Picking the stars

After the phone call, Pei Ji stood in the aisle, some absent-mindedly lowering his eyebrows thinking about something.

The kitten came again, moving its short legs, trotting, and came to Pei Ji, stopped, raised his head, looked at her curiously, and whispered: "Meow."

Tentatively, he walked in again, his eyes were a little timid, but he obviously wanted to get close to Pei Ji.

Pei Ji looked at it for a second, then turned around and entered the office, shutting it outside the door.

When the kitten outside the door left, Pei Ji didn't know. As soon as she sat down, she devoted herself to work. Until after get off work at noon, she went to the cafeteria to buy food and go home.

During the phone call just now, Song Wei was very happy. She was looking forward to going to that small Italian city with Pei Ji, listening to her important speeches, and sightseeing in the city with her.

When Pei Ji entered the elevator, he recalled the most worthwhile places to visit and see in that small town. The phone was too rushed, and there was no time to say a lot of valuable sightseeing information. After lunch, she could be there. Stay at home for ten more minutes and describe it with Song Er.

She opened the door and went in, and at a glance she saw Song Er sitting by the window with a guitar leaning on the edge of the chair. Song Er didn't play, and she was not doing anything else. She just sat quietly, looking in a trance, as if she was in a trance, and she didn't even notice the door opened.

Pei Ji's face became serious with some expectation.

She closed the door and walked to Song Er with the sauce ribs bought in the queue for a long time. Her steps were very light, until she got very close, Song Er tilted her ear and asked softly, "Professor?"

Pei Ji did not speak and stopped in front of her.

Song Wei smiled: "I know it's you." She paused, still smiling, but her voice dropped slightly, "I recognize your breath."

Pei Ji looked at her, and after a while, said, "Eat."

Song Er lowered his eyelids, nodded, and stood up while leaning on the armrest of the chair.

Pei Ji's eyes always fell on Song Ye's face, Song Ye's complexion was dim, she was deeply sad, and she was very unhappy. Pei Ji remembered that in the morning, Song Er still controlled his emotions and behaved as usual. She was also happy on the phone. But now, she seemed unable to maintain the surface calm.

The atmosphere is a little dull.

No one moved, there was no sound, and the silence was fermenting in Song Er's heart. She felt a little out of breath and called out, "Professor."

While talking, stretched out his hand, trying to determine where Pei Ji is.

She touched Pei Ji's arm hanging beside her. Pei Ji was very thin and could feel the bones under her skin. Song Wei gently held her wrist and tightened it imperceptibly. After a while, she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly loosened and bent. He curled his lips and said with a smile: "Why don't you leave?"

With the touch of her palm still remaining on her wrist, Pei Ji curled up her fingers, turned and walked towards the dining table.

Song Er followed behind her, listening to the sound of her steps falling on the ground, step by step, it seemed that they were all stepping on her heart.

"Professor, why are you telling me on the phone instead of waiting a while, after work, and telling me when you get home?" Song Er asked behind her.

When she called, she was only over an hour away from get off work. This is not a very urgent matter. It makes no difference whether one hour earlier or one hour later.

Pei Ji put the lunch boxes on the table, opened them one by one, and then told Song Er with some confusion: "I want you to know immediately, you will be happy."

This is a very obvious thing, Song Er can't think of it? Pei Ji didn't understand why she asked.

Song Wei thought about it, but she still wanted to hear Pei Ji personally say.

The professor seems to be really learning to be gentle, not so far away. Song Yi understood that this was mostly because she promised Pei Yi to take care of her. But Song Er still couldn't help thinking, she was trying hard to make the professor like her, then would one day be true for her.

But if at that time, she was still blind, and could no longer be cured, and could only be a useless blind, relying on the professor to constantly trouble her, what should we do? Is she worthy of her?

Or simply, she is dead, is that fair to the professor?

After Song Er hung up the phone, he was thinking about this. However, as soon as the thought comes out, another voice will refute himself loudly. How can the professor like you? You are just a blind man, and nothing can help her. Is there any place for her to take a look?

