Public examination landing guide
Chapter 4 Devil Special Training 3564
"Sister, can you save brother Tao some face in front of God Jing Han?"
The three of them sat down near the ticket gate. Fan Xiaoxue glanced at the big screen in the waiting hall and said, "Sit down for a while, there are still 27 minutes before the ticket check. Brother Tao, are you bringing Jinghan to Changzhou for a trip this time?" "
Gu Tao knew that Fan Xiaoxue was not a talkative person, but he didn't want to make any trouble when he went to see Yu Feng, so he said vaguely: "Come back to do something. You finally went back to Changzhou, uncle and aunt didn't stay you for the weekend?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "My mother is not feeling well. I went to the hospital with her for a check-up on Friday. Recently, the company has a lot of business, and now I have to go back to work overtime."
Only then did Gu Tao notice Fan Xiaoxue's tiredness covered up with thick foundation, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Aunt Zhao?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "I haven't got the result yet, I plan to take her to the hospital in Yuzhou to have a look after a while."
"If you need help with anything, don't be polite to Brother Tao." After finishing speaking, Gu Tao thought of something again, and said with a smirk: "Oh, by the way, now is the time for someone to show off in front of his future mother-in-law. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to use Brother Tao.”
"Stop teasing me." Fan Xiaoxue looked past Gu Tao who was sitting in the middle, and asked Xu Jinghan: "Jing Han, how is the provincial exam in the second half of the year, have you been interviewed yet?"
Xu Jinghan nodded: "Go in."
"Is it possible for a Xueba to get in? It's a full 2 points more than No.9, that's a good deal." Gu Tao looked proud.
"It's amazing!" Fan Xiaoxue praised sincerely, and said to Gu Tao apologetically, "Brother Tao was troubled by me this time, or maybe he can get in."
Gu Tao knew that Fan Xiaoxue had always felt guilty because of his diarrhea before the exam, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Don't think about it, it's not your fault, it's a blessing in disguise, maybe there will be a better job for you next time Brother Tao Let's go!"
The three of them chatted for a while, and then they heard the broadcast announcement to start ticket checking.Fan Xiaoxue was not in the same carriage as them, so the three separated on the platform.
Fan Xiaoxue was sitting bored on the high-speed train listening to music, and soon her consciousness fell into a daze.She didn't wake up until the passenger sitting by the window told her to make way.
After getting out of the car, Fan Xiaoxue realized that it was raining heavily in Yuzhou.She secretly rejoiced that she had listened to her mother and brought an umbrella with her.
At the exit of the train station, there were already many itinerant hawkers wearing raincoats. Taking advantage of the heavy rain, they started their business.
When Fan Xiaoxue got out of the station, she happened to see Gu Tao casually took an umbrella from the stall and handed the vendor a few banknotes.She was about to step forward and call Gu Tao to stop, but she saw that Gu Tao opened the umbrella and said something to Xu Jinghan, so the two of them shared the same umbrella and walked out of the train station in the direction of the flow of people.
Due to the heavy rain, Gu Tao covered most of the umbrella on Xu Jinghan's side, and soon the rain soaked his left coat.
Watching this scene, Fan Xiaoxue stood where she was, thoughtful.
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Yuzhou City often has low temperature and rainy weather in winter.The continuous drizzle sometimes lasted for a week at a time, and the cold rainwater accidentally splashed on the skin, making people shiver.
Gu Tao drove his eye-catching 911 to the commercial plaza to attend an appointment. On the narrow roads of the old city, no matter whether you are an Audi, an Alto, a Mercedes-Benz or a Ben-Ben, you have to move slowly along the traffic flow.
Gu Tao did not know how many yawns he yawned along the way.In this kind of horrible weather, even if he doesn't sleep in at home, he doesn't want to go out, because there will be traffic jams in all likelihood.
But Fan Xiaoxue couldn't help but made a phone call last night, saying that she had something important to discuss, but she couldn't explain clearly on the phone.So on such a heavy rainy weekend, he had to leave the warm room and go out for an appointment.
Fan Xiaoxue set the date at a restaurant that was said to be very high-end.
Gu Tao can't tell the quality of a western restaurant, but judging from the bilingual menu in Chinese and English, the amount behind each dish, and the consumption situation in the restaurant, which is sparsely populated with only two or three tables, it is indeed " Very upscale".
"The behavior of inviting brother Tao to dinner is commendable, but Xiaoxue, you should check the weather forecast first before choosing a date. Listening to the rain and eating Western food, it is more appropriate to reserve Xiao Wei for such a romantic thing."
Fan Xiaoxue forced a smile and said: "I really have something to do, let's order food first, and chat while eating."
Gu Tao doesn't like western food very much, he only comes to western restaurants occasionally to take care of the preferences of some female friends.He ordered black pepper steak, pasta and coffee as usual.Fan Xiaoxue ordered steak, salad and milk tea.
Soon the waiters were well-trained and served the dishes. Gu Tao asked Fan Xiaoxue while cutting the steak, "What is so mysterious that you have to ask to talk about it?"
Fan Xiaoxue: "I just want to clarify some things. We grew up together. Brother Tao, you also know that I am straightforward and don't like to beat around the bush. I just want to know what is the relationship between you and Xu Jinghan?"
☆、Blood-stained past
Gu Tao picked up a small piece of steak and was about to stuff it into his mouth. Fan Xiaoxue's words made him startled for a moment, then he smiled lightly and said, "Why are you asking this suddenly? Could it be that you have become rotten after staying in the animation company for a long time?"
Fan Xiaoxue saw that Gu Tao was going around with her, and said angrily, "I'm not corrupt, and you're afraid that you're not straight."
"Your mouth." Gu Tao shook his head with a smile, and was not angry at Fan Xiaoxue's rudeness.
Fan Xiaoxue's venomous tongue is really unbearable to ordinary people. She is beautiful but has not had a boyfriend for many years. Apart from not thinking about it, it is largely because of her mouth.
Gu Tao has seen a lot of difficult roles in the mall. To this extent, he just took a sip of coffee without changing his face, and said, "Xu Jinghan and I are just test friends. You are also taking the public test." In the group, don't you know?"
Fan Xiaoxue looked in disbelief: "If it's just an ordinary examiner, you pay too much attention to him. Brother Tao, you may not have realized that since you met, the name 'Xu Jinghan' has often appeared in your mouth. Don't you believe it? Ask other friends around you, even someone as nervous as Xu Rui knows there is such a character."
It's so obvious?
Gu Tao was also taken aback, and said with a playful smile on his face, "Oh, I said Xiaoxue, your posture today has been seen by people who don't know, and you should be interrogating whether your husband has a lover outside."
Fan Xiaoxue felt a little helpless on the surface, she knew that she had no position to take care of Gu Tao's private affairs, she just felt unwilling.
Fortunately, Fan Xiaoxue is also a smart person. She quickly adjusted her mentality, and said in a slow tone: "I didn't mean to ask the bottom line, but I just wanted to remind you so that Brother Tao won't be able to see clearly when you are in the middle of the game. Nian Mingli secretly has a lot of girls who are interested in you, you can either pretend to be stupid, or refuse politely, everyone actually..."
"Actually what? Are you worried that I'm bent?" Gu Tao started to stir the pasta on the plate after finishing the steak. His appetite was not affected by the content of the chat at all.
"No, everyone is worried—" Fan Xiaoxue hesitated for a moment, glanced at Gu Tao, with a trace of worry and uncertainty in her eyes, then lowered her voice and asked cautiously: "Do you still remember Bai Jingyi? Everyone is afraid that you are being hurt. affected by that."
