Sword walking

Eight o'clock in the morning is the most hated time for most educators and students. As a university professor with relatively free time allocation, Wei Chen didn't think much about it at first, but since he was tricked by the Academic Affairs Office this semester, he was assigned to a class on Tuesday morning. In the eighth hour of class, he resolutely joined one of the broad masses who hated the morning.

Wei Chen drowsily made a cup of coffee and drank it in one gulp. He found the materials for class in the office, and was about to shuffle to the teaching building when he heard two knocks on the door.

"Who, it's so early..." Wei Chen muttered, then turned up the volume, "Come in—what the hell?!"

As soon as he looked up, he couldn't help but exclaim.

Ye Xiu opened the door and came in holding a teacup. He was dressed in normal clothes and always pretended to be aggressive, but his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were black and blue, which could not be covered by the glasses. The whole body can be summed up in two words, tired, plus two words. The word, that is tired to death.

Ye Xiu saw Wei Chen almost jumping up, and said in a flat tone, "Morning, old Wei."

"I thought I saw a ghost early in the morning, are you breathing?!" Wei Chen calmed down the shock in his heart, "Ye Xiu, what's going on with you?"

"It's nothing, I didn't sleep well at night."

"It's just that I didn't sleep well at night?!"

"It's not a big deal after I stayed up all night and didn't sleep well for the next few nights."

"Staying up late? Didn't sleep well? Why did you go?" Wei Chen wondered.

For them, staying up late is not uncommon. Before Wei Chen became a professor, he worked outside. Sometimes the software was not working properly, and it was common for the whole team to stay up late to debug.Ye Xiu is a workaholic among the professors, and the vigor of staying up late at night is not inferior to others, but Wei Chen has never seen Ye Xiu look like a wandering soul.

"Someone moved out next door."

"Moving in the middle of the night makes you so noisy that you can't sleep? You didn't complain about the noise."

"What are you complaining about? I've tried to keep my voice down as much as possible. If I hadn't..." Ye Xiu suddenly stopped talking in the middle of speaking, and took a sip of his cold tea, "It's all right."

Wei Chen was puzzled, he had visited the complex Ye Xiu lived in in the early years, the quality was quite good, and the sound insulation was also good.Under normal circumstances, one would have to stick to the door to hear the noise from the neighbor. Ye Xiu's neighbor was so noisy that he couldn't sleep well in the room. Was it because "the other party has turned down the volume" and there were no residents nearby to protest?

Maybe someone protested, and the talent moved away.

After figuring out the joint, Wei Chen changed the question: "Your neighbors have been moving for so long, can't you urge them to hurry up?"

Ye Xiu shook his head: "The move was over at 05:30 the next morning, I just couldn't sleep."

I can really remember this time, Wei Chen thought: "Why can't I fall asleep... Hey, are you guilty? Come, tell me, what sinful things have you done?"

"If you can't sleep, you can't sleep. There are so many reasons." Ye Xiu pinched the bridge of his nose, "Old Wei, can you teach me the class at ten o'clock?"

Ye Xiu had classes in the afternoon, and they were all regular classes, so he had to work hard until five or six o'clock.Wei Chen looked at his virtue, if he really started class at ten o'clock, he could be buried on the spot tonight, without any fuss, he directly agreed to come down and ask someone to buy him a meal to pay back.

Seeing Ye Xiu nodding his head and leaving the lesson preparation materials behind, Wei Chen got up and went back to the office. Wei Chen sighed, took something out of the drawer, and threw it to Ye Xiu.The latter caught it, looked down, and saw that it was instant coffee, and the brand was still imported, which was regarded as a high price among such products.

"Very refreshing, I think you need it this afternoon."

"This..." Ye Xiu paused, "I rarely drink coffee now."

"It's better than falling asleep in the middle of the class. Don't be too overwhelmed to embarrass our computer institute." Wei Chen raised his empty glass, turned around to fill the small thermos, and muttered, "By the way, don't say it's me. It’s for you, if that kid in your family talks about stealing food again, I can’t stand it..."

Fingertips rubbing against the outside of the package, Ye Xiu just thanked him, threw the things into his pocket, and walked away carelessly.

After barely resting in the office for a while, Ye Xiu woke up and hurriedly sorted out the materials, flipped through the notes written before, and prepared for several new topics for the next year.When he was concentrating, he didn't notice the passage of time. When he regained his senses, it was already noon. He put down his pen and was hesitating whether to go to the cafeteria, but suddenly there was a light knock on the door.

The knock on the door was light and small, like a hallucination, but it happened to be noticed by Ye Xiu.

