"Huh?"

"I said hamsters."

Ning Sui pursed his lips: "It's been hanging up a long time ago." ”

Xie Yichen was stunned, she realized that he had misunderstood, and said sincerely: "It's not that I threw him to death." That is, in fact, the life span of hamsters is very short, and many pets are the same, and they will die in three or four years at most, how can they live as long as we humans. ”

Xie Yichen was not close to her, still looking at the shadow on the ground, and smiled lazily: "That's true." ”

"What about you?"

"Huh?"

Ning Sui turned her face to look at him, and the breeze of the summer night gently brushed her soft hair: "Did you do anything impressive when you were a child?" ”

"That's a lot." Xie Yichen put his pocket in his pocket and gave her an example.

When he was in elementary school, just in time for the 08 Beijing Olympics, he took the Fuwa pencils that his father bought for him to the class to sell, and told his classmates that this was a limited supply from the Olympic organizers, 20 yuan each, and he had to fill in a list to book. Members are discounted by 85%.

Relying on this alone, Xie Yichen easily earned thousands of yuan. Later, his father was asked by the teacher to be a parent, and the teacher strongly condemned him for disturbing the market order and class atmosphere. Because two classmates even went into the school infirmary in order to grab pencils.

Ning Sui: "......"

It's true that you've learned the secrets of hunger marketing at that time.

She was silent for a moment: "What did the uncle say?" ”

Xie Yichen said: "My dad thinks I'm quite business-minded, although the teacher confiscated all the money I earned, he bought me a Switch as a reward." ”

“…… Uncle is quite open-minded. ”

Bypassing a street corner is the movie theater, Ning Sui still walked along the road quite patiently, the humidity after the rain was shy, and she unconsciously fluttered her eyelashes: "I thought you were a typical good student." ”

Xie Yichen suppressed his dark lacquered eyes, with a little smile in his eyes: "What? Selling a few pencils isn't a good student? ”

“……”

Ning Sui choked: "No." ”

She glanced at him quickly, then moved away, "I mean the kind of person who learns at a glance, and the family is also very strict, and what the elders say is what they are." ”

There is an intersection ahead, and you can already see glowing colorful signs. The front is crowded with people, and it is a bustling crowd on a summer night.

"If that's what you want to define, then I'm not."

Xie Yichen followed behind her, and his lazy voice blew in Ning Sui's ears with the evening breeze, "My parents rarely care about me, so I can do whatever I want." ”

……

The two walked into the theater, there were a lot of people on the street, but it was okay here, the big screen at the top was taking turns to play today's screening movies, in addition to the most popular "Crazy Thursday", there are also "Quartet" and "Naturalist", which sounds quite mysterious.

Ning Sui asked him, "What do you want to see?" ”

Xie Yichen didn't pick: "You decide." ”

"That," Ning Sui raised his eyes and clicked on the name at the end, the old film was re-screened, and asked tentatively, "I want to see that, okay?" ”

"Beautiful Mind", Xie Yichen has heard of this film for a long time, but he has never found a chance to watch it. It tells the story of mathematician John Nash, game theory and differential geometry, who suffered from schizophrenia but continued to climb to the top.

He took out his mobile phone and scanned the code directly: "Okay." ”

Ning Sui leaned over and found that the ticket had been out, and the IMAX hall he bought was more expensive than he imagined: "Say I'll have a treat." ”

Xie Yichen glanced at her, with a "buy everything" expression.

Ning Sui felt as if he couldn't reason with him, so he pulled out the hundreds of yuan, pursed his lips and wanted to say something, and in a blink of an eye he saw the snack area selling popcorn and drinks.

Her eyes lit up and she came up with an idea: "Do you want to eat popcorn?" This time I invite you. ”

Xie Yichen looked at her: "Okay." ”

"Do you want anything else to drink?"

Xie Yichen kept cherishing words like gold: "It's all right." ”

“……”

Ning Sui's choice was difficult, but he nodded after being entangled, turned around and went to the snack place to line up.

Later, he led a bucket of popcorn and two glasses of Sprite to check in, no one watched this film, their position was in the middle and back rows, the middle C position, and there were a few heads in front of them.

It was very dark in the movie theater, there was no light source at all, and Ning Sui's feet were much slower.

When she was holding on to the farthest seat and struggling to find the number of rows, a glimmer of flashlight lit up behind her, reflecting her way forward.

Ning Sui clenched his fingertips and looked back.

The boy had a broad chest and followed with a sense of security.

Those dark and unruly eyes seemed to be dyed with light.

Sensing her expression, he half-lowered his eyes, hooked his lips and said in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of the dark?" ”

Chapter 12: Pen pals

- Aren't you afraid of the dark?

The background music at the beginning of the film plays at this time, masking the surrounding sounds.

In the deserted theater, Xie Yichen was holding a lamp, and Ning Sui could only see those dark and handsome eyes.

The light seemed to be a candle flame, flickering slowly where their eyes met, and she blinked unconsciously.

Ning Sui just looked at him like that, didn't say anything, there was a short moment of silence in his heart, a second, maybe two seconds, and then the movie screen began to play advertisements, and the entire hall was illuminated.

There was no longer a need for Xie Yichen's flashlight, Ning Sui watched him patiently put away his mobile phone, and the two walked up together. When it came to the designated row, Xie Yichen still turned sideways and motioned for her to go in first.