No one mentioned this person in front of him for many years. Gu Tao couldn't react for a while, and looked at Fan Xiaoxue with a mask on his face while holding a coffee cup. After a while, he remembered the person related to this name and the people behind him. Those mixed with bloody past.
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More than ten years ago, even though Gu Tao's grades in the senior high school entrance examination were terrible, Huang Xin relied on his connections to send Gu Tao to No. [-] Middle School with the highest enrollment rate in Changzhou City.
After entering school, Gu Tao's academic performance was still so-so, but his height kept rising, and his face gradually faded, becoming more angular and handsome.In addition, he occasionally likes to show off his skills on the basketball court, and soon won super popularity in the city's No. [-] Middle School, and won the position of school grass in the high school without any dispute.
Every time Gu Tao plays a game, the basketball court will be surrounded by a group of nympho girls.
It is said that the average score of the girls in the second class that Gu Tao belongs to is the best in the whole grade.The reason is very simple. City No. [-] Middle School has a tradition of the advanced leading the backward. Gu Tao's grades are too bad, so the teacher will choose some girls with excellent grades to sit next to him.
In order to get close to Prince Charming, the girls in class two must not only look pretty and know how to dress up, but also study hard and get good grades, which is really stressful.
No matter how strictly the school and parents guard against the puppy love of students, they still cannot stop the throbbing hearts of boys and girls.Every morning, the first thing Gu Tao does when he comes to the classroom is to clean up all kinds of gifts and love letters that were secretly put in the desk.
The main reason why he hasn't formally dated his girlfriend is because there are too many beautiful girls who are courteous, and he doesn't have a special affection for anyone.
For girls who directly confess their love, Gu Tao will use the universal excuse of "the family does not allow puppy love", and those girls who neither confess their love nor have an ambiguous attitude towards him are considered "friends" if they can get together, and those who can't It is "classmate".
Gossip and gossip are unavoidable in places with a lot of people. Somehow, Gu Tao has become the "Flower of Gaoling" in the hearts of girls in the city's No. [-] Middle School who can be watched from afar but not played with.
One hot afternoon, Gu Tao hurriedly wanted to go back to the classroom early to turn on the air conditioner.When passing the flag-raising square, I saw a thin girl dragging a bucket of mineral water slowly forward.
City No. [-] Middle School equips each classroom with a water dispenser, but the work of replacing the bottled water has to be done by the students themselves.Often this physical work is done by the boys in the class.
But unfortunately, in Bai Jingyi's liberal arts class, the only six boys were invited by the class teacher to their parents because they were frolicking in the dormitory after the lights were turned off last night, and they are currently lecturing in the office.
Seeing that the water was gone, all the students in the summer were suffering from thirst. As a life committee member, Bai Jingyi could only go out and go to the warehouse on the first floor of the library to carry water.
A girl like Bai Jingyi couldn't carry such a big bucket of water, so she could only drag the bucket to slide on the ground.
When Gu Tao saw her, he didn't think much about it at the time, so he helped Bai Jingyi carry the water to the door of the third class classroom. During the whole process, he only asked the girl which class she was in, and didn't even know her name.
Not long after, some people in the school began to spread the rumor that Bai Jingyi, from Class [-] and [-], deliberately pretended to be pitiful and took the opportunity to get close to the school grass.
Gu Tao also heard these gossips from a golfer in the third class, but he didn't take it seriously at the time.There are too many rumors about him in school, and he has changed at least five "girlfriends" in less than two semesters.
But the other client, Bai Jingyi, was miserable. She was not only isolated by the girls in the class, but was even beaten by a group of unscrupulous girls outside the school after school. disaster.
Afterwards, Bai Jingyi's parents even called the police. The police came to the school to investigate. Gu Tao didn't expect things to turn out like this. He explained what happened that day in front of the police, teachers, and Bai Jingyi's parents in the grade director's office.
I thought it was over like this, but it didn't take long for the rumors about Bai Jingyi to become more outrageous. Some said she was a green tea whore, some said she was adopted, had an abortion...all kinds of messes.
One day, as usual, Gu Tao went to the school basketball team training in the last self-study class in the afternoon.When passing the school complex building, a person suddenly fell from the sky. Before Gu Tao had time to react, the ground was instantly stained with bright red, and his eyes were also reddened.
Bai Jingyi couldn't bear the gossip and rumors at school, so she committed suicide by jumping off the building.
Bai Jingyi's parents lost their daughter in middle age, unable to vent their grief and anger, so they pointed the finger at Gu Tao, and ran to the school to make trouble.
The last time I saw Bai Jingyi's mother, she had disheveled hair and was dragged all the way out by several security guards, crying and cursing at Gu Tao like a shrew: "It was you, you killed my daughter, you are a murderer, I am a ghost I won't let you go..."
Gu Tao witnessed the tragic scene of Bai Jingyi's suicide, and he was already quite agitated, but the trouble caused by Bai Jingyi's mother aggravated Gu Tao's mental burden.
After that, for a long time, Gu Tao often dreamed of Bai Jingyi who was in a pool of blood, completely changed, and finally Bai Mu's eyes full of hatred.
He often woke up in the middle of the night, his spirit began to be a little trance, and his whole body quickly lost weight.
This frightened Huang Xin enough, so he desperately refused to work, took more than half a year's leave, and took Gu Tao to see a psychiatrist everywhere.
Even though more than ten years have passed, Gu Tao still has lingering fears in his heart when he recalls this incident.I lost all appetite for a while, so I simply put down the knife and fork, looked at the bustling city through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel, and felt that all living beings were as insignificant as a speck of dust.
Fan Xiaoxue looked at Gu Tao who was expressionless and silent, and suddenly felt uneasy: "Brother Tao... are you okay? I'm sorry—"
"It's okay." Gu Tao pulled his thoughts away from the memory, turned his head to look at Fan Xiaoxue and said, "I don't know, is it because of that incident back then that made me lose interest in the opposite sex, or I was born like this."
"After Bai Jingyi's death, I secretly asked someone to investigate those who spread rumors..."
Gu Tao paused, then continued: "Guess what? The first person who fabricated the rumor was actually Bai Jingyi's best friend. Huh! They are really plastic sisters. And the person who instigated the girls in the class to isolate her was the monitor of their class. It's the one nicknamed "Little Miejue Shitai" who specializes in catching classmates' puppy love and giving small reports to teachers."
The corners of Gu Tao's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a mocking smile: "The thing that surprised me the most was that the person who asked someone to block her at the school gate was actually a senior flower in our grade. I still remember that senior flower every time I saw her I, just look so delicate and weak."
Fan Xiaoxue looked shocked, she didn't know there were so many secrets behind this: "They were only freshmen in high school at that time, how old could they be? How could they be like this when they were only fifteen or sixteen years old..." Fan Xiaoxue simply didn't know how to describe the behavior of these girls .
"It's enough to make a palace drama if you play dirty tricks at a young age, so women can be vicious regardless of age."
While drinking milk tea, Fan Xiaoxue muttered in a low voice, "You don't need to beat a boatload of people to death with a stick!"
Gu Tao smiled and said, "Of course our Xiaoxue is not included."
"It's almost there."
Gu Tao was not drinking the cold coffee, but called the waiter for a glass of water.
"It's impossible to say that this incident has no effect on me at all. It's just that it's not strong enough to reverse my sexuality. I still have a reaction when I watch island country art films. But it's just physiological, and I don't like it emotionally. You know this can't be called love." Gu Tao spoke very bluntly.
"Then how do you treat people of the same sex?" Fan Xiaoxue asked uncertainly.
"In the past ten years or so, I have been in contact with more men than women, but I am either a brotherhood like Wang Yi, Xu Rui and others, or pure appreciation for some outstanding men in the workplace. Not to mention love."
