The moment Song Guizhou saw that person, his already unpleasant expression became even more unpleasant.
He immediately raised his hand and covered Shi Xi's eyes, whispering in her ear:
"Xiao An, don't look."
"..." Before Shi Xi could even see who the other person was, Song Guizhou covered her eyes.
Feeling the icy temperature of his fingers, Shi Xi frowned slightly.
He pulled Song Guizhou's hand down, "It's alright."
Si Beiling walked over and glanced at the work ID hanging on the man's body.
"His surname is Kang..."
Because he had been soaking in the water for so long, he could only barely recognize one surname. However, before he came in, he noticed that there were introductions of people posted in the corridor.
Si Beiling looked calmly at Song Guizhou.
He has a photographic memory; he can remember things very clearly even if he only glances at them.
There was only one person with the surname Kang listed there, and that was Kang Yi, the dean of the medical school.
And he was Song Guizhou's teacher. Below his photo is Song Guizhou, who was considered Kang Yi's most outstanding student.
Shi Xi gasped inwardly.
'Sizzle sizzle sizzle—'
Just then, the cold lights in the laboratory flickered twice and then went out with a 'pop'.
"Don't you have anything to say?" Before Song Guizhou could speak, Si Beiling asked again.
Song Guizhou frowned, his expression one of utter shock. "I don't know what happened."
"After Xiao An dropped out of school, I also dropped out." Song Guizhou looked at Shi Xi.
Shi Xi then realized that it seemed to be true.
At that time, his health was very poor, so Song Guizhou took a leave of absence from school, and then... the apocalypse came.
Shi Xi flipped through the documents on the table and discovered that Dean Kang was researching a niche topic—
eternal life.
"...Hiss." Shi Xi frowned.
"What did you find?" Si Beiling asked Shi Xi, bypassing Song Guizhou, before his gaze fell on the documents.
He immediately understood why the other person was so surprised.
Immortality is a taboo topic everywhere, and it's surprising that a leading figure in the medical field is actually researching this subject in private.
However, since the other party is now dead, there seems to be no point in pursuing these matters further.
Si Beiling glanced at Song Guizhou, whose expression remained unchanged, and his eyes darkened slightly. He didn't believe that the other party was truly as unaware of everything as he appeared.
Shi Xi also sensed something was wrong, but with Si Beiling there, he couldn't say anything directly—
It seems your wife is conducting some kind of illegal research in private.
He just sighed inwardly and gave Si Beiling a look that said, "Brother, please bear with me."
Si Beiling: "?"
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.
Shi Xi took a breath. "I'm going out for a walk. You guys keep tidying up."
He turned and left without waiting for their reply.
Before leaving, he glanced at Song Guizhou's profile one last time. It featured a blue-background photo of him, perhaps an academic photo, and Song Guizhou's expression was somewhat serious.
Below is his personal profile, with a line at the bottom indicating outstanding student representatives from the class of 1937.
...
After leaving the lab, Shi Xi first visited her alma mater and found that it was somewhat different from what she remembered.
As Shi Xi passed by a student list, she stopped and glanced at it, noticing that it listed outstanding students from the past three years.
He subconsciously searched for his own name.
They discovered he wasn't there.
Shi Xi: "...?"
That's not right.
During the six months of the apocalypse, he took a six-month leave of absence from school, which added up to only one year in total. Yu Jiu'an's grades have always been excellent, so how could he not be there!
Shi Xi bent down and carefully looked through it from beginning to end, only to find that he really wasn't there.
Frowning, Shi Xi walked towards the Academic Affairs Office, where the files were kept.
The academic affairs office is on the third floor, and the elevator has been out of service for a long time, so Shi Xi has to go up via the emergency exit.
Reaching the third floor in one breath, Shi Xi took a couple of breaths, then opened the emergency exit, turned right, and walked to the end of the corridor.
306, Academic Affairs Office.
Upon opening the room door, you'll see a long table in the middle, which is the counselor's desk.
On the right is the student file storage area. Shi Xi and Song Guizhou were students in the same year, so he went directly to the student files of the 37th class.
But there wasn't one.
"???" Shi Xi looked completely bewildered.
Could it be that because I took a leave of absence from school, my academic records are lost?
But somehow he remembered that he hadn't touched the files at the time.
Shi Xi was puzzled.
"Xiao An."
Just then, Song Guizhou's voice suddenly rang out from downstairs.
Upon hearing this, Shi Xi walked to the window and saw the other person standing under the tree, looking up at him and waving at him with a smile.
