Chapter 21: Self-reliance
Gu Zexu was not surprised to hear the sound of the phone being hung up. When he woke up from that crazy night two years ago, he found that Liang Yan had hidden himself tightly, and then he knew that he had lost that woman again.
The pain was felt twice, and he was a little afraid to try a third time. Gu Zexu put down his mobile phone, stared at the string of numbers, and memorized it in his heart only once. It's useless, he thought. United Kingdom? The number on the phone is clearly marked as UK. It turns out that she has already gone abroad, right? Gu Zexu has long been unable to focus on work like just now, and today is Christmas in the UK. What, she's having a hard time?
Even Gu Zexu himself didn't notice the wrinkles between his eyebrows. After thinking for a while, he still dialed Fang Yi's number: "Help me check the location of a number......"
There was no way to concentrate on work anymore, Gu Zexu picked up his thick coat and prepared to go home, and when he got in the car, the driver asked him: "Sir, are you looking back at the house?" Today is Christmas, and the old lady has been preparing for a long time......" Gu Zexu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the snowflakes outside the window: "No, go back to the apartment." ”
He can't hold a grudge against the mother who nurtured him, when his father died, he never forgot the hard work of supporting the family alone, but it was difficult for him to pretend that nothing had happened, Liang Yan had long been engraved in his heart, and there was no way to live her life as if she had never lived.
Back at the apartment, Gu Zexu first wrung a towel according to his habit, and lived in the company for almost half a month, Gu Zexu felt that there must be dust here. After wiping the table and window first, he slowly dusted off the "dust" of Liang Yan's clothes in the closet...... After finally going through all the procedures, Gu Zexu was relieved and sat down on the carpet with a thick calendar book in his hand.
Today is different from normal days, he did not draw Liang Yan's head in today's grid, but wrote the phone number. Eventually, the snow outside stopped. Gu Zexu hugged the calendar book and slept well on the bed.
Liang Yan told her graduate students about the decision to stop cooperating with the institute, and the reaction of the three older boys surprised Liang Yan. Everyone said that they didn't want to be angry with this group of foreign devils for a long time, and it was still too late to split up before they had produced results. Liang Yan was amused, and everyone packed up their own information for a while on their own actions, and finally Liang Yan led them out of the research institute.
When he met Adam at the door, he couldn't believe it: "Lia, are you really leaving?" It seems that he was adamant that Liang Yan's group couldn't do without funds to grab the results so unscrupulously, Liang Yan smiled faintly, and a sense of confidence couldn't be hidden in his eyes: "Well, I really want to go." With that, he followed the large army and walked quickly.
Leaving the institute, Liang Yan took the three men to her dormitory, Shen Lei gave her money, and she took half of it and paid three months' rent. This is their temporary laboratory. The three older boys didn't say anything, and sat down to take out their computers and read the literature. Liang Yan took out the dishes and made a simple lunch.
One of the boys said to her, "Mr. Liang, what should we do if we don't have software in the future?" Liang Yan didn't answer him, but slowed down the speed of chewing, and her first job next was to solicit sponsorship.
Leaving three graduate students to read literature at home, Liang Yan came to a bar, and one of the interesting things about this kind of place is that people who come here are here to sell their projects or ideas to others, and they can sit here for an afternoon as long as they order a cup of coffee. This is what Mr. Smith told her.
Liang Yan walked in, and the owner of the bar was a very young British boy. Obviously, this Asian woman attracted his attention, and the boss rarely put down his phone and took the initiative to ask Liang Yan what he wanted to drink. Liang Yan smiled at him, "Please give me a cup of Blue Mountain." While waiting for the barista to make coffee, the boss asked her, "Are you here for a pitch or for an investment?" ”
Liang Yan didn't answer him directly, but just pretended to tell him mysteriously: "For the future." The boss was stunned, and so was the old man behind Liang Yan who was ready to refill his coffee. After a while, Liang Yan's coffee was brewed, and when he was about to take the coffee away, the old man sneered: "Where is there such a young man now." ”
The boss's face did not change, but he smiled at Liang Yan and said, "Believe me, your good luck will come soon." So I turned my phone back on and started a new game.
Liang Yan happened to be sitting next to the old man, she didn't come with a computer and thick documents like the people around her, she just took a magazine from the bookshelf in the store and read it very seriously, and she wasn't doing the so-called business at all. The old man on the opposite side was the same, slowly drinking his coffee and watching a health show on the computer.
After an hour of silence, the man at the next table thought it was incredible, who was either talking to each other here or constantly improving his information and copywriting. He suddenly got a little angry and said to Liang Yan: "Do you know how many people here are anxiously looking for the other half of their cooperation every day? You're just wasting the location and resources of this bar! ”
Liang Yan was also a little angry after being interrupted by him, and replied to him with confidence: "How do you know that I'm not waiting for investment?" The man stalked: "How can there be someone like you who doesn't do anything to pull investment!" Liang Yan sneered: "My project is not something that everyone can invest in, I also have to pick people!" The old man on the other side was silent the whole time, not caring about the argument between Liang Yan and the next door, as if he was concentrating on the show.
The sunset shone into the bar, and Liang Yan realized that an afternoon had passed like this, and she had read three magazines here like nothing else, and really enjoyed the pleasure of reading. Liang Yan put the book away, and knocked on the table before leaving to attract the attention of the old man: "Grandpa, onion soaking wine can't solve diabetes, if your blood sugar is high, you still have to control your diet, don't drink so much coffee." So he smiled sincerely and walked out of the bar with his bag in hand.
The old man watched this show for an afternoon, and he almost believed the host's rhetoric, and he was a little annoyed when he heard Liang Yan's words, hum, it seems that he is not so attentive to reading magazines!
When Liang Yan returned to the dormitory after buying groceries, Mr. and Mrs. Smith were about to go out to walk their dog, and the woman said to Liang Yan worriedly: "There is a man in a suit today, who has been looking at your house downstairs for a long time." Liang Yan was puzzled, she was a slum, so she wouldn't be remembered by thieves, so she thanked the couple and entered her house.
The three students were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, and when they saw Liang Yan coming back, they were like seeing an old mother who came back from foraging, and they were distressed. Liang Yan was helpless and quickly made dinner for them. When the four of them were gobbling up, a boy said to Liang Yan: "Teacher Liang, a man knocked on your door today, saw us and left without saying anything." Liang Yan heard about this man for the second time, and she was so curious, but she had no monitoring here to check, so she had to give up. If there is something urgent, he will come again, Liang Yan thought.