Like many top students in China, Li Zhijie applied to the University of Berkeley in California, USA, after graduating from a first-class university in China. After studying hard for a few years, he successfully obtained his doctorate.
Although he had the opportunity to apply for positions such as an assistant professor at some North American universities, he was not very confident in his English speaking skills, so he directly looked for development opportunities in Silicon Valley.
With Li Zhijie's knowledge and talent, finding a job in Silicon Valley is not difficult. After his work settled down, Li Zhijie found that personal problems are much more difficult than academic and work problems.
Typically, Silicon Valley is that there are more men and fewer women. Although the sun and beaches are good, in life, there is no companion and always feel uneasy.
In college, I had always maintained a close contact with a female classmate in high school. Although she was not a real boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, she had frequent letters and had a positive relationship.
When he first arrived in the United States, Li Zhijie tried to confess his love to this female classmate through letters and determine the relationship between the two, because at that time, he was reluctant to spend money to make international long-distance calls. On the one hand, the phone bill was really expensive at that time. On the other hand, he was also afraid that his female classmate would reject him directly on the phone, which would make him feel embarrassed and afraid that he would not be able to afford to be injured, so he never called.
After several letters, the female classmate almost turned a blind eye to Li Zhijie's suggestions on developing a relationship and never gave a positive response. Later, Li Zhijie also found that the time and frequency of the classmate's reply to him was delayed longer and longer, and the content in the letter was written less and less. Intuition told Zhijie that the possibility of developing a relationship between them was getting lower and lower.
Although Zhijie felt a lot of reluctance and tried his best to write more letters to try to keep him, it was not effective, which made Li Zhijie sad for a long time.
When he received the last letter from this classmate one day, hinting that Zhijie had a certain boyfriend, Zhijie knew clearly that this matter was completely helpless.
I wanted to develop a long-distance relationship, but I had no chance at all. Although I was very disappointed at that time, fortunately, Zhijie's relationship was slowly washed and diluted by time.
When Li Zhijie first arrived at the United States that he yearned for, he felt fresh and novel in many aspects. The atmosphere on campus was more free and casual. The library was the place he often went to. The students there had a variety of sitting postures, some sitting on the sofa, some sitting with their feet and shoes directly on the desk, and some lying on the floor reading by the window, etc. This is almost impossible to match what we often say to ensure the sitting posture and protecting our eyes.
On American campuses, T-shirts, large shorts and flip flops are the most common equipment and can be seen almost all year round.
This kind of thing can be used all year round. Even in winter, the heating in public places and rooms is very hot, and people wearing T-shirts are often seen.
As spring and summer alternate, girls in bikini lying in sun, reading or resting everywhere on the green lawns on campus. Some of them even took off their coats, exposed their backs, and enjoyed the sun. For most students, it has long been commonplace.
After Li Zhijie adapted to the university environment, he once dated a white girl. He spent less than a year together and did not find much feelings in terms of his relationship. More improvements seemed to be in terms of English level.
The white girl's extroversion and Li Zhijie's introvertedness formed a relatively large contrast. During the interaction, in addition to hugging and kissing, the white girl also gave Li Zhijie some chance to sleep in the same bed, but he was still guilty and never dared to accept it.
In the end, the white girl felt that Zhijie was a little cowardly and even doubted whether there was any physical problem with him. She left him angrily in anger.
After soaking in Silicon Valley for several years, Li Zhijie did find that it is more difficult to find an Asian girl he likes or likes than to win the Mark Six lottery.
Ding Ling's appearance did make him lit up. Zhijie knew very well that with Ding Ling's conditions, naturally many people would go back to pursue it, but he also wanted to join this pursuit team, what if he really got into the great fortune.
Unlike Peter's contract, although Zhijie did live in the United States for many years, he was not born and raised after all, so Zhijie asked Ding Ling to come out, and more often participated in some Chinese gatherings.
Among the more than 7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area, the number of Chinese people is about 500,000. Although they are still ethnic minorities, it is an indisputable fact that Chinese people have become an important social force in the western United States. The gatherings with Chinese characteristics are different from those of white people and are unique.
Most of these young Chinese talents in Silicon Valley have similar backgrounds to Li Zhijie. They are from well-known universities in China and have master's and doctoral degrees from American universities. Chinese groups mainly composed of these professionals often organize some such as mountain climbing, cycling, ball games, and various gatherings. These activities are relatively mild and not so intense and exciting. The genes and traditions of Eastern and Western cultures are different.
