He threw away the lamp, which swung low, and their huge black shadows swung all over the room. He wanted to K!ss her, and she said, "K!ss my cheek now, and later, when we say goodnight, maybe I'll let you K!ss my mouth." Later, he was about to push the lamp up and put it back to its original place, but she said, "No, let it go, I like these shadows." Roger laughed and said, "The shadows make me a little nervous; our smallest movements are magnified by them more than ten times and performed on the roof." Suxi said, "In my opinion, it's not magnified enough. Oh, Roger, I want everyone to know how much I love you. I want everyone to know how lovely you are!" Roger wanted to K!ss her again. The servant knocked on the door and came in to report, "Mr. Buck is here." Suxi pouted and said, "Look, you haven't asked the principal for leave yet, but he comes to stop you first!" Roger laughed, "How can that be? He came just in time, so I don't have to go to him tomorrow." Then he hurried to the guest room. Buck stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and facing outside. He was a tall and thin man, with a hunched back. He had two tufts of white hair on his temples, but only a bright red head was left in the middle of his head, like a festive egg. Roger smiled and said, "Good evening, Mr. Buck. I was just looking for you. We are going to Hawaii tomorrow. Although the school has not yet had a holiday, I would like to ask you to forgive me for leaving first. Mr. McPhee can mark the exam papers for me, and I think you can leave the dormitory matters to Lambert." Buck turned around and looked at him, and said slowly, "Oh...you are going to Hawaii. ...Is your wife going with you?" Roger laughed and said, "According to common custom, when you go on a honeymoon, your wife always goes with you, right? She may not bring the servant who cooks with her!" Buckchidid not agree with his smile, but followed him and asked, "Is your wife happy to go?" Roger Jay looked at him in surprise, and answered in a different voice: "Of course!" Buck blushed, as if he was angry, but then he changed his mind and sighed: "Ann Biden, you know, she is still a child... a willful child..." Roger didn't say anything, just stared at him with his eyes open. Buck was about to continue, but seemed a little uneasy. He turned his back again, faced the window, coughed lightly, and said: "Ann Biden, we have been working together for fifteen years. In these fifteen years, I think your work spirit and various aspects have satisfied us. As for your private life, we have no right to interfere. Even if we have the right to interfere within a limited scope, we have nothing to complain about. ...."Roger walked to the window and asked, "What is going on, Buck? Please tell me directly, we are such close friends, do we need to be polite?" Buck looked deeply into his eyes, as if he suspected that he was pretending to be stupid. Roger said in a rough voice, "What is going on?" Buck coughed again, and said word by word, "I think you didn't control your own emotions strictly this time, and you didn't control your wife's behavior strictly, so that the handle fell into the hands of people who are not on good terms with you..." Roger said from between his teeth, "Tell me, Buck, what is going on?" Buck said, "At two o'clock last night, your wife ran to In the boys' dormitory, she looked... a little frightened. She didn't say much to them, but... it was enough for them to imagine. This morning, she came to see me and asked me to come out and make the decision for her. Naturally, I was very embarrassed and thought of a few words to send her away. Unexpectedly, she would go all out and find Maurice. You know that Maurice was very unhappy with you because of the last time you expelled those two students. He knew that she had no sufficient grounds for divorce; but he promised to find a lawyer for her and make a bigger deal of this matter. In the afternoon, your mother-in-law took her daughter to visit friends everywhere, especially your colleagues. Now almost all the middle-class British families in Hong Kong know about this matter. "
After hearing these words, Roger's face turned pale, but he still pretended to be very relaxed. He leaned against the window, his two thumbs in his trouser pockets, and his exposed fingers gently patted his thighs. Hearing the last sentence, he seemed to be unable to hold back and laughed out loud, saying: "This matter?... I still want to ask you, what is this matter... What is it all about? Have I broken the law?" Buck answered evasively: "Legally... Of course... Of course there is no legal problem..." The end of Roger's laughter was a bit like sobbing. He suddenly found that he had a hard time defending himself; even to his most trusted friends, such as Buck, he had no way to explain the misunderstanding. As for the other people, the British society above the middle level in Hong Kong, what could he say about those people? Those men were like small tin alarm clocks, eating, drinking tea, sitting on the toilet, and sitting in the office on time, with nothing in their minds except the ticking of the pendulum; perhaps due to the influence of the hot climate in the East, the clock was not very accurate, but a clock was still a clock. Women, who knitted woolen yarn all day long, had fluffy faces that looked like a fleece sweater... Could he explain to these people the flaws of Su Xi's family education? Roger himself liked to be an ordinary person. Now, the environment forced him to be outside the circle of the masses, and he felt the stupidity inside the circle - stupid cruelty... Isn't it scary outside the circle? Little blue teeth, huge black shadows swaying above his head, pointing and poking... Many cold thoughts floated and stuck to his face like a newly woven spider web. He shook his head and tried his best to get rid of the web. He put a hand on Buck's shoulder and said, "I'm really sorry to make you so embarrassed. I will resign tomorrow!" Buck said, "Where are you going?" Roger shrugged and said, "There are many places to go. Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, Hankou, Xiamen, Singapore, there are many universities. The British in China will not be unemployed, right?" Buck said, "I advise you not to go to Shanghai. Most of the universities there are sponsored by the church. You know they are particularly harsh on the selection of professors... I mean, you know their usual prejudices. As for places like Beijing, the church atmosphere in the school is also quite strong..." Roger smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, Buck, you make me feel even more sorry. Well, see you tomorrow, thank you for telling me all this." Buck said, "I'm really sorry, but I think you must understand my helplessness..." Roger smiled and said, "See you tomorrow!" Buck said, "It's been fifteen years, An Baiden..." Roger said, "See you tomorrow!"
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