Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 493 Understanding Each Other

Wang Linghua took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed using the ladder.

I have to say, the bed space is really small. The beds in the university dormitory are small enough. When I turned over, I found that this berth is even smaller than that one, just enough for one person to lie flat.

Fortunately, it’s just one night’s sleep, so it’s okay to make do with it.

Wang Linghua took off her schoolbag and put it in the empty space in the middle near the window, then pulled the curtain to create an enclosed space.

Originally, Wang Linghua asked Deng Rui to ride with her because she wanted to have someone to chat with on the way so that she wouldn't be bored.

Now that I'm sitting in a sleeper car, I can't chat anymore, but instead I have a space that is private enough, which is worth it.

Wang Linghua explored this small world at will and discovered many interesting things.

There is a socket on the small table next to the bed for charging mobile phones. There is a switch on the socket to control the middle light on the ceiling.

There is also a separate reading light at the head of the bed with soft brightness.

There is a foldable hook at the end of the bed, but Wang Linghua doesn’t understand its specific function. Since she can’t use it anyway, she doesn’t study it.

The bed comes with a pillow and a quilt.

Wang Linghua was not sure whether it was clean or not, but she was brave and believed that the flight attendants would do their job conscientiously.

Use the pillow as a cushion, cover the lower body with the quilt, then take out the tablet and headphones, and open the milk and bread and put them aside.

The preparations are done, and you can start watching the drama comfortably.

As for sleeping.

Which college student doesn’t go to bed before 9 o’clock?

lower berth.

Deng Rui simply packed his luggage, used the pillow as a backrest, covered half of his body with a quilt, and opened the milk and bread in advance.

The difference is that Deng Rui only has a mobile phone but no tablet, and only wired earphones but no wireless Bluetooth.

Find the "Structural Mechanics" online course that you downloaded in advance from a cloud disk APP, pick up the milk, and click to play.

According to the school's arrangement, students will only take mechanics courses in their sophomore year.

But for Deng Rui, the school's schedule was too slow and could not keep up with his learning speed. He just had to take the basic courses of his freshman year and eliminate the meaningless courses, and he could finish the remaining important semester.

However, even when watching online classes, Deng Rui would alternate between fast forwarding and jumping outside to take notes from time to time.

Because the main purpose of watching online courses is not to learn, but to fill in the gaps and clarify the knowledge points that are not clear during the self-study process.

The real acquisition of new knowledge has been completed through reading, checking and verifying yesterday.

Deng Rui finished a 45-minute online course in just 20 minutes, less than half a class time.

Deng Rui put his phone down temporarily and quickly finished the remaining milk and bread. Just as he was about to continue to the next class, he heard a "click, click, click" sound, followed by the notification tone of an incoming VX message.

【Hua: What are you doing?】

Deng Rui opened the online course video, took a screenshot and sent it over.

【Rui: Listening to the class.】

Another crackling noise came from above.

Deng Rui vaguely imagined the whole process of Wang Linghua going from lying down to suddenly sitting up.

The sound insulation of this bed is a bit poor!

【Hua: You have to learn to ride a car. 】

【Flower: Are you still human? 】

【Rui: What else can I do if I don’t study? 】

【Hua: Brother, stop rolling! 】

[Hua: How about playing video games? ]

Speaking of games, Deng Rui couldn't help but think of something.

During the summer vacation of the first year of junior high school, Deng Rui was asked by several classmates to do homework together, under the pretext of mutual supervision and improving efficiency. However, the fact is that when people keep company with others, they are corrupted.

A group of people pretended to study for half an hour, and then someone said that it was time for after-school break and suggested starting a game. Soon someone agreed and started playing.

The result is that one round after another is played.

Deng Rui was the only exception. It wasn't because he was a loner and didn't fit in, but because he didn't have a mobile phone and could only watch from the sidelines. He saw it all with his own eyes and felt jealous in his heart.

