mountains and rivers

Not long after Halloween, the weather is getting colder every day. In late autumn and early winter, after seven o'clock in the evening, there is only a little bleak sunlight coming in through the window, and the sky is almost dark.

Qi Yu was sitting by the window of the coffee shop. It is called a coffee shop, but it is not really that. It is just a multifunctional restaurant on campus, selling coffee, milk tea and fast food. The advantage is that there are many seats for students to pass the time. The library, where you can talk, eat and drink, is very popular among students.

In early November, there is no heating, and the coffee shop does not turn on the air conditioner. Sitting in it with bare hands/exposed to the air for too long will freeze slightly stiff.

Qi Yu stretched his hand into the hand warming pillow, wearing an earphone in his right ear, and was sitting in an armchair with an open laptop in front of him.She was chatting with Qian Sanyi, this was the scheduled video time, and she was sitting here 10 minutes ago to complete the project assigned by her instructor.

"How's your schoolwork going? Are you still busy?"

A clear and steady male voice rang in his ears along the headphone cable. Qian Sanyi sat on the side of the screen, showing a concerned look.Obviously, he is also in an unknown place in the school, but it will not be the library, where whispering is not allowed, or it may be a coffee shop in MIT.

He wore a black loose V-neck sweater, lined with a white shirt, and a palm green and gold red tie neatly tied under the snow-white collar.He was wearing a pair of glasses, and his coat was on the armrest on his right. Behind him was the clear sky, and the light reflected by the sloping glass of the dining room cast slightly colorful colors on the black hair on top of his head.

"It's okay," she smiled. "It's just that it's troublesome to run, but it's not a problem. They care about my grandparents' face and won't make things difficult for me."

She once firmly believed that she would continue to read Chinese all the way, fulfilling her childhood wish and becoming a graduate student under her grandma Tang Qi.It's just the future, who can tell, the world is uncertain, and she didn't continue to study Chinese as a graduate student, but turned to journalism.

Recently, her tutor gave her a project. If she wanted the data, she had to run the news in person. It was indeed a bit difficult for her who had no resources and foundation. After all, she had never made friends with news people. It was a four-year undergraduate business. The relationship between teachers and students has completely become tasteless, but fortunately, her family's status in the academic world is not low, and the partner will at least not deliberately embarrass her because of her family's face, and that's enough.

After Qian Sanyi graduated from university, he listened to Jiang Yuwen's opinion, and after careful consideration, he decided to go abroad to continue his studies.He is now at MIT, separated by 13 hours of time difference from Qi Yu, in a state where he can see but cannot touch.

His schoolwork at MIT may not be easy. Countless times, through the screen, Qi Yu saw him burying his head in the library, coffee shop, classroom, and dormitory. , and then quickly crossed out, and the scrap paper was scrapped one after another.If she was in the dormitory, she would still be lucky enough to see his desk covered with crumpled drafts.

Sometimes, they can stay together quietly for several hours without talking, as long as they turn on the camera and look up at each other's contemplative brows and eyes between their studies, they feel stable and beautiful.

Occasionally, they are not satisfied with the few pictures separated by the screen, and eagerly long for each other's voice, so they sit face to face like this, with headphones in their ears, and pick a place that doesn't need to be so quiet. Put down the task in hand and have a good talk with the other party.

Jet lag may be a very helpless thing, but for people in love, there is nothing that can stop them from desperately needing each other's heart.

Qi Yu tenderly looked at Qian Sanyi on the opposite side of the screen, a lover she couldn't touch. She looked greedily from his clean eyebrows all the way to his slender fingertips, carefully scrutinized every detail of his body, and made him The appearance of my heart is clearly engraved in my heart, waiting for the next re-drawing.

She saw people coming and going behind him, and yawning students came to study in the cafe on campus early in the morning with tomes or computers.There were human voices floating in the air on her side, many people were studying at their desks, but some people were sitting there chatting or watching movies on the computer.

One is busy in the morning, and the other is leisurely in the evening.

Qian Sanyi also looked at her greedily. She was sitting on the other side of the screen, looking at her so tenderly, the formulas and experimental data in her mind flew out of his brain, giving him a brief moment. respite.

