In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 380: Is the letter praising America's power full of secrets?!

"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

Outside the train station, Xie Wei kept raising his wrist to check the time, then craned his neck to look at the exit.

"Director Xie, shall we go into the platform? We can see people there immediately."

Wei Yong simply couldn't stand Xie Wei anymore; the previous Director Xie was so composed and steady.

I kept looking at the station exit, and my neck got sore.

"What do you mean by 'see people immediately'? I just think that's a waste of time. I wish I hadn't come so early."

Xie Wei said, his neck stiff.

It is indeed a bit early.

I arrived about forty minutes early.

Having followed Xie Wei for several years, Wei Yong knew better than anyone that Xie Wei's time management was always precise, and he did everything down to the minute.

This time, they arrived forty minutes early.

As a result, he and Chu Yunlong had been waiting at the train station for so long, feeling utterly bored.

"coming."

Among the crowd at the exit, a tall, beautiful woman with a white shirt tucked into a tan pleated skirt, long, flowing hair tied in a high ponytail, and light makeup was seen dragging a huge suitcase.

He doesn't fit in with the people around him.

Even passersby consciously kept their distance from this beautiful woman, creating a gap between her and the dense crowd of people exiting the station.

A beautiful woman walks with her head held high in the crowd, standing out like a crane among chickens.

Mo Lingyu?
Xie Wei was stunned for a moment and almost didn't recognize him.

Even though he had seen countless beautiful women in the past, those memories remained deep within his mind. In this era, which had lasted for more than ten years, the women around him were all naturally beautiful, and at most, they would apply some face cream or something.

"What? Don't you recognize me?"

Mo Lingyu walked straight up to Xie Wei with her suitcase and said with a smile.

Even though she had been fantasizing about what it would be like to meet Xie Wei again before she came back, and even thought about rushing up to him in the crowd and kissing him hard a few times.

But in the end, after seeing Xie Wei, she obediently walked up to him.

"I really couldn't recognize him. It seems the free air of America is truly nourishing."

Xie Wei came to his senses.

That's when I realized what it means to have no ugly women.

Previously, Mo Lingyu spent a lot of time in the same office with him every day, and he never thought about Mo Lingyu's appearance. In addition, at that time, Mo Lingyu only had two or three sets of clothes each season. When she got busy with research work, she would just tidy herself up casually so as not to look sloppy.

Why do I smell a hint of aged vinegar?

Mo Lingyu rolled her eyes. "Where's the car?"

He then ignored Xie Wei and dragged his suitcase straight toward the parking area on the side.

"Is this Mo Lingyu? Xie's deputy class monitor?"

"It seems he was his assistant; the two of them spent over a year in the same room..."

Hearing this, Xie Wei's lips twitched. These two bastards were doing it on purpose!

Xie Wei was immediately furious.

"What do you mean 'my vice class monitor'? She was the class monitor of the 78 experimental class! I only shared an office with her... If you can't speak properly, then shut up!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Then, following Xie Wei, they walked towards the Hafei Hongguang. This was the first vehicle produced on a large scale by Factory 122, and it immediately became Xie Wei's personal car. Other school leaders couldn't use it either.

"You're just driving a minivan!"

Mo Lingyu looked at Hafei Hongguang, then turned to look at Xie Wei.

These words immediately enraged Xie Wei. "If you want to ride in luxury cars, why did you come back? There are plenty of luxury cars in America; it's much better there!"

"..."

Wei Yong looked at Chu Yunlong. He had never seen Xie Wei, who was usually calm and collected, lose control of his emotions so quickly after meeting Mo Lingyu.

“My loved one is here, my roots are here, so I came back.”

Mo Lingyu was completely unfazed by Xie Wei's taunts and calmly said, "You can directly confront higher-ranking leaders, but when it comes to relationships, you're like a coward!"

The intense gaze was fixed on Xie Wei, forcing him to turn his head to the side.

His past divorce instilled in him an instinctive aversion to relationships, and his subsequent entrepreneurial success, which exposed him to almost nothing but transactions, ultimately led him to focus his energy on raising his children.

"..."

Wei Yong looked at Chu Yunlong, wanting to ask if the two should find a place to disappear and give them some space.

Chu Yunlong was also conflicted.

It's not easy to get lost here.

"Comrade Mo Lingyu, give me your suitcase, I'll put it in the trunk for you. Factory 122 produces sedans, but this is the first one to roll off the production line at Factory 122. Director Xie always rides in this one."

Chu Yunlong's words broke the awkward silence.

Mo Lingyu dragged her suitcase, walked straight to the back of the car, and easily put it into the trunk with one hand before getting in.

"Ah~"

Xie Wei sighed silently and got into the car.

