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◎He saw his dad!◎
Song Siyao's cold and low voice came from the phone: "What's the matter?"
Xu Yingxi thought it would be best to skip the unnecessary pleasantries and simply got straight to the point: "Brother Song, have you seen the fieldwork grouping schedule that Teacher Zhang just sent in the group?"
"Not yet." Song Siyao said, "What's wrong?"
Xu Yingxi thought to herself that it would be better if there wasn’t one, so that Song Siyao wouldn’t guess the reason why she wanted to change groups and reject her for Qi Wangzhou.
If Song Siyao agreed, she would immediately send a message to Professor Zhang, and it would be too late for him to regret it by then.
Xu Yingxi lied calmly, "My group's schedule conflicts with my major. I'd like to switch to Group F, where you're from. Another senior in Group F has already agreed, so I'd like to ask for your opinion."
Song Siyao: "You want to be in a group with me?"
"Yes." Xu Yingxi said, and then flattered him calmly, "It just so happens that I haven't been able to work with you for such a long time. This opportunity is rare. I just don't know if I have the honor."
After she said this, she almost felt disgusted by herself.
But there is no way, who can say that things change? Changing groups requires Song Siyao's approval.
There was silence on the phone for a second.
Song Siyao: "Who were you originally in the same group with?"
Xu Yingxi: “…”
She knew that Song Siyao was sharp, but was her lying skill so bad?
Or was it that the tone of her voice just now was too fake?
After thinking for a moment, Xu Yingxi answered irrelevantly: "Brother Song, don't worry. My original team members have no objection."
Because she didn't even ask.
Song Siyao didn't say anything.
Xu Yingxi wondered in her heart whether she should try harder and say a few more nice words, but she felt unwilling to give up.
She was used to being the center of attention. Normally, if she sneezed accidentally, someone would ask about her well-being. The compliment she gave to Song Siyao just now was already a concession on her part.
Yes, Xu Yingxi has such a personality. Even if she takes the initiative to ask for help, she will not easily lower herself.
Her elder sister Xu Zhaoxue once said to her: "You silly girl, you were the one who asked me for help, why do you act like I owe you something?"
Xu Yingxi responded coquettishly: "I can't help it, who told me I was born with good luck, everyone is rushing to be nice to me."
But then again, Xu Yingxi knew in her heart that not everyone would buy into her tricks.
For example, Song Siyao.
I am a flower on a high mountain, so naturally I don't want to be the star among the stars.
Xu Yingxi pursed her lips and decided to move her bottom line back.
It was because she was too young six months ago and chose the wrong boyfriend. This is retribution!
Xu Yingxi cleared her throat and softened her voice: "Senior Brother Song..."
Song Siyao: "Okay."
Xu Yingxi was stunned.
She hasn't even started to act coquettishly yet, and he already agreed?
Then she reacted and replied to him very quickly: "That's great, Senior Brother Song. I will chat with Teacher Zhang privately about the group change. Thank you, Senior Brother Song! Are you busy? I won't bother you any further."
Song Siyao: “…Yeah.”
Xu Yingxi readily agreed: "Okay, bye, Senior Brother!"
After hanging up the phone neatly, Xu Yingxi quickly switched to the chat interface with her tutor.
Xu Yingxi stated in the message that she wanted to switch to Group F and had obtained the consent of "other team members".
As for Qi Wangzhou, who cares about his opinion?
After checking the wording, Xu Yingxi pressed the send button.
Like most tutors, Professor Zhang replies to messages at an impressive speed. Sometimes, if you send a message at night, you may not receive a reply until the next day.
So Xu Yingxi didn't expect the other party to reply immediately, and threw the phone aside after sending the message.
She had already noticed that the boy next to her had been staring at her since she started making the call.
Not staring openly, but observing secretly.
Xu Yingxi leaned back in her chair and raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong? You seem to care about everyone who calls me?"
Xu Xingluo's thoughts were touched, and his expression was obviously embarrassed.
Xu Yingxi looked at him calmly: "Ask whatever you want to ask."
Whether to reply or not is another matter.
Xu Xingluo pursed his lips, his eyes wandering.
What he wanted to know most now, of course, was whether this "Senior Brother Song" was his father.
He felt that it was very likely to be the case, but after all, "Song" was not a rare surname, so he could not be 100% sure.
Xu Xingluo absolutely didn't dare to ask directly.
His mother is so smart that if he asked the three words "Song Siyao", she would definitely guess the answer immediately.
