In the photo, Gu Mian is wearing a white coat, with long black curly hair tied in a ponytail, posing behind his back, wearing transparent protective glasses on his face, milky white PVC gloves on both hands, and holding a blue test tube in front of him. Probably because of his focused expression, his face was a little cold, and this outfit was really as Lu Jingyang said, beautiful and sassy.

This photo was taken from the oblique side, only taking most of Gu Mian's face, and behind her were neatly arranged reagents, as well as strangely shaped glassware, as if she was in a laboratory.

"Where did you get the picture?" Ji Lingchuan snatched Lu Jingyang's mobile phone, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and found that the interface was all in English.

"It's S, you don't know, right?" Lu Jingyang said, "I have a cousin studying in the UK, and this is a picture she liked a week ago, and I just happened to see it. ”

As he explained, Ji Lingchuan had found the uploader, but unfortunately, this person was not Gu Mian, but a boy, because his homepage shared a selfie.

Lu Jingyang came over to look at it with him: ", the number of likes on this photo has exceeded 10,000, if this is on Weibo, it can be regarded as out of the circle." He gave a thumbs up, "Your girlfriend is amazing!" ”

At the end of the experimental class, Gu Mian and the members of the same group came out of the laboratory. A cold wind blew, and Gu Mian shivered. She forgot to wear a scarf today, so she spread her hair tied up to block out the cold wind that kept burrowing into her neck.

The slightly curly long hair was messy by the wind, Gu Mian raised his hand to tidy it up, and found that it had no effect, and the hair became more and more messy the more he blew, almost covering his face.

Last week, she accompanied a friend to the barbershop to get her hair done, and at the instigation of the barber and her friends, she burned her hair as soon as her head was hot. It was the first time she had permed her hair at such a big age, and the barber had permed a half roll that was not very noticeable according to the shape of her face, and it was draped like seaweed.

Originally, the barber wanted to dye Gu Mian's hair, but this time she was calm-headed and resolutely disagreed, so the barber had to give up.

During this time, every time a friend saw her, he had to praise her for her good looks, saying that she had a different charm. Gu Mian felt that she should really be allowed to see the state of this hairstyle in windy weather.

Gu Mian was about to go home, when someone suddenly patted her back, and when she looked back, it was the friend she just thought of. The blonde girl hooked her shoulders: "How are you going to spend Christmas?" ”

If she hadn't reminded her, Gu Mian would have almost forgotten that it was Christmas, and she sighed: "If the professor is merciful and doesn't assign big homework, I will go home to spend time with my family." ”

"Not with your boyfriend?" The girl looked at the ring on her finger, "The annual Christmas market is very lively, and it is perfect for a date." ”

"No way, he's very busy working in China." Gu Mian said.

"Then do you want to come with me, I'll take you to the Christmas market, there are a lot of delicacies you haven't seen before, and I've missed mulled wine in a shop for a long time. Ah, there's also a store that sells hot dogs that are very tasty! ”

Gu Mian looked at the boy not far away, curled his lips and smiled: "Shall I be a light bulb?" ”

The girl seemed to notice it, turned her head to look, and sure enough, her struggling boyfriend came out of the laboratory. He is the professor's right-hand man and always saves until the end.

The boy strode over, grabbed his girlfriend's shoulders, and looked at Gu Mian: "What are you talking about?" ”

Gu Mian automatically switched to familiar Chinese: "Your girlfriend invited me to spend Christmas with you, but I refused." ”

The boy is an international student from China, and the last time he posted a photo of her on S, it became a little popular. She didn't know it at the time, but was later reminded by the other members of the group to take a look.

He explained that the photo was not taken by him, but by his girlfriend, and he thought it was beautiful and sent it out, the purpose of which was to let students from other colleges see that there are also beautiful women in their chemical engineering department, which has few female students. Sure enough, after a week of uploading the photo, the number of comments and likes skyrocketed, and some people asked if the girl in the photo had a boyfriend.

Gu Mian was not a stingy person, and he didn't say anything after listening to his explanation.

"Are you afraid of disturbing us?" The boy said, "Don't worry, Chong you helped me rise so many fans in S, I should treat you to a meal." ”

Gu Mian rolled his eyes and looked at his friend: "Don't you care about him?" ”

The friend smiled slightly, and the little bird snuggled in her boyfriend's arms like a human, making it clear that she was obedient to him. Gu Mian pursed the corners of his mouth and was speechless to her.

Although they invited them repeatedly, Gu Mian still refused, she knew that they were well-intentioned, and she was worried that she would not be able to return home, and it would be too lonely to spend a lively Christmas alone.

Gu Mian was already a little late when she returned to her residence, so she fried herself a few pieces of salmon, cooked a kelp soup, and watched TV dramas on the tablet while eating as usual.

Gu Mian's usual study schedule is too full, and he has to be busy with his studies, and the literary works he promised to translate for Alisa are only one-third of the way at present, and occasionally his brain is about to explode when he translates, so he picks up the long story he wrote before and continues to write. Only during meal time can I relax a little and slowly catch up on the TV series performed by Ji Lingchuan.

It's a pity that Ji Lingchuan's new movie can't contribute to the box office at present, if only the movie could be released abroad.

She silently made this wish, and one day, when she appeared on Weibo to watch entertainment news, her wish came true.

