Soft and soothing music played in the café, and Ling Xiao sat boredly in the booth and played with his phone, while paying attention to the crowd coming and going inside and outside the coffee shop, and a black van across the street caught his attention.

Since his practice, Ling Xiao's memory has improved a lot, although it is not unforgettable, but for the car that has appeared in his sight several times, 4 and changed the license plate several times, Ling Xiao just can't remember it.

"Ringing ringing!" Nadia, who was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, pushed open the door of the store and walked in, Ling Xiao quickly raised his arm to indicate his position, Nadia smiled and walked over: "How is it, wait a long time!" ”

"No, I've just arrived!" There is still this gentlemanly demeanor, and women are born with the privilege of being late.

"Oh, you're late!" Nadia put the brown leather bag in her hand on the side of the table by the window, and said with a smile: "It's been half an hour since our agreed time, if you just arrived, it would be considered late, and you will have to pay for today's coffee!" ”

"No problem!" Ling Xiao's expression was very indifferent, just a little coffee money, he wanted to take a look, what was the matter with Nadia Pym looking for him?

While stirring the coffee in her hand, Nadia said seemingly casually, "Ling, I heard that you don't plan to continue your graduate studies with Professor Gao Bai?" ”

"You're very well-informed!" Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, and said with a chuckle: "It's not that I don't plan to study as a graduate student of Professor Gao Bai, I just want to slow down a little bit and wait until the second half of the year, and then come back to continue my studies." ”

"Really?" Nadia obviously wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say when it came to her lips.

"Tell me anything, Nadia, I don't think you called me out today just for coffee!" Ling Xiao raised his head and looked at Nadia and asked very directly.

"Let's put it this way." Nadia put down the spoon in her hand, looked at Ling Xiao, and said in a deep voice: "Ling, I originally wanted to invite you to work at my father's Pym Technology because you didn't plan to continue your master's degree, but now you have other things to do, so I don't know how to speak for a while." ”

"So that's it!" Ling Xiao nodded slightly, and after a little recollection, he knew what the reason for Nadia to invite him was.

Nadia didn't know when she learned the identity of her father Ant-Man and wanted his father to pass on the Ant-Man suit to her, but for some reason, Dr. Pym had no intention of passing on the Ant-Man suit to her, so Nadia simply secretly teamed up with the CEO of Industry to make a set of Ant-Man suits herself.

However, the key to making Ant-Man's suit has always been in the hands of Dr. Pym, and Nadia's research has not progressed, so she will hit Ling Xiao with her idea.

If it was before, Ling Xiao might have agreed, but now the most important thing for him is to cultivate to break through the innate realm, and everything else has to be in the back row, so he can only shrug his shoulders helplessly and say: "I'm really sorry, Nadia, even if I don't have personal matters myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to agree to your invitation, I still have a contract with Stark Industries." ”

"Oh!" Nadia frowned and said, "I remember you weren't just Miss Potts' personal doctor?" ”

"It's not!" Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, lowered his voice and said, "I also participated in a top-secret project of Stark Industries as a researcher, and Professor Gao Bai also knows about this, so I'm really sorry." ”

"It's okay, forget it, I hope you can give us more advice!" Nadia Pym sighed a little helplessly, she also inadvertently knew that Ling Xiao had a set of special armor from the East in her hand, hoping to get some breakthrough advice from him, now it seems that he is very sensitive to this matter, one on the left is "something", and the right one is "top secret", obviously he doesn't want to talk to her deeply.

The two of them casually chatted a few more about school, and Nadia Pym took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

Ling Xiao looked at the back of her leaving, and shook his head slightly, the matter of Pym particles is not the best time to intervene now, it is better to let it go first.

After the dissertation defense, all that was left was to wait for the graduation ceremony in two days, so after separating from Nadia, Ling Xiao returned to his pharmacy with his packed things.

At noon, there were not many customers in the pharmacy, Ling Xiao was a little surprised to see Gan Jing sitting in the tea house with a blonde girl laughing and chatting, seeing Ling Xiao come back, Gan Jing quickly stood up, walked over and took Ling Xiao's arm and introduced him: "Ling, this is my senior sister Mina, Mina has been admitted to my supervisor's graduate school, and she will be enrolled at the end of August, and my tutor asked me to take her to help familiarize herself with the situation in Los Angeles." ”

After speaking, Gan Jing said to Mina Tangde again: "Mina, this is my boyfriend Ling." ”

"Hello, Mr. Ling!" Mina Tangde stretched out her hand to shake Ling Xiao's hand, and said with a smile: "I just came from Poland, and I am not familiar with everything yet, so I may have to trouble Senior Sister Gan Jing for a while." ”

"It's okay, if you can help." Ling Xiao smiled slightly, and secretly said in his heart that he was a Pole, no wonder there were some calluses on his thumb.

After saying a few words with Gan Jing and Mina, Ling Xiao went up to the second floor alone under the pretext of having something.

Mina Tangde looked at Ling Xiao's back as she went upstairs and narrowed her eyes slightly.

When I was having dinner in the evening, I hurriedly said to Ling Xiao: "Ling, I want to hold a graduation celebration for you, what do you think?" ”

"Graduation celebration?" Ling Xiao was slightly stunned, looked at Gan Jing and asked with some incomprehension: "What kind of graduation celebration is it, it's just a normal college graduation, and the school will hold a graduation party the night after tomorrow, is it necessary for us to hold a separate one?" ”

"It's not the school, I'm talking about the friends you met outside of school, Chang Xi and her brother Chang Kuan, Mr. James Dean, and Officer Kate Beckett, Miss Michaela Baines." Gan Jing brushed his hair and said, "And some of my friends, I also want them to get to know you." ”

Ling Xiao understood, Gan Jing wanted to get to know Ling Xiao's circle of friends, and there was some careful thinking about her.

"Well, it's all up to you." Ling Xiao held Gan Jing's hand and nodded with some pity.

In the past few years in Los Angeles, Gan Jing has spent more time at the pharmacy than she has spent at school, which has also caused her to have few personal social activities, and now that Ling Xiao has graduated, it is normal for her to want to know about his circle of friends.

However, Gan Jing didn't tell Ling Xiao the truth, this idea was not her own, but after the new acquaintance Mina Tangde, the two of them inadvertently mentioned it to each other between talking and laughing, Gan Jing also felt that there was some truth, it was time to let Ling Xiao's friends know about her existence.

Two days later, Ling Xiao successfully got his graduation certificate, looking at the graduation photo, smiling happily, he shook his head slightly.

Ling Xiao's private dinner was held on the evening of the second day, at his own seaside villa, and he only invited his roommate Jason to the school, in addition to Chang Xi and her brother Chang Kuan, who had summer vacation at the same time, Mr. James Dean, a stockbroker, and Kate Beckett and Michaela Baines, others such as Qin Ming and Holly Robinson, Ling Xiao didn't even have contact at all.

These are all interpersonal relationships that Ling Xiao can show on the bright side, and the others are either special or have awkward relationships, and it is not easy for them to come forward to participate in Ling Xiao's ordinary party if they don't have time.

(End of chapter)