Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Classes in the second semester of junior year are always full, especially from the fifth week onwards, all elective and compulsory courses are taken, Bai Ai is busy with classes during the day, and all papers related to it have to be backlogged until night.
But the process of his thesis is getting more and more strange. At the beginning, Xu Ji swore to tell him that the more he wrote, the easier it would be to understand, but he gradually found that his situation seemed to run counter to what Xu Ji said. Every time I write a small point, I will get stuck. I always feel that there are never enough reference materials, and there will always be new problems that he has never seen before jumping out to hinder his progress.
Bai Ai didn't want to admit that it was because she was too stupid, so she had no choice but to write down. The content didn't increase much, but a lot of questions accumulated. It wasn't until she was stuck that she couldn't go any further that she thought of asking Xu Ji to answer. What to do next.
It was already 08:30 in the evening when the last class of the day was over, the most useless thing, but because the teacher was famously strict and liked to roll names, no one dared to skip class and ask for leave. Bai Ai slept in the classroom for two hours and was called When the loud human voice woke up, it was just the end of class.
A girl came over shyly and timidly when he was packing his things: "Bai Ai, I'm staying at my grandmother's house recently, and I'm also in Shunan Qingcui. Let's drop by. If it's convenient, we can go home together..."
"It's not convenient." Bai Ai didn't raise her head.
For such a straightforward matter that is close to expressing his heart, he has always advocated cutting the mess quickly, not bothering himself or delaying others.
The girl didn't expect him to refuse so decisively, and she was taken aback: "But, it's late now, and I'm a girl, so I always feel a little scared."
Bai Ai put her schoolbag on one shoulder, thought for a while, and said seriously: "It's not even nine o'clock, and it's the opening time that even ghost gates would not choose."
"But I'm afraid of the dark..."
"The road from the school to the community is very bright, and none of the street lights are broken. You will pass through the Municipal Public Security Bureau for a distance of several hundred meters. You are safe."
"But anyway, I'm alone..."
"Many people in the community live there, and you won't be alone if you walk among the crowd."
"But……"
"I hurried home and left."
Bai Ai refused to enter, turned around and strode out of the classroom.
He originally planned to skip half a class tonight and go back to find Xu Ji to solve all the accumulated problems together, and have another dinner by the way, but he didn't expect to sleep right away, and it's getting late now. It might be inconvenient for Xu Ji, so he decided to put it aside for the time being and talk about it tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, he, Xu Jiji, met at the gate of the community by chance.
"Just finished class?" Xu Ji took the initiative to greet him.
Bai Ai nodded: "There are two knots at night."
Xu Ji looked at the red marks on his face that hadn't disappeared due to sleep, and there were dots of smiles in his eyes.
The two naturally walked in side by side, Xu Ji did not know what was in his hand, and the scent burst out one after another, Bai Ai focused on
Wanting to find out what was inside, Xu Ji asked him, "How is the paper?"
not so good.
Bai Ai curled her lips: "It's okay, but I have a few questions, tomorrow weekend, is Teacher Xu free tomorrow?"
"I might have to go home tomorrow, and I'll be back at the weekend."
what.
Bai Ai lowered his head and wrinkled his small face in disappointment. After leaving for two days, it means that he can't make any progress in these two days.
"But I have time tonight." Xu Ji turned his head: "Are you interested in bringing your computer and having a midnight snack with me?"
At ten past nine o'clock, Bai Ai took a shower and went to the next door feeling refreshed with her computer in her arms.
It turned out that the bag Xu Ji was carrying was a piece of spicy rabbit meat. I didn't know where to buy it. It was already a bit cold, so Xu Ji put it in the kitchen to heat it up on low heat, and then took advantage of the gap to help Bai Ai solve it. question.
The scent permeated from the kitchen to the living room. While listening to the explanation, Bai Ai's eyes always drifted towards the kitchen uncontrollably, as if he felt that he could urge that pot of spicy rabbit to be ready soon.
He thought he didn't show any traces, but was quickly discovered by Xu Ji.
The boy was beautiful and fair. His hair was still half-dry because he just took a shower. If you got closer, you could feel his body was wet, with the smell of water vapor, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and his eyes were shining with anticipation of delicious food.The sitting posture is not correct, and he always likes to put his hands on his knees on his toes, and even leans his body forward slightly. His eyelashes flutter, making the whole person look small, soft and cute, making people want to take a bite.
Xu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, tapping rhythmically with his fingertips.
He suddenly wanted to know under what specific circumstances the kitten's ears would show. At this moment, the little friend was so cute, he couldn't help but want to take another look at his ears, and wanted to know whether he could still To what extent do you love your lover.
With a clear cough, suppressing the strong emotions in his eyes, he casually said, "Have you had dinner yet?"
Bai Ai nodded obediently absent-mindedly.
"takeout?"
"No." Bai Ai said, "In the school cafeteria." Although he only ate two bites.
"I thought you wouldn't like the food in the school cafeteria. After all, everyone said that it is more difficult to accept food for a long time than take-out food." Xu Ji looked a little surprised: "I have never tried it, what do you think of the taste? "
Bai Ai didn't know how to make an objective evaluation. He bit his cheek and thought, and then said: "The rumors you heard are true, I advise you not to try it if you have the chance."