"Don't tell me that you have brotherhood or pure admiration for Xu Jinghan. I've met the deity before. It's hard to imagine that such a character can be called a brother and brother with you." Fan Xiaoxue returned to the original point.
Now that he had spoken, Gu Tao did not evade this time. He looked out the window for a while and said, "I admit that I have an unusual affection for him. I can't help but want to accommodate him, protect him, and take care of him."
Fan Xiaoxue bit her lip, restrained her sad mood, and tried her best not to let Gu Tao notice anything strange: "Then what did he do to you?"
"I don't know." Gu Tao sighed: "So Brother Tao, I still have a long way to go!"
☆, talented and beautiful
After Fan Xiaoxue returned home, she casually put her bag on the shoe cabinet, put on her slippers, went to the single sofa by the French window and lay down.
At this moment, her mood was like overturning a seasoning jar, full of ups and downs.
When she was in junior high school, Fan Xiaoxue found out that she liked Gu Tao.It's not the kind of liking a younger sister has for her brother, but the sweet and shy admiration a young girl in love has for the opposite sex.
I can hide this little thought from my parents, but I can't hide it from my best friend Su Yue.
When she was in high school, Su Yue saw that she had a crush on Gu Tao for many years, and she even weighed tens of pounds in homework for Gu Tao, but she didn't dare to express her heart, so she asked Wang Yi and Xu Rui to help match her up.
During a outing in the suburbs, a few friends began to chatter wildly with the help of alcohol.
"If you don't care about Tao, you can make a pair with Xiaoxue. We grew up together and know the basics, and we can play together."
"That is, Gu Tao, you are responsible for the beauty of our male compatriots. If you don't leave the order, how can we have the nerve to find a girlfriend."
"Gu Tao begs you to hurry up and be the master, completely smash the fantasies of other girls, we brothers can only pick up the leak! What do you think of girl Xiaoxue?"
……
Fan Xiaoxue finally plucked up the courage, and tentatively said half-jokingly: "For the sake of how miserable they are, why don't Brother Tao form a CP?"
Fan Xiaoxue still remembers that day when Gu Tao said with an extremely serious expression: "We grew up together, and I only regarded Xiaoxue as my younger sister. Don't make jokes like this in the future. It doesn't matter if I'm a man, Xiaoxue It's a girl, it's not good to spread any gossip."
After that, when Gu Tao introduced Fan Xiaoxue to others at school, he always said that she was his younger sister.Some unsuspecting girls once thought that Fan Xiaoxue was Gu Tao's cousin, and even came to make friends with her, asking about Gu Tao's preferences.
Knowing that Gu Tao has no feelings for her, Fan Xiaoxue has been telling herself to let go all these years, and at the same time, she has a little luck because Gu Tao has not made a girlfriend for so long.
I didn't expect to get such a result after waiting for so many years, Fan Xiaoxue thought to herself, tears kept falling from the corners of her eyes.
She could only comfort herself in her heart, at least Gu Tao liked a man in the end, and she, Fan Xiaoxue, did not lose to any woman.
"Buzz...buzz", the faint vibration of the mobile phone came from the quiet living room.
Fan Xiaoxue hesitated for a while before standing up with the armrest of the sofa, went to the entrance and took out the mobile phone from the bag. Looking at the caller ID, it turned out to be Xiao Wei.
Pressing the call button, Xiao Wei's anxious voice immediately came from my ear: "Hey, what is Xiaoxue doing? Why hasn't she answered the phone?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "I didn't do anything, I put the phone in my bag, I didn't hear it just now."
Xiao Wei was not angry when he heard this, and said softly: "I have called several times, but you have not answered, and I am worried that something happened to you. It is getting dark early now, you should pay attention to safety alone, and don't go home too late .”
Xiao Wei's words made Fan Xiaoxue feel like drinking a large cup of hot chocolate in the cold winter, and immediately felt a long-lost warmth in his numb limbs and bones.
Fan Xiaoxue cheered up and said, "Okay, I will pay attention. Are you calling me for something?"
Xiao Wei said: "Last time you asked me to inquire about Professor Wang's outpatient department in Cardiac Surgery, and I said hello. Professor Wang will be working in the outpatient department on Wednesday afternoon, and I will drive to pick you up with your aunt."
"Then I will trouble you." Fan Xiaoxue replied
Xiao Wei said in an ambiguous tone: "You're still being polite to me, huh? I'd be happy to take this opportunity to show my face in front of Auntie more."
Fan Xiaoxue felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't answer Xiao Wei's words, and hung up the phone hastily on the pretext that she was going to make dinner.
She has been dating Xiao Wei for a few months, but somehow it feels like she just can't get close.Fan Xiaoxue also understood that Xiao Wei was impeccable no matter his appearance, talent, or attitude towards her.But she couldn't say it, and she always felt that something was missing.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Xiao Wei drove Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to Yuzhou City No. 1 People's Hospital as scheduled.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Wei invited Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to his office for a nap.
"Aunt Zhao, you and Xiaoxue are tired from going back and forth all afternoon. Sit down and rest for a while, and I'll go get the chest x-ray right away. I've prepared some tea here. I don't know if it suits your taste. You can try it as you like, and wait." It might be a little late to go back."
Fan Xiaoxue's mother, Zhao Qin, looked at Xiao Wei as the mother-in-law, and the more she looked at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she was, and the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes burst into laughter: "Xiaoxue and I didn't move around much today, but Xiao Xiao, you have been tossing with us for a long time, I'm afraid It was delaying your work."
"No, you are too polite. I was not on duty this afternoon."
The big hospitals in the city usually do the examination on the same day and get the results the next day, but Xiao Wei has a good relationship with the doctor in charge of this area, so he easily put Zhao Qin's chest X-ray in the urgent queue.
It was more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon when Zhao Qin left the hospital after seeing her illness, just in time for the evening rush hour, and the car was moving very slowly. Fortunately, some pastries were used in Xiao Wei's office, and Zhao Qin's mother and daughter did not feel very Hungry.
Xiao Wei saw that Zhao Qin was in good spirits, so he planned to invite Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to dinner.
"What an embarrassment, I have troubled you so much today, no matter what, I should treat you to my aunt for dinner."
Xiao Wei smiled and said: "Don't be polite to me. There is a mountain soup near where Xiaoxue lives. I have wanted to take Xiaoxue to try it for a long time. This time I have the opportunity to take Aunt Zhao with me. That is My pleasure."
"Xiao Xiao is really good at talking, unlike my Xiaoxue who sometimes says something that makes people mad."
Fan Xiaoxue was about to refute, when Xiao Wei saw this and quickly changed the topic.
Xiao Wei said that the business of the Sanzhen Health Soup was very hot. When the three of them arrived, more than a dozen chairs at the gate were already full of diners waiting to turn tables.
Xiao Wei had been prepared for a long time, and directly reported the reservation number at the front desk. The welcoming lady brought the group of people into the private room with a smile on her face, and a waiter came up immediately, pouring tea and ordering meals for the guests skillfully.
Zhao Qin said: "Today is not the weekend, I didn't expect the business here to be so good."
Xiao Wei smiled and said: "Nowadays everyone pays more and more attention to health. In recent years, all industries related to health preservation and health care have been very popular. Besides, the weather has turned cold recently, and it is also warm to drink some hot soup."
"Not all health care businesses are easy to do. There are too many people who want to make money in this area, and the competition is quite strong." Fan Xiaoxue said along the topic.