She was wearing a soft blue sweater, the color of cornflowers, which made her collarbone as white as snow.The slightly wide neckline sets off the lines of her shoulders beautifully. The dark brown hair hangs softly on the shoulders, and then falls along the shoulders, showing a natural hair curve.Her face was so white that it glowed, only her eyebrows were lightly drawn, and the berry color on her lips matched her very well, gentle and romantic, and when she looked over, her eyes were full of clear light.

Like the little mermaid.Qian Sanyi thought with a smile.

He remembered her birthday four years ago, and the whole banquet was in the ocean style. To match her skirt, even the cufflinks, he secretly chose the blue color that matched her, and the fishtail of the BJD doll on the cake, It was also his sudden whim that made the baker change it.

He opened his mouth, with tenderness in his chest, before he could speak, Qi Yu on the other side had already turned his head and started talking to another person.

Someone patted on the shoulder, Qi Yu turned his head and saw the senior he knew.Shi Yu is a senior in the third year of this major, and he has excellent grades in his major. Unlike Qi Yu, his undergraduate degree is in this direction, and he has always been in Peking University. The teachers in the department appreciate him very much. In addition, he was born in journalism He is from an aristocratic family, so the teachers have always been very optimistic about him.

Qiyu and he are the same mentor, so to speak, they can be regarded as brothers and sisters of the same school. He also put forward a lot of constructive suggestions for her current research topic, and even helped her point out contacts when she had no direction at the beginning.Qi Yu thanked him very much and admired him very much.They have a good relationship, and they are relatively close among brothers and sisters in the same school.

Feeling inconvenient to sit and talk, she stood up and turned around, leaving her back to the camera behind her.The airpods on the right ear are hidden under the hair and will not be noticed, so there is no need to take them off.

"Junior Sister, you're so hardworking. You're either in the library or in the coffee shop every day. Why don't you go out to play or go out on a date?" Shi Jue asked with a smile, holding the computer in one hand and the computer in the other. A cup of packaged coffee, obviously passing by to buy a cup of coffee, saw her come to say hello.

"Senior brother, you are just joking. It's not like you don't know my progress. I'm still far from the teacher's request." She smiled helplessly, her clear eyebrows were calm and gentle.Shi Yu also smiled.

"The boyfriend is still abroad?" he asked.

Qi Yu nodded: "There is still one year left, he is studying engineering, unlike business, he can graduate earlier."

There was a gloomy look on Shi Yu's face, he quickly covered it up, and said in a gentle voice: "That's okay, being single-minded is especially helpful for doing data, just like senior brother, although he is a single dog, he is proud of himself in the examination room anyway, so he is not so psychological Unbalanced. There is a Christmas party in the department, undergraduates and postgraduates, organized by the Art Department of the Youth League Committee, do you want to come?"

Qi Yu was a little hesitant, Shi Ju persuaded her: "Anyway, your boyfriend is not in the country, and Yang Yang will definitely date him for Christmas. Instead of writing a report in the dormitory alone, you might as well come and have fun, it's all us Yes, a group of single dogs, get together to keep warm."

Speaking of the last sentence, there was a bit of joking resentment in his voice.

Yang Yang is Qi Yu's graduate student roommate, she has a boyfriend, and she doesn't come back on nights like Christmas or Valentine's Day.

Qi Yu thought about it, but there really was nothing planned.Christmas is not the Spring Festival, and there is no need for a family reunion. Grandpa and grandma are not in this festival, and parents should arrange a two-person world. Qian Sanyi is about to take his final exams at Christmas, so he will definitely not be able to come back anyway.

She nodded and agreed.

Shi Jue was very happy to make a deal with her,

Qiyu watched him leave before sitting back in his seat. As soon as her figure appeared on the screen, Qian Sanyi said, "That brother who helped you just now?"

His expression was a little strange, Qi Yu looked at it, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What's wrong? Jealous? I just said a few words to him."

Qian Sanyi curled his lips, only men understand men, and he already knew that this was another wolf with a big tail after listening to it in the earphone for a few minutes.

This was what he was most worried about when he went abroad. He didn’t know how many tigers and wolves around her could be seen in the four years of undergraduate course. If it wasn’t for his cleverness, the school is so close. One day, someone has to come and want to pry the corner of his wall.

There is no way, there are always more bachelors than single girls now, not to mention college boys who are full of vigor and more active than shy girls.

