The Passion of an Academic Rising Star

Zou Sijiu said that he would try his best to go to the United States, but he really wasn't talking nonsense.

After booking the ticket, Zou Sijiu called Han Shixiu and informed him of the specific time.

He will go to another city first, negotiate the cooperation with that university, and then come to the place where Han Shixiu is.

"Okay," Han Shixiu said, "I'll pick you up at the airport then."

"No need." Zou Sijiu said, "I can rent a car at the airport and go directly there."

"No... no..." Han Shixiu insisted: "I will pick you up at the airport. I will definitely pick you up at the airport."

"Miss me?"

"Yes." Han Shixiu replied honestly, "Yes."

Han Shixiu was really happy to see Zou Sijiu.

——Although Zou Sijiu will only be here for five days.

After that, it was time to leave again.

Han Shixiu was actually very happy.Zou Sijiu came to discuss business in another place, and he didn't need to come to the city where he was.But he chose to come here to have a look at himself, and he stayed here for five days.Naturally, Han Shixiu knew that Zou Sijiu had been very busy all the time. Regarding Zou Sijiu's decision, Han Shixiu felt warm in his heart, as if he had a big bun in his arms.Zou Sijiu, you really put yourself in your heart.

After thinking for a while, Han Shixiu said to Zou Sijiu again: "You can stay with me."

"..."

"You don't have a place to sleep, do you? I can make a bed on the floor, and you lie on my bed."

"..."

"It's not very cold yet, no problem."

"That's fine." Zou Sijiu said with a smile, "It's hard to turn down the kindness. I will reluctantly agree."

"..."

……

——Shortly thereafter, the day of meeting came.

Zou Sijiu got off the plane, but he didn't see Han Shixiu after he got out.

After turning around, I saw Master Han lying on the handrail on the right side of the passage, sticking his head out, staring carefully at everyone who passed by.

There is also a book under the elbow.

Zou Sijiu called out "Shixiu Han", but Shixiu Han didn't hear him.So Zou Sijiu stepped forward, pulled Han Shixiu by the collar behind his neck, and dragged Han Shixiu out with a light tug.

"Zou Sijiu..." Han Shixiu looked at Zou Sijiu and said, "Have you come out yet? I asked the person next to me and said that your plane hasn't arrived yet."

"The plane landed a long time ago." Zou Sijiu smiled: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No..." Han Shixiu took the schoolbag off his shoulders, stuffed the book back, snatched a piece of luggage from Zou Sijiu's hand, and held it in his hand: "I'll just carry it."

"Hmm." Zou Sijiu let go of his hand and didn't say much.

"That..." Han Shixiu said again: "We have to reverse the bus..."

"..." Zou Sijiu said, "Let's rent a car."

……

After the two returned to the small room rented by Han Shixiu, Han Shixiu brought out a lot of food to entertain Zou Sijiu.Confucius said, having friends come from afar is not easy to say.Han Shixiu thought, this is the first time someone came to his home from a far away place, and he must make the other person feel comfortable.Out of this idea, he bought a lot of things to prepare.

Zou Sijiu picks and chooses...

"Pass me an apple."

"Oh..." Han Shixiu was very close to the pile of food, and picked up one casually.

"No." Zou Sijiu stared at Apple: "I want yellow ones."

Han Shixiu had no choice but to put down the red apple in his hand and picked up another yellow one.

"No." Zou Sijiu said again: "I want that one, the yellow one, and the one with a little red."

"..."

Han Shixiu finally found Zou Sijiu's target apple, and said, "You really... can't settle for anything."

In fact, Han Shixiu has already discovered this point...

"Not at all."

"But there are still many times like this?" Han Shixiu said: "Just like some business matters you told me before... For example, the acquisition that required all the cash to be carried out, all the senior executives in the company Oppose, thinking that maintaining the status quo is enough...Only you refuse to give up, insisting that you should take the opportunity to expand the scale..."

"...Huh?" Zou Sijiu took a bite of the apple and said, "You talk about that. Naturally, you can't just settle for important things."

"so……"

"If it's not what you want most, then you'd rather have nothing."

Han Shixiu looked at Zou Sijiu and said nothing.

"Some things will be very difficult." Zou Sijiu said, and glanced at Han Shixiu: "If you don't have this kind of awareness, you will definitely lose it."

"...?" Han Shixiu felt that the way Zou Sijiu looked at him was a bit weird.

"For those who desire the most, you must place all your bets." Zou Sijiu said: "For several years, decades... There is only one goal, and there is no way out for yourself. If you don't get it, you will have nothing. If you always think about the intermediate state, what to do after you fail, and choose the way that you won’t lose too much even if you lose...you will definitely miss it.”