She raised her fingers again and counted: "Look, there are massage, acupuncture, yoga... there are seven or eight shops in our community, large and small, and a moxibustion parlor closed a few days ago. At present, the catering industry is relatively It’s easy to do, after all, food is the most important thing for the people, no matter how bad the real economy is, eating and drinking is still indispensable for everyone to go shopping.”
Xiao Wei nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Xiaoxue, who is engaged in animation, can analyze the economy."
It's okay not to mention this matter, but when it was mentioned, it aroused Zhao Qin's thoughts: "Hey, Xiaoxue has been very business-minded since she was a child. Her grandfather and I both want her to learn management so that she can take over the family business in the future. But What kind of animation does this kid like, and he is still messing around with these children's things when he is too old."
Fan Xiaoxue curled her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, don't always look at things with your outdated concepts. What is a child's thing? If you watch Disney's animations, don't you make money for adults and children? Now I This industry is a new industry, much more promising than your steel and concrete."
Zhao Qin looked like she hated iron for being weak: "Look at you, kid, I was too spoiled with you when I was young, and I'll say a few words to you. Your mother and I are not in good health, and recently I have become more and more powerless to manage the company. Don't tell me Help mom share her worries, and always get mad at me."
Seeing this, Xiao Wei hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Auntie, you are still young, and you will definitely get better after taking care of your body. Didn't Professor Wang say that there is nothing serious today?"
At this moment, the waiter knocked on the door and came in to serve food, Xiao Wei took the opportunity to change the subject.
"Aunt Zhao, why don't you come to appraise and taste the mountain delicacy soup here?"
Zhao Qin took the waiter's full soup bowl, took a sip slowly with a spoon, nodded and said, "The taste is really delicious, no wonder there are so many people queuing up to eat."
Xiao Wei said: "This soup also added a lot of expensive Chinese medicine. Although I am a Western medicine student, in my opinion, our traditional Chinese medicine is still very good at regulating the body. By the way, I know an old Chinese medicine doctor , go to his place in a while to help my aunt prescribe some heart-nourishing decoctions."
Zhao Qin thanked Xiao Wei again and again.
Xiao Wei saw the matsutake that Fan Xiaoxue liked in the soup, so he picked it out with a colander and scooped it into Fan Xiaoxue's bowl.
Seeing Zhao Qin, she didn't speak, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising slightly.
Not long ago, she learned that her daughter was in a relationship with Xiao Wei, and she was still a little worried. Let Xiao Wei accompany her to see a doctor today because she wanted to test it out. Seeing Xiao Wei being gentle and considerate to Fan Xiaoxue, and caring for every possible way in life, Zhao Qin felt the stone in her heart Let go of a lot.
After dinner, Xiao Wei first drove Fan Xiaoxue mother and daughter back to Fan Xiaoxue's residence in Yuzhou, and then hurriedly returned to the hospital to work the night shift.
After arriving home, despite being tired, Zhao Qin wanted to have a long talk with her daughter.
"You've been dating Xiao Wei for a while, what do you think? When will your life-long event be settled?"
Fan Xiaoxue lamented: "Mom, we've only been dating for a few months, how could it be so fast."
"Mom has been waiting for this day for 26 years. Aunt Li from the house next door had her grandson in her arms last year."
"Please, I'll just give birth to you right away. With your temperament, can you leave the company and live a life of being a babysitter?"
Fan Xiaoxue knew her mother very well. Don't look at Zhao Qin's mouth saying that she was envious of this rich wife who didn't have to go to work. The only job that lady did every day was to swipe her husband's credit card.In fact, Zhao Qin is a strong woman in the shopping mall with a strong ambition. If she really let her relax, she would definitely feel uncomfortable.
In order not to further block Zhao Qin's already not-so-good heart, Fan Xiaoxue had no choice but to say that she was tired and went to bed early to rest.
☆、It's hard to be jealous
"Why do you want an offline party on the weekend?" As soon as Dai Min went online, he heard everyone discussing the party in the group.
Gu Tao hurriedly explained everyone's plan to Dai Min: "You and Jing Han are going to interview next week, let's get together this week, first give you two interview simulations, and then change into the interview outfits , when we’re done, we’ll have a dinner together, and it’ll be a farewell for you.”
Dai Min thought this arrangement was very good, and after thanking the examiners for their strong support, the matter was settled like this.
Gu Tao chose Nantah University as the meeting place, and Cheng Xi took advantage of the convenience of the current students to help occupy a small classroom that was empty on weekends.
In order to make the mock interview closer to the real exam scene, Gu Tao and others who played the role of the examiner deliberately wore formal clothes.
"Wow, so handsome! Let's take a photo with brother Tao." Cheng Xi took out his phone and insisted on pulling Gu Tao to take a picture.
Gu Tao couldn't resist, so he could only obediently use Cheng Xi as a selfie prop.After changing several poses in a row and taking more than ten photos, Cheng Xi let go of Gu Tao contentedly.
While Cheng Xi and the other two girls were admiring the effect of the photo, Gu Tao came to Xu Jinghan's side calmly, nudged Xu Jinghan lightly with his elbow, then raised his chin slightly and said, "Brother Tao, how about this formal suit?" , Walking on the street will definitely not be considered as selling insurance!"
Gu Tao's expression at the moment is like a proud peacock showing off its beautiful tail.But he does have the capital to be proud of.
Formal suits are originally designed according to the physique of Westerners. Generally, Asian men will look short and thin when they wear them.And Gu Tao, regardless of his height, his thick chest, and his strong arms, perfectly controlled the well-made and expensive formal suit he was wearing.
Xu Jinghan couldn't help but take a second look, and then pretended to be calm and said: "The insurance sellers on the street can't afford such expensive suits, and your tie is probably enough for their monthly salary."
Although Xu Jinghan didn't get a positive compliment, Gu Tao discovered something gratifying.Just now he inadvertently noticed Xu Jinghan's small movements when he looked at him, he was very familiar with that.
In the past, many girls were interested in him, but shy and embarrassed to speak out, they would show this expression in front of him.First, the eyes will sneak a glance at him unconsciously, and once they meet his eyes, they will look like a child who has done something wrong, and shift their eyes to other places with a guilty conscience.
Could it be that Jing Han is also interested in me?It can't be such a coincidence!Even if the gay scene in Yuzhou is well-known throughout the country, it is not to the extent that the streets are full of homosexuals, not to mention that Jing Han is so serious on weekdays.
But if Jing Han is not gay, why has he never had a girlfriend?When he doesn't wear glasses, his looks will never lose to the popular little fresh meat, his temperament is clean and gentle, and his knowledge is profound... Even if Jing Han is reserved and doesn't take the initiative to pursue girls, there should be girls chasing after him.
"Brother Tao... Brother Tao, come and let's start."
"Huh? Oh, okay."
Cheng Xi's call interrupted the battle between heaven and man in Gu Tao's heart.
This interview simulation is completely in accordance with the actual combat process, starting from knocking on the door and entering the venue, including greetings, self-introduction, answering questions, and finally getting up and going out.
Gu Tao sat in the middle and faced the candidates, acting as the chief examiner to ask questions.Cheng Xi sat on Gu Tao's left and took a camera with his mobile phone, while Qin Siyu sat on Gu Tao's right and was in charge of timing.
Xu Jinghan and Dai Min took turns to answer the questions. It took about 25 minutes for each person to go through a set of procedures.
Xu Jinghan made great progress in this simulation. Although Gu Tao could still hear a little nervousness in his voice, his thinking in answering was still clear, and the tension and pressure did not affect his thinking.
Xu Jinghan still sat upright, but this time he held the pen in his right hand and pressed the manuscript paper on the table with his left hand, which was more natural and relaxed than the previous elementary school students' posture with their hands flat.
