After seeing Qiu Xi back, Nan Hua set even higher standards for himself.
"With Hua's current speed, if this continues, he should be able to finish soon, right?"
"It certainly looks that way."
"...This talent is truly enviable."
"...It really is!
With so many people in the world, ordinary people make up the vast majority. Who wouldn't want to possess such talent?
"Let's go, if we keep watching, we'll be the ones who don't graduate."
"...Let's go!"
...
After Qiu Xi returned, before she could even rest properly, she was called away by her teacher.
"Teacher, I'm here."
"Mm!" Qi Xizhi looked at the person walking in, his gaze sweeping up and down, "It seems you've had a good time these past few days."
"That's all thanks to the vacation the teacher gave me," Qiu Xi said jokingly.
"Why thank me? You earned it yourself."
"Alright, enough of that. Do you remember what I told you before you left?" Qi Xizhi brought up the main reason he called her over.
"Of course, I remember."
"It's just that I didn't expect Teacher Qi to be so eager, not even letting me rest for an extra day."
If Luo An were here, they might have had something to say.
Teacher Qi had been harping on about this matter even before you truly left.
"Alright, stop being cheeky."
"Start talking when you're ready. I want to see if there's still time to achieve something before your graduation."
Half a year sounds like a long time when you just talk about it, but if you actually have things to do, that time is quite limited.
Qiu Xi smiled upon hearing this and opened the tablet she brought with her, "Don't worry about this, Teacher. There shouldn't be any problems before my graduation."
"Let me take a look first."
"Okay, I'll let you see it first."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Xizhi was already staring at the screen.
With nothing else to do for the moment, Qiu Xi decided to use the office computer. It was nearing the end of the year, and it was time for her to really buckle down on her graduation thesis.
Just as the office was quiet, a commotion started at the door.
"Phew!"
"So tiring!"
"I wonder when Senior Qiu Xi will be back?"
"I don't know either..."
"Senior Luo An, do you know?" A few people looked at Luo An, who was walking ahead.
"Hm?"
"Xiao Xi, I heard a couple of days ago, probably these past couple of days, she should be back soon."
"That's very soon!"
"Indeed!"
"I wonder if Senior will have any troubles when she finds out how popular she's become recently..."
"I don't know... but I feel like there'll be some. After all, look at us..."
"That's true."
"Teacher, good morning."
As soon as the group entered, they instinctively started greeting.
"Why are you all together?"
Qiu Xi, who spoke, clearly didn't want to talk much given Teacher Qi's current demeanor.
"Xiao Xi?"
"Senior Qiu Xi?"
"Why are you back?"
The group was very surprised.
"I just got back last night..."
The voices of a few students made Qi Xizhi frown, "You lot are too noisy! Go to the side and chat amongst yourselves!"
As soon as he spoke, the group that had just entered immediately lowered their heads and fell silent.
"Yes, Teacher." It was Qiu Xi who understood the situation.
After speaking, she pulled the group to the side.
"Alright, this way we won't disturb Teacher while he's looking at things."
"Let's chat here."
"Okay." The group immediately smiled brightly again.
As expected, Senior Qiu Xi is more capable!
In that situation just now, if it were any one of them, they probably would have returned to their seats and stayed quiet like a quail without even looking up or saying a word.
"Mm," Qiu Xi nodded with a light smile, "What were you guys talking about when you came in just now?"
Having been away for a few days, Qiu Xi wasn't aware of the minor gossip currently circulating in the school.
"Senior! It's not us, it's you!" Zhao Xingling was the first to eagerly speak.
Qiu Xi's eyes widened, "Me?"
"Yes!" The group nodded.
"I haven't been in school these past few days, how could it be me?"
"Tell me about it." Seeing the looks on their faces, Qiu Xi sat down, becoming a little curious.
"It's just that you seniors performed too outstandingly in the previous discussion session."
"Right!"
"So, as soon as that discussion session ended, a wave of excitement swept through the school."
"And even though the excitement would have died down, some of your past affairs were inexplicably dug up along with it, so this popularity hasn't faded at all recently."
"Sometimes, even when we go out, we get stopped and asked a few questions."
Thanks to Senior these past few days, these few of them have also inexplicably gained some fame.
More than half of them came to inquire for information.
Even more so! Some even asked them about Senior's romantic life.
This is truly...
All they could say was that they didn't know.
"Senior, and also..."
"Anything else?" Qiu Xi looked at the junior who was speaking.
"Yes, we only realized it later. Even more people started looking for Teacher Qi, and they would all mention Senior Qiu Xi inadvertently."
"..." This was something Qiu Xi hadn't expected.
Dazed, she nodded, "I understand."
Although she didn't fully understand...
"Senior, do you really have a boyfriend?"
The air suddenly filled with the scent of gossip.
"No..." Qiu Xi shook her head.
"I knew it! Senior is such an excellent girl, always so busy that she can't even finish her thesis, how could she have a boyfriend..."
"But you have a fiancé."
Qiu Xi added, and the group fell silent for a moment.
"Senior..."
"This... this fiancé, isn't it Senior Nan Hua that everyone's talking about?"
Qiu Xi smiled gently and nodded, "Yes, it's him."
"......"
"Senior, I wish you happiness!"
It's been several years since undergraduate school!
"Thank you~"