Chapter 9
Since leaving Fatty Xia's Internet cafe that night, Qiao hasn't seen Pei Qing since.
But this is "no meeting" in the physical sense.
The School of Mathematics and the School of Law are located in two different campuses, about ten minutes apart, so Joe soon forgot about this matter.
What is happening right now is the basketball game of University A.
She received a message from Liu Rulan on Friday, saying that a friendly match between the two schools would be held in the middle of this month.
Joe has also been preparing for a friendly match recently.
She bought a bottle of iced mineral water from the small supermarket, then sat on a chair at the edge of the basketball court to rest for a while.
My hair was wet with sweat.
Someone called her from a distance: "Hey, Qiao Ye. So you're here."
She turned around and saw a boy from their class.
The boy was wearing a white T-shirt. When he saw her, he trotted over.
Seeing that it was him, Qiao turned his head boredly and drank the mineral water in his hand.
The boy sat next to her, holding a textbook in his arms, "Student Qiao, I want to ask you about this math problem. Did you understand what the teacher said yesterday?"
Qiao also glanced at the question he was pointing to. It was a variation of an example question the teacher talked about yesterday, but this variation was very subtle, so it was normal that one could not see it if one was not paying attention.
"A variation of yesterday's Example 13. If you've studied that question thoroughly, this one won't be that difficult."
The boy wanted to say something when he saw someone on the field calling Qiao Ye.
"Qiao Ye, it's your turn."
The girl put the bottle aside, patted her butt, and shouted, "Here it comes."
Before leaving, she turned around and said to him, "This question isn't difficult. Go back and study the thirteen questions the teacher taught you."
The boy raised his head and smiled: "Okay."
This can also be considered as an internal competition among them.
But what kind of person is Joe? He was good at everything except studying in high school.
So she quickly defeated the other team.
A girl walked up to her, put her hand on her shoulder, and said breathlessly, "I didn't expect our Joe to be so handsome playing basketball."
Feeling the warmth on her shoulder, Qiao frowned silently, pulled her body out from under her hands, and then moved one step away from her.
However, the other party didn't seem to notice her series of small actions.
Sit down and rest by yourself.
Qiao didn't want to stay here for long. She looked at Liu Rulan who was standing not far away and said, "Sister Liu, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I still need to go back to review."
Liu Rulan waved her hand: "Go ahead. Studying comes first."
With permission, Joe put the coat hanging on the basketball hoop on his shoulders and walked out.
But when she turned around, she saw Xue Xiaochen standing behind her, holding a math book. He had a strange look on his face and was imitating her tone: "'I still need to go back and review.' Why don't you check your conscience and see if you believe what you said?"
Qiao Ye: “.”
She coughed dryly. "Don't expose me like that. I'm just looking for a reasonable reason to leave here."
"Tsk, you're the only one who has too many things to do."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the dormitory building, one in front and one behind.
However, when he was halfway there, Joe felt his cell phone vibrating.
When I took it out and looked at it, it was a transfer record on WeChat.
Information from: Pei Qing.
The price above was neither too much nor too little, just a hundred yuan more than the last time she treated her to a meal at the auntie's house next to the Internet cafe.
She was just about to ask why there was an extra hundred dollars.
I saw the other person typing, and then sent a message: "Take this extra hundred yuan as a thank you for helping me out in the internet cafe. It's not much, but I still want to say thank you. If you need any help in the future, please let me know. I will help you within my ability."
Qiao was also looking at the phone screen, not knowing what he was thinking.
Later, Xue Xiaochen walked for a long time, and when he saw her still standing there, he turned back and asked, "Who are you talking to? Why don't you go back?"
Qiao also turned off the phone screen and threw it into his trouser pocket, saying nonchalantly, "Nothing."
Xue Xiaochen carefully observed her expression, and then she seemed to guess something and said, "If you really can't bear to leave her, then go find her. What's the big deal?"
Hearing this, Qiao also lowered his head. "It's nothing. It's just mutual help between classmates. What's more, we are not on the same campus, so there is no need to find it."
"You know. I don't like to interfere in your affairs, but you are not in the right state right now. You must find a time in the near future to visit Dr. Xu."
Qiao also opened her mouth. She rubbed her hair irritably, panting, her heart beating violently, and growled, "I've already told you, I'm fine now. Nothing's wrong. Could you please stop getting in my way?"
