Contention

In September, the weather is still hot and dry.

When Lu Yuexi came back from the regular meeting, Assistant Wen went to pour her coffee.The computer displayed the standby screen saver, which happened to be a sea view.

Under the black sea cliff is the deep blue sea. The visual impact of cool colors makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Press the esc key to switch to the desktop and prepare for work.Scanning the notification bar below, in the private account, Zou Feiniao just sent her a few messages.

Open it and see that the photo also shows the sea, sky, and beach.

Zou Feiniao said, "I went to the beach near the university today."

Then attached a few more photos.Although the words are few, it can be seen that the other party is in a good mood.

Lu Yuexi smiled.Although there are many things, the two will contact each other every day.Zou Feiniao seldom talks and likes to post photos.

Every time she sends a picture, Lu Yuexi will save it to the local photo album, and in his spare time, he will slowly flip through one by one, zoom in for a closer look.

She is indeed a bit of a collector.

Although they talked every day, it was indeed difficult for Lu Yuexi to know how Zou Feiniao was doing there.According to the character of this child, she would report good news but not bad news, even if she was wronged and life would be inconvenient, she would not speak out.

As for tuition and living expenses, Zou Feiniao didn't even mention it.

Lu Yuexi secretly inquired about this with Aunt Fang, which meant that she had a deposit specially for her daughter's study, so it must be enough.

But what is enough?Lu Yuexi knew in her heart that if she wanted to live a better life abroad, she would have to burn money.

She didn't dare to "support" Zou Feiniao explicitly, and only secretly put two VISA cards in the interlayer of her suitcase during the days before his departure. The password was written on the back of the card.

Then these two VISA cards also inexplicably appeared in her wallet a few days ago.

Zou Feiniao should have discovered it before he left, and stuffed it back for her at some point.

Lu Yuexi was a little worried.Now she is only looking forward to the festival, so that she can have an excuse to send red envelopes to the other party.

For example, there is a special Valentine's Day on the 14th of every month, and she will send a red envelope to Zou Feiniao, and the amount should not be too large, lest the other party don't want it.

After a month, it is estimated that the study is on the right track.After all, graduate students are still much busy, and they have to do experiments and projects, so the frequency of contact between the two is also much less.

At the end of October, Lu Yuexi was going to Beijing for a business trip.When she got there, because the itinerary was relatively easy, she had time to think about it, and sent a text message to Yu Huai, asking if she was free to come out for a meal.

Sent a message in the morning and received a reply in the afternoon.

Yu Huai said: "Miss Lu invited me to drink tea last time, and I will also invite you to drink tea this time, okay?"

Lu Yuexi naturally agreed.

So we made an appointment, which was quite far from the hotel where she was staying.

Lu Yuexi asked Assistant Wen to step on it in advance, and picked out a gift by the way.She specifically asked, not to be expensive, but not to be arbitrary.

Yu Huai has a special status and is particular about receiving gifts.But it's not easy to meet empty-handed, just give a casual gift.

Picking and picking, Lu Yuexi wanted to get the pair of earrings that the other party was wearing, so he asked Assistant Wen to go to a nearby Wenwan store and buy a walnut woodcarved earring storage box.

Hollowed out auspicious cloud style, the inside is more delicate.

Arriving at the place, the teahouse has a large area, but it is not a traditional courtyard room. The partition walls and corridors are all made of light modern materials, decorated in gray, white and black. Next to the hollow moon-shaped stone curtain wall at the front desk, there is a Plastic welcome pine simulation tree.

Yu Huai stood beside this welcoming pine tree, and smiled at her: "Miss Lu."

Lu Yuexi personally handed over the gift, she just glanced at it calmly and said, "It's a waste."

"It's just a gadget, it's not a waste of money."

The gift was handed over to Yu Huai's followers and they kept it.

Walking along the corridor, you will feel that there is a hole in the sky, there are sofa seats everywhere, you can sit down and rest at any time, and the outer partition wall is in the shape of thick log vertical strips, which can be used to peek at the scenery outside.

In the middle of the hall, the dark black curved wooden spiral staircase is like a group of clouds rolling up, which is strange and beautiful.

Yu Huai said: "A cousin opened it, and it took a lot of thought. The designer alone changed three."

Lu Yuexi nodded.She added: "Wait a moment, he will come over to entertain us in person later."

Just as he was talking, he heard a "ding" sound from the elevator compartment not far from his left, and a young man wearing metal earrings came out of it.Undressed and trousers, hair cut very short.

Lu Yuexi felt that Yu Huai's cousin should be in his thirties according to his age, so he didn't think much about it, and just looked away casually.But Yu Huai smiled at this moment and called out: "Chengyun."

The young man came over as if strolling in the courtyard: "Sister Huai."

"This is my guest, surnamed Lu."

He raised his eyebrows: "Hello, Miss Lu."

Lu Yuexi nodded: "Hello."

The three got on the elevator, while Assistant Wen and Yu Huai's two attendants stayed in the lobby on the first floor to wait.

The private room for drinking tea is also decorated in a modern style. There is a redwood round table with a purple sand tea set and two plates of pastries. There are leather sofa chairs and green potted plants everywhere.There are art paintings hanging on one wall of the house, with different styles.

Lu Yuexi felt that these pictures seemed familiar, so he couldn't help but take a closer look.The young man opened his mouth at this moment: "Everyone sit down. Hey, Sister Huai, what I make today is your favorite Dahongpao, it's rare for you to come here once, and I'll show you my skills. "

Lu Yuexi had no choice but to look away, and sat down on the sofa calmly.

