In Danai's eagerly expectant gaze, Guan Zhengxing still declined.

"Thanks for the invitation. However, we can't afford to delay any longer, we can't get the last bus back to school when we're late, and," he said, looking at Vivian, "I have a girlfriend, and I'm disrespectful to eat with the other girls behind my back." After the words fell, he picked up the flyer and coat on the table, "Sorry, goodbye." ”

Seeing the person walking out of the coffee shop, Danai reacted, got up and smiled helplessly and awkwardly, and said, "Goodbye." ”

The two girls looked at each other in surprise, and Danai walked a few steps and suddenly turned back, quickly took out a pen and wrote a string of numbers on the coffee mat before leaving.

Pedestrians were in a hurry on the street, and Danai ran out to catch up with them, exhaling white air in front of his mouth and nose, and said, "Why are you so serious, everyone is just having a meal." ”

Guan Zhengxing strode forward and said without squinting: "I have no limit. If you want, you can stay for dinner, and I'm going to rush back to sort out the data from the questionnaire. ”

"Oh my God," Danai clasped his head in his hands, "you're in a hurry to get back just to do those boring homework?" ”

Guan Zhengxing replied with great certainty: "Yes." ”

"You." Danai was half angry, "What's the point of those assignments?" We've been studying hard, can't we give ourselves some time to relax? ”

Guan Zhengxing said: "I don't need to, I don't feel tired, and I don't want to relax. ”

As soon as the two of them arrived at the bus stop, the car arrived on time, and after getting on the bus, Guan Zhengxing sat by the window, Danai sat next to him, and his eyes glanced at his face from time to time, and Guan Zhengxing obviously felt it, and didn't say anything.

Danai turned around, "I have never understood why you Chinese are so rigid, and besides, eating with girls is a very simple thing, why are you so sensitive. Sense, not to respect this relationship? You don't respect a girl when you eat with her? ”

Guan Zhengxing said: "Yes. ”

"What?" Danai was incredulous, "What's the disrespect?" ”

Guan Zhengxing looked out of the car window again, and said in an undulating voice: "Vivian has made it clear to me that she has a good impression, and I agreed to go out to dinner with her, is it implying that I accept her overtures?" Allow our relationship to grow? And then I have to decide that our act of eating is simple, I'm sorry, I can't fool myself, and I don't want to lie to her. Deception is one of the things that can lead to the end of a relationship, and I don't want to lose her. ”

"......" Danai had nothing to say, because it was true. The girl shows her affection for you, and any gesture you accept from her is a sign that you are interested in her.

Guan Zhengxing took off his gloves and wrote a word on the glass with water mist—Lu. He looked at the word and said: "Just because she's not by my side doesn't mean I can mess around, she has absolute trust in me, and I have to act like she is responsible." You think I'm rigid or not, Min. In my heart, wherever I go, there are traces of a girl on my body, she may not be by my side, but she will definitely be in my heart. As a boy with a girlfriend, the bottom line of making friends is an insurmountable principle of life, and I am loyal to and adhere to this principle and will not change. ”

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you." Danai gave up, but he was not reconciled, and still said, "You will never understand how fascinating the freshness you get from another person." ”

Guan Zhengxing put on his gloves and said: "If you really love someone, she will always be a book in your eyes, not a piece of cheese that can spoil easily, and when you expect how delicious the next piece of cheese will be, the cheese in your hand is already spoiled." ”

"No, I don't like cheese, I like fresh grass. Moss. ”

Guan Zhengxing looked at him with a smile, "Danai, be careful of missing your grass. Moss. ”

"No, my favorite food is always the next one."

The bus travels along the winding road to the outskirts of the city......

Back at school, Danai went to the cafeteria for dinner, and Guan Zhengxing didn't delay handing in his homework, packed a hot dog and hot cocoa and went back to the apartment. The mailbox on the first floor was stuffed with a few letters signed by him, and the hot cocoa was placed on the desk, and the investigation materials were placed on the small table beside him, and the light of the lamp shrouded the people in front of the desk and the few letters he had in hand. He opened them one by one, until he saw the invitation in the first line of the third letter, and he was stunned. This is a sincere invitation letter from a well-known American architectural design company, which has a deep understanding of his resume before going abroad, his grades when he entered the school, and his current study situation. into the understanding, I hope that he can consider going to the company after graduation, and finally offer conditions, superior and tempting. Person. Guan Zhengxing folded the letter paper and stuffed it back into the envelope, picked up the hot dog bite, opened the laptop and began to sort out the data, and the letter was pressed by him. Under the learning materials of Chengshan.