Even though living in the same place, it is indeed difficult and difficult as a Chinese to truly integrate into the Western world and life.
Many times, Chinese people unconsciously cling to each other to keep warm and entertain themselves.
Many of Li Zhijie's subconscious thoughts are just like this. Of course, such consciousness and ideas are completely free in a diverse society like the United States.
Ding Ling had no special feeling when she participated in these activities with Li Zhijie. Apart from being intimate, she did not bring her more great freshness.
Of course, Li Zhijie doesn't think so. He equated Ding Ling's promise to do so as Ding Ling agreed to date him. In these so-called informal social occasions, he introduced Ding Ling as his friend in a general and vague way. In Silicon Valley, there are many more men than women. Using the word friend to express the relationship between men and women is more ambiguous in itself.
Ding Ling gave Li Zhijie face and didn't refute anything.
In addition to Peter and Zhijie, there are three or four young white men with good conditions who often take the initiative to invite Ding Ling to attend various parties. They are too staggered in time and avoid collisions with each other. Ding Ling will also be invited to go to activities with these white men. There is only one reason, which is to give herself the opportunity to get to know more talents.
However, Ding Ling herself knew in her heart that at the current stage, she was using Peter and Li Zhijie as candidates for marriage, and was quietly focusing on cultivating and finding some feelings. Although Peter and Li Zhijie had no idea what Ding Ling really thought.
Compared to the initiative in dating Peter, Ding Ling will be more passive in dealing with Li Zhijie.
Ding Ling knew what she wanted, but since she had not clearly identified her position during the current stage of getting along with them, she was still dating an ordinary boyfriend or girlfriend, or was a little bit ahead of this relationship, and it was not too special.
The gatherings of Chinese people sometimes seem very practical and realistic. Since there are almost no barriers or obstacles in their cultural background, language and living habits, the communication is very harmonious, but the topics of communication are sometimes very secular. For example, Zhang San recently applied for a green card, Li Si has switched to another even better company, Wang Wu is preparing to return to China to start a business, etc. Sometimes he will also criticize topics such as the international situation and political structure. Miscellaneous things from the east, west, south, and south, and south can be linked together, and there are real and gossip topics, and sometimes it can make these people enjoy discussing it. Of course, they are more about chatting together to relieve boredom.
Li Zhijie and Peter's social circles can be said to be completely different. On the surface, Peter's circle is completely Westernized and exudes a fashionable atmosphere. Of course, there is nothing strange about this, because Peter belongs to the Yellow Banana type, that is, he has a yellow-skinned face, but he is educated by foreigners.
Li Zhijie's circle is almost pure Chinese traditional culture. The main body in the circle is to study and work in the United States as an adult. Although it seems a little more rustic, the villagers feel friendly.
Ding Ling wanders in two different circles and feels different. Different circles have different connotations, and each has its pros and cons. Although she cannot clearly state which circle is better, she already has a tendency in her heart. However, Ding Ling is not sure whether she can enter the circle she hopes for, or be accepted by the people in that circle.
Although he had a good impression of Ding Ling, Li Zhijie did not dare to express his love for Ding Ling at close range. He was afraid that if he did not express himself properly and was rejected by Ding Ling, he might not even have the chance to meet and chat. Therefore, he could be very cautious in handling this aspect.
Many times, when meeting Ding Ling in public, they pretend to meet her inadvertently, and her words and deeds are typical of oriental people.
As the object of his secret investigation, Ding Ling can imagine some of Li Zhijie's ideas and practices, after all, everyone's culture and values are basically not found.
Just because Peter is by my side, Ding Ling hopes to have a more natural process to understand Li Zhijie.
Therefore, she was more calm in terms of the specific rhythm of the interaction with Li Zhijie.
Of course, for fairness, she decided to give Li Zhijie some chance and took the initiative to ask him to go to the movies on the weekend to see how he performed and take this opportunity to learn more about him.
The first time he received Ding Ling's initiative invitation, Li Zhijie seemed to have won the grand prize and was very excited.
He hurriedly went to buy movie tickets. At the beginning of the weekend movie, he bought snacks such as ice cream, popcorn, cola and orange juice. He bought all the food he could buy, and was busy organizing it.
Ding Ling was in a good mood. During the film screening, Zhijie touched Hei and took the initiative to go to Lading Ling's hand, but Ding Ling did not avoid it. Later, Zhijie's right hand reached into the armpit on the right side of Ding Ling's back, and gently put his hand under Ding Ling's right front chest, gently pulling Ding Ling's body to her body. Ding Ling deliberately pretended that she didn't feel anything and quietly cooperated with his movements...
