the gravity of the rainbow

Chapter 2 Hot Mom Pearl
01
Because of this nonsensical meal, Rainbow came home late.After being interrupted by this funny teacher Ji, her mood improved inexplicably.

Rainbow's home is at No. 36, 7th Floor, West Gate, Building 14, Guanghua Heavy Machine Tool Factory Staff Dormitory. The 30-year-old building, commonly known as "big slab house", is made of prefabricated reinforced concrete slabs. The partition wall is a thin cement slab, and the movement of the neighbor's house can be heard clearly.The Rainbow House is on the highest floor, exposed to the sun in sunny days and leaking in rainy days. It is as hot as an oven in summer and as cold as a refrigerator in winter.There is an air conditioner at home, and the electricity bill is too expensive to save money, so September and October are really the best seasons to live in a large prefabricated house.

It's just such a big board room, and they broke their heads when the room was allocated.If it weren't for the aunt in front of the queue who thought that the 14th was unlucky and gave up, the Caihong family would have to continue to stay in the small one-story house and share the public toilet.

When Rainbow arrived home, Rainbow's mother, Li Mingzhu, was sitting on the bench downstairs and choosing dishes with a group of mothers in this building.Li Mingzhu eats a large bag of bean sprouts carefully, picking off every small root.

Rainbow looked at her mother and sighed inwardly.In another era, Caihong's mother might not have to endure these hardships, nor would she have to live this kind of life.Caihong’s grandfather was the biggest capitalist in the city before the founding of New China, and Caihong’s grandmother married him at the age of 16 and became his third concubine.After passing the door, she was very favored, so Li Mingzhu had a very glamorous boyhood.It's a pity that the good times don't last long. Rainbow's grandfather took the whole family to Taiwan during the war, but Mingzhu's grandfather was critically ill at that time, and Mingzhu's mother took her to Guangzhou to visit her relatives before returning in time.This delay will never allow us to meet again.Because of this relationship, Rainbow's grandmother was tortured to death during the "Cultural Revolution". Before she died, she was poor and sick, and she handed over the pearl to He Dalu, a worker from three generations of poor peasants, Genzheng Miaohong.Being "reconciled" by He Dalu's class composition, Li Mingzhu was able to survive that period of time.Later, cross-strait relations eased. Li Mingzhu tried every means to get in touch with her family in Taiwan, but she learned that her father had passed away long ago, and the family property had been divided up by the two wives and their children. The people there were afraid that they would come to fight Inheritance, her letters were simply ignored.At the beginning, Li Mingzhu was filled with righteous indignation and threatened to find a lawyer to sue them, but He Dalu pretended not to hear it.It just so happened that winter, Li Mingzhu suffered from arthritis again, and she was hospitalized for two months without being cured. Rainbow took her to see a doctor of Chinese medicine, prescribed a lot of medicine, and was forced by her family to learn Tai Chi. Son, let's stop making trouble.

"Hey, Mingzhu, your daughter is back." Aunt Chen on the second floor said with a smile.

"I know she's going home at this time, so I'll wait for her downstairs." Li Mingzhu picked up most of the pot of bean sprouts she had chosen, stood up straight, and asked straightforwardly, "Rainbow, what Aunt Chen introduced to you last time?" That Qin Xiaotong, how did you talk?"

Rainbow looked at the ground with both eyes, and hesitated: "I met twice, but I haven't contacted."

"Oh, how could it be?" Li Mingzhu stomped his feet, "How nice is Xiaoqin! He is 1.8 meters tall and has two houses in his family. The old man is in a big business. He said that as soon as he gets married, he will take over the Binjiang community. I transferred the house to him. Do you know the neighborhood? It’s a duplex! There are two floors, 120 square meters. His house is on the sixth floor, not too high or too low, and there is an elevator. The apartment alone is worth several million , not counting the money for decoration. The parents said that they want a daughter-in-law who is educated and reasonable. Aunt Chen, tell me about the knowledge and rationality. My Caihong is a university teacher with a high degree of education and good looks. Is there anyone here who is more educated and sensible than her?" Li Mingzhu became angry, spit flying, and her voice suddenly rose: "Good girl! If you don't give your mother a face, you have to give it to Aunt Chen Don’t you save face? You’re a grown-up, and you’ll become a leftover girl in no time, and you can’t finish picking, don’t pick and choose, you’ll end up with a rotten lamp.”

Rainbow is embarrassed.The old big board house has its own "door building culture".That is to form a small social circle with the door building as the unit, borrow green onions in normal times, help pick up the children when they are busy, and send cakes to each other during the New Year. This is the closeness of more than ten years.The group of aunts in front of Rainbow are all old neighbors who watched her grow up. Everyone raised their faces and looked regretful.Li Mingzhu had already assigned a task to let the aunts "care" about Rainbow, so that she was besieged every day when she went home, and she was not allowed to go upstairs without explaining.

Rainbow had to forcefully laugh: "Mom, you made a mistake. It's not that I didn't contact him, but he didn't come to contact me. He called me, I called back, and then he never called again. You always You won't let me chase him like a stick? Aunt Chen, there's nothing inappropriate for me to do this, right?"

Rainbow is not interested in this Mendong culture, which is similar to rural culture.But recently, the children in this building stayed in the other provinces, those who were admitted to university, and those who ran business, stayed in other provinces. Rainbow naturally became the focus of gossip.

Aunt Chen waved her hand and smiled: "Hey, this is all about you young people. We old people are just connecting. Then again, young people nowadays... well, let's not talk about it. Rainbow, if If you're still interested, I'd like to talk about it for you, and it's okay to talk about it. Xiaotong's mother really likes you..."

"No, no, Aunt Chen, let me handle this matter myself." Rainbow was so embarrassed that he had nowhere to escape.

