Chapter 7 007 Spring drowsiness is just like my boyfriend, so long-winded...
[Spring fatigue]: Some people and some things are beautiful just to think about.
After replying, Xia Mian stopped in front of the teaching building, shook the raindrops off her umbrella in a deserted corner, then hastily folded the umbrella and rushed to the classroom on the second floor.
The second-floor corridor was already filled with all kinds of umbrellas, but she arrived just in time and there was no place left for her to put her umbrella. She had no choice but to put it under the seat after entering the room.
On rainy days, the windows are tightly closed, and the room is so stuffy that it's unbearable. The teacher of this course is also notoriously boring and dull.
Fortunately, Xia Mian's roommate, Qiao Yilin, who was also preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, arrived from the library early and saved her a seat in the back row. She was waving to her.
After she sat down, Qiao Yilin began to complain: "They won't let me ask for leave, they insist that I come over in the rain and listen to him read from Qing Dynasty teaching materials."
Xia Mian chuckled, covered her mouth, and lowered her head, saying, "Just bear with it, for the sake of credits."
"Just 2 points." The courseware that was opened had probably been used for twenty years without any changes. The color tone was very dark. Qiao Yilin glanced at it and then looked away, looking at the table next to her with envy, "Those two are so much more convenient. The substitute teacher they hired can teach rain or shine."
"It's alright." Xia Mian was particularly optimistic. "The teacher in this class only takes attendance, doesn't care if you're playing on your phone, and only interacts with the people in the first two rows."
There are easy courses in the major courses, especially in the senior year when everyone's mind is scattered. Many students in the class are preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, and even those who come to class often secretly do past exam questions.
The teacher is elderly and speaks with a thick accent; the lesson plan is always the same.
The first half of the lesson was taught by reading from the textbook in a monotone voice that made everyone drowsy; the middle part was a Q&A session, but the teacher only interacted with the students in the first two rows; the second half of the lesson continued to be taught by reading from the textbook.
Everything was proceeding smoothly, however, there was a slight hiccup in the middle of today's process.
"Let's ask Xiao Ai to answer..."
Before the teacher on stage could finish speaking, a clear AI female voice came from the first row.
"I am here!"
Perhaps it was because her voice was suddenly too loud and her pronunciation was a little inaccurate that she summoned a male's phone voice assistant.
Those around him chuckled softly, while the person involved hurriedly turned off the voice assistant.
The teacher, having seen it all, automatically ignored the farce and continued asking questions: "Xiao Ai, you answer this, if..."
The question was long, complicated, and tricky. The student who stood up remained silent for a long time, unable to give a satisfactory answer.
The teacher waved for him to sit down and was about to begin explaining when that familiar AI female voice rang out again.
"I'm sorry, this is too difficult a question, I don't know the answer."
The whole class burst into laughter.
The boring class became fun, and Qiao Yilin was laughing so hard she was bent over.
Xia Mian couldn't stop smiling and hurriedly sent a message to [Valuri].
[Spring Fatigue]: Do you remember the joke I posted about you the day before yesterday?
[Spring Fatigue]: This is outrageous, I'm really experiencing it now...
The other person replied quickly, but interrupted her from continuing her story.
【Valuri】: Wait for me for five minutes.
[Spring fatigue]: Huh?
【Valuri】: My aunt called, I'll listen to you later.
[Spring Fatigue]: Wow, you report to me about such a small thing?
[Spring Sleepiness]: We're kind of flirting now (blushing shyly.jpg)
In the face of "Qinglan", summer dormancy habitually resorts to joking and banter.
But she didn't seem to have heard before that Qinglan had a younger aunt, and she felt that the two were quite close.
The message is unread; 【Valuri】 has disappeared.
Luo Jinghong, who happened to be sitting diagonally in front of her, sent her a message, asking her to go to the library for a group discussion after class. The two chatted for a few minutes.
Five minutes passed quickly, and a message popped up from Douyin.
【Valuri】: I'm back.
【Valuri】: What outrageous thing were you about to say?
