The second day of the summer camp was still the highlight. Adrian Fang and others had to have one-on-one consultations with the students from other schools who had come to continue their studies, introduce them to the tutors' specialties and research directions, and answer all kinds of confusing questions they had.
This time, we were so busy that we didn’t realize it was time for dinner until the courier delivered the meal.
The one who came was the enthusiastic delivery guy from Dou Dou Dim Sum Restaurant. While collecting the money, he also did not forget to promote new products to everyone.
After finally sending the person away, Hong Yue discovered that the food in front of Adrian Fang had not been touched.
Hong Yue asked: "Is it not to your liking? I specially ordered the dessert from yesterday. Didn't you like it?"
Adrian Fang still lowered his head: "Well, let's put it aside for now."
Hong Yue pursed her lips and stopped talking.
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Ethan Li originally had four part-time jobs. Because of the summer vacation, two of them were temporarily closed and would reopen in September. However, Ethan Li did not relax. He had already found two other jobs and happened to go for interviews today. One of them had cooperated with the store where Ethan Li worked before, and they happily agreed when they saw it was him. The other one was a newly opened one, and after listening to Ethan Li's brilliant and solid resume, they nodded without saying a word.
After that, Ethan Li took the rented student ID and went to the library of University A. The library was kind enough to take care of summer students and was open three days a week, two hours in the morning and afternoon. Ethan Li remembered it clearly, but when he got there this time, he saw a notice posted on the door saying that the library was rented for two hours because several departments on campus were holding a "summer camp" for guaranteed admission to graduate school.
Two hours was a bit long, but Ethan Li, who had to go to work at four o'clock, could afford to wait. The weather was so hot that he didn't want to go back and forth again, so he just found a bench with a shade at the door and sat down.
From here you can see a large crowd of people coming and going on the library square. There are colorful flags and banners erected at the door, which should be arranged for the summer camp. Countless outstanding young students walk in and out here with confident steps, and you can feel the vigorous vitality even from such a long distance.
Ethan Li took out the water bottle and took a sip, then heard two girls behind him discussing in a low voice.
"Have you decided? Which mentor should I choose?"
"After a round of searching, I found that Liu Chuping, Song Zhao, and Liang Jingtao are all good."
"Song Zhao is good, but Liu Chuping? Don't you think he is too inexperienced?"
"Having little experience also has its advantages. New teachers are very serious when they first teach students. Few of those famous teachers actually teach students step by step. It just sounds good. Besides, there must be a lot of people applying for Teacher Song Zhao. The competition is too fierce."
"Isn't this what the handsome guy just said? Hahaha, you are not brainwashed just because he is handsome."
"What nonsense! This makes sense."
"What's the point? I just noticed someone asking about that handsome guy, and found out that he is actually following Ni Weinian. The real big shot is here."
"So amazing? Didn't Ni Weinian stop recruiting for a long time? But even Ni's students support Liu Chuping, doesn't it prove that Song Chuping is good?"
"I think you really think that handsome guy is good."
"Shut up, it's so hot outside, you must be dizzy."
"You are the one who is blinded by beauty. Come on, go inside. There is air conditioning inside. You can read a book and look at the handsome guy."
People around him were joking half-seriously, coming and going, but Ethan Li just sat there silently, taking out a handkerchief from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Suddenly, a girl waved in the distance. Ethan Li did not move until she waved twice persistently. Only then did Ethan Li confirm that she was calling him.
Although he was confused, he still walked over.
"Classmate, can you give me a hand? Let's each pull one end and tie the rope tighter." The girl pointed at the banner that was a little loose on the wall.
But when she was about to lie on the stool, Ethan Li pulled her, stood on it himself, and tied the hemp rope, which was almost as thick as a finger, tightly in a few seconds.
The girl was surprised: "Wow, you are so strong."
Ethan Li didn't answer. He turned around and was about to go back to the tree and wait for the door to open, but was stopped by the girl again.
"Excuse me, are you a student who has been admitted to graduate school?" During this period, students who have been admitted to graduate school are either seeking advice or visiting their supervisors, or quietly studying to prepare for the exams in the next two days. They shouldn't be so idle.
Sure enough, Ethan Li said, "No."
"Really? That's great!" The girl's eyes lit up, "Ah, I finally found someone who is not from another school, thank God. Can you help me a little?"
