Chapter 53 Research Conference 6 Gong Shi Moyu secretly hoped someone would send a message...
The books that Gong Shi Moyu found were indeed very much to Xie Jiaoyue's liking. They were related to the furnace and cauldron, and they precisely avoided the parts that she had read before. Each book was fresh and captivating.
Xie Jiaoyue became completely engrossed in watching.
She took out her pen and paper, and while mentally reviewing the spiritual text, she jotted down the key parts on the paper.
Thanks to the good note-taking habits she developed from a young age, her notes are clear, logical, and well-organized. Her carefully practiced handwriting, while not particularly elegant, is clear and easy to read, making her a natural-born note-taker.
Her study habits differ from her life habits. In her studies, she consistently pursues efficiency, doing whatever is most efficient. For example, when it comes to practicing calligraphy, practicing techniques is inefficient for her, but practicing calligraphy to the point of resembling printed characters is highly efficient for learning.
This habit is also reflected in her notes. She did not record the parts she already knew, but only the parts she did not know, as well as her own thoughts and explorations around them.
This notebook isn't really suitable as a textbook for general merchandise, but it's perfect as Xie Jiaoyue's own personal textbook.
She remembered it carefully, and Gongshi Moyu, who was standing next to her, also watched it carefully.
He seemed to be used to this scene, occasionally taking things out of his storage ring.
First, she took out a small shawl. This shawl was extremely thin, but it was able to effectively insulate against the slightly cool air in the library, restoring a lot of warmth to Xie Jiaoyue's gradually icy fingertips.
After a while, Gongshi Moyu took out a small cup. The cup had a stone interior and a soft rubber rim. Warm water poured into it would stay warm for a long time.
He filled the glass halfway with water, inserted a straw made of plant material into it, and placed it next to Xie Jiaoyue so that she could reach it with a simple reach.
Xie Jiaoyue has a habit of silently reciting things when she is engrossed in watching them, which makes her mouth dry after a while.
She instinctively raised her hand and picked up the water glass. The perfectly warm water flowed slowly down her throat through the straw, moistening her parched throat.
Xie Jiaoyue was completely unaware that she hadn't brought a water bottle. It was as if a cup of water at the perfect temperature should have appeared there regardless of whether she brought it or not, as if she were still the pampered young lady who was unconditionally loved by her family, with her aunt, housekeeper, mother, and father always by her side to solve all the inconveniences in her life.
Gong Shi Moyu couldn't help but smile when he saw Xie Jiaoyue drinking water without even looking up.
He knew Xie Jiaoyue would be thirsty and would instinctively look for water to drink.
The habits formed over a decade or so did not change because of a few months of time travel. Xie Jiaoyue was still the same little sister, proud and willful, always like a peacock with its head held high, accepting the kindness of others without any psychological burden.
Gongshi Moyu seemed to have become curious and wanted to see how long it would take for Xie Jiaoyue to discover what she had done.
He took out a delicate pastry. The dark green pastry was made with matcha flavor, mixed with the sweet flower juice unique to the cultivation world. It tasted similar to matcha-flavored Basque cake, with the bitterness and sweetness balancing each other perfectly. It was one of Xie Jiaoyue's favorite pastries in the past.
Sure enough, after about an hour, Xie Jiaoyue got hungry.
The hungry girl had no intention of getting up. She subconsciously reached out and groped around on the table, looking for any snacks that might be there.
She touched it.
The pastries, placed on small plates, were no bigger than half a palm. Even so, they were carefully cut into four or five pieces, ensuring that a girl could eat one piece in one bite without having to cut it herself, and without any unseemly situations such as opening her mouth too wide or dropping crumbs.
Xie Jiaoyue was very satisfied, continuing to read the spiritual text while slowly savoring the snacks.
It was a flavor she liked and was familiar with.
familiar?
Hey, that looks familiar!
Xie Jiaoyue finally raised her head, her eyes still somewhat dazed from the knowledge she had just acquired: "Did Brother Moyu put this pastry here?"
That's a redundant question, because there was no one else here besides the two of them.
"Yes, I thought you might get hungry after reading the spiritual scrolls, as it uses your brain a lot, so I prepared a copy. What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Xie Jiaoyue lowered her eyelids, her slightly long eyelashes casting a shadow that obscured her gaze, making it impossible to discern her thoughts.
"No, I like it very much, it just feels somewhat familiar."
This was her favorite dessert from her previous life. Although the taste was slightly different, it was very similar to the desserts she had eaten in her previous life. Considering the differences in raw materials between the two worlds, Xie Jiaoyue felt that she probably couldn't find a more similar kind.
This feeling, however, struck her as somewhat strange.
Actually, she didn't particularly like this dessert at first; it was their poor little one who liked it.
Because the poor little girl liked it, her mother always bought it for her. She ate it a few times before she started to like the flavor.
She left, and no one knows how the poor little one is doing now. Is he still at her house, or has he been taken back by his parents to inherit the family business?