Xia Mian's mind went blank for a moment.
[Spring fatigue]: Ah, I've already forgotten.
[Valuri]: ...
[Spring Fatigue]: Wait a minute! Let me think!
Being interrupted while venting, and then forgetting about it, is really a torturous thing.
Fortunately, Xia Mian glanced at the teacher on the stage and suddenly remembered.
[Spring fatigue]: Hahaha, I'm telling you, I was laughing so hard just now...
She loved sharing funny moments from class with Valuri, describing them in great detail and typing a lot of text.
【Valuri】, on the other hand, was patient and gentle, reading every message she sent quickly and responding to it.
In the end, Xia Mian herself felt embarrassed.
[Spring fatigue]: Why does it feel like... after I've talked about it like this, things seem so boring?
Xia Mian finally understood the difference between text and video; they were not even comparable in terms of vividness.
However, the other party replied.
【Valuri】: No, quite the opposite.
【Valuri】: Things only become interesting now that you've said that.
A moment later, another word of praise was added.
【Valuri】: As expected of a happy little cat.
Spring fatigue: !
[Spring Sleepiness]: Ahhh, you're praising me so blindly, I'm really going to get cocky!
【Valuri】: Ugh, hard to imagine.
[Spring fatigue]: What are you imagining?
【Valuri】 did not reply, or replied silently.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be a sentence:
The kitten wags its tail.
As the saying goes, the nights after the White Dew and Autumn Equinoxes grow colder with each passing night.
That's quite true. The White Dew solar term has just arrived in September, and the Autumn Equinox hasn't come yet, but the temperature in the southern part of the city has already dropped rapidly, and the temperature difference between day and night has widened. It's the time of year when everyone dresses haphazardly.
After her roommate Qiao Yilin recovered from her cold, Xia Mian, who was always running back and forth between the library and the lab, also caught a cold right after her.
"Xia Mian, are you really alright?" Qiao Yilin looked at the thermometer showing "38.5℃". "You have a fever, are you sure you don't want to go to the infirmary?"
"I feel dizzy and nauseous. But the school clinic will probably only prescribe some cold medicine." Xia Mian said listlessly, her head drooping. "Besides, I don't have time to go. I have to do my group assignment, and then there's the PowerPoint presentation that our professor asked me to make."
"Isn't the PPT due tomorrow at noon?" Qiao Yilin asked, puzzled. "You can finish it tomorrow morning."
“It’s due tomorrow at noon,” Xia Mian sighed in despair. “But didn’t you see the group message? The professional course was rescheduled to tomorrow morning. I thought I was the last one to see the notice.”
"Help! I'm the last one." Qiao Yilin opened the blocked class group in shock.
When it rains, it pours.
It's also because Xia Mian sometimes procrastinates too much; she dragged out the PPT that the director had asked her to prepare last week until the day before the deadline.
Xia Mian also had her own grievances: "Who in my class praised me to our director? Why was the task of making the PPT assigned to me now?"
Xia Mian is currently a 0-year graduate student. She was just helping out in the lab when last week her supervisor, Duan Jinhua, suddenly messaged her on WeChat, saying that someone in her class who was also applying for graduate school praised her for her excellent PPT presentations, and wanted to make a PPT for her to share her research findings.
Xia Mian was too embarrassed to refuse directly, so she laughed it off as a polite way of declining. However, the director didn't understand her polite refusal and directly sent her the research report compressed file and a PPT reference template to her email.
There's no room for refusal now...
"Maybe this is what it means to keep your talent hidden. You're so pitiful." Qiao Yilin looked at her with sympathy.
Qiao Yilin's group hasn't finished their group assignment yet, and they have to rush to finish it tonight, but it's still much easier than Xia Mian's, who has extra work to do.
But Xia Mian is optimistic by nature, and she had already cheered herself up in a few minutes: "It's okay, it's okay. My director is very rich and generous. The reward can comfort my fragile heart."
"Then I'll use my family's secret medicine to soothe your fragile body," Qiao Yilin said, handing over warm water and a pill.
