I almost touched the moon

Chapter 387 I am an ordinary person

At dinner time, Cheng Che suddenly received a call from Cheng Xuan. He said to Wen Song and Si Yao, "I'm going out to answer the phone."

When Wen Song lowered his head, he saw the caller ID, nodded and said, "Okay, come back soon."

Si Yao smiled and picked up a piece of red snapper sashimi for Wen Song, "This sashimi is delicious, eat more."

Wen Song smiled and said thank you, took a sip of sake, and tentatively asked: "You came to Kyoto because there was no option to professorship in our major at that time, and you didn't want to teach undergraduate basic physics. But now there is an opportunity, I can directly recommend you to Prof. Ferrero, do you want to come back?"

"I don't really want to leave yet." Si Yao took a sip of wine and said, "When I first came to Kyoto, there were indeed many things I wasn't used to, but now I've adapted to them. And I've also bought a house in Kyoto, and I can get permanent residency in advance, so I don't really want to leave."

"But you finally got the German passport..." Wen Song smiled and said no more, "Of course it's good that you are in Kyoto University now. LMU and Kyoto University have many collaborative projects, and we can continue to work together on research. Aurora Voyager will focus on the formation of TNOs, and I look forward to working with you."

"Of course." Si Yao raised his wine glass and touched it gently with her, "Mr. Iseylia, I wish you the best."

(Teacher Iseylia, please give me more advice)

When Wen Song heard her words, he couldn't help but praise her: "Not bad, your Japanese has improved a lot."

"That's it." Si Yao also smiled. "I have no problem with daily language now, but I'm still not so good at academic language. But fortunately, there are a lot of Chinese characters or English loanwords in Japanese literature, so I can get a general idea."

Wen Song and Si Yao finished drinking most of the bottle of sake, but Cheng Che still hadn't come back. After three rounds of drinking, Si Yao also became carefree and said casually: "Master, what are you doing? It took you so long to make a phone call. The dishes are all served. Professor, do you want to order some more?"

"It's okay, that's enough." Wen Song politely refused and said to her, "He went to call his brother."

"Cheng Xuan?" Si Yao asked curiously, "Isn't he getting married soon? An Geyi came to Kyoto to play during the Spring Festival, and we had dinner together. She told me."

"Get married?" Wen Song was surprised and amused. "How is that possible? He has had many girlfriends over the years, but no one to marry."

"Fine." Si Yao nodded. "Rich second-generations like them are all like this. So, professor, the more I see, the more I feel that my master is rare."

"Yaoyao." Cheng Che hadn't come back yet. Wen Song probably guessed what he was talking about with Cheng Xuan, and said carefully, "I don't mean to offend you, but Cheng Xuan is essentially a good kid."

"I know." Si Yao smiled bitterly and took a sip of wine. "About half a year ago, he came to Kyoto to find me and told me that he still liked me very much and hoped that I could give him a chance to date. I wanted to agree, but something happened in my family at that time, so I rejected him."

Wen Song also sighed and said to Si Yao: "It doesn't matter, the important thing is that you are happy."

Seeing that Si Yao didn't say anything and showed a little sadness in his expression, she couldn't help but ask: "Yaoyao, do you really have no feelings for him at all?"

"I am also a human being." Si Yao laughed at himself, his expression becoming even more helpless. "A tall, rich and handsome man has been pursuing me for so many years. It would be a lie to say that I am not moved. I am a very ordinary person. I don't have a family as privileged as you and Master, and I am not that pretty. So, when Cheng Xuan pursued me, I also felt vain and secretly happy. I also thought about whether I should date him."

"But the gap between us is really too big. We are simply not from the same world." Si Yao said helplessly, "When I was studying for my master's degree, you and I came to Japan on a business trip. It was my first time to Japan and the first time I took an ANA flight, even in first class. Later, I came to Kyoto with you, wore kimonos, and ate kaiseki cuisine.

After returning, I excitedly told other classmates about this experience. Cheng Xuan said, "There is nothing fun in Kyoto. When I was a child, I often went there with my parents and my brother. We were all tourists. Izu is fun. The natural scenery is beautiful. Hakone is also good."