Mo Lingyu sat right next to him, and her gaze never left him after he got in the car, making Xie Wei regret coming to pick her up.

"Wow, the changes are amazing! I never imagined that the area would change so much in just a few years. Is that tall building the headquarters of the university-enterprise office?"

As they approached the school, Mo Lingyu pointed to the tallest building and asked.

"Correct."

After a long pause, Xie Wei finally spoke. He couldn't possibly admit defeat in front of a woman, could he?
Where are we going? To the guesthouse?

"Ah."

"Is Director Du's courtyard still there? They probably don't live there anymore, right? I'd like to go to that courtyard."

Mo Lingyu spoke up.

Xie Wei really wanted to say that Du Guowang was still living there, but judging from Mo Lingyu's expression, he knew that she must have found out that Du Guowang and his wife were now living in the expert building allocated by the school, and that this courtyard had been allocated to Xie Wei.

"Everything around has changed, but this courtyard remains the same."

Upon arriving at the courtyard, Mo Lingyu looked on with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflection).

"I'm not going to the guesthouse, I'll stay in this courtyard! You go and do your thing."

Mo Lingyu's voice wasn't loud, but her attitude was very firm.

As Xie Wei was about to leave, he said, "By the way, give me some money and tickets, I'll go buy some groceries later... When you're done with your work, bring me all the letters and photos I've written to you over the years, I need them."

"It was burned long ago."

Xie Wei said irritably, thinking that all those letters were exaggerated about how beautiful and strong she was.

"What? You burned them all? Those were the culmination of my years of hard work! Every single letter was the result of my painstaking efforts, enduring countless cold stares and insults to retrieve them, and you just tore them up?"

To Xie Wei's surprise, upon hearing that he had burned the letter, Mo Lingyu instantly lost control of her emotions, her face contorting in anger.

what?
Xie Wei was stunned.

He saw only admiration for Americans in Mo Lingyu's words, and never considered anything else.

Then it suddenly occurred to me that Mo Lingyu was a communications soldier in the army before she was admitted to university!
"Do you know that those letters contain the core information of cutting-edge scientific papers, and the photos are all related to those papers! Xie Wei, you're so smart, even Xie Rou knew that there was crucial information in the letters, didn't you ask her?"

Tears streamed down her face silently like beads from a broken string. "All my efforts over the years have been burned to ashes by you... Waaah..."

Mo Lingyu felt as if all her strength had been drained away. She collapsed to the ground with a thud and burst into loud sobs, growing more and more heartbroken as she cried. Xie Wei silently walked into the room, opened the wooden chest on the kang (a heated brick bed) that Liang Hongling had brought with her at her wedding, and flipped over the clothes on top. A thick stack of envelopes was neatly placed at the bottom, most of them unopened.

Looking at these letters, Xie Wei's feelings became complicated.

"The letters are all on the kang (heated brick bed), I'm leaving now..."

Unable to face Mo Lingyu, who was slumped on the ground crying loudly, he left after saying a few words and walked outside.

"what?"

Mo Lingyu thought she had misheard.

Forgetting about chasing Xie Wei, she hurriedly got up and rushed to the room, where she saw envelopes carefully preserved on the kang table, all of which were sent back by her.

I instantly felt happy.

Looking at the well-preserved envelopes, Mo Lingyu bit her lip, her angry voice escaping through clenched teeth: "You bastard! You're not happy unless you make me cry... Luckily, I've observed those gay men in America and compared them to you, so I don't believe you really like men... If you have feelings for me, is it so hard to say it! You won't say it, huh!"

After returning to his office, Xie Wei was completely out of sorts and couldn't work at all.

They even forgot that the afternoon was a time for students to gather for Q&A sessions.

"Don't bother your teacher. He's not in the mood for class today. Go back and let your classmates study on their own."

Squad leader Zuo Ming ran to the Civil Engineering Building to find Xie Wei, but was stopped by Chu Yunlong.

"what?"

Zuo Ming was completely dumbfounded; this had never happened before.

Xie Wei was able to suppress them not only because his academic level far surpassed theirs, but more importantly because of his abnormally disciplined time management skills.

"Let him rest."

Wei Yong was also familiar with Zuo Ming. "Your master's wife is back."

"What? Wasn't it said that the teacher likes men?"

Zuo Ming exclaimed in surprise.

"Who the hell is spreading rumors?"

Upon hearing the sound, Xie Wei suddenly jumped out.

He was puzzled. In the 80s, let alone same-sex couples, even cohabitation before marriage was considered a terrible thing!
Western liberal ideas and opinions entered China with the reform and opening up, and some people even discussed them openly.

Xie Wei seems oblivious to what he did that made people feel like he was someone who "likes men" in their eyes.

