“Teacher Qi, I have an idea. Could you take a look? If it’s suitable, I’ll start writing it,” Qiu Xi said, sending an email.
Seeing the email from Qiu Xi, Qi Xizhi couldn’t help but smile before anything even began.
A student who knew her place—it was a joy to see.
It seemed the quota for this year was looking promising!
“Alright, let me see. I’ll give you my answer tomorrow.”
“Okay, thank you, Teacher.”
Seeing the reply, Qiu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It had been nearly two months since the semester started, and every day was either spent reading literature or on the way to read literature, all in preparation for her thesis. Such a life was truly monotonous.
“Xi Xi~”
“Want to go home for dinner this weekend?”
As soon as she closed her laptop, Nan Hua’s head popped out from the study.
Qiu Xi smiled faintly, “Sure~”
“But aren’t we freeloading at your place every week? Isn’t that a bit much?”
Nan Hua countered, “What’s wrong with that?”
“I see that everyone at home is happier to see you than they are to see me!”
“They practically wish you’d come back every day!”
Qiu Xi listened, then tilted her head back and chuckled, “That seems to be the case~”
Especially Aunt Chu, who was practically urging her to move back in.
“Look at you, so smug~” Nan Hua couldn’t help but pinch the girl’s delicate nose.
“Alright, get up.”
“It’s getting late, you should go rest.”
“Okay~”
...
“Qiu Xi?”
“Are you here for the ‘re-evaluation’ for the host position too?”
Today was the day Qiu Xi had marked on her calendar for the ‘re-evaluation,’ and as she was preparing to go in, she heard a voice calling her name.
Turning her head, she saw that it was indeed someone she could consider a casual acquaintance.
Gu Qingqing, the one Yan Yan always talked about.
“Hello, are you also here for the ‘re-evaluation’?” Qiu Xi asked, feigning ignorance.
Gu Qingqing, however, tilted her chin up and smiled, “Yes, the teacher finally gave us an opportunity, so we naturally have to work hard.”
“Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a disgrace to the teacher?”
Her cheerful, pretty face made Qiu Xi overestimate her.
This was not a girl with malicious intentions; she was merely an ambitious person whose thoughts were visible on the surface.
Such people were actually easier to get along with than others.
“Yes~”
“Then good luck to you. It seems it’s almost my turn, so I’ll go in first.”
With that, Qiu Xi waved goodbye and left.
“……”
Watching the person who had already gone in, Gu Qingqing didn’t think much of it.
Just a bookworm with a pretty face…
“……”
If others heard this, their stomachs would likely ache from laughter.
If Qiu Xi were a bookworm…
Then there would probably be no intelligent people left!
However, no one would know this at the moment.
Not long after Qiu Xi went in, she walked out with a smile, feeling quite good about herself.
Qiu Xi herself hadn’t expected that the teacher would be so easy to talk to, and that the problem would be resolved so smoothly.
Thinking about doing lighter work later on, Qiu Xi couldn’t help but smile.
Heh heh heh~
Effortless!
With that thought, the happy Qiu Xi didn’t even feel a headache thinking about the thesis she had to write.
Free as a bird!
That described her perfectly.
Even though she still had things to do, she felt like she had nothing to do.
Thinking about what the interviewer had promised her earlier, Qiu Xi couldn’t help but smile gleefully.
When she went in earlier, they hadn’t chatted for long before the teacher started making small talk with her.
In the end, they even said they didn’t need to wait for notification and could give her the answer directly.
Although they still asked her to wait for their notification, Qiu Xi was reassured.
With the conversation going that way, it either meant she didn’t have to go at all, or she’d be doing some easy work. Whichever it was, she accepted it.
Qiu Xi, walking out with a smile, was watched by Gu Qingqing from not far away for quite a while.
She felt conflicted, wanting to go up and ask directly, but her feet wouldn’t move. In the end, she just sat there, itching with curiosity.
It wasn’t until Qiu Xi had left and she was called in that she finally put aside her thoughts of trying to pry for information.
...
Three days after the interview, the notifications were sent out via email.
“Shen Yan, the girl from that mixer that day, Qiu Xi, is she your friend?”
Gu Qingqing, after opening her email and reading the message, casually asked Shen Yan.
“Ah?”
“Why are you asking all of a sudden?”
Upon hearing Xiao Xi’s name, Shen Yan, who had been tormented by literature, perked up a little.
“Oh~”
“This!” Gu Qingqing twirled her head and then said, “I met her a couple of days ago when I went for the interview for the exchange event host. I suddenly remembered that you seemed quite familiar with her that day at the mixer, so I just asked.”
“Is that so……”
Shen Yan nodded, then asked as if realizing something, “So, the result is out?”
She guaranteed that if the result wasn’t out yet, and especially if it was a good result, Gu Qingqing wouldn’t have asked her like this.
As expected, as soon as Shen Yan finished speaking, Gu Qingqing on the other side chuckled.
“It just came out~”
“The result is quite acceptable. Actually, I still have time to work harder, so this way…”
And then this person sat there and talked at length, from how the teacher valued her, to how she prepared diligently, to her efforts during this period… all the way to feeling that everything was worth it now…
Shen Yan’s head started to spin hearing it.
Less than halfway through her explanation, she chose to “mute” herself.
“……After saying all that, you still don’t know how your friend’s result turned out?”
“If she needs any help, I can assist…”
Shen Yan, “……”
“Heh heh~ That Gu Qingqing, you know I don’t even know about that one you mentioned…”
“You just wait and see. I’ll go ask about it.”
Gu Qingqing felt a bit disappointed, “…Alright.”
“……”
If you go teach Xiao Xi, aren’t you afraid you’ll end up crying to me instead?
Shen Yan secretly shook her head.
……