14. Gain and Loss (4)

At five or six o'clock, the sun burned, and Shao Yuanguang's side face was reflected red, looking extremely warm.

The room fell silent all of a sudden, and Bai Shutong just looked at him and didn't speak again.

Her gaze was persistent, determined, and even a little straightforward, not dodging and evasive like before. Shao Yuanguang didn't know if he was agitated by the sun, or because of the rise in body temperature, his cheeks couldn't help but flush a little, he opened his eyes in embarrassment, and coughed softly.

At this time, there was a knock at the door, and someone shouted at the door: "Take out." โ€

Bai Shutong immediately came back to her senses, and the peeping turned into a peeping, which made Shao Yuanguang so embarrassed, she didn't know how to deal with herself. In order to avoid Shao Yuanguang, Bai Shutong got up first when he heard the sound, and hurriedly said, "I'll go." โ€-

The takeaway was ordered by Shao Yuanguang, two dishes and one meal.

Shao Yuanguang opened the first lunch box, looked at the fiery red fish fillets in the lunch box, and couldn't help frowning.

Bai Shutong paid attention to Shao Yuanguang when he ate at noon, he never ate chili peppers, but Jiangcheng's taste has always been heavy, and cooking in the restaurant is not spicy or not a feast, even if it is a light fish fillet, Jiangcheng's chef can make it into boiled fish.

The taste of chili pepper was very fragrant, but Shao Yuanguang was choked when he smelled it, and he couldn't help coughing.

Bai Shutong watched from the side, and reached out to close the lid of the lunch box: "This is too spicy, don't eat it." โ€

Shao Yuanguang raised his eyebrows and turned to open another vegetarian dish. The vegetarian dish is not spicy, only a few chili peppers are put here and there, but the heavy taste of oil does not seem to be suitable for Shao Yuanguang's body at this time.

He sighed slightly, picked up the chopsticks, and was about to barely eat a bite or two, but Bai Shutong opened the lunch box: "You can't eat this either." โ€

Her movements were a little reckless, Shao Yuanguang was stunned and frowned at her.

Bai Shutong also sensed that something was wrong with him, but he still snatched the food and said, "Wait a minute." โ€

Shao Yuanguang's living situation, Bai Shutong couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't care if it was suitable or not, and went into the kitchen to help him reprepare dinner.

Although Shao Yuanguang didn't fire much, the equipment in the kitchen was quite complete, but the ingredients were limited, and Bai Shutong had no room to play, so he could only cook a pot of fish fillet porridge with the existing meals.

The grease in the vegetarian dish is filtered out, and the spicy taste of the fish fillet is blanched away. Bai Shutong took a bowl of fish fillet porridge to Shao Yuanguang and instructed him: "The fish fillet is still a little spicy, but it happens to be sweaty." โ€

Shao Yuanguang sat at the dining table and looked at the bowl of light porridge in front of him, as if it was difficult to associate it with the greasy meal he had just made. He picked up his chopsticks and put a piece of fish meat in his mouth, the taste of the fish was already much lighter, but the residual spicy taste still choked him and couldn't help coughing.

Seeing that Shao Yuanguang was coughing, Bai Shutong was a little anxious, poured a glass of water and handed it to him, and directly reached out and patted Shao Yuanguang's back to give him relief.

Feeling the warmth of his back, Shao Yuanguang suddenly held his breath and looked up at Bai Shutong. Her expression was anxious, and she never seemed to care if her actions were out of line, she just stared at Shao Yuanguang vigorously and asked him, "Are you okay?" โ€

A warm current hit his heart, Shao Yuan โ–กโ–ก uneasy, and lowered his head to cover his mouth and coughed. Although it was difficult to stop coughing and wheezing, Shao Yuanguang still raised his head and smiled, and waved his hand at Bai Shutong to signal that it didn't matter.

His smile regained the warmth of that time, but the weakness behind the smile could not be concealed. Shao Yuanguang in front of him looked pale and weak, and it seemed that it was difficult for him to relate to the strict and cold man in normal days. Bai Shutong looked at his nose and suddenly sour, and the corners of his eyes also felt a little moist.

