Xiao Ke said that he would deliver for a month first, and he really delivered for a month. There were flowers every day for two weeks in a row. At first, the girls in the front office or Lu Xiaobei took them, but later the flower delivery guy quit, saying that it was the customer's request and Mr. Zhou had to receive it himself. So Zhou Zui signed for a small bouquet of flowers every day with an indifferent face, and then opened it expressionlessly and put it in the bucket.
This scene was a bit awkward, but also weirdly cute. Xu Lin secretly took a short video of Zhou Zui throwing flowers into the bucket and sent it to Xiao Ke.
Xiao Ke didn't hesitate at all and sent the girl a red envelope of 88 yuan. In return, Xu Lin sent her two short videos.
Xiao Ke hadn't been there for a few days. He knew that if he saw Zhou Zuiren, he would be stopped from sending flowers, so he didn't go to the store for two rare weekends. The school project gave out some bonuses, but it wasn't much this time because there were many participants, so less than 20,000 yuan was distributed. The royalties for two papers also arrived. Xiao Ke looked at the text message reminder and thought to himself that he had worked so hard for such a long time on this project, and only got 20,000 yuan.
Twenty thousand is not even enough for his idol, Teacher Zhou, to get a more complicated arm tattoo.
Originally, Xiao Ke felt that he was quite well-off, with a car, a house and some savings, but it depends on who you compare yourself with. Compared with Zhou Zui, he seemed a bit poor. But Xiao Ke was quite open-minded. He didn't pursue Zhou Zui with money, but with his poor but sincere heart.
"How shameless." Xiao Ke cursed himself while smiling at the mirror.
When Xiao Ke was lying on the bed and bored, he flipped through Zhou Zui's circle of friends. It was very monotonous. He would post one every two or three months, either a painting or a tattoo. Xiao Ke logged out and was about to send a message to flirt, but unexpectedly a message popped up on the chat interface.
---Teacher Xiao.
---Forget about the flowers.
There were two messages in a row, and Xiao Ke felt like laughing after reading them.
Xiao Ke squinted his eyes and replied: That can’t be counted, I’ve subscribed for a month, Teacher Zhou.
He was waiting for Zhou Zui's reply, so he kept staring at the screen. He saw "Zhou Zui" and "typing..." on the top of the screen, and he didn't know how long the message was. Xiao Ke thought it was quite interesting, and when Zhou Zui's message really came, Xiao Ke laughed out loud.
Suddenly I felt that Boss Zhou was very cute.
---It's a waste of money.
Xiao Ke didn't hold back at all, and sent a long string of "Hahahaha"s, which were divided into several lines. Then he followed it up with another one: It's okay, you're welcome.
Zhou Zui ignored him, probably because he didn't know what to say to him.
Xiao Ke was very optimistic. He found that for such a long time, although Zhou Zui had no reaction to his pursuit, he had never seriously rejected him. Maybe they were all adults, so it was not good to say things too decisively or directly. Anyway, Xiao Ke didn't care about that. He felt quite satisfied with Zhou Zui's current lukewarm attitude.
In mid-November, the school will solicit teachers' intentions. The intention to teach in the next semester and the time convenient for teaching must be submitted, and the school will make unified arrangements. Xiao Ke only signed up for two courses. If he was asked to teach both, there would only be six periods a week, which was plenty of time.
Because he expected that he would not have too much free time next semester, he usually had to help Professor Guo review papers in the spring. Professor Guo has been teaching master's students in recent years, and it takes a lot of energy to revise graduation papers in the spring. He would always send two students to Xiao Ke to help check and revise them before handing them over to him. Xiao Ke also applied for two projects himself, so he planned to leave himself more time next semester.
And he still has to pursue someone. Although it will take some time, he has to reserve time. If he still hasn't succeeded by then, he will have to keep working hard.
The director took a look at the application he submitted and was not very satisfied: "Only two? You applied for four this semester and only two were given to you. If you apply for two directly, I guess only one will be left for you. What if the Academic Affairs Office gets angry and rejects both of you?"
Xiao Ke smiled and said, "It's okay. Why don't you leave one for me? Besides, if it's empty, it's empty. Some teachers in my group are also upset. Let's talk about it in the fall."
"You're quite open-minded." The director glared at him, probably thinking that he had no ambition.
Xiao Ke poured a glass of water for the director and placed it next to him. He knew that the director was actually on his side. Since he entered the school, the director has been taking care of him openly and secretly. Xiao Ke said, "The Academic Affairs Office will reserve one for me for your sake."
The director looked back at him, pointed at him, and said, "Just wait for me to go back and complain to Teacher Xiao about you."
Xiao Ke smiled and said, "Teacher Xiao is still thinking about inviting you to his home for dinner."
Otherwise, the director favored Xiao Ke so much that Xiao Ke could teach when others couldn't. Because Xiao Ke had met Director Zhang since he was a child. At that time, he was the monitor of Xiao's father's class and he often ate at Xiao Ke's house.
Xiao Ke came out of the director's office and received another video from Xu Lin. In the video, Zhou Zui was wearing a T-shirt and sweatpants, bending over and taking a pair of scissors to remove the flowery wrapping paper from the trash can.
Every time he saw Zhou Zui fiddling with roses in the video, he found it very exciting and his heart relaxed, as if Zhou Zui was not fiddling with the flowers, but fiddling with his heart instead.