In contrast, Dai Min was slightly inferior in the content of his answers.As a professional woman, wearing black high-heeled shoes of 5 cm in size, Dai Min was full of aura as soon as she entered the venue, which made people's eyes shine.
In the subsequent answering process, Dai Min's thinking was obviously limited, and the content was relatively thin. When he couldn't think of what to say, he said some clichés to delay time.
Xu Jinghan and Dai Min each conducted two interviews, and then everyone sat around to watch the video and make comments.
After all the tossing, it was almost time for dinner.
"Let's go, what do you want to eat tonight?" Gu Tao moved the classroom tables and chairs back to their original positions while asking everyone for their opinions.
The weather was too cold, and the ladies stopped arguing about going on a diet to lose weight, and unanimously asked to eat hot pot.
Ladies first, Gu Tao and Xu Jinghan naturally have no objections.
In the lobby of Hongmanyuan Hot Pot Restaurant.
"Excuse me sir, what kind of pot do you want to eat?" The waiter skillfully began to order for Gu Tao and others.
"Mandarin duck pot." Gu Tao said in one go.
"Brother Tao, didn't you say that slightly spicy is the last compromise mom, when are you going to eat clear soup?" Qin Siyu said softly.
"Jing Han and Miss Dai Min have been practicing interviews for the past few days. Talking too much makes their throats easy to get angry, and those who eat spicy food are not adding fuel to the fire."
It was Xu Jinghan again, Qin Siyu clenched his palms slightly, but said with a sweet smile on his face: "Brother Tao is still careful, we didn't even think about it."
After ordering, the waiter took the menu that Gu Tao had returned, turned around and left.
"Let's go to the movies after dinner. Recently, several Hollywood blockbusters have been released."
Cheng Xi is at the age of carefree, eating, drinking and having fun, so it is unreasonable not to ask someone out on weekends to have a good time.
"Okay, let's combine work and rest, everyone should relax after studying all afternoon." Qin Siyu naturally didn't want to let go of any chance to stay with Gu Tao.
Xu Jinghan unwrapped the wet towel and carefully wiped his index finger that was stained with ink in the afternoon: "I won't—"
"Let's go together, we've known each other for so long, and every gathering is learning. Today's gathering is to wish you and Sister Dai a smooth interview, and it's also appropriate for everyone to go out and relax together." Gu Tao blocked Xu Jinghan's words of refusal. in the mouth.
Dai Min said: "Since everyone says so, let's give ourselves a night off."
The minority obeys the majority, and Xu Jinghan didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he nodded and said, "That's good."
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University
The three of them sat down near the ticket gate. Fan Xiaoxue glanced at the big screen in the waiting hall and said, "Sit down for a while, there are still 27 minutes before the ticket check. Brother Tao, are you bringing Jinghan to Changzhou for a trip this time?" "
Gu Tao knew that Fan Xiaoxue was not a talkative person, but he didn't want to make any trouble when he went to see Yu Feng, so he said vaguely: "Come back to do something. You finally went back to Changzhou, uncle and aunt didn't stay you for the weekend?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "My mother is not feeling well. I went to the hospital with her for a check-up on Friday. Recently, the company has a lot of business, and now I have to go back to work overtime."
Only then did Gu Tao notice Fan Xiaoxue's tiredness covered up with thick foundation, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Aunt Zhao?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "I haven't got the result yet, I plan to take her to the hospital in Yuzhou to have a look after a while."
"If you need help with anything, don't be polite to Brother Tao." After finishing speaking, Gu Tao thought of something again, and said with a smirk: "Oh, by the way, now is the time for someone to show off in front of his future mother-in-law. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to use Brother Tao.”
"Stop teasing me." Fan Xiaoxue looked past Gu Tao who was sitting in the middle, and asked Xu Jinghan: "Jing Han, how is the provincial exam in the second half of the year, have you been interviewed yet?"
Xu Jinghan nodded: "Go in."
"Is it possible for a Xueba to get in? It's a full 2 points more than No.9, that's a good deal." Gu Tao looked proud.
"It's amazing!" Fan Xiaoxue praised sincerely, and said to Gu Tao apologetically, "Brother Tao was troubled by me this time, or maybe he can get in."
Gu Tao knew that Fan Xiaoxue had always felt guilty because of his diarrhea before the exam, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Don't think about it, it's not your fault, it's a blessing in disguise, maybe there will be a better job for you next time Brother Tao Let's go!"
The three of them chatted for a while, and then they heard the broadcast announcement to start ticket checking.Fan Xiaoxue was not in the same carriage as them, so the three separated on the platform.
Fan Xiaoxue was sitting bored on the high-speed train listening to music, and soon her consciousness fell into a daze.She didn't wake up until the passenger sitting by the window told her to make way.
After getting out of the car, Fan Xiaoxue realized that it was raining heavily in Yuzhou.She secretly rejoiced that she had listened to her mother and brought an umbrella with her.
At the exit of the train station, there were already many itinerant hawkers wearing raincoats. Taking advantage of the heavy rain, they started their business.
When Fan Xiaoxue got out of the station, she happened to see Gu Tao casually took an umbrella from the stall and handed the vendor a few banknotes.She was about to step forward and call Gu Tao to stop, but she saw that Gu Tao opened the umbrella and said something to Xu Jinghan, so the two of them shared the same umbrella and walked out of the train station in the direction of the flow of people.
Due to the heavy rain, Gu Tao covered most of the umbrella on Xu Jinghan's side, and soon the rain soaked his left coat.
Watching this scene, Fan Xiaoxue stood where she was, thoughtful.
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Yuzhou City often has low temperature and rainy weather in winter.The continuous drizzle sometimes lasted for a week at a time, and the cold rainwater accidentally splashed on the skin, making people shiver.
Gu Tao drove his eye-catching 911 to the commercial plaza to attend an appointment. On the narrow roads of the old city, no matter whether you are an Audi, an Alto, a Mercedes-Benz or a Ben-Ben, you have to move slowly along the traffic flow.
Gu Tao did not know how many yawns he yawned along the way.In this kind of horrible weather, even if he doesn't sleep in at home, he doesn't want to go out, because there will be traffic jams in all likelihood.
But Fan Xiaoxue couldn't help but made a phone call last night, saying that she had something important to discuss, but she couldn't explain clearly on the phone.So on such a heavy rainy weekend, he had to leave the warm room and go out for an appointment.
Fan Xiaoxue set the date at a restaurant that was said to be very high-end.
Gu Tao can't tell the quality of a western restaurant, but judging from the bilingual menu in Chinese and English, the amount behind each dish, and the consumption situation in the restaurant, which is sparsely populated with only two or three tables, it is indeed " Very upscale".
"The behavior of inviting brother Tao to dinner is commendable, but Xiaoxue, you should check the weather forecast first before choosing a date. Listening to the rain and eating Western food, it is more appropriate to reserve Xiao Wei for such a romantic thing."
Fan Xiaoxue forced a smile and said: "I really have something to do, let's order food first, and chat while eating."
Gu Tao doesn't like western food very much, he only comes to western restaurants occasionally to take care of the preferences of some female friends.He ordered black pepper steak, pasta and coffee as usual.Fan Xiaoxue ordered steak, salad and milk tea.
Soon the waiters were well-trained and served the dishes. Gu Tao asked Fan Xiaoxue while cutting the steak, "What is so mysterious that you have to ask to talk about it?"
Fan Xiaoxue: "I just want to clarify some things. We grew up together. Brother Tao, you also know that I am straightforward and don't like to beat around the bush. I just want to know what is the relationship between you and Xu Jinghan?"