"Atonement" finally ended perfectly with a box office of 2.4 billion in China. At the same time, the film's official Weibo released good news, saying that "Atonement" will be released in the United Kingdom, the United States, South Korea and other countries.

Great, she can go to watch Ji Lingchuan's movies then.

Christmas and Chinese New Year were spent in a dull way, with families sitting around the fireplace-side table, eating turkey and drinking drinks, summing up the year's experiences.

When it was Sana's turn, she hugged the puppy and said sweetly: "The happiest thing this year, of course, is that my sister is a guest at home!" ”

Gu Mian held a cup of hot drink, looking at her flushed face, even if she was worried, she couldn't help but smile.

She doesn't seem to have anything to sum up, she has experienced too many things in the past year, and she doesn't want to remember those things, she just hopes that next year will be better.

The Cambridge academic year is divided into three semesters, each lasting only two months. Gu Mian has finished one semester, it is currently the second semester, there is no holiday yet, and the official holiday time is March 16th. In the third semester, there are no classes, mainly in the library to review and prepare for exams, and then there will be more than three months of vacation.

Overall, there is plenty of time outside of class, and she has plenty of time to do her own thing.

Before the end of the second semester, Gu Mian finished translating the entire original book. Her translation speed is too slow, and she is still adapting to it in the early stage, and every sentence is repeatedly considered, sometimes a word has to be revised many times. Later, it slowly got on the right track, and the translation speed improved.

After the translation, she read it herself three times from beginning to end, and she could find a lot of faults in each check. I wanted to check it a few more times, but Alisa told her that the deadline had arrived.

Gu Mian had no choice but to send the manuscript to her mailbox, and after solving a task, the burden on her shoulders suddenly became much lighter, so she was ready to find a part-time job on a job search website.

She has many friends who work part-time, and some of them have signed directly with the company, and some companies are more humane, and you can work in your spare time.

After Lu Chen heard about her plan, based on his own experience, he recommended several job search websites to her, such as deed and lked, which are more reliable.

Gu Mian has been browsing the recruitment information of various companies on the Internet for the past few days, preparing to find an easy job. She is not in a hurry to make money, and she still puts her studies first.

As she was preparing her resume, news came from the sky that her professor, GAV, had called her into his office alone after the lab class and asked if she would like to join his research team, which had a year-long experimental project that needed manpower.

GAV did not bring first-year students to the research team before, and most of his team were graduate students, PhDs, etc., and a small number were juniors. Gu Mian is an exception, in the process of teaching, GAV saw that she was highly qualified and wanted to cultivate her.

Gu Mian was still hesitating, and GAV listed a lot of benefits, including graduation grades that could give her extra points, and that it would be very beautiful to have an extra research project on her future resume. Of course, the most important point is that there is a generous prize money for participating in a research project.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Mian agreed.

First, she has been looking for a part-time job recently, and now there is an opportunity to make money in front of her, and she has no reason not to seize it; Second, she can't refuse not only to make money without delaying her studies, but also to help her graduation grades.

Therefore, after Gu Mian finished his second semester, he immediately devoted himself to the research project of GAV.

In mid-April, Alisa called her to inform her that her translation had been approved.

In fact, it had already been passed when Gu Mian sent the manuscript to her, because it had to go through layers of review in the later stage, and every link had the possibility of being brushed down.

It was only when it was completely determined that Alisa told Gu Mian the good news.

"Really? Are you sure? Gu Mian's voice was full of surprise.

Even though she put in a lot of time and effort for this, she was still not sure if she could succeed, and she was so surprised to hear the news suddenly.

"How could I lie to you." Alisa smiled and said, "Someday I have time to go home, I'm going to make a delicious meal and treat you!" ”

"That's great!"

"Your new mission, though. I will send you the proofread manuscript later, and you need to check the review comments given by the editors next to you to check whether it needs to be revised. ”

"Okay, I got it."

It is impossible for the manuscript to be approved at one time, and the "pass" in Alisa's mouth only means that Gu Mian's translation works have been selected, and they will continue to improve before they can be printed and published.

The first work he translated was able to get the opportunity to be published, and Gu Mian felt very happy when he thought about it.

She rarely showed her childish side and jumped on the spot, however, when she heard the laughter on the other end of the phone, she was instantly embarrassed.

It turned out that she got carried away for a moment and forgot to hang up the phone.

Alisa smiled and said, "It's right to be happy, and I'm happy for you." I read your translation, and it really surprised me. Sleepy, you're amazing! ”

Gu Mian felt nothing proudly, and he was a little embarrassed to be praised so bluntly. The back of her hand was pressed against her cheek, feeling a little hot.

Alisa suddenly remembered something and said, "I remember you said before that you would write when you were idle, right?" Are you so good that you haven't thought about publishing your work? ”

Gu Mian was stunned, she really hadn't thought about it. Whether she writes essays, essays, or long stories, she always has the mentality of passing the time. Because when she is immersed in writing, she can forget all the reality, only exist in the virtual world she created, cry for the characters in it, and laugh for them.

"Maybe you can give it a try." Alisa encouraged, "Although I haven't read your original work, you can translate the original English book so well, and the writing is naturally not bad." ”

After hanging up the phone, Gu Mian sat on the lawn, one hand on her chin and fell into thought, and there were students on bicycles passing by from time to time, could she really try it?