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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8 Z. f1 [& ]5 Z" t& n7 ?' c! v( @, E6 m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。
' A1 g1 B7 e2 `不过眼下还有更实际的,想了想还是决定问问:4 Y7 X" T( L) ~) F$ k M% J
“You said that you'd take the lead on the upcoming round of report and homework right?"
' Y8 w3 u' F7 [" }Leo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:
- L; @+ i- _) m. c* P"We can split 2 ways this time. I call dibs on the homework and you'll have the report. We can rotate next time."5 l# g$ q% Q8 P. K0 p5 o: k* g
"Oh that's not bad. The first report shouldn't take too long."4 x; P0 k6 G( v
"Nor should the first homework. Did you think I'd have you take on both?"
$ o$ T1 u1 Q& V' ^ E! z; D我抓抓头,嘿嘿傻笑:$ V5 J" v6 o8 h. Q
“Can't blame me for that"看到Leo表情玩味,赶紧找补:' p4 Z8 t, e1 _ i& t/ B
“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."! F7 b- n4 x8 V. w5 Z3 Q$ f( y
Leo挑挑眉:
0 ]( \7 ]6 `$ e3 s“Why?"
8 w$ c/ q" h! {+ w3 ]; @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:6 a6 ?9 N# H0 T% t! K4 x$ `4 \* O' \
"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:. p7 G. _- x1 u9 L- K6 T) Y# y
"One more chance"
( L/ _$ m; n) P- ?. r气流吹过,我打了个激灵,真的很痒:
! }, Y( L9 g2 U' v6 L“I was gonna say you were particularly good at combing through those rental listings. It would have taken us way longer without you"
1 W( J# q* p+ `, \5 b2 w2 i结果Leo还是没有把我放开,我脑子转了转,灵光乍现:
/ Y# t" i" t) L6 Y- _"Than-thank you?"9 t% t" z% e" R- y7 ?4 s
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。
9 A+ x# x0 [ `, `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?
; J# D% O9 d; U; q/ C+ x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。
, V" S! r, O) A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。2 _( A) J; [1 z2 |
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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:
! x8 Z! [# G. C e, m" L4 m% m- S“今天这么认真,are you high?还是因为有Raya?”
1 N. I3 T& Z a+ `7 O: M. `Leo手臂压在我肩膀上,贴在我耳边说:5 ~- g. j) C& \
“你认真点,不然这个semester的report都是你的了”说完Leo下巴一点,又是熟悉的包工头表情。我撇撇嘴,难得认真一次,了不起咯。* g4 |" M3 [+ b9 I$ E
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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。
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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:
4 ?9 E! Q- @ a& q9 }" O"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"! s( ^6 q2 x; e
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"I think you should keep going. You did so great today that you had almost fooled me as well"
7 N( K* T! e' J) l! [6 p"Then you'd just have to write all the reports for me this semester"
: k/ j4 l' r" m8 ]) kLeo不上套,我抓抓头:
4 h, P7 R& S% V: W“What if I told Raya about this?"
, R6 l# L/ q, l2 u/ X5 \. BLeo满不在乎地耸耸肩:
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Leo笑笑,没有回话。
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晚上回到了久违的实验室。一个寒假过去,以前跟Leo一起在这里鬼混的画面都还历历在目。故地重游,说明这学期的课业也要正式开始了。5 ?+ C( R7 Q3 N; t A
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:" w# U% i; V" W$ R% ^7 L U. Z- z8 c
"Should I like, bring another chair?"
$ }9 w6 w ^. i. D2 b/ TLeo好像游戏进行得如火如荼,匆匆看我一眼,又匆匆回到游戏里:
7 w7 X5 K: R' {- @. j, b“Why? You can use this one"
) A. }9 R7 q6 h& O/ B5 b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:
$ p3 P5 o8 L% h) E“Oh you can take off my shoes. I'm in a pinch now in this game. Could you do that for me? Please please"& W9 B. ^! A; p- q3 W' V
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。
u; Z9 H/ m! G: t* q+ t' M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:
. A5 r/ e- r- {0 p“I won! My team sucked but I saved their asses"
) N# x( F8 V# T' _0 R3 N5 n我捏捏他脚上那个他最爱的点:
' b5 ]" X/ q7 V“I can tell. Ready for homework?"1 E. g* D' T$ L _
"There's no rush. What are you up to?"说完后凑过来,扫了一眼:“You're looking for internship?"( o7 c% Q1 f+ W
"Yea was kinda browsing. I heard it'd be difficult to land on a job without prior work experience?"( }5 S2 u; `. Y6 H- N: d' `8 @" O1 a
"Yes and no. Have you worked before?"
2 [$ m; y4 i! F8 ]"Does food handler for dining hall in dorm count?"
4 a+ c# ]& U- y; \0 w* s"No. You need something relevant to your major"
; O6 X/ q7 _: v1 T! F: r" r" I"Have you had any internship?"( X9 H' X6 v" C# Q [/ c# @0 C
"Yea. I had two"
/ S4 Y X$ s% a3 Q& ~我来了兴趣:
- ^# a+ r/ g' J"Wow. Didn't know that. Was it easy to get offer?"
) M' I$ r- T' }: M) X7 e4 r( Y" d"Pretty easy for me"
: F6 \* O; W" a* ]我有点心动:1 v, A8 A$ H* \/ f2 I# y
"Did you just apply online?"; y/ m" R- P( j& c; \3 Q, j
"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:
$ g( t% D% w- f! e' c"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"
2 L! O; h3 q) W7 o 好吧,有些沮丧,我说:
2 _; ^3 Z" \ d- w" ^1 A; J8 ~% o0 o0 I"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?"
, l/ i+ ?9 f& e9 X0 e& t"No"
4 J# ]4 ?9 Z9 c* ]9 v' L4 V没想到拒绝地这么干脆,我愕然,问:
# ~7 E: s) h- _# B0 i“But why?"6 R; E) A" r. t$ _- c5 p" L
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“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"
3 C. l8 u. G0 _) i# l9 J. D9 _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:
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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". {& l( W6 y4 K0 G1 A3 f% ^$ x1 x- F
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“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."$ _- T" ]8 O$ y/ i
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