☆、Blood-stained past
Gu Tao picked up a small piece of steak and was about to stuff it into his mouth. Fan Xiaoxue's words made him startled for a moment, then he smiled lightly and said, "Why are you asking this suddenly? Could it be that you have become rotten after staying in the animation company for a long time?"
Fan Xiaoxue saw that Gu Tao was going around with her, and said angrily, "I'm not corrupt, and you're afraid that you're not straight."
"Your mouth." Gu Tao shook his head with a smile, and was not angry at Fan Xiaoxue's rudeness.
Fan Xiaoxue's venomous tongue is really unbearable to ordinary people. She is beautiful but has not had a boyfriend for many years. Apart from not thinking about it, it is largely because of her mouth.
Gu Tao has seen a lot of difficult roles in the mall. To this extent, he just took a sip of coffee without changing his face, and said, "Xu Jinghan and I are just test friends. You are also taking the public test." In the group, don't you know?"
Fan Xiaoxue looked in disbelief: "If it's just an ordinary examiner, you pay too much attention to him. Brother Tao, you may not have realized that since you met, the name 'Xu Jinghan' has often appeared in your mouth. Don't you believe it? Ask other friends around you, even someone as nervous as Xu Rui knows there is such a character."
It's so obvious?
Gu Tao was also taken aback, and said with a playful smile on his face, "Oh, I said Xiaoxue, your posture today has been seen by people who don't know, and you should be interrogating whether your husband has a lover outside."
Fan Xiaoxue felt a little helpless on the surface, she knew that she had no position to take care of Gu Tao's private affairs, she just felt unwilling.
Fortunately, Fan Xiaoxue is also a smart person. She quickly adjusted her mentality, and said in a slow tone: "I didn't mean to ask the bottom line, but I just wanted to remind you so that Brother Tao won't be able to see clearly when you are in the middle of the game. Nian Mingli secretly has a lot of girls who are interested in you, you can either pretend to be stupid, or refuse politely, everyone actually..."
"Actually what? Are you worried that I'm bent?" Gu Tao started to stir the pasta on the plate after finishing the steak. His appetite was not affected by the content of the chat at all.
"No, everyone is worried—" Fan Xiaoxue hesitated for a moment, glanced at Gu Tao, with a trace of worry and uncertainty in her eyes, then lowered her voice and asked cautiously: "Do you still remember Bai Jingyi? Everyone is afraid that you are being hurt. affected by that."
No one mentioned this person in front of him for many years. Gu Tao couldn't react for a while, and looked at Fan Xiaoxue with a mask on his face while holding a coffee cup. After a while, he remembered the person related to this name and the people behind him. Those mixed with bloody past.
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More than ten years ago, even though Gu Tao's grades in the senior high school entrance examination were terrible, Huang Xin relied on his connections to send Gu Tao to No. [-] Middle School with the highest enrollment rate in Changzhou City.
After entering school, Gu Tao's academic performance was still so-so, but his height kept rising, and his face gradually faded, becoming more angular and handsome.In addition, he occasionally likes to show off his skills on the basketball court, and soon won super popularity in the city's No. [-] Middle School, and won the position of school grass in the high school without any dispute.
Every time Gu Tao plays a game, the basketball court will be surrounded by a group of nympho girls.
It is said that the average score of the girls in the second class that Gu Tao belongs to is the best in the whole grade.The reason is very simple. City No. [-] Middle School has a tradition of the advanced leading the backward. Gu Tao's grades are too bad, so the teacher will choose some girls with excellent grades to sit next to him.
In order to get close to Prince Charming, the girls in class two must not only look pretty and know how to dress up, but also study hard and get good grades, which is really stressful.
No matter how strictly the school and parents guard against the puppy love of students, they still cannot stop the throbbing hearts of boys and girls.Every morning, the first thing Gu Tao does when he comes to the classroom is to clean up all kinds of gifts and love letters that were secretly put in the desk.
The main reason why he hasn't formally dated his girlfriend is because there are too many beautiful girls who are courteous, and he doesn't have a special affection for anyone.
For girls who directly confess their love, Gu Tao will use the universal excuse of "the family does not allow puppy love", and those girls who neither confess their love nor have an ambiguous attitude towards him are considered "friends" if they can get together, and those who can't It is "classmate".
Gossip and gossip are unavoidable in places with a lot of people. Somehow, Gu Tao has become the "Flower of Gaoling" in the hearts of girls in the city's No. [-] Middle School who can be watched from afar but not played with.
One hot afternoon, Gu Tao hurriedly wanted to go back to the classroom early to turn on the air conditioner.When passing the flag-raising square, I saw a thin girl dragging a bucket of mineral water slowly forward.
City No. [-] Middle School equips each classroom with a water dispenser, but the work of replacing the bottled water has to be done by the students themselves.Often this physical work is done by the boys in the class.
But unfortunately, in Bai Jingyi's liberal arts class, the only six boys were invited by the class teacher to their parents because they were frolicking in the dormitory after the lights were turned off last night, and they are currently lecturing in the office.
Seeing that the water was gone, all the students in the summer were suffering from thirst. As a life committee member, Bai Jingyi could only go out and go to the warehouse on the first floor of the library to carry water.
A girl like Bai Jingyi couldn't carry such a big bucket of water, so she could only drag the bucket to slide on the ground.
When Gu Tao saw her, he didn't think much about it at the time, so he helped Bai Jingyi carry the water to the door of the third class classroom. During the whole process, he only asked the girl which class she was in, and didn't even know her name.
Not long after, some people in the school began to spread the rumor that Bai Jingyi, from Class [-] and [-], deliberately pretended to be pitiful and took the opportunity to get close to the school grass.
Gu Tao also heard these gossips from a golfer in the third class, but he didn't take it seriously at the time.There are too many rumors about him in school, and he has changed at least five "girlfriends" in less than two semesters.
But the other client, Bai Jingyi, was miserable. She was not only isolated by the girls in the class, but was even beaten by a group of unscrupulous girls outside the school after school. disaster.
Afterwards, Bai Jingyi's parents even called the police. The police came to the school to investigate. Gu Tao didn't expect things to turn out like this. He explained what happened that day in front of the police, teachers, and Bai Jingyi's parents in the grade director's office.
I thought it was over like this, but it didn't take long for the rumors about Bai Jingyi to become more outrageous. Some said she was a green tea whore, some said she was adopted, had an abortion...all kinds of messes.
One day, as usual, Gu Tao went to the school basketball team training in the last self-study class in the afternoon.When passing the school complex building, a person suddenly fell from the sky. Before Gu Tao had time to react, the ground was instantly stained with bright red, and his eyes were also reddened.
Bai Jingyi couldn't bear the gossip and rumors at school, so she committed suicide by jumping off the building.
Bai Jingyi's parents lost their daughter in middle age, unable to vent their grief and anger, so they pointed the finger at Gu Tao, and ran to the school to make trouble.
The last time I saw Bai Jingyi's mother, she had disheveled hair and was dragged all the way out by several security guards, crying and cursing at Gu Tao like a shrew: "It was you, you killed my daughter, you are a murderer, I am a ghost I won't let you go..."
Gu Tao witnessed the tragic scene of Bai Jingyi's suicide, and he was already quite agitated, but the trouble caused by Bai Jingyi's mother aggravated Gu Tao's mental burden.
After that, for a long time, Gu Tao often dreamed of Bai Jingyi who was in a pool of blood, completely changed, and finally Bai Mu's eyes full of hatred.
He often woke up in the middle of the night, his spirit began to be a little trance, and his whole body quickly lost weight.
This frightened Huang Xin enough, so he desperately refused to work, took more than half a year's leave, and took Gu Tao to see a psychiatrist everywhere.