Li Mingzhu watched coldly from the side, took a "hissing" breath, stood up, dusted off the dust on his body and said, "Rainbow, let's go home first."

Rainbow helped her mother upstairs.Ever since she got arthritis, Li Mingzhu had trouble going upstairs. The whole family saved money and wanted to change to a house with a lower floor, even if there was an elevator.But the large board houses in the 80s cannot be sold at a price, and the commercial houses nearby are too expensive.Let's move far away. Both Li Mingzhu and Caihong have traffic difficulties, so they are delayed like this.In the twinkling of an eye, the housing prices skyrocketed, and the more delays, the more futile it was.Rainbow Dad gets up at five o'clock every morning to drive a taxi. There are so many taxis in this city, and the money is not so easy to earn.There was a small car accident last year, no one was hurt, but the car broke down, and it was sent to a repair shop for repairs, which cost more than 1 yuan.I don't have enough money to buy a new car, so I just drive it like this, and I don't dare to travel long distances.

After entering the house, Li Mingzhu sat down, Caihong brought her a cup of iced green tea, Mingzhu looked at her daughter, still panting: "So, he doesn't like our family?"

"Mom, do you think higher education should add points? Nowadays, those with education as high as mine can only lose points. If I get divorced and have a baby, it will be a dead end."

"Good girl, I'm sorry for you! If you were born decades earlier and caught up with your grandpa, it wouldn't be like this. Back then, your grandpa loved me so much. There were only four or five babysitters. The whole family ate, and the children and women sat on the other side. At one table, he hugged me and sat on the table alone, and he fed me first before moving the chopsticks."

Li Mingzhu had said this countless times, and Rainbow was already tired of hearing it.But older people's thinking has become circular, no matter what they think about, they have to go back and forth.Caihong sympathizes with her mother very much, and at such a time, she doesn't say a word.If a person's golden age is in childhood, and then it gets worse and worse, and many people don't have more memories, is this kind?
"Oh, I won't talk about the past. So, isn't that kid surnamed Qin very warm to us?"

"Ah."

Li Mingzhu's eyes flashed, and he grabbed Rainbow's hand: "You can't have this kind of man, you know? You don't want to see him at first, what can you expect in the future? He will serve you when you are sick? He will support you when you have no money? In this world That's it, men look for wealth, women look for men. Men sacrifice women to fulfill themselves, and women sacrifice themselves to fulfill men. Since we have to make so many sacrifices, we must not sacrifice wrongly. Do you understand? Otherwise, you will lose money. Still not earning money."

"Okay, mom, you've already seen through the world."

"Women don't have to see through the world of mortals, they just need to see through men."

Whenever these things were mentioned, Li Mingzhu became excited for no reason.Caihong knew that she was secretly scolding her grandmother for forcing her to marry a worker boss, He Dalu, in order to escape from the "five black classes".According to the situation at the time, if Li Mingzhu was not so beautiful that He Dalu fell in love at first sight and married her in spite of her parents' crazy opposition, she would not have been able to climb high.As soon as Miss Bourgeois walked through the door, He Dalu's mother gave her a slap in the face.She gets up early every morning to cook porridge and boil the family's washing water.In the winter, I wash the clothes of the whole family, including the underwear of my in-laws and husband, without using hot water for fear of leaving marks.After a few months, her hands were as cold as buns, and her frostbite occurred every year, turning her beautiful hands into black, thick, uneven chicken feet.After finally going through the reform and opening up, Li Mingzhu felt that He Dalu's salary was low, so he forced him to switch to driving a taxi.In those days, taxi drivers could really earn some money, but He Dalu was a good drinker, and he had to drink a few sips when he had nothing to do, so he often had accidents while driving, either being fined or having car accidents, and his license was revoked.The Santana I’m driving now was bought with another driver’s pool of money. I drive it day and night, and I can only earn a meal.The whole family's hope of living in a good house fell on Rainbow.On the day when Qin Xiaotong was introduced, Li Mingzhu said to her daughter: "This kind of duplex building is the best. After you give birth, your father and I will go to bring you the baby and cook. We live downstairs, and you live upstairs. Excuse me." Unexpectedly, the dream was shattered so quickly.

Compared with the eloquent Mingzhu, Rainbow is less hostile.Who in this family won't give in to Li Mingzhu?Caihong held back his complaints, snatched the pot of bean sprouts, and chose silently.She knew that once her mother's chatterbox was opened, she couldn't close it for a while.Arguing with her is physical work, so it's better to deal with her with a grunt, and it will stop naturally when you are tired.

"Rainbow, where's your classmate Su Donglin? I haven't seen him come to play with you recently."

"Qin Xiaotong doesn't want to see me, so Su Donglin has more reasons not to want to see me?"

"You said that the second young master of the Su family is also true, flickering, indifferent, what kind of trick is he playing?"

"Mom, don't make random guesses. Su Donglin is just an ordinary friend. If there is a shortage of people at the party (party), just ask me to play for a while. If K songs are boring, find someone to chat with. I'm just an escort in disguise, that's all."

"Don't say, Su Donglin is really the only one among your friends who is reliable. He comes from a good family background and is low-key. It's hot, we need to work harder. Although our family's economic strength is not as good as his, but you are a woman, beautiful and highly educated, so you can do it anywhere."

"It's just him... still keeping a low profile? He drives a Volvo all day long to show off, and no one knows he's a playboy!"

If it was a few years ago, Rainbow would never participate in this kind of marriage talk.But the shy girlhood is over, and under Li Mingzhu's indiscriminate bombardment, Rainbow already understands that frankly confessing in front of her mother and obeying the assignment is the best way out.

