Walking out of the door, he closed the office door with his hand, Lu Li walked to the side, put the paper manuscript in his hand on the wall, picked up the pen in his hand and prepared to record it, and found that the pen sleeve was still on it, so he bit the pen sleeve with his teeth, pulled it out, and then quickly recorded the key points of the conversation just now on the manuscript. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Fourteen." Alice saw Lu Li's figure from a distance, walked over quickly, and took the initiative to say hello, Lu Li turned his head and looked, "Hey, Alice." But then he turned his head and said, "Give me a minute." Then he continued to write briskly.

Alice tugged at the shoulder straps of her backpack and looked up at Lu Li in front of her.

At this time, Lu Li was concentrating on recording, and in the not bright light of the corridor, he could only vaguely see the outline of a side face, eyelashes, nose bridge, lip flaps, the thick eyebrows sprinkled a shadow, and the waves under the eyes rippled gently in the shadows; The white and neat teeth bit the pen sleeve, and the soft lips tightened with full attention; The neat short black hair hangs sparsely around the ears, lightly and delicately outlining the curves of the ears, sideburns and chin.

"I'm sorry." Lu Li's voice came vaguely, and Alice found that her eyes had been staying on the pen sleeve, watching the lip flap change shape, hearing the sound, Alice was startled, and avoided the sight in a panic, lowered her head, and her hair couldn't help but fall down, she brushed her hair behind her ears in a panic, but then found that the roots of her ears were very hot, and quickly put her hair down again.

“…… Alice? ”

Lu Li's voice seemed to come from the other side of the valley, and then suddenly exploded in her ears, and Alice realized that she was distracted just now, and Lu Li didn't hear anything she said, which made Alice raise her head in a panic, "Huh? What the? Before the words could be spoken, she bit the tip of her tongue lightly, annoyed at her idiot.

Lu Li was amused by Alice's words, "I'm asking you, did you also come to see the professor?" I just came out of the office. ”

"Oh no, I'm here to see the teaching assistant." Alice shook her head, and her stiff brain circuit finally recovered, "I met with the professor last week, and the first draft of the paper was scolded so bloody that it was almost overturned and rewritten. I came over and asked when the professor would be available in the next two weeks, and I needed to write the second draft as planned, and then make an appointment. What about you? What did your dissertation professor say? ”

"Uh...... He said that everything was fine. Lu Li shrugged his shoulders, "However, the research background is still too weak, which affects my conclusion analysis, and he wants me to add two different theories and write the conclusion again." The professor just said a lot of things, and I can't remember them, so I wrote them down while my memory was still there. Lu Li shook the paper in his hand and explained the behavior just now, "Then go back and reorganize it, send an email, and ask the professor to confirm it." If there is no omission, I will continue to prepare. ”

"If only my professors were like you." Alice and Lu Li's professors are not the same, and the style of guiding the thesis is naturally completely different, "My professor almost didn't say anything, he only said that it was wrong for me to write like this, but why it was wrong, what was wrong, how it was right, he didn't say anything at all!" Not even a direction. ”

"Your professor is Starr, right?" Lu Li remembered, Alice's loveless expression confirmed his guess, and then Lu Li smiled and shook his head, "I thought it was all rumors, but now it seems that you are in dire straits." If it is useful, personally, it is very helpful for me to read some of the papers of previous graduates. ”

Alice nodded, "That's what I plan. With a long exhale, Alice shook her head, trying to shake out all the negative emotions, "Don't talk about the paper, how is your manuscript?" ”

At the previous night's party, Lu Li mentioned the matter of submitting articles to the "New York Observer", and Alice would have this question, "The editor said that there is potential for excavation. Lu Li showed a big smile, "She asked me to go back and revise it again, and then post it in the column." There are two more opportunities to see how the market reacts. ”

"Jesus Christ!" Alice's eyes widened, and her face was full of joy, "This is amazing! Congratulations, congratulations! ”

"It's just a start, though it's just three opportunities for the New York Observer." Lu Li calmly accepted the congratulations, Americans don't like to be modest, Lu Li has gradually become accustomed to this in the four years of college life, "What about you?" Didn't you intern at the Post before? ”

Compared with Lu Li, Alice, as an American, has a different level of internship unit. The New York Observer is just a tabloid, while the New York Post is one of the top 10 best-selling newspapers in the United States.

