Chapter 18: Embarrassment (I)
"Jinzhi, today is my father's birthday. You really don't give him a call? β
Professor Xie's helpless voice came from the other end of the phone.
Xie Jinzhi sat in the unoccupied lounge, looking out the window at the silent sky.
"He's your father, not mine."
Professor Xie froze there for a moment.
"You ......," he was about to say something, but there was a rustling sound. Then Jinzhi vaguely heard him shouting, "Dad." β
Jinzhi's heart tightened. I heard a stern voice on the other end of the phone: "What are you calling her?" I don't have such a daughter! Hung up! β
Professor Xie: "Dad, don't ......"
Jinzhi hung up the phone directly and threw it on the table.
After a moment of silence, she got up and walked back to the workbench outside and sat down. It was noon, and everyone was not there. She sat quietly, then pulled open the drawer.
In the drawer, there is an old photo of my mother with her. It was when she was a teenager, and the mother in the photo was still young and beautiful. It can even be said that it is charming and very charming. She wore a goose-yellow shirt dress, off-white narrow pants, light makeup, and a thin diamond necklace. She hugged Jinzhi's shoulders with a gentle expression, but there was also a faint cold color between her eyebrows.
Jinzhi looked at it for a while, and then put the photo back.
Talented women, beautiful women. The man of the year in Jiangcheng University has a noble and unruly personality, and he is even famous in the entire Jiangcheng. But what?
When she meets someone who is unladylike, her mother is uneasy in her life. In the end, he only depended on his daughter for his life, and Hongyan died early.
So in this life, she Xie Jinzhi knew that if she couldn't find a single-minded and lifelong man, she would rather die alone.
"Oh, why is there another earthquake in the southwest?" Ran Yu walked into the hall while swiping her mobile phone, followed by the silent Zhuang Chong. "Thankfully, there are only 5. Level 4. She sighed.
Jinzhi looked up, but caught a glimpse of Zhuang Chong looking at her with deep eyes.
Jinzhi glanced at him and continued to talk to Ran Yu.
When Ran Yu went to the next room to count the periodicals, only the two of them were left behind the workbench. Zhuang Chong really walked to her silently.
She looked up at him.
And he has his hands in his trouser pockets, still looking cool as usual. Look straight ahead.
"He'll be here today." He said.
Jinzhi: "...... Who? β
Zhuang Chong lowered his head, propped one hand on the table, and lowered his voice: "Master." β
Now Jinzhi understood who he was talking about, and his heart jumped suddenly. Later, when she had a relationship with Ying Hanshi, she didn't mention a word to Zhuang Chong. So at this moment, Zhuang Chong's words surprised her very much.
"Why did he come?" She also lowered her voice.
Zhuang Chong smiled slightly.
"I've been checking on his news, and it's finally progressive." "Because I made an inference that a person like a master seems to be well-read, and must have read a lot of books." So, I searched the system and found that as early as two years ago, he had applied for a library card in our library. β
It's hard for him to say so much in one breath. This discovery is also reasonable.
So you've been to the museum before, when it's cold? It's just that the whole library is so big, they've never seen it before.
Jinzhi thought for a moment and asked again, "Even if he has a library card, how do you know he'll be here today?" β
Zhuang Chong lowered his head slightly, smiling a little more.
"I hacked into the system administrator account and disabled his card. Then I sent him an email asking him to come to the museum today to go through the procedures for replacing the card. β
Jinzhi: "......"
She looked at him helplessly: "Zhuang Chong, he is...... Top hackers. Do you think he won't be able to detect these small movements? "It's not just top hackers. If Zhuang Chong knew that he hacked the account of a high-civilization alien, I don't know how to feel?
Zhuang Chong was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and scolded softly.
Jinzhi looked at him and felt that that sentence was really trueβhe was not afraid of god-like opponents.
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Although he felt that Zhuang Chong's methods in order to meet his idol were a little embarrassing, Jinzhi still went with him to the office downstairs that specializes in handling refund cards.
It has been half a month since Xie Jinzhi was separated from Ying Han last time. During this time, the two people were not completely disconnected.
That connection is naturally Xiao Qiongyan, who longs for friends and is enthusiastic.
He made two phone calls to Jinzhi. The first phone call was to chat about pastries, talk about mood, talk about clothes, and almost didn't talk about anything serious. Jinzhi is patient and has been talking to him. At the end, he invited her to "go to the house to play". But Jin Zhi didn't know why, she didn't open her mouth when she thought of Ying Han, and she didn't want to take the initiative so rashly.