"Well, let's not talk about Su Donglin. After all, there is a disparity between the rich and the poor. If you marry him, you will win the lottery. Besides, Qin Xiaotong's family is rich, but he is a college student, but he is relying on a rich old man , start a company by yourself, and the business is just average. Bah, he doesn't like you, and I don't like him. I hate nouveau riche the most in my life. Women in the world, be virtuous! You learn a lot from a pit. Rainbow, tell me, where did we go wrong on this blind date? What did you fail to do well? What lessons do we have to learn?"

Everything is difficult to reflect on.As long as Rainbow doesn’t make a deal, when I go home, I have to reflect on every detail of the blind date process with my mother: Is it because I don’t wear the right clothes, is it too reserved, is it too casual, or does not regard the village chief as a cadre; is it a negligence in etiquette? Is it too careless, or is it careless; is it too eager, or too cowardly.

Rainbow thought about it carefully, and said firmly: "No, absolutely not, I am definitely a lady!"

"I told you, don't talk about Fukang with others, didn't you talk about it?"

Rainbow wanted to laugh.Once on a blind date, she talked a lot about Foucault to that boy, scaring him away abruptly.She was scared away and went back to Mingzhu to file a complaint, saying that she was fake and noble and dropped her book bag.Mingzhu couldn't remember "Foucault", but remembered "Fukang".

"No. He said that he didn't plan to ask for his parents' money. If his father gave him the house, he asked for notarization of pre-marital property, or our family paid a symbolic one-third of the house price to his family. I have a calculation , 60/[-] would cost [-], how can we afford it? Just tell him 'pull it down'."

Actually, about the house, that Qin Xiaotong just hinted at it.But when we talked about this for the first time, Rainbow was still very annoyed.Later, when Qin Xiaotong called, she also ignored it.If it wasn't for Aunt Chen's face, she would have scolded her.It's not appropriate to say this, why bother to poke people's heartache?But once Rainbow Mama starts talking, there is really only this way to stop it.

Li Mingzhu shut up as expected.Rainbow hurried to the kitchen to wash the vegetables.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingzhu followed in again, and grabbed the vegetable bowl: "Let me wash it. Your delicate skin and tender hands must not be damaged by washing, and you will keep them for marriage in the future. Go back to the house and rest." .Today, Mom made you stewed bone soup and spicy beef. After frying the bean sprouts, you will have dinner."

Caihong was going back to the living room when she was grabbed by her mother again and asked, "By the way, that kid surnamed Qin, how did you read the menu when ordering?"

Rainbow froze for a moment: "How do you read the menu?"

"Does he look at the left side of the menu, or the right?"

Rainbow thought for a while and said, "Of course it's the right side. The right side is the price."

"Nouveau riche! Rich people only look to the left and not to the right. You little brat, you know nothing!"

02
From her mother, Rainbow deeply understands the stipulations of a person's past for herself.This "past" has gradually become the shadow of the future in the continuous polishing, enrichment and imagination of mother Li Mingzhu.Caihong feels that one of the most important tasks in this life is to try her best to help her mother go back to the past and find her lost childhood.

The Rainbow who came home is the descendant of the combination of the bourgeoisie and the peasantry, living in the big board houses of the proletariat.She was a little confused about her own class nature.What is certain is that she grew up in a working-class neighborhood and rode a proletarian bus every day to a utopian campus with mixed class composition.There, undergraduates with little experience in the world believe that the world is a good place.As a teacher, she told them that society is fair and people are kind. As long as you keep working hard, there will be bread and milk.Then the students graduated and plunged into the world of mortals with a pure heart.

Fortunately, Rainbow returned to school in time.The midday sun, the lush years, the sound of reading books and the vibrant playground always remind her that she will not die if she stays here.Because there are no four seasons in life on campus, there is only one season on campus, and that is youth that never fades.

At noon the next day, she went to the Faculty of Arts with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm with this belief. Like all young people who had just started work, she was still childish, jumping up and down the stairs, like the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning.At this moment, she met the middle-aged professor Fang Zhiqun who was chasing up from behind.

Then, she was slapped on the buttocks.

Rainbow stood still in shock.

"Xiao He, are you coming to today's regular meeting?" Fang Zhiqun looked at her with a half-smile, his eyes extended to her chest, and he smiled meaningfully.

Rainbow is wearing a rather special bra today.Of course, she didn't ask for it, but her mother bought it for her.Li Mingzhu has always thought that her daughter's breasts are not firm enough, so she bought this expensive "cohesion-enhancing" stereotyped bra for her. The trademark also says that it can prevent breast sagging, breast relaxation, breast hyperplasia, fibrocyst and many other effects. After putting it on, the body shape really has an astonishing change.Rainbow doesn't care too much, a bra is just a piece of clothing.He didn't expect that the clothes would have such a strong visual impact on someone like Fang Zhiqun.

Rainbow lowered his head and sneered. Fang Zhiqun realized something during the sneer, and quickly passed her, turned a corner, and entered the meeting room.

When I was in graduate school, Rainbow was once "photographed" by Professor Fang.At that time, she was studying his "History of Western Aesthetics", and she dared not speak out because of the annual All-Award Scholarship.Now that she is a colleague with him, the road is long and long, she can no longer search up and down like this, she must take action.Having made up his mind, he went to the women's restroom and called his mentor Guan Ye from the window.

After briefly explaining the incident, there was a few seconds of silence on the other end, and Guan Ye's elegant alto voice came: "Rainbow, go to the department chair right away. Tell her that you have been sexually harassed by this person, and ask the department to deal with it strictly, expel him or transfer him away." .Otherwise, you have to report it to the school leaders, and at the same time do not rule out the possibility of resorting to the law. Remember, you must have a strong temper and a firm tone, but don't cry."

Rainbow hesitated a little: "Is this a little serious? ... There is no evidence, what if he denies it?"