"..." In fact, Han Shixiu understood this feeling very well.

Because he himself is the same person.

"That..." Han Shixiu said again: "I still have fried chicken here..."

"What? Got fried chicken?" Zou Sijiu twitched his ears, took a final bite of the apple, and threw the core into the trash can: "Take out the fried chicken."

"..."

……

——In the evening, the two of us went to eat an ordinary Korean barbecue, and it was already late when we came back.

Han Shixiu wrote the thesis as usual, while Zou Sijiu looked at a report on the computer screen.

Han Shixiu glanced back and saw that Zou Sijiu was looking at something like cloud computing.

"Hey?" Han Shixiu said, "You are also interested in this?"

"Yeah." Zou Sijiu supported his head with his hands on the sofa: "The company may use it in the future."

"Oh!" Han Shixiu began to show off his professional knowledge again: "Cloud computing is an Internet-based computing method, which manages and schedules a large number of computing resources connected to the network in a unified manner, forming a computing resource pool to provide users with on-demand services. Professional network companies such as Google and IBM build computer storage and computing centers, and users can use them very conveniently. Bill Gates once said that with the "cloud", it doesn't matter if individual users' computers have no storage space..."

In the end, Han Shixiu said: "In short, that is, people are doing it, and clouds are watching."

"..."

Speaking of this, Han Shixiu suddenly remembered the matter of the previous exam.

He said: "Zou Sijiu, in the previous exam, I said that you can ask for any reward from me if you get a score of 90 or above. As long as it doesn't exceed 200 RMB, you will be fine. Do you remember?"

Zou Sijiu's eyes suddenly became deep: "I remember."

"You said you'd tell me what you want after you come to America. So, what do you want?"

"..." Zou Sijiu did not answer.

"What do you want?" Han Shixiu asked again.

Zou Sijiu put down the computer, stood up, went to the table and took a sip from the water glass.

"...?"

Zou Sijiu turned around and looked into Han Shixiu's eyes: "I want you to kiss."

"……what?"

"I want you to kiss me."

Han Shixiu stared blankly at Zou Sijiu.

Zou Sijiu didn't say anything.

"Zou... Zou Sijiu..." After a while, Han Shixiu said again: "Stop joking..."

"I'm not kidding."

"how is this possible……"

"Before you left City B, I asked you to think about what I mean, remember?"

"Remember, remember..."

At that time, Zou Sijiu suddenly asked himself if his hand was cold, and then he grabbed it.I was taken aback, quickly pulled out my hand, said it was weird, and asked what you want to do, and then Zou Sijiu said, think about it yourself.

Han Shixiu felt that Zou Sijiu was different now.

Even the atmosphere in the air is completely different from usual.

——Zou Sijiu is serious.

--very serious.

That time I suddenly held my hand... and the reward I asked for this time turned out to be a kiss... The answer seems to be very obvious.

"You...you..." Han Shixiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, let out a "goo" in his throat, and stammered: "Could it be...you..."

"Yes." Zou Sijiu stared at Han Shixiu closely: "That's what you think."

Han Shixiu found it difficult to breathe: "Are you gay?"

"I probably don't have an absolute inclination," Zou Sijiu said, "It mainly depends on feeling."

"..."

"I've only ever had feelings for one person."

"..."

Is that person himself...

Han Shixiu couldn't believe it.Someone like me actually likes someone, and that person is still Zou Sijiu, a long-time good friend.

"That..." Han Shixiu tried to move the topic away from himself: "Well, you are so outstanding... There are many people who like you very much, don't they, they will treat you very well..."

There must be many people who love Zou Sijiu openly and secretly.

"I don't need to be nice to me." Zou Sijiu immediately interrupted Han Shixiu's words: "What I need is someone who can make me treat him well."

"..." Han Shixiu was dumb, and didn't know what to say.

"What?" Zou Sijiu asked, "You can't accept homosexuality?"

"No..." Han Shixiu lowered his head: "The father of computers...Turing...is gay, how can I not accept homosexuality. Homosexuality...is pretty good...I think homosexuality and heterosexuality are the same, no difference."

"Then can't you stay with me?"

Han Shixiu shook his head instinctively.

"why?"

"Why..." Han Shixiu said, "Well, I can't say why. With you...with you...I never thought about it."

This sudden suddenness made Han Shixiu completely stupid.

"Then think about it again." Zou Sijiu said and walked out of the room: "I'm sleepy, so I'll sleep on the floor."