真正看房子做决定的时候却比想象中的简单许多,我们在看了Leo表A里面的第一家就决定是它了。大小价钱都合适,靠近一条相对安静的街道,离我们最常去的机械专业楼区走路也就五到十分钟,不远处就是公交站,线路还算丰富,三个房间两个是挨着的,还有一间在另一头,地毯去年刚换过,看起来还挺新。美中不足的是客厅的沙发看起来有些年纪了,厨房整体更是陈旧,炉灶还是那种开放蚊香式的,油烟机风口对内,自产自销。。。不过这些都是当地常规配置了,学生党预计也没什么机会用厨房,无伤大雅。
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叫上我现在的室友,一起签了合同,给好押金。哇,下学期开始就跟Leo住一起拉!
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室友签好合同后有课先走了,我跟Leo去吃午饭。心情有点好,路上我一直偷瞄他,想看看他有没有什么特别的反应,结果当然是啥也没看出来。: H$ i( w ~0 t9 M
不过眼下还有更实际的,想了想还是决定问问:
4 Q/ B7 d! Q# ^" W“You said that you'd take the lead on the upcoming round of report and homework right?"
( v! F5 @ c9 {3 t% l4 ZLeo斜眼看了我好一会儿,看得我心里一阵发毛,就在我准备投降说算了当我没问的时候他突然说道:
8 N0 U2 t6 Y1 T5 A1 F"We can split 2 ways this time. I call dibs on the homework and you'll have the report. We can rotate next time.". L9 M% V$ R7 s7 h9 `
"Oh that's not bad. The first report shouldn't take too long."
0 u) e2 P, x6 i& j) l. u"Nor should the first homework. Did you think I'd have you take on both?"
- Y4 j( Z. P L$ H我抓抓头,嘿嘿傻笑:5 W% `. i2 F# _( j& n* f
“Can't blame me for that"看到Leo表情玩味,赶紧找补:$ ~. A4 C# l1 P
“But hey that apartment looked great. It only took us 3 days from starting searching to signing a lease. To be honest I was expecting at least a week or two."
, J0 v3 [. S. u& K+ sLeo挑挑眉:
h' a" R# y+ P) K8 \* Q- i“Why?"
! o6 n/ F3 R/ @# s4 ?4 q- b- X我知道他想听什么,但不能每次都顺着他,我凑到他跟前,夸张地拖着长音:
5 n7 s% i8 E$ c+ E: ~. c"Because it seemed like you were very particular-"故意停在这个字上嘲讽他,结果Leo伸出手,像之前一样卡着我的脖子就往前拖行。发现他在外面好像很喜欢这样欺负我,其实他没用多大力,我也不难受,就是看起来有点狼狈。蛮显眼的,但他好像也不以为意。拖了几步他凑过来:
7 X. e0 x8 v2 W% @8 E6 p5 Q"One more chance"% |' W9 z6 `) k. j7 o; U o" D% f
气流吹过,我打了个激灵,真的很痒:
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结果Leo还是没有把我放开,我脑子转了转,灵光乍现:% v7 M0 n" N) J# C# c
"Than-thank you?"4 H1 @+ c b& |3 M% C
Leo满意地把手收回去了。
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很快来到了Raya做助教的实验课。Raya真的是那种很传统的工科女生,对待学术认真严谨,一丝不苟。演示实验步骤的时候很细致,讲解评分标准的时候更是详尽透彻,对报告的结构,内容,甚至段落间距,错别字,图标标识等等都有可以一一参照的给分扣分标准。之前的报告虽然也有类似的要求,但详尽程度跟Raya的比简直云泥之别。 d& S' r( P6 N7 |8 [% o: a6 F9 n l
课程开始三分钟之内我已经开始替Leo和同一组的我的未来担心,不知道换过来的决定是对是错。只是当初Raya听了我们那么荒诞的对话还主动要跟我们组队,可能私下里不是那么严苛的人?能主动搭话肯定不是因为性格孤僻了,研究生应该也不怵写报告才是,难道她画图很菜?还是被Leo颜值吸引?如果是后面这种兴许还有得救?