Even though more than ten years have passed, Gu Tao still has lingering fears in his heart when he recalls this incident.I lost all appetite for a while, so I simply put down the knife and fork, looked at the bustling city through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel, and felt that all living beings were as insignificant as a speck of dust.
Fan Xiaoxue looked at Gu Tao who was expressionless and silent, and suddenly felt uneasy: "Brother Tao... are you okay? I'm sorry—"
"It's okay." Gu Tao pulled his thoughts away from the memory, turned his head to look at Fan Xiaoxue and said, "I don't know, is it because of that incident back then that made me lose interest in the opposite sex, or I was born like this."
"After Bai Jingyi's death, I secretly asked someone to investigate those who spread rumors..."
Gu Tao paused, then continued: "Guess what? The first person who fabricated the rumor was actually Bai Jingyi's best friend. Huh! They are really plastic sisters. And the person who instigated the girls in the class to isolate her was the monitor of their class. It's the one nicknamed "Little Miejue Shitai" who specializes in catching classmates' puppy love and giving small reports to teachers."
The corners of Gu Tao's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a mocking smile: "The thing that surprised me the most was that the person who asked someone to block her at the school gate was actually a senior flower in our grade. I still remember that senior flower every time I saw her I, just look so delicate and weak."
Fan Xiaoxue looked shocked, she didn't know there were so many secrets behind this: "They were only freshmen in high school at that time, how old could they be? How could they be like this when they were only fifteen or sixteen years old..." Fan Xiaoxue simply didn't know how to describe the behavior of these girls .
"It's enough to make a palace drama if you play dirty tricks at a young age, so women can be vicious regardless of age."
While drinking milk tea, Fan Xiaoxue muttered in a low voice, "You don't need to beat a boatload of people to death with a stick!"
Gu Tao smiled and said, "Of course our Xiaoxue is not included."
"It's almost there."
Gu Tao was not drinking the cold coffee, but called the waiter for a glass of water.
"It's impossible to say that this incident has no effect on me at all. It's just that it's not strong enough to reverse my sexuality. I still have a reaction when I watch island country art films. But it's just physiological, and I don't like it emotionally. You know this can't be called love." Gu Tao spoke very bluntly.
"Then how do you treat people of the same sex?" Fan Xiaoxue asked uncertainly.
"In the past ten years or so, I have been in contact with more men than women, but I am either a brotherhood like Wang Yi, Xu Rui and others, or pure appreciation for some outstanding men in the workplace. Not to mention love."
"Don't tell me that you have brotherhood or pure admiration for Xu Jinghan. I've met the deity before. It's hard to imagine that such a character can be called a brother and brother with you." Fan Xiaoxue returned to the original point.
Now that he had spoken, Gu Tao did not evade this time. He looked out the window for a while and said, "I admit that I have an unusual affection for him. I can't help but want to accommodate him, protect him, and take care of him."
Fan Xiaoxue bit her lip, restrained her sad mood, and tried her best not to let Gu Tao notice anything strange: "Then what did he do to you?"
"I don't know." Gu Tao sighed: "So Brother Tao, I still have a long way to go!"
☆, talented and beautiful
After Fan Xiaoxue returned home, she casually put her bag on the shoe cabinet, put on her slippers, went to the single sofa by the French window and lay down.
At this moment, her mood was like overturning a seasoning jar, full of ups and downs.
When she was in junior high school, Fan Xiaoxue found out that she liked Gu Tao.It's not the kind of liking a younger sister has for her brother, but the sweet and shy admiration a young girl in love has for the opposite sex.
I can hide this little thought from my parents, but I can't hide it from my best friend Su Yue.
When she was in high school, Su Yue saw that she had a crush on Gu Tao for many years, and she even weighed tens of pounds in homework for Gu Tao, but she didn't dare to express her heart, so she asked Wang Yi and Xu Rui to help match her up.
During a outing in the suburbs, a few friends began to chatter wildly with the help of alcohol.
"If you don't care about Tao, you can make a pair with Xiaoxue. We grew up together and know the basics, and we can play together."
"That is, Gu Tao, you are responsible for the beauty of our male compatriots. If you don't leave the order, how can we have the nerve to find a girlfriend."
"Gu Tao begs you to hurry up and be the master, completely smash the fantasies of other girls, we brothers can only pick up the leak! What do you think of girl Xiaoxue?"
……
Fan Xiaoxue finally plucked up the courage, and tentatively said half-jokingly: "For the sake of how miserable they are, why don't Brother Tao form a CP?"
Fan Xiaoxue still remembers that day when Gu Tao said with an extremely serious expression: "We grew up together, and I only regarded Xiaoxue as my younger sister. Don't make jokes like this in the future. It doesn't matter if I'm a man, Xiaoxue It's a girl, it's not good to spread any gossip."
After that, when Gu Tao introduced Fan Xiaoxue to others at school, he always said that she was his younger sister.Some unsuspecting girls once thought that Fan Xiaoxue was Gu Tao's cousin, and even came to make friends with her, asking about Gu Tao's preferences.
Knowing that Gu Tao has no feelings for her, Fan Xiaoxue has been telling herself to let go all these years, and at the same time, she has a little luck because Gu Tao has not made a girlfriend for so long.
I didn't expect to get such a result after waiting for so many years, Fan Xiaoxue thought to herself, tears kept falling from the corners of her eyes.
She could only comfort herself in her heart, at least Gu Tao liked a man in the end, and she, Fan Xiaoxue, did not lose to any woman.
"Buzz...buzz", the faint vibration of the mobile phone came from the quiet living room.
Fan Xiaoxue hesitated for a while before standing up with the armrest of the sofa, went to the entrance and took out the mobile phone from the bag. Looking at the caller ID, it turned out to be Xiao Wei.
Pressing the call button, Xiao Wei's anxious voice immediately came from my ear: "Hey, what is Xiaoxue doing? Why hasn't she answered the phone?"
Fan Xiaoxue said: "I didn't do anything, I put the phone in my bag, I didn't hear it just now."
Xiao Wei was not angry when he heard this, and said softly: "I have called several times, but you have not answered, and I am worried that something happened to you. It is getting dark early now, you should pay attention to safety alone, and don't go home too late .”
Xiao Wei's words made Fan Xiaoxue feel like drinking a large cup of hot chocolate in the cold winter, and immediately felt a long-lost warmth in his numb limbs and bones.
Fan Xiaoxue cheered up and said, "Okay, I will pay attention. Are you calling me for something?"
Xiao Wei said: "Last time you asked me to inquire about Professor Wang's outpatient department in Cardiac Surgery, and I said hello. Professor Wang will be working in the outpatient department on Wednesday afternoon, and I will drive to pick you up with your aunt."
"Then I will trouble you." Fan Xiaoxue replied
Xiao Wei said in an ambiguous tone: "You're still being polite to me, huh? I'd be happy to take this opportunity to show my face in front of Auntie more."
Fan Xiaoxue felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't answer Xiao Wei's words, and hung up the phone hastily on the pretext that she was going to make dinner.
She has been dating Xiao Wei for a few months, but somehow it feels like she just can't get close.Fan Xiaoxue also understood that Xiao Wei was impeccable no matter his appearance, talent, or attitude towards her.But she couldn't say it, and she always felt that something was missing.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Xiao Wei drove Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to Yuzhou City No. 1 People's Hospital as scheduled.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Wei invited Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to his office for a nap.
"Aunt Zhao, you and Xiaoxue are tired from going back and forth all afternoon. Sit down and rest for a while, and I'll go get the chest x-ray right away. I've prepared some tea here. I don't know if it suits your taste. You can try it as you like, and wait." It might be a little late to go back."
