So when Lin Xi returned to the feng shui shop, she saw that the Meng family, under the guise of thanking her for helping Meng Yuxin, brought a lot of lavish gifts to her door.
Lin Xi was immediately left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
However, after taking a look, she realized that the Meng family were all honest business people. Although they had some ulterior motives, they weren't bad.
So she didn't say much, accepted the gifts, and let them go home.
After Meng Yuxin's incident was over, the start of the new school term arrived.
Lin Xi packed her things and walked back to school with heavy steps.
Although the start of each semester is roughly the same, it still takes students a long time to adjust to school life.
The same applies to Lin Xi.
About two weeks after the start of the semester, life at school gradually got back on track.
This is even when they have relatively few classes.
This semester still consists mostly of professional courses, along with some practical training.
Although they don't have to stay in other places for months at a time like in previous field archaeology, they still need to leave the school.
Furthermore, this time everyone's practice locations were not all in the same place, but rather assigned according to groups.
Fortunately, Lin Xi and several of her roommates were assigned to the same group.
Their practical experience was at the city museum, where they had to spend a few days learning from the staff.
Of course, learning inevitably involves doing odd jobs.
After all, their professional skills are still limited, and they are not yet qualified to be entrusted with important tasks by museum staff.
Therefore, most of the tasks they were assigned were to follow the staff around and do odd jobs within their capabilities.
Of course, besides working, they can also learn something here.
For example, some visitors in the museum may need a guided tour, and they can follow behind the guide and learn as they listen.
This process can also deepen their understanding of cultural relics and ancient books.
Over the course of several days, Lin Xi and her group had become familiar with several of the museum's staff members.
In the morning, there weren't many visitors to the museum yet, and Lin Xi and her friends were chatting with two familiar staff members in the lounge.
Suddenly, one of the staff members, Yuan Fang, answered a phone call.
An anxious female voice came from the phone. After saying a few words, Yuan Fang's expression changed drastically.
Her phone wasn't very loud; at least Xu Jing and the others couldn't hear what was being said on the other end.
However, Lin Xi had exceptional hearing, so even though it was unintentional, she still clearly heard what the other person was saying on the phone.
The person who called Yuan Fang was probably her mother. Her voice was trembling with tears as she said that Yuan Fang's brother had an accident and she didn't know what to do, so she came to her daughter for advice.
On the phone, Yuan Fang's mother was very emotional, and since she probably didn't really know what had happened to Yuan Fang's brother, she could only give a brief account of the situation.
The gist of it is that Yuan Fang's brother suddenly developed a high fever, and even after taking medicine, the fever kept recurring and never got better.
Moreover, he was in a coma for most of the time.
But when we took him to the hospital, they couldn't find anything seriously wrong and just said he had a common cold.
But Yuan Fang's mother felt uneasy and panicked, so she called her daughter, hoping she would come back and check on her.
Upon hearing that her brother was in trouble, Yuan Fang became anxious and quickly spoke to her mother on the phone.
"Mom, don't worry, I'll go ask my boss for leave right away. Contact me anytime if you have any problems!"
After saying that, Yuan Fang hung up the phone.
Although the others didn't hear the specific content of the phone call, they heard her last sentence clearly.
In particular, another staff member who was on good terms with her hurriedly asked her.
"What's wrong? Did something happen at home?"
Yuan Fang could only offer a brief explanation, saying that her brother seemed to be sick, and the nature of his illness was unclear. Her mother was the only one at home, so she had to go back to check on him.
When a family member is sick, it is indeed a big deal.
"Then you should go and ask for leave. I'll cover for you if anything happens."
In situations like these, the benefits of mutual help among colleagues become apparent.
Because their museum is not very large, besides inventorying and organizing the artifacts, they usually only need to do some writing and recording work.
Occasionally, I need to act as a tour guide, but that's about it.
Moreover, after Lin Xi and the other college students arrived these past few days, they helped with the workload, which reduced the workload for the two of them even more.
After spending a few days together, Yuan Fang and another staff member treated Lin Xi and the others quite well. They were dedicated to teaching them and would occasionally treat them to milk tea.
So when they saw that Yuan Fang's family had encountered trouble, Xu Jing and the others said that they would do their best to help with the museum's affairs.
Yuan Fang was touched for a moment, but whether she could get leave was still a problem.
So she could only thank her colleagues and Xu Jing first, and then hurriedly went to ask her supervisor for leave.
Fortunately, the leader wasn't heartless. As soon as Yuan Fang said that something had happened at home, he immediately granted her leave.
After getting her leave approved, Yuan Fang hurriedly returned to the lounge to pack her things and go home.
While she was packing her things, Lin Xi suddenly said something to her.
"If the matter cannot be resolved, you can contact me."
Yuan Fang was taken aback, thinking that Lin Xi was implying that her family had connections in the hospital. Without thinking much of it, she quickly thanked Lin Xi.
"Thanks, Xiao Xi. If I need anything, I'll have to trouble you then."
Because she didn't know her brother's exact condition, if the hospital in their hometown couldn't treat him, they might indeed need to come to the big city.
Therefore, she naturally had to accept Lin Xi's kindness.
Lin Xi nodded and said nothing more.
After that, Yuan Fang hurriedly left the museum.
Around noon, everyone went to eat nearby. Xu Jing remembered what Lin Xi had said to Yuan Fang when she left, and immediately leaned over to her and whispered a question.
"Is it possible that Yuan Fang's brother isn't simply sick, but has encountered something else?"
As for what this so-called "other matter" is, it's most likely related to ghosts and metaphysics that made Lin Xi take the initiative to speak.
Lin Xi did not deny it.
She could indeed tell from Yuan Fang's face that her brother was about to encounter a calamity.
And this calamity doesn't seem to be easy to resolve.
However, she doesn't know the specifics of what kind of calamity it is.
All she can say is that if she needs to help Yuan Fang's brother in the future, she will.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jing could only sigh and say.
"I hope that what happened to Sister Yuan Fang's brother is not too serious and that he can resolve this matter smoothly."
Meanwhile, Yuan Fang had already taken the nearest high-speed train back to her hometown.
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