Desperate

In the next few days, gossip about the mathematics department continued.

Cen Lu was uncharacteristically, although he couldn't bear his old face to take the initiative to inquire, these two days he stretched his ears to listen to the whispers between students and colleagues, for fear of missing any follow-up news about Li Zhou.

It's a pity that Xie Xingchui has always been very strict with his mouth, especially the people under him.As a result, most of the story versions circulated among colleagues were unreliable, and some even said that the whole thing was actually set up by Cen Lu.

Cen Lu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this kind of statement, but he didn't have the heart to refute the rumors. He knew that people's words were scary, and the more he explained, the darker they would be portrayed. It's better to let them slowly feel no fun.

For the first time today, Cen Lu arrived at class early, mainly because he wanted to make sure that the child listened to him in fear.Cen Lu stood on the podium early, and there were fewer people in the classroom.He looked around and found no figure of the girl. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered his gaze and landed on Zhou Pushen who was sitting in the first row.

Unlike usual, he didn't sit in the corner, but sat in the middle of the first row, without military uniform.Cen Lu deliberately judged the taste of the second lieutenant's private server, so he took a second look at Zhou Pushen.

The dark blue shirt was pressed tightly around the man's strong and straight upper body, and a neat white handkerchief was placed in the chest pocket.Zhou Pushen was not looking at him, his eyelashes were long and black, hanging down to cover his eyelids, as if he was staring at the table intently.Looking down from the podium, he could only see that his hand with the watch was writing something calmly. Cen Lu squinted his eyes, guessing that he was reviewing the content of the previous class.

There were still 5 minutes before class, Cen Lu was a little itchy, so within a distance of less than one foot from Second Lieutenant Zhou, he pulled out the roster openly and peeked at his previous grades.It was unexpectedly good, all the homework was close to full marks, and as for the midterm exam that was scolded miserably, Zhou Pushen also got two of the three questions right.

Cen Lu raised his hand and covered the roster with a book, so as not to let the second lieutenant discover his little thoughts at the moment.While sighing, it seems that the front line was really busy with the war in the past two years, and such a smart person didn't have time to go to college.

To be honest, if Zhou Pushen hadn't been on the front line, he would never have had the chance to study at the Imperial University of Technology in his capacity.Cen Lu had a good relationship with the military, so he knew that most of the people who were sent to the front were children from poor families.

And Zhou Pushen seems to be very concerned about the fact that he did not go to college.Cen Lu thought, how about finding some time to start a small stove for him alone.

While his thoughts were wandering, Zhou Pushen suddenly raised his head, seeing that Cen Lu had come, he lowered his head to give him a slight signal.Cen Lu returned the salute, but found that there was something wrong with Zhou Pushen's expression today, and there was worry in those black pupils, but he couldn't bear it.

Before Cen Lu could say anything, the class bell rang, so he had no choice but to give up.

When Zhou Pushen saw the yellow rose that was raised in the water glass, his fair face turned red.

He held the rolled homework in one hand and pinched it a little wrinkled, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

Cen Lu, who was sitting behind the desk, saw the man walking in, and smiled at him: "Here you come? I know, now is the time for Q&A."

After Cen Lu finished his lines, Zhou Pushen scratched the back of his head somewhat at a loss, but he also let go of a big stone in his heart.He didn't have the task of escorting Professor Cen today, and he couldn't stay if Cen Lu drove him away.

Now it seems that Cen Lu didn't mean that.

Cen Lu looked at him absent-mindedly, and followed his gaze to see the rose on the windowsill.After a few days of placement, the roses were no longer as delicate as they were when Zhou Pushen brought them. The gray and dark yellow color slowly ate away at the pink and tender petals, making the whole flower look sluggish.

Cen Lu smiled, and stopped what he was doing: "I don't have a vase here, so I replaced it with a water glass—your flowers are pretty, thank you."

Zhou Pu took a deep breath and became short-sighted when someone guessed his unspeakable little thought. When he came to Cen Lu's office that day, he didn't dare to give it to him openly, so he put it on the open window sill while he was not paying attention. It would be fine if it was blown down by the wind, and Cen Lu didn't need to know.

But he still knew it, and kept it intact for many days.

Zhou Pushen tried his best to calm his breathing with the help of his professionalism. In the past, when he was fighting on the front line, it was commonplace to eliminate all his breath. If he had the same impetuous appearance now, he would have died hundreds of times already.

Zhou Pushen sat down in front of Cen Lu, deliberately avoiding what Cen Lu said just now: "I want to ask this question."

Naturally, Cen Lu couldn't judge the breathing rate of a professional officer. He also forgot about the flowers when he heard the words. He just carefully looked at the question in Zhou Pushen's hand, then thoughtfully picked up the chalk, and directly wrote it on the blackboard beside him. Start to calculate.

"The key to this question is actually to find the right gradient..." Cen Lu began to chatter, as if he was the only one in the world, with a moving light in his eyes, Zhou Pu looked at him deeply, feeling that he was not in his eyes Everything in and around him is meaningless to him.

In the world, there is only that piece of chalk and a blackboard in front of his eyes, that's all.Cen Lu's brain is like a garden of Eden full of fun, he doesn't need any external communication, he only needs himself, and only needs an opportunity for him to communicate with himself.

It's just that the question was very short, and after a while, he had to return to this dirty world again, facing eyes with ulterior motives.Zhou Pu's eyes dimmed, and there was some inexplicable disappointment in his heart: "I'm sorry, Professor Cen, this question is too simple, it's a waste of your time."

Under Cen Lu's gaze, Zhou Pu coughed deeply, and changed his words: "Brother."

