Four Seasons

Chapter 24

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Shi Hai had already drunk a bottle of iced cola, a large glass of lemonade, and a bowl of green bean paste. He rested intermittently for twenty minutes and had to pee three times.

The temperature outside was about 40 degrees, and everything was bright white.

If it really doesn't work, should he say he's going out to buy something

Because he really didn't want to do the questions anymore.

And today is the weekend, and it is the second time for formal tutoring.

Although Tang Zuo was sitting opposite me.

Shi Hai raised his eyelids to look at Tang Zuo. She was wearing a pink T-shirt and a white cotton-linen skirt today. She looked particularly pure and quiet. But in his eyes, she was no longer the same person she used to be.

She is so terrible.

In the past five days, from Monday to Friday, Tang Zhao would check his notes on WeChat every night, asking him if he had done the exercises, if he didn't understand anything, and if he could remember the words. He also had to take screenshots to show her.

Then on Saturday, at the beginning of class, they began to recite the words orally, spelling them out quickly and checking their Chinese meanings.

Shi Hai was horrified to find that Tang Zuo had memorized all the words he had learned in the past five days. He himself still had to look at his notes, but Tang Zuo didn't even need to look at them.

They checked and recited each other in Chinese and English. Not only did she remember it better than him, she could also explain it to him in English and make example sentences for him at the right time, popularize the allusions of the words, and explain the collocation of words.

What is this amazing memory

Who is this

He is a top student in the Faculty of Arts and a great writer for a certain website, but his vocabulary only includes exclamations like "wow" and "awesome".

On the one hand, he felt that English was hell, but on the other hand, he enjoyed Tang Zuo's attentiveness to him.

It's really a hot and humid situation, half ice and half fire.

What’s even more rare is that there are only two of them this week!

His sister! She's on a business trip! Oh no!

On Friday night Tang Zuo asked him where he was going for tutoring.

Originally, his first choice was to go to the teaching building and find a classroom where just he and Tang Zuo would stay, but she refused.

She knew that he had Shi Ci's key and said she wanted to tutor him at Shi Ci's place, but he refused.

Then I came to his house.

Tang Zuo had no choice but to agree.

He told Ms. Ding about it in advance, and Ms. Ding was as excited as he was. She prepared a lot of snacks and even cooked a big pot of mung bean paste and chilled it.

When Tang Zuo arrived, Ms. Ding did not go out as he had instructed in advance, but instead chatted with Tang Zuo for a long time.

"Oh, what a pretty girl," she smiled so hard that her teeth were showing and she even spoke her native language which she hadn't spoken for a long time, "Where are you from?"

"How old are you?"

"How did you get to know my Xiao Hai?"

"Oh, I remember you. Did you come to our house and send Xiaohai back with Shi Ci?" Ms. Ding asked with a smile.

Tang Zuo answered briefly and concisely.

But I was thinking: "Why call Shi Hai Xiao Hai but call him Professor Shi by his name?"

Tang Zuo even began to wonder if this mother was somewhat biased towards boys.

On second thought, I felt it was impossible.

Shi Ci does not seem to have grown up in an unequal family environment. She has a freedom and pride that others do not have.

She values Shi Hai.

Believe that you can help Shi Hai,

So she tried her best to help Shi Hai, to follow Shi Hai's lead, and to be patient with him.

That was the case on Saturday.

The same is true now.

She didn't know that Shi Hai's mind was filled with his novel at this moment.

—The cold and beautiful young lady healed him, no, healed the male protagonist.

—The cold and beautiful young lady practices sword with the male protagonist and studies the mental skills together.

—When the hero’s realm was rising, the cold and beautiful young lady was protecting him.

—The lady’s eyebrows, the lady’s lips, the lady’s voice…

That, he, no, the male protagonist wants to have a double cultivation with Tang Zuo, no, with the young lady... that... double cultivation...

The ideas for the plot turned into words that jumped around in my mind.

"Shi Hai!" Tang Zhuo looked at him, pointed at the paper, and said in a slightly cold tone, "What are you daydreaming about?"

Shi Hai blushed with embarrassment, "I, I'm tired!"

Tang Zuo: “…you just took a break ten minutes ago!”

Shi Hai blushed, "My sister isn't here! You don't have to be so serious, right?"

Tang Zuo paused and asked, "Is your sister always so busy during the summer vacation?"

Shi Hai said nonchalantly, "Yes, during both winter and summer vacations. She has been traveling all over the country to attend meetings, or to be a technical consultant or something like that."

So they can often meet...

A sense of confusion arose in her heart.

Shi Hai suddenly leaned closer and tilted his head to look at her, without saying a word, just smiling.

He struggled desperately under Tang Zuo's gaze that showed no smile at all, and tried to break through, "... How about we go out and play? Let's go to the movies?"

Tang Zuo: “…”

Tang Zuo: "Where's your mother?"

Shi Hai chuckled: "She went to the pet store to pick up Pudding. You haven't seen our Pudding yet, right? It's a Husky, very cute!"

Tang Zuo frowned and said, "I don't like dogs."

Shi Hai was not shocked. "Then let's go out. Studying at home is so boring."