Many children in wealthy families follow this path: they are neglected by their busy parents when they are young, but are suddenly discovered and taken to their side by their parents when they are older, in order to inherit the so-called family business.
Xie Jiaoyue looked at the pastry and said with a nostalgic tone, "This pastry reminds me of someone I've lost."
Gong Shi Moyu felt a sudden alarm bell ringing in his heart.
He was negligent!
Because Xie Jiaoyue had never expressed any longing for the past world during their time together, he lowered his guard and thought that he would not be exposed no matter what.
But he was familiar with Xie Jiaoyue, and Xie Jiaoyue was not unaware of him either. Even though Xie Jiaoyue used to raise her voice at him, they were still living under the same roof and eating food cooked in the same pot.
If he doesn't carefully conceal his connection to the past, it will be exposed sooner or later.
In a hidden corner of his heart, Gongshi Moyu also harbored a small expectation that Xie Jiaoyue would discover his identity.
He had been alone in this world for over twenty years, abandoned by his parents at a young age. Although Gong Shirao was kind to him, she only treated him with politeness.
The Gongshi family was not his home, nor was the Xie family.
Because his mental age is higher than his peers, he has no close friends in the clan school. In the Heaven and Earth Bureau, others treat him like a child and cannot get to know or befriend him.
He was all alone, like a drifting duckweed, floating aimlessly on the sea of the cultivation world, unable to find any place to land.
In a corner he himself was unaware of, he had already stretched out his tiny tentacles, trying to find a place to land for himself.
Although they didn't get along well in their previous life.
So, with alarm bells blaring, Gongshi Moyu asked, seemingly casually, with a nervous heart, "What old friend? Do I know them?"
Xie Jiaoyue's delicate forehead creased, making her displeasure very obvious.
“You don’t know Brother Moyu? He’s someone I knew before.”
"Jiaoyue doesn't seem to like him."
"Well, that person may look decent enough, but he's very good at playing the child to win the favor of elders. You know, he's the kind of person who's always been very calm and expressionless since he was little, and that's what elders like the most. There's nothing wrong with that, really. Kids all want their elders to like them, and being well-behaved and sensible isn't the other person's fault."
Xie Jiaoyue is a very reasonable person, so naturally she wouldn't blame others for this.
Although she did dislike the other person's boring personality, she would occasionally want to play a prank to see if the other person really had no other expressions.
Xie Jiaoyue continued to explain, "The reason I'm annoyed by that person is because he's so nagging! He's too controlling! He's not my parents or siblings, so why is he even more nagging than my parents? Whether it's cold or hot, he's always nagging in my ear. Because of him, it's like I have a third parent."
That's right, this is exactly why Xie Jiaoyue hates her neighbor's older brother the most!
How can someone only a few years younger than her be so nagging! Why is she so rigid in her ways? Why does she nag her all day long just because of one instruction from her mother?
She's really tired of hearing it.
Of course, she also admitted that most of the time Gong Shi Moyu's nagging was right. Although she didn't like listening to it, she would eventually listen to it.
Sigh, life is just so complicated and tangled.
Upon hearing Xie Jiaoyue's evaluation, Gongshi Moyu couldn't help but lower his eyes, as if he were trying to hide something.
He wasn't too surprised by this assessment; in fact, he breathed a sigh of relief after Xie Jiaoyue confirmed it.
Regardless of his motives, Gongshi Moyu did not want to achieve such an outcome.
If possible, he hoped that this time, they could at least become friends, even if not very close ones, so that he could watch over Xie Jiaoyue from the sidelines as a friend.
If he could occasionally take care of Xie Jiaoyue and make her life more comfortable and better in this life, it would be a way of repaying the care Xie Jiaoyue's parents had given him in his previous life.
It seems that if he wants to become friends with Xie Jiaoyue, he cannot reveal his identity.
Gong Shi Moyu was determined to hide his identity even more deeply. He pointed to the small plate of pastries and said, "I bought this flavor of pastry by chance at a shop in Jinling City. I didn't expect you to like it so much."
He actually did it himself, but he skillfully absolved himself of responsibility.
Xie Jiaoyue took another sip of the pastry, and the taste on her tongue was just the right amount of fresh and subtle flavor.
She really likes it.
"Brother Moyu, can you tell me which store it is? I'd like to buy some later."
Gong Shi Moyu: ! !
"I've forgotten a bit. I just happened to pass by and don't remember the shop's name."
Xie Jiaoyue was not disappointed: "It's okay, I'll look carefully later, and I'll find it sooner or later."
A thin layer of sweat appeared on the back of Gong Shi Moyu's neck.
Is it too late for him to sell the formula now?
Author's Note: When I opened the backend today, I saw an increase in nutrient solution and Overlord (a popular Chinese medicine)! I'm so touched! Thank you!
Because Jinjiang only allows a one-week period for expressing gratitude, there might be some readers who weren't thanked. I'll adjust the gratitude settings more often from now on.
Ah, I'm so happy. I'm rambling on and on, haha. Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2024-05-11 23:30:29 and 2024-05-17 23:37:36!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: Xinyeye (1);
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