When I returned to the college, it was already past 4pm.
Yes, it takes so much time to go back and forth in the city. The commuting time is an important reason why Ren Suo is not willing to follow Qiao Muyi around. Besides, he doesn’t have a car and can only take the subway.
Ren Suo has also thought about getting a car, but to buy a car, he needs to get a driver's license first, and to get a driver's license, he needs to practice driving first, and to practice driving, he needs to spend time going to the city... Forget it, just take other people's cars honestly. Anyway, under normal circumstances, if others don't ask him out, he will definitely not take the initiative to sneak away.
When Ren Suo returned home, his sister had already gone to class. However, he checked the temperature of the bed and felt that his sister had not been gone for long... She must have overslept. It turned out to be my sister.
There were still several people to deliver to, and there was nothing to do for the time being. Ren Suo was too lazy to change his clothes or take off his shoes. He directly picked up the remaining brown paper bags and prepared to be a courier.
He thought about it and sent a message to Lin Xianyu who was in class: "Is Teacher Bai teaching now?"
As expected, Lin Xianyu was not listening to the class but playing with her phone. She quickly replied to Ren Suo, "He should be teaching Class 5. What's wrong? Is there anything I can talk to him about? Is it serious? Can we help?"
Eh? Lin Xianyu's reply was quite considerate. Ren Suo replied, "It's okay. I'm just asking casually. By the way, when will your get out of class end?"
"=￣￣= There will be a break in ten minutes, and the class will end at six...Brother Ren, are you going to treat me to a meal? Will you cook for me yourself? Sure, sure."
Humph, as expected, I knew you, little girl, were thinking about my rice. Ren Suo replied, "No, no, by the way, which classroom are you in?"
"We are taking university physics in Room 306 of the teaching building."
"What about Cheng Ling?"
"She is teaching the Introduction to Magic class in Room 202."
Okay, now I’m going to deliver the express.
Ren Suo carried four brown paper bags and walked to the teaching building, and found the cultivation teacher's office on the fourth floor. Although he had never been here, he could still find Bai Ji's position at a glance. Bai Ji's position was piled with dolls of various sizes, and he was surrounded by dolls. They were obviously given to him by the female teachers. The desk was filled with various gift apples, which fully expressed the gift giver's expectation of "apple".
There was no one in the office, so Ren Suo went over to put down the brown paper bag and tore off a sticky note. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the conversation with Lin Xianyu just now, smiled, wrote down the message, and then left with the other brown paper bags.
Ten minutes later, during the break, Bai Ji came back to the office to get something and naturally found the brown paper bag.
At first he thought it was another gift from a female teacher or female student, but when he saw the note on the brown paper bag, he was startled:
"=￣￣=An original handmade scarf. The material may not be as good as the one you gave me, but... it'll make do!"
Bai Ji took out an ice-blue scarf from the brown paper bag. There was a series of neat and beautiful white diamond patterns on the scarf, just like ice crystals.
Bai Ji liked it more and more as he looked at it, so he changed it for himself.
He sat down, touching his scarf and smiling slightly.
Because he was a step late and was harassed by various girls, he didn't have time to ask Ren Suo out, and Ren Suo's Christmas was completely cut off. Moreover, he had classes on Christmas Day and couldn't spare the time.
After finishing his meal at Ren Suo's house that day, Bai Ji felt that he no longer had that kind of expectation and worry about the future. He didn't think that the earth was safe. After all, there was the Fairy Palace World Tree above and the gods and supernatural beings below. Perhaps the Fairy Palace's whim and the gods' test could bring the earth to ruin. When the whole world hangs on the edge of a knife, and this knife is being fought over, who can rest assured?
But he felt that even if Mars hit the Earth in the next second, a nuclear war broke out, and the top-grade zombies that had been sleeping for three thousand years swept the world with an endless army of undead... he could accept this fate calmly.
What we can choose and what we cannot choose, what we can accept and what we cannot accept, are all fate.
Bai Ji felt that he had a lot to talk to Ren Suo about, but now he felt that there was no need to say so much.
