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As soon as she saw her, Yaya left the people beside her and rushed over, circling around her to see if she was injured. Song Yu knew that she was worried, so she didn't move and let her look.
After a while, when she had calmed down, Song Yu gestured to her and asked, "Did you bring him here?"
Yaya looked a little anxious, "I was afraid something might happen to you, so I told him. Who knew he would come right away? I just went to pick him up."
Glancing at the expression on Song Yu's face, Ya Ya felt a little uneasy, "Should I not have let him come?"
"It's okay, come if you want." Song Yu touched her head, knowing that she was frightened, and comforted her, "I cut the watermelon, wash your hands and go inside to eat, I want to talk to my classmates for a few words."
Yaya went into the house. Only then did Song Yu look up at Xu Qiao who was standing not far away. The smile on her face faded a little. She stretched out her legs and hooked a stool for Xu Qiao. "Since you're here, sit down."
"Are you okay?" Xu Qiao said as he looked her over without leaving any trace.
"Those people didn't dare to do anything." Song Yu also dragged a stool and sat down. During this time, Yaya came out once to bring Xu Qiao a watermelon, and then quickly went back to the room to study.
"They are provoking trouble. You should call the police."
"It's hard for an honest judge to judge family affairs, and calling the police is useless."
Xu Qiao didn't refute after hearing this. Song Yu guessed that Yaya had probably explained everything to him on the way here. But what's the point of telling such things to outsiders? Xu Qiao's silence was also within her expectations. What's more, she was already on the right path, and now it was just a matter of time.
"Which school does she want to apply to? How were her latest mock exam results?" Xu Qiao suddenly asked.
"X University, the latest simulation score is only 10 points higher than the passing score of X University last year." Song Yu said truthfully. It's not that she hadn't thought about hiring a tutor for Yaya. The few local tutors she found said that they had difficulty finding a tutor because of special needs, and they were unwilling to take the class even if the fee was increased. Song Yu had no choice but to reluctantly teach the class herself.
"I scored 705 on the college entrance exam and have experience as a private tutor." Xu Qiao looked up at her. "If she doesn't have a private tutor, maybe I can give it a try."
Song Yu was stunned, "Are you willing?" She had wanted to lure Xu Qiao to be a tutor since the first time she saw him explaining the problem to Ya Ya. Unexpectedly, before she could open her mouth, he took the initiative first.
"Um."
"She only has half a day off every Sunday morning. Can you ensure that you have time to teach her every week?" Song Yu reminded.
"Sure, I can spare half a day every week to come here." Xu Qiao affirmed.
"You don't need to come over. She's on a month-long vacation and doesn't go home on weekends. You can video chat with her directly. She has her own phone." Having said that, Song Yu was also very straightforward, "I'll give it to you according to the market price."
"Can."
Finally, the stone in her heart was slightly lifted. Song Yu breathed a sigh of relief. She bent down and patted Xu Qiao's shoulder, "Then I'll leave it to you."
Xu Qiao's eyes moved slightly upwards, and he saw the reddish wheal that had almost completely disappeared on the white, almost transparent skin. "Are you allergic?"
Following his unconcealed gaze, Song Yu saw the mark on his arm and touched it nonchalantly, "No, it's a mosquito bite." There was no need to tell a stranger about his allergy history. Maybe the other person just asked casually. Song Yu had experienced a lot and learned to be perfunctory.
The wind mass was obviously abnormally large, and in the end Xu Qiao didn't ask any more questions.
Upon learning that Xu Qiao was going to be her tutor, Yaya was very excited and gave Xu Qiao all kinds of things. Song Yu stood by and watched without stopping her, but Xu Qiao seemed a little at a loss in the face of her enthusiasm.
"Teacher, can I ask you directly if I have questions?" Yaya typed on her phone and handed it to Xu Qiao with bright eyes.
"sure."
"So, can you answer questions from any subject?"
"Even if you don't know how, I can still learn."
"Teacher, you are really great. I will definitely work hard." Yaya was very excited and her phone was clattering away. She knew that Song Yu wanted to hire a tutor for her, but no one was willing to take her in because she was mute. Now, someone was finally willing.
Watching the two people passing their phones back and forth, Song Yu, standing nearby, sensed something amiss in the video teaching; the two of them simply couldn't communicate through the video.
Apparently Xu Qiao also realized, "I don't know sign language, so video communication might not be smooth." Maybe they need an interpreter nearby.
The two turned around and stared at her. Song Yu felt uneasy and could only nod, "I know. I'll be there when the time comes."
"You don't have to be here all the time. I can also learn sign language. When I become proficient in it, you won't have to come." Xu Qiao turned his head and said.
Others were willing to teach, but Song Yu still had to find a tutorial on his own. He didn't have the nerve to do that. "Sign language also needs a teacher. I'm here in the morning anyway, so I'll teach you sign language in the afternoon."
"That's fine."