At that time, Deng Rui secretly vowed that when he earned money in the future, he would buy the best-configured mobile phone, download dozens of games, and play them to his heart's content.

When the college entrance examination results are announced, various scholarships and sponsorships will come in. Not only will the family's difficulties be temporarily alleviated and there will be no need to worry about subsequent tuition fees, but there will also be a considerable amount of extra money. Although you can't rely on it to buy a car or a house, it is more than enough to buy a top-of-the-line flagship mobile phone.

But Deng Rui's final choice was a Redmi phone that cost just over 2,000 yuan, and a thin and light laptop that cost less than 5,000 yuan including subsidies.

It’s not that I want to save money, but I’ve become less concerned.

I was interested in it when I was young, but I didn’t have the conditions. Now that the conditions are met, I have lost interest. All my efforts have been in vain.

【Rui: To be honest, I have never played the game. 】

【flower:?】

【Hua: Get up. I'll go downstairs and talk to you. 】

Deng Rui took off his headphones, opened the blackout curtain, turned around and sat down on the edge of the bed, just in time to see Wang Linghua climbing down the ladder, one step at a time.

Wang Linghua put on her shoes and sat next to Deng Rui.

"You really have never played games?"

"No."

"Aren't you playing the victim?"

"Is it a terrible thing that you have never played games?" Deng Rui tilted his head, looking a little confused.

"Well... not really."

After all, Wang Linghua herself only came into contact with games after entering college. Before college, she only heard about it from people around her. She was not much better than Deng Rui.

"How much do you know about the second dimension culture?"

"I have no feelings for paper people."

“You should always watch short videos, right?”

“I have used all of TikTok, Kuaishou, and Xiaohongshu.”

"You don't play games, don't touch the ACG world, don't watch short videos, what do you usually do to kill time in the dormitory?"

Wang Linghua doesn't believe that there are saints with perfect moral character in the world, nor does she believe that there are people who can do one thing endlessly.

We are human because we have flaws.

Deng Rui opened the cloud disk APP and presented the phone to Wang Linghua.

There are three folders displayed on the screen, named "Nature", "Engineering" and "Architecture".

"what?"

Could it be that Deng Rui also has a hobby of photography?

It doesn’t even look like it!

Deng Rui casually clicked on the folder named "Nature" and revealed the answer.

“It’s a documentary from my collection.”

There are many videos neatly arranged in the folder, and the length of each video starts from 40 minutes.

"When I'm bored, I'll just pick up a movie and watch it, then look for a new one."

“Is this thing nice?”

"It's great!" Deng Rui put his phone away and smiled. "Nature documentaries allow you to appreciate the natural scenery without leaving your home. Engineering documentaries allow you to directly feel the power of industry. Architectural documentaries allow you to experience the cultural atmosphere of different regions in different eras."

"Find a movie you like and show it to me."

Seeing is believing. No matter how good the words sound, it is not as real as seeing it with your own eyes.

"can."

Deng Rui made a simple selection and selected a natural national park documentary that focused on the harmonious development of man and nature.

In the first ten minutes, Wang Linghua was quite engrossed in watching the film. But in the second ten minutes, her attention gradually drifted away, until she felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles, with a thorn in her back and a fishbone stuck in her throat.

Wang Linghua tapped the screen to pause the video.

"Just leave it here, don't read the rest."

"Don't you think it looks good?"

"In terms of picture quality and shooting techniques, they are both top-notch, but the content is not suitable for me."

In a high school with a severe lack of entertainment options, Wang Linghua might have watched it with great interest, but now, after being exposed to all kinds of new types of entertainment, she can't calm her restless heart to watch this quiet and peaceful documentary.

Deng Rui knew that his hobby was niche and he didn't force Wang Linghua to accept it.

"Tell me about yourself. What do you usually do in the dormitory?"

"Me? What I do is much more interesting than what you do!"

Wang Linghua smiled, revealing a pair of white teeth, then put the tablet on her legs and opened the protective cover.

Face ID automatically recognizes and enters the desktop.

