After several spring rains, at the end of March, spring in Jiangcheng finally arrived as scheduled.

In the spring, the academic conference of the college will also begin to be formally prepared. These days, Bai Shutong has been following Shao Yuanguang to prepare for the meeting. At work, the contact between the two became frequent, Shao Yuanguang was no longer as silent as a few days ago, but his cold appearance still did not change, and he seemed to be gone that night.

But fortunately, Bai Shutong was busy from morning to night every day, and he had no time to think about it for a while, and Bai Chongde's affairs and Shao Yuanguang's attitude were all suspended.

The scale of this academic conference was unprecedented, so the college held several meetings to prepare for the meeting, Shao Yuanguang presided over the whole project, and several other teachers of the college were present, and even the dean Zheng Guozhong also appeared at the meeting from time to time to express his attention.

The selection of papers on Bai Shutong's side is still slowly advancing, and Shao Yuanguang's side quickly drew up a list of conference guests.

Zheng Guozhong looked at the list displayed on the projection, and as his eyes swept over, the frequent nods at the beginning also turned into frowns. Finally, he cleared his throat and began to speak.

"I took a look at the guest list, and several of the invited scholars are well-known foreign scholars, which is very good, very good." Lao Zheng spoke a little bureaucratic, and as soon as he spoke, Bai Shutong was a little sleepy and couldn't help yawning.

"It's just ......" Zheng Guozhong's voice changed sharply, his voice raised a lot, and he paused consciously.

Bai Shutong made a stirring spirit, picked up the pen and began to prepare to record his construction.

"The last guest is Chinese, right? Why haven't I heard of it? Zheng Guozhong said, glancing at Shao Yuanguang.

Shao Yuanguang nodded and said: "She is a B major, and her background is not purely psychological, so it's normal that she hasn't heard of it." She ......"

Shao Yuanguang wanted to explain his intention to choose the speaker, but Zheng Guozhong waved his hand and interrupted him: "Since we are an international conference this time, let's try to invite foreign guests." If you really can't do it, you have to be a professor or doctoral supervisor. Lao Zheng said, his fingers tapping on the table, as if to convey dissatisfaction, "This, associate professor, is still Chinese, consider changing." ”

said that it was consideration, but as the head of the first house, what he said never had to be considered, only implemented. Bai Shutong wrote down his opinion in his notebook.

Before the opinion was finished, Shao Yuanguang spoke next to her: "I have carefully considered the selection of guests, and I think that in the entire academic community, no one is more suitable to attend this meeting than her." ”

As soon as Shao Yuanguang spoke, the dull atmosphere in the conference room was swept away, and the sleepy teachers suddenly became energetic, and their eyes were all focused on Shao Yuanguang.

Bai Shutong paused, listening to Shao Yuanguang's unquestionable tone, and felt a little nervous inexplicably.

Zheng Guozhong is her master's supervisor, she followed him for three years to study for a master's degree, and she knows that although he looks kind, he is still somewhat hegemonic and bureaucratic in his heart.

"Cough", Bai Shutong coughed quietly, wanting to hint that Shao Yuanguang should not continue.

But Shao Yuanguang still said his own as if he hadn't heard it: "The future of discipline development is not alone, but exchange and cooperation." Psychology and neuroscience are two important disciplines in the academy, and these two disciplines have always had something in common. Tao Min has done a good job of merging the two disciplines, and her experience is worth considering. I don't think the job title says anything, and the nationality doesn't mean anything. ”

Shao Yuanguang's speech was not fast, and in the end, he even deliberately slowed down his tone, and his righteous words generally refuted Zheng Guozhong's discrimination against job titles and nationality.

The teacher who was watching the show next to him couldn't help but show a gloating expression on his face, not knowing whether he was happy that Lao Zheng was provoked, or waiting for the onlookers to watch Shao Yuanguang's disrespectful end.

Shao Yuanguang, as a teacher who has just come to the School of Science of Jiangcheng University, still sees it very thoroughly, and what he says makes some sense. Zheng Guozhong was born in the Department of Psychology and is the dean of the Faculty of Science, but he can't do a bowl of water. Since taking office, he has been working hard to foster the development of psychology and, incidentally, to suppress the development of neuroscience. For this reason, the Department of Neuroscience repeatedly overstepped the level and sued the president, but in the end, Zheng Guozhong mediated it, and all the big things were small and small. After a few tosses, Zheng Guozhong became more and more unkind to meet the people in the Department of Neuroscience, and this academic conference of the college did not even bring them, but directly named psychology.

In this context, Shao Yuanguang's blatant suggestion that psychology and neuroscience should cooperate is really like growing the morale of others, and more like accusing Zheng Guozhong of what he has done before.