Things went smoothly. Yaya dragged Xu Qiao to go out with her to see the wheat fields she had never seen before. Xu Qiao glanced at Song Yu, then turned around and followed her.
Looking at the backs of the two people, Song Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that she would be sad when she came back, but now she seemed much better.
Although Lu Township is not far from the city, it is still a township after all, and the roads are narrow and difficult to walk on. There are plenty of empty rooms in the house, so Song Yu simply let Xu Qiao stay there and leave the next day.
The room is in the style of an old-fashioned country house, with a living room and three bedrooms on the second floor. Outside is a long balcony connecting all the rooms.
Song Yu and Ya Ya lived in the two rooms on the left side of the living room, and Xu Qiao lived in the room on the right side of the living room. The rooms were not far apart, so when Song Yu heard the broken sobbing sound in the middle of the night and came out to check, he ran into Xu Qiao who also opened the door.
The crows are crying.
Song Yu half-opened his eyes, staring blankly at the moon hanging high in the sky, with suppressed, soft sobs echoing in his ears.
When Xu Qiao asked with her eyes, she waved her hand and told him to go back, watching him carefully close the door. Song Yu stood outside for a while, and only returned to the room quietly after she could no longer hear the crying.
The next day, Xu Qiao was about to leave early in the morning, and Song Yu and Ya Ya stood at the door to see him off.
"I'm leaving. I'll arrange an empty classroom next Sunday and send you the classroom number then." Xu Qiao said to Song Yu, who looked like he was still sleepy.
She didn't sleep well last night and was now completely dazed. She just nodded randomly when she heard the words.
Before leaving, Xu Qiao made a sign to Yaya, "Study hard."
Ya Ya smiled and replied, "Teacher, I will definitely do it."
The vacation for senior high school students is usually not complete, so Song Yu only stayed in Lu Township for less than two days. He sent Yaya to school and then came back.
The two people didn't know that she had left home temporarily that day. Later, when they found that there was no one in the house, Song Qixing didn't ask a question, but just threw a personal business card to her to add him as a friend. Ye Yuping did send several voice messages. Song Yu didn't click to listen to them, but read one of them after converting it into text. The general meaning was that she was unfilial, and that she made the house a mess when she came back, and that she didn't know how to be grateful and acted as if she didn't have a daughter.
After reading it, Song Yu set her WeChat to Do Not Disturb and slept for two days in the house she rented near the school.
The cell phone rang, and Song Yu took a look. It was a text message about a bank deposit. Ever since she had her own savings, she has always had some investment awareness and has made some money over the years.
She threw her phone on the bed, went into the shower room to take a shower, and after coming out, she sat on the chair, wiping her wet black hair with a towel while casually browsing her phone with one hand. When she saw the reminder from the circle of friends, she clicked on it to take a look.
It was a photo of a starry sky, with stars as bright as jewels hanging high in the dark night sky. The caption contained only four simple words: "So close."
It was no surprise that Song Yu could see such a night view every night whenever he returned to Lu Township. This man actually treated it as a treasure and posted a circle of friends about it. No wonder he was seen sitting alone in the yard for most of the night.
It was originally an ordinary photo with an ordinary caption. It looked very plain among the weird friends' circles. No one even liked it. The space below the picture was empty, cruelly revealing that the owner of the account was not very popular.
Song Yu looked at the zeros below and felt inexplicably unhappy. What was wrong with these people? Even though the photos were ordinary, they were taken with care. He didn't know how to appreciate them.
After liking and commenting, Song Yu stared at the comment section below which still seemed empty even with his own comment. After thinking for a while, he called Lan Lin.
"What are you saying? I can't hear you clearly on the boat." Lan Lin sat on the dolphin-chasing boat, holding on to the side of the boat with one hand and holding the phone with the other hand and speaking loudly. The white waves surging next to her were as fierce as needles, pricking her face.
"What? Moments? Like?" Lan Lin finally heard Song Yu's words clearly amidst the intermittent signal. She clutched the phone tightly, tilted her head, and shouted into the microphone at the top of her lungs, "Song Yu, why don't you just go die? I'm dying, and you want me to like your Moments?"
"Remember this." Another burst of hoarse shouting, and the phone was hung up.
The room returned to silence. Song Yu sat on a chair, turned on his computer, and began to search seriously, "What is the probability of being killed by a boat while chasing dolphins?"
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[Song Yu: Great photo (thumbs up)]
"Xu Qiao, you've already taken screenshots of this page three times." The person sitting next to him tilted his head back to drink water while looking at him with a squinted eye. "You still need to take screenshots of your own Moments?"
Unconsciously, his fingers moved away from the phone screen and Xu Qiao smiled. "It was an accident."
The person next to him put down the water and patted his shoulder, "Come over when you're done resting. We're all waiting for you."
"knew."
Xu Qiao clicked on the album, which contained more than a dozen identical screenshots. He deleted the duplicate ones and saved that one in a newly created album.
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