) r" Q" j: J, V3 j& s感觉思绪发散到了外太空,回过神来的时候实验已经开始了。Leo捅捅我,说别发呆。传热的实验延续之前流体分组的传统,也是分成四组,每组四人。我们组里除了我跟Leo,还有来自韩国的小哥Yim和白人女生Jamie。8 R- v2 f1 O& i9 j
第一节实验课的内容相当简单,只需要观察几种灵敏度不同的温度监控仪器的表现状况,还有传热系数不同的材料在同样环境下的导热表现,很直观。令人大跌眼镜的是Leo居然一反常态变成了个一开始就认真做事的人。依然是组里最活跃的那个,一顿输出把大家都忽悠地跟他走的操作也很熟悉,只是这次没有freestyle,认真跟着讲义走,反而让我原本的担心显得很多余,还让我稍稍偷懒了一下。
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3 p$ ~, l- u. }0 I! G' Z0 G- b" t- h& b期间Raya来巡查了几次,Leo都积极沟通,Raya连连点头,像极了三好生在和班主任亲切友好地交谈。我啧啧称奇,戳戳Leo,用只有我们听得到的音量问他:4 p3 [: l- j5 U- {9 b
“今天这么认真,are you high?还是因为有Raya?”+ W4 D8 P Y2 [% U
Leo手臂压在我肩膀上,贴在我耳边说:
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结果我们居然是所有组别里第一个完成任务的。Raya看了一眼我们的数据,表示我们可以提早离开了,脸上全是老师对好学生的那种肯定。我们向她道谢,离开,慢悠悠地向下一堂课的位置走去。- M( I H. ?, u& P3 c1 q# W
路上我实在忍不住了:
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离开教室后Leo迅速恢复了那个吊儿郎当的样子,脸上痞痞的:
) Q# d7 w/ n, t2 Y' e' |6 `* W"Well we'll need her help later down the line for sure. Gotta play this teacher's pet game in the beginning at least"说完不怀好意地盯着我:“It'll be your turn next session"* C9 f6 G! ~: _7 U$ J
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"I think you should keep going. You did so great today that you had almost fooled me as well"1 ]" T; k2 `1 U: \" ^
"Then you'd just have to write all the reports for me this semester"
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“What if I told Raya about this?"
o$ `9 {& g9 K1 Y1 \+ f1 vLeo满不在乎地耸耸肩:
" f! e T m$ C" X4 n“What good would it do? Even if you did that, who you think she'd most likely side with though?"
* C, r- V" ?; ^6 R今天第二次咋舌。Leo原来还有这么心机深沉的一面,还好倒也不是什么真正的坏心思。我抬起手,用手腕揉揉Leo胳膊的位置:, m6 d/ K% \* v9 Q0 y0 a! M
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Leo笑笑,没有回话。
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Leo大剌剌坐在他的电脑椅上,拿出iPad,脚翘在我座位上,开始玩起来。我在实验室转了一圈,摸摸那些大大小小的机器,仔细观察了一圈,才走回到座位上,放下书包。Leo没有脱鞋,AF1骄傲地待在我的座位上,没有要动的意思。我拿不准他的意思,只好问道:, A" |# ]5 e" u: G
"Should I like, bring another chair?"