With Qian Sanyi's bad temper, Qi Yu could stand him when he was in high school. There are quite a few girls who have thoughts about him when they go to college. In a state of looking far away but not close.Without him, he has a cold and smelly temper, especially in the laboratory, there are more than one or two girls in the same class who have been poisoned by him.

He suppressed the indignation in his heart, changed the subject, and didn't plan to talk in depth, lest he give his rival a sense of existence.Although he felt a sense of crisis in his heart, those people basically had no possibility at all, which he was sure of.

It's not good to fall in love in a foreign country.At the beginning, he had tried his best to postpone going abroad to the back of his plan, and more than half of the reason for staying in China for four years as an undergraduate was because of her.When he graduated from university, he also wanted to go abroad with her, but it was a pity that such a plan was not included in Qi Yu's plan. She is not someone who makes blind decisions for love. He knows this and respects her choice, but it is inevitable that he will feel miss.

While talking, Qi Yu saw that the sun on Qian Sanyi's side was getting brighter and brighter, and the warmer sun was dazzlingly shining on the screen. Many students came in and out with packed breakfasts.She glanced at the time on the bottom right of the computer, he was about to start the first class.

Qiyu’s computer time is set differently from all her electronic devices with clock functions. Her computer uses West Fifth District Time, which is exactly the District Time of Boston-Cambridge, where MIT is located. Eastern Time in the United States, winter time difference It is 13 hours, and the summer time difference is 12 hours.This is for the convenience of reminding her not to overtime the chat, which will affect his sleep and class.

Qian Sanyi also looked at the point, and regretfully found that it was really impossible to chat anymore. They agreed on the time of the next video, and then closed the chat.

It snowed at the end of December, which was the first snow in Beijing this year.After the snow had almost melted, Peking University also entered the final season in January.

At the end of the semester, Qi Yu usually reviews in the library.The well-heated dormitory is easy to breed laziness, so she goes in and out of the library every morning and evening against the cold wind, and can basically sit in it for about ten hours.

At around nine o'clock that night, Qi Yu packed up his things and came out of the library.She usually leaves early at night, and won't wait until ten or eleven. After all, it gets dark early in winter, and it's not safe to go back to the dormitory alone. Since the efficiency is very high during the day, there's no need to covet that hour.

Once out of the library, she raised the scarf around her chin and reached into the pocket of her heavy coat.After going down the steps, she didn't take a few steps before she saw Qian Sanyi standing under the street lamp.

Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she stood on the spot and took a closer look to make sure she was right.At this time, the person waiting at the bottom of the steps turned his head to see her, and pulled off the dark gray scarf to his chin, revealing that handsome face.

He was wearing a British-style plaid cashmere coat, lined with a white turtleneck sweater, and a dark gray knitted scarf around his neck. He was slender, with a tall and straight figure. striking.Even if the Peking University students passed by in a hurry with their books in their hands, they couldn't help but take a look at him.

Qi Yu jumped down the steps in twos and twos, looked at him in surprise and joy, and couldn't help complaining: "Why didn't you tell me you went back to China? Don't say a word and wait outside the library. It's so cold, are you Fool?"

Qian Sanyi said: "Didn't you tell me at dinner time that you plan to stay in the library until nine o'clock tonight?"

Qi Yu glared at him. At that time, it was just a cliché, and she thought it was just asking her a question.

"Did you just come back after six o'clock?" She asked as the two of them walked towards Qiyu's dormitory.

Qian Sanyi reached for her schoolbag, carried it on his right shoulder, took her cold right hand, and put it in his coat pocket.

"I just arrived in Beijing around six o'clock." Qian Sanyi said, "I went back to Jiangzhou last night, rested for the night, put my luggage away, and bought today's ticket to come to Beijing to find you."

Qi Yu knew that after he landed, he probably went to the hotel to rest for a while, and came to Peking University library to wait for her at night.

They walked all the way, Qian San sent her to the downstairs of the postgraduate dormitory, saw her go up, and then went back to the hotel.

From the next day, Qian Sanyi accompanied her to review in the library.MIT's final exams are over, even if he is on winter vacation, he has a lot of time to spend with her and come to inspect the situation of his love rival. It has to be said that he has always had a heart for Qi Yu's fellow student.