"Ask for the best in everything. If you ask for the best, you will get the best. Even if you do this, at most the director will talk to him and let him pay attention in the future. Fang Zhiqun will definitely refuse to admit it. But if you don't make trouble like this, you can't even talk. Not at all. Old man Pang has been so busy with his job title this month that he has no time to talk to you."

Rainbow was deeply convinced, and Guan Ye added another sentence before hanging up the phone: "Remember, you have just started working, so you must seize the opportunity to educate your leader. First, let him understand what your bottom line is; second, let him know that you will be angry; The third is to let him have the following psychological hints when he hears your name in the future-you must give everything that should be given to you, otherwise there will be countless troubles."

It's all a truth bought with blood and tears, who would explain it to you if it wasn't your confidant?

Rainbow nodded again and again, and said, "Understood."

Coming out of the toilet, Rainbow went straight to the dean's office on the fifth floor.Director Pang Tianshun is an old man with a pleasant smile. He has lost his hair prematurely. He has been accustomed to wearing a fake wig for many years.When I was an undergraduate, Rainbow could always catch a glimpse of him sitting in an office full of thread-bound books in the corridor of the building, took off the wig and put it on the table, and combed it carefully with a horn comb.

As a professor of philology and an expert on oracle bone inscriptions, Pang Tianshun's rapid development in the academic world is because he has verified several characters in oracle bone inscriptions.Don't underestimate it. When the oracle bone inscriptions were first unearthed, those simple and rich Chinese characters had already been verified by the older generation of experts.The Da Vinci Code is nothing compared to it.For a long time, the leaders of the Faculty of Liberal Arts of F University have been served by this kind of profound textual research experts, who are rooted in Chinese studies, treat people with courtesy, and stay away from party disputes.Caihong angrily knocked on the door of the director's office, reported Fang Zhiqun's misbehavior to him in the name of a young female teacher, and asked the department leaders to clean up such "academic hooligans" thoroughly. Make a formal apology and transfer him out of the hospital, otherwise she will report to the school leadership or to the police station.She even hinted that she has a relative who is a lawyer and can fight the case for her free of charge.

After talking for more than half an hour, Professor Pang kept drinking tea without saying a word. After a while, seeing her calm down, Fang slowly opened his mouth: "Xiao He, there is no evidence for sexual harassment, so it's hard to say. Maybe you will be bitten back by someone, and the description will become darker and darker. It doesn't matter if Fang Zhiqun's reputation is damaged, and your reputation is also tarnished. I think this is at best an administrative security incident."

Older gingers are more spicy.Rainbow suddenly became dumb, and before she recovered, Professor Pang dismissed her with a single sentence: "Well, I'll talk to Teacher Fang and ask him to pay attention. If there is another offense, it must be dealt with seriously. , what do you think? Well, I have a meeting soon, and I'm already late..."

Just like that, Rainbow came out disheartened, ran to the tea room on the first floor in frustration and poured a cup of boiling water, stood there angrily trying to figure out what to do, when the phone rang suddenly, and looking at the number, it was Guan Ye.

"Rainbow, are you done with your work?"

"As you said, Director Pang said he would talk to Fang Zhiqun."

"Okay, this counts as you winning. Come and save me!"

"What happened?"

"That Chen Weiping is here again, right at the door of my office."

"I'll go right away. Teacher Guan, please avoid it for a while and don't go back to the office."

Chen Weiping is here.

Rainbow gasped, put down his water glass and ran to the third floor, and sure enough, he saw Chen Weiping holding a bunch of roses at the door of Guan Ye's office.

Ever since He Xiaogang, a fanatical admirer of Professor Guan Ye and a Ph.Since then, the number of students taking her class has grown exponentially.This Chen Weiping is He Xiaogang's senior, another fanatical admirer of Guan Ye, and he is He Caihong's senior in terms of seniority.Chen Weiping started his long-distance love race when he was a Ph.D. student. After being rejected, he became discouraged and withdrew from the battlefield, passing the torch to his junior brother He Xiaogang.He Xiaogang's death rekindled his anger. He thought that after the setback, Guan Ye would soften his heart and relax his vigilance, but Guan Ye never gave him a chance.After graduating, he abandoned his studies and went into business, and became successful in the real estate industry.It stands to reason that with his income, there must be many beauties around him.Unexpectedly, this person just persisted in his infatuation, clinging to Guan Ye hard, looking for every opportunity to get close to Guan Ye.

He Caihong is very familiar with He Xiaogang, but only a few times with Chen Weiping.The only impression I have is that both of them are handsome and beautiful, and they were both talented students in the Chinese Department back then.Senior Brother He is cold and melancholy, loose like a poet; Senior Brother Chen is generous and full of spirit, and is famous for his passion.

Even back then, Caihong knew that although these two senior brothers were super-spirited and handsome, they could be seen from a distance but not played with.

According to her mother Li Mingzhu's words, liberal arts men are full of emotions and change their minds, so they should never be messed with!

So, Rainbow straightened her body and greeted from afar: "Hello, senior brother!"

Chen Weiping, who was dressed in a formal suit, squinted at her, his eyes full of defense: "Rainbow, are you here to stand in for Teacher Guan again?"

"Brother, this is an important place for the office, can we talk about it in another place?" Caihong put down his schoolbag and said haha, "Teacher Guan is not in the office today."

"She finishes class at twelve o'clock. After class, she will definitely come to the office for lunch." Chen Weiping looked at his leather shoes and said calmly, "I'll wait for her here."

"Brother, let me say something, you have already entered the society, the eldest is not young, you should understand that Mrs. Guan is 45 years old this year, and she is ten years older than you. Which play are you acting in? Tell me, girl The junior is holding a gold brick, and this female junior is seventeen, what else can she hold?"

"Who said that a man must be older than a woman to marry? Why can't it be reversed? Why can't I, a handsome 28-year-old boy, marry a 45-year-old woman who still has charm?"

