Human hearts are fickle
[Wait, don't move, I need to take a screenshot]
[I mean, Xi Ai, this angle is killing me, sister!]
[I asked if it's possible that this angle is the angle for every period?]
[…Xi Ai, you scheming woman, how can they, Chun Aiye, hold their heads high?]
Xi Ai didn't read the comments, but she looked innocent, and said to Meng Yike, "Captain, what's going on? This is so unprofessional."
Chu Yiqi tilted her head, looking at Xi Ai with even more confusion than Meng Yike: No, which major is not professional?
Meng Yike chuckled: "...You know that when people are speechless to the extreme, they can laugh, right?"
"Oh." Xi Ai lowered her head and smiled.
Meng Yike: ...Give me a break.
Su Luojian's voice finally rang out: "Right, let's use a phone projector, and then turn it around and face it sideways, that's how it works."
"No, I'm right most of the time!" Chu Yiqi suddenly lowered his voice halfway through his sentence, and then spoke very softly at the end.
That was true before Xi Ai bothered me!
[No, you're facing us at most half the time!! The other half you're facing Sisley and the other half you're facing sideways!!]
Xi Ai kept adding fuel to the fire: "Yes, Qiu Ye hasn't seen you in a long time!"
Chu Yiqi turned her head again and stared at Xi Ai: "I didn't. I usually do live streams, except for concerts!"
"Yes, twice a month. It's been a month since the last one."
“There are vlogs and photo albums.” Chu Yiqi took a few deep breaths, trying her best to remain calm.
Xi Ai knew when to stop: "Okay."
Chu Yiqi turned back to look at the camera, but was clearly speechless, thinking to himself: I must have believed your nonsense. You were clearly saying "I don't care" and "So be it."
For a fleeting moment, she even imagined a scene: Xi Ai looking wronged and innocent, as if saying, "What's wrong with you? Why are you biting me?"
Chu Yiqi: "..." I'm going crazy too.
"Okay, now I'll keep my eyes on the camera, okay?"
Xi Ai was about to say, "Then why don't you take a look at me?"
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but after many twists and turns, he finally came back to his original question: "Okay."
[Although, this time I'm on Xiao Ai's side.]
[Thanks to Xiao Ai! (~^o^~)]
[Oh my gosh, this emoticon is so cute! I've applied for its intangible cultural heritage status, it's mine!]
[No, sister, you?]
Meng Yike picked out the projector, and Nie Chuiying naturally cued Chu Yiqi, pulling her towards Xi Ai's side: "That's right, Qiqi should show up more often, come on, Xi Ai! Let our Qiqi sit here!"
Xi Ai looked up at Nie Chuiying, who was staring down at her, and without thinking about anything else, she first tried to explain herself: "...I'm not in the center position, am I?"
“You don’t care, you have a great view.” Nie Chuiying kept winking at Xi Ai.
Xi Ai blinked, then belatedly realized what Nie Chuiying meant. She chuckled for a moment, then resignedly hugged her little butterfly doll and ran to where Chu Yiqi had originally been.
“Our position hasn’t changed in a long time, has it?” Shi Yunshan said.
Yu Nianxi waved her hand and generously shared one of her taro-filled mochi balls with Shi Yunshan: "Out with the old, in with the new."
Shi Yunshan: "What do you mean by old or new?"
Yu Nianxi choked for a moment, then said nonchalantly, "I don't know, but I've already said it anyway."
Meng Yike finally finished adjusting the chocolate, sat down, and silently took Yu Nianxi's chocolate.
Yu Nianxi, holding potato chips, said, "You're welcome."
Meng Yike: "...Thank you."
[Haha, Nie Chuiying is here to stick, stick, stick, stick, stick, stick, stick!]
[Who said Ai Ai is the group bully?]
[She's toned down her younger sister persona a lot. I suggest watching her old group variety shows; you can pick any one of them at random.]
[I'll say it again, the Cauchy group is delicious too!]
[Come on, how did I remember Cauchy's inequality back in the day? It was those two!]
