(The storyline is completely fictional, the official must not sit in the right seat, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)

After going out quietly, I walked on the Shark House Street for two or three minutes, but suddenly my steps slowed down, and then I simply stopped.

I didn't really get any exact information and answers from Harry just now, Harry only said something like "I will definitely help her recommend a more suitable place to go", what is this? But he promised Mayo that he would meet her at the restaurant the next day.

Jing Hao thought for a moment, and turned her head to go back to Harry - otherwise what would you say when you meet Mayo tomorrow? Let's strike while the iron is hot, and then go back and make it clear to Harry: first, Mayo was misled by two wrong emails; Second, Mayo would love to give her another chance, even if it's just for a month or two. If Harry has a clear answer, no matter what the outcome is, Jing Hao can give Mayo an explanation the next day.

Jing Hao made up his mind, turned back, and walked towards Harry's house. I didn't want to be a figure walking this way at this time, and the two of them met in the middle of Shark House Street, confirming that it was really each other, both of them were a little surprised, and Jing Hao thought that he had recognized the wrong person.

It turned out that Harry had just sent Jing Hao away, and suddenly saw the BBC news broadcast a news of the murder of a Chinese female student in the United States, he looked up at the wall clock, a little regretful and worried that it was not safe for her to walk alone at night, although Oxford was relatively peaceful, but there had been murders. So he hurried out to find Jinghao and send her off.

But Harry said, "I, uh——, that, just came out for a walk, walk, you, just got here?" Why did you go in the opposite direction again? ”

Jing Hao stumbled and said, "Oh, no, it's not. I've just remembered one thing, and that's about Mayo, and I want to hear your thoughts again, so I want to go back and knock on the door, and ask you again......"

Harry smiled. He gestured with his hand forward, and the two of them walked together in the direction of the quiet quarters.

On the way, Harry still kept a distance of about a meter from Jing Hao's shoulders, Harry put his hands in his jeans pockets, and Jing Hao crossed the tarp backpack, and his hands were also in his jeans pockets, both of them looked a little restrained.

Harry opened his mouth to say a few things like the weather and the air was really good, and the two of them talked as they walked, and finally gradually discussed Mayo's affairs.

Both said at the same time: "Mayo ......"

Harry stretched out his right hand and said, "You speak first." ”

Jing Hao said: "No, no, no, you first, you say first." ”

Harry said, "Uh——, Mayo, she's a good thinker......"

Jing Hao hurriedly said: "Yes, she has always been very smart and hard-working......"

It was a coincidence that at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it was the time for the goddess Mayo to come out for a night run, and today, for the first time, she tried a new route, on the path near Jinghao's residence, she suddenly ran out of an intersection, with a towel around her neck, snoring, wiping her sweat, running towards the backs of Jinghao and Harry, running quite close, she suddenly reacted and stopped. Mayo couldn't believe it, and looked at it—it was the two of them again.

Harry saw a long shadow on the ground, and the shadow was still pulsing, and suddenly stopped! His cautious and sensitive side came into play again, and he slowly turned his head to find that it was Mayo, who quickly pretended not to see the two of them, turned his head and ran away quickly in the opposite direction.

Seeing Harry's strange expression, Jinghao also turned around and saw Mayo's back. Jing Hao was suddenly embarrassed, and said in his heart: "Oh my God, how can it be so coincidental......"

Jing Hao quietly glanced at Harry, Harry had no expression on his face, and Jing Hao felt a little more uneasy and guilty: it was his own reason several times before and after, and it became more and more difficult to explain the misunderstanding - if he had brought an umbrella that day, he would not have entered Harry's house on a rainy day; If I could calm down, I wouldn't be in a hurry to see Harry today; If you hadn't gone just now, you wouldn't have turned back halfway and looked for Harry; Or if you leave a few minutes earlier or a little later......

In short, every time as long as you stagger a little bit or a few minutes, there will not be so many coincidences, all because of yourself, and you are becoming more and more passive.

Jing Hao quickly apologized to Harry, saying that he really shouldn't have been so reckless and ran to his house to find him, and let Mayo see it again and again, maybe she would have a deep misunderstanding, I'm very sorry.

Harry didn't care, comforting Jing Hao and said, why apologize? There's no problem at all.

He told Jing Hao that when Mayo was his original doctoral student, he was very diligent and insightful in his studies and research, and after graduation, Mayo was introduced by him to London for an internship for a month, and then came back as an internship teaching assistant through his own recommendation.

