53 Chapter: The Empty House_1

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The "human tide" of students that had just been released from class had passed, leaving only Jiang Yu and Logic in the hallway.

Jiang Yu almost facepalmed, "Big shot, isn't your reaction a bit too much!"

He took a deep breath before saying, "Yes, I am Professor Ye Wenjie's assistant. I met Professor Yang Dong through work."

Logic was startled, "I remember Professor Ye being an authority in astrophysics, so why would she choose you, a student from the social sciences, as her assistant?"

Jiang Yu boasted shamelessly, "Maybe because I'm handsome."

Logic pursed his lips, not knowing how to respond.

"I've heard Professor Yang mention that Teacher Logic was her classmate," Jiang Yu returned to the main topic.

Logic took a deep breath, "In her eyes, I must be considered a deserter, right?"

Initially, Logic studied a major closely related to Yang Dong's, in astrophysics, before switching to sociology.

"Deserter? Professor Yang actually admires your decision. After all, not everyone has the courage to switch majors."

While Jiang Yu wasn't lying, he was slightly exaggerating. Yang Dong had indeed made comments like "not everyone has the courage to change majors," but "admires" was not included.

During this time, Jiang Yu often talked with Yang Dong and Ye Wenjie about Logic. According to Professor Ye, during high school, Logic frequently visited her home.

Otherwise, in the original story, Professor Ye wouldn't have recognized Logic at a glance as "Little Luo."

Jiang Yu speculated that the relationship between Logic and Yang Dong might have been more than just ordinary high school classmates.

But Yang Dong was a bit slow in this regard, seeing Logic only as a handsome high school classmate.

Yang Dong candidly expressed that it took her several years to figure out that Logic seemed to have been chasing her at the time.

Poor Teacher Logic, he probably still doesn't know that Yang Dong wasn't playing dumb to reject him back then, but that the girl was genuinely clueless!

After hearing Jiang Yu's words, Logic sighed, "Time flies, I heard that she and Dr. Ding Yi are about to get married?"

Jiang Yu was taken aback, "I haven't heard that."

He paused and reiterated, "An invitation from Professor Yang Dong?"

Logic waved his hand, "I won't go. It's kind of awkward to meet after so many years."

"But Professor Yang sincerely invites you. She mentioned several times that she really wants to get together with her high school classmates." While he said this, Jiang Yu thought to himself:

"Sorry, Sister Dong, for the sake of humanity's welfare, I can only tell a little lie."

Logic hesitated but didn't rush to refuse again.

Jiang Yu quickly followed up with persuasion, "Teacher Ye learned that you are teaching at Yanjing University and mentioned you too. She said that you work so close yet never drop by for a chat."

Recalling Teacher Ye's kind gaze, Logic figured his little trickery back then couldn't have escaped this senior professor.

Reminiscing about his high school days, Logic grew nostalgic, "I appreciate Yang Dong's invitation. I'll attend her birthday party."

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Then it's settled. We'll go together after class next Monday."

He planned to keep an eye on Logic all day that day, until he could deliver him to Professor Ye.

Now that he had confirmed Logic's situation, Jiang Yu started to worry about the birthday cake.

The cake and flowers, naturally, couldn't be discussed with Yang Dong; they had to be prepared "on the sly."

Logically speaking, this should be Dr. Ding Yi's responsibility. But when Jiang Yu asked Yang Dong for Ding Yi's contact information, Yang Dong claimed she never saved contact names and didn't know which number was Ding Yi's.

The phrase "lying to someone's face" almost slipped out of Jiang Yu. He remembered the night when Yang Dong attempted suicide, Ding Yi had called, and the caller ID showed "Ding Yi."

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Jiang Yu guessed that the two of them had argued again, and since Yang Dong's anger hadn't subsided, that's why she spoke that way.

He had heard from Ye Wenjie that, ever since Yang Dong's failed suicide attempt, the two often parted on bad terms after a conversation.

Initially, Jiang Yu was anxious for Ding Yi, not yet married and already fighting so fiercely, it was a "strategic error"!

Since Yang Dong didn't provide contact information, Jiang Yu had no choice but to ask Ye Wenjie.

However, Ye Wenjie didn't have Ding Yi's contact information, she only roughly knew his address from a casual conversation before.

Jiang Yu, feeling helpless, thought to himself that he might as well go the extra mile. If Teacher Ding Yi was being so hopeless, he would offer him some guidance in person.

The next day was Saturday, and Jiang Yu went to look for Ding Yi at the address given by Ye Wenjie.

Ding Yi's apartment was in a newly-constructed complex. As soon as he entered, Jiang Yu smelled a strong scent of alcohol. Ding Yi, somewhat drunk, asked, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Yu smiled, "Came to discuss something with you."

He looked around, the room was new, not yet furnished, and lacked furniture and decorations.

The spacious living room appeared very bare, but the most noticeable item was a pool table set in one corner of the room.

Jiang Yu was somewhat excited; it was on this very pool table that Ding Yi had demonstrated the "unpredictable nature of particle collisions" to Wang Miao.

As for Jiang Yu's uninvited visit, Ding Yi didn't mind. He even grabbed a wine glass and asked, "Want a drink?"

Jiang Yu picked a cigarette from the box on the table, "I'll stick with this."

Ding Yi nodded, filled his glass to the brim, and the two sat down on individual wooden armchairs.

"I bought this apartment three months ago," said Ding Yi, "Why did I buy an apartment? Did I really think she would settle into a family life?" He chuckled with a hint of drunkenness and shook his head.

Jiang Yu took a drag on his cigarette, "Spouses argue, it's only natural."

Ding Yi took a sip of wine, "It's not an argument, it's a breakup."

Jiang Yu nearly lost his grip on the cigarette. No wonder Yang Dong said she didn't recognize Ding Yi's number; she must have blacklisted him.

This... this was awkward. He had come prepared to discuss ordering a cake and flowers.

If they had broken up, what was there to discuss!

Ding Yi seemed to have a strong desire to confide. He continued, "She was like a star, always so distant, the light she shone on me was always cold."

He downed the wine in his glass in one go, "Communicating with her, most of the time, felt like a physics seminar.

"We neither understood how to deal with emotional issues, and over these two years, we had both grown tired."

Ding Yi looked at Jiang Yu, "She deserves a better future."

Jiang Yu felt Ding Yi's gaze and slowly glanced behind him.

Ding Yi smiled, "Don't be so lacking in confidence."

Jiang Yu thought to himself, "Teacher Ding, you truly have a lofty spirit, discussing such a topic with such ease; here I was thinking highly of my own state of mind, but compared to you, I'm still lacking."

With a wave of his hand, as if to dismiss something, Ding Yi asked, "Right, why did you want to see me?"

What else could it be? He came with the intention of providing guidance, only to end up receiving guidance himself.

Jiang Yu finally replied after stubbing his cigarette out on the mountainous pile of cigarette butts, "I'm here because Professor Wang Miao said you've been drinking every day.

"I must urge you, your precious brain must continue to contribute to physics. You can't let alcohol damage it any further!"