Alice pouted, "Passed the first round of auditions, but then we have to wait two more rounds - at least." You know, that's the case with the big newspapers, the competition is not good, and the interviewers with me even have graduate students from Columbia University, and God, graduate students come and apply for reporters? I really don't know what he thinks. ”

"But at least you've made it through the first round, and it's not going to be easy." Lu Li gave Alice a thumbs up.

Alice saw Lu Li's bright smile, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, "I'm a girl, and it's not so easy to find a place in the newspaper." "In journalism, men have always had more of an advantage than women, and this is a microcosm of society as a whole.

"What age is it now, even if they still discriminate, but you can't be discouraged." Lu Li clenched his fists to cheer Alice on, "You have to tell them that you have this ability, you are good enough, you are a potentially good journalist, and gender is not your disadvantage, but an advantage." ”

Alice was amused by Lu Li's impassioned movements, "I'm serious. Lu Li shrugged, "As a foreigner, it is even more difficult to find a job here - and a job as a journalist. But in the end, I was able to win my chance because I turned my disadvantage into an advantage. ”

Character determines fate, attitude determines the future. The same thing, in a pessimistic perspective, is the beginning of a demise; But in an optimistic light, it's another way to succeed. If you are always immersed in self-pity and pessimism, the possibility has been denied before the battle has even begun, and naturally there will be no future; If you choose to fight hard and give it a go, you may have the same result as failure, but at least there is a possibility.

Alice couldn't help but clench her fists as well, "It seems that I have to work hard!" Looking at the bright smile on Lu Li's face, Alice's heart couldn't help beating slightly, and the words that came to her mouth were swallowed, but she still couldn't hold back after all, "Fourteen, would you like to help me read my paper?" ”…… It wasn't what she wanted to say, but insincerely, her brain seemed to be starting to knot, "I mean, at least you can see, what don't you think is quite right?" ”

Lu Li chuckled, "If you don't mind if English isn't my native language." ”

The teasing remark made Alice laugh, "Of course I don't mind. So, does the invitation to the ranch still count? I'm going to go to a rodeo with a group of friends at the end of May. ”

"Of course you are welcome." Lu Li opened his arms and made a gesture of warm welcome. Alice's cheeks were slightly hot inexplicably, "Before you are ready to go, give me a call, everything will be ready on time, and I will sprinkle flower petals in the bathtub like I did for the British royal family." ”

"Haha." Alice was amused again, "When the time comes, maybe you can teach me a little bit of interview skills, you know, I need some guidance, otherwise I'm not sure about the next two rounds of auditions for the New York Post." "No, that's not what she's going to say. God, what the hell is going on in her brain? Why do you always say something weird.

"Are you sure?" Lu Li showed a puzzled expression, "That's the 'New York Post', I haven't even been in, if you use my skills, will the result be eliminated?" ”

The playful and witty rhetorical question made Alice chuckle, "Who just said that you must meet the challenge with a positive heart?" ”

"It's not me, it's certainly not me." Lu Li had a garlic expression on his face, "We didn't talk just now, could it be ......" Lu Li looked at the other side of Alice, revealing a frightened expression, as if there was an invisible ghost in the air.

Alice didn't react for a while, and was startled, but then she understood that this was Lu Li's prank, and couldn't help biting her lower lip, "Lu Fourteen!" ”

"Haha!" Lu Li raised his head and trotted away with a laugh, "Then it's decided, Cowboy Conference, welcome to the ranch!" After speaking, Lu Li waved goodbye and turned to leave.

Alice raised her right hand and waved it vigorously, looking at Lu Li's back that broke into the sun, her brisk pace was speeding on the forest ** road full of spring atmosphere, as if the whole world was bright, and finally disappeared into that blurred halo. Alice only felt that the heart flew high, and then slowly fell, like a free fall, unable to find a support point, the corners of her mouth gradually drooped down with the falling heart, and she let out a long sigh, but still didn't say it after all:

She wanted to invite Lu Li to attend the graduation ceremony together.

Although it's not high school anymore and there is no prom, after the graduation ceremony, they also have a small party where everyone can bring their buddies. After learning about this party, she has always wanted to invite Lu Li to participate, and after missing today's opportunity, she is not sure if she can succeed, if someone else sends an invitation to Lu Li, what should she do? Or worse, Lu Li sent out invitations to the others......

Just thinking about this possibility, Lisi was depressed. "God, what the hell is wrong with me." Alice covered her face in frustration, and every time it came to the critical moment, her mouth was not in a row, and she felt that her brain had no way to control the words. So, what should she do now?

Is it to send out an invitation on Facebook?