"Qiu Xi, where are you now? Do you have time?"
"Teacher Qi, what's wrong? I was just about to go to the library, and I have time..."
"It's good that you have time! Come to Classroom 201 in the First Teaching Building immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Xizhi on the other end hung up the phone.
Qiu Xi didn't think much of it. She immediately changed direction with her small bag and headed to the lecture hall.
Teacher Qi's voice had been very anxious just now. She guessed something must have happened.
Otherwise, a usually calm teacher wouldn't have been like this...
No matter how much she thought, she couldn't figure out what was going on, so Qiu Xi quickened her pace.
"Teacher Qi, I'm here."
"Okay, come in from the back door."
"Alright."
When Qiu Xi arrived, she remembered that this lecture hall seemed to be used for an event today.
It seemed to be the departmental exchange meeting they had talked about before.
Qiu Xi had already asked for leave from her teacher a few days ago, so she hadn't kept this exchange meeting in mind.
"Teacher Meng, my student is here."
As soon as Qiu Xi appeared, Qi Xizhi saw her.
"Good!"
"Quickly call her over first, let's get past this hurdle!" Meng Tian was as anxious as if he were sitting on hot coals.
At this critical moment, the host was feeling unwell, and he couldn't conjure up a host out of thin air.
He had already been prepared to find just anyone to go up, but unexpectedly, a ray of hope appeared.
Gu Qingqing was Teacher Shang's student, and Teacher Shang had a good relationship with Teacher Qi, which led to this emergency rescue.
"Teacher Qi, I'm here." Qiu Xi saw Qi Xizhi waiting at the corner as soon as she came in from the back door.
"Alright, go with Teacher Meng. He'll explain the situation to you."
"We'll talk about the specifics after this is over."
With time being tight, Qi Xizhi didn't delay and directly asked Meng Tian to take her to prepare.
"......Okay." Qiu Xi, still unclear about the situation, had no choice but to follow.
"Qiu Xi, right? Teacher Qi has told me everything. We're calling you here to help out of an emergency..."
Meng Tian also took this opportunity to briefly explain the situation to Qiu Xi.
"......"
After two minutes, Qiu Xi finally understood.
The host for today's departmental exchange meeting suddenly had gastrointestinal discomfort and was still in the restroom...
Fearing that it would delay the schedule, the teachers had made temporary arrangements and found someone to take over her duties for the day.
Coincidentally, Qiu Xi found out that the person was Gu Qingqing, who had wanted to ask Shen Yan for help a couple of days ago.
"......Okay, that's roughly the situation. Do you have any questions?" Although Teacher Qi had assured him repeatedly, Meng Tian was still a little worried.
She was asked to help at the last minute, and the event hadn't even started yet, so he naturally couldn't relax completely.
Qiu Xi shook her head, "Teacher Meng, I have a general idea. There are no problems. Could you give me the script?"
Without the script, her nodding was useless.
"Ah! Right!" Meng Tian patted his head forcefully.
"Look at my brain, here's the script. Take a look."
"The cue cards are over there. I'll go get them ready for you."
"Don't be nervous..."
"......Okay, Teacher, you go ahead and get busy."
Seeing the teacher looking nervous himself, Qiu Xi could only nod and let him go.
If there was any further delay, it would affect her reading of the script.
"Alright, student, you... do your best!"
With that, Meng Tian turned and hurried away.
Qiu Xi took this opportunity to lower her head and read the hosting script in her hand.
Compared to the opening ceremony that day, the hosting script in her hand now was actually not difficult.
The hosting script was two or three pages long. Qiu Xi memorized the content in a few minutes.
"Student Qiu Xi, here are the cue cards. Hold them, and you can refer to them after you start. If you can't remember something, just look at them."
"Don't be nervous. Just be confident." Meng Tian's only request for Qiu Xi now was to speak calmly and finish.
Although he had also heard about this student from Teacher Qi.
However, since it was a last-minute fill-in, he couldn't help but worry.
"Teacher, don't worry, I won't mess things up." Qiu Xi comforted him with a smile.
"......Okay." Actually, the student from Teacher Shang said the same thing...
"It's almost time. Let's go over there." Meng Tian, who had wanted to say a few more words, saw that they had already started to call people and couldn't manage anything else.
In any case, they had to get through the current hurdle first.
"Okay."
Only when Qiu Xi went over did she remember that because she was called over at the last minute, her clothes and makeup were not prepared.
There was no one else at the venue...
For a moment, Meng Tian raised his hand and ruffled his sparse hair again.
"Really, this is so rushed... Student Qiu Xi, how about you just go up like this?"
Meng Tian looked at Qiu Xi again and suddenly felt that it was acceptable.
"......"
This left Qiu Xi feeling quite speechless.
"Teacher Meng, do you have any tools here? Maybe I can try..."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"We just got them. If you can do it, then give it a try."
Desperate, Meng Tian didn't care about anything else and directly pointed Qiu Xi in a direction.
Qiu Xi glanced at it and no longer delayed, directly starting to work.
Qiu Xi quickly finished her makeup.
As for her clothes, Qiu Xi used the available materials nearby to tidy herself up a bit.
With these few touches, she looked much more formal.
"Teacher Meng, do you think this is okay?"
"It's perfect! Absolutely perfect!" Meng Tian clapped his hands.
"Get ready, we can start now."
A voice came from the side, signaling that the exchange meeting was about to begin.