Xi Ai was too lazy to argue about her shattered reputation, but after hesitating for a moment, she said, "It's just that I haven't seen you for a while and I'm a little rusty with the business."
The group burst into laughter. Yu Nianxi covered her mouth and looked up at the ceiling, trying hard to swallow the juice she had just tasted, but it was obvious that she had failed.
"What the hell? He's not familiar with the job, hahaha."
[I'm dying of laughter! Someone please tell me they really became famous for their talent, not for their comedic timing!]
[I can't persuade you otherwise. For 8, I actually think the earliest time it went viral was with that amazing meme from final exam review.]
[lgdl hahaha, our final exam review is really impressive, we're already famous before we even debut]
Upon seeing this, all six people had the same expression for a fleeting moment, but it was only for a very brief instant.
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Speaking of which, that set of pictures really had a great atmosphere.
The scene was filmed when Chu Yiqi and Xi Ai went out for barbecue.
The warm yellow lights of the old town fell from behind, like scattered clouds, covering the people sitting opposite each other.
Before they could even change out of their performance costumes, the two of them slipped out together. So, in several of the photos taken, Chu Yiqi was wearing a white dress with an irregular train hanging to one side. Her braided hair had few accessories, except for a few pearl hair clips that were gilded by the streetlights. On the other hand, Xi Ai was wearing a black dress. She slowly took off her gloves and chatted casually with the person opposite her.
Xi Ai would occasionally urge Chu to try something else, and then encourage others to eat more...
When persuasion fails, she smiles and picks up a string of things without chili peppers, offering it to Chu Yiqi's lips.
Chu Yiqi frowned and stepped back, but in the end she took it.
Then, at some point, a wind picked up. Xi Ai looked at Chu Yiqi's skirt, frowned, took off her coat, and draped it over Chu Yiqi's legs.
Chu Yiqi was clearly taken aback for a moment, which Xi Ai noticed keenly. She smiled and joked to bring her back to the present: "Don't worry, this one is not from the same brand as the previous one. It's fine even if there's a little oil on it."
Chu Yiqi, with an air of "I'd never believe your nonsense," tried to remain calm as she said, "Yes, I believe you. This one costs tens of thousands?"
Xi Ai blinked, not expecting Chu Yiqi to ask so directly. She put her hands on the table, suddenly smiled, and said, "I don't know, but it's really nothing."
Chu Yiqi still didn't take off his coat and continued eating barbecue.
In the end, Chu Yiqi still ended up wearing the coat. Just as they were about to leave, Xi Ai subconsciously looked around, and the corners of her mouth that had been smirking suddenly fell down. After paying, she grabbed Chu Yiqi and ran off.
Chu Yiqi also noticed the people taking pictures and followed them without saying a word.
But this unexpectedly led to the creation of that most important image—
Xi Ai pulled Chu Yiqi towards the side with the lights, only managing to snap a blurry profile picture, but the lines were beautiful, and the streetlights added a wonderful finishing touch at that moment.
Chu Yiqi hurriedly grabbed Xi Ai's collar to steady her coat, and was pulled along by one hand, but before she could turn around, a smile had already appeared in her eyes without her even realizing it.
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Xi Ai leaned back on the edge of the table, occasionally turning her head to snatch some of Yu Nianxi's snacks.
Yu Nianxi patted Xi Ai's hand: "The last one, mine!"
Xi Ai pursed her lips and withdrew her hand.
What kind of elementary school student duo are these?
[I've already got the same taro-filled snacks as you guys, I'm a million steps ahead!!!]
[Link! Link! Link! She really made me hungry.]
Chu Yiqi, holding a mango-filled mochi, slowly said, "Milkshake, huh... For your own good, eat less snacks and watch your calorie intake."
Yu Nianxi was about to jump up and retaliate against Chu Yiqi, but Xi Ai and Meng Yike each held her back.
However, their purposes were different: one was purely biased, while the other wanted to maintain harmony within the team.
Compared to this, it makes me seem so selfish.