She used the questioning words, but she was already holding Ethan Li and walked inside, saying as she walked: "During the summer vacation, it is really difficult to find students from A University. We have no choice."
Ethan Li followed her into the library without knowing why, and walked through the hall to the most crowded place. When he got closer, he found that there was a row of exhibition stands, and many exhibition boards were erected behind them, which listed the basic information of the master and doctoral tutors of University A, their research directions, and various projects in hand, etc. Students from University A sat at one end, and students from other schools sat at the other end, and both sides had a friendly consultation and exchange.
It was supposed to be a one-on-one activity, but because of the excessive enthusiasm of the students from other schools, the balance of the number of people at some booths was greatly tilted, and Ethan Li was taken to the most lively one.
Pushing aside the crowds of consultants, Ethan Li saw two boys in the circle, one of whom looked very familiar.
Adrian Fang looked over in surprise when she heard Hong Yue say that she had found help. When she saw the person coming, her facial expression stiffened slightly before returning to calm.
Very good, after doing this twice three times, I have gained some experience.
"Let him help mark the students' information," Hong Yue said to Fang Huai Ning, then turned to comfort Ethan Li, "It's not very complicated. Many students didn't bring enough resumes. You can help record what school they are from, what they are good at, and what they hope to learn. It doesn't matter if they are wrong. It's just a rough statistics. We will check it after the end. If you don't understand, ask again, okay?"
Ethan Li did not answer immediately. He glanced at the few people and his eyes fell on Adrian Fang's face.
He thought the other party wanted him to do some manual labor, but it turned out to be such a technical job. Ethan Li had seen these people when he came to deliver food yesterday, but he probably stayed too short and changed into his casual clothes, so no one recognized him and thought he was a student of University A. But others didn't recognize him, and the person in front of him should know him. Even if he agreed, the other party should not be willing to let a delivery boy handle the things of a master's or doctoral student.
Unexpectedly, Adrian Fang did not expose her, nor did she object. She just looked back at Ethan Li and asked softly, "Do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
Hong Yue just remembered: "Oh, yes, I was so busy that I forgot to ask you, do you have time? Actually, we are pretty fast here, it won't take too long."
Ethan Li paused, and finally said, "No," under several pairs of expectant eyes.
"Okay, okay, then sit down quickly. Here is the form. Take a pen and write it down here. We will tell you what to write." When Hong Yue heard this, she quickly pushed people to sit down next to Adrian Fang. Without giving Ethan Li any buffer, she waved her hand for the guaranteed graduate students to come over, and she went to face another wave of people.
Adrian Fang has always been sensible in doing things, but he admitted that at that moment he let his curiosity get the better of him. He really wanted to see if this man who always appeared in front of him inexplicably and had so many specialties would mess up anything. After all, this thing was not as simple as Hong Yue said, and it was very unfriendly to outsiders. But anyway, he was there and could clean up the mess in time.
While thinking, Adrian Fang listened to the students in front of him and asked some key questions from time to time.
The conversation went smoothly at first. The people around me just had to write down the other person's school, name, mobile phone number, etc., and there were no mistakes.
Adrian Fang was quite satisfied, and he found that the handwriting of this small peasant secretary was quite beautiful. Just looking at it, one would think it was written by a very rough man. It was upright and vigorous, which was not at all similar to his soft and bright appearance.
However, as the conversation deepened, the issues became more complicated, and people moved around more and more, Adrian Fang's mind was inevitably distracted to the main business. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had used English mostly in the conversation.
Adrian Fang thought to himself that this was bad. He tried hard to recall what the students had just said. He planned to check it again later and fill in the gaps. With his memory, it shouldn't be wrong.
Who would have thought that when he turned around, he saw that the form at hand was filled out neatly and completely. The secretary, who was writing seriously with her head down, not only wrote Chinese well, but also wrote foreign characters fluently and gracefully.
As a large city that is in line with international standards, it is not difficult to understand that experienced workers in City A can speak some foreign languages. The cleaners in the bar street speak better than many college students, and it is not surprising that couriers can speak English. However, it is not normal to be able to write many professional computer terms, even the principles and terms that can only be encountered in this field, word for word.
After not hearing Adrian Fang's voice for a long time, Ethan Li had to look up and met a pair of eyes staring at him. He didn't even notice that the student in front of him called him.
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