Trusting Qiao Yilin, Xia Mian swallowed the medicine without even looking at it, and then casually asked, "What kind of miracle drug is this?"
“GanKang, compound something tablets, I can’t remember the last few words,” Qiao Yilin replied. “I got better from my cold a few days ago thanks to this.”
"Huh?!" Xia Mian's hand trembled as she worked on her group assignment. "I'm most afraid of taking Gan Kang (a cold medicine). Every time I take it, I fall into a deep sleep within half an hour."
Moreover, when she woke up the next day, she would feel weak all over, unsteady on her feet, and in a daze all day.
Therefore, Xia Mian will not take Gan Kang if there are other cold medicine options available.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..." Qiao Yilin panicked. "I only remember that you took it when you were a freshman and you weren't allergic to it. I thought it would be effective quickly and make you feel better. I should have asked you earlier."
"It's okay, it's not a big problem," Xia Mian comforted her. "I'll try to get up early tomorrow, or ask a friend to help me."
Qiao Yilin was also concerned about her, so she didn't want to blame Qiao Yilin and instead downplayed the issue.
But actually, there's a big problem...
She had originally planned to stay up all night to make a PPT for her supervisor, but now that the group assignment has just finished, she hasn't even started making the PPT yet. She doesn't know if she'll be able to stay up all night when the medication takes effect.
Every second counts, it's all about tonight.
Perhaps it was just psychological, but Xia Mian felt sleepy after working on her PowerPoint presentation for only ten minutes after turning on her computer.
She persisted for another ten minutes, confirming that it wasn't just psychological, because she had started to close her eyes and doze off from time to time.
Help!
I really can't hold on much longer!
Xia Mian dared not drink coffee to stay awake, fearing it would interfere with her medication. She could only rely on willpower to stay awake and opened WeChat to review the director's requirements once again.
"Summer hibernation, the PPT should be exquisite and aesthetically pleasing."
Duan Jinhua's requirements were indeed very high. Even though the PPT for sharing the results was not of great importance and was just a small test for Xia Mian, a graduate student, Xia Mian did not dare to be perfunctory.
But...
She was almost asleep.
Xia Mian tried to save herself by looking down at her phone, thinking about stimulating dopamine to perk herself up.
But perhaps she was delirious from the fever, otherwise why would she open Douyin to look for Qinglan?
Qinglan...
Qinglan has no classes tomorrow, and at this crucial moment, probably only someone with a close relationship like Qinglan would agree to help her without hesitation.
[Spring Fatigue]: Help me, help me.
Springtime lethargy: Urgent!
【Valuri】：?
【Valuri】: Do you want to compare my response time with that of 119?
Springtime fatigue: It's a serious matter!
[Spring Fatigue]: I caught a cold and just took some medicine. This medicine is like a sleeping potion; I can't stay up late every time I take it.
[Spring Fatigue]: My roommate handed me some food just now, but I didn't look at it carefully. I should have just endured it and not eaten it QAQ
[Spring Fatigue]: I know you're "busy with work," but at this crucial moment, you're the only person I can think of!
As he spoke, he hastily snapped a photo.
The photo shows a PowerPoint presentation on a computer screen, less than a quarter of the research findings have been completed.
Beneath the computer, a hand-drawn sketch lay diagonally, so large that it covered the entire table and drooped down. In the lower right corner, the date of the drawing was written in pencil, in a format of alternating numbers and dots. Below it was a straight slash that neatly cut through the "22" in "9.22".
【Valuri】: What can I do for you?
【Valuri】: Is it a drawing assignment?
[Spring fatigue]: ! You actually recognized me!
[Spring Fatigue]: Waaaaah, my blueprints are big enough to be used as a blanket QAQ
[Spring fatigue]: But I'm not that ruthless.
[Spring Fatigue]: I...I wanted to ask you to help me make a PPT.
[Spring Fatigue]: I have a last-minute major class tomorrow morning, and I have to hand in my PPT at noon. I also have to go to the lab in the afternoon. I'm dying.