"It's like this..." Rainbow whispered, "Mr. Guan has passed the age of childbearing, and the uterus has been abandoned for many years—"

"Joke! Do I marry a woman for her womb? Is the purpose of love to reproduce? My love is the purest love! The purest love does not point to marriage and does not consider the next generation. I want nothing but love Rainbow, thanks to the fact that you are still Teacher Guan’s student, you are full of patriarchal dregs! You have violated your beliefs, and you are not a firm feminist.”

"Brother, have you said this? You said, you gave the teacher a bouquet of roses. What is this? Bourgeoisie! Vulgar! Do you think roses symbolize love? A bouquet of roses can impress the famous Foucault expert Guan Ye." Professor? Let me tell you, to her, the rose is nothing but a symbol, an empty signifier. You call this romantic, don’t shame our Chinese students, okay? You can do something that can withstand analysis Can your trick work? Your expressive ability is richer and more creative, okay? He Xiaogang can write a few poems anyway, what do you give? A bouquet of roses? Bah!"

"This is not an ordinary rose, this kind of rose costs hundreds of dollars!"

"I know they are expensive, and they match your temperament perfectly. You are a businessman full of money."

"Ha!" Chen Weiping sneered, "How many money-smelling businessmen would pursue a woman who is 17 years older than me? He Caihong, I know you are eloquent, but it is my freedom to pursue who is my freedom. Don't stand in here and make trouble for me."

"I didn't cause trouble. Your behavior is completely embarrassing Teacher Guan. Do you have to make such a big fuss so that everyone knows? Don't you think Teacher Guan has enough troubles? Even if you love to death and the sky is dark, you can't think Is it a tactful gesture?"

"Is there a way? Can you think of something for me? She doesn't answer the phone calls, she ignores the emails, and turns away when we meet—what do you want me to do?"

"Don't you know what she means? Don't you understand her attitude? Chen Weiping, your doctorate is full of lard, or something? The sea of ​​learning has no boundaries, and the sea has washed away your knowledge. Yes? You were not like this before. Teacher Guan believed in celibacy, and she would never marry in her life. If she wanted to marry, would she not have married when she was young? Is it your turn? After all, yes Is your patriarchal thinking serious or mine? A big misunderstanding of patriarchal theory is that women must marry, and a woman can only be a woman in the true sense if she belongs to a certain man. From the point that you must marry her Say, you don’t understand her, and you don’t respect her! Chen Weiping, hurry up before the department’s regular meeting ends, and don’t let all the teachers see you—”

Before the words fell, Rainbow heard a "bang", and his face blossomed.Before he could figure out what happened, his eyes went dark, and countless little stars flashed above his head.She yelled "Oh", took half a step back, and sat down on the ground, her mouth was salty, and it seemed that blood was coming out.At this time, a white shadow rushed over from nowhere, and that white shadow pushed Chen Weiping violently, pushing him into the elevator.She heard a cold voice shouting to Chen Weiping in the elevator: "Sir, I suggest you not to be impulsive. The security guards are waiting for you on the first floor."

With a ding, the elevator door closed.

It was only then that Rainbow regained consciousness. Half of his face was swollen, his teeth were loose, his nose was knocked crooked, and his nose was bleeding all over.She was anxious and angry, she got up from the ground and was about to press the elevator, but someone stopped her and said in a low voice: "Don't chase. Since you don't want to cause trouble for Teacher Guan, you can come to my office first Sit down."

She raised her head and saw that it was Ji Huang, she didn't make a sound, covered her face and followed him to the office.As I walked, I thought, why am I so unlucky today, being harassed in the morning and violent at noon, how can I live this day.

Ji Huang's office is not very big, but it is very comfortable. In addition to the desk, bookshelves and chairs, there is actually a half-new and not old three-seater sofa.But the office was empty.There were no books on the shelves, a stack of papers and an old-fashioned telephone on the desk, no extra electrical appliances, and no computers or laptops.

He asked her to sit on the sofa, then stood in front of her, pinched his chin, and said, "It seems that the injury is not serious, do you want me to take you to see a doctor?"

For some reason, Rainbow always felt a hint of sarcasm in his tone.He leaned over slightly, his voice was very soft, slightly comforting, as if he was talking to a little girl who was crying.

The more this happened, the more she had to pretend to be indifferent: "No, I'm fine. Is there a tissue? I need to wipe my face."

He went out and wrung out a wet towel and handed it to her. She wiped off the blood in front of the small mirror, and found that her left cheek was already bruised, her entire cheek was hot, and even her gums ached.Ji Huang walked to the window and sat down, looked at her across the table, after half a minute, suddenly remembered something, went to the corridor, came back and handed her a sealed bag with ice cubes: "Apply it, it will be gone soon." It will reduce the swelling."

Rainbow wrapped it in a towel and stuck it on her cheek.

She secretly thought, how embarrassed and embarrassed she looks, if she leaves the school at lunch, when the campus is the most crowded, she will definitely be surrounded by crowds.

He seemed to have noticed her thoughts and said, "You can take a rest here and leave when you feel better. I have classes in the afternoon and I will leave in an hour. I won't disturb you."

"Then you - don't you need to prepare lessons?"

"I'm preparing for class."

"You don't need books or computers to prepare lessons?"

"Need not."

Rainbow asked curiously: "Then how do you prepare?"

"Facing the wall, staring at the wall in a daze."

"Then prepare your lessons quickly, I won't talk."

He nodded, leaned back in the armchair, stared at the wall, and began to stare blankly for a long time.

She sat silently on the sofa and watched him, and found that his silhouette was very beautiful.The bridge of his nose is unusually straight, his eye sockets are slightly deep, and there are two faint shadows.He doesn't look very muscular, at least not someone with muscular chest like Chen Weiping.On the contrary, his shoulders are a bit narrow, and his chest is not very broad. Viewed from the side, he is thin and slender, even a little depressed.