For Bai Shutong, Shao Yuanguang has been terrible and respectable, but he has never been so pitiful as he is now. He is harsh and ruthless to people, and he can be unwavering in the face of his beliefs, which is really terrible and respectable, but this qiฤ“ he has to bear huge secular pressure because he is not understood, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is distressing.

It's cold in high places, maybe that's what he looks like, right?

Shao Yuanguang took a sip of water to stop coughing, he looked at Bai Shutong and smiled, and said lightly: "It tastes good." โ€

Bai Shutong bit his lip lightly, and then stabilized his feelings. She didn't dare to look at him anymore, but she looked away, and Shao Yuanguang's pale face and fine beads of sweat on his forehead still appeared in Bai Shutong's mind.

She sniffed her nose lightly, and covered up her feelings with a light cough, and hurriedly said goodbye to Shao Yuanguang: "Teacher Shao, I'...... I still have something to do, so I'll go home first. โ€

Bai Shutong said and turned around to the living room, picked up his backpack and Wen Jiร n and was about to leave.

She walked to the entrance and bent down to put on her shoes, Shao Yuanguang followed, stopped her behind her, and handed the bag in her hand to Bai Shutong.

The bag is not large, and the word "duty-free shop" is printed on it, so it looks like a gift bought from the airport.

Bai Shutong was stunned for a moment, and took the bag sneeringly.

She didn't express her joy when she received the gift, which didn't seem to fit her temperament. Shao Yuanguang looked at it and touched the back of his neck, and seemed a little embarrassed: "This time I was in a hurry, I bought the chocolate at the airport, I don't know if you like it or not." He paused and added, "If you don't like it, you can ...... it."

"I like it." Bai Shutong blurted out, and subconsciously hugged the bag into his arms as he spoke.

Happiness came so suddenly, so fast that she couldn't react, and it wasn't until she came back to her senses that she remembered that she was blushing and her heart was beating. She not only likes the gift from Shao Yuanguang, but also likes his heart.

Bai Shutong walked downstairs to Shao Yuanguang's house, raised his head and took a deep breath of the spring afternoon air.

Spring has arrived, all kinds of flowers are in full bloom, and the smell of sweet fragrance is permeated in the air. Bai Shutong stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and smiled sullenly-

Shao Yuanguang took two days of sick leave, and when he came to school again, it was already close to the academic conference.

Because he helped Zheng Guozhong talk about the cooperation with the psychological consulting company before, Zheng Guozhong no longer cared about who he invited to the academic conference, and the limelight in the hospital turned 180 degrees again, and Shao Yuanguang still returned to the supreme position.

This time, Bai Shutong seemed to see a lot of things clearly, and he was much more down-to-earth than before, and he became respectful of the gossip in Yu Yue's mouth.

The academic conference is approaching, and Bai Shutong has more things on hand, and he is busy from morning to night every day. The day before the meeting, Bai Shutong and Yu Yue sorted out the conference manuals in bags, and when they just returned to the office, Shao Yuanguang stopped her and asked her, "Do you have time for a while?" โ€

Seeing Bai Shutong nodding, Shao Yuanguang lowered his head and wrote down a phone number on the sticky note paper in his hand, and after writing it, he tore it off and handed it to Bai Shutong: "I have a meeting in a while, help me pick up someone at the train station." โ€

Bai Shutong answered, took the note and looked at it, a string of phone numbers were written on the note, and under the phone was the person's name, Tao Min.

Bai Shutong took a deep breath, he would always come, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

That's right, I'm afraid that only Tao Min has such an honor, which can make Shao Yuanguang so attentive to her itinerary-

The name Tao Min is not unfamiliar to Bai Shutong, not only that, but she has already found out her appearance and experience, although the two have never met, and there is no more intersection.

Tao Min's eyebrows and eyes on the B page are delicate, and there is a faint cold feeling in his expression, which is the same as Shao Yuanguang. It can be seen that the real person is real, but Bai Shutong feels that she is completely different from Shao Yuanguang, and she is a little friendly and polite when she talks to others, which makes people annoying.