In the rest of the time, when Qiyu was reviewing, he would quietly read a book, or take a laptop to deal with school projects. The two of them sat there without disturbing each other, but they both felt satisfied and fulfilled in their hearts. The efficiency of work and study It has also become unprecedentedly high.

For a few days in the middle, I met Shi Yu. The library couldn’t talk, so he could only smile or wave hello to Qi Yu, and his eyes fell on Qian Sanyi who was beside her. Knowing the information, after a few days like this, Qi Yu never met this senior brother again.

After the final exam, Qi Yu's winter vacation came.Qian Sanyi was not in a hurry to return to Jiangzhou, but stayed in Beijing until a few days before the Spring Festival.He helped with housework and errands at Qiyu's grandparents' house for a few days, and posted Spring Festival couplets with Qiyu.

He had met Qi Yu's family long ago, and now they got along very well, as if they were half of Qi Yu's family.

The grandparents of the Qi family like him very much, because he is smart and sensible, and he is a down-to-earth young man. Grandpa Qi admires his major and future plans very much, and the two usually communicate with each other very much.

After all, in this family, except for the old man, all members of the family are liberal arts students.

Of course, Zhao Manshi couldn't be more satisfied, after all, she is a young man from Jiangzhou, and she has a lot of affection for her hometown.In addition, Qian San's family and the Liang family were considered family friends, her deceased husband was a physics major, and so was her granddaughter's boyfriend, which more or less made her feel a little bit of comfort.

The two children have been together for five years. They can be regarded as childhood sweethearts who grew up together. They have similar family backgrounds and similar personalities. Everyone thinks they are a good match.The two families basically already have a spectrum in their hearts, and they will discuss it after they finish their studies.

Three days before the Spring Festival, Qian Sanyi had to go back to Jiangzhou. After all, his family was still in Jiangzhou. Qian's grandparents and Pei Yin also missed him very much, and their family would also be reunited during the Chinese New Year.

It was Qi Yu who sent him to the plane that day, and before parting, they said goodbye reluctantly, because after the year they would be separated by the Pacific Ocean again, enduring the torment of falling in love in a foreign country.

A year and a half later, on a sunny June with flowers in full bloom, Qian Sanyi graduated.

Qi Yu and Pei Yin Jiang Yuwen went to his graduation ceremony together, and Qian Sanyi found them at the venue in his academic gown.He hugged Pei Yin, and said hello to Jiang Yuwen in their unique way of greeting, and then leaned over and hugged Qi Yu.

Although he didn't hug him for a long time, Qi Yu was really embarrassed when Pei Yin and Jiang Yuwen stood aside and watched.Qian San pulled her to stand beside him, talking to his mother and stepfather, and some classmates who passed by with their parents greeted him. Whenever he curiously asked about his family, he would always be in a good mood. Patiently introduce his parents and girlfriend.

His classmates saw his girlfriend for the first time, so they couldn't help but look at Qiyu curiously, seeing that although she was petite, she had fair skin, an intellectual and elegant temperament, and her appearance was in line with the aesthetics of Westerners, so they couldn't help but praise them After a few words, several people even expressed their blessings, thinking that they are a "well-matched couple".

Qi Yu thanked them with a smile, the more commonly used British accent was replaced by an American accent, and American slang was also handy, which made Qian Sanyi's classmates look at her with admiration.

After the ceremony started, Qi Yu and Pei Yin sat down.It was Qian Sanyi's turn to take the stage to deliver a speech on behalf of the Chinese students studying in the School of Engineering.His diction is rigorous, with the precision unique to engineering students, and his views are sharp, but his rhetoric is very gentle.He thanked MIT for the two years of education and the help from his teachers and friends. At the same time, he announced on the spot that he would return to China and dedicate what he had learned to his motherland.

Speaking of this, Qiyu heard some of the students below whispering and whispering. She listened carefully, and it turned out that Qian Sanyi's American professor hoped that he could stay and continue to study for a doctorate under him, and did not want him to return to China. .

She was not surprised, after all, she had never heard that Qian Sanyi had the idea of ​​staying abroad.He was born in China. Although the major he loves can bring him great wealth and reputation in the field of people's livelihood, in the final analysis, he did not join engineering for money. He has his ideals and persistence. Jiang Yuwen's is different.