No matter how generous the conditions are, they can't shake the waiting in the distance.

This was their original agreement.

……

Cornell University has a representative building, the Clock Tower. Every hour the bell is ringed, some interesting music is played, and sometimes Chinese tunes are played, and Guan Zhengxing has heard Jasmine, Liang Zhu, and once heard Hisaishi's "Castle in the Sky". He prepared a sheet of music half a month in advance and sent it to the manager of the bell tower, asking him to help knock out the music on the night of May 1. And May 1 is Guan Zhengxing's birthday, and he wants to surprise Shen Zilu.

Early in the morning, as soon as Guan Zhengxing opened his eyes, he saw a WeChat message from Shen Zilu, which was sent at 0:00, a photo of a birthday cake, and a voice. The birthday cake reads:

"Happy birthday to Mr. Guan"

Her familiar voice came from clicking on the voice......

"Hi, Mr. Guan, happy birthday, I am counting the birthday wishes I sent you on time at zero o'clock, and I want to be the first person to say my best wishes to you. I wish you happiness, academic progress, and financial resources. My blessings are not very down-to-earth, although the words are a little rough, but the blessings are very sincere and quite practical. The cake was carefully selected for you, and I wrote the words to wish you a happy birthday, can you see it? Also, I'll eat the cake for you after taking the photo, without me by my side, I don't know if you will forget your birthday today, it doesn't matter if you forget, I'll help you think about it, remember to boil yourself a few eggs to eat. What wishes will you make this year? Forget it, don't tell me, it won't work if you say it. Everything is normal on the company's side, you don't have to worry, there are several companies whose final payments should arrive in the account this month but have not arrived, Tao Xiru has been running these companies to ask for accounts these days, and when you come back, you must invite him to a big meal to treat him. Also, you ......"

After a brief pause, she said softly, "...... You have to take care of your body, don't work too hard. I, I'm good," before she could finish speaking, her voice stopped abruptly, and the recording time of the voice was displayed as sixty seconds, the maximum playback value. And before she could finish her last sentence, she cut off.

Guan Zhengxing guessed that she was trying to say ......

I miss you so much.

But she didn't send a second voice.

She cried.

His girl is so sensible, but if she is too sensible, it will make you feel very distressed.

Guan Zhengxing pressed the voice button, unable to send comforting words, and said that she would cry even more fiercely.

"Xiaolu," he said softly with a smile, "thank you for everything you did for me, I accepted the cake and blessings." However, don't eat too much cream cake, there is an artificial fat fatty acid in the cream cake, this fatty acid has the same effect on blood lipids as animal fat, which is very harmful to human health, and excessive intake will also lead to increased blood lipids and obesity. One more thing, I'll surprise you at eight o'clock tonight. ”

This is the longest time they have been separated since they were together, and the feeling of missing someone can really torture people crazy. In fact, there are still many things I want to say to her, but the more I can say, the stronger the feelings of longing become, which overwhelm him, and even for a moment, I impulsively want to return to China regardless of packing up my things. But if you do that, what is the previous effort? Once chose to leave, her waiting and reluctance turned into a joke.

Get up and open the curtains, the sun is shining brightly, spilling into every corner of the room, bending the lower lip slightly, and you can return home after holding on for a while.

After a busy day in the craft room, I looked at the time, sorted out the tools on the table, and walked out of the teaching building with his model. When he arrived at the bell tower, there were just ten minutes left, Guan Zhengxing put the model aside, pinched the time at eight o'clock, pressed the video button, and the bell tower knocked Jay Chou's "Superman Can't Fly".

Shen Zilu received the video and immediately clicked on it, listening to the familiar music inside, as well as his gentle humming voice, his eyelashes gradually moistened.

……

In June, Guan Zhengxing was on summer vacation, and he hid from Shen Zilu on the plane back to China, ready to give her a bigger surprise.