This is unpalatable in the disgusting canteen.
Xu Ji was a little happy, although it was two different things, but after a little contact, you can still come to the conclusion that the children think the food he cooks is more delicious.
The topic of eating started and ended inexplicably, Bai Ai's attention was distracted, and when Xu Ji finished explaining the last question, the spicy rabbit meat was ready.
He concentrated on eating the delicious and tender rabbit meat in small bites, and after a while, he found that Xu Ji didn't seem to intend to pick up the chopsticks, and was still focusing on the computer: "Mr. Xu, don't you want to eat?"
Xu Jin hummed: "Zhou Xuan and Lu Hang have sent me the catalog classification. I have to help them point out the problems before tonight, and give them writing suggestions and ideas before they can start writing."
Bai Ai raised her head and looked at his face carefully, only to realize that Xu Ji looked very tired now, with inconspicuous black and blue under his eyes, no energy between his brows, and took off his glasses after staring at the computer for a while Massage the bridge of the nose.
He doesn't seem to be getting enough rest.
But now it's off-duty time, and as one of the people who disturbed his rest, Bai Ai couldn't help feeling guilty, and even slowed down his eating movements.
Maybe he should have asked him earlier, there was no need to pile up so much to bother him, and it would only increase the intensity of his work.
After Xu Ji dealt with the matter at hand, he closed the computer and found that Bai Ai seemed to have a bad appetite: "What's the matter, don't you like to eat?"
Without waiting for his answer, he continued as if talking to himself: "Originally there was a spicy flavor, but I bought this because you like the spicy flavor, or you should change to another one next time, or change to another store , the taste may be more to your liking."
Just as Bai Ai wanted to say no, he had another meal when he heard the words. His hands holding the chopsticks felt a little weak, and he pursed his lips and his face became uncomfortable: "What are you thinking about me? We didn't agree to have dinner together, and the entrance of the community is the same." If you meet by chance, why do you still care about whether I like it or not?"
Xu Ji said: "Just in case, you don't like to eat on time, and you always like to order takeaway, even if we haven't met, I will knock on your door when I get home, so it's not a coincidence."
It might be an exaggeration to say that she is flattered, but Bai Ai is really at a loss by Xu Ji now.
Except for his parents, no one really took the initiative to care for him, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and his shortcomings of being unfriendly to people were exposed again, and he didn't know what reaction he should give now: "You use Don't think about me this way, I've lived alone for a long time, and I don't lack arms or legs, so I know how to take care of myself."
"It doesn't matter, I also got used to it after a long time because there are many juniors in my family." Xu Ji explained carefully: "I have a nephew who is about the same age as you. I can't help but think of him, maybe this is a common problem of being an elder, not to mention that you are not only my neighbor, but also my student, I always feel that I need to do something to feel at ease."
Having said that, he paused for a while: "One more thing, Bai Ai, first of all, I need to declare that I don't discriminate against atavistic human beings, but I still have to tell you, whether it is from the perspective of a star or half atavistic human beings From my point of view, living alone is a matter with many safety hazards, you can’t relax your vigilance just because you are a boy, and now there are many bad social incidents whose victims are young people living alone, and not only girls.”
"The last time you told me about Wei Zicheng's stage incident, I wanted to tell you that you didn't seem to pay enough attention to this kind of thing, which worried me a lot."
"I didn't take it seriously..." He wanted to explain, but as soon as he spoke, he always felt a sense of weakness for no reason. He didn't like this feeling, so he shut his mouth dumbly, and the unspoken explanation ended without a problem.
I don't know if it's because his reaction gave the other party the illusion that he is stubborn and doesn't listen to persuasion, Xu Ji didn't say anything, just sighed almost imperceptibly.Glancing at the wall clock on the wall, he said warmly: "It's late, let's stop here today, remember to go to bed early when you go back, staying up late is not good for your health."
Seeing that Bai Ai nodded obediently, she took out a key from the drawer and handed it to him: "Next time if you need me for something, you can come here directly. I don't often look at my phone when I'm working, and I often don't reply in time."
Bai Ai hesitated whether he should pick it up, Xu Ji didn't give him a chance to refuse, and put the key into his hand directly, throwing another more reasonable excuse: "I'm not here often on weekends, the flowers on the balcony Maybe I need to ask you to help me water it, can you?"
"...Okay." If it was this reason, Bai Ai would have no reason to refuse.
He was always bothering Xu Ji with such and such things, and it was rare that the other party needed his help, so he naturally agreed without hesitation.
Before leaving, Xu Ji got up and sent Bai Ai to the door, and when Bai Ai turned to take out the key, he suddenly said: "Actually, I have a guest room here."
Bai Ai turned around and tilted her head to look at him.
Xu Ji glanced across the top of his head, but there was nothing in the soft hair.
He adjusted his glasses with some regret, and the light-colored home clothes made him look gentle and polite: "If it's convenient, you can also live in my house temporarily, you don't have to run back and forth, you can ask me anytime if you have any questions, don't worry about not being able to contact me." As far as I affect the progress, of course, there is no need to order takeaway, I know a lot of dishes, and if there is no accident, you won't get bored in a short time."
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