Wen Song was also very upset after hearing this. Seeing that Si Yao's glass was empty, he poured her more wine and drank with her. He said helplessly, "He really has no emotional intelligence."

"It's not that he has no emotional intelligence." Si Yao said with a smile, "It's because in his perception, traveling to Japan is a very simple thing, no different from going out to the supermarket. But for me, the flight time from Guangzhou to Tokyo is only four hours, but it took me 21 years to get there. This is the difference between me and him."

"There are many more." Si Yao continued, "I remember that time, a classmate asked him why he came to Germany to study when his family was so rich. The academic pressure is high and graduation is difficult. Don't young masters like them go to the UK, the US, and Australia? At the very least, they go to France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

Cheng Xuan said that because his father's company's European headquarters is in Munich, he is familiar with Munich and there will be people to take care of him. And the reason why I came to Germany, you know it very clearly, because tuition is free. "

Wen Song shook his head and disagreed with her opinion. "You can't generalize. I think the academic atmosphere of our LMU is still very good."

"Of course, this is also the most important reason why I came to LMU." Si Yao said with a smile, "There is another reason. When I was an undergraduate, I heard people say that there was an extremely beautiful and powerful professor in the Department of Astrophysics at LMU. But before I came, no one told me that this beautiful professor was so cruel."

"I'm not cruel to you." Wen Song took a sip of wine and said deliberately with some ambiguity, "Cheng Che said that I care about you more than he and Astrid. He even wants to be my student."

"Yes, because I am pretty and smart, and we all know that Prof. Iseylia likes smart and pretty little girls the most."

Si Yao also admitted generously and joked with her, with a look of nostalgia for the past, "Later, on the day of your wedding, Cheng Xuan sent me back to the academy. To be honest, I was moved at that time, but I still rejected him. I told him about my family affairs, and he said he didn't care. He also told me that his family situation was actually very complicated... He told me about his parents, and... about my master's biological mother..."

Having said that, Si Yao looked at Wen Song cautiously.

Wen Song shook his head, somewhat helplessly but could only say with relief: "It's all in the past. A Xuan's mother is a very good person. She was very good to A Che and me."

"I know." Si Yao nodded and said, "Cheng Xuan also told me that for so many years, he has always felt inferior in front of his master. He said that when he was young, his grandparents and their parents paid more attention to his master, and his mother treated his brother better. Later, when he grew up, his brother became a world-famous Winter Olympic champion, and he was nothing.

So sometimes, he acts a little bit naughty, but it's actually to attract the attention of his family. I can understand him, because I was like that when I was a kid, I quarreled with my parents on purpose just to get them to pay more attention to me. "

Wen Song was also a little melancholy. She understood that Cheng Che had felt a lot of pressure and lack of freedom because his father had high hopes for him. But Cheng Xuan had also been living under the shadow of his brother because his father did not pay attention to him.

"Then why are you still unwilling to try?" Wen Song asked, "I understand that you may feel that there is a big gap between your families, but it is not that important. Your family has nothing to do with you now. You are a postdoctor and a professor at the Institute of Physics of Kyoto University. You don't need to feel that you are not a match."

Si Yao sighed and said to Wen Song, "Because the difference between him and me is really too big. The family of origin not only determines material life, but also many other aspects. Even if his family has problems of one kind or another, at least his parents love him.

Unlike me, when Xu Guofang passed away more than half a year ago, I just felt relieved. I didn't go back to attend the funeral. When she tore up my passport and forced me to get married in exchange for a gift to buy a house for her son, I had no relationship with her. I told Cheng Xuan about this, but he couldn't understand it. He said I was too cold-blooded. "

Wen Song looked at the tears in Si Yao's eyes, touched her head with some heartache, and said gently: "Yaoyao, don't think about these things. You are excellent now, you are very good, and you will get better and better in the future."

"YES!" Si Yao smiled and toasted with Wen Song, "I am really living a good life now, so professor, I must treat you to this meal. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be Prof. Dr. Artemis today."

"Okay." Wen Song picked up the menu and said, "Can I order something else? I also want to have a steamed chawanmushi, and the steamed wagyu beef is also delicious."

"Order anything." Si Yao said generously, "I'm very rich now."