"We're packed up, it's time to go."
Shi Xi was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, this scene perfectly overlapped with the image that appeared in his mind, but something still felt off...
He only now realized a problem—
In his hazy memory, it seemed that he always looked down at Song Guizhou.
At this moment, Shi Xi finally realized one thing—
He and Song Guizhou were not in the same year, and he was even certain that the Song Guizhou in his memory was not the one in front of him.
More precisely, it's not Song Guizhou at this age.
"Wait a moment, I'll be right down," Shi Xi said to Song Guizhou, narrowing her eyes.
...
"Xiao An, what are you doing here?"
After he came downstairs, Song Guizhou immediately went up to him and asked, puzzled.
"Exploration."
Shi Xi glanced at Song Guizhou, who was carrying things, and asked, "Is this all you packed?"
"The rest are in the car," Si Beiling suddenly spoke up. "Shall we continue?"
Judging from Shi Xi's expression, he must have found out something.
Upon hearing this, Shi Xi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Continue."
"Where is Xiao An going?" Song Guizhou looked at Shi Xi, reached out and grabbed his arm. "I'll go with you."
"Swimming pool." Shi Xi looked directly at Song Guizhou without pushing him away.
...
The three arrived at the swimming pool.
Without any hesitation, Shi Xi pushed open the door.
Perhaps because it hadn't been moved for a long time, the old door let out a dull, long creak.
Because no one has maintained the pool for a long time, the water has become murky.
Shi Xi looked at it for a while and found that the image in her mind was still very blurry.
It seems I can't remember anything.
Shi Xi sighed inwardly.
He turned to look at Song Guizhou and saw that the other was staring blankly at the water, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.
"?" No, what's there to miss about this place?
Do you miss the time you almost drowned?
Shi Xi complained inwardly.
"Is this where you met?" Si Beiling asked, recalling Song Guizhou's earlier words.
Recalling the scene, Song Guizhou glanced at Shi Xi, his expression softening, and said, "Hmm."
"It's right here."
"Let's go." Shi Xi interrupted Song Guizhou's reminiscences, patted his shoulder, and urged him on.
...
Seemingly startled by Shi Xi's sudden action, Song Guizhou's mouth gaped slightly, and he subconsciously took a half-step back—
Unfortunately, the spot behind him was right next to the pool.
Logically, a person about to fall will instinctively grab the nearest person to maintain their balance.
But Song Guizhou did not do that; he simply waited quietly to fall into the water without any intention of struggling.
It was as if he had no expectation that anyone would save him.
Or perhaps he firmly believed that someone would save him.
Noticing his reaction, Si Beiling, who was about to make a move, stopped in his tracks.
Fortunately, Shi Xi reacted quickly and grabbed his wrist just as he was about to fall into the water.
Song Guizhou, following Shi Xi's pull, fell into his arms, and the two embraced tightly.
"What are you thinking about? You're so engrossed!" Shi Xi raised her hand and gave him a sharp rap on the head without any hesitation.
"...I wasn't thinking about anything," Song Guizhou said softly, rubbing his head. "Thank you, Xiao An."
Si Beiling looked at the scene before him and snorted coldly in his heart.
He should reenact the cliché of the hero rescuing the damsel in distress at the place where they first met.
He's really incredibly boring.
...
On the way back, Song Guizhou seemed to be exhausted, so he lay down and fell asleep in the back seat as soon as he got in the car.
"Do you believe what he said?" Si Beiling asked Shi Xi.
He seemed to think that Song Guizhou was already asleep, so he did not deliberately control his volume.
Shi Xi knew that Si Beiling was referring to Song Guizhou's statement in the laboratory.
"..." To be honest, his words didn't sound very convincing.
"What do you think, Brother Si?" Shi Xi asked instead of answering.
Shi Xi guessed that Si Beiling and Song Guizhou must have said something after he left; Song Guizhou must have explained.
Si Beiling's sudden question is probably an attempt to verify something with himself.
Si Beiling did not answer. Shi Xi looked at him with his head down, as if he was thinking.
After pondering for two seconds, Shi Xi answered Si Beiling's question.
"I believe you."
Song Guizhou might indeed be hiding something from him, but he probably wouldn't lie to him. As for whether the other party's words were suggestive... that's another matter.
Si Beiling didn't say anything more after hearing this, as if he had just asked casually.
After a while, Si Beiling glanced at Song Guizhou, whose eyelashes trembled slightly, and slowly said, "I don't believe it."
"?!" Shi Xi's alarm bells rang loudly.