Tang Zhao: “I think it’s very interesting.”

Shi Hai's courage gradually grew. "Don't be like this. Let's go drink milk tea. I'll buy it for you."

Tang Zuo: "I don't want to drink, you can order takeout."

Shi Hai gradually approached, put his head on the table, and looked at her, "Are you really not going out to play?"

Tang Zhao wanted to refuse without hesitation, but Shi Hai's eyes were big and clear, and his eyelashes were even longer and curlier than those of many girls. From time to time, the smile he revealed was sincere, warm, and a little naughty.

Actually, their eyes are a bit similar...

Tang Zuo suddenly felt a little restless.

She put down her pen. "I need to take a break."

The Shi family’s house is an old-style self-built villa with a small backyard.

Tang Zuo walked out, and the shadow of the sun passed across her cheek.

She took out her cell phone, and the page of Shi Ci on WeChat was still stuck at last weekend's evening.

"Sorry, Xiao Tang, I have to go on a business trip for some work."

Tang Zuo pursed his lips.

The introduction of Shi Ci on Baidu is very long, covering her educational experience, her career, and some of her research results and papers, ISI, or, which are densely packed. She even went to look for her papers to read, but was still confused.

Tang Zhao had only a vague understanding of operations research and did not know the direction of her research: what was production operation and revenue management.

It made her head explode.

Maybe it’s about analyzing data, combining market demand and competition dynamics, and providing customers with tailored pricing and marketing plans

It may be something like this, not necessarily comprehensive.

Hotels, airlines, convenience stores and the like all need talents with her research direction.

Tang Zuo knew that she was excellent, but he didn't expect her to be so excellent.

So what she said about her being there during tutoring was just a casual promise that she couldn't keep, right

Of course, she has no obligation to fulfill it.

After all, I have already helped myself.

Tang Zhuo's heart sank a little, then rose again. He couldn't convince himself, and he didn't understand himself.

She stood there for a while, just five minutes, but not allowing herself to be distracted or slack off, she went back to the living room.

Seeing her serious expression, Shi Hai softened first, "Okay, okay, I'll continue doing the questions, don't be angry, just tell me and I'll listen."

Tang Zuo's heart felt even heavier.

She knew that Shi Hai didn't like her that much, it was just a simple liking for her, but this liking also made her feel heavy.

Zhang Zinan told her not to live such a heavy life. There is no need to pay attention to Shakespeare and Dickinson, to be ambiguous, to organize parties, and to fall in love during the precious time of youth. Homework and study are too heavy and tedious and can be put aside.

After all, people are no longer young.

But Tang Zuo didn't have such thoughts at all.

Maybe it was too early to agree.

She thought, let's just finish today's class.

Shi Hai listened to her lecture while stealing glances at her.

The back door of his side hall was open, and one could see the lush green ivy on the stone walls of the courtyard, which rustled slightly when the wind blew through them.

It was clearly right in front of him, yet it felt so far away.

He could guess other girls' thoughts, but he couldn't guess Tang Zuo's.

Perhaps it was this unpredictable aspect that fascinated him.

"Give up. You can't possibly catch up with Tang Zuo," Fang Xiuqi told her many times. "In fact, I doubt that any man can catch up with her."

That's perfect, it means she won't be chased away and won't be with anyone.

Shi Hai felt that she could accept the fact that she was not any man's girlfriend.

It’s not bad to always be his goddess.

It can also serve as the prototype of a character in his novel.

"Don't be in a daze..." Tang Zuo's voice sounded again. Shi Hai looked over. Her long eyelashes covered the teardrop mole, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

"you… "

She wanted to say something else when Ms. Ding's voice came from the living room, "Why are you back at this time?" There were also a few sounds of dogs barking in between.

Shi Hai smiled, "My mommy and Pudding are back..."

A voice familiar to both of them answered, and she said, "Come back for the weekend."

"…Are you okay? There's only half a day left of the weekend!"

Shi Hai: "Huh? Sister?" He stood up and walked out, saying as he walked, "Are you kidding me?"

Tang Zuo's heart suddenly stopped for a moment, and he stood up, pausing for several seconds before following.

Shi Hai was very tall, blocking Tang Zhuo's view. When he moved away, she didn't have time to see anything.

“Woof woof woof!”

A huge furry figure jumped over, with its two front paws stretched out and a wet tongue hanging out, and threw itself into Tang Zuo's arms, almost knocking her over.

Tang Zuo really doesn't like dogs, and is actually afraid of dogs.

Her whole body stiffened and her face turned pale.

"Pudding, no, come down."

Shi Hai finally found his skill. He grabbed Pudding, pulled it away, and slapped its two claws that were still ready to move. "Bad dog! Bad dog!"

He also took the opportunity to smile at Tang and comfort her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here..."

Ms. Ding chuckled, pulled over the barking Pudding who didn't know what was going on, and stared at him and Tang Zuo with a smile.

Tang Zhuo looked at Shi Hai in a daze, and after blinking, his vision gradually became clear.

Looking past Shi Hai, she saw Shi Ci, who was also looking at her with some hidden emotion in her eyes. She took a step back and stood up straight.

The author has something to say: Thank you little angels for your support and waiting.