He is actually different from Dong Chengling and Qiao Muyi. His feelings are not so intense that he wants to establish a new relationship with Ren Suo. He thinks the current situation is good enough. They can eat together, chat together, play with their phones together, or try his newly made cakes...
If love is hopeless, then I will use friendship to cover my lies. I can't get close to the sun, but can't I stay next to the fireflies?
Of course, if I accidentally ruined some of Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling’s plans, it must have been intentional.
Tying his scarf around his neck, Bai Ji took the materials and went back to continue his class. His handsome face, which always had a business smile on it, now glowed like an iceberg melting because of his joy. All the unmarried women he met along the way couldn't help but greet him actively, and Bai Ji's response made their hearts flutter.
Bai Ji touched his scarf and calmly walked into the classroom to continue teaching.
This warmth may not allow him to gain any advantage, but it can make him look forward to tomorrow.
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Ren Suo is lost.
Classroom 306 in the teaching building should be on the third floor...
But Ren Suo wandered around and watched as he walked from classroom 305 to the toilet. After passing the toilet, the next classroom number was clearly 307...
Ren Suo had heard that in some places, in order to seek good luck, all house numbers with the rare numbers '4' and '7' were deleted, but he had never seen a place where even '6' was banned!
Just when Ren Suo thought Lin Xianyu was trying to trick him, he saw Lin Xianyu coming out of the women's restroom, jumping up to him, and looking at him with surprise.
“Brother Ren, are you going to be our junior apprentice?” Lin Xianyu blinked and asked, “Newcomers are new pork (newcomers are all younger brothers), the first thing a junior apprentice should do is to listen to the words of the seniors, and I am your senior…”
"You are such a fool, why would I come back to school after I have passed the third level?" Ren Suo asked, "Are you trying to fool me? Where did you get the 306?"
"Room 306 is a large classroom. You have to go to the lower floor at the end to see it. After all, university physics is a super large class... Hey? Is that for me?"
Lin Xianyu just asked casually, but she didn't expect Ren Suo to actually hand her the brown paper bag: "Yes, it's for you."
Lin Xianyu's face lit up, and he took the paper bag and started to eat: "What is it? Forget it, as long as it's made by you, I will definitely like it..."
Lin Xianyu took out a scarf from the brown paper bag with a disappointed look on his face. Ren Suo curled his lips and said, "Is it necessary to be so disappointed? I see you're about to cry."
"I will cry. I haven't eaten the food you cooked for three days. I will hug your thighs and cry, and write the word 'miserable' on your legs." Lin Xianyu pouted and said, "Why did you give me a scarf for no reason... Hey? Did you knit this scarf yourself?"
"Yes, yes." Ren Suo nodded: "I designed the pattern, do you like it?"
Lin Xianyu spread out her scarf, which was decorated with squares of different colors. Each square contained a dumpling of a different color, which was very eye-catching.
Although the scarf looks a bit flowery, Lin Xianyu seems to like it very much.
Ren Suo also breathed a sigh of relief. He had known for a long time that Lin Xianyu's favorite food was dumplings. After all, she had been urging Dong Chengling to make dumplings all day long. They had tried fillings ranging from ordinary leeks and pork to wonderful shrimps, crab roe and fish roe. Even for dinner on the night of the winter solstice, the cook made a plate of dumplings for Lin Xianyu, who ate so much that she licked the plate.
The dumplings on the scarf actually revealed different fillings, which made Lin Xianyu even hungrier.
As Lin Xianyu watched, he suddenly stuffed the scarf back into the brown paper bag, pulled Ren Suo to a corner where no one would watch him, and asked nervously, "Why did you give me a scarf?"
"I don't cook on Christmas Day, so just use this scarf as a gag."
“What!?... At least give me a plate of dumplings.” Lin Xianyu asked with a pitiful look on his face: “It doesn’t matter if it’s not vinegar or chili sauce, I’ll eat it plain.”
"No." Ren Suo shook his head: "Don't you like it?"
Lin Xianyu was silent for a while: "No, but... forget it, can't I take them all?"
"It takes a year for me to cool down after I cook. Now that I think about it, it seems like the last time I cooked for myself was just a few days ago. So I will invite you to my house for dinner on the winter solstice 360 days in advance."