What if what he was worried about really happened, and his mother guessed it and distanced herself from his father, wouldn't he have ruined himself?
And Xu Xingluo heard the tone of Xu Yingxi talking to the person on the other end of the phone, and he felt...
His mother's relationship with this "Senior Brother Song" was very ordinary.
Xu Xingluo couldn't explain why. Every word Xu Yingxi said was polite and courteous, but he just had this feeling.
After much deliberation, Xu Xingluo decided to choose a conservative approach: "Is that Senior Brother Song... your friend?"
"Of course not." Xu Yingxi didn't even think about it. "He and I have different auras. It's good enough that we're not enemies."
Xu Xingluo's heart died.
…
S University, Information Science Laboratory Building.
Song Siyao sat in front of his laptop, and on the screen was the form that had just been sent to the group.
List of members of Group D: Qi Wangzhou, Xu Yingxi.
Just as he expected.
Ever since Qi Wangzhou and Xu Yingxi got together, these activities involving two people are mostly divided in this way.
Song Siyao felt a little regretful. He had agreed to her so easily just now, and he thought there would be a lot of troubles in the future.
He hates trouble the most.
.
The content of this part-time job is to dub a promotional video for a startup company. The copy is several hundred words and lasts about three minutes.
Xu Yingxi is no longer a newcomer to the industry, so she can complete this kind of work with ease. Including the preparation work, it can be done in one or two hours at most.
She told Xu Xingluo, "I'm going to start working now. It will take about two hours to finish. Do you want to stay here or go back to school first?"
Xu Xingluo said without hesitation: "Stay here!"
After a pause, the boy scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I will keep quiet, if... if you need my help, I can help you!"
Xu Yingxi: "This job is relatively simple, there's nothing I need help with."
Xu Xingluo's eyebrows drooped. "Oh... okay. Then I'll just stay quietly by your side."
Xu Yingxi: "I might record a radio drama in the future. If there's a chance, you can help me organize the script and rehearse with me."
Xu Xingluo's eyes lit up instantly: "Okay, okay!"
Xu Yingxi added lightly, "The premise is that the results of the paternity test come out and you really didn't lie to me."
Xu Xingluo was confident about this: "There will definitely be no problems! I've asked the appraisal agency, and considering the time it takes to mail the samples within the city, the results should be out on Tuesday!"
…
When it comes to paternity testing, Xu Xingluo is much more anxious than Xu Yingxi.
He wanted to quickly prove to his mother that he was her biological son!
After returning to school, Xu Xingluo sent messages to the staff several times to ask about the progress.
But there is no point in being anxious. The staff said that each sample needs to be operated and carefully compared by several technicians, and it will take 48 hours to get the results even if it is expedited.
When he asked about the progress for the third time, the staff replied: "Sir, we understand your feelings, but please be patient and wait for a moment."
How could Xu Xingluo stay calm?
He hated the process of waiting for the results the most.
He used to watch a competitive variety show with his mother. Whenever the director announced the rankings and deliberately kept the suspense, Xu Xingluo would pace around in the living room anxiously.
Xu Yingxi always told him: "Stop running around like a monkey. Move aside. You're blocking my way."
But next time Xu Xingluo will still lose his patience.
The same is true this time.
He really couldn't help it and wanted to find out about his father's condition.
Xu Xingluo is not ready to tell his mother his father's identity for the time being, but he wants to meet his father alone first.
With the experience of looking for Xu Yingxi last time, Xu Xingluo did not plan to wander around the campus aimlessly this time.
Xu Xingluo remembered that when he was chatting with his father, his father talked about the research direction of his master's degree.
Although I don’t remember the specific content very clearly, I still remember a few professional terms.
Xu Xingluo searched online based on his fragmentary memories and found that his father was more famous than he had imagined. He quickly confirmed his father's major and the required course schedule for that major.
There is only one class on Monday afternoon and it ends at 6:15.
As soon as Xu Xingluo got out of school, he rushed back to the dormitory at the speed of a 100-meter sprint to change out of his school uniform, and then ran non-stop to the S University campus next door.
When we arrived at the fourth teaching building, it was exactly 6:10.
The teaching building has several doors. After thinking about it, Xu Xingluo stopped a passing classmate to ask for directions.
"Classmate, I'd like to ask which door everyone usually exits from after class in this building?"
The female classmate was very helpful and answered him with a smile, "The side door is sometimes locked, so people usually go through the main door, the one over there. What's the matter? Are you waiting for your friends to finish class?"