Ning Sui found that he did this kind of detail every time very well, and he was the kind of boy who was very educated.

They sat down in the corresponding positions, and after a while, the lights in the venue dimmed, the majestic background music sounded, and the feature film began neatly.

I have to say that Nash's casting actor Russell really played it very well, using his demeanor and actions to vividly interpret a genius, and even a weirdo who is completely oblivious to the truth.

Mathematics is a great and mysterious thing, which can connect boring knowledge together to tell a new story, and Ning Sui has also experienced this kind of spark of inspiration, which is a very fascinating existence. That ephemeral beauty makes you want to hold on to eternity.

If it were another person, Ning Sui, she wouldn't invite the other party to watch this movie, but she felt that if it was Xie Yichen, she should be able to understand.

For a while, Ning Sui was even given goosebumps by Russell, the movie theater was silent, her mouth was dry, she took a sip of Sprite, and subconsciously thought of taking a popcorn in the bucket to eat.

Xie Yichen also happened to stretch out his hand, and the fingers of the two of them touched together so suddenly.

Ning Sui's fingertips were rendered cold by the cold drink, and Xie Yichen's palms were warm, and this obvious contrast made her pause unconsciously.

Xie Yichen reacted first, quickly withdrew his hand, and said in a suppressed voice: "I'm sorry." ”

The touch of the fingertips was still there, and Ning Sui's palm on the side of his leg rubbed it slightly.

I didn't notice it before, but in fact, the seats were quite close to each other, and she pursed her lower lip: "It's okay." ”

Two hours go by quickly, especially when both people are seriously focused.

This movie is actually quite depressing, especially in the later stage, Ning Sui is brows are furrowed. She remembered Aristotle's words: "Every great genius has madness in his bones." "It looks to the point.

Ning Sui felt that she should not be a genius, because she was indeed a little heartless compared to Nash, who forgot to sleep and eat.

Even during the sophomore year of high school, I was hungry and panicked without eating, and I was thinking about whether tonight's supper would be Yangzhou fried rice or fried dumplings with chives before I went to evening self-study.

After the end of the show, the audience in the front row sat for a long time before leaving, Ning Sui looked at Xie Yichen sideways, he was lowering his head, his black hair was hidden on his forehead, his eyebrows were slightly heavy, his long eyelashes were drooping, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

But this mood only lasted for a moment, and soon disappeared without a trace, Xie Yichen raised his eyes, obviously realizing that she was looking at him, and asked quite calmly: "What?" ”

"Do you know what this movie is trying to tell us?" Ning Sui suddenly said thoughtfully.

"What?" He raised an eyebrow.

Ning Sui said faintly: "If you study mathematics for too long, you will go crazy. I might have to be careful. ”

“……”

Xie Yichen obviously didn't expect her to come to such an essential conclusion after watching the movie for a long time, and she didn't hold back, and laughed in her nose.

He folded his arms and leaned heavily on the back of the chair, listening to her continue to wrestle with care, and his tone was sympathetic: "If Nash had won the Fields Medal at the beginning, he probably wouldn't have been sick later." ”

In the final analysis, the honor of the organizing committee was late, which made people rack their brains day by day to study who was not paranoid.

Xie Yichen said: "Then there is nothing to do with game theory. ”

He laughed so hard that even his chest shook slightly, and Ning Sui licked his lower lip unconsciously: "That's indeed it." ”

The two chatted while walking out, and it was almost eleven o'clock at ten o'clock, and the streets of the ancient city were still very lively, with people coming and going, full of colors. Ning Sui asked casually: "Xie Yichen, if you were to choose, would you want mental health or fame and fortune?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he glanced over in disbelief.

Ning Sui: "? ”

Xie Yichen: "Why don't you want them all?" ”

Ning Sui: "......"

Good.

There are a variety of shops around, and exquisite goods and ornaments are readily available. The man beside him walked leisurely and walked around, and finally said in a low voice: "Actually, these two are not paradoxes in the first place. ”

"Huh?"

Ning Sui was in a trance for a moment before realizing that he was answering her question just now.

"There is nothing in life that you can't overcome, don't think too much, the more you take it seriously, the more it will stop you, and finally you will go around yourself into a dead end."

Ning Sui picked up a crystal bracelet from the street shop and compared it on his wrist, and thought for a while: "But sometimes the authorities are still confused, and it is actually difficult to get to the point where you are about to break through." I always can't do it, but I feel that I can do it, and there are so many sunk costs ahead, it may not be easy to give up all at once. ”

"Of course." Xie Yichen smiled, "Just like Nash, he has indeed become a great mathematician in this way, but different people have different choices, and my words will not be too stubborn." ”

If this path doesn't work, it's good to change the path, if it doesn't work out, just change the goal, there is always something he's good at, why drive yourself to the point of madness.

Under the swirling orange light, the young man's tone was casual and wanton: "Anyway, I always firmly believe that the mountains and rivers will be bright." All roads lead to Rome, just as Euler's theorem is not the only way to prove it. ”

Ning Sui's heart skipped a beat: "This is ...... I think I've heard people say that before. ”

Xie Yichen's eyes pressed down a little: "Yes." ”

"Yes." Ning Sui paused for a moment, "I also learned math competition when I was a sophomore in high school, maybe I was stunned to do the questions, and I also had the mentality of fighting with myself to the death...... Fortunately, it was adjusted later. ”