Xi Ai silently compared herself to Meng Yike, and silently comforted herself: People's minds are limited, how can they take care of everything?
Meng Yike is more capable and mature, and I'm still young, a whole year younger than her!
Meng Yike frowned, her nose itchy, and turned around to sneeze: "You can't win an argument, and you can't even beat two of them in a fight... Qiqi. No, I pulled you and you still cursed at me?"
Yu Nianxi's anger suddenly shifted as she glared at Meng Yike: "Don't make false accusations! It's going to snow at the end of July! Qiqi! You weren't like this before!"
Chu Yiqi opened her eyes, her gaze flickering. She chewed a few times, swallowed the mochi, and said, "People change."
[Haha, poor Xixi, oh dear, let me give you a kiss]
[The abacus upstairs collapsed and hit me in the face!]
[Waaaaah, "Milkshake" sounds so familiar, does anyone know? It's ynx's first nickname, given to her by Qiqi!]
[Who understands? ynx is hilarious, every nickname is about food, it's so fitting!]
[This "people change" part is a bit harsh. She used to be so gentle and calm, even more so than someone in the immunology department.]
"Hey, wait a minute, what adjective is used to describe our captain?" Xi Ai tried to bring the atmosphere back on track.
Chu Yiqi chuckled softly, trying not to make the atmosphere between them too awkward, so she said with a smile, "Does our most emotionally stable and considerate sister have any problems, Teacher Xi?"
Xi Ai didn't expect Chu Yiqi to respond to her, but then she thought about it and realized that, logically speaking, she and Chu Yiqi had been secretly being affectionate in front of the cameras every day two years ago. Now, even though they had been separated for two years, their sudden silence made it seem like they really had something to hide.
Given Chu Yiqi's desire to avoid any suspicion, she certainly didn't want this situation to happen.
So it's good to talk occasionally, no matter what you say.
At least this way, to outsiders, it will appear that "we haven't seen each other for a long time, and we're a little estranged, but our relationship is still normal."
I'm getting more and more proficient at the job every day...
Xi Ai smiled and said, "That's not true. Don't spread rumors."
"Alright, I'll side with whoever bids the highest." Chu Yiqi beckoned with his hand, his expression not very obvious, but his gaze remained fixed on Xi Ai.
Xi Ai glanced at Meng Yike, who looked at her with an indifferent expression. Xi Ai was satisfied and said, "Then you should side with her."
[Haha, familiar formula, feels good.]
[I've done it, so my time at work wasn't wasted, it wasn't a free trip!]
Yu Nianxi, whose anger was forcibly and naturally suppressed, said, "...Wait, I baked some cookies."
"Did it fizzle out?" Shi Yunshan joined in the conversation to show that she was listening and hadn't been slacking off.
Yu Nianxi waved her hand as she ran, "No!"
Nie Chuiying was indeed secretly slacking off, her gaze occasionally falling under the table, her mind wandering while wearing headphones—it was a rare occasion with no one else around, just a few cameras set up, so she had to have some fun.
She said, "The taro filling is gone if you don't want it."
Shi Yunshan quietly shifted to the side, a smile on her face, and whispered to Nie Chuiying, "Were you even listening properly? Where are you in the fanfiction?"
Nie Chuiying wanted to laugh, but ultimately she was on camera and could only keep reminding herself that it was an important occasion. She raised her hand to cover her mouth: "There's a white moonlight figure among them, but she's a pretty powerful wingman."
"If you remove the 'white moonlight' part, then isn't that just like you?" Shi Yunshan couldn't help but laugh, asking her with a smirk.
"You're better than me."
[Hey, hey, what are those two talking about over there? Don't isolate my other fans just because I'm a fan!]
[Hahahaha, what's yours! (I'm used to the intensity of final exam review, I'm used to everything) So sweet, I love it!]
"I called you out!"
"You're only talking about my outward appearance; my heart has always been here." Shi Yunshan was frank and open, not accepting Nie Chuiying's attempt to shift the blame.
Nie Chuiying chuckled and said, "You're quite good at distinguishing them, aren't you?"
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