Xu Xingluo: “Uh…yes!”
The female classmate blinked: "Girlfriend?"
Xu Xingluo was stunned for a moment, then his hand almost made an afterimage: "No, no! Not my girlfriend!"
The female classmate covered her mouth and laughed.
Xu Xingluo thanked him and trotted to the main entrance of the teaching building.
The female classmates and friends behind him whispered, "That junior student is so cute, quite shy, and good-looking. I wonder which department he's from?"
"He's really handsome! Why don't you ask for his WeChat? Didn't he say he doesn't have a girlfriend?"
"Oh, I'm embarrassed about this. How about you go?"
"No, no, I don't dare!"
…
Xu Xingluo was waiting anxiously downstairs of the teaching building.
Compared to the last time when he unexpectedly met Xu Yingxi while wandering around, this time he was here specifically to wait for his father, and he felt even more nervous.
With the experience from last time, Xu Xingluo felt that he absolutely could not acknowledge his relationship right away, otherwise he would definitely be regarded as a liar.
So Xu Xingluo fabricated an identity for himself: a junior student who admired the famous Song Xueshen very much and wanted to ask for information related to his major.
He didn't know if this would work, but he couldn't think of a better way for the time being.
Xu Xingluo thought, with his father's calm and gentle personality, even if he didn't completely trust him, he certainly wouldn't mind chatting with him, right?
Then he can take the opportunity to get some useful information.
Xu Xingluo took a deep breath and checked the time on his phone.
There is only one minute left until the get out of class ends.
Xu Xingluo's heartbeat quickened again, and he waited anxiously for the bell to ring.
Finally, after a few minutes, students began to come out of the teaching building.
Xu Xingluo stared at the flow of people at the door intently: he had seen his father's college graduation photo, and the changes compared to the future were not particularly big. He was confident that he could recognize the younger version of his father at a glance.
The flow of people at the entrance of the teaching building increased, and then gradually decreased again. The figure he was expecting never appeared.
Xu Xingluo couldn't help but start to doubt himself: Did he overestimate his own eyesight and let his father leave right under his nose?
Or did his dad actually skip the class and not come today?
Xu Xingluo was thinking about these random things when he suddenly felt a shock all over his body.
He saw his dad!
Song Siyao appeared with a middle-aged man who was estimated to be over 50 years old and dressed in formal attire.
The two were chatting about something and seemed to be having a great time.
Then Song Siyao nodded to the man who looked like a university teacher, and the two said goodbye.
Xu Xingluo took the opportunity to rush over: "Hello, Senior Song!"
Song Siyao paused, his face expressionless: "Who are you?"
When their eyes met, Xu Xingluo felt his heart rate instantly soar to 120.
The person in front of him... seemed a little different from the gentle and patient father in his memory.
The main difference is the eyes.
However, time is running out and there is no time for hesitation.
Xu Xingluo replied in a panic, "I'm a freshman in our school, and I have something to ask you, Senior!"
"Freshman?" Song Siyao's brows knitted slightly. "Which department are you from?"
Xu Xingluo swallowed unconsciously.
He had prepared for this in advance, but under Song Siyao's sharp gaze, the pressure on him to lie instantly exploded.
At this point, Xu Xingluo could only bite the bullet and answer, "School of Information Science, Department of Computer Science."
The department where Xu Yingxi is located.
Compared to those majors that he knew nothing about, Xu Xingluo felt that he at least had some understanding of his mother's department and would not be easily exposed.
Hearing this, Song Siyao's eyebrows moved slightly, and his eyes slowly swept across Xu Xingluo's face.
Xu Xingluo clenched his fists nervously, his heart almost jumping out of his chest.
No way...
No matter how powerful his father is, it is impossible for him to tell that he is lying just by listening to his two sentences, right?
After a moment, Song Siyao spoke calmly, "I'm teaching the Basic Programming course for freshmen in the Computer Science Department this year. I'm a teaching assistant. I don't remember seeing you in class."
Xu Xingluo: “…”
"I have a good memory, so I shouldn't be wrong." Song Siyao's tone was understated, but his eyes were full of scrutiny, making people feel like they had nowhere to hide.
"Or..." Song Siyao changed the subject, "You didn't attend the required courses during the first week of school?"
Xu Xingluo: “…”
At this moment, Xu Xingluo really wanted to slap himself.
Why did he come to his father because he was upset?
【Author’s words】
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