The young man brewed tea for them with great interest and swift movements.Maybe the northerners are not so particular about it, and a cup of tea was put in front of Lu Yuexi.

She lowered her eyes.The young man was wearing a string of Buddha beads, restrained and calm, but when he laughed, his brows and eyes were uncontrollably arrogant and cynical.

Lu Yuexi didn't have any purpose in meeting Yu Huai this time, it was just a simple visit.After chatting for a while, the two inevitably mentioned Zou Feiniao again.

"It's been a long time since I've contacted her." Yu Huai said with a faint smile, "Although she's abroad, she still worries about Luheng's affairs. It's just that it's going to be hard for me to be alone in a place as far away as New Zealand. But it doesn't matter. Way, there is research she likes to do there."

Lu Yuexi didn't know what to say, so he picked up his teacup and took a sip.Regarding Zou Feiniao, she always had a secret desire to keep it as a treasure. If others talked about this child too much, she would feel a little unhappy in her heart.

For some reason, Yu Huai looked out of the floor-to-ceiling window.Her pupils are very pale, and it is always easy to feel a sense of distance when looking from a distance.

"It's a good thing and a bad thing for a person to worry too much." She said thoughtfully, "But fortunately, she is still young, and although her strength is not enough, it can be accumulated slowly."

What she said was really meaningful. I don't know if she was talking about Zou Feiniao or something else.

Halfway through the conversation, a phone call came.Yu Huai said "Sorry", then went to the bathroom in the private room to answer the phone.

Lu Yuexi only heard a faint "good word".

She remembered that the name of the president of Lvheng was Qiu Jiayan.

Yu Huai's cousin had already left after making tea, so as not to disturb them.She was alone in the room at this time.

Lu Yuexi raised her head slightly, and her eyes lightly fell on the paintings hanging on the wall.

This phone call took a long time. It took nearly ten minutes before Yu Huai came out of the bathroom and said "Sorry" again.

Although she is a high-ranking person, she does not have the bureaucratic/bureaucratic style of those people Lu Yuexi usually deals with.Be humble, gentle, and courteous.

In all fairness, Lu Yuexi still liked dealing with her.

The two continued the topic just now, but Yu Huai already seemed a little absent-minded.Maybe that phone call just now was really important.

Lu Yue cherished the knowledge, looked at the time unintentionally, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, I should go back."

"I still want to treat you to dinner." Knowing that she was stepping down for him, Yu Huai didn't refuse much, but apologized slightly, "Next time you come to Beijing, I will definitely treat you to dinner again."

Before leaving the private room, Yu Huai seemed to think of something, and said to Lu Yue regretfully: "Miss Lu, do you like to watch the news?"

"……Um?"

"There is a word called hot search, you must know it." She smiled, "You can pay attention to the hot search in the past two days, so that you can understand what this kid Feiniao wants to do."

Lu Yuexi was taken aback for a moment, but Yu Huai got up slowly and said no more.

Because of what Yu Huai said before leaving, Lu Yuexi really paid attention to the latest trending searches after returning to the hotel.

The point is, Zou Feiniao didn't know what he was doing these days, he was very busy, and they hadn't contacted for a long time.

Lu Yuexi sent her several video call requests while eating dinner, but no one answered.

Before falling asleep, calculate the time, it is already early morning in Auckland, New Zealand.Zou Feiniao just sent a sentence, only two words, but it feels exhausting to read:

"Busy."

Of course, Lu Yuexi would not be awkward with her. Since the other party said that she was busy, she thoughtfully asked Zou Feiniao to pay attention to rest, and then stopped bothering her any more.

The content of the trending list is varied, ranging from international news to social gossip.

Lu Yuexi glanced at it casually, not surprised.It was only when I refreshed the hot search list the next night that I found this item at the bottom:

—— "A call to boycott the cetacean show at Zhuyang Ocean World".

A clenched fist emoji was added at the back.

The heat was low, but with just one glance, Lu Yuexi suddenly realized, and clicked in.

The content of the article is eloquent, with more than a dozen pictures.The general content is that after investigation, the health of the cetaceans in Zhuyang Ocean World has obviously become abnormal, such as swallowing ropes and anorexia, and there are intentions to attack the animal trainers when they go ashore for performances.

The blogger who published this article is the Luheng Marine Biology Conservation Association.

At first glance, the comments below are all neat "resist" voices.

Lu Yuexi scrolled down quietly. At the end of the article, there are recommended readings. It is also the content of an article recently published by Luheng, which is about popular science about the habits of wild killer whales.

One of the pictures is very familiar.With a thought, Lu Yuexi rummaged through the phone's photo album for a while, and finally found the picture that was exactly the same as it.

This is a general map of the distribution ecological groups of killer whales in the southern hemisphere that Zou Feiniao sent her two weeks ago.

At that time, Zou Feiniao was busy with a project, and Lu Yuexi asked casually out of curiosity, and sent her such a picture to Convenience seriously, and explained it to her carefully.

Lu Yuexi was not interested in these things, and seeing Zou Feiniao's enthusiasm, he couldn't help sighing: "I like this kind of creature so much, isn't it just a bigger dolphin?"

"Well, I want to know more about them."

"Then you understand now, how do you feel?"

Zou Feiniao said, "My heart is pounding."

There are always things in the world that are enough to make you fall in love at first sight.It may be a person, an object, a clear sky, the texture of a leaf vein, or a black and white whale that suddenly jumped out of the vast sea.

Others can't empathize with you, but you can't help it, tears welling up in your eyes.