The young girl's straight and slender calves were right next to the hem of her skirt.
The skirt that Shi Ci was wearing was made of silk, and it felt light, thin, and cool.
The girl's body temperature may have melted in. At this moment, Shi Ci was a little distracted.
Tang Zuo's smile faded a little, but she seemed to have thought of something and her eyes narrowed again.
Shi Ci heard her crisp laughter again.
Shi Ci lowered his eyes and looked at her, "What did you think of?"
"Didn't Ross in Friends go tanning in one episode?"
"Oh." Shi Ci immediately knew what she was talking about, and a smile spread across his lips.
Ross went to get a tan, which is apparently a simple process. He just had to count “one, two, three, four, five”, but he insisted on counting, “one mississippi, two mississippi, three…” He counted too long and ended up getting a very dark tan, it was really funny.
It was a plot that both of them were familiar with. They understood it as soon as it was mentioned and they both laughed.
"Mississippi, said count five." Tang Zuo recited the lines in the movie.
"Mississippi-lessly?" Shi Ci added the next sentence in tacit understanding.
Both of them were laughing.
The teardrop mole on Tang Zhao's left eye becomes even more charming because of her smile. "When I was a child, I often listened to Friends. It was my father's favorite sitcom. I could recite many lines."
When Shi Ci heard her talk about her father, there was a hint of pity in her eyes, which was then filled with a smile. She said softly, "I also watched this drama in college. When I went to the United States to study, I also loved listening to it. I listened to it while working on my thesis..."
Shi Ci thought of her nearly perfect English accent, "So what's your accent..."
Tang Zhuo's eyelashes drooped slightly, and her tone was filled with nostalgia, "My father taught me to read it since I was a child. He said the English style sounded better."
Shi Ci thought that it did sound nice when she said it and it suited her very well.
Introverted, restrained, a little bit arrogant, and very simple and elegant.
"Hey!" Shi Hai stood in front of them without knowing when, with a resentful expression, "You two seemed to be having a good chat..."
"Are you done?" Tang Zuo stood up from Shi Ci's side.
As she moved, a hint of fragrance spread between her and Shi Ci.
This is not the smell of perfume.
It could have come from Tang Zuo's hair, or it could have come from inside her collar.
It's more likely her natural body odor.
"It's done! Can you help me correct it?" Shi Hai grinned, "I want to see your paper, too."
The two returned to the desk. Shi Hai looked at Tang Zuo's paper while Tang Zuo took a pen and made corrections on the answers.
Shi Hai: "You write beautiful English words!"
Tang Zhao looked at his paper and said helplessly, "Can you be more serious?"
"I was very serious! I even turned over and finished writing the composition!" Shi Hai smiled.
"During the exam, you have to hand in the paper after you finish the part you are working on. You are not given time to go back and do it again." Tang Zuo did not give him face.
“…Oh! Well, no matter what! My attitude is still worth encouraging, right?” Shi Hai’s face was almost written with “Praise me, praise me”.
Tang Zhuo finally looked up at him: "...Okay."
Shi Hai couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
Shi Ci, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at them silently for a while, then asked loudly, "It's time to eat. What do you want to eat for lunch?"
Shi Hai didn't even look at her and said to Tang Zuo, "What do you want to eat?"
Tang Zuo was stunned at first, checked the time on his phone, then looked at Shi Ci with hesitation.
Shi Ci smiled, "Let's eat here..."
"Of course we eat here, but my sister can't cook. The total calories of the food in her refrigerator are less than a thousand calories," Shi Hai said with disdain, "How can we possibly be full?"
He opened the app on his phone, "Tang Zhao, what do you want to eat? How about pizza?"
Shi Ci glanced at Shi Hai indifferently.
Shi Hai was unaware, "I want to eat thick-crusted bacon beef... There is a delicious one near our school, what flavor do you want?" He handed over the phone.
Tang Zhuo looked up at Shi Ci, "Where's Professor Shi?"
Before Shi Ci could answer, Shi Hai curled his lips and said, "My sister doesn't eat high-calorie food for lunch, so she must want to eat salad again. Just order her a salad!"
This kid is probably still remembering the grudge from last night.
I think she's getting in the way.
Shi Ci smiled and said, "No need to order for me. I can always find food in my refrigerator which has less than a thousand calories."
The pizza was delivered promptly.
Shi Ci really didn't order anything. He went to the kitchen to make a salad and ate it leisurely.
Shi Hai was eating the bacon beef pizza he ordered and drinking an ice-cold Coke.
The two of them sat facing each other, but neither of them looked at each other.
Tang Zuo sat between them, looking at the brother and sister who were ignoring each other.
She had some understanding of Shi Hai, who was sunny and innocent, with a childlike heart. Professor Shi was actually the same. Under her mature and gentle way of dealing with things, she also had a childlike heart.
She is obviously his elder sister, much older than him, yet she is so childish.
Tang Zuo felt like laughing.
She pushed the potato wedge pizza she ordered towards Shi Ci.
Shi Ci lowered his eyes to glance at the pizza, and when he looked up again, he saw Tang Zuo staring at Shi Hai. Shi Hai took a half bite of the pizza, and was puzzled at first by the look in her eyes, then suddenly realized, and helplessly, he pushed the pizza over.
This brat!
Shi Ci glanced at the two pizzas.
She really doesn't like eating something with such a high calorie content for lunch.
Shi Ci's eyes turned slightly and met Tang Zuo's eyes.
Tang Zhao's eyes are very dark, and when she relaxes, she looks innocent. The corners of her eyes are slightly curved, and she is smiling.
Shi Ci reached out and picked up a piece of potato wedge pizza.
Soft and sticky potatoes, sticky cheese, and crispy thin crust.
It's OK... Not bad... Quite fragrant...