Deng Rui’s mind flashed.

The classic big black frame, the rounded square lens module, and the extremely smooth operating system, it is definitely the Fruit Pro.

There was a time when Deng Rui heard that Guozi was very useful for taking notes, so he wondered whether he should squeeze out a few thousand dollars from his savings to buy one to assist with studying.

If you worry about it for too long, you will forget it.

Later it turned out that Deng Rui was still adept at taking notes with paper and pen without a tablet.

Wang Linghua swiped her finger to the left, and the empty page had only two transparent folders in the middle.

"game" on the left, "avi" on the right

Wang Linghua clicked on the folder on the left.

The background of the main screen is blurred, the small square is enlarged, and several APP icons are displayed in a nine-square grid.

"These are all games I've played in-depth for at least a month. Some I'm still playing, some I've abandoned. If you find any that you like, I'll tell you a little bit about it."

There are still two empty spaces in the nine-square grid, which means that Wang Linghua has played seven games in depth.

For people in the gaming circle, seven games are barely enough for novices. But for Wang Linghua, who just started playing games in college, seven is really a lot.

Among the seven games, "Nongyao" and "Genshin Impact" have strong flavors and do not need much salt. Even though Deng Rui has never played them himself, he has seen others play them in the dormitory.

Shining Nikki and Infinite Nikki, the names are easily associated with clothes, so if you are not mistaken, they should be dress-up games.

Love and Deep Space, Deng Rui didn’t comment much on this Bling Bling celebrity style handsome guy icon and pretended not to see it.

The last two, Yanyun Sixteen Sounds and Ni Shui Han, without analyzing the meaning of the names, just looking at the icons, there is a sharp and free and easy momentum, and they are most likely related to martial arts.

"What is the connection between the Sixteen Sounds of Yanyun and the Sixteen States of Yanyun?"

"You guys really have a natural liking for martial arts games!" Wang Linghua's lips curled up slightly, with an expression of "I knew it", "You guessed right, the background setting of the game "Yanyun Sixteen Sounds" is the chaotic era when the Northern Song Dynasty coexisted with the Ten Kingdoms in the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty. It starts with Shi Jingtang's cession of the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in the Later Jin Dynasty. The main plot is to recover the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and the secondary plot is the turmoil of that era and the tragic life of the lower class people."

Having said this, Wang Linghua paused, pursed her lips, and lowered her eyebrows.

Deng Rui clearly felt that her emotions suddenly dropped from a high point to a low point.

Are you remembering something sad?

Deng Rui was about to ask, but Wang Linghua recovered first and smiled again.

“Although the main tone of Yanyun Sixteen Sounds is relatively depressing and negative, there is no lack of touching stories. The sun can't shine through the shadows under the big tree, but there are still sparks in the night to illuminate one side. I won't spoil more, anyway, I strongly recommend you to play it.”

Deng Rui nodded and asked, "Does the game require configuration? Does it cost money to play?"

"I don't know much about the configuration, but I saw other people playing on their computers, and the picture quality was much better than on my tablet. As for krypton gold, Yanyun only requires cash to buy fashion items, and nothing else."

Deng Rui wondered if he could carry his thin and light laptop with him. If he could, that would be the best. If not, he could only watch videos and play cloud games.

"Tell me about Ni Shui Han."

"Against the Cold, how should I put it..." Wang Linghua's brows knitted together, as if searching for a suitable adjective in the vocabulary, "Rather than calling it a martial arts game, it would be more appropriate to call it a fantasy fairy tale."

"Forget it, I'll just log in and show you." Wang Linghua started the game and said, "Ni Shui Han focuses on leisure and social interaction. It also has plots and big world exploration, but compared to Yan Yun, it's a level lower."

During the conversation, the program was loaded and the game started.

The first thing Deng Rui saw was an extremely fragmented picture.

On the quaint street, a girl wearing JK clothes, with loose white hair and modern makeup, is very independent, with ribbons and dazzling lights wrapped around her.