The retort was loud, but on the other hand, her heart still felt a secret and strong joy because Pei Ji might like her.

This joy was very short-lived, almost disappeared as soon as it appeared, as if it had turned into a plume of blue smoke and would not dissipate, leaving behind a emptiness as thick as the dark night with no end in sight.

Song Er felt out of breath, but after a while, she would think again, maybe the professor would really be moved by her? But if the result is not good, what will the professor do? She is too selfish, and then it is the loud retort, the strong joy with the secret, and the last remaining endless emptiness.

Repeatedly, endlessly.

Two slender things were stuffed in his hands. After a while, Song Wei touched it out. It was chopsticks.

"Sit down." Pei Ji said to her not far away.

Song Er sat down.

The rice was delivered to her, and Pei Ji introduced the order of the dishes in front of her as usual. Pei Ji gave her chopsticks and prepared a silver spoon that was very useful for her. She was free to choose which one to use.

She is also becoming more and more skillful in choosing dishes, and will not buy thorny fish. When there were shrimps, she would peel her shells, dip them in the sauce, put them in a small dish, and push them in front of Song Er. For the ribs, she will pick the part with the bones, and give the rest to Song Er. She doesn't like fruits herself, but she often buys various fruits for Song Er, or squeezes them, or cuts them up and serves them to her, and then uses her unique calm tone to say: "vitamins are supplemented, and nutrition is balanced."

Song Wei controlled her emotions in the morning. She wanted to calm down as much as she could, but at this time, as these warm details remembered a little bit, she found that calm is so difficult, calm is so difficult, and reason is so difficult.

"If you don't want to eat, you can put it first." Pei Ji said.

Her voice was still as usual, and at first glance, it was even a little indifferent. But Song Er no longer followed her behind as she did at first, complaining "You are so indifferent" while walking.

The professor is not indifferent at all.

Song Er bent the corner of her mouth and said, "I ate it." Her voice became a little hoarse.

She lowered her head and started to swallow rice. She couldn't see it, so she didn't know. When she put down her chopsticks, Pei Ji also put down with her. There was most of the rice left in her bowl, and she ate less than Song Wei.

In the following days, Song Er was sometimes dull and sometimes laughed. Sometimes she would call the professor softly, wanting Pei Jiduo to speak with her, and sometimes she would be silent all night without saying a word.

Pei Ji tried to get her to talk, but Song Wei was unwilling.

She didn't even mention any topic related to surgery. She didn't mention the small town in Italy, she didn't mention the grand speech in September, and she didn't look forward to the future. She was running away.

Pei Ji can only let her go for a walk as much as possible, a wide area helps to broaden her mind. Song Er doesn't like crowds, so take a walk in the community. Sometimes she was willing to follow Pei Ji out, sometimes she was reluctant, sometimes she was happily letting Pei Ji help her go, sometimes she held the guide stick quietly to avoid Pei Ji's touch.

She became distant and close.

Pei Ji was very distressed.

More than a week passed.

When he got off work in the afternoon, Pei Ji walked out of the laboratory building and saw Lu Man teasing the kitten in front of the steps.

Lu Man has some cooperation with the research institute. She has a very good relationship with many people in the research institute, and occasionally sits and sits on the basis of work.

When Pei Ji saw her, she was tentatively touching the top of the kitten's head.

The kitten is not afraid of people at all. When Lu Man wants to touch it, he puts his little head over and rubs it. He has a very good temper and is very close to him.

This was before Pei Ji appeared.

As soon as Pei Ji walked out, the kitten immediately retreated from Lu Man's hand, and rolled toward Pei Ji like a hair ball.

Lu Man was a little surprised. She stood up and turned her head as the cat's figure, only to find that Pei Ji had come out. She laughed: "Pei Ji, are you off work?"

Pei Ji avoided the kitten's approach and nodded: "Yeah."

Perhaps it is the nestling complex. Pei Ji first discovered it and gave it a home.