He rarely smiled, and it seemed true.Rainbow watched secretly for three or ten minutes through the slits of her sleepy eyes, and suddenly realized that this was the first time in her life that she sat with a young man without saying a word, for a long time and tirelessly.Then, she finally couldn't fight against the drowsiness that was coming, and fell asleep on the sofa.

She didn't know how long it had passed in a daze, and she heard someone whispering outside the door.

"She's been sleeping for a long time...she hasn't woken up yet."

"Miss Ji, I can't wait any longer, can I ask you to take her home?"

"no problem."

That was Guan Ye's voice.She struggled to open her eyes, and it took several minutes before she was fully awake.

When she woke up, Guan Ye had already left.

"I'm sorry, did I sleep for a long time?" She said to Ji Huang apologetically.

"It's okay, I just finished class."

So that's two hours.She smiled.

He was still sitting on the chair opposite, and said calmly, "You didn't cry after being punched so hard."

"I never cry," Rainbow said, "just like you never smile."

He squinted his eyes and looked at her, a little confused: "Teacher Guan said that your literary theory was the highest score in the history of the whole department back then. It took a lot of persuasion for her to persuade you not to do theory, but to follow her to do novels. "

"I like fiction, too. Fiction and theory don't contradict each other."

He pondered the words and agreed.

"That person just now is your senior brother?"

"He's pretty poor, I don't blame him. I almost wanted to tell him my phone number. Teacher Ji, you are not familiar with this city. This city is full of cunning people, vulnerable men like him really Not much, if I were Teacher Guan, I might be a little tempted."

"Vulnerable man?" His brows were raised.

"Has anyone ever told you that women are particularly attracted to this type of man?"

He took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "No."

Rainbow looked at her hands: "So, Teacher Guan told you a lot about me?"

"...We've been outside waiting for you to wake up."

Rainbow said reluctantly: "But, I don't know anything about you, is that fair?"

"It's not fair," he said helplessly.

Then he took out a piece of paper from a pile of documents on the table: "Will this make you feel fair?"

She took a look and couldn't help smiling.

That's his resume.

03
"It turns out that Teacher Ji and Teacher Guan are alumni." Sitting in a taxi and looking at this gentleman's hot resume, Rainbow felt a little ashamed.Originally, she thought that she was good enough, at least among the brothers and sisters of the same school, she had always been favored by the teacher alone, otherwise this precious place to stay in school would not have fallen into her hands.However, the various legendary scholarships and long list of published papers on Ji Huang's resume still made her feel that there are mountains beyond mountains.

Ji Huang and Guan Ye both graduated from S University, the most powerful liberal arts since the founding of New China. It is a century-old school with profound tradition. The Faculty of Liberal Arts of F University ranks second in the country, and in recent years, it has become a trend of rivalry.

"To be specific, I should be Teacher Guan's younger brother." Ji Huang said, "Although she had graduated for many years when I entered the school, I met her in Beijing when my mentor's [-]th birthday was last year."

Rainbow widened her eyes and said, "Are you also Su Shaobai's student?"

Although the lines are separated like mountains, who doesn't know Su Shaobai who is engaged in literary theory? The treasure of the Chinese Department of S University, the authority of the literary theory circle.When He Caihong took the postgraduate entrance examination, he also carefully read a monograph on his narratology.However, I heard that this person has a straightforward personality, aloof temper, and is picky about students to the point of faultfinding, so he is not very popular.Ph.D supervisors who were about the same age as him were able to lead Ph.D.s until they retired, and no matter how bad they were, they also took care of more than [-] students.So far, only three doctoral students have graduated from Su Shaobai.Those who did not graduate, changed careers, and dropped out of school, all hated him.

"Correct."

"So...you are the...the third one in the legend?"

He nodded.

"I heard that Su Shaobai is a celibate?"

"Correct."

"What about you? Are you too?"

He thought about it and said, "No."

"I heard that Mr. Su is usually unsmiling, but at his student's graduation ceremony, he would grin and take pictures with him?"

He turned his face quietly, stared at her for a second, and shook his head: "Is there such a thing? I don't remember much... I haven't noticed it."

The tone of these words made Rainbow feel that he was in a trance, after all, it was impossible for him to attend the graduation ceremony of Su Shaobai's other two students.Not wanting to be silent, Rainbow asked again: "So, did you laugh on the day of the graduation ceremony?"

The answer this time is in the affirmative: "No."

"Why? You're not happy to graduate?"

"You must laugh when you are happy?"

"If you don't smile, who knows whether you are happy or not?"

He turned his head to look at her, and said slowly, "I don't need others to know whether I'm happy or not."

"Ms. Ji, there's a popular word now called 'pretending to be cool'." She couldn't help laughing for a long time, but seeing that Ji Huang wasn't smiling at all, she had to look down at her feet.

At this moment, her cell phone rang suddenly, Rainbow looked at the caller ID, and answered, "Hi, Dong Lin."

"I'm fine."

"I'm...at school. I have a regular meeting today."

"Oh, don't come to pick me up! After the regular meeting, there are teachers in the department who invite you to dinner. You know, I'm a newcomer, so I don't dare not go, and I'll be home very late."

"What time? I don't know what time it is. It's said that we have to play cards after dinner, but it doesn't matter if we play all night."

"Don't worry, my colleague has a car, and I will help you if it is late."

"Tomorrow? Tomorrow... I'm not free. You know, I have to take a Ph.D. exam, and I enrolled in an English review class tonight."

"No no, my English is not good, really not good. How can CET-[-] be enough?"

"Well, I'll call you when I'm free, okay? Goodbye."

