Chapter 69
Because of the knee injury, all of Tao Luanxi's extracurricular activities were cancelled. The camp's leaders and the organizing teachers from University A came to greet her one after another, fearing that Tao Luanxi's dissatisfaction would affect the reputation of the event.
There was a mountain of various fruit snacks on Tao Luanxi's table. Because she couldn't go out, Tao Luanxi simply stayed in bed, playing with her mobile phone and reading.
At around noon, the dormitory door beeped twice. Qiu Yi pushed the door open and came in, holding a white bowl in his hand: "Come and have dinner."
The camp is managed very strictly, with fixed meal times every day and food is not allowed to be taken out of the canteen. If Tao Luanxi had not been injured, he would not have been able to enjoy such treatment.
Qiu Yi helped Tao Luanxi to jump to the table and sit down. Tao Luanxi opened the lid and saw the curry chicken and fried lotus root slices were still steaming. Tao Luanxi picked up the spoon and was about to start eating when she caught a glimpse of Qiu Yi sitting opposite her, looking at her with a smile on his face.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Qiu Yi nodded: "Your meal is the only one that can be taken away here. I've already eaten in the cafeteria."
Tao Luanxi nodded: "The teacher who led the team today said that Shen Congli and I took the wrong road. It happened that the mountain road you went up was blocked by cattle. The landmark I saw was also a long time ago. It was abandoned after the camp changed the route. It’s just that they forgot to reclaim it."
Qiu Yi nodded: "I heard about it this morning."
While eating, Tao Luanxi carefully observed Qiu Yi's expression with his spare eyes. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a bloodstain on Qiu Yi's neck, the color of which was still fresh.
Tao Luanxi's head was swollen: "What's wrong with your neck?"
Qiu Yi was stunned, and he reached out to touch his neck. He looked down and saw blood on his hands, and then he understood and said, "Don't worry, it's not mine."
That makes me more worried!!!
He saw Qiu Yi's attitude towards Shen Conglin yesterday. Although Shen Conglin did need to be punished, his crime was not so serious. At most, he could just be punched again and the matter would be over. But if it was Qiu Yi, Shen Conglin would definitely not be just dealt with by another punch.
Tao Luanxi was a little nervous: "Did you go to find Shen Conglin?"
"kindness."
Qiu Yi nodded: "After class in the morning, I asked him to talk privately."
What can you talk about that will make people bleed all over your neck?!
"You beat him up? How badly did you beat him? Are you still angry?" Tao Luanxi stared at him with wide eyes: "Does anyone know that you beat him up? Will the teacher know?"
Tao Luanxi got angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She pointed at Qiu Yi's nose and cursed, "Are you an idiot? How could that idiot let you offend the teacher?"
"For your sake, it's certainly worth it."
Tao Luanxi took a breath of cool air. It was a good thing, but why did this sound so strange?
"Your words make me feel like I've become a blue-faced troublemaker." Tao Luanxi said with a straight face, "The kind that specializes in seducing men."
"Isn't it?" Qiu Yi smiled and said, "I was attracted to you the first time I saw you."
"Go to hell." Tao Luanxi reached out, grabbed an orange and threw it at Qiu Yi, who caught it steadily.
"Seriously, what did you do to him?"
"Nothing happened," Qiu Yi fiddled with the orange, "I didn't touch him. The guy hit his nose against a tree and started bleeding. The blood kept dripping. I felt disgusted and didn't do anything."
"…That's it? That's it?"
"That's it." Qiu Yi reached out and stuffed the peeled orange slices into Tao Luanxi's mouth.
The sweet and sour juice of the orange spread in his mouth. Tao Luanxi ate it happily and smiled at Qiu Yi: "It's so sweet!"
Tao Luanxi had no chance to go out while recuperating from his injury, and had not seen Shen Conglin again. However, Qiu Yi said that Shen Conglin had been bleeding from the nose for several days in a row, perhaps because of anger or fear, which scared all the teachers in their school.
The test on the penultimate day was mainly physics experiments, which was completely different from the papers Tao Luanxi usually did in school. It focused more on the design of experiments and the derivation of results. Thanks to the fact that Tao Luanxi had been staying in the dormitory for the past few days and had not gone out, he had read some materials provided by the camp while playing with his phone, so he was able to answer the questions quite smoothly.
This time, the papers were graded by the teachers of University A. The results were not announced publicly and were not included in the scores of the various schools. Officials said that it was just a summary for the students. However, according to Shen Tan, every year after returning, those students who were favored by the professors may be admitted to University A without taking the entrance exam.
On the last day of his departure, a teacher did give Tao Luanxi his phone number. He didn't say anything else, but just briefly told Tao Luanxi about his research direction. He also said that he liked some of Tao Luanxi's ideas and thoughts, and if he was interested, they could keep in touch in the future.
Qiu Yi helped Tao Luanxi get into the car, and glanced at the small note with a phone number in Tao Luanxi's hand: "You win this time, Professor Ren didn't even look at me!"
Tao Luanxi snorted: "On the day of the exam, you only worked for half an hour and handed in the paper. Not only did you leave most of the paper blank, but you also left without even saying goodbye. There's no way the teacher would like you."
Qiu Yi smiled and said nothing, only asking him: "A University is great, do you want to go?"
"Are you going?"
"No idea."
"Then why are you asking me?" Tao Luanxi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Why would I go to a school that you don't go to?"
This time, Tao Luanxi and Qiu Yi sat together again, while Shen Tan sat in the front seat with Han Gaoyang. There were plastic buckets and motion sickness medicine next to their seats.
Han Gaoyang felt a little uncomfortable sitting with the teacher at first. He turned his head from time to time to talk to Tao Luanxi. But when the motion sickness started, he held the bucket head and never lifted it up. Only then did he calm down.
After spending a week in the cool mountainous area, the summer heat in City C made Tao Luanxi want to get in the car and let the master take him back.
Because of Tao Luanxi's foot, Shen Tan asked the driver to drive the car directly to the gate of Tao Luanxi's community. The Tao couple had received a call and were waiting at the gate. When they saw Tao Luanxi limping out of the car, they hurriedly reached out to help their son down.
Qiu Yi also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Shen Tan and given a warning glare.
Mother Qiu had known for a long time that Tao Luanxi was injured, and she had been worried for the past few days and had not slept well. After finally waiting for her son to come back, she naturally took her son to ask about his well-being. Tao Luanxi stroked his mother and glanced at the side of the car.
Shen Tan was explaining what happened to Tao's father. Qiu Yi was standing behind him. Seeing Tao Luanxi looking at him, Qiu Yi shook his mobile phone.
Tao Luanxi nodded. There were so many people here that it was inconvenient to talk.
After chatting for a while, Tao Luanxi got on the wheelchair prepared by her mother and went home. One second before the bus drove away, Tao Luanxi looked back and saw Qiu Yi sitting by the window, also looking at her.