Martin stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the new office, looking out at the scenery with his hands in his pockets, wondering what he was thinking.
"You look tired, didn't the morning visit go well?"
Rachel walked in with Priya, holding a cup of iced coffee.
"thanks."
Martin took a big sip of coffee, and instantly felt that most of the heat and irritability in his heart had been taken away.
"Finally alive."
Martin smiled at Rachel, then turned to Priya, who was looking at the new office: "Hi, how are you feeling?"
"Excellent!"
There was a hint of admiration and admiration in Priya's eyes: "You know, this place is very big, and the departmental structure is perfect. It deals with business cooperation worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which is simply the Eden that all lawyers dream of... ..."
"You won't be so excited after a long time." Martin pouted.
Rachel poured cold water on her boss: "Martin, have I said that I hate you pretending to be old? Don't forget that you only came a month earlier than Priya..."
"The third time, I remember it!"
Martin reached for a three, then handed Rachel the folder. Rachel opened it, and it was a legal opinion on Amanda's second-degree murder case.
"I can't think of a better idea for the time being. You are women, maybe you can give me new inspiration."
"...Uncontrolled physiological behavior caused by abnormal hormone secretion in women under stress?"
This nineteen-word noun phrase almost made Rachel out of breath: "What the hell is this?"
Priya took a look, then looked at Martin strangely: "Martin, I think you should be separated from my brother and them for a while, this... this is so abnormal."
After all, they will work together for at least two years in the future, and Priya did not hide her relationship with Martin from Rachel.
"My roommate has many doctoral friends in physiology and neurology..." Martin waved his hand a little embarrassedly: "Forget it, don't worry about it, it's just an inexplicable idea."
The reason why Martin and Sheldon moved to New York to live together was not only because of Sheldon's mother Mary's sincere request, but also because he wanted to receive more scientific edification. A perverted existence that explores the boundaries of human knowledge.
It's just that it seems that this edification seems to be too successful, otherwise how could I make up such a thing casually?
Wouldn't it really be like taking a break from those nerds who only care about science and superheroes, as Priya said?
Martin stood there thinking wildly, while Rachel and Priya whispered to the document.
After a while, Rachel put the document back on the desk: "To be honest, Martin, we can't think of a better way. After all, you can even put together such a strange phrase, which shows that you have a good idea. It's hard to create surprises."
Priya also nodded.
"Forget it, it's a standard procedure crime after all, and there's not much we can do." Martin wasn't disappointed either.
After chatting about the company's gossip for a while, Rachel handed over a mobile phone case.
"iphone 2g?"
Martin opened the package in surprise, picked up the new phone that looked crude, and looked around. The screen wasn't too big, but it was much better than his own BlackBerry.
Long press the power button, the phone screen lights up.
It is still a very primitive touch screen, which supports touch and slide operations, and cannot run multiple programs at the same time due to memory reasons.
"This is a new work phone purchased by the company, one for each official employee, and Priya and I also have..."
Rachel watched Martin's skillful operation, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Do you guys have such a high talent for electronic products? I didn't understand the operation logic of the manual..."
Martin didn't answer, just kept playing with his phone.
After a long time, Martin stopped to think, looked up and said to Rachel, "Go buy me twenty-six iPhones, and send two to each mutual aid member..."
"By the way, tell them that the strategist said this thing will change the world!"
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Once again, I was busy until the early hours of the morning before getting off work.
Martin opened the apartment door and found that in addition to his four best friends and Penny, there was a woman he knew sitting on the sofa in the living room.
"Mary?"
Martin cried out in surprise, dropped his briefcase and walked over quickly to hug her.
This woman is Sheldon's mother, Mary!
If Mr. Cooper hadn't died young from an acute myocardial infarction, Martin should have called her Mrs. Cooper.
"I'm sorry I didn't know you were here...I mean I'm so happy to see you, you look great..."
Except for Sheldon, it was the first time anyone else had seen Martin so childish.
When he crossed into this world, Martin changed from a thirty-year-old adult to a child who just started the first grade.
Unlike many seniors, he has never been able to accept this world. He misses his home from his previous life and resists those two inexplicably extra parents...
After discovering that the neighbor is the one in "Little Sheldon", Martin doubts whether the world really exists, and secretly jumps from the second floor, trying to wake himself up from his sleep with a sense of weightlessness.
"Inception" kills people!
When he woke up from the coma, he first saw a female face staring at him nervously.
This reminded him of the appearance of his mother when he woke up after the appendicitis operation in his previous life, and he said involuntarily, "Mom!"
In this way, Mary became Martin's godmother.
As a devout believer, Mary has always followed the teachings of the Bible that loving her neighbor is like loving her own family. Especially after finding out that Martin is a genius like Sheldon, Mary loves him like her own son.
Under the care and care of her more than her own parents, little Martin gradually accepted this new world.
For him, Mary is his "origin of coordinates" in this world.
The close relationship between the two used to make Sheldon very jealous when he was a child, and once almost ran away from home for it. Fortunately, Martin found out in time and reassured that he would not take away Mary's love for him, which calmed the storm.
Martin happily refused to let go: "Mary, why didn't you tell me you were coming to New York? I should pick you up!"
"Martin, you are still so lovable." Mary patted Martin on the back twice with relief: "I heard them say that you are very busy recently, and you get off work very late every day, so I don't want to disturb you... ."
After chatting for a while, Martin pulled her to sit on the sofa and asked her why she came to New York suddenly.
"There's a new dean in the physics department... Sheldon says he's an idiot and says he hasn't done anything meaningful in twenty years..."
Leonard's foreword didn't fit the description, but the final conclusion was very incisive.
"UU Reading www.uukanshu.com That's it, Sheldon was fired!"
Petunia interjected: "We called Mrs. Cooper in the hope of reinvigorating Sheldon..."
Penny doesn't know yet that Sheldon's father is dead, but the others don't care either.
Martin covered his forehead weakly: "Sheldon, no matter what, as long as you don't violate you, you should maintain the most basic respect for others!"
Then he looked at Mary again: "Mary, I'm sorry I betrayed your trust, I don't want to make any excuses..."
"It's not your fault Martin." Mary reached out and stroked Martin's shoulder gently. "Even if he doesn't believe in God, he shouldn't be so rude to a stranger, let alone his immediate boss."
Martin nodded gratefully and looked at Leonard again: "Okay, now let's think about how we can save it? If not, I can go to Harvard and ask, they should welcome Sheldon as a postdoc."
A postdoc is not a degree or a degree, but a profession, just like a lawyer or a doctor. Refers to those professional scholars who continue to stay in the school to conduct academic research after obtaining a doctorate degree.
Leonard shrugged. "Actually I think Sheldon just needs an apology and the new director will let him come back to work."
Martin looked back at Sheldon: "ok, Sheldon, whether you want to stay at Columbia University or not, I think you should at least apologize to your new director, after all, you hurt his feelings for no reason. ,Is it right?"
Sheldon faltered, feeling as though he recognized a mistake but lost face.
"Don't worry, Martin, I'll take him tomorrow." Mary made a final decision, showing the agility and decisiveness of a Texas woman.