Lin Xianyu hugged the brown paper bag tightly and suddenly said seriously: "Thank you, Brother Ren. I will accept it shamelessly, but don't expect me to give you a gift in return for this gift."
"Of course, it's best not to send it off...By the way, Gu Yueyan is in the same class with you, right?"
Lin Xianyu nodded. At this moment, she saw that Ren Suo was still holding two brown paper bags in his hands. She was slightly startled: "You actually knitted more than one?"
"Yes." Ren Suo handed her a brown paper bag and said, "Give this to her. I probably won't be able to see her in the next two days, so give it to her now."
"All hand-woven?"
"Yes, each one is different. Don't change it. Gu Yueyan's is an exclusive limited edition. Of course, yours is also an exclusive limited edition for foodies."
Lin Xianyu looked at Ren Suo with a curious look, wondering if he should reclassify Ren Suo.
以前她以为任索是‘不小心’‘误打误撞’才将局面推进到现在这种万劫不复的地步，但任索现在的行为，却是宁愿花费那么多时间来织围巾，而不是选择淘宝或者干脆不送……
要么他是一个隐藏得很深的后宫王，要么他是智商只有七岁的赤诚之子，要么他暗中掌控了一个无条件服从他的围巾编织魔鬼筋肉人。
按照逻辑推断，第一个概率最大，第二个概率一般，第三个概率最低。
为了东老师，为了班长，我是不是该向班长他爸他哥举报这家伙呢？
林羡鱼试探性问道：“我可以喊班长出来啊，礼物还是亲手送比较好吧？班长也会更感动哦。”
“有那么多讲究的吗？”任索挠挠头，他刚才就将礼物直接放到白忌桌面上了。
“还是算了吧。”任索想了想，说道：“你倒罢了，但古月言现在是唯一的二转学生，我怎么说也算是老师，被其他学生看见我和她聊天，怕不是又有人怀疑古月言修炼得那么快是因为老师们帮她开小灶……她很讨厌这个，偏偏她又很在意其他人对她的评价。”
我觉得其他人会首先怀疑你勾搭年轻貌美女学生……林羡鱼心里暗暗吐槽，不过任索居然为班长考虑到这个份上，她心里刚浮起对任索的一丝恶意也烟消云散了。
唉，我还是秉持自己的原则，老老实实在旁边围观吧，反正班长现在肯定是劝不动的……而且不仅仅是班长，我还得管好自己。
光是为了能天天蹭任索的饭，林羡鱼都想倒贴了！
要不是林羡鱼知道自己肯定打不过乔木依东承灵，甚至连古月言都打不过，她说不定会考虑倒贴的可能性，又或者将任索关进小黑屋夜夜笙歌的可能性……
林羡鱼拿过牛皮纸袋，说道：“那我帮你送给班长吧……啊，要上课了，任大哥再见！”
听见上课的响铃声，林羡鱼麻溜地回到大教室里，看见班长已经进入听课状态，聚精会神地看着黑板。
她将自己那份礼物塞进书包里，才戳了戳古月言的欧派。
敏感部位受袭的古月言，下意识就想对林羡鱼来一记手刀，然而这时候林羡鱼却是塞给她一个牛皮纸袋：“任大哥送你的。”
古月言愣了一下，接过牛皮纸袋，瞬间忘掉林羡鱼刚才捉弄她的事。她从纸袋里拿出一条素黑色的围巾，围巾上编织了编织七个图案：满月、亏凸月、下弦月、残月、峨眉月、上弦月、盈凸月……再加上彻底漆黑的新月，刚才就是月亮的所有阴晴圆缺。
古月言问道：“他为什么让你送给我？”
林羡鱼复述一遍任索的理由，不动声色地说道：“另外就是他明天整天都出去约会嘛，所以没时间亲手送给你了……”
“嗯。”
古月言似乎完全不在意林羡鱼说的事，脸带微笑地戴好围巾后，继续认真听课。只是她脸上的红霞却是一直不散，看得林羡鱼都不好意思说‘其实我也有一条’。
算了，反正这两天应该又看不到任索，就让班长先开心两天吧……
林羡鱼心里暗叹，又悄咪咪地戳了一下古月言的欧派，戳到第三下才被古月言手刀斩杀，这让林羡鱼对古月言和任索的关系有更加深层的认识任索的礼物居然能让班长开心得可以忍受三次她的袭击，好厉害！
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走到课室202，任索从窗户看见东承灵已经在上课，教室里一片安静，前排更是坐满了人，所有学生都往前坐，看得任索无比惊讶超凡大学，也是大学啊！
坐前排听课的大学生，不是没有；但所有大学生都坐前排听课，那肯定是期末考试划重点那节课了。
在外面等东承灵下课？回家，等明天见面才将礼物送给她？还是今晚上门送给她？
任索踌躇了一下，而当他决定回家再说的时候，他的视线与教室里的东承灵目光交错了。
他看见东承灵那双清澈透明的大眼睛轻轻眨了一下，嘴角微微扬起，似乎有些惊讶。但目光交错只是一瞬，东承灵依然继续认真讲课，也没再看任索，仿佛她根本没看见任索。
任索自然不认为四转修士还能看走眼，只是东承灵上课认真负责，才不会跟他开小差。
