Social temperature

It was Fang Zhaomu's first time playing a dating app, and he felt a little nervous.But he didn't have any friends at school to talk to, so he was really lonely.

He is still not very familiar with the operation of the software. After completing the registration, selecting a few preferences, the system randomly matched them, and ignoring a few people he was not interested in, a man named Andrew appeared.

Andrew is 29 years old. He is a mechanical engineer of Chinese origin. Like Fang Zhaomu, he does not show his face in the photo. He is wearing a shirt with only two or three buttons on the bottom, showing his eight-pack abs.Fang Zhaomu didn't like this kind of photos showing off his figure that much, but he just thought that the other party was an engineer eight years older than him, so he felt a little bit of a feeling, so he chose to pair, and then hugged the phone stupidly, waiting for the other party's consent.

This year, he switched to T school, and he suffered a lot of different kinds of hardships.

When he first came, everything was normal, but gradually, Fang Zhaomu found that the Chinese in the laboratory were not willing to talk to him. Although the white people in the same project team as him were very enthusiastic, they couldn’t talk too much. Domestic friends are separated by jet lag, and it is even more difficult to quench their thirst in distant waters.

Fang Zhaomu used to be very afraid of being alone, and liked to call out friends. He had never lived such a quiet life—it was fine to be silent, and it made him terrified. Even when he woke up every morning, he began to be afraid of going out of the room. that moment.

No one told him clearly, but Fang Zhaomu could feel that he was isolated because of Song Yuanxun, and Fang Zhaomu had no clue as to the specific reason why Song Yuanxun didn't like him.

He only knew that everyone was going around Song Yuanxun, but Song Yuanxun didn't like him, so everyone started to ignore him intentionally or unintentionally.

The cold violence of adults will make people fearful. Fang Zhaomu started a countdown on his mobile phone to return home, looking forward to the end of the exchange every day, just like he was looking forward to the beginning of the exchange life when he was at HKUST.

Fang Zhaomu has been downloading this software for a while, and he has been so heartless that he didn't even dare to register. This day, he got angry during the day and was so angry that he had nowhere to vent, so he finally mustered up the courage to relieve the pressure.

He sent two messages to Andrew and stared at the chat interface on the screen in a daze.When No. 20 searched in his memory whether he and Song Yuanxun had any unpleasant past before and after entering the laboratory, Andrew replied to his message.

"say what?"

The three words and a period shocked Fang Zhaomu so much that he almost forgot how long he hadn't spoken Chinese with people in the evening in City C.

Fang Zhaomu reached out and pressed the voice button, and asked Andrew, "Where are you?"

He exited the interface and took a look, then said to Andrew: "I read that the software said that we are only three kilometers away, so we will meet soon."

After a while, Andrew replied to Fang Zhaomu: "Meet?"

Fang Zhaomu froze for a moment, and Andrew sent the third message: "Where are you?"

Fang Zhaomu thought for a while, told Andrew "I live near T school", and tried to ask him out again: "Is this the first time you use this software? When are you free, we can come out for a drink."

Andrew was slow to reply to the message. Fang Zhaomu put down his phone and read a few pages of the book before Andrew's reply came: "Are you in such a hurry?"

Fang Zhaomu felt that Andrew was a bit strange, so he switched to typing and asked him, "Isn't this what you use this software for?"

This time, Andrew replied quickly, but asked again: "Which one?"

Fang Zhaomu looked at the screen for a few seconds, lost interest in answering, put aside the chat with Andrew, and went to look at other people's profiles.

Not long after, Andrew sent another message and asked Fang Zhaomu, "Do you often play this software?"

Fang Zhaomu wandered around and didn't see anyone else, so he switched back to chatting with Andrew, and told him truthfully: "It's my first time playing too, and you are the first person I've successfully paired with."

"Why pair me?" Andrew asked him.

Online communication reduces the realism of communication. Andrew didn't send voice to Fang Zhaomu, and typed coldly. Fang Zhaomu felt as if he was chatting with a robot, and couldn't help but want to tease the other party.Fang Zhaomu followed the voice and said to Andrew: "I think engineers are very sexy. I like those who are a little older than me."

After a long time, Andrew didn't reply to him, so Fang Zhaomu asked him, "Aren't you shy?"

"No." Andrew replied immediately.

Fang Zhaomu found Andrew's reaction extremely amusing. He hadn't been this happy for a long time, so he continued to say to Andrew, "I don't believe it."

Before Andrew could reply, Fang Zhaomu asked him again: "Why do you play this software? Is it because you are too shy to find a boyfriend in real life?"

"No." Andrew repeated.

"I think so," Fang Zhaomu teased him, "You don't even dare to speak to me."

After half a minute, the other party finally sent a two-second voice over.

Fang Zhaomu turned to listen, and a very low and cold male voice said, "No."

The moment he first heard it, Fang Zhaomu felt in a trance as if he had heard this voice somewhere before, and then he was amused by the other party's serious denial.He listened to it several times before sending a message to laugh at the other party: "Andrew, you are so stupid."

Andrew ignored him, Fang Zhaomu said again: "But has anyone ever praised you for having a good voice?"

"Your engineering colleague will definitely not praise you," Fang Zhaomu said after teasing the other party addictedly, "Then I will praise you, Andrew, you have a beautiful voice—and you have beautiful muscles."