The second call was to ask her to "find some classic calisthenics materials". Jinzhi asked: Why are you looking for one? He replied as a matter of course: because I have been doing aerobics a lot lately.
So, when I went to see Ying Han today, Jinzhi also brought a few aerobics CDs for Xiao Qiongyan.
The office is small and has a small storage room. Usually there was no one, and the little girl on duty was bored and yawning behind the counter.
Zhuang Chong, although he can't get into the eyes of Xie Jinzhi and Ran Yu. But with his appearance and education, he is still a bit lethal to ordinary little girls. So at the behest of Jinzhi, he blushed slightly and chatted with the little girl for a while, and the girl "helped him" and went to buy drinks outside the museum.
At this time, it was almost time for Zhuang Chong to inform Ying Han.
Zhuang Chong sat behind the workbench, but Jinzhi went to the inner storeroom. She didn't plan to embarrass with Zhuang Chong, she planned to wait for Ying Han to finish the card, find a chance to catch up again, and give him the disc by the way.
As the minutes ticked by, Jinzhi leaned back on the old couch in the storage room, quietly waiting.
"Ahem......" Zhuang Chong's voice came from outside.
Jinzhi got up, inexplicably, his heartbeat was actually a little fast. She walked slowly to the door, looking out through the small palm-sized window on the door.
Outside, the sun is just right.
Wear a light-colored jacket, black trousers, and casual shoes when it is cold. With a paper bag in his hand, he walked in unhurriedly. His hair seemed to have just been cut, short, revealing his forehead. But the eyebrows and eyes are more clean and clear. In the dark eyes, the gaze was quiet. It has a soft luster.
He walked to the workbench and bowed slightly towards Zhuang Chong.
Zhuang Chong: "Hello. After a pause, he said, "It's you, what a coincidence." β
Jinzhi has never seen anyone with crappy acting skills than him. Sure enough, Ying Han lowered his eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a helpless smile in his eyes. Then he handed his ID card and library card to Zhuang Chong.
Zhuang Chong probably felt embarrassed too, and silently lowered his head and handled it for him. And he stood straight behind the workbench, his gaze slowly scanning around. Jinzhi immediately lowered his head, avoiding his gaze.
"Take these books and return them." He said again.
Jinzhi looked up and saw him take out four or five books from the paper bag. It's just that it's far away, and I can't see what the books are.
"I'm going upstairs to return the book." Zhuang Chong said. He stood up and took the books: "I'll help you run." β
Ying Hanshi was slightly surprised: "Thank you, don't ......" Before the words were finished, Zhuang Chong had already picked up the books and rushed out of the office by himself.
Silence returned to the room. Outside, there was only one person when it was cold, standing with his hands in his hands, his eyebrows were quiet.
This is also a bit different from Xie Jinzhi's prediction. Originally, it took a few minutes to replace the card. That's why she took a break in the room. How did Zhuang Chong see that the idol was so excited, he left her to help Ying Hanshi run errands. She couldn't come out for half a day.
She stood sideways behind the door and didn't look any further. Time passed quietly, and the two obviously didn't look at each other, but she felt that the atmosphere was a little uncalm.
And when it was cold outside the door, raise your eyes. The eye fell on the rows of bookshelves in the room, followed by a few paintings posted on the walls. Finally, his eyes fell on the door of the inner room.
His face suddenly turned crimson. Turning his gaze slightly, no one passed by in the corridor outside the door. He moved, slowly walking towards the door.
Jinzhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard footsteps approaching.
It's okay now, it was originally frank and unrestrained, but now it's hard to argue for no reason.
She turned her heart sideways, walked back to the couch, lay down on it, and then took the book and opened it and put it on her face.
Pretend to be asleep.
She responded like this because she felt that she had figured out the temperament of Ying Han. With his shyness and politeness, he probably couldn't get the book on her face. It should come in silently and go out silently.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a "squeak" and the door was pushed open.
She curled up on the couch and didn't move.
In my life, I have never done such a secretive thing. So her face slowly warmed up.
He approached.
He stood still on the couch.
Jinzhi silently counted in his heart: one, two, three...... It's time to go.
At this time, I suddenly felt that the book on my face moved.
Slowly, gently, the person is taken away.