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    Lin Yi’s first love

    Chapter 46 Lin Yi’s first love

    Lin Yi saw the news the next afternoon.

    He knew who it was at a glance.

    The man was three years older than him, with a round face and a bit fat.Completely opposite to Lin Yi, who has a naturally sharp look in his eyes, he talks with a smile and can chat with anyone.Lin Yi and he met when they were graduate students. At that time, the other party was preparing to take the Ph.D. exam, and he often helped his tutor revise papers, lead classes, and review projects in the department.Lin Yi had just joined the group at that time and didn’t know many things. The instructor assigned him to the senior brother.The senior brother’s explanations were patient and detailed. Lin Yi had good grades but was not arrogant. He would sincerely trust anyone who had the ability. From then on, whenever he encountered a problem, he would ask his senior brother immediately.

    Later, the two of them often ate together, and the other would look at him after eating and joke that even though he ate the same amount and gained weight, Lin Yi was still so thin, which defied the laws of physics.Lin Yi didn’t like others saying he was thin, but he was not angry with his senior brother.His senior brother would take the initiative to help him revise his paper, not only giving him suggestions on content, but also writing some words of encouragement.Every time Lin Yi saw the simple words “You wrote this paragraph very well”, his heart felt like biting into a hot waffle drizzled with syrup, warm and sweet.

    One time the heating in the laboratory broke down, and all the students couldn’t stand it any longer and ran away one after another.In the end, only Lin Yi was left, his hands stiff with cold.In the evening, someone came in.

    “Why don’t you leave?”

    “Leaving right away.”

    “It’s too cold in here. Let’s go!”

    “Well, I’m almost ready. Senior brother, please go first.”

    The man did not leave, but walked to him, took away the pen in his hand, held his hand, and whispered: “You are frozen, I will take you back.”

    The hand was big and hot. At that moment, Lin Yi felt that he was going to melt in front of this person, and his whole body was stunned.He was taken back to his dormitory by his senior brother.

    After that night, everything was different.

    During the day, they are still brothers.That person helped him correct experiments, polish papers, and taught him how to make reports.Lin Yi wrote down every piece of advice in his notebook, as if the advice was more important than what the instructor gave him.From that person’s world, he learned how to survive in the academic system.He even imitated his tone of voice, his smile when talking to others, and his logic in writing papers.

    At night, Lin Yi will receive a message from that person:

    【Come to my dormitory?】

    He always puts down what he is doing, even if the experiment is not finished or the paper is not finished, he will get up immediately.That’s a conditioned reflex.

    The lights in that man’s dormitory were always dim. Lin Yi discovered how to enjoy his own body on the small bed against the wall, and also felt his other side of impatience and perverseness from the other man’s breath.After each time, Lin Yi would think about the definition or future of this relationship.But when the other person hugged him from behind, the real touch of his body, his temperature, and his heartbeat, Lin Yi told himself-this is the most important thing.

    Until one day, when he came out of the laboratory and walked side by side with that person, his hand accidentally touched the other person’s hand.The other party suddenly paused, and his movements were quick and natural – he retracted his hand and took a few quick steps forward, as if he did not come out with Lin Yi.

    Lin Yi was left where he was, the feeling on his hands was hot, and at this moment, the self-deception he had always felt finally surfaced completely and coldly.This “relationship” never existed in the other person’s world, and it definitely shouldn’t exist.

    Later, that person graduated with a doctorate and successfully stayed in school.It didn’t take long for news to spread that he was getting married.The subject is a female lecturer who has just joined the job, and her father is the vice president of another university.

    The man sent wedding invitations to everyone during the day and sent a message to Lin Yi at night:

    [I’m moving out of the dormitory tomorrow, do you want to come down?】

    Lin Yi looked at the message for a long time, sinking into his chair. He didn’t hate this person. He knew the social laws the other party mentioned. Even part of him believed that obeying the laws would bring safety; but the other part of him wanted to be an honest person. If obeying the laws couldn’t buy freedom, then what’s the point of living?

    In the end, he did not reply to the message until the other party sent another one:

    【Go to bed early.Good luck with your application.】

    At that time, he wanted to leave the National University at all costs, but he received a doctoral admission notice the next day.The instructor called him into the office and told him that there were only three companies in the country that could accept this research direction, and in terms of equipment, funds, and projects, National University was the one to take the lead.During this conversation with his tutor, the Lin Yi in his mind who believed that “the world does have a reasonable order” gained the upper hand and swallowed back his words of “wanting to change schools.”

    A few days later, he went to the laboratory as usual, doing experiments and teaching students, as if nothing had happened.Lin Yi never contacted his senior brother in private again. Lin Yi thought to himself that since it didn’t start, there was no need to talk about the end.

    That senior brother had a smooth journey, was smooth in dealing with things, but not worldly; he was everywhere, but he didn’t steal the limelight.If anyone says something mean to him, it will make him look insignificant.Lin Yi knew that he couldn’t be that kind of person, but many times he had to admit that the other person’s choice was more “correct”.

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