I thought to myself.
What are you saying? You can't let your future wife hear that.
He immediately tried to look at Song Guizhou in the back seat through the rearview mirror, but found that the mirror was gone.
"Brother Si." Shi Xi frowned, looking at Si Beiling, "Where did the mirror go?"
"Someone borrowed it yesterday and accidentally broke it," Si Beiling replied after a moment's thought.
"It's broken..." Shi Xi murmured to herself.
As he pondered this unexpected turn of events, he suddenly remembered that there was no mirror in the bathroom... This really was too much of a coincidence.
He's been in this little world for so long, and he still hasn't seen what he looks like.
If this wasn't a coincidence, then it's very likely that Song Guizhou did it.
But why wouldn't Song Guizhou let him look in the mirror?
Is he ugly?
"Brother Si," Shi Xi hesitated for a moment, then decided to ask, "Could you give me an objective evaluation of my appearance?"
"I promise, I won't be so sensitive." Afraid that Si Beiling would be too polite, Shi Xi even made a gesture of assurance.
Si Beiling turned his head upon hearing this, not understanding why Shi Xi would ask such a question, and it seemed that he didn't think he was particularly good-looking.
He stared at Shi Xi for a while, then slowly turned his head away.
He told Shi Xi his true feelings, "If you debuted, you would definitely be the most dazzling one."
Shi Xi pointed to herself suspiciously, "Me?"
Si Beiling's words are too exaggerated.
That's just polite talk!
Let's think of another way.
...
When they returned to the granary, the unloading work was only halfway done.
However, it was already lunchtime, so everyone stopped and gathered together to eat lunch.
When Captain Zheng saw Si Beiling, he put down his chopsticks and reported the progress to him.
Tang Jue sat to the side as always, not looking like he was isolated by others, but rather like he had isolated everyone by his own power.
The moment Shi Xi entered, he looked up, and Shi Xi's gaze met his.
Shi Xi nodded to him as a greeting.
Unexpectedly, the other person seemed to have finished eating, and stood up and walked towards them.
"The rice is in the pot," Tang Juejue said.
Nonsense, if the food isn't in the pot, why would I eat it?
Shi Xi rolled her eyes inwardly, but thanked him on the surface.
Because of the fruitful trip, lunch today was exceptionally lavish.
It's white rice served with canned meat, and sprinkled with bits of ham on top.
After getting her food, Shi Xi found a quiet, inconspicuous spot, sat down cross-legged, and began to eat.
When Song Guizhou went to look for him, he found that half of the food in his bowl was gone.
When Shi Xi saw him, she paused in her eating.
"……?" How did you find him so quickly?
After Si Beiling finished talking with Captain Zheng, he turned around and found Shi Xi and Song Guizhou sitting together.
He walked to the hanging pot, just about to scoop out the rice, when he heard a male voice—
"Brother Si, I just served the rice, it's still warm."
Si Beiling looked up and saw Wei Yousi looking at him with a fawning smile.
He was holding a bowl of rice, which was covered with a generous amount of minced meat.
\"Need not.\"
Si Beiling bent down, picked up the empty bowl, and used a spoon to scoop rice into it.
He walked past Wei Yousi and turned to walk in the direction of Shi Xi.
Shi Xi was focused on cooking when someone else came over.
He looked up and saw that it was Si Beiling holding a bowl.
"Brother Si," he greeted.
He originally came here to give the two main characters a chance to spend time alone, but unexpectedly it turned into a trio.
Shi Xi sighed silently in her heart, then made room for Si Beiling.
Si Beiling nodded and sat down as well. "It's more lively with more people."
Shi Xi assumed he was just using this as an excuse to get close to Song Guizhou and didn't pay any attention to it.
Wei Yousi, who had just been rejected by Si Beiling, almost ground her teeth to powder when she saw this scene.
She felt that Shi Xitian was shameless, clearly having a boyfriend, yet deliberately clinging to Si Beiling.
He wanted to go over, but when he met Si Beiling's gaze, the displeasure in the other's eyes was very obvious.
Shi Xi must have been trying to sow discord between him!
Noticing that someone was watching him, Shi Xi looked up and found Wei Yousi glaring at him with an unpleasant expression.
"...?"
Shi Xi narrowed her eyes. This person is really sick.
He immediately rolled his eyes at the other person in return.
Following Shi Xi's gaze, Song Guizhou saw Wei Yousi, who seemed to want to tear Shi Xi apart. His murderous intent towards Wei Yousi reached its peak.
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