Chapter 353: There is always a past that lingers
Qiao Nan started his PhD study in 2017, when he had just returned to China and returned to his alma mater to study for a part-time PhD.
He was already very busy with his work, and he had to go to some colleges and universities to give lectures every now and then, and he had to go back to school often, so he could only study at every turn, and it was the norm to read books while eating. Whoever advised him to finish eating, he would always say, "Well, I know," and he would keep seeing the meal.
Teacher Li once criticized him that eating and reading books is a very bad habit, and it will even bring his children badly. Qiao Nan said indifferently that his two cubs were small, and when they could read a book, he wouldn't read while eating like this.
But his FLAG always stands too early and too high. One day in 2019, he found that his son, who was not yet six years old, was reading a book at the dinner table, just like him.
Lao Tzu read a series of thick tomes such as ΓΓ Theory and ΓΓ History, and his son looked through the picture books that his little aunt had just translated and published.
Not to mention, the little guy looks quite serious, quite like his old man's style.
Qiao Nan reprimanded casually: "Children can't read books while eating, this habit is very bad." β
His son didn't look up: "I'm not a child." β
Qiao Nan suspected that he had misheard, raised his head, his son scratched his nose, pointed to his sister sitting on the side, and said, "She is the child." β
The habit of scratching his nose is exactly the same as that of his little aunt.
Qiao Nan craned his neck and glanced at his picture book, which was a set of popular science picture books, and the little guy was reading, called "We Became Astronauts".
No wonder the little guy always asked him if he had ever been to outer space, and after learning that his father had only flown on a plane, he was disappointed: "It turns out that you are not good at all." β
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Well, Qiao Nan, who is quite heroic, was despised by his young son. Not to be outdone, he complained to his family angrily: "The little rabbit cub has grown his ability, and he hasn't gone to school yet, so he thinks about how to go to heaven every day." β
However, Qiao Nan showed great tolerance for his son's whimsy and cared a lot about his growth. In the limited time he spends with his children, he always wants to take his son to do something meaningful, and he will also accompany him to read picture books and teach him scientific knowledge.
Who knew that the little guy had a huge number of questions stored in his little head, and he didn't ask his mother, but waited for his father to come home and ask againβwhy did the dinosaurs go extinct? What are the rainforests? Can you see fish migrating in the sea of Harbor City?
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The devil training back then didn't get tired of taking the child, Qiao Nan could only encourage him when he yawned: "In the future, you will also take the doctoral exam and solve these mysteries yourself!"
Both father and son were reading books during the meal, but the hostess of the house was worried. Before getting married, she didn't notice her husband's bad habits and stubborn temper that he repeatedly taught. But he was really squeezing in time to read, and she couldn't bear to reprimand him in front of the child.
It is said that when Qiao Nan decided to study for a doctorate, she objected for a while, and in the end she failed to resist him. He said that their unit needs doctors, and there are already several doctors in the big family in Port City.
In the eyes of his lover, Comrade Qiao Nan is a router with an extremely strong wifi signal, and anyone who passes by him can be affected by him. At that time, several of his little fans were also reading, studying, and studying, and they were as motivated as him.
One of his little fans, Li Baoqing, has graduated from college and went to Guangzhou from Xi'an. A few days ago, he also sent a box of lychees, and the two little guys of the Qiao family sat on the ground, eating all over their bodies, and the freshly washed carpets were all dripping with juice.
Don't blame the children for being greedy, the tropical fruits sent by Baoqing from Yangcheng are really delicious. The big mango sent last year also made Qiao Nan's son suffer from a nosebleed. After the little guy wiped his nosebleed, he was still talking about wanting to take another bite, Qiao Nan was anxious and angry, and even said that he was greedy and followed his sister-in-law.
In the fall of 2018, he went to Yangcheng for graduate school, saying that he had a project with his alma mater, which was considered a joint training. He sent lychees to Qiao's family this time because his sister-in-law introduced him to a girlfriend.
When Bao Qing went to college, he put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses, trimmed his messy hair, and looked bookish, and he often participated in military training at school, and his figure was much taller than when he was in high school. After grad school, the scholarly anger became heavier, and at first glance, it seemed like a proper warm male image.
In the Spring Festival of 2019, Qiao Nan took his family back to Hong Kong City for the New Year, and also chatted a lot with Baoqing. Since having smartphones and WeChat, it has been much easier for them to connect, and they have kept in touch all these years. But after meeting, the brothers said more from their hearts.
When Qiao Nan asked him if he was in love, Baoqing joked that there were not many girls in their school, and he was shy by nature, and he couldn't find a girlfriend after finishing his undergraduate, but his mother was in a hurry.
Qiao Nan's lover wrote down this matter, and after many inquiries, he learned that the sister of an employee in her store was studying in college in Guangzhou, two years younger than Baoqing, so he pulled the thread between them and let Baoqing get off the order.
Qiao Nan has never seen that girl, and it is said that she is very beautiful. After returning to China, he didn't look at the circle of friends very much, and he didn't know anything about the progress of his cousin's love (he was not used to worrying about these things as a big man). Once he went to Guangzhou on a business trip and contacted Baoqing in advance, only to find that he had replaced his WeChat profile picture with a photo with his girlfriend.
