back, but I don't know what I'll do when I get back." ”

Zhang Lexing can guess what it means that the research project is canceled, but this is not bad news for him, if the research project is really canceled, maybe he will spend more time with Chen Zishan in the future. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Lexing's heart was full of anticipation, and he couldn't help but send a message over.

freedom: "Would you like to help me?"

Susan: "I don't know what you're doing, I'm still interested in microbial research. ”

Chen Zishan would have such a reaction, Zhang Lexing didn't feel strange, after all, he has been used to a certain life for so many years, and it is not easy to change suddenly. Zhang Lexing is already very familiar with Chen Zishan's temperament, and knows that although she seems to be very supple, she is actually very stubborn in her heart, and once she decides on something, she will not change it easily, so he didn't insist on persuasion anymore.

Freedom: "I don't know what the level of microbial research in China is, but I think you have heard of what the research institutes in China are like. ”

Susan: "I've definitely heard of this, so it's contradictory right now. ”

freedom: "Well, I heard that Hong Kong also has some foundation in microbial research, are you interested in setting up a microbiology research institute in Hong Kong, your own research institute? ”

Susan: "It's impossible, you know that the investment in building a microbiology research institute is huge, even the most basic facilities need tens of millions of dollars to build and buy, plus the annual R&D expenses are even greater, where do I have so much money." ”

Freedom: "I can invest, you just need to report me the budget you need to build a high-level microbiology study." ”

Susan: "That's not good, I'm embarrassed to use your money." ”

freedom: "You're wrong, I'm an investor, I'm just optimistic about your research level, and when your research results come out, I'll share it." ”

Susan: "We? Are you talking about my mentor's team?"

freedom: "Yes, you didn't say that there is a problem with the funding now, and the research project will be cancelled, so I will invest and support you to continue your research, the only requirement is that I hope to move the laboratory to Hong Kong." ”

Susan: "You'd be pretty good at it, but why can't you stay here, it's already well-equipped." ”

Freedom: "It's too far away, and I don't want my future research to be involved in anything else, so moving to Hong Kong is the best option, even if it's worth rebuilding a high-level microbiology lab." You don't have to worry about investing, but hopefully you'll get more people involved, preferably even your mentors. ”

Susan: "It's a bit difficult, but I can try it." ”

freedom: "I'm sure you'll be able to do it, so that Sansa will have her own business in the future." ”

Susan: "Thank you, (:-*"

……

After chatting through ICQ for a while, Chen Zishan's mood was much better, although due to the Internet, the message was not sent and replied in a timely manner, but it still brought her a lot of comfort. To be honest, Zhang Lexing's proposal Chen Zishan is really tempting, after working as a research assistant for several years, she also wants to have greater development, and this crisis is obviously also a good opportunity. She decided to talk to her supervisor tomorrow, even if she couldn't talk about her mentor, at least she could ask him to recommend a few suitable candidates to preside over the future research work, otherwise the future Hong Kong Institute of Microbiology would not have a pillar. Although Zhang Lexing said it very easily, maybe he really didn't care about that little investment, but Chen Zishan cared very much, she didn't want to be a burden to others, although the problem of money can only be like this, but at least the future research work should be worthy of these investments, this is what she thinks now.

After talking for a while, they talked to each other about their heartfelt love, and when they saw that it was not early, Chen Zishan was about to turn off the ICQ, when suddenly there was a sound from outside the door, she got up and came to the door to look out, it turned out that Judy was back. Chen Zishan opened the door and let Judy in: "Hey, why did you come back so early today?"

"It's not Ken yet, but suddenly something ran away, so I had to come back. Judy said indignantly as she took off her thick coat.

Chen Zishan closed the door and returned to the desk, intending to turn off the ICQ after a casual conversation, at this time Judy changed her shoes and walked over, she saw the icon flashing on Chen Zishan's computer screen, and asked curiously: "Susan, is this the ICQ you said before?"