这样一来，任索也不好意思走了，不过外面又挺大风，任索便打算进去教室里玩手机。
咔擦。
任索眉头一皱后门居然锁了。
这样迟到的同学要进去教室的话，岂不是会很尴尬？这样会导致很多同学直接回宿舍睡大觉，而不是继续上课啊！
真是不够人性化！
任索寻思要不要换个空教室待着的时候，忽然有人拍了拍他的肩膀：“兄弟，你也迟到了？一起走吧。”
任索转头一看，是一个年轻男青年。他微微一愣学院里居然有人不认识我？
虽然任索不上课，但他可是在全校师生面前出了好几次风头，例如吊打赵火，例如吊打古月轩，例如每周值班诊疗……任索对自己的名气还是有很清楚的认知，毕竟他去超市买个方便面都能遇到找他治疗口腔溃疡的学生。
不过任索很快意识到真相：他没戴帽子，还围了围巾。
重点是没戴帽子，这可是跟秃头一样具有强大的标识能力，全学院也就任索每次参加重要活动出现都会戴帽子，但他今天出来的时候忘了戴帽子，还围了围巾，衣着大变，别人认不出来很正常。
而且他刚毕业没多久，因为修炼的原因，脸也越来越小白脸，看起来十分像是学生，但他都24岁了。
“那个……我不是学生。”任索笑道。
青年一脸‘我懂的’表情，拉着任索往前门走去：“一起吧，两个人一起进去没那么尴尬。”
任索一个三转修士，他愿意的话自然能挣脱青年的手，不过他也没找到其他进去教室的办法，就这样扬长而去又好像很不给东承灵面子，便随着青年进去教室。
教室里虽然没有暖气，但开了空调暖气，窗户关着，很温暖。
他们进来的时候，东承灵看了他们一眼，没有理会他们，继续讲课。
任索跟着青年坐到中间位置因为前面都坐满了人，他们坐在中间就已经是最后一排了。
“唉，午觉睡太久了，没占到好位置。”青年无可奈何地嘟囔一句，转过头跟任索说道：“你看起来很眼生啊，不是我们班的吧？”
“因为我不是学生啊。”任索懒得理他，拿出手机开始刷朋友圈。
“我知道了，你是其他班过来蹭课的？”青年很快自己得出一个合理的解释，叹了口气：“就是因为蹭课的人越来越多，所以我才坐不到前排的。”
你明明就是因为睡过头迟到了。
任索好笑道：“坐不到前排就坐不到前排，后排不也能听课吗？”
“不一样啊，”青年一脸悲怆地说道：“能在前排听东老师讲课，那才是上课啊！”
“后排你听不到吗？”任索开始玩手机。
“那可是东老师，东承灵东老师！你上课怎么还可以玩手机！？”青年一脸认真地拍了拍任索的肩膀，说道：“你不觉得东老师讲课讲得特别好吗？”
任索笑道：“那当然，她可是每天准备教案都认真得跟打boss一样，讲课讲得好那是自然。”
青年：“那你觉得东老师身材好不好？”
任索瞄了一眼东承灵，点点头：“虽然她穿的运动外套跟白板装备差不多，但依然很有女性魅力。”
青年：“那东老师是不是很漂亮？”
任索想了想，嗯了一声：“当然，漂亮得像是从游戏里走出来的女主角。”
青年：“那东老师实力怎么样？”
任索马上回道：“目前莲江最强boss之位非她莫属。”
虽然任索的回答都有点奇怪，不过青年也能明白他的意思。他说道：“那么这么一位漂亮、身材好、讲课又好，声音又好听，实力还是全莲江第一的女老师给我们授课，只要能坐到前排听课都是大赚啊！谁还会玩手机啊！”
任索被他说服了：“是啊是啊，你真是亏爆了。”
“我们都亏爆了！”青年纠正他，然后唉声叹气起来：“东老师很少参加其他活动，能听见她的声音就只有上课这么一小段时间，错过了就没有了！”
“是啊，你真是亏爆了。”
“不，是我们都亏爆了。”青年再次纠正他，问道：“我觉得全学校老师就是东老师最好，也就那群愚蠢的女人会觉得白老师好……你说，东老师是不是天下第一？”
任索已经彻底踏入这位学生的思考领域，猛地点头：“没错，东承灵天下第一！”
“东承灵天下第一！”青年握紧任索的手，满脸写着‘相逢知己千杯少’，他感动地说道：“我们真是异父异母的亲兄弟啊！”
"The two people sitting in the seventh row."
A calm voice sounded from the pulpit. Ren Suo and the young man subconsciously counted the seating arrangement and found that the seventh row was where they were sitting, and there were only two of them in the entire row.
"Whispering is prohibited in class." Dong Chengling looked at the two of them and said lightly.
Ren Suo suddenly remembered that the classroom was so quiet, and there were only the two of them whispering. With the hearing ability of a fourth-level cultivator, he probably heard their entire conversation, right?
The young man responded quickly: "Sorry, I will listen carefully to the class."
Generally speaking, the drama of the teacher lecturing the students should end here, and the other students turned around to continue listening to the class. However, at this time, Dong Chengling looked at another student who did not apologize and said, "You are not a student in this class, right?"
