The second half of today's theory class is to complete the group assignments.
Lin Shan glanced at Xie Jiaran who was distracted several times, bent his arm to ask him to come back to his senses: "Jiaran, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded?"
Xie Jiaran subconsciously pursed his lips halfway through, but suddenly stopped and quickly released them, "Nothing, I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm a little sleepy."
Lin Shan: "You didn't sleep well again. Did you have a nightmare?"
Xie Jiaran was silent for a while, then shook his head: "No, it was a very busy dream."
"Busy?"
"Um... ... "
After lying down last night, he spent half his usual time trying to fall asleep.
As a result, once he fell asleep, he turned from a human into a cat. Liang Sunian held him in his arms and trapped him in the bed, rubbing his belly and coaxing him to cry all night long... ...
His flickering eyes aroused Lin Shan's curiosity, so she asked, "What kind of dream is so busy? A 5,000-meter long-distance run?"
"That's about right."
Xie Jiaran didn't want to discuss this issue any further, and reminded him bluntly: "It's your turn to express your opinion."
Each research group has five people. They spend ten minutes discussing the topic, and the remaining ten minutes are used to assign tasks to each person.
In addition to Xie Jiaran, Lin Shan and Su Xiaoyue, their group also includes a girl named Linlin and the team leader Wu Guangkang.
As usual, Xie Jiaran was assigned the easiest task - making a catalog of research topics.
This situation is not uncommon. It was the same in the past. No matter which group Xie Jiaran was assigned to, the task he was assigned at the end was always the easiest, or relatively easy, compared to those of other group members.
In fact, it doesn’t matter what he does, whether it’s a little complicated or difficult, but everyone doesn’t seem to trust him very much.
Maybe they think he is not reliable in anything other than painting.
After receiving the task list printed out by the team leader, Xie Jiaran hadn't even finished reading it when Linlin, who was sitting across from him, raised her hand cautiously: "Well, team leader, I may not be very good at summarizing the conclusions on PPT..."
"Ah?" Wu Guangkang looked down at his own and asked her, "How about we switch places, so that you can do the data comparison and collection, and I can do the PPT summary?"
Linlin hesitated: "But I am not good at comparing data..."
Su Xiaoyue and Lin Shan looked at each other and both proposed to exchange with her. Unfortunately, the task on hand was still difficult for her, and there was no difference between exchanging and not exchanging. It was meaningless to exchange or not.
Linlin felt guilty and blamed herself, and pursed her lips and was about to cry: "I'm sorry, forget it, I still-"
"Switch with me."
Xie Jiaran spoke calmly, pushing his form in front of him: "Mine is very simple, just make a list after you finish it."
If it were in the past, he might not have done this. After all, explaining and proving himself were things he was not good at and were troublesome.
But today he wanted to give it a try.
Liang Sunian said that he should communicate more with his classmates.
So when the other four people gave him a surprised look, he tried to organize his words: "Actually, I should have learned the theoretical knowledge quite well, but—"
"But won't it waste your time?" Linlin opened her eyes wide, her face full of worry.
"?"
Xie Jiaran immediately showed a puzzled expression: "Why is there a delay? I am also a member of the group. Isn't it natural for me to do group work?"
"You are busy participating in the national finals of the college art exhibition." Wu Guangkang explained: "We are worried that you will waste time on group work and it will delay your competition."
Su Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yeah, I can't let this kind of thing delay you."
"... Won't."
Xie Jiaran didn't expect this to be the reason. He was speechless for a while before he said, "There is still plenty of time left to prepare for the competition. It won't be delayed."
After repeatedly assuring him that the group assignment would definitely not affect his participation in the competition, Linlin finally felt at ease to swap tasks with him.
The facts were far from what they had guessed, and Xie Jiaran felt strangely complicated and subtle.
I looked down at the swapped task list.
I have to admit that perhaps his attempt could have been made earlier.
Theoretical classes are held in the Yucai Building.
There was a fifteen-minute break between classes, and Xie Jiaran planned to take advantage of this time to go downstairs to the store next to the cafeteria to buy a new notebook.
Passing by a classroom with its door open, he took a casual glance and happened to see Liang Sunian sitting in the last row with Xiao Chi and the others.
Most of the courses for the political science and law major that are not taught in Mingde Building are electives.
The teacher dragged on the get out of class. Liang Sunian had an unopened book on his desk. He was sitting lazily, hiding under a drawer and playing Snake out of boredom.
Xiao Chi looked around for a few times, then reached out to make trouble, but he was quickly slapped away by him.
The setting sun outside the window shone into the classroom, casting a faint halo on Liang Sunian's superior profile, making him look soft and bright.
Xie Jiaran stayed for two more moments, then retracted his gaze and walked downstairs.
"Is it a strawberry green milk? Room temperature or with ice?"
"Go get some ice."
"Okay, wait a moment."
Xie Jiaran took the number list and clipped it to the first page of the new record book, then stepped aside.
The phone in his pocket started vibrating. He thought it was Lin Shan urging him, but when he opened it, he saw that it was a private message on Weibo from the young lady who paid the deposit and arranged the profile picture last time.
Plum sauce wine: Madam, here I come! I came running with my idol’s photo!
Plum sauce wine: pictures
Plum sauce wine: This one! My boyfriend carefully selected it. He is the campus idol of his neighboring school!
Xie Jiaran felt something was wrong as soon as he saw the small picture, so he clicked on the large picture and frowned so hard that he could pinch a fly to death.
How come her boyfriend, after so much selection, finally chose Liang Sui Nian
Liang Su-nian draws a boyfriend profile picture for others...
Draw Liang Su-nian's eyebrows and eyes on someone else's body...
I feel uncomfortable no matter how I think about it.
What does his good looks have to do with others
He obviously doesn't have a girlfriend.
The other party kept sending messages to discuss the specific details of the manuscript with him.
Xie Jiaran felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest, so he simply turned off the picture and replied directly:
Sorry, I can't draw this. I'll return the deposit to you later.