sinovels Chapter 34
Chapter 34
Due to Qi Ling's sudden illness, their trip back to City A was put on hold for the time being. Although Qi Ling said that he was fine, Xu Chen still insisted on waiting for Qi Ling to recover better before setting off.
The climate difference between City A and Qingshui City is very obvious. Now the average temperature in City A should be above 37°C, while in Qingshui City it is light rain and the temperature is maintained at around 27°C. When the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, you need to wear a coat to go out.
Putting aside those bad things, Qingshui City is actually a very livable city, and it is also suitable for Qi Ling to recuperate.
That day Xu Chen was handling pressing business at the table in the hotel, while Qi Ling was preparing a project report on the sidelines, but as he was learning, he couldn't stop looking to the side.
He had never seen Xu Chen at work——
The expression is meticulous, the corners of the eyes and the brows reveal indifference, and the eyebrows will be slightly frowned when seeing something wrong, looking indifferent and severe.
On the way, Secretary Sun made a phone call. The two chatted about work. Qi Ling didn't understand the specifics. The sense of oppression did not diminish, and Secretary Sun spoke tremblingly. Before the two hung up the phone, Qi Ling vaguely heard Secretary Sun let out a breath of relief.
At this time, Xu Chen was completely different from how he used to get along with him. I don't know if it was due to the age difference, but Xu Chen's attitude towards him was mostly conniving.
This contrast made Qi Ling's heart beat a little faster, and he felt an urge to tear off Xu Chen's indifferent coat. It can be seen that the other party is working hard, so he can only suppress this idea, but his eyes still fall on the other party's eyes. The side face, further down, is a smooth jaw line, and the Adam's apple is hidden under the collar of the shirt, which is not clear.
The current Xu Chen didn't button up the button so fast, so Qi Ling could rarely get a glimpse of a small piece of scenery.
Unknowingly, he stared at people in a daze.
Xu Chen thought he would stop after watching it for a while, but Qi Ling became more and more enthusiastic as he watched it, making it impossible for him to ignore the more fiery and straightforward gaze beside him, so he turned his head and said in a low tone: "Stop learning? Didn't you say Do you want to edit the video and post it on Weibo after learning?"
Xu Chen's words immediately pulled Qi Ling away from the beauty.
This summer vacation is only less than a month away, and the topic of this report is neither deep nor shallow, and Professor Jiang's requirements have always been strict, which made Qi Ling feel a sense of urgency.
Not only that, there are also netizens on Weibo urging him to update the learning video. He was sick for a few days before, and now the comment area is full of wailing...
Why didn't he know that this group of people were so eager to learn?
Qi Ling looked away reluctantly, "I just want to relax properly, don't keep urging me, I'm still a sick man!"
Qi Ling thought that he could use the excuse of being sick to get Xu Chen's sympathy, and he might be able to ask for some more benefits along the way, but he saw the person next to him suddenly pick up his phone to check the time, got up and went to the bedroom to get a bag of things. I handed him a cup of warm water,
"It's time, take your medicine."
Qi Ling was stunned, he pretended to be pitiful because Xu Chen remembered to urge him to take medicine?
He refused, "I'm almost healed now, can I stop eating?"
He was already a little anorexic, even if Xu Chen deliberately changed to a smaller pill, he still felt uncomfortable, and the medicine was very bitter.
"Infusion if you don't eat." Xu Chen didn't insist, "You choose."
Qi Ling's physical condition is too bad now, and the disease is very likely to recur. Qi Ling can't bear this crime at all, and these medicines are not all for curing diseases, some are for nourishing the body, and there is no harm in taking them.
Looking at Xu Chen's expression, Qi Ling knew that he couldn't get past this time, so he could only take the medicine with a bitter face.
Just when he was sick and ready to continue his studies, a slender hand suddenly stretched out in front of him, with the palm spread out, and there was a big white rabbit toffee lying quietly inside.
It's neatly arranged, and it's indescribably cute.
Qi Ling's eyes widened, he glanced at the cute toffee, then at the owner of those hands, there was really no way to connect the two.
Seeing Qi Ling's gaze, Xu Chen covered his lips and coughed uncomfortably, "The doctor gave it when he prescribed the medicine. I didn't notice it before. If you don't take it, I'll throw it away."
As he said that, he was about to withdraw his hand, but Qi Ling quickly took the candy away, peeled it off and stuffed it into his mouth, saying vaguely: "Who said I won't eat it!"
The sweet taste filled his mouth, covering the bitter medicine taste, Qi Ling couldn't help but feel better, and looked at Xu Chen with crooked eyes, "Then will there be sugar when I take the medicine next time?"
Xu Chen looked at his smiling eyes and bulging cheeks, and his tone softened, "Yes."
He bought a whole pack.
Qi Ling was content to continue studying, but the phone next to him turned on.
It was someone from the wechat group in the dormitory who ait him.
[Chang Yongyi: Little Lingzi!I heard that Professor Jiang has started accepting apprentices, and Ma Ziping, who majored in economics and trade next door, showed off in his circle of friends that he has entered the list of candidates! ! ! @Qi Ling]
Qi Ling was stunned when he saw this name. Although he and Ma Ziping were not in the same major, many of the courses were similar. Down.