Bai Shutong's palms were sweaty when he heard this, he looked up at Shao Yuanguang carefully, and then moved his gaze to Lao Zheng.

Zheng Guozhong's face darkened, frowned, his shoulders trembled slightly, he took a deep breath, and said after a long time: "You have to consider carefully the issue of guest invitation. He looked at Shao Yuanguang, his face was long, like an admonition, more like a threat, "I don't want this meeting to be messed up by one person." ”

In particular, he emphasized the word "a person", which made the meaning of the word "multiply", and who this person refers to is different from each other.

Shao Yuanguang raised his eyebrows and didn't respond more. Zheng Guozhong cleared his throat and said with a calm face: "That's it, I have other meetings." After he finished speaking, he collected his things and left.

After Zheng Guozhong left, Shao Yuanguang talked about the preparation of the academic conference, and the meeting broke up after arranging the work-

After the meeting, Shao Yuanguang had to discuss the academic aspects of the conference with several other teachers, and Bai Shutong and the administrative group left first.

Several people from the administration came out, Bai Shutong walked last, and looked back at Shao Yuanguang when he was about to go out. Shao Yuanguang's eyes drifted over at this time, but he did not leave immediately, but fixed on Bai Shutong.

Bai Shutong's mood was a little complicated, she seemed to understand what Shao Yuanguang was doing, but she felt that he didn't need to do it, and the selection of guests was not much of an important matter, so why bother with the dean?

She glanced at him, pursed her lips, and closed the door to the conference room.

Outside the door, Yu Yue was waiting for her in the corridor, and when she saw her come out, she immediately came up and gossiped: "Do you know who that person is?" ”

Yu Yue didn't have a head or a brain, and asked Bai Shutong in a daze: "Who is it?" ”

Yu Yue looked at Bai Shutong and smiled, and said mysteriously: "Do you think it's a bit strange for Teacher Shao to contradict the dean?" Guess why he was so insistent? ”

Yu Yue's series of questions made Bai Shutong confused.

Shao Yuanguang naturally has his reasons for doing this, the development of the discipline and the future of the college are indeed very important things, but after all, it is not a matter related to vital interests. What's more, Zheng Guozhong personally introduced him to Jiangcheng University, and also promoted professors and doctoral supervisors exceptionally, so it stands to reason that he should automatically stand in line and become a "dean's person".

Yu Yue's question is not unreasonable, and Bai Shutong doesn't see it very thoroughly, but she always believes that Shao Yuanguang has her own insistence, and she won't comment at will if she doesn't understand

Seeing that Bai Shutong just shook his head, Yu Yue squinted at her: "You don't know?" Still don't want to talk about it? ”

Bai Shutong didn't know what to do, and looked at Yu Yue in a daze.

Yu Yue was a little anxious, "Don't pretend, it's the person who came to give a lecture on 'cognitive neuroscience', you don't know who she is?" ”

Bai Shutong frowned, still not connecting the two things.

"It's that Tao Min!"

Speaking of the name, Bai Shutong seemed to have some impressions, she had browsed the guest list before, and only remembered that Tao Min was an associate professor at University B. She thought for a while and said, "She is also from the B major, maybe it is a former colleague of Teacher Shao." ”

"Colleague?" Yu Yue smiled, "Will you fight against the leader for the sake of your colleagues?" ”

Yu Yue's question made Bai Shutong stunned, but at the same time, he also fell into deep thought. She had some eyebrows, but she didn't want to believe it, but Yu Yue didn't want to let Bai Shutong deceive herself, and whispered in her ear: "Ex-girlfriend." ”

The thoughts in his heart coincided with Yu Yue's news, and Bai Shutong's steps paused. In order to hide her loss, she smiled and replied meaninglessly: "Really? How can it be. ”

"How could it be?" Yu Yue asked her rhetorically, "Otherwise, what kind of woman do you think a person like Mr. Shao will like?" ”

Bai Shutong thought about this question several times in her heart, and she had the answer, but she stubbornly refused to accept it. Helplessly, Yu Yue said her heart again: "Of course it's someone like him!" Have a brain and a good look! Yu Yue sighed after speaking, looking a little self-defeating, but her subsequent words spoke to Bai Shutong's heart again, "Can he still look at ordinary people like us?" ”

After Yu Yue finished speaking, he shrugged his shoulders lifelessly, waved his hand at Bai Shutong, and went back to the office.

Bai Shutong stood in place, slightly stunned.

A person like Shao Yuanguang will naturally not be in the eyes of ordinary people, and the person who can make him fall in love with him is needless to say, and more importantly, he can be on an equal footing with him. And an average person like her......

Thinking of this, Bai Shutong couldn't help but feel a layer of haze in his heart. This is the inherent gap between the two, and it may also be an insurmountable chasm for her.