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"I do like her."
For a moment, Xu Yingxi felt that the man in front of her seemed to have other intentions, as if he wanted her to teach him something else.
But the next moment, he looked at her with eyes that seemed to say that he just wanted to learn how to skip stones.
Xu Yingxi calmed down and pretended to be relaxed, "I was just saying it casually, why are you taking it so seriously?"
She tapped Song Siyao's thumb knuckle lightly with her hand: "Use this to gently press the stone, don't use too much force."
"Lift your hands a little more."
"Okay." Xu Yingxi said, "Then throw it out like this."
As she spoke, she demonstrated the movements to him again.
When she was done she took two steps back and looked at him.
Song Siyao threw the stone in his hand, and this time the stone bounced several times on the lake.
Xu Yingxi: “…”
She nodded: "I am such a good teacher."
There was a hint of laughter in Song Siyao's voice: "Well, I agree."
Xu Yingxi: "You're a decent student, not stupid."
After she said this, she couldn't help laughing.
She thought that this might be the first time that Song Siyao had heard the evaluation of "not stupid" since he was a child.
Song Siyao didn't intend to refute her, but replied calmly: "Then Teacher Xu, can you teach me more in the future?"
Xu Yingxi: "Haven't you already learned it?"
Song Siyao: "I'm talking about other things."
Xu Yingxi: "For example?"
Song Siyao: “…”
He was silent for two seconds, then looked at her and said, "For example, how to get along with Xu Xingluo."
Xu Yingxi blinked.
To be fair, she felt that Song Siyao had done a very good job during this period.
Judging from Xu Xingluo's attitude, he and Song Siyao are now much closer.
As for the rest, everyone has different personalities. She would not ask Song Siyao to become a kind old father and care about Xu Xingluo's daily life every day.
Just like her, she would not force herself to change her personality for Xu Xingluo just to be a "good mother".
Thinking of this, Xu Yingxi said, "I think it's fine for you guys to continue as you are now. There's no need to change anything."
Song Siyao: "What about you?"
Xu Yingxi was slightly startled: "Me?"
She wasn't sure what he meant.
Song Siyao pursed the corners of his lips slightly.
"I mean," he said, "maybe you could teach me how to get along with you."
Xu Yingxi: “…”
In an instant, many thoughts popped up in her mind.
What do you mean, can't they just get along like this?
Or does he not want to maintain the status quo with himself?
Xu Yingxi suppressed her somewhat confused emotions and asked, "Why do you ask that? Did I ever tell you that you're not doing well right now?"
Song Siyao lowered his eyes.
He remained silent, but Xu Yingxi's heartbeat became faster and faster uncontrollably.
She didn't even know why she reacted like that, it was as if she was expecting to hear something from this man.
Xu Yingxi pinched the palm of her hand with her fingertips to stop herself from thinking too much.
In the silence, the footsteps behind became clear.
The two turned around one after another.
"Junior Xu, Senior Song." The person who came was a classmate under another instructor in the laboratory, his surname was Gao.
Gao Xuelin: "I came over as soon as I saw you guys here. I hope I didn't disturb you."
Xu Yingxi frowned slightly.
Song Siyao glanced at Xu Yingxi and said, "My junior sister and I are talking about something."
Hearing this, Gao Xuelin looked a little embarrassed: "Oh, is that so."
He could hear that Song Siyao implied that he had indeed disturbed them.
However, before coming, Gao Xuelin had already promised Qi Wangzhou that he would help him bring Xu Yingxi over.
In the past two months, Gao Xuelin has borrowed Qi Wangzhou's car several times to save face in front of his girlfriend. This time, Qi Wangzhou asked him for help, and he had to repay the favor no matter what.
Gao Xuelin pretended not to understand Song Siyao's order to leave, and continued stubbornly: "I have something I want to talk to Junior Sister Xu about, but it's okay, I can wait for you to finish talking."
Xu Yingxi: "Tell me first, what's the matter?"
Gao Xuelin glanced at Song Siyao, who showed no intention of avoiding the question.
Although Qi Wangzhou did not express it explicitly, Gao Xuelin, as they were classmates in the same laboratory, had long noticed that there was some conflict between Qi Wangzhou and Song Siyao.
To say when it started specifically, it was probably during that big group meeting when Song Siyao and Xu Yingxi sat together.
However, Gao Xuelin just wanted to help Qi Wangzhou and didn't want to make Song Siyao unhappy about it.
After all, no matter which mentor you work for or what project you do, you will inevitably encounter problems that you cannot solve on your own.
Making enemies with Song Siyao is like losing a great master to ask for advice, and it will only bring trouble to yourself.
Thinking of this, Gao Xuelin carefully considered his words and said politely, "Xuemei Xu, how about we go talk to the side? We don't want to disturb your senior brother."
Xu Yingxi: "Just tell me directly, don't bother with him."
Gao Xuelin was stunned when he heard this.
He subconsciously glanced at Song Siyao and found that Song Siyao did not even express any objection to this statement.
Why are these two people acting... so close?
Gao Xuelin suppressed the doubts in his heart.