His breath froze for a moment, and he looked at the door panel.

The regular knock on the door sounded again. When Ye Xiu got up, he didn't even realize that he had accidentally knocked down the things on the table. The papers scattered all over the floor. He just held the doorknob tightly and opened the door.

The door opened too suddenly, the person outside froze, maintaining the movement of raising his hand to knock on the door, holding a stack of things in his arms, and looked at Ye Xiu foolishly.

Ye Xiu let go of the doorknob, leaned against the door frame, nodded slightly with downcast eyes: "Student Xiao Gao."

"Ah... Ye, good afternoon, Mr. Ye." Gao Yingjie unconsciously stood up straight, and almost didn't salute like a leader.

Ye Xiu responded, "Come to see me? Have a question?"

"Yes." Gao Yingjie nodded, remembering the things in his hand, "Also, I'll hand in the homework for you, and I've collected all of them..."

"Huh? Are you here to hand in your homework?"

Gao Yingjie held up the stack of papers to prove what he said was true, but Ye Xiu was puzzled by another matter.

"Isn't your homework...Su Muqiu responsible for collecting it?"

Hearing this, Gao Yingjie reacted instantly.

All along, their homework has been collected by teaching assistant Su Muqiu and handed over to Ye Xiu. It was the same this time, but because their class had failed too many exams before, they had to add extra lessons this morning. The cramped people were entangled and couldn't get away. Gao Yingjie happened to be looking for Teacher Ye, so he offered to help Su Muqiu deliver homework.

Worried that Teacher Ye would misunderstand Su Muqiu's laziness, Gao Yingjie quickly explained: "Well, there is a reason for that..."

"Oh?"

"It's because Senior Su isn't free, he..."

"I know. He was also the last one to arrive in the classroom yesterday, and the first one to leave." Ye Xiu indifferently interrupted Gao Yingjie's explanation, and returned to his seat, "Thank you, just find a place to put it down."

Gao Yingjie followed Ye Xiu into the office, and was startled by the chaotic scene inside.Seeing Ye Xiu bent down to pick up the papers on the floor without making a sound, Gao Yingjie hurriedly placed his homework carefully on the table and packed things together.

The room was silent, only the rustling of papers being picked up.

After the two of them were silent for a few minutes, Gao Yingjie showed some tension on his face.

Gao Yingjie is very talented in programming, and he is also quite diligent. He often asks Ye Xiu what he doesn't understand. , and it was much better than the other students who shivered reflexively when they heard Ye Xiu.

Originally, Gao Yingjie was not afraid of "entering Big Boss Ye's lair alone", but the atmosphere in the office was too oppressive at the moment, making it embarrassing.Gao Yingjie tried to initiate a conversation, and it took him a long time to muster up the courage to begin: "Teacher...are you waiting for the courier?"

"What express delivery?" Ye Xiu was at a loss, it was really a strange question.

"Ah... Did you say something wrong? I'm sorry." Gao Yingjie blushed, "It's just that when the door opened, the teacher looked like he was waiting for a courier, and looked a little anxious."

"is it?"

Gao Yingjie was keenly observant, recalled for a while, and nodded in affirmation.

Ye Xiu stopped, just shook his head, and said, "The lunch break is not long, hurry up."

Because he was bending over to pick up something, his black bangs fell down, covering his expression, and half of his face that was vaguely revealed was calm and composed, Gao Yingjie couldn't feel any emotion from Ye Xiu.

After handing the materials back to Ye Xiu, Gao Yingjie took out his notebook and opened it, and asked a few difficult questions he encountered in his studies. Ye Xiu answered them in detail, back and forth, and the short lunch break soon ended.

Gao Yingjie was a little surprised when he realized that it was already class time, and said in a worried tone, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to interrupt you for so long...Did I delay your meal, teacher?"

"I have already eaten."

Gao Yingjie heaved a sigh of relief, Ye Xiu hooked the corner of his mouth and rubbed his stomach imperceptibly.

The two left the office and were still discussing the topic along the way. They didn't go to their respective classrooms until they entered the teaching building.

Just as the two people who were discussing with their heads closed closed the door and stepped into the elevator to go downstairs, Su Muqiu happened to step on the last step in a hurry and turned out from the stairwell beside him.

He raised his head and looked in the direction of Ye Xiu's office, as if he suddenly remembered something, he paused in his hurried steps, struggled for a moment, and then moved forward to the familiar door.

Su Muqiu pursed her lips tightly, her muscles tensed, and carefully pushed open the office door.

The door is not locked.

