Chapter 827 Orion
As the vice president of American Comparative Literature, Li Li attended the conference organized by the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA). The conference was held at Oxford University. For this reason, Fang Minghua also made a special trip to Christ Church College, Oxford University to see Li Li's work. speech.
The entire class was almost full, with not only participating representatives but also students observing. Fang Minghua quietly entered from behind and saw Li Li standing on the podium giving a lecture.
Li Li also noticed Fang Minghua sneaking in from the back door, with a slight smile on his face and continued his speech.
Today she is wearing a black suit and glasses, looking intellectual and elegant.
The title of her lecture today was "History of Chinese Civilization and Dialogue Comparative Literature in the World", and she spoke eloquently in front of the audience.
Fang Minghua only knows a little bit about the subject of comparative literature, which is a cross-linguistic, cross-cultural, and cross-disciplinary literary research category. It was obvious that Li Li's lecture was quite innovative and received warm applause at the end.
After getting off the podium, Li Libin did not return to his seat, but walked to the back and sat next to Fang Minghua.
"Why are you here?" Li Li asked.
"I have nothing to do in the hotel, so I came here to listen to your lecture." Fang Minghua whispered: "Do you know what I just thought of?"
"What comes to mind?"
"I think of the time you gave a lecture in the Literary Society of Northwest University twenty years ago."
Li Li had a shy smile on her face after hearing this.
It was the first day the two met. As the president of the literary club, Li Li explained Shu Ting's "To the Oak" and "Spring" written by Fang Minghua in the classroom. At that time, Fang Minghua was visiting his sister and also listened. her lectures.
Time flies so fast.
Twenty years have passed in a flash, and the boys and girls who once were there have all reached their forties.
Back then, she was ignorant about love and almost lost the love of her life, but luckily she got it again in the end.
Although not perfect, she is content.
Is life inherently imperfect?
After the meeting, the two walked side by side on campus.
"Lili, you'll finish your meeting tomorrow. Let's go back to San Francisco the day after tomorrow? I'll book a plane ticket for you," Fang Minghua said.
"No. I want to spend two days in London with you."
"You said you come to London every year and haven't seen enough yet?" Fang Minghua asked.
"But I haven't gone shopping with you before." Li Li said with a bit of coquettishness in her tone.
"Okay then."
Fang Minghua agreed.
After Li Li finished her academic conference, the two of them walked around London hand in hand.
Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and the Tower of London all left their footprints.
Due to the special relationship between the two, Li Li had rarely been so close to him outside.
It's impossible in China. Li Li has never returned to China since she became pregnant with Fang Minghua's child. In San Francisco, it’s rare to go shopping hand in hand like this.
But in London, Li Li let go of everything and clung to Fang Minghua's side, enjoying this rare romantic moment.
The two stayed together at night.
Standing on the hotel balcony, looking at the scenery outside.
The sky in London, known as the Fog City, was exceptionally bright today. Fang Ming raised his head and saw the sky full of stars. Sirius in the east-south sky was particularly bright, and Orion was not far away.
"Minghua, is the brightest star in the southeast direction Sirius?" Li Li leaned next to him and asked, pointing to the sky.
"It's Sirius." Fang Minghua answered with his meager astronomical knowledge.
"Next to that is Orion."
"Yeah."
Li Li suddenly recited with great emotion: "I have a window now. The Orion constellation has appeared on the horizon, and near it is Jupiter. There will never be a more brilliant moment than this before 2000. (I don't Gonna tell you what time it is and how high the star is) but I want you to see it too Clarisse.
Fang Minghua knew that she was reciting classic lines from "The Silence of the Lambs".
The two held hands tightly together.
Finally, the two made a special trip to Shakespeare's hometown.
Shakespeare's hometown is the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. When the two arrived in Stratford by car, it started to rain again, and the raindrops fell on the water, causing ripples. The falling rain flowers and willow leaves dancing in the wind add a poetic touch to this quaint town.
The center of the town is Shakespeare's former home, and the entrance is at the Shakespeare Exhibition Center. Here the life of this great writer is displayed, as well as his remaining manuscripts and memorials to him.
The garden in the backyard of the former residence is planted with many flowers and plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays, such as violets, roses, forget-me-nots, rosemary, etc., as well as statues of Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare donated by China.
Lifelike.
According to the staff, Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu were born very close and died in the same year (1616). Therefore, Tang Xianzu is called the Shakespeare of the East.
"How's it going? Does it feel good?"
"It's okay." Fang Minghua nodded.
"Minghua, are you a party member?" Li Li suddenly asked.
"Yeah, what?" Fang Minghua didn't understand that she suddenly asked this question.
"Then you should go to Marx's former residence."
Oh?
Don't tell me, you really think so.
I heard that many Chinese tourists visiting Germany will visit Marx’s former residence in the ancient German city of Trier. Most of the tourists here are Chinese.
Just like when you go to the former Yugoslavia, you have to go to the Tara Valley Bridge to see that bridge.
Unfortunately, Fang Minghua has a British visa and cannot enter Germany directly. He also needs a Schengen visa.
"Next time, let's go to Germany and France together next time," Fang Minghua said.
"Yeah, there is also my cousin. My cousin said that she has long wanted to come to Europe to play, but she was too busy with work and couldn't leave." Li Li said.
Oh?
Threesome?
This picture is too beautiful to look at.
After spending three more days shopping in the UK with Li Li, seeing that their 15-day tourist visa had expired, the two took a plane to leave the UK and fly directly to San Francisco.
After a nearly 12-hour flight, we finally arrived in San Francisco around one o'clock the next day. The two of them took the airport bus to the city, and then took a taxi to the villa at around two-thirty.
"Where's Xinxin?" Fang Minghua asked, looking at the deserted house.
"I'm in kindergarten. School is about to end now, and the nanny is going to pick up the child." Li Li said.
It turns out that Li Li's father came to San Francisco to visit his daughter during the summer vacation last year and lived here for more than half a year.
Originally, Fang Minghua planned to buy a villa in Los Angeles. He knew that Li Li's father liked it there, but because Li Li wanted to teach and was unwilling to move to Los Angeles, Li Li's father had to give up.
Before the Chinese New Year this year, seeing that their granddaughter was already three years old and going to kindergarten, the couple also planned to return to China to live for a while.
There is a nanny to pick up and drop off the children, and they can rest assured that the children are in the community, only a few minutes' walk away.
Now when Fang Minghua heard that Li Li said that her daughter would be out of school soon, she immediately became energetic.
"I'll pick up my daughter." After saying that, he put down his luggage and walked out.
"Hey, do you know where the kindergarten is?" Li Li asked quickly.
"I know. I took Xinxin there to play the year before last."
"Don't worry, bring your mobile phone." Li Li quickly went upstairs and took out a Motorola and handed it to Fang Minghua.
This is a mobile phone he bought in the United States. Naturally, he uses a local mobile phone card. Otherwise, the sky-high international roaming charges would be heartbreaking.
(End of chapter)