This kitten especially likes Pei Ji. The entire research institute, as long as you see Pei Ji, no matter who is playing with it, it will run towards Pei Ji, and then touch a gray face, but next time it will still try to get closer to Pei Ji. .

Pei Ji walked past it, and the kitten looked up at it, meowing next to her.

Pei Ji was indifferent.

Lu Man was watching. When Pei Ji walked to her, he walked side by side with her and asked, "Why don't you touch it? I remember you like cats a lot."

Pei Ji said, "I don't like it."

Lu Man glanced at her: "When you were in college, one winter, I found a kitten in our school’s Zhiyuanyuan, which was about to freeze to death. You brought it back to the dormitory and kept it for a week until I helped it. I found a good adopter, and didn’t continue to raise it."

Pei Ji is essentially a person who does not want to be distracted, her time and eyes will only give her things that interest her.

This was a long time ago, but Lu Man remembered it clearly.

Pei Ji was exposed, and she was not guilty. She headed towards the parking lot. From seeing Lu Man to the parking lot, she did not stop, but walked at her usual speed without stopping. , As if running a certain program, it cannot be interrupted.

Lu Man followed her and changed the subject: "I heard that you have received an invitation to give an opening speech at the summit."

Pei Ji let out an "um", she would be kinder to Lu Man, because for a long time, Lu Man took care of her like a sister.

"I'm free in early September, do you want me to accompany you?" Lu Man asked again.

Pei Ji said: "No." And explained, "I have someone to go with."

Lu Man stopped. She was a little surprised and asked: "Who?" After she asked, she realized that it seemed a bit sharp. Pei Ji was no longer the kid who didn't know anything when she first entered school. Lu Man calmed down and asked, "Did you make new friends?"

Pei Ji still didn't stop. She was not used to telling others about her personal affairs, and as she walked, she nodded in general.

Lu Man followed, and the parking lot was right in front of him. They should say goodbye to each other. Pei Ji walked to the door, held on to the door, looked at Lu Man, and said, "Goodbye."

Lu Man seemed to think of something and said, "Wait, do you have that series of books on tumor immunity?"

"Yes." Pei Ji replied, and gave suggestions, "You want, I will bring it to you tomorrow."

Lu Man smiled and said: "Urgently, I'll go back with you to get it."

Pei Ji hesitated.

"What's wrong? Is it inconvenient?" Lu Man asked again.

Pei Ji glanced at the time. It was 30 minutes before she got home. She didn't want to delay, because Song Er's mood was very bad in these two days, and Pei Ji tried to convey the sense of regularity that would give her the most peace of mind. To Song Er, so that Song Er can also feel that kind of stability that is unique to a regular life.

She got into the car and said, "Okay."

Along the way, Pei Ji looked at the front intently. Lu Man knew her habits, so he didn't speak. When he reached a traffic light intersection, Lu Man looked out the window. She seemed to be caught in a certain emotion, and suddenly said: "My parents have urged me to decide on the marriage. Come down, but I don't want to."

Pei Ji was a little surprised, because Lu Man had never talked to her about related topics. She looked at Lu Man and found that Lu Man was also looking at her, with a very focused gaze.

The green light came on, and the car behind honked its horn, and Pei Ji turned his head and looked forward.

Just when Lu Man thought she would not respond, Pei Ji suddenly said: "I don't understand marriage, but if you want to start a family, it's best to only have one child."

Lu Man was stunned for a moment, but couldn't react. He didn't know why Pei Ji said such words. But Pei Ji had no idea to explain. For her, the problem was over. She gave a suggestion that she thought was the most important and reasonable.

The car drove into the community and stopped at Pei Ji's parking spot.

She got out of the car and saw Song Wei standing downstairs. She was holding a guide cane and wearing a mask, standing on the side of the road, waiting for Pei Ji to return home.

Pei Ji's pace sped up slightly, and she arrived in front of Song Wei.

Song Er heard the familiar series of footsteps, she felt the person approaching, and smiled and called her: "Professor."

As soon as the voice fell, Song Er’s smile froze, because she discovered that there was another person who came with Pei Ji.