Early on Monday morning, Shao Yuanguang arrived at the office half an hour earlier as usual. As he reached the floor, he saw that the office door was hidden, and a bright light shone through the gap into the hallway, illuminating the long-standing obscurity.

A strange sense of pleasure hit his heart, Shao Yuanguang didn't think much about it, walked quickly to the door, and gently pushed the door.

Behind the door, Bai Shutong was making tea, and when she heard the movement outside the door, she looked up and saw Shao Yuanguang.

I haven't seen each other for two weeks, and I can't help but freeze at each other.

"Teacher Shao." In the end, it was Bai Shutong who broke the deadlock and nodded to greet him.

A sentence pulled Shao Yuanguang back from his reverie, and it was like dragging him back to reality. He cleared his throat, nodded, didn't speak, and passed her.

Early in the morning, there was no one in the office building, and the whole corridor was quiet, only the tea in Shao Yuanguang's office was boiling soundly. Except for the sound of boiling water, the two of them were speechless, their eyes seemed to avoid each other, and they were each doing what they were doing.

Bai Shutong boiled the tea, poured two cups, thought about it but didn't bring it to Shao Yuanguang, only said, "I made tea." ”

Shao Yuanguang glanced up at her when he heard the sound. Except for the passing by just now, Shao Yuanguang didn't have time to take a closer look at Bai Shutong, and now that there was some distance between the two, he found that Bai Shutong was much thinner than before, and the white shirt was loose and loose on her, making her a little weak. She used to be fair and very good-looking, but now her good skin was gone, and all that was left was haggard and pale.

Shao Yuanguang didn't respond to her invitation to tea, but just asked, "Is your grandfather better?" ”

Bai Shutong nodded: "It's been restored a lot." ”

The words were light, but Shao Yuanguang knew that she had not had a simple time in the past two weeks. Shao Yuanguang took a deep breath, turned his head to open the laptop, reached out and pressed the boot button.

As the boot sound remembered, he pondered and said, "You have a good rest for a few days, I have nothing to do here." ”

The tone of his speech was neither lukewarm nor hot, and Bai Shutong carefully distinguished and searched for it in his unfazed waves, and only then did he vaguely feel some warmth from his words.

Bai Shutong shook his head and declined: "I said that I would follow you to do research, I have been behind for two weeks, and I want to make up for it as much as possible." ”-

After experiencing a baptism of life and death, Bai Shutong seems to have matured a lot, and he is more down-to-earth and attentive. She buried herself in work during the day, went to the hospital to take care of her grandfather at night, and did not relax even at noon, and followed Shao Yuanguang to the nearby North District canteen to hurriedly finish lunch and go back to the office to continue working.

As soon as she was so busy, Bai Shutong's heartless smile in the past was difficult to bloom, and only when Cao Feng was there, she would smile very occasionally when she said a few witty words.

These days, the research team often meets, and in between meetings, Cao Feng will tell some jokes to adjust the atmosphere. As soon as he said and laughed, Shang Yuxin was the first to echo, and Bai Shutong would also show a smile, only Shao Yuanguang always watched coldly, and his face was as solemn as a puddle of ink that could not be dissolved.

None of the three of them knew what Shao Yuanguang was thinking, they only felt that his expression was out of place, and over time, they would carry Shao Yuanguang on their backs when they told jokes, and then laughed again. Even in front of him, the three of them did not shy away from it, and seemed to think that he was an unreasonable wood.

Shao Yuanguang ignores this natural age barrier on the surface, but in fact, he may not be able to ignore it in his heart, especially in recent days, after talking to Gao Qi on the phone and asking about the recent situation in the hospital, Gao Qi will always add oil and vinegar to describe the things in the ward. What Xiaobai and her little bamboo horse are like this, how is grandma screaming affectionately with a little Cao, and never treats Xiaozhu Ma as an outsider......

Shao Yuanguang felt harsh when he heard it, and asked impatiently: "What do you want to say?" ”

Gao Qi smiled: "Chris, I said when will you be able to learn from other people's little bamboo horses?" Sweet mouth can make a girl, you are like this, tsk......"

Shao Yuanguang hung up the phone before Gao Qi was stunned.

The temperature in Jiangcheng rose in June, and the air was hot and humid, which faintly made Shao Yuanguang feel suffocated. He took a long breath, looked up at himself in the bathroom mirror, and washed his face.

Maybe Gauge is right, I'm afraid it's not about age, it's just about character. Even ten years ago, at Cao Feng's age, he was still as dull as he is now, and he couldn't do Cao Feng's talk and laugh.

Shao Yuanguang shook his head slightly and returned to the office.

The air-conditioning in the office is turned on sufficiently, isolating the irritability outside.

When Shao Yuanguang opened the door, he saw Bai Shutong lying on the edge of the table and already asleep, her head tilted on her arm, but she was still holding a pencil in her right hand.

Seeing this, Shao Yuanguang quietly closed the door and walked to her side.

Under Bai Shutong's left arm was a thick stack of papers, each of which had been sketched in pencil, and the handwriting of several pages had become a little blurred by repeated reading. Under her other hand was a notebook, and under the tip of the pencil was a half-drawn outline for her dissertation.

Shao Yuanguang glanced at it hastily, reached out to hold her wrist, and slowly pulled out the notebook.

The outline that Bai Shutong drafted was the same paper they had done before. The number of papers has been collected earlier, and now it is time to write it. Shao Yuanguang was afraid that she would be under too much pressure recently, so he only handed over the collection and sorting of documents to her, but Bai Shutong took the initiative to ask Ying to write the first draft.