Qiao Nan nodded to the opening portrait and saw that the girl's chin was very pointed, her eyes were bigger than the little swallow back then, and her skin was so white that it glowed, which was indeed very beautiful. But he also noticed something strange and asked suspiciously, "When did Baoqing become so white?"
His lover glanced at him and said, "They used a beauty camera!"
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Qiao Nan has never felt that he is outdated, but there are some things, if his lover doesn't explain them to him, he really can't understand them.
Zhao Leilei is worthy of being a good friend of Baoqing, and his avatar has also been replaced with a photo with a beautiful woman. It seems to have been taken after a certain promotion, he is still holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms, smiling brightly, snuggling up to the beauties around him, how intimate and intimate he is.
Qiao Nan also asked him, is the beautiful woman on the WeChat profile picture his girlfriend? Zhao Leilei smiled, he hasn't seen a girl much since he went to college, where to find a girlfriend? The beautiful woman in the photo is his old sister.
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The university is really a beauty salon, and Zhao Linlin in the photo is slim and fashionably dressed, and she is no longer the chubby girl sitting on the roof of the building to die or live. After Qiao Nan got married, she never saw her again - more precisely, Zhao Linlin always avoided him and refused to see him. Qiao Nan has long forgotten the old past, and she still remembers it all in her heart.
Baoqing fell in love for the first time, and he liked the girl so much that he said that he wanted to thank his sister-in-law, so he sent a box of lychees. Qiao Nan said: "Baoqing, this kid, can't get much money a month, and he buys us things." He's still too outward, it's all a family, what's ...... polite"
"Baoqing, this is called knowing how to be grateful! Although he doesn't speak very well, he has always put it into action!"
"That's right. β
Baoqing has always belonged to the obscure type, he doesn't really say much, unlike his cousin, who is an "honest bear". Since he was a child, his most sensational feat was to donate bone marrow for his cousin during the college entrance examination.
Back then, only Li Lanzhi and Baoqing's homeroom teacher, Teacher Hou, knew about it, and the rest of the school was kept secret. Oh, Baoqing's good brother Zhao Leilei also knew, but he didn't tell anyone. It wasn't until after the exam that Li Lanzhi told the school leaders about the incident, and the No. 2 Middle School blew up all of a sudden.
Lao Xu immediately called a familiar reporter, and Gangcheng TV quickly dispatched an interview car and drove to the No. 2 Middle School. In the next few days, in addition to the TV station, the Gangcheng Daily and the Donglai Evening News all took turns to report on the deeds of this teenager, and Baoqing suddenly became the hottest senior high school graduate in Gangcheng.
Lao Xu was full of hope that Baoqing could say a series of big truths and add luster to the second middle school, but Baoqing was not good at words and was very shy, facing the camera, his eyes didn't know where to put it, and the interview had to be interrupted.
At the corner of the stairs, Baoqing confided in his aunt: "Auntie, I really don't know what to say, and there is nothing to say about this." β
"Alas, the reporters are here...... Don't be afraid, just speak your heart. β
So, Baoqing said to the reporter dryly: "I don't know what to think...... That is, someone else saved my dad, and I want to save someone else. β
If it is broadcast like this, there will definitely be no hope for ratings.
The reporter had to dig deeper: "But you did these things during the college entrance examination, and ordinary people don't have the courage to do it." β
"Oh......" Baoqing kept blinking his eyes and counted: "My parents, as well as my aunt and sister-in-law, are very supportive of me, our homeroom teacher has also provided me with a lot of help, my good friends have taken good care of me, especially Zhao Leilei, he is afraid that I will faint, so he sends me to the examination room first every day before he goes to his examination room." β
Baoqing paused and said very honestly: "Although, he doesn't admit it. β
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In any case, under the packaging of many reports, Baoqing has become a brave and kind teenager who does good deeds silently, and the No. 2 Middle School of Gangcheng, which cultivated him, has also followed the scenery. Zhao Leilei also looked at the TV and smirked: "Hehe, I didn't expect that I could still be on TV!"
That year, two teenagers who made an appointment to go to the military academy together, one went west and the other went south, but in the end, only one went to the military school.
Although they have now developed very well and lived the life they once dreamed of, Qiao Nan commented: "If there is a little deviation from the ideal, I will still linger in my ......heart! Isn't that the same?"
His son was always curious, and if he didn't understand, he would ask. He didn't know what "lingering" meant, and Qiao Nan was also stunned, not knowing how to explain the word to young children.
His lover said: "For example, you like Xuanxuan in kindergarten, but Xuanxuan doesn't like you, so you can only give up on her." When you grow up, there is a little girl who likes you better than Xuanxuan, but can you forget Xuanxuan? If you can't forget, it's a lingering heart. β
The little guy scratched his nose again and said, "That's unwilling!"
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is good at summarizing and summarizing, which should follow his father.
Qiao Nan has to go on a business trip in a few days, and his lover has prepared a lot of delicious food for him to bring to Baoqing. Qiao Nan joked and asked her to prepare two copies, because Zhao Leilei also went to Yangcheng at the beginning of the year and was in the same city as Baoqing. Speaking of which, the kid was his student.