After the graduation ceremony, all the students and their parents dispersed and took photos in twos and threes.Jiang Yuwen held a camera in his hand and took pictures of them. Pei Yin and Qian Sanyi took a picture of their mother and son. Qi Yu took the camera and took a picture of their family of three. Then Pei Yin asked a passing student to take a picture for them. The four of them took a group photo.

From the group photo, it can be clearly seen that there are two generations. Pei Yin and Qi Yu are standing in the middle, and the two men are standing on both sides. The positions of each other are intriguing, and they are divided into two obvious pairs.

After taking a few group photos, Pei Yin didn't want to take another photo of herself. She took the camera and took pictures of Qi Yu and Qian Sanyi with great interest.

The one she was most satisfied with was Qian Sanyi sitting on the lawn, with her academic gown spread out on the ground, and Qi Yu sitting on the wide hem of her academic gown, slightly lying in Qian Sanyi's arms and looking at the camera.The faces of the two people in this photo are very relaxed, as if they were sitting on the lawn to rest in an afternoon, full of student spirit, full of romantic European and American campus youth style.

Of course, there are still many beautiful and romantic photos, after all, the two children are beautiful.For example, there is a picture of Qi Yu sitting on a campus bench smiling, Qian Sanyi standing behind her, leaning over, with his arms propped on both sides of the back of the bench, wrapping her in his arms, with his head tilted slightly, his chin Arriving on top of her head, both of them tilted their heads and smiled.

There is another photo taken secretly by Pei Yin. Qi Yu is sitting on a bench, looking up and talking to Qian Sanyi who is standing in front of him with his head bowed. The river water is all shining in, and the composition and light are beautiful in a mess.

Pei Yin plans to print out these photos after returning to China, frame them and place them at home, because they are so beautiful and have a British campus style, especially Qian Sanyi in academic uniform and Qi Yu in a British dress , the perfect match, just looking at it is so beautiful that it makes people feel soft-hearted.

Jiang Yuwen took Pei Yin to visit the campus, leaving space for the young lovers.Qian Sanyi was finally free and heaved a sigh of relief. He had taken photos with too many people just now, and he felt like he was about to freeze up laughing.

He pulled her, avoided the crowd, and found a relatively clean place on the lawn. Qi Yu smiled and said, "I never had a chance, and I haven't congratulated you on your graduation."

He reached out to touch her head and sighed: "It's a pity you haven't graduated yet."

Domestic graduate students have a three-year system, and Qi Yu has to study for another year.

In fact, there is a question that has always been in her mind, and sometimes she dare not ask it.Now that he graduated from MIT, what about his future work?Are you going back to Jiangzhou or where?

She felt that she didn't have the confidence to ask him to come to Beijing. His parents are in Jiangzhou, and all his family and friends are in Jiangzhou. He even has such a family waiting for him to inherit. The Qian family in Jiangzhou has been around for more than 1000 years. History has passed, how can the eldest son settle in Beijing?

She has been thinking wildly these days. For a while, if he returns to Jiangzhou, she will follow him to Jiangzhou's job prospects, and for a while, she wonders whether her parents will agree. In short, the closer his graduation ceremony is, the more restless she is. .

Qian Sanyi called her, Qi Yu looked up, and he asked her with a smile: "You said I'd like to stay in Beijing?"

Qi Yu was stunned, and looked at him for a long time before hesitating under his calm expression: "Then... what about the Qian family? Will your grandparents agree?"

Qian Sanyi smiled: "I still have a younger brother."

"After all...that's your home."

Qian Sanyi was a little puzzled. In his opinion, this decision was not difficult at all. He didn't know why she was so uneasy.He looked at Qi Yu seriously: "Actually, in the final analysis, my life should be my own decision. My grandparents will not stop me, and neither will my mother. If she misses me, she will come to Beijing anyway. I divorced my dad a long time ago. My career, my ideals, my future, and all the blueprints, I have already decided. Rather, I have planned it since I was with you. "

He looked down at her with a bright and pure smile, and Qi Yu looked up at him with a layer of water in his eyes.

"Yuyu," he called her softly, found her forehead, pressed against each other, and caressed each other intimately: "I have long decided to stay in Beijing, even if it is a strange environment, even if I leave my hometown, I am willing, Always wanted to."

"Because you are there, even if it is thousands of miles away, I will never turn back."