Shao Yuanguang looked at the notes she made, picked up the pen and briefly added a few key points, thought about it, and mentioned a few more documents, and then put them back in Bai Shutong's hand.

With these points, she may be able to take fewer detours and save some time.

Those who are as silent as Shao Yuanguang can only do that.

Shao Yuanguang withdrew his hand and his eyes fell on Bai Shutong. She has become more and more haggard in recent days, there are a lot of things on both sides of the hospital and the school, in addition, the difficult things of the Bai family are unresolved, which makes her even more haggard.

Shao Yuanguang looked at the frowning, quietly took the coat from the back of his chair, and gently draped it on Bai Shutong's body.

The cool breeze of the central air conditioner was very strong, Xu felt the warmth behind him, Bai Shutong opened his eyes, woke up from his sleep, and squinted and looked up at Shao Yuanguang.

Seeing her wake up, Shao Yuanguang withdrew his hand, coughed lightly to relieve the embarrassment, and advised: "Be careful of catching a cold." ”

Bai Shutong's fingers and arms were a little numb by the cold wind, she withdrew her exposed hand, whispered "um", and took advantage of the situation to tighten Shao Yuanguang's coat.

There was a faint smell on his clothes, Bai Shutong sniffed it secretly, his mind cleared up a little, and those irritable little feelings were also dispelled.

"You can sleep again." Shao Yuanguang raised his watch and glanced at the time, and said lightly, "It's still early." ”

The time is approaching the time to work, and according to Shao Yuanguang's requirements, he should be ready to enter the state in advance. Bai Shutong shook his head, reached out to pick up a pen and paper, and prepared to continue reading the literature.

Seeing the notebook in hand, Bai Shutong caught a glimpse of the chic and fluent English on it. She looked up at Shao Yuanguang, but Shao Yuanguang looked away indifferently and wrote lightly: "A few documents, you have time to read them, it will be helpful." ”

His point is always so crucial, and it can always be just right when Bai Shutong is anxious or at a loss, like timely rain. This is true in research, and even more so in life and work.

Bai Shutong lowered his head and smiled, and began to look up the documents Shao Yuanguang said on the computer-

Xu was blowing a cool breeze at noon, and when he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Bai Shutong's stomach ached faintly. She and Shao Yuanguang took a leave of absence and packed their things to go to the hospital, when Yu Yue suddenly ran over and asked them excitedly, "Have you received the news?" ”

Bai Shutong endured the abdominal pain and put away the literature in his hand, answered absentmindedly, and asked her, "What news?" ”

"Secretary Wei's wedding invitation, have you received it?"

Secretary Wei is the second-in-command of the School of Science, the leader of the discipline of neuroscience, and has always been at odds with Zheng Guozhong. Yu Yue, as the confidant of Zheng Guozhong, the hospital office, naturally didn't discuss the gossip: "You know, Secretary Wei is married for the second time this time, and his new wife is a doctoral student before him, and the junior is the top student." ”

Secretary Wei's divorce Bai Shutong had heard of it before, and his wife who had been married for more than 20 years, because of the intervention of a doctoral student, said that the points would be divided, which sounded quite embarrassing.

"I've seen this woman, twenty years younger than him!" Yu Yue pouted as she spoke, "I heard that she is about the same age as Secretary Wei's daughter, and the two of them are still married with their sons." Tongtong, do you say it's disgusting or not, it's as big as his daughter, he can eat it? ”

Listening to Yu Yue's words, Bai Shutong's abdomen swelled, and the literature in his hand also slid down to the table with a "bang". The things that I have tried so hard to avoid these days finally came to mind.

Bai Shutong's expression was stunned, and he hurriedly lowered his head and packed up the literature. Yu Yue's words came to an end, and no matter what Bai Shutong's reaction was, he still kept counting Secretary Wei's scumbag behavior.

Shao Yuanguang has never been interested in the gossip that Yu Yue said, and only regarded it as a deaf ear, but what she said just now made Shao Yuanguang unable to remain silent as always. He coughed lightly and interrupted Yu Yue's words: "Yu Yue, please help me run the finance and urge the project to be approved." ”

Shao Yuanguang's sudden insertion of the work request made Yu Yue uneasy. She glanced at the time, answered, and asked Bai Shutong again: "Are you going on the weekend?" Secretary Wei's daughter will definitely go, maybe there will be a good show. ”

Bai Shutong was a little absent-minded, hurriedly collected the bag, and refused: "I won't go, grandpa will be discharged from the hospital this week." ”

Yu Yue was a little disappointed, and asked Shao Yuanguang again: "What about Teacher Shao?" ”

Shao Yuanguang's expression was gloomy, he didn't even raise his head, and said casually: "I had something to do that day." ”

Yu Yue shrugged her shoulders: "You are a busy person, you definitely don't have time to ......" she said and waved her hand, and finally left the office.

Yu Yue left, Bai Shutong breathed a sigh of relief, she put away her things, zipped up her backpack, thought about it, looked up and asked Shao Yuanguang: "Grandpa was discharged from the hospital this week, grandma wants to thank everyone, so ......" Bai Shutong hesitated, saved some luck, and asked in a low voice, "Teacher Shao, when do you have time on the weekend?" I'd like to invite you to my house......"

Shao Yuanguang looked up at Bai Shutong, was slightly silent, pursed his lips and said, "I didn't help much, forget it." ”

He didn't reply to Bai Shutong with the excuse of replying to Yu Yue, Bai Shutong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when Shao Yuanguang was embarrassed, he said: "I also invited Doctor Gao, and he said that he would also go to ......"

"I have something to do over the weekend." Shao Yuanguang hesitated for a moment, and added, "I made an appointment." ”