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我震惊,正打算说你这把我坐的位置都占了呀,又听Leo火急火燎地说道:2 S4 L! ~+ x+ |* c& o
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我无语,要求越来越多了呀。但还是弯下腰,照做了。低帮很好脱,袜子白白的,脚趾若隐若现,在微微颤动,可能是因为刚接触到冷风的关系。我把鞋子放在地上,鼻子离白袜很近,有熟悉的味道飘过来,挺浓郁的。下半身有要抬头的趋势,只好不再多做停留,放好鞋子后抄起Leo的小腿,坐下,再把Leo的袜脚放在我的大腿上。' d, ^. W6 p2 R1 f
转过头看看Leo,游戏打得火热,整个人完全沉浸在里面,根本没有要写作业的意思。叹口气,想想好像暂时也没那么紧张,算了,我也先放松一下。想到之前学校发邮件说鼓励大家多找实习,那干脆看看有没有什么机会好了。Leo游戏有点激烈,脚常常绷得笔直,动来动去。我腾出一只手,帮他按按脚,慢慢好像放松了一些。
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刷着刷着听到那边长舒一口气,我看过去,Leo一局打完,放下iPad,伸伸懒腰。看我在看他,笑得无比灿烂,骄傲地说:* l: Q z; n$ _( u
“I won! My team sucked but I saved their asses"
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"There's no rush. What are you up to?"说完后凑过来,扫了一眼:“You're looking for internship?"
3 n, D: M3 m; o* {( O"Yea was kinda browsing. I heard it'd be difficult to land on a job without prior work experience?"
1 h; ]) E- b, K+ `9 U2 d"Yes and no. Have you worked before?"
# Z. |$ v4 t. p5 a6 ["Does food handler for dining hall in dorm count?"
$ O: D! M% C3 t, N% I"No. You need something relevant to your major"
7 |" A+ X% u, D% r; S; w" H"Have you had any internship?"4 p9 e" ~! C$ ?
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我来了兴趣:
+ L$ D0 I! T% Z2 j"Wow. Didn't know that. Was it easy to get offer?"
, o- S5 a, L; p- t) r1 `2 v2 b"Pretty easy for me"
# l# p9 R# P1 [8 o% k2 H我有点心动: Q3 n* E0 \9 D3 h6 ~* s5 e
"Did you just apply online?"
* L3 o/ _1 V, V* ?8 C* @- f/ x"No. My dad works for the company"
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也许是看到了我的白眼,Leo又补了一枪:
* A2 q; Z) m* ^* T"That's typically how people get their first internship though. Then after you have something to put on your resume, you would have a much higher chance for other opportunities"
" r# ^- X5 B: i0 C 好吧,有些沮丧,我说: o! w, _ U. ]' a- O+ X
"What if I don't have that kind of connection..."突然灵光一闪:“Wait can I ask your dad for help so that I can intern in his company too?"
5 H* t5 h& m" f"No"
8 X1 {7 o0 ]& L没想到拒绝地这么干脆,我愕然,问:
0 {1 _6 J0 M7 g4 s“But why?"
+ s t0 ]* U( X7 t, ~2 LLeo往后一靠:
- {# z" s* a* v; s; S4 v- f“We should look for internship together. I can help you and we can work for the same company. I don't want to work for my dad's company because he's kinda high up there. And if I ended up working there full time I'd be under his shadow for a long long time"- |, \& Z% y5 ?# h; y9 Z0 S* n
一顿输出搞得我不知道是该开心还是难过。算了,情绪收一收,把课业完成最重要。拍拍Leo:
1 e4 g% t1 P& ^1 W* h"We should probably go study now, otherwise we won't even graduate, let alone getting jobs"& k# k; B4 E7 R! l6 } |* S+ f
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"By the way I'm considering doing double major, both ME and EE. That way I get to be an electromechanical engineer, which gets much higher pay than mechanical alone"
$ Q8 O# |# L+ h/ e) P' z% P q+ F我看着吊儿郎当的Leo,忍不住出言提醒:
/ ]3 A: o5 I5 Y1 J: G"But you don't even seem like enjoying studying for the only major you have right now"
4 D$ X8 X7 ~" T. ]; M% _“I don't need to. If I do decide to go down that route though,"停顿了一下,Leo用脚轻轻踢我一下,换了个更舒服的姿势,闭上眼,嘴角邪气地上扬,一副吃定我的样子:"you're gonna do that with me Dustin."4 D4 b+ o% T. i3 H; f$ l
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