Evening -
Qi Xi Zhi slowly arrived at the office right on time.
"Alright, get ready, we're going to have a meeting." As soon as he entered, he called a few students to gather for a meeting.
"Teacher Qi, everything is ready here." Mo Ya Ya nodded, looking at her supervisor.
Her senior brother was currently busy with his thesis and graduation, so all the previous tasks had now fallen upon her.
She would have to wait a while longer before she could gradually pass them on to these two first-year graduate students.
Once she was more familiar with it, she would only hand over the tasks when she herself was too busy; if she had free time, she would still be the one doing it...
"Okay, then let's start directly."
"All of you, come over here."
"Okay." Qiu Xi and the other nodded, then walked over to sit properly.
"Mhm, go ahead."
"Today, let's start with Luo An first. Tell us what you've gained recently."
"Okay." Luo An forced a poker face and nodded.
Then he walked up slowly, clicked on his PPT, and prepared to give his report.
This was their first group report since the start of the semester. Before arriving at school to register, they had had two reports. The first was when they first came to school, and the second was an online meeting due to time constraints.
So, after a period of absence, strictly speaking, this was their true first group meeting.
"..."
"...Thank you, my report is finished."
Luo An spoke for a long time and finally finished nervously.
He stealthily glanced at Qi Xi Zhi beside him, occasionally drifting his gaze over, quietly awaiting evaluation.
"Mhm, not bad." Qi Xi Zhi nodded, "Much better than before."
Luo An breathed a sigh of relief.
"However..."
He took another breath.
"Your effective content is lacking. Look at what you've learned. You must gain something after reading, don't just read to complete a task..."
Qi Xi Zhi spoke a long, rather impolite passage.
"Keep up the good work, I have high hopes for you!"
"Okay."
Giving a slap and then a sweet date, Luo An felt that his mood, which had been fluctuating until now, was actually not bad...
"Thank you, Teacher."
"Mhm, next, Ya Ya, as the senior sister, you go first. Let your juniors catch their breath and rest a bit."
Mo Ya Ya, "..."
If she went first, her mood would likely be similar to her junior brother's...
Although she thought this, Mo Ya Ya still calmly said, "Okay, Teacher."
"Mhm, begin."
Although she felt a burden in her heart, she had enrolled a year earlier after all, so she still had some skill.
Her report was very organized, covering everything the teacher wanted to know, with insightful analysis. There were no mistakes throughout.
"That's acceptable, no issues."
"There are a few points I mentioned that you can try out. In a few days, give me a report, and I'll take a look."
Mo Ya Ya nodded, "Okay."
Although he didn't say much, she had been with her supervisor for a year, and with her senior brother's guidance, she understood this.
Saying there were no issues meant there were no outstanding merits either...
Asking for a report was actually a disguised way of urging her thesis...
Thinking of this, Mo Ya Ya felt completely disheartened.
Thinking of the days ahead where she would have to beg her supervisor to spoon-feed her, just thinking about it made her afraid to continue...
"Alright, Qiu Xi, it's your turn. Hurry up, let's finish early and get back to work. The dormitory is more comfortable than the office."
"...Okay." Qiu Xi replied.
As she spoke, she went up.
Qiu Xi spoke the fastest among the three. She was concise, focusing only on her main points and the direction she intended to take for her thesis.
"Mhm!"
"Very good!" Qi Xi Zhi broke into a smile.
It seemed this was his first smile of the evening.
It appeared he was very satisfied with Qiu Xi's report.
"Alright, you all prepare yourselves. Our meeting for tonight is about to conclude."
"Okay."
As he spoke, they quickly recorded notes in their books.
"Did everyone get it all down?" Qi Xi Zhi looked at the three.
The three nodded, "Mhm, it's done."
"Good."
"There's actually one more thing for today's meeting, which I wanted to inform you about."
"What is it?" Mo Ya Ya asked.
"This is something Ya Ya should be very familiar with, it's about the matchmaking event."
Mo Ya Ya nodded, "This..."
The drawn-out sound of her voice suggested she didn't feel much, yet also a sense of helplessness.
The conversation between the supervisor and senior sister made Qiu Xi and Luo An curious.
Matchmaking used to be a normal thing for them.
But now they were graduate students, and there weren't many people around. Who were they going to matchmake with?