At this point, he had no choice but to clear his throat and say, "Look, our lab has a mission for this autumn outing. We need to take some photos and post them on the college's official account. Since you look good, the student in charge of photography asked me to ask you to come over and help out."
Just as Gao Xuelin finished speaking, a voice suddenly interrupted.
"You need something from my sister?"
After Xu Xingluo won a few times playing cards there, he finally came to see his parents with satisfaction.
Gao Xuelin turned around and recognized that the person who spoke was the younger brother who came with Xu Yingxi.
"Yes." Gao Xuelin forced a smile, "I'll ask your sister to take the photo."
Xu Xingluo said "Oh": "Then I'll go with my sister!"
As he spoke, the young man secretly glanced at Xu Yingxi, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Xu Yingxi had no intention of objecting.
He appeared to be righteous on the surface, but in fact he was worried that his mother would think he was meddling in her affairs.
Gao Xuelin's expression froze: "This... isn't good."
Xu Xingluo: "Why not?"
Gao Xuelin: "Uh... the photos we took this time were intended to be posted on the school's official account, but you're not a student of our school..."
Xu Xingluo: "What's the big deal? Weren't we allowed to bring family members on this autumn outing? I'm already here, so why can't I take photos the other way around?"
Gao Xuelin simply found an excuse to cooperate with Qi Wangzhou to give Xu Yingxi a surprise.
At this moment, he was speechless and could only smile awkwardly, looking at Xu Yingxi for help: "This, junior sister..."
Xu Yingxi remained calm and said, "I think he's right. Besides, we can go over there first and see what the student in charge of photography has to say."
Hearing his mother's support, Xu Xingluo straightened his back instantly.
Things have come to this point, and Gao Xuelin really has no choice.
No matter what, the most important thing is to get Xu Yingxi to agree to go, even if it means just adding a third wheel.
Gao Xuelin nodded: "Okay, let's go."
Xu Xingluo raised his chin as if he had won a battle: "Let's go, sister!"
Then he remembered something and asked Song Siyao: "Senior Song, why don't you join us?"
Song Siyao: "Okay."
Now Gao Xuelin was completely dumbfounded.
It’s not a big deal if there is another Xu Xingluo. No matter what, the younger brother is also Xu Yingxi’s “family member”.
What's going on with Song Siyao being involved?
Imagine that when Qi Wangzhou confessed his love to Xu Yingxi and asked for forgiveness, Song Siyao was also there...
Gao Xuelin was so embarrassed that he almost shivered. He quickly said, "Little Xu, you may not know that Senior Song in our lab is not an ordinary person. He is very capable and very busy. Let's not let such a small matter waste his time, right?"
As soon as the words fell, the two of them spoke at the same time—
Xu Xingluo: "How can taking a photo of my sister be a small matter? It's a big deal!"
Song Siyao: "It's okay, I'm not busy."
Gao Xuelin: “…”
Destroy it, destroy this world!
…
Gao Xuelin took the three people behind him and went to the lawn where Qi Wangzhou had prepared a surprise.
As he walked, he kept repeating in his heart: I'm sorry, brother, I really didn't mean it. I really tried my best, but there was nothing I could do.
After walking for a few minutes, the group finally approached their destination.
You can see from a distance that the lawn has been carefully decorated, with a circle of flowers on the ground and many pink balloons.
Gao Xuelin stopped a few dozen meters away and said, "Um...Xuemei Xu, the photo taking place is just ahead. I, I have something else to do, so I won't go with you guys."
In fact, according to the original plan, after bringing Xu Yingxi here, he should have stayed nearby to help his good brother at any time if he needed help.
However, man proposes, God disposes. Under the current circumstances, Gao Xuelin really can't bear to watch how events will develop.
He was even more afraid that if he saw something he shouldn't see or heard something he shouldn't hear, Qi Wangzhou would be even more angry with him.
So among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.
Anyway, he brought Xu Yingxi here and completed what he should do.
Gao Xuelin found an excuse and slipped away decisively.
On the other side, the cell phone in Qi Wangzhou's pocket rang.
Gao Xuelin: [Mr. Qi, they should be here soon, two or three minutes at most.]
Seeing the message, Qi Wangzhou's mouth corners slightly raised.
It seems that this guy is still reliable at critical moments, and it's worth it that he lent him the car so many times before.
Qi Wangzhou put away his phone, retreated behind a tree, and began fiddling with the joystick in his hand.
In order to give Xu Yingxi a surprise, he spent a lot of money to buy the latest model of drone and also went to great lengths to apply for a flight permit.
After confirming that there was no problem with the drone settings, Qi Wangzhou hid behind a tree and silently observed the carefully arranged venue not far away.
Three people walked over from a distance, and the color of the clothes worn by one of them was obviously that of Xu Yingxi.
Seeing this scene, Qi Wangzhou frowned.
Didn't he specifically tell Gao Xuelin to find a reason to let Xu Yingxi come alone?
Never mind, this is a golden opportunity, it would be fine if she came with someone else.
It was just a good opportunity to let other people in the lab see how deeply he loved Xu Yingxi.