As soon as these words came out, both of them fell silent.
Especially Qiao Ye, when she said that, she knew that Xue Xiaochen was right.
She took a deep breath and tried to calm her heartbeat. "I'm sorry. I lost my composure just now. I will see Dr. Xu this Saturday."
Xue Xiaochen looked at her and said, "I hope that Dr. Xu's response to you is not that your condition has worsened."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the dormitory one after the other.
Qiao immediately found the name at the bottom of the contact list. The last call time showed that their last call was five years ago.
She hadn't been this agitated in five years.
She did not return to the dormitory, but leaned against the wall and dialed the number she had not contacted for five years.
“Beep—beep—beep—”
The phone only rang three times before it was picked up: "Hello? My dear Xiaoye, it's been five years. I hope you don't bring me any bad news."
The woman's voice was as gentle as ever, but only Joe, who had been alone with her, knew how "humane" her treatment method was.
She adjusted her position and looked at the few clouds floating in the blue sky.
"Unfortunately, Ms. Xu, I have some bad news to share with you. I seem to be... getting worse again."
The woman on the other end of the phone was originally gently turning the spoon to stir the freshly brewed coffee in the cup, but when she heard her words, she stopped shaking the coffee.
His tone became serious: "Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"Whenever you're ready, come to my place."
"This Saturday."
The woman glanced at the calendar. Today was Wednesday, which meant there were still two days left.
"I understand. I'll prepare as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao didn't go upstairs, but stood there, not knowing what he was thinking about.
After a long time, she staggered towards the dormitory.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the lobby of the dormitory building, I saw Xue Xiaochen sitting there, doing exercises.
She was a little confused and walked up to her, "Why are you not going back? What are you doing here?"
Hearing the voice, Xue Xiaochen looked up and saw that it was her. She closed the exercise book in her hand and pushed her glasses on the bridge of her nose: "Nothing. I'm just worried that something might happen to you."
Her words made Qiao stunned, and then he realized that this position was just right, where he could see her figure but would not be noticed.
This made her heart feel warm, and she nodded and said, "Thank you."
"There's nothing much for you and me to thank you for."
Xue Xiaochen walked inside, but before she got far, she seemed to think of something and stopped. "The Law School debate competition will probably be at the end of this month. You can go and see it."
This sentence seemed to be telling her just useless information, but only she knew that it was telling her that she could go and have a look at it at the end of this month.
I have to say that Xue Xiaochen is worthy of being the one who grew up with her and knows her too well.
"When did you notice it?"
"Very early. But I still want to remind you to pay attention to your aunt's mental state. You are interested in her on the one hand, but on the other hand, you should pay attention to her size. I guess you don't want your old man to come all the way back."
There are only Qiao Ye and her mother in Jiangcheng.
She rarely mentioned her father because her father was not in Jiangcheng, but in J City, the capital.
It was just that the doctor at that time suggested that she recuperate in a city with a relatively relaxed environment and pace, so she was sent to Jiangcheng.
But the old man still comes to Jiangcheng during every holiday.
Joe also opened his mouth and smiled bitterly, "Maybe you are right."
She saw her father so seldom that she sometimes couldn't remember what he looked like.
I just have the impression that he is a serious and taciturn person.
"I'll try my best not to let him notice this."
Back in the dormitory, Qiao also looked through her WeChat chat history and found the records with her father at that time.
Their last record was when she was admitted to university, and he sent her a message saying "That's great".
Then there was a huge transfer.
Beyond that, there is nothing.
Qiao also sighed softly, then looked at the transfer Pei Qing gave her, but she did not accept it.
She was not short of this little money. Compared to her, Pei Qing actually needed the money more.
It’s not much, just about a hundred yuan, but it could be her food money for several days.
She didn't know how she noticed Pei Qing. Maybe it was because she was surprised when she first saw her in the Internet cafe.
After all, except herself, no one around her would easily come to the Internet cafe.
Especially for the pretty ones, their parents at home would repeatedly warn them not to come to such a place where there are so many low-class people.
Yes, people there call places like "Internet cafes": places of low rank and file.
Meaning: The place where one does not learn well.
So she was still very surprised to see Pei Qing there.
Rather than being surprised, it’s better to say: I’m very interested.
She wondered why such a good student would appear here.
In fact, she did get an answer, although she was very dissatisfied with it.
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