After these words were spoken, several boys and girls who came to the class for free shrank their necks. What? Is Teacher Dong still going to catch students who come to the class for free?
The other students did not expect that Mr. Dong, who was always kind and friendly, would suddenly become strict today. Although it was not right to attend classes without paying, the classroom was not full, so attending classes without paying did not count as taking up other students' teaching resources.
Maybe Teacher Dong was in a bad mood today, and that person ran into a gun, right? The students thought.
In their experience, they have really seen Teacher Dong in a bad mood. For example, in late November, Teacher Dong had a dark face throughout the class, like an iceberg. If anyone dared to make trouble, he would immediately unleash the aura of a fourth-level cultivator to suppress them. It was not until December that Teacher Dong returned to his normal state.
They saw the boy wearing a scarf stand up and scratch his head, "I am indeed not a student here."
"Come out with me for a moment." Teacher Dong's expression did not change, still as calm as a lake. He said lightly and walked out of the classroom first.
Seeing the new brother he just met standing up with a brown paper bag in his hand, the young man felt very embarrassed. He patted his brother's hand and said, "Sorry, brother, if I hadn't talked to you first... I'll treat you to dinner after you come back from get out of class! Let's go to the third floor!"
"I probably won't be back." He shrugged and said with a light smile, "Also, she must have heard everything we talked about just now. Don't chat in class next time."
The young man was slightly startled, then he remembered that this brother came here to take the class for free. When he left, he would probably be scolded by Teacher Dong and banned from entering the classroom. How could he possibly come back!
No wonder the brother picked up all the things, it turned out he knew he couldn’t come back!
Such bitterness was hidden in his pretending to be relaxed smile!
Watching his brother's departing back, the young man prayed silently for him: Considering that "Dong Chengling is the best in the world", I hope Teacher Dong will be nicer to this brother!