After eating, Tang Zuo began to analyze the test paper with Shi Hai, "You were not focused in the listening part, your vocabulary was not enough, your handwriting was too sloppy, you only did the first two reading parts seriously, and your translation was messy, you didn't write a single complete sentence."
Shi Hai saw her serious look and heard her "criticism" without giving him face. He felt a little embarrassed and scratched his nose, "Hey..."
"If you really want tutoring..."
Tang Zuo suddenly paused after she finished speaking, and she turned her head to look at Shi Ci.
Shi Hai watched as the two of them seemed to exchange an unreadable look.
Then Tang Zhuo let out a breath, turned around and stared at him. Shi Hai subconsciously pulled his head back, "What, what happened?"
"Do you really want to take tutoring?" Tang Zuo looked at him steadily.
"Really, really... lah." Shi Hai turned his eyes from Shi Ci's position.
"Are you sure?" Tang Zuo continued.
"Sure." Shi Hai nodded seriously.
"Then you have to listen to me." Tang Zuo said this while lowering his head to organize the papers.
She didn't notice that the corners of Shi Hai's lips curled up wildly after hearing this, "Yeah, yeah, I'll listen to you." He even suppressed a smug smile and winked at Shi Ci.
Shi Ci thought to himself: "This cocky look is really..."
Deserve a beating.
"Do you have a Level 4 vocabulary book?" Tang Zuo asked.
Shi Hai coughed, "Yes, but I..."
But I am still at the abandonment stage.
Shi Hai swallowed this sentence silently, he was too embarrassed to say it out loud, and Tang Zuo understood.
She said, "We have classes on Saturdays and Sundays. I will organize the materials for you. From Monday to Friday, you need to listen to a set of listening exercises every day for at least half an hour. Do five reading passages. Circle different words and make a vocabulary book. You need to memorize these words every day."
Shi Hai swallowed his saliva and stuttered a little, "Every, I have to recite it every day?"
"Well, this is the daily homework. Listening and reading must be completed within the specified time. Don't worry about translation and composition for now. Do a complete set of real questions in the other week."
"I will send you all the materials every week. You need to send me your daily vocabulary book and mark the date. You need to take notes in every class. Stick to this for a month and we'll see how things go."
Shi Hai was overwhelmed. Thinking of the big words he had just said, he had no choice but to agree.
"Then let's listen to your wrong hearing now."
Tang Zhao turned on the audio. After listening to a long paragraph, she could immediately repeat it, and she could also detect words that Shi Hai didn't understand. She took out a notebook that she had prepared long ago and wrote it down for him.
"Ah? Are you going to take notes for me?" Shi Hai was flattered.
"I'll remember it for you, and you can sort it out yourself later."
Shi Hai felt that she was almost like a walking dictionary, writing down words, and giving him phonetic symbols and Chinese meanings. The English fonts were neat and elegant, and those annoying English words suddenly didn't seem so annoying anymore.
"You see, the listening section is divided into short news, long dialogues, and short passages. You make the most mistakes in the passages. The previous news and dialogues are fine. Listen for half an hour every day. When it comes to the passages, you should pay special attention. Listen to the mistakes several times, and then write down and memorize the words you don't know in the original text."
"You don't have time to memorize that CET-4 vocabulary book, and you don't have the heart to memorize it. Then just memorize the vocabulary that appears in the real test. In fact, most of the high-frequency vocabulary is here."
When Tang Zuo was serious, there was almost no smile on his face, as if there was a thin layer of white glaze on his face, but his voice was soft, like the cool touch under the glaze, clear and pleasant.
She continued to analyze reading for Shi Hai, "Be patient when reading, don't be afraid, don't be impatient. You can read the questions first and then go back to read the original text. Reading with a purpose will be more efficient. Also, you have to control your time well. The longest time you spend on a reading passage should not exceed 8 minutes, otherwise you may not have enough time to finish this part.
If it is a cloze test, you can first read the question in full with the answer. Don't rush to do the question. First understand the outline of the article. Unless you are particularly sure of the answer, you can fill it in first. Let's look at the first article first..."
She was so patient and took her time, that Shi Hai had to listen carefully and he really took her in.
Shi Ci was not far away, hearing everything.
I couldn't help but feel emotional.
On Monday night, Tang Zuo did not accept her transfer and just said that he would check on Shi Hai's situation first.
She had to work from Monday to Friday, and she arrived at the dormitory very late at night, but she was able to organize the complete information in such a short time.
Shi Ci seemed to be able to see her sitting at her desk, with the balcony open on a summer night, with only the buzzing sounds of cicadas.
There are also keyboard and mouse sounds.
The light shone on her slightly bent thin shoulders.
After an hour and a half, Tang Zuo finally finished what she needed to say. She took several full pages of notes and sent the data documents to Shi Hai via WeChat. Tang Zuo did not stay any longer as she had to help out at her senior sister's flower shop in the afternoon, so she stood up and said goodbye.
"Go away, I need to lie down for a while, my head is going to explode!"
Shi Hai stood up and walked to the sofa, then fell down and lay there wailing.
He looks like he has lost all desire to live after being beaten so cruelly by life.
"Bye-bye" Shi Hai said weakly, even getting up was difficult.
After hearing the sound of light footsteps and the door closing, Shi Hai stood up again and drank the ice water on the table.
"worn out!"
"Sister?" He glanced around.
Shi Ci was not seen in the room.
"Where did he go?" Shi Hai scratched his head, but didn't care and continued to lie on the sofa.
The author has something to say: For the memes about mississippi, please see my short video on wb. Just search for the memes in chapter 22 of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
The inspiration for this sentence "But I am still in the abandon stage" comes from the comment of a cute little girl on Weibo. Thank you.
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