However, Qi Ling has never been interested in such meaningless things, and has never responded, so every time the two meet Ma Ziping will give him a hard look, like a big hatred.
However, Qi Ling was not surprised that Ma Ziping was included in the list of candidates. He met Professor Jiang's requirements for accepting apprentices. At the beginning of this year, he published an article in the xx journal, but it was not as sensational as Xu Zhou's article.
[Chang Yongyi: Ahhhh!I'm so anxious, have you received the news!Is it too late to sign up now? 】
Qi Ling looked at Chang Yongyi's eager roar, a smile flickered across his lips,
[Qi Ling: Don't panic, I know. 】
[Chang Yongyi: You haven't seen how arrogant and arrogant Ma Ziping is like, and he is mocking you inside and out. I think it's because he doesn't have your friends. I guess he just hit you, and I'm mad at you. up!I'm laning against him! 】
【Chang Yongyi: Wait... What did you say? 】
Chang Yongyi was caught off guard when he saw Qi Ling's reply, and was stunned, Qi Ling knew?He thought about the tone of the other party carefully, and he was calm, not at all disappointed after losing his favorite spot.
His eyes lit up, his little Lingzi must have entered too!
[Chang Yongyi: I knew you could do it!This time the apprenticeship was not made public, I'm afraid you missed it...]
Xie Kaiyu also froze when he saw the news,
【Xie Kaiyu: What are you worrying about?Qi Ling is also our No.1 in professionalism. Even Ma Ziping can get in. Of course, our little Ling can too! 】
After he finished speaking, he went to chat with Chang Yongyi privately, [You pushed me the WeChat account of that kid Ma Ziping, it turned the world upside down, I really thought there was no one in our 504! 】
The dormitory for four of them is 504.
The group fell silent instantly, and just as Qi Ling was about to put down his phone, Xu Zhou sent him a message.
【Xu Zhou: Are you also on Professor Jiang's candidate list? 】
Xu Zhou knew Professor Jiang's invisible requirements for accepting apprentices, and Qi Ling should not meet them, and he never mentioned this matter to anyone.
Qi Ling looked at the word [also] in Xu Zhou's news, and was not surprised that Xu Zhou also entered. On the contrary, based on the gold content of Xu Zhou's thesis, he should be the most promising student in Professor Jiang's heart.
It was because of this paper that he noticed Xu Zhou at the time. The paper was so inspirational, and his database was huge. Completing these tasks required extremely careful thinking and a very clear logical chain in his mind.
To be honest, he had always been a loner before, and even if he lived in the same dormitory, he didn't have much impression of Xu Zhou. It was this paper that made him start to observe and pay attention to Xu Zhou, and even looked at him as if he had a layer of his own. filter.
People who can write such excellent papers are by no means ordinary people.
However, the initial amazement was gradually worn away during the days when the two got along, and he was actually a little disappointed in his heart. He felt that except for that highlight, Xu Zhou had become an ordinary person, even worse than him.
If it wasn't for that face, he might not have continued to be friends with Xu Zhou.
Looking at Xu Zhou's news now, Qi Ling even felt a bit complicated. He could guess that Professor Jiang was very optimistic about Xu Zhou, but he also knew from the bottom of his heart that it was impossible for Xu Zhou to hand over a report that satisfied Professor Jiang.
Xu Zhou's achievements in the past few years are only in the middle and upper reaches, and he doesn't pay much attention to Professor Jiang's research direction at all.
Now he can't even compete with Ma Ziping.
But at the same time, Qi Ling also kept an eye out, he and Xu Zhou are now considered competitors, Xu Zhou probably came to him to spy on the military situation this time, right?
He couldn't help but feel a sense of vigilance in his heart.
Xu Zhou didn't know what Qi Ling was thinking, seeing that he didn't reply, he explained,
【Xu Zhou: I didn't mean not to tell you about it. I thought you didn't enter because I was afraid you would feel uncomfortable. 】
He even thought about refusing when Professor Jiang contacted him. If it was just a shortlist, he was not very likely to be selected. In addition, if Qi Ling didn't go, he didn't have much interest. If he refused at this time, he might still be in the Add some goodwill to Qi Ling.
[Xu Zhou: I didn't want to go at first, but Chengcheng kept saying that this opportunity is rare and insisted that I participate, but don't worry, I won't compete with you for that spot. 】
When Qi Ling saw Xu Zhou's words, his expression darkened instantly.
【Qi Ling: Xu Zhou, I don't need you to give way to me. Everyone depends on their own strength. I don't want to hear this kind of thing again. 】
In Xu Zhou's eyes, the opportunity he finally won was like a junk that could be discarded at any time. This was not only an insult to him, but also an insult to Professor Jiang who chose Xu Zhou.
Xu Zhou also noticed Qi Ling's tone and immediately apologized.
【Xu Zhou: That's not what I meant. Let's not talk about this. You must already know the subject, right?I have collected some useful information here, and I will send it to you. 】
Before Qi Ling could respond, he sent him a list of contents.