Although he had the opportunity to apply for positions such as an assistant professor at some North American universities, he was not very confident in his English speaking skills, so he directly looked for development opportunities in Silicon Valley.
With Li Zhijie's knowledge and talent, finding a job in Silicon Valley is not difficult. After his work settled down, Li Zhijie found that personal problems are much more difficult than academic and work problems.
Typically, Silicon Valley is that there are more men and fewer women. Although the sun and beaches are good, in life, there is no companion and always feel uneasy.
In college, I had always maintained a close contact with a female classmate in high school. Although she was not a real boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, she had frequent letters and had a positive relationship.
When he first arrived in the United States, Li Zhijie tried to confess his love to this female classmate through letters and determine the relationship between the two, because at that time, he was reluctant to spend money to make international long-distance calls. On the one hand, the phone bill was really expensive at that time. On the other hand, he was also afraid that his female classmate would reject him directly on the phone, which would make him feel embarrassed and afraid that he would not be able to afford to be injured, so he never called.
After several letters, the female classmate almost turned a blind eye to Li Zhijie's suggestions on developing a relationship and never gave a positive response. Later, Li Zhijie also found that the time and frequency of the classmate's reply to him was delayed longer and longer, and the content in the letter was written less and less. Intuition told Zhijie that the possibility of developing a relationship between them was getting lower and lower.
Although Zhijie felt a lot of reluctance and tried his best to write more letters to try to keep him, it was not effective, which made Li Zhijie sad for a long time.
When he received the last letter from this classmate one day, hinting that Zhijie had a certain boyfriend, Zhijie knew clearly that this matter was completely helpless.
I wanted to develop a long-distance relationship, but I had no chance at all. Although I was very disappointed at that time, fortunately, Zhijie's relationship was slowly washed and diluted by time.
When Li Zhijie first arrived at the United States that he yearned for, he felt fresh and novel in many aspects. The atmosphere on campus was more free and casual. The library was the place he often went to. The students there had a variety of sitting postures, some sitting on the sofa, some sitting with their feet and shoes directly on the desk, and some lying on the floor reading by the window, etc. This is almost impossible to match what we often say to ensure the sitting posture and protecting our eyes.
On American campuses, T-shirts, large shorts and flip flops are the most common equipment and can be seen almost all year round.
This kind of thing can be used all year round. Even in winter, the heating in public places and rooms is very hot, and people wearing T-shirts are often seen.
As spring and summer alternate, girls in bikini lying in sun, reading or resting everywhere on the green lawns on campus. Some of them even took off their coats, exposed their backs, and enjoyed the sun. For most students, it has long been commonplace.
After Li Zhijie adapted to the university environment, he once dated a white girl. He spent less than a year together and did not find much feelings in terms of his relationship. More improvements seemed to be in terms of English level.
The white girl's extroversion and Li Zhijie's introvertedness formed a relatively large contrast. During the interaction, in addition to hugging and kissing, the white girl also gave Li Zhijie some chance to sleep in the same bed, but he was still guilty and never dared to accept it.
In the end, the white girl felt that Zhijie was a little cowardly and even doubted whether there was any physical problem with him. She left him angrily in anger.
After soaking in Silicon Valley for several years, Li Zhijie did find that it is more difficult to find an Asian girl he likes or likes than to win the Mark Six lottery.
Ding Ling's appearance did make him lit up. Zhijie knew very well that with Ding Ling's conditions, naturally many people would go back to pursue it, but he also wanted to join this pursuit team, what if he really got into the great fortune.
Unlike Peter's contract, although Zhijie did live in the United States for many years, he was not born and raised after all, so Zhijie asked Ding Ling to come out, and more often participated in some Chinese gatherings.
Among the more than 7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area, the number of Chinese people is about 500,000. Although they are still ethnic minorities, it is an indisputable fact that Chinese people have become an important social force in the western United States. The gatherings with Chinese characteristics are different from those of white people and are unique.
Most of these young Chinese talents in Silicon Valley have similar backgrounds to Li Zhijie. They are from well-known universities in China and have master's and doctoral degrees from American universities. Chinese groups mainly composed of these professionals often organize some such as mountain climbing, cycling, ball games, and various gatherings. These activities are relatively mild and not so intense and exciting. The genes and traditions of Eastern and Western cultures are different.
Even though living in the same place, it is indeed difficult and difficult as a Chinese to truly integrate into the Western world and life.