Harry said: "But according to Mayo's personality and characteristics, it is not very suitable to be an intern teaching assistant, she is more suitable for doing research projects, she still has some questioning talent and thinking, French, French tradition." ”

Jing Hao nodded: "Hmm." ”

Harry added, "It's not a big deal, it's embarrassing, you know what I'm talking about, maybe it would be better if Mayo could go to another school to work, and there's no need to stay in the same place all the time." ”

Jing Hao hurriedly said: "However, Mayo likes Oxford very much, and her ideal job is to finally be able to stay and become a teacher at the university here." What happened last time wasn't entirely her fault. ”

"I'm afraid she's not up to the level of being a lecturer here, and now she's usually a lecturer who has done postdoctoral research," Harry said. There are a lot of people with PhDs, unless she has her own field of specialization and has some academic achievements, you know, it is very rare to have these results just after graduating from a doctorate......"

Jing Hao said: "In addition, Mayo has mentioned to me several times that there are people in Oxford that she likes and admires very much, so she tried her best to come back from London for an internship. She wants me to ask you, can you give her another chance? ”

Harry said: "Well——, that's right, the mistakes of this lecture have appeared, the mistakes are ridiculously low, but the consequences are irreparable, I used to be her doctoral supervisor, and now I am the head of this specialty, first of all, I can't violate the principles to favor her, and I shouldn't." You say yes, right? ”

Harry said this in English, of course, because it was a serious conversation, and there was no room for error and misunderstanding.

Jing Hao listened to him all in English, and only said each sentence once and did not repeat it, knowing that this matter could not be discussed, he didn't know what to say all of a sudden, and walked with his head down like him.

I walked for a while, and I didn't speak.

There are two people dangling on the road, one long and one short...... Elongated, shortened, lengthened, shortened, because of the street lamps that have been walked one after another.

Suddenly, Harry tentatively asked Jing Hao if she could continue to study for a PhD like Mayo, if Jing Hao was happy, she could consider studying for her own PhD, and if she wanted to change places to study for a PhD, he could also recommend her to study for a PhD at the prestigious University of East Anglia or the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London to help her choose a suitable supervisor and major.

At this time, he began to speak in Chinese again. Jing Hao knew that when it came to this topic, he gradually relaxed.

PhD? Jing Hao was stunned, looked up and smiled at Harry, thought for a while before saying that she would be 29 years old soon, and she would be 30 years old when she finished her master's degree, and according to her grandmother and grandfather's algorithm, she would be 29 and a half years old now, and she would be 31 years old when she finished her master's degree.

Hearing Jing Hao repeatedly emphasize "30 years old", Harry frowned and said, "What's wrong with 30 years old?" The 30-year-old life has just begun, and the golden years have not yet arrived. ”

Jing Hao replied with a smile: "But in our country, women who are not married at the age of 30 may often be perceived, or affirmed, as 'leftover women'." ”

Harry repeated several questions before he figured out the meaning of "leftover ladies" in Chinese, which he translated as "the forgotten ladies", and Jing Hao corrected him, saying that it should probably be: "the left-over ladies", which implies that she can't marry a woman. ”

Harry had probably never heard of anything like this, and his eyes widened. To him, this may seem like a fantasy. After listening to Jing Hao's painstaking explanation, he laughed even more, completely unimpressed.

Harry said: "The charm of men and women can last for so long, and there are different charms at different ages, so how can you judge whether a person is attractive or not because they are married or not?" What does 'leftover' mean? Just no one likes it? Is life over? I think this judgment is 'ridiculous'. ”

Harry used to refer to "funny" as "funny". As soon as he said "funny and ridiculous", Jing Hao laughed. Jing Hao corrected him repeatedly that it should be "funny", and Harry followed to learn "funny", and the two of them continued to move forward.

Harry corrected his pronunciation by himself, and some of the pronunciations were more bizarre as he practiced them repeatedly, and he "giggled" out loud. Harry laughed out loud, and it was rare to hear him laugh.

The two of them walked to the door of Jinghao's house and stood on the side of the road, saying goodbye to him and thanking Harry for sending her home. Harry nodded, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly turned his head again and said to Jing Hao, "Uh——, wait a minute, I thought about it, it should be an independent woman, right?" independent women！ They live independently. ”

Jing Hao was stunned: "What? What independence? She didn't react, it turned out that Harry was still thinking about the "new thing" she told him on the way - the leftover girl.

Harry explained: "We didn't find a suitable word just now – you said, 'the rest of the ladies', and now I think about it, they are not the 'rest ladies', they should be the ones who choose to live independently!" ”

Jing Hao suddenly realized and smiled. She watched as Harry explained as earnestly as he gave a lecture, his left hand raised, his half-clenched fist, index finger facing the sky, really like in class. He was like this, naïve and serious, and seemed to have a little bit of a desire to comfort and please Jing Hao, because Jing Hao said that he would be a member of that ranks immediately.

Jing Hao nodded vigorously at him, expressing approval, more thanks.