Brainoid

Because not many people came, everyone could move around freely once they arrived.

Hua Ruiming was carrying a big mountaineering bag and was originally planning to climb the mountain, but Qi Min wore light clothes and there was no problem. Neither Chen Linyou nor Wang Xin expected that Songshan Forest Park was really similar to a "deep mountain and old forest" forest park, and they couldn't help but feel embarrassed when they looked at the distant trails.

Sure enough, after passing two streams, Wang Xin couldn't walk anymore. She used to think that everyone was just going out to the park, so she wore a pair of cute candy-colored canvas sneakers. Now she only regrets that she didn't wear sneakers, no matter how ugly they were.

Qi Min saw that Wang Xin's shoes were not suitable, so he said to Hua Ruiming and Chen Linyou, "Why don't you two boys leave first? Let's walk slowly."

Chen Linyou knew that she just wanted to accompany Wang Xin, so he said, "Senior sister, I can't walk fast either. Why don't you and senior brother Hua... leave first?"

He was actually even more stunning than Wang Xin. He actually wore a pair of sandals when he went to the forest park. It was only because boys had the physical advantage that he was not left behind by Hua Ruiming and Qi Min.

Qi Min saw that he was wearing sandals and it would not be safe if he followed Hua Ruiming into the woods, so he agreed: "Okay, you two, please be safe and put on some toilet water."

She took out toilet water from her backpack and left it with Chen Linyou and Wang Xin, and then followed Hua Ruiming forward.

——

Without the chattering Wang Xin, Qi Min felt a little quiet around him, and unconsciously started chatting with Hua Ruiming. It happened to be a social event, so Hua Ruiming used this topic to talk about things in school.

Compared with less strong science subjects, the applied majors of the University of Science and Technology of China, such as mechanics and medicine, actually rank pretty well. Hua Ruiming received his undergraduate degree from the Department of Medicine of the University of Science and Technology of China, but left clinical practice and chose to do scientific research. This year is already the third grade.

Doing scientific research is actually very tiring. This kind of tiredness is not only the exhaustion of doing experiments for N hours in a row, but also the exhaustion of people's time schedule being dominated by experiments. There are no weekends, no winter and summer vacations, and even legal holidays have to go to the laboratory. If there is a time-consuming experiment, you will not be able to have lunch on time from morning to afternoon. And if I want to publish an article, I have no time to care about anything else day and night, and I don’t even bother to reply to WeChat. Basically, not many outsiders can tolerate this from their boyfriends and girlfriends, so many people doing scientific research will choose to solve it internally.

But one characteristic of the University of Science and Technology of China is that because it is a strong engineering school, there are generally more boys than girls in the school. In order to meet the rigid need of people in the department to find a partner, departments in science and engineering, especially with a large number of boys, will usually take the initiative to hold social activities with departments with a large number of girls. For example, a biology department with a large number of boys will go to a medical department with a large number of girls. . This also leads to the fact that even if there are many girls in some departments, those girls will have more opportunities to meet boys in other departments, and the choices will become wider. On the contrary, it will not be easy for boys in these departments to find girlfriends.

After hearing what Hua Ruiming said, Qi Min asked curiously: "So, as a male student from the Department of Medicine, have you found a girlfriend?"

"Isn't this... not yet, alas." Hua Ruiming sighed helplessly, "I am busy doing experiments all day long, how can I have time to find a partner?"

"You're not too busy this semester, you still have time to play on Saturday." Qi Min said with a smile.

"That's true. In fact, I've almost finished this project, and now I'm waiting for the results of drug screening in our laboratory." Hua Ruiming was quite confident when talking about his research direction, "Basically, this matter can be done next semester. That’s it, then it’s time to write and submit articles.”

Qi Min thought that writing and submitting articles was the most painful thing, but at this time, he should not pour cold water on others.

"Then this would be a good time to find a girlfriend." She said jokingly.

Hua Ruiming did not pick a fight, but asked: "Well... by the way, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Well..." Qi Min was a little confused. She couldn't figure out whether she had a boyfriend or not.

Probably because of anger, Anton threw her things out of the apartment at that time, but Qi Min was busy with graduation and had no time to care about it. Later, it seemed that Anton had unilaterally broken up with her. .

To be honest, Qi Min felt very sorry for Anton. Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about money. Qi Min’s salary for studying for a Ph.D. is not much. Although they are making money together to support the family, the ratio can be imagined. In addition to financial support, it was Anton who took Mimi to work with him all the time and also brought lunch and dinner to Qi Min. Qi Min also comes home very late when she is busy doing experiments. It can be said that she basically doesn't worry about things at home. Even a nanny who provided three meals a day and housework would cost several thousand yuan a month in China. Qi Min was ashamed of Anton working for free without any vacation and paying her back.

She was embarrassed to say that she didn't have a boyfriend, but objectively it seemed that she had been broken up with. After hesitating for a while, she could only say: "My situation is more complicated."

"Why is it complicated?" Hua Ruiming asked.

"It's just... I should be considered 'broken up', but it's not officially broken up, and there are still things that can't be broken up." Qi Min replied.

In order to receive social benefits for single mothers, Mimi was named in Qi Min's name, which meant that she was legally Qi Min's daughter and had nothing to do with Anton. Therefore, Qi Min can't make a clean break with Anton. At least there is still the issue of Mimi's custody rights. Moreover, she felt that it was best to bring Mimi back to China. Mimi was originally of mixed Asian descent. Anton's example has proved that mixed Asians would probably not fare well in the racially discriminatory environment of the United States.

But for Hua Ruiming, who didn’t know the inside story, the so-called “breakup” was already surprising: “‘Breakup’? How come it was ‘breakup’?”

"This is more complicated." Qi Min waved his hand and said, "It's not a good thing. You'd better not know."

"We've all been 'broken up', so what can't be broken up?" Hua Ruiming asked rhetorically.

"It's not that simple." Qi Min just smiled, "Sometimes falling in love is tiring."

"In that case, just don't look for a partner." Hua Ruiming joked, "Just doing scientific research is not enough."

"But if you want to find a partner, it's best to do it while you're studying for a Ph.D.," Qi Min also joked, "The salary for doctoral students is so low, so you can be sure that the other party is not after your money."

Not only is it difficult to find a job and delays making money, but also delays finding a partner because of being too busy (daily persuasion to quit)