"This year's joint event remains the same, still with the teachers next door."
"Ya Ya, brief these two about the situation. For the specific arrangements, you'll contact Teacher Shang's students later. Understood?"
Mo Ya Ya nodded, "Mhm, I know..." wap.kanshuwu.net
How could she not know?
Who was the second-year graduate student opposite her? How could she not be familiar?
Thinking of the scene from last year's joint event made her feel socially dead...
Looking at the two teachers, the senior students, and her peers, the way they looked at her and Fang Mo made her feel a bit awkward even now.
"Then that's settled. Once you've discussed it, let me know the specific time and place, and I'll arrange my schedule."
"Okay."
"That's all I have to say. If you have nothing else, you can all head back early."
After Qi Xizhi finished speaking, he walked out.
He had gone to chat with an old friend this afternoon, and it truly was a case of "you don't know until you ask, and you're shocked when you do."
Qiu Xi had been studying under Ding Yujing for quite some time. He was only just finding out now, and it was from the person involved!
It seemed his "intelligence" work wasn't that great... he still needed to improve.
...
Seeing their advisor leave, Qiu Xi and Luo An turned to stare at their senior sister.
"Senior Sister, what exactly is this joint event that Teacher mentioned?"
She was quite curious. She hadn't expected that at the start of the semester, before classes had even properly begun, this joint event would already be in motion.
"This has to start from the relationship between Teacher Qi and Teacher Shang from the office next door."
"Teacher Shang's full name is Shang Mingjie. He and Teacher Qi are university alumni and had the same advisor during their postgraduate studies. They stayed together all the way through their PhDs, and then they both came to teach at Minhua University."
"Although the two teachers are subtly competitive with each other, their relationship is extremely good. So, even though they usually tease each other when they meet, they've maintained this tradition of a joint event between their groups."
"One reason for this is that the teachers have a good personal relationship. Another reason is that Teacher Qi and Teacher Shang always recruit very few students, so combining them makes for a lively gathering."
"I see..." Qiu Xi murmured.
It seemed Yan Yan had chosen Teacher Shang as her advisor in the end.
What a coincidence...
"Qiu Xi, what's wrong?"
Qiu Xi snapped back to attention, "Senior Sister, I'm fine."
"I'm fine. It's just that hearing you say that, I remembered that one of my friends chose Teacher Shang as her advisor this year."
"Ah... this?"
"Is that true?" Mo Ya Ya was directly astonished.
If that was the case, what could the two teachers say this year?
Although her own advisor had gotten Qiu Xi, the top student this year, the other side had a second-place student and someone who was guaranteed admission despite a less-than-stellar interview ranking. What's more, she was friends with Qiu Xi, the top student...
As for Teacher Shang's group, even the last person recruited had come in first in both the initial and second rounds of interviews. As for Luo An, she was slightly lacking in terms of presentation...
She just didn't know what everyone's true abilities were...
Although she said this, she wasn't worried about her own advisor. She was just a little worried about Teacher Shang on the other side. Her advisor had won in a strange way for the past two years, and Teacher Shang's temper was something they all knew without needing to inquire specifically – he was easily provoked!
"Senior Sister, why the expression?" Luo An was engrossed in the story when she noticed Mo Ya Ya's unexplainable expression.
"..."
"If you knew who the person I'm familiar with on the other side, as Teacher mentioned, then you'd understand why."
It was hard to describe!
"Senior Sister, who is it?" Both of them were filled with curiosity by her words.
Mo Ya Ya lowered her head and whispered, "My boyfriend, Fang Mo."
"..."
"!!!"
It was shocking...
"Senior Sister, with your situation, what do you think those two teachers, who always say one thing and mean another, will think?" Luo An asked directly, unable to contain her curiosity. She really didn't know who would be unlucky.
Mo Ya Ya shrugged and said casually, "What else? Whatever will be, will be."
"It's just that we'll have to avoid meeting the two advisors when we're together, and try not to meet in the Rain Courtyard when we're dating..."
As she spoke, Mo Ya Ya lost the desire to continue. Her laughter carried a hint of helplessness...
"Senior Sister... hang in there!"
"Mhm... only one more year, and we can graduate..."
Mo Ya Ya replied, "Maybe not quite yet..."
"Why?"
"Because we've discussed with our advisor, and we're planning for a combined master's and doctoral program. We don't plan to leave here..."
"!!!"
Unbelievable!!!
"Senior Sister... take care!"
"Remember to invite us to your wedding in the future!"
Mo Ya Ya let out a laugh and glared at the two of them, "Alright, I've said what I needed to say. You can't do serious work, but you get more and more excited when gossiping."
"I'll contact people these next few days. I'll need your help with some things then, so finish what you're doing as quickly as possible. I'll set up a group chat after contacting everyone in a couple of days. This joint event should be concluded as soon as possible."
The two nodded, "Okay, thank you, Senior Sister."
"Mhm, we've chatted for quite a while now, it's getting late. Let's head back."
The group meeting started at 7 PM and lasted for 2 hours. They had chatted for so long afterward that it was almost 10 PM. It was time to go home.
"Goodbye, Senior Sister." Luo An wasn't going the same way as the other two girls and left on her own after going downstairs.
"Mhm, goodbye."
...
When Qiu Xi returned to her apartment, she was about to gossip about what she had just heard with Shen Yan.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yan called her with a video call first.
"Xiao Xi, I have some gossip to tell you!"
"Yan Yan, I have some gossip I want to tell you too!"
"You go first then?"
"You go first then?" They spoke in unison.
"How about... we both say it?"
"Then... let's both say it?"
"Okay!"
The next second, both of them blurted out their words.
"A senior student in our group has a girlfriend at your place."
"A senior sister in our group has a boyfriend in your group."
"!!!"
"His name is Fang Mo."
"Her name is Mo Ya Ya."
"Xiao Xi, you heard about this too?" Shen Yan on the other end was full of surprise.
Qiu Xi nodded, "Yes, after our group meeting today, while the teacher was gone, we were chatting with our senior sister about the joint event, and she brought it up herself."
"Us too!"
"Senior Brother Fang sent a message in the group today, and he chatted with us this afternoon."
"The three of us were directly stunned. It's truly interesting, the affairs of the two teachers!"
Qiu Xi nodded, "Isn't it!" The fate of their students having connections every year had already astonished them.
"I'm ready!"
"Even if it's a love triangle, I'll still be there to watch!"
Qiu Xi looked at Shen Yan, "..."
This was so unlike Yan Yan!
"Yan Yan, you can do it..."
"Okay!"
"..."