The day of the official start of the semester arrived in the blink of an eye.
Qiu Xi, being an elder, and also not wanting to move much, decided to stay in the office and chat.
At first, it was just her and the teacher, but within a minute or two, others inexplicably returned one by one.
“Didn’t you go to pick up the new students? Why are you back?” Qiu Xi asked them, confused.
“Senior sister, don’t even mention it!” Zhao Xingling slumped into a chair, waving her hand in exhaustion, then gave Chen Mingyu a look.
Chen Mingyu, who had just sat down, saw Zhao Xingling’s gaze and immediately explained to Qiu Xi.
“Senior sister, initially we were indeed short-handed for picking up students, but the student union there was already busy and said they didn’t need our help.”
“Then, the two new students from our sect also said they had already followed other senior brothers and sisters to their places. So after running an errand for nothing, we had to come back.”
“I see, then thank you for your effort in coming back.”
“Please rest first,” Qiu Xi nodded.
Although they had run an errand for nothing, it was actually quite good. It saved them a lot of trouble later on, and they just had to wait for people to come to them.
“Mm…” The two nodded helplessly.
Just as the two finished speaking after entering, Luo An followed.
Seeing the two slumped figures, he was a bit surprised. “Are you two so fast now?”
“…” The two, not wanting to speak, looked at Qiu Xi together.
Qiu Xi had no choice but to recount what she had just heard to Luo An.
“Alright, we can consider ourselves lucky,” Luo An didn’t show much reaction after hearing it.
After speaking, Qiu Xi looked at Teacher Qi by her side. “Teacher, shall we continue our chat?”
They were just discussing her summer thesis, and hadn’t finished before the others came in.
Qi Xizhi looked at her and nodded, “Continue!”
“Okay.”
“Then, Teacher, after I revise this, what do you think I should submit it to?”
“This…”
As the teacher and student conversed, the three people beside them were utterly bewildered.
Soon, the three of them huddled together.
“Senior brother, Senior sister wrote another thesis?” The two second-year graduate students stared wide-eyed at Luo An.
Luo An was also a bit confused. “…If we go by what they’re discussing, it seems to be exactly what we’re thinking…”
Although he was reluctant to admit it, his subconscious told him that this seemed to be the case.
“…” The two were stunned.
They were numb.
One thesis per holiday, how were they supposed to live?
If it weren’t for the mentor’s mercy, they might not have been able to graduate…
“Okay, I understand.”
“Then, Teacher, have you looked at the revisions I sent you regarding my graduation thesis?”
“Mm, perfect timing. I have some time now, I’ll tell you about it…”
“…” The three exchanged glances again.
Were they not planning to let them live, and thus resorted to this tactic?
The one who suffered the most was Luo An.
“Senior brother… take care of yourself!”
“Take care!”
Another blow!
This life is too difficult, whoever wants to live it can just live it!
He really didn’t want to live it anymore…
“Senior brother, don’t be sad. Just keep pushing, and you’ll be fine…”
Luo An looked up at the two people in front of him and gave them a slight glare. “You should think about yourselves…”
“As for me, I’ve at least passed one hurdle. Although my graduation thesis is far behind Senior sister Qiu, I did start earlier. But you guys…”
Under Luo An’s meaningful gaze, the two immediately lost their earlier “arrogance.”
And wasn’t that the truth…
They were evenly matched, so they shouldn’t even think about laughing at their seniors…
They were not worthy!
For a moment, in the entire office, a world where only Qiu Xi, the unaffected student, was achieved.
…
“Knock, knock, knock!”
Just as Qiu Xi and the teacher were happily chatting, and the other three were silently “reflecting,” there was a knock on the office door.
Seeing that the teacher was busy, Luo An called out, “Come in.”
Then, as he looked up, he saw two somewhat familiar faces.
After a long moment, he realized, “Why are you two here at this time?”
They were the junior brothers and sisters that Zhao Xingling and Chen Mingyu were supposed to pick up.
“We’ve put our things away, so we decided to come over together.”
When they first arrived at school, they were only focused on lightening their own burdens and almost forgot that they were supposed to wait for people.
“Come in, have a seat for a while,” Luo An understood and nodded.
Then he turned and walked towards Qi Xizhi. “Teacher, the two new junior brothers and sisters have arrived.”
“Arrived?” Qi Xizhi subconsciously repeated.
“Yes, they just got here.”
“Alright, then we’ll chat again later,” Qi Xizhi said to Qiu Xi.
“Okay,” Qiu Xi nodded.
They were chatting because there was nothing else to do. Now that people had arrived, it was naturally time to end the conversation.
So the three of them turned around together.
“Hello, Teacher.”
“Hello, Senior brothers and sisters.”
“Mm, please sit,” Qi Xizhi nodded gently.
“Okay, thank you, Teacher.”
Due to Qi Xizhi’s habit, after the list was finalized, they had all met during the summer.
Even if you weren’t local, as long as you were under Qi Xizhi, this was considered an online meeting, and they had to meet.
So this subsequent meeting wasn’t troublesome. It was just for the mentor to give a few more pointers, and then let the two second-year graduate students guide them, and that would be the end of it.
So after sitting for a short while, Qiu Xi and Luo An left ahead of time.
In fact, they were just sitting there, making their waists hurt and their butts sore.
“Xiao Xi, I’m leaving first then.”
“Mm, bye-bye.”
…
After a period of peacefully writing theses, time was about to jump to October.
Qiu Xi had been busy packing her things for going out these past few days.
That’s right!
She had already bought her ticket and was planning to go see her beloved.
Even though Nan Hua didn’t have a seven-day holiday, they could still spend two days together.
As she was planning what clothes to prepare for going out, Qiu Xi’s phone rang.
“Hello…”
“Xiao Xi, urgent matter!”
“See you in the office!”
Qiu Xi didn’t say a word before Luo An on the other end hung up the phone.
For some reason, Qiu Xi glanced at the suitcase she was half-packing.
It seemed like something was about to happen…