Qi Ling glanced roughly, most of them were recommended to him by Xu Chen, and Xu Chen gave him a lot of them, carefully classified, and with links.
Qi Ling didn't want Xu Zhou to feel that he was taking advantage of him, so he directly took a screenshot of Xu Zhou's file, which was a list of the documents Xu Chen packaged and sent to him, as well as a partially mosaiced directory.
He didn't send out the specific documents, so he wouldn't let the fruits of Xu Chen's labor flow into other people's hands. He was stingy.
Xu Zhou never expected that Qi Ling could collect so much information in such a short period of time, which was more complete than him, so he paid someone else to find it.
However, he quickly discovered clues from the picture.
[Xu Zhou: Was this sent to you by someone else?Who?So awesome. 】
There was a bit of sourness in his tone. Apart from introducing tutors, Qi Ling would rarely accept his help. In this screenshot, Qi Ling not only accepted the other party's file without hesitation, but also posted an extremely cute emoji package underneath.
This made Xu Zhou have mixed feelings. Ever since he made a girlfriend, Qi Ling's attitude towards him has never been so intimate, no, never before.
Qi Ling secretly glanced at the serious worker next to him, his eyes were bent,
[Qi Ling: It was given to me by someone who is very important to me. 】
There was unabashed intimacy in the tone.
Afterwards, he took the initiative to end the conversation. Xu Zhou has been very annoying recently, but for the sake of his surname Xu, he even tolerated Xu Zhou a little bit.
Besides, in view of the special status and relationship between him and Xu Chen, it may be uncertain where he will be needed to help in the future.
Qi Ling curled his lips, put down the phone, and when he looked up, he met Xu Chen's dark eyes.
Xu Chen turned his gaze back, looked at the work documents on the computer in front of him, typed a few words casually, and asked casually, "Who are you chatting with so happily?"
Qi Ling looked at the meaningless characters he typed on the computer, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he dragged the chair to Xu Chen's side, and the two of them put their shoulders together, "Chang Yongyi and the others asked me if I knew anything." I didn't know that Professor Jiang was selecting the last closed disciple, and I was afraid that I would miss the opportunity."
Xu Chen hummed lightly, thinking of the WeChat profile picture he saw just now, a dark look flashed across his eyes, he lowered his eyes, looked at the arms that were close to each other, and moved aside calmly, "Do it so close to me?" What? Go back."
"I don't want to!" Not only did Qi Ling not retreat, but he hugged Xu Chen's arm coquettishly, "I haven't thanked you enough, if you and Professor Jiang hadn't recommended me, I probably wouldn't even be able to enter the threshold."
But Xu Chen didn't follow his words and said, "This is Professor Jiang's own idea. I'm afraid of missing the right person. Besides, you passed the test in the end."
In other words, it was Qi Ling himself who won Professor Jiang's approval.
Qi Ling didn't expect Xu Chen to explain it to him in a serious manner, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, then who helped me sort out so much information? Just now Xu Zhou came to yell at me, and I just took a screenshot Called back, I have more things in my hand than him!"
Only then did Xu Chen turn his head to look at him, "Xu Zhou came to yell at you?"
"That's right!" Qi Ling nodded without hesitation, "He still wanted to share his information with me, didn't he just want me to owe him a favor? But he didn't expect his brother to be much better than him, so he helped me a long time ago. nailed it!"
Hearing Qi Ling's decisive tone, Xu Chen felt that something was wrong.
Will Xu Zhou be embarrassed in front of Qi Ling?Still want to force Qi Ling to owe him favors?This is not something Xu Zhou would do.
He probably didn't even have time to please Qi Ling...
However, Qi Ling's slightly disgusted tone managed to make his complexion much better.
Qi Ling didn't notice Xu Chen's emotions, and continued to follow his hair, "But Xu Zhou's behavior made me realize one thing, I owe a lot of favors to someone, but he seems to be evading it all the time, I don't know How should I take the initiative to repay him?"
Just now he tried his best to find an excuse for someone, but he was pushed back by Xu Chen.
Seeing Qi Ling's troubled face, Xu Chen chuckled, "Then tell me, how do you plan to repay him?"
Qi Ling was touched by the low laugh, and the fingertips hanging by his side couldn't help but grab Xu Chen's clothes, and whispered in his ear: "I want to treat him to candy."
The warm breath brushed past the ears, light and soft, successfully blowing away the last little haze in Xu Chen's heart.
"What candy?" Xu Chen asked.
He obviously bought it not long ago, so Qi Ling probably didn't see where he put it.
But the next moment, he knew the answer.
Qi Ling's lips were very soft, and the sweet breath of toffee spread and swirled between their lips. The hand under the hem of the clothes tightly grabbed the corner of his shirt, and the gravity of the fall only made Xu Chen kiss deeper.
Feeling the breath held unconsciously by the other party, he bit Qi Ling's lower lip, "Why can't you take a breath after so many times?"
It was only then that Qi Ling seemed to have come to his senses, his eyes were full of steam, and he took a belated breath.
Xu Chen saw the dazed look in his arms and the red lips that had become more and more plump in the past few days, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said with a soft smile, "You can barely pass the reward."
After all, sugar is pretty sweet.