"In ancient times, wearing JK clothes? Is this reasonable?"

"We have only just started, there is more to come!"

Wang Linghua clicked the button to mount the horse.

In an instant, a huge red fox with nine tails appeared out of thin air, with every hair visible, and a golden glow flowing as it floated.

Deng Rui was speechless for a moment.

Isn’t this big fox cool?

On the contrary, Deng Rui thinks it is very cool and he will definitely get a lot of attention when riding it for a ride, but it really doesn't look martial arts at all.

The fairy flavor is too strong!

"This outfit must cost a lot of money, right?"

"It's a bit expensive."

"How much did you smash?"

"Are you asking about the outfit I'm wearing now, or the entire game?"

"The whole game."

Wang Linghua estimated in her mind for a moment and replied, "Probably a little over 200."

One ticket is one hundred, and two hundred tickets are twenty thousand.

Sure enough, this low-key and low-profile woman is actually a wealthy woman who is generous with her money.

……

Eleven pm.

The night is getting darker.

The originally noisy carriage became much quieter.

Wang Linghua closed the lid of the tablet.

I haven't chatted with people for a long time in a while, and my throat is not used to it and it feels a little dry and itchy.

"Do you like the games I introduced to you?" Wang Linghua asked in a low voice.

"I will try to play Yanyun and Nishuihan, but forget about the others. I am not very interested."

Wang Linghua was not surprised by Deng Rui's choice. She did not introduce Genshin Impact and Peach Blossom, and most boys would not like Dress Up Nikki and Yiyou. The only options left were Yanyun and Against the Water.

"If you don't understand anything about playing Against the Current, come to me. I'll be your master. I know everything except PVP. Of course, the same goes for Yan Yun."

"Okay, I'll download it when I get to the dormitory tomorrow."

"I'm going to bed then. Good night."

"Good night."

Watching Wang Linghua climb back to the upper bunk, Deng Rui pulled the curtain tight, lay down flat, put on his headphones again, opened B station with his mobile phone, and searched for videos for newbies to watch on Yan Yun and Ni Shui Han.

Tonight's communication with Wang Linghua has allowed him to step half a foot into the gaming circle.

……

Six o'clock the next day.

The second after the phone started vibrating, Deng Rui opened his eyes and turned off the alarm.

Then he pushed the curtains upwards, and the bright sunlight rushed in, covering half of his body.

The warm light gathered Deng Rui's floating mind.

To be honest, spending the night on a vehicle is a very bad choice.

The small space, the faint smell, and all kinds of strange noises caused Deng Rui to sleep very lightly, and he woke up three or four times.

Fortunately, I won’t stay here for long.

Just one night's sleep, I can bear it.

Deng Rui sat up, tidied his appearance briefly, then pulled open the curtain that separated the aisle of the carriage. He happened to see Wang Linghua walking towards him with wet hands.

Her clothes were neat and her hair was smooth. It seemed that she had been up for a while.

"Are you up? Did you sleep well last night?" Wang Linghua asked with a smile.

Deng Rui pressed his shoulder and replied, "Not very good, sleep and wake up, how about you?"

"Just like you, the bed is too small, it's hard to turn over, and it's uncomfortable to sleep."

Deng Rui put on his shoes, went to the bathroom to tidy up, and then came back to pack his luggage.

At about 6:20, the train arrived at Capital Station and the journey ended.

Wang Linghua called a taxi using the taxi app, and Deng Rui followed her out of the station.

The dry cold wind from the north hit Deng Rui's face mercilessly, and he suddenly became sober, although he was still a little confused.

"Deng Rui, can I make a suggestion?"

"What advice?"

"Next time you take a ride, can you not take the night shift? If you want to save money, I can pay the extra portion for you."

"After this incident, you are still willing to let me buy the ticket. You are also a god."

"I can't help it. Nian Nian and Wan Wan both have partners. I have no choice but you."

"Okay, next time I'll buy the day class."

(End of this chapter)