The Great Triangle in the Night Sky
"Of course, I did, and when I was a kid, I participated in a school photography contest and won the first prize. You know that night sky photography requires a lot of professional optical imaging equipment, at that time my grandfather would control my pocket money at home, so I struggled for a long time between the model and those astronomical telescopes, and then my grandmother found out, she secretly opened an account for me, saying that as long as it was related to study, I could buy whatever I wanted. The more Xu Bin talked, the more excited he became, and these things about astronomical telescopes brought back many memories of his childhood. Later, when I went to study in the UK, I could only play with these things after I came home from vacation. ”
"My cousin is also studying in the UK, and I tried to persuade her not to go to the UK, because the food in the UK is so bad, but she didn't listen, she had to go to the UK to study anthropology, and I really wanted her to die when I listened to this subject." Jiang Tianyi replied, in fact, she was more like knowing which school Xu Bin graduated from and what kind of life background she had, so she could only slowly lean on the topic in this direction.
Xu Bin didn't know how to answer the three words anthropology when he heard it, "Then what school is your cousin in?" Hasn't she considered changing majors? ”
"She's at the University of London. In fact, when she was in high school, her grades were not too outstanding, because she was involved in club activities and business activities most of the time, and I thought at first that she would choose an art school such as ESMOD, or the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, but she gave up because she didn't want to learn French. What school did Mr. Xu graduate from? Jiang Tianyi said.
Xu Bin sighed, "You're asking about high school?" Or a university? Xu Bin looked at Jiang Tianyi busy on the crab hand, he continued, "I have been in the study in the afternoon, so I didn't give you a detailed introduction to the study, in fact, the academic qualifications and graduation certificates of our family members are hung on the wall of the study, and there is a whole wall, I will sell it first, and you will go to see it after you finish eating, and you will have a longitudinal understanding of me and even the education level of my family members." Xu Bin grabbed a napkin and wiped his mouth, then got up to wash his hands.
Jiang Tianyi's last crab ate very sloppily, and she ate three crabs and ended the battle hastily. In fact, with the amount of seafood she really eats, she can eat all the ten cod crabs ordered by Xu Bin alone, but she is embarrassed to keep eating when she is a guest at other people's homes, even if it is too rude for others to prepare for you. A day passed, Jiang Tianyi went back to Xu's study, which amazed her, and indeed a whole wall was covered with graduation certificates from famous schools around the world, she asked Xu Bin beside her, "What is Mr. Xu's English name?" “
Xu Bin said mysteriously, "You guess, you should be able to guess that there are only two points for Chinese people to give English names, either they are similar to their Chinese names, or they choose a meaning that is commensurate with themselves." Didn't I get up in the morning and give you a book? (Pride and Prejudice)
Jiang Tianyi clenched his fist with his right hand and knocked on the palm of his left hand: "I see, then I understand, Mr Bingley, Bingley Xu, it should be written on the graduation certificate, right?" “
Xu Bin applauded, "That's right, it's so smart~"
Jiang Tianyi followed the direction of B as the initial letter, and saw Mr. Xu's graduation certificate in the lower corner, the fourth from the top left, Eton College (Eton College), the fifth from the top left ImperialCollegeLondon (Imperial College), and the third from the top left Next to Xu Bin's graduation certificate, University of Cambridge. In addition to marveling at Xu Bin's educational background, she also looked at the gold content of each individual behind the glory of this family, which not only represents the education level of the Xu family, but also a brief summary of the academic experience of family members. Xu Bin's grandparents' graduation certificates are at the top, and Xu Bin's grandmother and grandfather are in the same class at the same university level, which are two yellowed Tsinghua University graduation certificates. Xu Bin pointed to Xu's father's graduation certificate and said, "This is my father's, graduated from the Department of Shipbuilding of Wuhan University, my mother graduated from the Department of Communication of the University of Toronto, and next to my uncle's." “
Jiang Tianyi looked carefully one by one, Xu Bin's uncle graduated from California Institute of Technology (undergraduate) and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology master's degree and Ph.D.), and aunt graduated from ETH Zurich (bachelor's degree) and MIT (American hemp rope polytechnic master's degree and doctorate), "Mr. Xu, no wonder your graduation certificate is about to be squeezed to the fourth or fifth floor, your uncle and aunt met during their doctorate, right?" I'm afraid they also got married at that time, looking at your aunt's family name, she is a pure-blood European? “
Xu Bin nodded: "Indeed, their family is now in Switzerland, and my uncle's certificate on this wall is a photocopy, in addition to this, my aunt's are also photocopying, you can see that almost all of our family members are from Polytechnic University." Xu Bin put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at his own mother's graduation certificate in a daze, "Except for my mother." “
Jiang Tianyi had already discovered that when Xu Bin thought of his mother, he couldn't stretch his heart knots, "Aunt must have been a great beauty when she was young, right?" “
"Hmm," Xu Bin replied, "She is very beautiful, she used to be a host for a while, and then gave up her profession in order to give birth to me." “
Jiang Tianyi looked at Xu Bin from the corner of her eye, "She will definitely not regret giving birth to you, having a handsome and excellent son like you." Jiang Tianyi didn't dare to say anything else, because Anna in Tolstoy's story, because she couldn't stand the boring aristocratic life, another handsome aristocratic officer gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, who was later taken away by Anna's husband to raise her.
Xu Bin continued: "Don't you be curious, do I have other brothers and sisters? “
Jiang Tianyi shook his head: "I'm not curious about this, this is all family privacy, if you have to find out, then it is better to be the editor-in-chief of a gossip news magazine." Even if I hear and see these things today, I will not go outside and spread them, which is shameful for a lady! But if you need someone to talk to, you can tell me all your pain and I can try to share it with you. “
Xu Bin stretched out his hand from his trouser pocket, "Thank you, you will think so much about me," he held Jiang Tianyi's shoulder and kissed her forehead lightly, "But you have also worn such a heavy skirt for a day, I hope you can relax a little now, I look at you and your eyes are a little tired." I'll take you to the bath. ”
Xu Bin's hug and hug of Jiang Tianyi in the study before did not make her feel her heart beat faster, but Xu Bin's gentlemanly and light kiss made Jiang Tianyi's heart particularly confused, and she smelled the refreshing body fragrance on Xu Bin's body, which made her face flush with shame.