Tao Min stood at the exit of the station waiting for Bai Shutong, in the turbulent crowd, her tall figure and calm face made her very conspicuous. Bai Shutong recognized her at a glance, and before she could introduce herself, Tao Min smiled politely and asked her, "You are Teacher Bai, right?" โ€

The title of "teacher" made Bai Shutong a little embarrassed and felt that his name was not worthy of his name. She smiled and shook hands with Tao Min, and reluctantly shouted, "Teacher Tao." โ€

As soon as Bai Shutong's words fell, a three- or four-year-old girl came out behind Tao Min. The little girl poked out half of her head, stared at Bai Shutong, blinked her dark and big eyes, and shouted sweetly: "Hello, Auntie." โ€

The little girl is very beautiful, and her silhouette is somewhat similar to Tao Min. Tao Min ran her daughter's hair and explained to Bai Shutong: "This is my daughter Dudu, the child's father went abroad, and I don't feel at ease when I leave her at home on the weekend, so I brought her over." โ€

Bai Shutong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he took Tao Min's luggage and led her into the taxi.

In the taxi, Tao Min and his daughter sat in the back seat, and Bai Shutong sat in the passenger seat.

The road conditions during the rush hour are not very good, and when there is a traffic jam, Bai Shutong can't help but peek at Tao Min in the rearview mirror.

The current situation was completely unexpected by Bai Shutong, she thought that according to the old-fashioned script, what should be staged below was a scene where rivals in love met and were very blushing. Tao Min is arrogant and cold, and she doesn't take Bai Shutong in her eyes at all, there is still an old relationship between her and Shao Yuanguang, and they maintain an ambiguous relationship.

But now, the script seems to have taken a dramatic turn......

Bai Shutong glanced at Tao Min from the rearview mirror, she looked white, her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, at first glance she was indeed a little indifferent, but when she spoke, she became gentle and delicate, no different from an ordinary mother.

Dudu is also three or four years old, Tao Min is afraid that she has been married very early, and the funny thing is that Yu Yue and the others are still talking about the relationship between her and Shao Yuanguang, but they never thought that it was already an old thing.

Bai Shutong was a little absorbed in thinking, and didn't pay attention, Tao Min suddenly raised his head, and the two glanced at each other in the rearview mirror, Bai Shutong hurriedly looked away, and told the taxi driver the direction of Jiangda Hotel in Jiangcheng dialect.

Tao Min looked at it and smiled, and asked Bai Shutong: "I heard Chris say, you are his research assistant?" โ€

Bai Shutong was stunned for a moment before he realized who Chris was. She nodded, pursed her lips and smiled.

Even if there is no longer anything between Tao Min and Shao Yuanguang, she and Tao Min can't wait for it after all. Tao Min and Shao Yuanguang are on an equal footing, she can call him by his first name, or affectionately call him by his English name, but here in Bai Shutong, she can only look up to him, for her, Shao Yuanguang can only be "Teacher Shao".

"It's hard work to follow him, isn't it?" Dudu in Tao Min's arms was already asleep, and she chatted with Bai Shutong when she had nothing to do.

Bai Shutong blinked when he heard this, and glanced back at Tao Min noncommittally.

Tao Min smiled, "You don't know, Chris left B University, and the people in our department who have worked with him have eaten and celebrated several times for this, saying that they finally sent the plague god away." Two days ago, they heard that I was coming to Jiang University for a meeting, and they specially asked me to say hello to you. โ€

Bai Shutong was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It seems that Shao Yuanguang's strictness is indeed unpopular, and he left his original post, and his ex-girlfriend and former colleagues are still so sarcastic about him.

Tao Min's joke successfully unloaded Bai Shutong's mental defense, and the experience of the two being tortured by Shao Yuanguang made Bai Shutong feel a trace of sympathy, and he couldn't help but talk more.

A woman like Tao Min is beautiful, smart, humorous, and has a good personality, Shao Yuanguang's vision is really good. It's just that after experiencing such a woman, who else can get into his eyes? It's like being used to eating big fish and meat, who can stand the porridge and side dishes?