Many times, Chinese people unconsciously cling to each other to keep warm and entertain themselves.
Many of Li Zhijie's subconscious thoughts are just like this. Of course, such consciousness and ideas are completely free in a diverse society like the United States.
Ding Ling had no special feeling when she participated in these activities with Li Zhijie. Apart from being intimate, she did not bring her more great freshness.
Of course, Li Zhijie doesn't think so. He equated Ding Ling's promise to do so as Ding Ling agreed to date him. In these so-called informal social occasions, he introduced Ding Ling as his friend in a general and vague way. In Silicon Valley, there are many more men than women. Using the word friend to express the relationship between men and women is more ambiguous in itself.
Ding Ling gave Li Zhijie face and didn't refute anything.
In addition to Peter and Zhijie, there are three or four young white men with good conditions who often take the initiative to invite Ding Ling to attend various parties. They are too staggered in time and avoid collisions with each other. Ding Ling will also be invited to go to activities with these white men. There is only one reason, which is to give herself the opportunity to get to know more talents.
However, Ding Ling herself knew in her heart that at the current stage, she was using Peter and Li Zhijie as candidates for marriage, and was quietly focusing on cultivating and finding some feelings. Although Peter and Li Zhijie had no idea what Ding Ling really thought.
Compared to the initiative in dating Peter, Ding Ling will be more passive in dealing with Li Zhijie.
Ding Ling knew what she wanted, but since she had not clearly identified her position during the current stage of getting along with them, she was still dating an ordinary boyfriend or girlfriend, or was a little bit ahead of this relationship, and it was not too special.
The gatherings of Chinese people sometimes seem very practical and realistic. Since there are almost no barriers or obstacles in their cultural background, language and living habits, the communication is very harmonious, but the topics of communication are sometimes very secular. For example, Zhang San recently applied for a green card, Li Si has switched to another even better company, Wang Wu is preparing to return to China to start a business, etc. Sometimes he will also criticize topics such as the international situation and political structure. Miscellaneous things from the east, west, south, and south, and south can be linked together, and there are real and gossip topics, and sometimes it can make these people enjoy discussing it. Of course, they are more about chatting together to relieve boredom.
Li Zhijie and Peter's social circles can be said to be completely different. On the surface, Peter's circle is completely Westernized and exudes a fashionable atmosphere. Of course, there is nothing strange about this, because Peter belongs to the Yellow Banana type, that is, he has a yellow-skinned face, but he is educated by foreigners.
Li Zhijie's circle is almost pure Chinese traditional culture. The main body in the circle is to study and work in the United States as an adult. Although it seems a little more rustic, the villagers feel friendly.
Ding Ling wanders in two different circles and feels different. Different circles have different connotations, and each has its pros and cons. Although she cannot clearly state which circle is better, she already has a tendency in her heart. However, Ding Ling is not sure whether she can enter the circle she hopes for, or be accepted by the people in that circle.
Although he had a good impression of Ding Ling, Li Zhijie did not dare to express his love for Ding Ling at close range. He was afraid that if he did not express himself properly and was rejected by Ding Ling, he might not even have the chance to meet and chat. Therefore, he could be very cautious in handling this aspect.
Many times, when meeting Ding Ling in public, they pretend to meet her inadvertently, and her words and deeds are typical of oriental people.
As the object of his secret investigation, Ding Ling can imagine some of Li Zhijie's ideas and practices, after all, everyone's culture and values are basically not found.
Just because Peter is by my side, Ding Ling hopes to have a more natural process to understand Li Zhijie.
Therefore, she was more calm in terms of the specific rhythm of the interaction with Li Zhijie.
Of course, for fairness, she decided to give Li Zhijie some chance and took the initiative to ask him to go to the movies on the weekend to see how he performed and take this opportunity to learn more about him.
The first time he received Ding Ling's initiative invitation, Li Zhijie seemed to have won the grand prize and was very excited.
He hurriedly went to buy movie tickets. At the beginning of the weekend movie, he bought snacks such as ice cream, popcorn, cola and orange juice. He bought all the food he could buy, and was busy organizing it.
Ding Ling was in a good mood. During the film screening, Zhijie touched Hei and took the initiative to go to Lading Ling's hand, but Ding Ling did not avoid it. Later, Zhijie's right hand reached into the armpit on the right side of Ding Ling's back, and gently put his hand under Ding Ling's right front chest, gently pulling Ding Ling's body to her body. Ding Ling deliberately pretended that she didn't feel anything and quietly cooperated with his movements...
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