Rainbow hung up the phone, wiped his sweat involuntarily, and looked back at Ji Huang, his face was expressionless.

She shrugged: "It's a friend of mine. I don't want him to see me like this."

"Mr. He, there is a popular word now called 'pretending to be cool'."

She raised her face and frowned: "Hey, don't make fun of me!"

"Oh?"

"Don't forget that you are my elder in terms of seniority."

"is it?"

"You are Guan Ye's younger brother, and I am Guan Ye's student. Therefore, you are my uncle."

Ji Huang opened his mouth and closed it again.

The road conditions under the overpass are complicated, and the taxi can only park on the opposite side of the road, but Ji Huang insists on sending Rainbow across the street.

"Oh, Teacher Ji, I really don't need to send it away. My house is just opposite. Look at the iron gate. There is a big hole in the middle of the iron bar. This is the back door. Cars are not allowed in. It turns out that even people are not allowed in. It is really too much." It’s inconvenient to make it like this. I drive here every day, it’s fine, thank you for taking the trouble to see me off.”

"Look at the lights, only give way to the green light before crossing the road."

"I never look at the lights when I cross the street."

"Why? Are you not afraid of death?"

"Did you know? The biggest constraint on people in this society is not patriarchy or dictatorship, but transportation. Reality, on the road; virtual, network. Believe me, this is the biggest constraint on human beings in modern society. bondage."

"So you don't look at the lights? Because... you want to get rid of this bondage?"

"By the way, I cross the street like a primitive animal, calculating the distance and speed of the car, and seeing that there is enough space, I walk over calmly. It has always been like this, and it has never been wrong. This is the way of a city man basic skills."

"I'm a countryman, no wonder I don't understand."

After saying this, Ji Huang grabbed her arm: "Mr. He, I will cross the road with you this time, can you accommodate my sense of security?"

He didn't let go until the green light came on.

Seeing his serious face, Rainbow couldn't help chuckling: "Mr. Ji, are you the eldest in the family?"

"how do you know?"

"The temperament is there."

"Then you must be an only child?"

"how do you know?"

"The temperament is also there."

"Scientific research has proved that the only child is either like the eldest or the youngest. Which temperament are you referring to?"

"The youngest."

"Me, me," she yelled across the sidewalk as she jumped over the zebra crossing, "what do I look like the youngest?"

She pointed to a beggar at the street corner and asked, "Uncle, do you think I look like the youngest?"

The beggar uncle rolled his eyes strangely: "Girl, if you give me two yuan, I will tell you."

Rainbow touched the purse and handed him two coins.

"No. You're like the boss."

"Hi, you're fooling me."

"Your boyfriend must agree with me."

Rainbow's face turned red immediately, and he explained, "He...he's not my boyfriend!"

"Why not? You treat me as an old beggar who is blind! As an experienced beggar, I have seen countless people, do you understand?"

Ji Huang knelt down, handed him five yuan, and asked kindly: "Uncle, the harvest in the village is not good?"

"Oh, my god, I said young man, do you think I'm from the countryside? I'm from the city, see?" He stretched out one foot, "I'm wearing leather shoes!"

"Winter is coming, do you have a place to go?"

"Big cities, there are so many places to hide! Railway stations, long-distance bus stations, subways, it's impossible to pretend to be unconscious and go to the hospital... To tell you the truth, a big city is a paradise for beggars."

"Uncle, you've been here for a long time, is there really a gang of beggars?" Rainbow asked.

"No. I'm afraid of the city management of the pot gang and the beggar gang. Now they pay some management fees in private, and they don't come to find trouble."

"Uncle, it seems that you are in good health. This city is so big, maybe you can find a job." Ji Huang said seriously.

"Okay? What is it? I have cancer, lung cancer, terminal stage."

Both of them were taken aback. After a while, Rainbow came back to his senses and said, "That's not right, didn't you say you have liver cancer last time?"

"You heard me wrong. The one with liver cancer is my wife, who is already dead."

"Didn't you say that it was your son who died last time?"

"My son is dead too. I'm a lonely old man!"

"Uncle, you can make it up with courage, and don't be afraid of taboos. Who is that aunt wearing a pair of Adidas who brought you lunch at noon?"

The beggar was stunned, unable to answer for a moment, rolled his eyes, and waved his hands: "Come on, come on, you two, let's go, don't delay my business."

Ji Huang stood up and smiled: "Uncle, take care, I wish you a happy day."

Rainbow looked at his face, and his heart beat wildly for a moment.

It can't be true!Ji Huang actually laughed!He actually smiled sincerely not at her—the beautiful assistant teacher of the Chinese Department—but at a beggar with knotted hair, yellow teeth, pockmarked face, and a bad smell!

Is it worth it, Ji Huang?You don't even look at me more than once, is it worth saving the most beautiful smile for this beggar?

She suddenly realized why this man seldom smiled. A man like him must never laugh often.Ji Huang, oh Ji Huang, Rainbow can't help screaming in his heart, your smile is so fucking amazing!

"I can't see that Mr. Ji is so interested in beggars in the city." She sighed when parting.

"Everyone in this world tells their own story every day." He stood leisurely by the big iron gate, "You are no exception, aren't you?"

"That's so profound, Teacher Ji." She pursed her lips and sneered, her eyes shining.

"Mr. Guan has stories about teachers, Chen Weiping has Chen Weiping's stories, and you have your own stories." He said, "The only thing we can do is try not to hinder other people's storytelling, and don't force our own stories on others. "

"What?" Rainbow jumped up angrily, "Do you think I'm meddling?"

"Your dissertation was about structural analysis, right?"

"So what?"

"That's the fault of structuralists."

"What about you? What is your doctrine?"

"Deconstruction."

"Then I'll tell you what's wrong with a deconstructionist!"

"All ears."

