Joanna likes sashimi and ordered fresh salmon, as well as the usual seafood prawns.
Myrna is not used to eating cold food, so she ordered a bowl of ramen and a piece of sushi.
The ramen tastes average, but the ingredients are fresh.
Joanna teased her intentionally: “This salmon is very tender. Are you really not going to try it? Maybe it will open up a new world.”
Myrna declined the offer: “You know I can’t accept raw food psychologically. I’d rather eat my ramen.”
“It’s been so long, and you really haven’t changed at all.”
From the moment I met Joanna , I discovered that she was always persistent about the things she liked, and the same goes for the things she hated.
“Come to think of it, I haven’t had a spa treatment in a few days. My hands have become rough from all the work.”
At this point, he sighed again and complained, “It’s all my dad’s fault. He’s been urging me to go on blind dates recently. It would have been fine if my mom didn’t stop him, but she actually helped my dad to scheme against me.”
“It’s not like you can’t afford to support me, is it that serious?”
“Besides, my cousin is so capable and he’s not married yet, why should I be so anxious…”
Speaking of Dempsey , Myrna recalled that although they were neighbors, they were busy with their own affairs. From the last time they had hot pot together until now, she brought him a sandwich once, and they haven’t seen each other since.
Joanna didn’t notice that she was distracted, forking a piece of sushi into her mouth, thinking about their last meeting.
“You went with my brother to see Professor Thoreau . What happened next?”
Myrna buried her head in slurping noodles, chewing for a while, swallowing them, and then saying, “… That’s probably it. The professor has reserved a place for me, so I must pass the graduate school exam this year.”
Joanna clapped her hands: “Good job! I like seeing you so confident!”
“To reward you, how about I take you somewhere this weekend?”
Myrna : “Where?”
“You’ll know when you get there.”
At Myrna ‘s strong request, the two finished their meal and Joanna drove her back to the library.
It’s still early, so she can still study for a while.
After finishing two sets of questions, I looked up and the sun was setting.
She sat by the window, the sunlight refracted in through the floor-to-ceiling glass and fell on her, golden and warm.
Myrna stretched and had just packed up her books and test papers when she heard the broadcast reminding her that the library was closing.
She picked up her bag and left on time.
The orange sunset illuminated half the sky red, layer upon layer, from light to dark, like a colorful oil painting.
Myrna slowed down and started thinking about what to eat in the evening.
I walked downstairs unknowingly, and suddenly, a black figure came into my sight.
A week ago, the latest data obtained by the laboratory was wrong. Dempsey worked non-sleep for several days, redoing the work over and over again, but the result was not satisfactory.
The person in charge of the docking experiment is a middle-aged man in his forties. He has been there since Dempsey took over the experiment.
At this time, something went wrong in the laboratory, and he was also worried: “The experimental results were clearly positive at the beginning, and the subsequent progress was also going on normally. Why did the data go wrong?”
Dempsey frowned slightly: “The purpose of experiments is to try and make mistakes. The results are not the only theory.”
“But if the data is wrong, it proves that the experiment is wrong. We have repeated the same problem dozens of times. Isn’t a week enough time for us to see it clearly?”
The person in charge glanced at Dempsey and cautiously asked, “In my opinion, since we can’t proceed, why not cut our losses in time? Why not try another direction?”
Dempsey looked indifferent, and asked with sharp eyes through the lenses: “Are you worried about the failure of the experiment, or do you think the direction proposed by the professor is more in line with your belief in the highest interests?”
He pushed up his glasses and said, “Physics is never achieved overnight. It has its own rhythm and route, and you can’t change it just by saying stop.”
The person in charge said awkwardly: “I’m just talking…”
The two parted unhappily. Dempsey turned around and Myrna waved at him with a smile: “Long time no see, neighbor.”
Walking side by side on the way home, Myrna deliberately avoided what had just happened and just chatted casually.
“Thank you last time. I have been doing well in the exams these days.”
Dempsey did not take credit for it: “You are very intelligent. Have you visited the professor these days?”
Myrna put her hands behind her back, looked at the stones under her feet, and walked slowly forward: “No, we only talked on the phone a few times. She has recovered well and will be able to return to school in two days.”
Dempsey nodded: “That’s good. The professor is always responsible for his teaching tasks. He may be a little tired of resting for two days.”
As the sky gradually darkened, someone was riding a bicycle with the handlebars shaking.
Myrna happened to step on an uneven stone slab, staggered, lost her balance, and was about to collide with the bicycle.
In an instant, Dempsey reached out and grabbed her slender wrist, and with a little force, Myrna leaned her entire body over, narrowly avoiding the onrushing bicycle.
“Are you okay?”
The man’s warm fingers tightly clasped the woman’s wrist through her sleeve. Summer clothes were thin, and the warm temperature made Myrna’s ears instantly hot.
“No problem, thank you.”
The two were so close that their breathing seemed to be within reach. Realizing this, Myrna took half a step back.
Dempsey also reacted and let go.
After that, the two were silent throughout the whole process.
When they got home, they said goodbye to each other and went into the house.
After closing the door, the scene just now flashed back in Myrna’s mind, and the details were magnified uncontrollably.
The man’s warm fingers, his breath that smelled faintly of mint, and his dark, deep eyes…
Myrna lowered her head and rubbed her wrist, which felt hot as if it had been scalded.
After walking back from the lab and arguing with someone again, Dempsey was sweating and feeling uncomfortable.
Put on flip flops and prepare to take a shower.
He habitually picked up the mobile phone on the table and planned to order takeout first.
But I accidentally saw a pop-up window in the app, which was a pair of bear slippers priced at 9. 9.
He was stunned for a moment. The last time he went to Myrna’s house, she seemed to be wearing this pair of shoes.
The girl’s toes were small and round, and the dark slippers made her feet look white.
Dempsey’s mind. He could wrap his hand around her wrist.
And the skin there seems to be whiter.[]
Sunday came in a blink of an eye. The sun was scorching and the sky was blue with white clouds.
Susie chose a ruffled dress in a plain light green color, dotted with yellow flowers, which made her look artistic and fresh.
It took another full hour to put on a perfect full makeup.
My roommate on the upper bunk joked, “How come you’re up so early today when you normally don’t sleep until midnight on weekends? And you’re dressed so beautifully. I really envy someone who can date our little fairy.”
The last time Susie and Ansel kissed intimately at the school gate, it was posted on the forum. Now everyone in Polytechnic University knows that Susie is taken.
The girl next to her replied, “Why guess? Of course it’s our Mr. Howard . Susie , today is your birthday. Mr. Howard should have prepared a surprise for you, right?”
Susie put on the sunflower-shaped earrings, and she was looking forward to it, but she said, “I don’t know, right?”
The roommate wanted to ask more questions, but she looked at the time, hurriedly picked up her bag, and changed her shoes: “Let’s talk when I get back. I’m leaving now!”