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Chapter 1253 Yun Rui's sincere heart: I'm heartbroken, just broke up

The late autumn evening breeze blew dead leaves across the tree-lined avenue of Hunan University, and Qi Ruixiang's black car disappeared into the twilight.

Gu Yunxi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the laboratory, the hem of her white coat gently lifted by the draft. She watched the car turn the corner of Wutong Road until its taillights completely blended into the light and shadow of the traffic.

The copper sulfate crystals on the windowsill glowed with a faint blue light in the setting sun. Gu Yunxi's fingertips unconsciously stroked the cold glass, just like when she had stroked the jade bracelet that Qi Ruixiang gave her.

The corridor was filled with the noise of students leaving get out of class, and then gradually fell into silence. Night fell quietly, and the ceiling light in the laboratory stretched her shadow very long, casting it on the wall, like a lonely silhouette.

At this moment, Qi Ruixiang was sitting in his office, drinking his third glass of whiskey. Outside the French window, the neon lights of the city flickered, but they could not illuminate the gloom in his eyes.

The ashtray was full of cigarette butts, the computer screen had long been black, and only the mobile phone screen occasionally lit up. It was a work report sent by his assistant, but he ignored it.

He grabbed his phone and turned to the blocked number. His finger hovered over the screen for a long time. In the end, he just smiled bitterly and slammed the phone heavily on the sofa. The spiciness of whiskey surged in his throat, but it was nothing compared to the pain in his heart. He thought of every little thing he had with Gu Yunxi. Those sweet pasts now became thorns in his heart...

In the laboratory, Gu Yunxi was still standing in front of the window, the moonlight shining on her, covering her with a layer of silver gauze.

Her legs were numb, but she was unaware of it, and her conversation with Qi Ruixiang kept replaying in her mind.

It turns out that some partings don't really need to be earth-shattering; a calm decision can cut off all possibilities.

"Professor Gu?" Lin Xu's voice came from outside the door, with some hesitation and worry, "It's so late, are you still here?"

Gu Yunxi was startled all over, and then he realized that he had been standing there for too long.

She tried to move her feet, but found that her legs were numb and heavy as if they were filled with lead. She wanted to open her mouth to respond, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't make a sound.

Lin Xu waited outside the door for a while, but got no response, and felt even more uneasy.

He knocked harder: "Professor Gu, this is Lin Xu. If you are not comfortable talking, just knock on the door to let me know that you are okay." Seeing that there was still no movement, he gritted his teeth and reached out to push the door.

At this moment, the door lock turned slightly and the door opened a crack. Gu Yunxi turned his back to the door and said in a hoarse voice, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

Lin Xu saw Gu Yunxi's back through the crack in the door. He looked thin and lonely, and there seemed to be a layer of sad mist around him.

He opened his mouth, then closed it, hesitated for a moment before saying, "I... I left a document in the laboratory and wanted to come and get it." He didn't dare to say that he had actually been waiting downstairs, watching Qi Ruixiang go upstairs with Rose, and then leave in a daze.

Gu Yunxi was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "Can you drink?"

Twenty minutes later, the two of them sat at a roadside stall at the back door of the school. The aroma of grilled skewers mixed with the malt smell of beer filled the air, which was completely different from the smell of disinfectant in the laboratory.

Gu Yunxi was wearing a white coat, but he sat on a plastic stool without any sense of incongruity and picked up a skewer of grilled gluten skillfully.

"I didn't expect you to come to a place like this." Lin Xu took a sip of beer awkwardly and broke the silence.

Gu Yunxi chuckled, and the fireworks softened her face: "I am also a human being, and I also need the touch of fireworks." She took a bite of the skewer and looked into the distance, "You know, sometimes the most ordinary happiness is the most precious."

Lin Xu looked at Gu Yunxi in front of him, and suddenly felt that this goddess who was usually high and mighty was so close to him at this moment.

He thought of the scene he saw during the day, and finally couldn't help asking: "Are you... really okay?"

Gu Yunxi paused for a moment, then returned to normal: "I'm heartbroken, we just broke up..." She said that lightly, and raised the beer bottle after a while, "Come on, let's toast to this fireworks world."

Lin Xu raised his eyebrows, took a breath, pouted his lips, and his Adam's apple rolled. He obviously didn't expect Gu Yunxi to admit the breakup so readily!

The two men clinked their bottles together, tilted their heads back and drank the beer in one gulp.

The owner of the roadside stall greeted the customers warmly, and the laughter of students could be heard in the distance. The night deepened, but it could not conceal the warmth and reality of this corner.

The street lamp reflected tiny lights on the beer bottles. Lin Xu looked at Gu Yunxi who was biting into grilled chicken wings across from her. There were a few drops of oil on the hem of her white coat, but it did not detract from her carefree look at the moment.

He is completely different from the always rigorous and calm professor in the laboratory. He seems more like an elf who has walked out of the academic halls and fallen into the mortal world.

"I always thought that roadside stalls were unhygienic." Gu Yunxi wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue, picked up the beer bottle and took another sip, "Now I realize that this kind of steaming place makes people feel at ease."

Her eyes sparkled under the street lights, as if they contained two clear springs, reflecting the dancing flames on the barbecue grill.

Lin Xu's throat tightened and he awkwardly said "yes". He never thought that Gu Yunxi, who debated with scholars at academic conferences, would smile with satisfaction at roasted leeks;

I have never seen the blood vessels in her neck throbbing gently as she swallowed while she tilted her head back to drink.

The evening breeze blew up the strands of hair on her forehead. He subconsciously reached out to push them behind her ears, but froze in mid-air and pretended nothing had happened as he picked up the skewers.

"You know what?" Gu Yunxi suddenly put down the bottle, her eyes becoming distant. "Doing scientific research is like walking on a road at night. Sometimes you'll encounter a rainstorm, and sometimes you can't even see the stars." She used a bamboo stick to pick at the roasted potato chips on the plate. "But as long as you work harder than others and keep moving forward, you're not a loser."

Lin Xu looked at her face, which was lit up by the firelight, and suddenly remembered everything she had experienced during this period of time. From her silence when she was suspended, to her decisiveness in taking back the project, to her free and easy attitude in talking about her feelings at this moment.

The cold labels of "academic goddess" in the rumors were shattered into powder in the fireworks tonight.

He looked at the shadows cast by her eyelashes and realized for the first time that strong people are not immune to getting hurt, they are just used to licking their wounds alone.

"What about you?" Gu Yunxi suddenly looked up and met his panicked and evasive gaze. "Why did you choose chemistry in the first place?"

Lin Xu's earlobes felt hot instantly, but fortunately the night concealed his embarrassment.

He recalled seeing Gu Yunxi speaking at an international academic forum on TV when he was filling out his college application form after the college entrance examination. Those obscure professional terms sounded like the most moving poems when they came out of her mouth.

But at this moment, he just scratched his head: "Maybe I think it's cool to turn the secrets of the microscopic world into a formula."

Gu Yunxi laughed, and this time it was a real laugh, with tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

Lin Xu looked at her smile and felt his heart beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to burst through his chest.

The noise from the barbecue stall and the clinking of beer bottles became background noise at this moment.

He suddenly realized that his appreciation was no longer just pure admiration.

Those moments when he secretly paid attention to her in the laboratory, those impulses to share her pressure, and those emotions that fluctuated due to her joys and sorrows, had long since converged into a torrent called "like", completely drowning him.