[Spring Fatigue]: You might think I'm crazy, making liberal arts students make PPTs for engineering students.
[Spring Fatigue]: But I'm really getting more and more confused... My head feels so dizzy and hot.
Xia Mian knew she was taking a risk, but she also remembered that her best friend was good at making PPTs, just like her. To put it bluntly, the content was all in the document, so it should be a matter of copying and pasting.
【Valuri】: Are you feeling very uncomfortable?
The other person's tone was mostly one of concern.
Summer sleep, of course, wouldn't forget to use the feigned suffering and coquetry.
Spring fatigue: Yes, it's very uncomfortable.
[Spring Fatigue]: But if you help me finish the PPT, I won't feel so bad!
[Spring Fatigue]: I have the research report compressed file and the PPT reference template. I'll send them to you via WeChat!
【Valuri】: etc.
[Spring fatigue]: Please, baby~
【Valuri】: Uh, send it to this email: Valuri@■
[Spring Fatigue]: Wow, that's so professional! How did you know that my supervisor also sent it directly to my email? There was too much content to send on WeChat?
【Valuri】: The file has been received.
【Valuri】: I'll send it to you directly after I'm done.
[Spring fatigue]: I love you!
[Spring Fatigue]: But honey, don't push yourself too hard. Just do your best and send it to me before 11:30 tomorrow. I'll refine it a bit more, so don't worry~
【Valuri】: Hmm.
【Valuri】：Is your director Duan Jinhua?
[Spring fatigue]: Huh?
[Spring Fatigue]: Yeah, she's my boss. How did you know?
【Valuri】: It's written on the first page of the PPT.
[Spring drowsiness]: Oh, oh.
[Spring Fatigue]: I can't talk anymore, baby, I really can't keep my eyes open anymore...
【Valuri】: Go to sleep.
【Valuri】: If your cold isn't better by tomorrow, don't push yourself.
[Spring Fatigue]: There's nothing I can do. My major courses are fine, but my lab supervisor is coming over tomorrow afternoon specifically to discuss my PPT. It wouldn't be appropriate if I wasn't there.
[Spring Fatigue]: Darling, please pray that I get better soon QAQ
【Valuri】: I wish you a good night's sleep.
[Spring fatigue]: Thank you!
Xia Mian was already lying in bed when she uttered those last few words.
Shortly after she put down her phone, a strong drowsiness washed over her again, and she couldn't resist falling asleep.
Summer slept very soundly that night.
If Xia Mian hadn't asked her roommate Qiao Yilin to wake her up beforehand, she probably wouldn't have been able to get up until 10 o'clock.
Fortunately, the fever subsided after he woke up, his cold was mostly cured, and he felt much more energetic.
Their professional classes started at 10 a.m., but the teaching building was close to the dormitory, so the two of them took their time and ate breakfast in the cafeteria before heading there.
During a break in class, Xia Mian remembered the PPT and glanced at "Qinglan's" WeChat. There were no new messages, so she assumed that "Qinglan" hadn't finished it yet. But when she casually switched to her email app, she saw two new emails already there.
The first message was sent at 04:43 this morning.
Good heavens! This guy actually stayed up all night to finish the PowerPoint presentation!
Xia Mian downloaded the PPT and opened it with WPS to examine it closely.
The PPT perfectly met the director's requirements for exquisite presentation, and the content was also very detailed and well-balanced, earning it a five-star rating for professionalism.
The second email was sent five minutes ago at 10:50.
The email body contained only one sentence: Remember to watch TikTok.
Xia Mian immediately clicked into Douyin and found that [Valuri] had already sent several private messages.
04:43
【Valuri】: The PPT has been sent to your email.
08:12
【Valuri】: Are you awake?
【Valuri】: Are you still feeling unwell?
【Valuri】: Is there anything better?
The latest post was 15 minutes ago, at 10:40.
【Valuri】: Remember to reply when you see this message. If you need any help, feel free to contact me.
Upon seeing this, Xia Mian quickly replied.
[Spring fatigue]: I saw it!