But Zhou Zui's manipulation was quite simple, he just unwrapped the flowers and put them in the bucket every day. According to Xu Lin, the boss thought it was disrespectful to just throw them away.
Xiao Ke knew that Zhou Zui's heart was not as cold as his face, and sometimes his heart was quite soft. This made him even more charming. Anyway, in the eyes of his fans, Zhou Zui was perfect, and there was no need to say more.
That weekend, Xiao Ke couldn't help but go to the store. Zhou Zui was there. Xu Lin waved at him cheerfully. Xiao Ke said hello and went to the inner room. Lu Xiaobei was squatting on a chair playing games. When he saw Xiao Ke, he whistled: "Long time no see, Flower God."
Xiao Ke flicked his head: "Where's your elder brother?"
Lu Xiaobei tilted his head back and pointed to the room behind him: "Chatting with friends."
Xiao Ke nodded and sat down on the chair next to Lu Xiaobei. He would definitely not go in when Zhou Zui was chatting with someone, but he was used to it anyway, so he took a book from the shelf and started reading.
Lu Xiaobei's eyes were still on the screen, and he only moved his mouth to speak to him: "You can see the flowers you sent later."
"Okay," Xiao Ke smiled, "I was wondering why I didn't see it."
"Three buckets already. We have used all the buckets here. I even went out to buy one." Lu Xiaobei was very happy. Sometimes this kid would make a donkey sound when he laughed. He said after laughing, "Yesterday, after I finished my work, I gave my client a bunch of flowers. About ten. Do you mind?"
Xiao Ke said, "I don't mind, just give it to me."
"Really?" Lu Xiaobei took the time to look at him, then turned back and said, "My eldest brother has rejected several young girls who wanted to spend money, saying that it's not polite to give it away. I'll tell him later that my brother Xiao doesn't mind."
Xiao Ke picked up the book in his hand and knocked on Lu Xiaobei's shoulder without any courtesy: "Don't be rude, little kid."
Lu Xiaobei laughed like a donkey again and looked at him askance: "You feel really happy, don't you?"
Xiao Ke shrugged: "A little bit."
The door of the room opened, and the person inside heard the noise and came out to ask Lu Xiaobei: "Xiao Beibei, what are you so happy about?"
"I'm chatting. Are you guys done?" Lu Xiaobei asked him.
"What can we not talk about? It's all nonsense. Who is this person?" the man looked at Xiao Ke and asked.
Lu Xiaobei had just finished playing this game, so he took off the headset from his neck, stood up and stretched, saying, "This is Xiao Ke, my eldest brother's friend."
"What a coincidence, I'm also your eldest brother's friend, so aren't we all friends?" The man smiled and stretched out his hand. Xiao Ke went over to shake it and said, "Xiao Ke."
The man said: "Fang Xi."
Zhou Zui walked out of the room, and Xiao Ke raised his eyebrows at him as a greeting. Zhou Zui nodded at him and sat down on the sofa.
Fang Xi asked him: "Hurry up and make the decision about what I just told you. Once you've made the decision, I'll see if we should drive one car or two."
Zhou Zui said "hmm" as his answer.
Xiao Ke asked: "Where are you going?"
Fang Xi answered him: "We have a friend who is planning to go to the mountains for a trip. His relatives have a house in the mountains, not far away. Do you want to join us, new friend?"
Xiao Ke looked at Zhou Zui and asked him, "Are you going, Boss Zhou?"
Zhou Zui nodded: "Maybe, let's see the time."
"Well, we have to bring my brother Xiao with us," Lu Xiaobei jumped down from the chair and quietly patted Xiao Ke on the back, intending to assist him, "My brother Xiao is a great guy, he can help you guys improve your education level."
Fang Xi looked over with a smile: "Highly educated?"
"You've already graduated with a PhD, so what do you think?" Lu Xiaobei lit a cigarette and held it between his lips. "My brother Xiao is a university teacher. Among you, only my eldest brother has graduated from university."
"Oh, then we have to go together," Fang Xi, who likes to joke and is very friendly, asked Xiao Ke as he sat next to him, "Can you arrange the time? I guess we can leave on Friday morning and come back on Sunday night. If you have two days off a week, you can arrange the Friday."
Xiao Ke definitely has time, he doesn't have any fixed time, he can just find a teacher to substitute for him and tell the director.
Xiao Ke didn't nod his head and agreed directly, but looked at Zhou Zui: "Is it convenient for me to go, Boss Zhou?"
Xiao Ke's eyes were quite direct, his face looked innocent, and his thoughts were clearly shown on his face. Fang Xi, a shrewd person, knew what was going on at a glance. To be honest, he was quite surprised that Zhou Zui had been alone for so many years.
Zhou Zui looked back at Xiao Ke. This kid had beautiful eyes with wide corners. He always liked to stare at him. Zhou Zui was old, and sometimes he felt uncomfortable when he was stared at.
Fang Xi watched the fun from the side with an ambiguous look on his face.
Xiao Ke was still waiting for his words.
Zhou Zui turned his eyes away, sighed and said, "Go. If there is anything inconvenient, they are all men."
Xiao Ke bit his lower lip and smiled in a somewhat ruffian manner. He winked at Lu Xiaobei.
Well done, Xiao Beibei, it’s not in vain that I love you.
Lu Xiaobei glared at him with a cigarette in his mouth.
Come on, Brother Xiao, I can only help you up to this point. In the wilderness, opportunities are hard to come by.
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