On Zhao Anran's birthday, Liu Hanlin sent birthday wishes as usual. Since their student days, they have tacitly sent blessings on each other's birthdays, from SMS to QQ to WeChat, although the platform that carries blessings has changed, but the intention of blessings has not changed. When he received the birthday wishes on WeChat, Zhao Anran was dancing slimming exercises at home. She has been losing weight like crazy recently, and she is motivated to lose 30 pounds in 3 months. Because she didn't want to be called fat and ugly anymore, these words pierced her heart like a needle.

Zhao Anran picked up his mobile phone and replied: "Thank you, Brother Lin, for remembering my birthday every year, but this year is not happy." After a few minutes, Liu Hanlin sent a question mark, and she didn't explain too much, so she diverted the topic and asked him: "Didn't you go on a date on a weekend night?" What are you doing? "Who are you dating?" I'm still tutoring master's students in the lab! Liu Hanlin added a crying and laughing expression.

"Teacher Liu, why don't you teach me too?"

"Teacher Zhao, I don't dare to teach you, and I won't be able to teach you that mechanical major."

"Seriously, how about I go to your school for a PhD?"

"We don't have a doctoral program in mechanical engineering, do you want to study for a doctorate in energy?"

"I know you're researching solar energy, why don't you take me with you?" I studied for a Ph.D. across major disciplines. ”

"I don't have the qualifications to bring a Ph.D. yet, but there are several excellent doctoral supervisors in our school, if you really want to study for a Ph.D., I can help you keep an eye on it, and I'll tell you when there is enrollment news."

"If I can get a PhD student across disciplines, I'll go for it. Thanks to Ringo for helping me keep an eye [grinning]. ”

In just a few minutes of WeChat chat, Zhao Anran has become the happiest thing in recent times. Liu Hanlin still remembered her birthday and lit a bright light for her in the darkness of her day. Studying for a doctorate, in fact, is an unfulfilled wish of hers, in order to complete the mission of the so-called woman in the world, she gave up continuing to study for a doctorate, and now that the marriage has broken down, she lives by herself with her daughter, and she can't just give up on herself. Since you can't ask for a happy marriage, it's okay to do your best to fulfill your dream of a doctor?

Zhao Anran likes Tian Fuzhen's "Angel Among the Devils" very much-

When anyone wants to see me shattered

I've been born again with tenacity

……

Zhao Anran, who was born stubborn, is unwilling to bow to life, even if he falls to the bottom of the valley and is covered in blood, he has to crawl out of the bottom of the pit with both hands! She looked at the innocent smile on the screen saver on her mobile phone, and secretly swore in her heart: "Baby, although my mother is not a perfect person, and my marriage and work are also facing difficulties, my mother will work hard to get better, and my mother wants to be your superman and be your role model." ”

Zhao Anran began to make a plan, dividing the time into five parts: teaching time, time to prepare for lessons and grading homework, time to spend with children, time to study for Kaobo, and time to sleep. The first three parts basically take up most of her time, and she can't study until the child falls asleep every day. She wants to make up for the English she lost after graduating from the master's degree as soon as possible, from vocabulary to grammar, reading and writing have to be re-reviewed, she found that although her previous English foundation is not bad, and she has passed the sixth level, but the result of not studying for a long time has led to a sharp decline in English vocabulary, and she can only stay up late every day to study.

Once a person has a new goal and devotes himself wholeheartedly, he will forget a lot of troubles, and Zhao Anran is such a person. Most of the people who fall out of love and marry are to drink to drown their sorrows, or eat sweets to stimulate the dopamine in the body and make themselves less painful. But Zhao Anran relied on torturing herself to forget her troubles, she dieted, exercised, stayed up late to memorize words, and the deeper the night, the higher the efficiency of learning. Except for the regular weekly meeting, she doesn't spend an extra minute in school, and she goes home after class to take care of her children and learn English. Huansha's grandmother doesn't travel anymore, she took Huansha with her during Zhao Anran's class, she saw that Anran did not become decadent, but became more and more positive in life, she felt very comforted, but she didn't know that Zhao Anran already had a plan to study for a doctorate in her heart.