Picking The Stars (MTL)

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After the academic report in the afternoon, M University arranged a semi-formal dinner party as a continuation of the report meeting.

As the keynote speaker, Pei Ji was the focus of the dinner.

She is always surrounded by people.

When Song Wei called the fifth call, the assistant looked at the name that was beating on the screen. He was worried that something would happen, so he had to interrupt the conversation between the professor and other experts and scholars.

He walked to Pei Ji's side, showed her the mobile phone, and gave her a five with his hand, indicating that it was already the fifth communication.

"Sorry, there is a very important call." Pei Ji and the people around apologized.

Everyone expressed their understanding.

When Pei Ji took the phone and walked to the balcony, almost a minute had passed, but Song Wei's name was still perseveringly bright on the screen.

She picked it up, and there was a moment of silence over there, as if she couldn't even breathe.

At the next moment, Song Er asked: "Are you leaving again? Did you go to West Africa?"

Her voice was low and dry, as if she was holding back her emotions, but failed again. When she said the last two words, she seemed to be crying.

Pei Ji finally couldn't bear to hang up and said, "No."

Hearing her denial, Song Er’s hand on the wall seemed to have finally touched the real object, feeling the coolness and hardness of the wall, no longer what it was just now, only panic, and nothing else. Arrived.

But very soon, her heart was raised again.

It's not that I went to West Africa, so I'm not here these days. Is it because she is so annoyed that she doesn't want to go home anymore?

Song Wei lowered his head, looked at his shadow on the ground, and asked with confidence, "Then where did you... go?"

"Business trip." Pei Ji's voice was cold.

It turned out not to hide from her. Song Er's heart came alive again, and he didn't care about Pei Ji's indifference, his voice relaxed slightly, and softly urged: "Then you need to wear more clothes. It's very cold these days. You have to eat every meal. I’m so skinny. If I lose weight, I’ll be blown away by the wind. I’ll wait for you to come back."

In the past few days, the temperature has cooled again, and it has snowed. I don't know if the professor's business trip is like this. But Song Er still couldn't help but tell. After four years of separation, Pei Ji's body looked thinner and thinner, which made her very worried.

She put her ear on the phone, and said nothing on the other end, and hung up.

Song Wei froze for a moment, and felt it was reasonable, but it was still like a cloud of air clogging her chest, a little painful, and a little at a loss.

When Pei Ji came back from the balcony, a girl standing by the door saw her coming, immediately stood up straight, smiled politely, with a little nervousness in her eyes, obviously waiting for her.

Seeing Pei Ji approaching, she yelled: "Professor Pei."

Pei Ji nodded to her and was about to walk over in front of her, she asked awkwardly: "Are you talking to Madam on the phone?"

Pei Ji was taken aback invisible, and said, "No."

She had never told anyone that she and Song Er were no longer together. This was the first time she denied their relationship to others.