[Spring Fatigue]: It's so perfectly made! It's exactly the same as the one I made!
[Spring fatigue]: Sorry for bragging a little~
[Spring fatigue]: But I want to ask!
[Spring Fatigue]: Did you secretly date an engineering genius?!
[Spring Fatigue]: So you outsourced my PPT to your boyfriend to make it?
[Spring fatigue]: Wow wow~
【Valuri】：……You're sick, yet you're so energetic.
【Valuri】: It seems to be completely healed.
[Spring Fatigue]: That's right! I'm much better!
[Spring Fatigue]: So when are you going to introduce me to your boyfriend?
【Valuri】：?
[Spring Fatigue]: Okay, I was wrong, I know you didn't talk to me.
There are no secrets between Xia Mian and Qing Lan.
Qinglan knows that Xiamian has a crush on Pei Yan, and Xiamian also knows that Qinglan still can't forget her ex-boyfriend. Their relationship is complicated by their on-again, off-again relationship.
Fortunately, Qinglan wasn't completely love-struck. After deciding to take the postgraduate entrance exam, she was afraid that emotional entanglements would affect her studies, so she stopped talking to her ex-boyfriend and made an appointment with him to meet again after the exam.
[Spring Fatigue]: Did you ask your engineering friends for help?
[Spring fatigue]: Thank you QAQ, you're so kind.
[Spring fatigue]: I'll repay your kindness later!
A truly extroverted person is like Qinglan. Besides her, she has many friends from both her school and other schools, and she also knows how to ask for help.
As for Xia Mian, no matter how cheerful and talkative she seems online, in real life she is still the kind of person who doesn't want to bother others.
So last night, Xia Mian didn't ask her classmates or other ordinary friends for help, but only sought out Qing Lan, who was closest to her.
Qinglan was her last straw. And as it turned out, Qinglan was indeed a very reliable person, and she stayed up all night to complete the task she had been asked to do.
【Valuri】: Has the fever subsided?
[Spring fatigue]: It's gone. My temperature this morning was 36.9℃. I'm fully recharged.
【Valuri】: Are you still feeling dizzy and nauseous?
[Spring fatigue]: No, I have a super good appetite. I ate two meat buns for breakfast in one go!
【Valuri】: Have you been taking your medication consistently?
[Spring Fatigue]: Not yet, I'll take it at noon. I'm planning to switch medications; I'll never dare take my roommate's sleeping pills again QAQ
There were questions and answers, and it took Xia Mian a while to react.
[Spring Fatigue]: How strange of you to ask such detailed questions. I already told you I'm much better.
【Valuri】: Because what you just said was too general and didn't answer my question.
[Spring drowsiness]: Oh, oh.
[Spring fatigue]: I know you care about me!
[Spring fatigue]: Just like my boyfriend, he's so talkative.
【Valuri】：?
【Valuri】: I won't nag you if you're not sick.
[Spring Sleepiness]: Okay, you tsundere.
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but the way Qinglan speaks on WeChat and the "Qinglan" on Douyin are a bit different.
But when Xia Mian thought about herself, she realized that there were differences as well.
She wouldn't be so outspoken on WeChat, probably because WeChat is tied to real-life social circles, while her unknown Douyin account allows her to let loose and roam freely on the internet.
The PPT was so perfect that Xia Mian scanned it from beginning to end during her break but couldn't find anything that needed to be changed, so she sent it directly to the director, Duan Jinhua.
The director didn't reply; he's probably still busy and doesn't have time to check her messages immediately.
Seeing the time as 11:59, Xia Mian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The reconnaissance mission is complete.
"Let's go, let's eat together." The moment the bell rang, Qinglan sent a WeChat message, asking, "Is your cold getting better?"
Another question?
This guy really cares about her, it's touching!
Having such a good best friend, what's wrong with asking more questions?
Xia Mian wasn't annoyed at all and patiently replied, "It's a bit better than before."
A note from the author:
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My dears, [doge] there will be another chapter tonight, quite late, probably close to midnight.
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