Chapter 144: Power Outage
Although Xu Yihuan was feeling down, it didn't last long.
As soon as Xu Yihuan returned to her dormitory, she received a message from Tang Wanhua.
They said they had secured two other opportunities for her, which would be a way of making up for today.
This year, the Lunar New Year is being celebrated early.
The Lunar New Year is on January 28th, and Peking University will begin its holiday on January 13th.
The exams will be held from the 10th to the 13th, with all students taking the exams at the same time.
Their work deadline is the 2nd, which happens to be a Sunday.
The solo interview will be next Tuesday, while the flag-raising ceremony will be next Monday.
In other words, as soon as her work is finished, Xu Yihuan has to start preparing her speech for the national flag ceremony.
As soon as the end of the semester came, everything came crashing down on us.
Unfortunately, Xu Yihuan still had four subjects to take in the final exams, all scheduled for the last three days: two on the first day and two on the last day.
Xu Yihuan could only rush to finish her manuscript while reviewing her studies.
Fortunately, her New Year's Day activities were only on the first day; she had nothing to do on the second day, and on the third day, she only needed to see them off.
On the third day at noon, after lunch, Xu Yihuan tidied herself up and once again stood at the door in her best condition to see the person off.
Six students who came to participate in the event stood in a row at the entrance, two boys and four girls, forming a beautiful scene on the Peking University campus.
Soon, the colleague in charge of operating the integrated media account had already edited the copywriting template and was waiting for the photos to be cropped so that it could be posted on the official account that day.
This matter has finally come to an end.
Tan Zhixu walked to Xu Yihuan's side.
Have you eaten?
Xu Yihuan nodded: "I ate before I came."
"Then come with me to have lunch."
"I have something to do. I haven't finished writing my speech for tomorrow, and I also have a solo interview to do."
Tan Zhixu raised an eyebrow: "I brought a tablet. Log in to your account and write."
Xu Yihuan gave him a helpless look: "Are you a child?"
"Let's go, let's go."
Tan Zhixu picked up the schoolbag from the roadside steps with one hand, and with the other hand, he put his arm around Xu Yihuan's shoulder and led her away.
Xu Yihuan had gotten used to Tan Zhixu's occasional touches and didn't say anything, but simply turned around so that she could walk normally.
The two walked side by side, their heights and appearances were similar.
Walking together, the counselors behind them couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.
Are both of these students from our department?
The deputy secretary asked, and she did remember Xu Yihuan, who was an outstanding student representative from their college.
The head of the English translation department shook his head: "No, the girl is, the boy isn't. The boy seems to be from the mathematics department."
The deputy secretary smiled and said, "Both of them are quite good."
Xu Yihuan and Tan Zhixu had no idea what had happened.
The two of them went to the cafeteria together.
To make themselves more comfortable, they went up to the second floor, where there was a row of sofas and chairs that used to be reserved for couples, but now there were hardly any people there.
Xu Yihuan casually found a corner to sit and play on her tablet while waiting for Tan Zhixu.
As soon as Tan Zhixu arrived, he saw Xu Yihuan playing Candy Crush on his tablet.
"Didn't you have something to do?"
Xu Yihuan leaned back on the sofa: "No rush, I've already sent the first draft to Teacher Tang, and I'm waiting for her to take a look and see how I should revise it."
Tan Zhixu nodded: "Okay, the flag-raising ceremony is tomorrow, right? I'll go."
Xu Yihuan paused in her game of Candy Crush.
My face felt hot.
"Oh, who asked if you were coming or not?" Xu Yihuan retorted stubbornly, her eyes darting around, and in a moment of panic, she accidentally removed the special effect she had painstakingly created.
Tan Zhixu was used to Xu Yihuan's hypocrisy.
"I get up early and I'm used to going for a morning run, is that okay?"
"Oh, if that's how you get used to it, then I'll run my whole campus tomorrow."
Xu Yihuan is completely unyielding.
Tan Zhixu agreed without even blinking.
Seeing Tan Zhixu's expression, Xu Yihuan felt too embarrassed to say anything more.
I wanted to open my mouth to explain, but before I could say anything, my WeChat notification rang.
Xu Yihuan logged into WeChat directly from the tablet.
She just logged into WeChat on Tan Zhixu's tablet to receive messages from Tang Wanhua and to edit the text if needed.
After clicking in, I didn't see Tang Wanhua's message, but I did see Lu Anlan's message.
[Huanhuan, are you back yet? Don't come back. There was just a temporary notice that there's a power outage due to construction nearby. Our buildings 1-10 will be without power from 1 PM to 9 PM today.]
"Let's find somewhere to take refuge. Seriously, I was only halfway through my review when this pop-up ad appeared on DingTalk."
Xu Yihuan blinked, unwilling to believe what she was seeing.
That can't be right. She hasn't finished either of her two articles, and now they're telling her there's going to be a power outage?
Xu Yihuan paused for a moment, then she could only go outside and find a place with electricity to continue working.
Tang Wanhua hasn't told her yet whether she should change it or how she should change it...
Xu Yihuan pursed her lips and typed a reply: "Could you bring my computer over for me? We can study at the library outside."
Lu Anlan replied instantly: "OK."
"The power's going to go out. Do you want to come to my place?" Tan Zhixu asked Xu Yihuan while replying to someone else's message.
How did you know?
When Xu Yihuan asked this question, Tan Zhixu showed her the message in his hand.
Tan Zhixu's dormitory is in Building 3, which is also within the area affected by the power outage.
Lu Shui and the others already knew that Tan Zhixu had rented a house outside, and that Tan Zhixu would stay out overnight if he couldn't finish some work.
Therefore, as soon as they received the notification, they thought of Tan Zhixu.
Tan Zhixu has already replied.
Xu Yihuan unconsciously used her fingertips to tap the tablet's casing.
Still undecided, Tan Zhixu didn't urge him, but instead started replying to messages.
Just then, Lu Anlan replied to her message.
[Huanhuan, let's go play at Tan Zhixu's place. He rented a place there, and there's plenty of electricity.]
Seeing that Lu Anlan also said so, Xu Yihuan breathed a sigh of relief and agreed.
Meanwhile, Lu Anlan was forced to accept Tan Zhixu's series of zeros in the transfer.
Before I even left the cafeteria after finishing my meal, a group of people came up noisily.
The way they acted, like they were there to collect a debt, drew the attention of the few remaining people in the cafeteria.
Lu Shui's face was filled with excitement.
"Let's go out for hot pot tonight!! We'll cook it at Brother Tan's place!!"
Tan Zhixu frowned.
What do you want to do?
Lu Anlan had long been in cahoots with them.
Hearing this, he wholeheartedly agreed.
"I support it."
"We can go to the supermarket this afternoon, buy what we need, and then stay together tonight!"
God knows how much the ban on prohibited electrical appliances at school limits their culinary skills.
Tan Zhixu sneered twice: "Xu Yihuan still has a job. If you're so free, why don't you do the work for her and I'll consider it."
Lu Shui immediately wanted to make the decision and said, "I'll do it."
But before she could say it, Xu Yihuan, who was in the corner, secretly raised her hand: "I'm free."
Tan Zhixu looked at Xu Yihuan.
Xu Yihuan showed him the chat history, feeling a little embarrassed.
"I don't need to revise tomorrow's speech."
"I can change the single one tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent for a moment, and then suddenly erupted into a frenzy, like water boiling over!
"Yay!!"
"Supermarket, go go go!!"
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