Zhang Mingqiu and others shared the same thought; if Xie Wei hadn't held a special position at the school, he probably would have been summoned for a talk by the organization long ago.

"Uh, teacher, I...I..."

Zuo Ming didn't expect that in his excitement, he would blurt out the rumors circulating in private.

"Alright, you can't even make up a lie."

Looking at Zuo Ming, Xie Wei sighed, "Let everyone study on their own for now. In a couple of days, I'll find a math expert to give you some lessons."

Xie Rou will be back in three days.

These bastards dare to spread rumors about me, so don't blame me for letting Xie Rou, this little monster, torture them with mathematics and let them see what real mathematics is like.

"What? Master's wife is back? Who is she?"

After Zuo Ming returned, in order to stop the rumors that Xie Wei liked men, he announced to the classmates who hadn't had a holiday that Wei Yong had mentioned that their teacher's wife had returned.

The once quiet classroom instantly transformed into a bustling market.

"Squad leader, where is our teacher's wife?"

"Is your master's wife pretty?"

"Has your teacher's wife returned from studying abroad?"

"Oh no, so many girls are heartbroken... What kind of girl is good enough for our class advisor? We need to help him choose the right one..."

All the students who were driven crazy by studying suddenly became lively at this moment.

It was time to leave work, but Xie Wei showed no intention of going home.

To his surprise, Du Guowang and Liang Hongbin came all the way to Xie Wei's office. "What are you still doing here? Hurry up and go back to cook..."

"What to cook?"

Xie Wei was speechless. These old guys were increasingly disregarding their responsibilities as cadres, always making him cook at every get-together.

That's how skills are honed.

"Secretary Liu, Principal Zhang, and Lao Yu have all gone to your house, hurry up."

Ignoring Xie Wei's attitude, the two dragged him towards the courtyard, one on each side.

Good guy!
The courtyard was full of people; several school leaders were there, and almost half of the academic committee members were present.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help! I'm going to register at the school this afternoon. When Principal Zhang heard that I'm temporarily staying in your courtyard, he said that they haven't gotten together in a long time... Isn't it always like this?"

Having changed into a plaid shirt, wearing trousers and an apron, Mo Lingyu appeared before Xie Wei carrying a bloody fish.

Got~
This is an attempt to usurp someone else's place.

Those who come to freeload are all big shots that Xie Wei can't afford to offend, so cooking for them isn't a bad thing.

"Sister Wei is here too?"

Xie Wei entered the kitchen and found Chen Wei busy at work.

When Chen Wei was admitted to the experimental class, she was already married and had children. It took her six years to get her graduation certificate, and she eventually stayed at the school to teach.

It wasn't because Chen Wei was stupid that it took her six years to get her diploma; it was because she ultimately chose non-metallic materials as her major.

We only see each other occasionally for work, and even at school we rarely see each other.

This woman is the real older sister in Xie Wei's experimental class.

She has a gentle personality and is kind to others.

"Xiao Mo's back, I have to make time to see her no matter how busy I am. I need to hurry up and help out, otherwise those big shots will start nagging me again..."

Chen Wei answered with a smile.

"With so many people, how many dishes would we have to cook! We might as well go to a restaurant."

"We'll only make a few; the rest were ordered from the restaurant next door, and they'll help deliver them over in a bit."

Mo Lingyu said.

This relieved Xie Wei. Seeing the fish in Mo Lingyu's hand, he asked curiously, "When did you learn how to kill fish?"

"Back in America, white people's food is practically inedible. Later, I discovered that there were plenty of fish in their rivers, so my classmates and I would go fishing in the river whenever we had free time to improve our lives... Now I'm really good at making sauerkraut fish."

Mo Lingyu said smugly.

"You know how to make sauerkraut?"

"My mom taught me that."

Xie Wei rolled his eyes at Mo Lingyu. "Your mother is your mother, not our mother."

Chen Wei watched from the side, suppressing a laugh, and didn't say anything, just silently helping out.

At the dinner table, a group of bigwigs kept asking Mo Lingyu about the situation in the United States, something that almost every international student returning from the school had to go through.

Mo Lingyu provided a detailed account of the developments in the United States and even Europe to everyone.

"Especially computer technology, the pace of iteration is getting faster and faster, and it has even begun to enter ordinary households. And related technologies are developing just as fast... When I was interning at Motorola, they had already made great breakthroughs in digital signal mobile communication technology, and it was said to have begun military use. Unfortunately, I am Chinese and cannot access these core technologies..."

Mo Lingyu sighed.

She studied communications and had previously participated in a digital signal program-controlled exchange project at school. Naturally, she would prioritize studying related majors when going abroad to study.

(End of this chapter)