Chen Zishan didn't look back, and replied to Zhang Lexing while tapping on the keyboard, and said, "Well, yes, this is ICQ, an instant messaging software." ”

"Instant messaging software? What is this, how did I never hear of it. It's not the first time Judy has seen Chen Zishan and her boyfriend play this software, but they have all been glimpsed before, and there is no time to study it carefully, so in addition to knowing that this software is called ICQ, the more detailed situation is not very clear.

"Oh, instant messaging software is a kind of software that can use the network to send messages between two computers, as long as both parties are online, the other party can receive ...... as soon as it is sent," Chen Zishan briefly explained the function of ICQ.

"Wouldn't it be possible to chat at any time, which is much more convenient than email. Judy usually likes to connect with her boyfriend via email, which seems fashionable to her, but now this ICQ seems to be even better.

"Well, so to speak. Chen Zishan nodded.

"Susan, where did you download this software?" and now that it was okay, Judy decided to try out how the ICQ was played.

"This ...... You wait a minute. Chen Zishan felt a little embarrassed, the software she used was installed by Zhang Lexing for her, and she learned how to use it during this time, and she really didn't know about other aspects. However, Judy had a good relationship with her, and it was not good to refuse like this, so she had to ask Zhang Lexing for help through ICQ.

Susan: "My roommate Judy also wants to use ICQ, do you know where to download it?"

freedom: "Not yet, those servers are not open yet, if you want to download it from the Internet, you have to wait until the 18th." ”

Susan: "Well, there's no way around it now. ”

freedom: "Well, it's not impossible, I can give a temporary download address, and a few more temporary numbers. ”

Susan: "Then as long as you download the software and install it, you can use it?"

freedom: "Yes, but you have to make it clear to your friend that this number is temporary, and it can only be used until 12 noon on the 17th, and it will all be withdrawn when the time comes." On the 18th, the official version of ICQ will be launched, and the number can also be registered by itself. ”

Susan: "Okay, I'll make it clear. Oh, so my number won't be available then?"

freedom: "Yes, it's all the same. But I'll give you a new number then. ”

Susan: "Then you can send me the address and number now." ”

freedom: "Wait ten minutes, and I'll send it." ”

Chen Zishan turned to Judy and said, "The address and number will be available in a while, but it can only be used until noon on the 17th, do you still need it?"

"Of course. Judy nodded without hesitation, of course she had to try such an interesting and fresh thing first, but the conversation she had just seen from the computer screen was also a little surprised: "Susan, what does your boyfriend do?"

"He is in the computer software industry, and this ICQ is from their company, but it will take a week before it can be officially listed. Chen Zishan explained.

"Oh, I see. Judy suddenly realized, no wonder Chen Zishan started using this software a few months ago.

Ten minutes later, Chen Zishan received an anonymous FTP download address and five ICQ numbers and passwords from ICQ, and after copying down the address and two numbers, Judy couldn't wait to open her computer, connect to the Internet and start downloading. After downloading and installing ICQ, Judy randomly picked a number to log in, then added Chen Zishan's number to it, and began to try to use it. So a strange scene appeared, but the two people who were close at hand just went around through the computer network and were chatting about some nonsense.

Judy: "Hello, beauty!"

Susan: "You're good. ”

……

Judy: "Would you like something to drink?"

Susan: "Is there any lemon tea?"

Judy: "It seems to be in the fridge, you can go get it yourself." ”

Susan: "I'm ...... dizzy"

……

Judy: "What time is it?"

Susan：“23:25”

Judy: "You haven't slept yet?"

Susan: "I'm ...... dizzy again"

Judy, who tried to chat with ICQ for the first time, was like a child who got a novelty toy and was reluctant to let go, and poor Chen Zishan could only be forced to accompany her to have a random chat. It wasn't until midnight that Chen Zishan couldn't stand it anymore, and after some strong protests, Judy finally let her go. After a brief wash, Chen Zishan changed into pajamas and prepared to sleep, but she didn't expect Judy to stay by the computer and type on the keyboard, and from time to time there was a familiar "uh-oh" sound coming from the speaker. Chen Zishan curiously leaned over to take a look, it turned out that Judy had actually started two ICQs on a computer and was sending herself a message to play, and now she felt even more dizzy......

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