Qi Wangzhou controlled the joystick and let the drone slowly rise up with the banner pulled by it.
…
Xu Yingxi and Xu Xingluo walked in front.
Xu Xingluo saw flowers and balloons arranged in the shape of a heart not far away, and remembered the content of the text message his mother received in the car. He immediately guessed that this was the surprise prepared by his mother's ex-boyfriend.
The boy curled his lips and said, "What poor taste! So many balloons, pink ones at that! So tacky!"
Xu Yingxi couldn't help laughing: "Really? I quite like pink."
Xu Xingluo froze. "Well, I don't mean that pink is tacky, it's the people who prepare it that are tacky!"
"And these flowers!" Xu Xingluo said. "How old-fashioned! Don't you think so, Dad?"
Song Siyao looked at Xu Xingluo thoughtfully, without answering, but just raised his eyebrows.
Xu Xingluo muttered, "Sure enough, the person is not good enough, and neither is the surprise I prepared. He won't even put up a big banner saying that my mother is his true love, will he?"
As he was speaking, a buzzing sound was heard.
I saw a drone flying from mid-air, carrying a long pink banner.
There were a few big words printed in bold on the banner: Xu Yingxi, I love you forever!
Xu Xingluo: “…”
Xu Yingxi: “…”
Song Siyao: “…”
With Wei Shi's reminder, Xu Yingxi had a premonition in her heart, but she still didn't expect Qi Wangzhou to prepare such a rustic thing.
Obviously, when they were dating before, the surprises Qi Wangzhou prepared for her were quite normal, right?
At this moment, Xu Yingxi doubted her choice of boyfriend more than ever before.
As the banner fell in front of Xu Yingxi, Qi Wangzhou himself walked out.
Only after he got closer did he finally realize that the two people who came with Xu Yingxi were actually Song Siyao and Xu Xingluo.
Qi Wangzhou stared at Song Siyao in disbelief, and almost blurted out a swear word.
Thinking of what he had planned to do, he managed to hold back.
No matter who comes, no one can ruin the surprise he has carefully prepared.
Qi Wangzhou took a deep breath and looked at Xu Yingxi: "Xixi, I..."
Xu Yingxi: "Gao Xuelin said he wanted to take photos for the official account. Is that true?"
Qi Wangzhou was stunned. He didn't expect her first sentence to be this.
Thinking of how Xu Yingxi hated his lies the most when they were in love, Qi Wangzhou hesitated for a moment and then chose to confess: "Xixi, I know it was wrong for me to let Gao Xuedi trick you into coming here, but——"
Xu Yingxi interrupted him: "Qi Wangzhou."
Qi Wangzhou: "What?"
Xu Yingxi: "I came here because I thought there might be some senior brothers and sisters who really need to complete the task, and I don't want to delay their work because of personal grudges."
"Since this isn't the case, I'll leave." Xu Yingxi said, "Don't follow me."
Seeing that she was really about to leave, Qi Wangzhou hurriedly chased after her: "Xixi, wait a minute!"
He blocked her way and stood right in front of her.
All the emotions accumulated over the past few months burst out at this moment.
Qi Wangzhou: "Xixi, I don't blame you for still being mad at me, but can you really bear it? I've been meticulously preparing for today's surprise for nearly a month! Do you know how difficult it is to get a drone flight permit in North City?"
Xu Yingxi looked at him coldly: "I don't know, but what does this have to do with me?"
Qi Wangzhou: “…”
Xu Yingxi walked around him and continued walking forward.
Xu Xingluo had been paying attention to Xu Yingxi's movements. Seeing this, he quickly stood beside Xu Yingxi, preventing Qi Wangzhou from getting any closer.
Qi Wangzhou was unwilling to give up and wanted to chase her again.
A taller figure stood in front of him.
Seeing who it was, Qi Wangzhou angrily said, "Song Siyao, what do you mean!"
Song Siyao: "She told you not to follow her anymore."
Qi Wangzhou: "This is a private matter between me and her! What qualifications do you have to stand here and stop me for her?"
Song Siyao: "Whether you are qualified or not is not up to you to decide."
Qi Wangzhou laughed in anger: "What do you mean I don't have the final say? Who are you to her? Does that mean it's up to you?"
Song Siyao didn't say anything else, but just turned around and took a look.
Xu Yingxi had already walked away accompanied by Xu Xingluo.
Seeing this, Song Siyao also turned around and took a step forward.
Qi Wangzhou took a step forward and caught up with him: "Song Siyao, stop pretending to be the messenger of justice here! At least I dare to openly express my feelings for her and try my best to win her back. Unlike you, you dare not admit anything and only dare to do bad things behind her back!"
Song Siyao: “…”
He turned around slowly.
The two men's heights were obviously not much different, Song Siyao was only a few centimeters taller, but Qi Wangzhou felt a sense of oppression for no reason.
"I don't need to prove anything to you." Song Siyao said, "But if you want to know, I can tell you."
Song Siyao's expression was calm as he spoke word by word: "I do like her and I am pursuing her."
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