"You were born in a world full of structures, but you fantasized about overturning everything and starting over again." She said through gritted teeth, "We study structures, and at least we know where there are loopholes to exploit. What about you? You are a desperate generation."

He said lightly: "Mr. He, it's not as difficult as you imagined to start over."

For the next two weeks, Rainbow called in sick.For the first week, her face was swollen badly, blue and purple, and she was embarrassed to see people.After the injury on her face healed, she caught a rare severe cold and almost became pneumonia, and she had to be given a needle in the hospital for three days.During this period, she was supposed to correct her homework twice, but Guan Ye called to say that she had finished correcting them all.Rainbow returns to the department just in time for the busy midterm exam.There is not enough manpower, the head of the department asked her to help Ji Huang correct the papers by name, saying that Teacher Ji taught major undergraduate courses when he first came, and also taught postgraduate courses. He was too tired and hoped that she could help.

That's a paper for 120 students!There are noun explanations, questions and answers, and two small papers, all of which require comments. The time is really tight and the task is heavy.Rainbow changed for a full eight days, and the change was called one vomiting blood, and another called a dim sky and black eyes.When she packed the corrected papers into two big bags and carried them to Ji Huang's classroom, Ji Huang only said "thank you" lightly, as if it was her job.Rainbow really wanted to chop him with a knife.Teacher Ji, don't bring someone as stupid as you!
She delivered the paper, turned around and left without saying a word, Ji Huang suddenly said: "Mr. He, can you come to the class when class is over?"

It's work, you still have to show it!Although Rainbow has been used to be a giant baby by Li Mingzhu since she was a child, let alone the princess's temper, she still knows the difference between family and family. She is a novice in the world, and she doesn't have such a good resume with the surname Ji. No matter how much she hates him, she dare not be casual. Say "No".At the moment, I just asked in a business-like manner: "Come here? Why?"

"I'll hand out the papers right away. I'm afraid that the students won't understand or have questions about what you changed. It's better for you to explain it yourself after class."

This reason is okay.What's more, Teacher Ji spoke kindly.

"That... okay." Rainbow stared at a pair of dark circles, pretending to hesitate, at least let him realize that she is not so easy to talk to.

"I'm too lazy to run again after class, why don't I just sit in the classroom and wait."

"That's fine too, if you want."

She sat in the last row of the amphitheater, did not listen to a word for the whole class, just dozed off at the desk, and fell asleep completely for 10 minutes.

When class was about to end, she woke up suddenly, and sure enough, there were three students lining up to find her.

The first two were quickly dismissed.The last one was a small boy in a Nike tracksuit and looked very smart.He took out his paper, pointed to one of the questions and said, "Teacher, I have answered all the key points of this question. The full score is [-] points. Why did you only give me [-] points?"

She took the test paper and looked at it, and explained: "The main points are all there, but your analysis is not enough, and the examples are not comprehensive enough. You can only give ten points for this kind of answer."

"But my friend also took this course, and his answers and analysis are similar to mine, but you gave him [-] points. It's very unfair." It was obvious that Rainbow was a novice, and his tone suddenly changed. Aggressive, "Teacher, I was a perfect student last school year, and I won the highest scholarship in the department. I put a lot of effort into this course, and reviewed it carefully and comprehensively. I think you should give me an eight."

It's so strong that it's really a teacher's nightmare.

Rainbow was also unambiguous, and responded sharply: "This classmate, you have nothing to prove. You said that I gave him [-] points, so let me read the paper."

Sure enough, he came prepared, the man took out another paper from his purse: "It's here."

She read it carefully, and the man's answer was indeed similar to the student's, with a little more analysis, but it wasn't worth giving eighteen points, it was about fifteen points.She didn't know why she gave two similar answers such a disparity in scores, maybe it was because she got upset at the end of the change, so she couldn't help but act a little harshly.

"Well, I'll give you two points." She took out a red pen.

Unexpectedly, the man snatched the paper and said calmly, "That's not the case, teacher. Since my answer is the same as his, I think you should give me [-] points!"

How greedy.She thought about it with a big head, and didn't know what to do, so she could only laugh: "Well...it's okay to change the score, but it needs to be approved by the teacher. Wait a minute, I'll ask Teacher Ji."

She walked quickly to the podium and gave Ji Huang a brief introduction.

"Well," he picked up the papers of the two of them, glanced at them, and said to the student, "Student Luo Xiaoxiong, please come here."

Seeing that [-]% of the students would give extra points, the student smiled obsequiously: "Teacher Ji!"

"This classmate Zheng Jiandu is really nice. He generously lent you his paper."

"Yes, he's a good friend of mine."

"Could you call him over, please?"

A tall boy came slowly over there, step by step, looking like a rock and roll youth.

He Caihong knew him. He took the class of contemporary literature, but never attended the class, and his grades were said to be poor.

"Zheng Jiandu, Luo Xiaoxiong said that the score for this question is unfair. Did you lend him this paper for reference?"

"Yes. He wanted to see it, so I showed it to him."

After a moment of silence, Ji Huang said: "I read your answers carefully, and they are indeed about the same, only enough to give 62 points." He took out a red pen and changed Zheng Jiandu's total score, subtracting [-] points.However, that Zheng Jiandu's answers to other questions were a mess. He had only scored [-] points, but suddenly he failed.

Instead, Ji Huang threw the red pen on the table: "Mr. He, please revise the record. Two students, do you have any other questions?"

"No... no more."

Rainbow was dumbfounded, and the two boys were also dumbfounded. They returned to their seats sullenly, and there was a loud quarrel immediately.

"Hey, Teacher Ji," Rainbow protested in a low voice, "Isn't this move too damaging?"

"No loss," Ji Huang said coldly, "I have to tell him what will happen if he betrays his friend."

(End of this chapter)