Only then did Cen Lu calm down, pretending to be an elder, and said, "Brother, your thinking like this is not advisable. There is no such thing as a profound or profound problem, but the time we spend on solving it is different. I found that Problems are just the hardest step. It is actually a kind of happiness that you can have ready-made problems to solve. You don’t know that when it comes to scientific research, finding valuable problems is the most difficult step..."

Cen Lu is actually not a person who likes to preach, but he has taught too many classes in the past two years, and he can't stop when it comes to research-occupational diseases.Cen Lu saw the serious, almost innocent eyes of the person in front of him, and quickly stopped his hand that was about to take notes, feeling guilty for the first time in his heart.

What nonsense are you talking about here!

Cen Lu scolded himself in his heart and asked Zhou Pushen in embarrassment: "So do you understand this question?"

"Ah, I understand, oh no, I don't understand." Zhou Pushen answered intermittently.

Cen Lu: "...So do you understand or don't understand."

The answer over there was very decisive this time: "I don't understand, I'm sorry bro."

"It doesn't matter." Cen Lu looked at the man's guilt-ridden eyes, and suddenly he was proud of being a teacher. He thought that I also met many students. I can't settle down with your level, so he wiped the blackboard with pride, Then he explained the question to Zhou Pushen in detail.

Zhou Pu looked at him with deep and pure eyes, which shone like obsidian under the starry sky: "This time it seems... I understand a little bit."

Cen Lu thought to himself, don't pretend to be your eyes, I've seen it too much, but I just pretend to understand.So in line with the tragic feelings of sending the Buddha to the West, he made preparations for a long-term war of resistance.

……

It wasn't until a solid hour passed that Zhou Pushen showed the sudden realization that Cen Lu expected, and Professor Cen was already drinking water quickly, feeling that his throat was about to smoke.

Seeing that he was drinking water in a hurry, Zhou Pu was a little worried that he would choke himself, so he said, "Slow down and don't choke."

Hearing this, Cen Lu waved his hands, indicating that he was fine.The man over there was still worried: "Brother, do you still have a headache recently?"

Cen Lu didn't expect that he would still remember this, and he was inexplicably moved. He put down the water glass very gently: "It's okay, it's much better, don't worry about it." Seeing Zhou Pushen's appearance, he was inexplicably uneasy, and he clenched his hands tightly. Wearing a military bag hanging from his waist, he seemed to have something to say.

From the corner of Cen Lu's eyes, he saw the rose again, and his heart became clearer. He felt it was funny and moved: "I brought medicine for my brother, right? Take it out and don't hide it."

Zhou Pushen was overwhelmed by humanity for the second time, and his ears were red from shock, so he had to take out the medicine from the bag with some hesitation, and said in a depressed voice, "I'm afraid that my brother will think that I am a mother-in-law."

Cen Lu laughed, and reached out to take it: "Well, you are quite a mother-in-law, more than my mother-in-law." Then he opened the box and took apart a board of medicines, twisted two pills and threw them into his mouth.

Zhou Pushen was frightened by Cen Lu's movements for a second, and reached out to grab his wrist: "Brother, don't take medicine if you are not sick!" But the hand touched Cen Lu as if it had been electrocuted a second before. He retracted, and the second lieutenant stood stiffly involuntarily.

"Who said I don't have a headache anymore? It's just better, and I'll get better faster after taking your medicine." Cen Lu drank water with a smile, Zhou Pushen saw his white Adam's apple moving up and down, and knew that he had swallowed the medicine down.

"Okay, let's go back!" Cen Lu sat down and started busy with the matter at hand, "Don't waste time with me."

"Yes." Zhou Pushen also knew that Cen Lu's time was precious, and he had already wasted too much of his time.There were also some rumors pouring into his ears today, he was worried that Cen Lu would come to him, but now he is the one who refuses to leave.Zhou Pu got angry with himself, and the bad habits he had practiced in the barracks came up again. He raised his hand to salute Cen Lu, and shouted indifferently: "Report! Disband on the spot!"

Cen Lu couldn't help but burst out laughing, thinking that this brother is really a real person: "It's okay to break up, I have class tomorrow, just don't forget to come."

Hearing Zhou Pushen's words, the light in his eyes that had just been extinguished "suddenly" lit up again, brighter than the spring light outside the window: "For sure, brother." Cen Lu smiled gratifiedly, feeling that Zhou Pushen's promise was true. It tasted like a lot of weight.

The intercom phone rang after Zhou Pushen's voice disappeared, and the voice was so loud that Cen Lu's head hurt.

Cen Lu blocked one ear and answered the phone: "Hello, Cen Lu's office."

Xie Xingchui's voice over there was very low, with a businesslike tone: "Xiao Cen, Li Zhou's punishment has been decided."

The next day, Cen Lu looked at the empty first row of seats and felt that even the honest-looking Second Lieutenant Zhou couldn't believe everything he said.

He sighed secretly, put down the lecture notes and picked up today's lecture notes.Today's attendance of students is also horrible. Cen Lu estimates that there are no more than ten, and all of them are sitting far away from the podium. Touch your head and whisper.

After that, Cen Lu went to look up the girl's name on the roster, and remembered what Chen Linglin said, and Li Zhou said that it was useless to attend his class, probably so.

He laughed and cried without anyone noticing, and cleared his throat: "Okay everyone, let's start..."

Before the word "lesson" could be uttered, Cen Lu felt a scorching metal object flying out against his ear, and his hand holding the speech was frozen in mid-air like a freeze-frame picture. What came at the same time was the sound of breaking bricks from behind his head.

The whole classroom screamed.

Cen Lu's ears were buzzing, as if thousands of bees were flying. He reached out to touch the back of his ears, and a sticky red liquid dripped down his neck.