After having a takeout meal, Lu Zhe and Tang Qi returned to the study.
The two continued their studies.
Tang Qi was also watching online video courses. Since Lu Zhe was already wearing headphones, she turned the speakers on and listened to the teacher in the video talking about the origin and development of management...
But as she listened, the girl's attention drifted away from the video.
Tang Qi quietly turned her head to look at the boy beside her. At this moment, the two were quite close, with only a fist's width between their shoulders. So Lu Zhe's right arm was tucked in, otherwise, it would have touched her.
The girl hummed a cheerful tune and shifted her hips slightly, causing the chair she was sitting on to move a little to the left.
Suddenly, their shoulders touched.
Lu Zhe turned to look at her, thought for a moment, and silently dragged the chair he was sitting on to the left by twenty centimeters, giving the young lady plenty of space.
After all, this is someone else's house, and it's currently working hours where he's getting paid, so naturally he can't crowd into their place—as an assistant, Lu Zhe was well aware of this.
But Tang Qi wasn't happy. The distance between them was now greater than before. If she moved closer to him again, wouldn't it seem like she was deliberately pushing him?
The girl's cheerful little tune stopped, turning into an "hmm..." sound, as if she was stumped by the question.
After a while, Lu Zhe took off his headphones, turned to look at her, and asked, "Is it difficult?"
"Huh?" Tang Qi was taken aback.
Lu Zhe pointed to her laptop screen: "I mean, is this management video difficult?"
Tang Qi glanced at the screen, then looked at him, her big eyes revealing a sense of bewilderment and innocence.
For the past ten minutes, she hadn't listened to a word the video said, so naturally she couldn't answer any questions. But in an instant, the girl had an idea.
She tapped her temple lightly with her knuckles, looking troubled, and said, "I've never learned this before, so..."
Lu Zhe nodded: "I understand. Then I'll go with you and start from the beginning. If there are any problems, we can discuss them together, okay?"
Tang Qi couldn't help but laugh: "Okay then!"
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Nearly half an hour later, Lu Zhe discovered a problem.
Miss Tang Qi isn't exactly unintelligent, but she has a problem: she has absolutely no concentration when studying. Often, while listening to something, her mind wanders off to who-knows-where. If this is the case with video lessons, it's hard to imagine how inefficient she is when reading books.
After the video finished playing, Lu Zhe felt that he had learned a lot, but looking at the blank expression on the girl's face next to him, he really doubted whether she had actually learned anything.
So he couldn't help but ask, "Did you... take the college entrance exam this year?"
Tang Qi's gaze sharpened: "I participated, but you're not allowed to ask me how many points I got!"
Lu Zhe immediately understood the general situation of this young lady's studies, and subconsciously asked, "But right now, only one university has issued an admission notice, right? How do you know which school and which major you are in?"
However, as soon as the question left his mouth, he cursed himself for being too hasty. Considering the young lady's family background, finding a school shouldn't be a problem for her.
Sure enough, Tang Qi replied casually, "My dad arranged for me to attend the Sichuan University Qingcheng College, the international program, which basically doesn't consider college entrance exam scores."
Sichuan University is a legitimate 985 university, but in Lu Zhe's mind, the so-called Qingcheng College should be an independent college jointly funded by this 985 university and enterprises. As for international classes and the like, that was outside his area of knowledge.
It sounds like it's the kind of thing you can get by paying money, but as an employee, I can't say anything too harsh.
Lu Zhe: "In the international class, your classmates should also come from relatively well-off families and have a lot of social value."
But to his surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, the girl's eyebrows and nose furrowed, as if she had eaten a bitter melon.
Tang Qi: "I don't like socializing at all! I couldn't talk to them in high school, we couldn't play together, and I didn't want to play with them."
Lu Zhe: "Why?"
Tang Qi was silent for a few seconds, then sighed softly: "Just assume I have social anxiety..."
Lu Zhe frowned, sensing that things were not so simple.
In the past few days, he hadn't sensed any signs of social anxiety from this young lady. On the contrary, Tang Qi was quite outgoing and not shy at all.
But then I thought again, Tang Qi's lively and outgoing demeanor seemed to be limited to my presence. Aside from me, she had hardly spent any time with anyone else these past few days. So, was there something special about me?
Lu Zhe almost asked, but he quickly suppressed the thought.
Asking a question like, "Why aren't you socially awkward around me?" feels like presumptuous of him, and just thinking about it makes him feel embarrassed.
Most of the time, Lu Zhe is quite thick-skinned, thanks to the trials of life. But when it comes to girls, especially when it involves ambiguous feelings, he can't be thick-skinned anymore.
After a long silence, Tang Qi suddenly changed the subject.
She asked, "Today is for studying, how about we go out and have some fun tomorrow?"
Lu Zhe: What games are we playing?
Tang Qi thought for a moment and said, "I've been in Chengdu for quite a few days now, and I haven't been to a park yet. How about we go for a walk tomorrow morning?"
Lu Zhe raised an eyebrow: "Miss, you haven't forgotten, have you? You were ambushed and then ran into me in Donghu Park! You still dare to go to a place with few people and few security cameras?"
Tang Qi blushed slightly, but still argued, "Not all parks are like that. We can find a much safer one!"
"Okay, then feel this."
Lu Zhe opened the study window, letting the heat wave from outside in.
Tang Qi: "...Won't it be too hot in the morning?"
Lu Zhe: "That's hard to say, you can check the weather forecast. Speaking of which, aren't games more appealing now? Why go to the park?"
Tang Qi certainly couldn't say she wanted some more private time together, so she could only pout and say, "Playing games all the time gets boring eventually..."
Lu Zhe: "Then you can also play board games, escape rooms, karaoke, and things like that. But there's no need to get up early for these kinds of entertainment activities, so you can sleep in, which is great."
Tang Qi thought it made sense, so she nodded and temporarily gave up her impulsive plan to get up early.
Lu Zhe no longer needs to reveal his plans to watch the game on Sunday.
After all, theoretically speaking, that was still his working time as an assistant. Going to watch the game was undoubtedly slacking off from his duties. If Tang Qi slept in as usual, that would be fine, but if she woke up and looked for him, he would have a hard time explaining himself.
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