Ever since Su Muqiu brought him the lunch he forgot, Teacher Ye would never lock the door at noon—like the unique tacit understanding between the two.

But there was no one there.

...what was he expecting.

Su Muqiu laughed out loud, with a complicated expression on his face.

Without him, why did Ye Xiu stay in the office?At this time, he must have gone to the cafeteria.

After lightly clicking his tongue, Su Muqiu turned around and walked slowly towards the library. As for the two lunches that were still warm in his hands, he casually handed them to Fang Rui who was passing by, and the latter was frightened by his ugly face. Lost appetite.

It gets dark early in winter, and after Ye Xiu finished his classes, it was already pitch black outside.He went to the office, put some work materials that could be taken away and processed in his bag, and finally returned home.

After opening the door, he turned on the light, and instead of rushing in, he quietly looked around the house he should have lived in.

Although the other party has cleaned up, after all, they moved in a hurry, and there are many traces of the two people who lived together here.Small ornaments placed by the window, a few cartoon pillows that don't fit the sofa, two pairs of slippers on the floor in the hallway... In the clean study room, a set of bedding is neatly folded.

Ye Xiu turned his head, touched his hungry stomach, threw his coat and briefcase aside, and walked into the kitchen barefoot.

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets for a moment, he sighed helplessly.

He couldn't find where the instant noodles were stored.

Like getting lost, Ye Xiu wandered around the kitchen of his home several times in a daze, opened all the cabinets, and finally found the instant noodles hidden in the corner behind a pile of iron pots and pans.Looking at the stewed beef with braised beef and stewed chicken with mushrooms that had accompanied him for countless years, Ye Xiu suddenly had the urge to buy a cookbook to improve his meals, but no matter how soon, it would be tomorrow's business, and now he had to make do with it.

While waiting for the hot water to boil, he finally confirmed that there was no sauerkraut or sauerkraut in the room, and thought it would be okay to add an egg. Ye Xiu opened the refrigerator door, but was stunned on the spot.

When there is another person living in the seventh room on the third floor, the refrigerator is always full of various ingredients, such as fresh vegetables, meat and fish eggs, so that the canned coffee has no place to stand and is completely driven out of the refrigerator .Ye Xiu vaguely remembered that even though there wasn't much left in the refrigerator a few days ago, and someone cooked a table full of vegetables on Saturday night, there should still be half a handful of vegetables and a few eggs.

But now, those ingredients are all gone.

In the refrigerator, there are several lunch boxes filled with meals.

The dishes in the lunch box are all ordinary, but there is a good mix of meat and vegetables, and there are no repeated dishes. Even the chicken is divided into boiled and sweet and sour. There is a layer of white rice under the hearty side dishes.None of these dishes appeared on Saturday night, and they were obviously made with leftover ingredients later.

No wonder Su Muqiu was busy all night with only a little luggage.

The hot water boiled, the noodles were unpacked, and the seasonings were put in. Ye Xiu put the lunch box on the table, but lost all appetite.The microwave oven was just two steps away, and there was a note on it, detailing how long something should be microwaved. This was posted by Su Muqiu not long after he moved in. Ye Xiu still remembered the bright voice he had listened to for many years saying: "Just follow the instructions above. You actually microwave the fried rice for 10 minutes. If I didn't realize that the house would burn down..."

Later, Su Muqiu poured out the fried rice that had been microwaved for too long, rolled up his sleeves and cooked a plate for him himself.

At that time, Su Muqiu was not very familiar with Ye Xiu's kitchen, and he hadn't tasted it first. Of course, he didn't know that the fried rice was mixed with salt and sugar, and the rice was dry and burnt, because Ye Xiu ate everything. Smilingly told him: "Thank you for the fried rice, I like it very much."

Under the bright light, Ye Xiu sat there, staring at the lunch box without any movement, like a clay sculpture, his black eyes were calm and unwavering, but his slightly bent back revealed something.

Food was never his thing.

But Su Muqiu had already left without any regrets.

No matter what the emotion is, he should personally break it up and swallow it back to the bottom of his heart, and never bring it up again. This is something that has already been decided.However, at this time, looking at the cold lunch box that had been placed for a long time, his brain, which had been greatly overdrawn in the past few days, could no longer maintain his sanity. He was in a trance, exhausted and confused, and let out a long breath.

Ye Xiu threw away his glasses, reached out and rubbed his face, erasing all expressions.He got up nonchalantly, and put the lunch box left by Su Muqiu into the microwave oven, but when he watched the cold food warm up little by little, he couldn't help but chuckle at himself.

"... screwed up."