Fan Xiaoxue's mother, Zhao Qin, looked at Xiao Wei as the mother-in-law, and the more she looked at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she was, and the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes burst into laughter: "Xiaoxue and I didn't move around much today, but Xiao Xiao, you have been tossing with us for a long time, I'm afraid It was delaying your work."
"No, you are too polite. I was not on duty this afternoon."
The big hospitals in the city usually do the examination on the same day and get the results the next day, but Xiao Wei has a good relationship with the doctor in charge of this area, so he easily put Zhao Qin's chest X-ray in the urgent queue.
It was more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon when Zhao Qin left the hospital after seeing her illness, just in time for the evening rush hour, and the car was moving very slowly. Fortunately, some pastries were used in Xiao Wei's office, and Zhao Qin's mother and daughter did not feel very Hungry.
Xiao Wei saw that Zhao Qin was in good spirits, so he planned to invite Fan Xiaoxue and her daughter to dinner.
"What an embarrassment, I have troubled you so much today, no matter what, I should treat you to my aunt for dinner."
Xiao Wei smiled and said: "Don't be polite to me. There is a mountain soup near where Xiaoxue lives. I have wanted to take Xiaoxue to try it for a long time. This time I have the opportunity to take Aunt Zhao with me. That is My pleasure."
"Xiao Xiao is really good at talking, unlike my Xiaoxue who sometimes says something that makes people mad."
Fan Xiaoxue was about to refute, when Xiao Wei saw this and quickly changed the topic.
Xiao Wei said that the business of the Sanzhen Health Soup was very hot. When the three of them arrived, more than a dozen chairs at the gate were already full of diners waiting to turn tables.
Xiao Wei had been prepared for a long time, and directly reported the reservation number at the front desk. The welcoming lady brought the group of people into the private room with a smile on her face, and a waiter came up immediately, pouring tea and ordering meals for the guests skillfully.
Zhao Qin said: "Today is not the weekend, I didn't expect the business here to be so good."
Xiao Wei smiled and said: "Nowadays everyone pays more and more attention to health. In recent years, all industries related to health preservation and health care have been very popular. Besides, the weather has turned cold recently, and it is also warm to drink some hot soup."
"Not all health care businesses are easy to do. There are too many people who want to make money in this area, and the competition is quite strong." Fan Xiaoxue said along the topic.
She raised her fingers again and counted: "Look, there are massage, acupuncture, yoga... there are seven or eight shops in our community, large and small, and a moxibustion parlor closed a few days ago. At present, the catering industry is relatively It’s easy to do, after all, food is the most important thing for the people, no matter how bad the real economy is, eating and drinking is still indispensable for everyone to go shopping.”
Xiao Wei nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Xiaoxue, who is engaged in animation, can analyze the economy."
It's okay not to mention this matter, but when it was mentioned, it aroused Zhao Qin's thoughts: "Hey, Xiaoxue has been very business-minded since she was a child. Her grandfather and I both want her to learn management so that she can take over the family business in the future. But What kind of animation does this kid like, and he is still messing around with these children's things when he is too old."
Fan Xiaoxue curled her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, don't always look at things with your outdated concepts. What is a child's thing? If you watch Disney's animations, don't you make money for adults and children? Now I This industry is a new industry, much more promising than your steel and concrete."
Zhao Qin looked like she hated iron for being weak: "Look at you, kid, I was too spoiled with you when I was young, and I'll say a few words to you. Your mother and I are not in good health, and recently I have become more and more powerless to manage the company. Don't tell me Help mom share her worries, and always get mad at me."
Seeing this, Xiao Wei hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Auntie, you are still young, and you will definitely get better after taking care of your body. Didn't Professor Wang say that there is nothing serious today?"
At this moment, the waiter knocked on the door and came in to serve food, Xiao Wei took the opportunity to change the subject.
"Aunt Zhao, why don't you come to appraise and taste the mountain delicacy soup here?"
Zhao Qin took the waiter's full soup bowl, took a sip slowly with a spoon, nodded and said, "The taste is really delicious, no wonder there are so many people queuing up to eat."
Xiao Wei said: "This soup also added a lot of expensive Chinese medicine. Although I am a Western medicine student, in my opinion, our traditional Chinese medicine is still very good at regulating the body. By the way, I know an old Chinese medicine doctor , go to his place in a while to help my aunt prescribe some heart-nourishing decoctions."
Zhao Qin thanked Xiao Wei again and again.
Xiao Wei saw the matsutake that Fan Xiaoxue liked in the soup, so he picked it out with a colander and scooped it into Fan Xiaoxue's bowl.
Seeing Zhao Qin, she didn't speak, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising slightly.
Not long ago, she learned that her daughter was in a relationship with Xiao Wei, and she was still a little worried. Let Xiao Wei accompany her to see a doctor today because she wanted to test it out. Seeing Xiao Wei being gentle and considerate to Fan Xiaoxue, and caring for every possible way in life, Zhao Qin felt the stone in her heart Let go of a lot.
After dinner, Xiao Wei first drove Fan Xiaoxue mother and daughter back to Fan Xiaoxue's residence in Yuzhou, and then hurriedly returned to the hospital to work the night shift.
After arriving home, despite being tired, Zhao Qin wanted to have a long talk with her daughter.
"You've been dating Xiao Wei for a while, what do you think? When will your life-long event be settled?"
Fan Xiaoxue lamented: "Mom, we've only been dating for a few months, how could it be so fast."
"Mom has been waiting for this day for 26 years. Aunt Li from the house next door had her grandson in her arms last year."
"Please, I'll just give birth to you right away. With your temperament, can you leave the company and live a life of being a babysitter?"
Fan Xiaoxue knew her mother very well. Don't look at Zhao Qin's mouth saying that she was envious of this rich wife who didn't have to go to work. The only job that lady did every day was to swipe her husband's credit card.In fact, Zhao Qin is a strong woman in the shopping mall with a strong ambition. If she really let her relax, she would definitely feel uncomfortable.
In order not to further block Zhao Qin's already not-so-good heart, Fan Xiaoxue had no choice but to say that she was tired and went to bed early to rest.
☆、It's hard to be jealous
"Why do you want an offline party on the weekend?" As soon as Dai Min went online, he heard everyone discussing the party in the group.
Gu Tao hurriedly explained everyone's plan to Dai Min: "You and Jing Han are going to interview next week, let's get together this week, first give you two interview simulations, and then change into the interview outfits , when we’re done, we’ll have a dinner together, and it’ll be a farewell for you.”
Dai Min thought this arrangement was very good, and after thanking the examiners for their strong support, the matter was settled like this.
Gu Tao chose Nantah University as the meeting place, and Cheng Xi took advantage of the convenience of the current students to help occupy a small classroom that was empty on weekends.
In order to make the mock interview closer to the real exam scene, Gu Tao and others who played the role of the examiner deliberately wore formal clothes.
"Wow, so handsome! Let's take a photo with brother Tao." Cheng Xi took out his phone and insisted on pulling Gu Tao to take a picture.
Gu Tao couldn't resist, so he could only obediently use Cheng Xi as a selfie prop.After changing several poses in a row and taking more than ten photos, Cheng Xi let go of Gu Tao contentedly.
While Cheng Xi and the other two girls were admiring the effect of the photo, Gu Tao came to Xu Jinghan's side calmly, nudged Xu Jinghan lightly with his elbow, then raised his chin slightly and said, "Brother Tao, how about this formal suit?" , Walking on the street will definitely not be considered as selling insurance!"
Gu Tao's expression at the moment is like a proud peacock showing off its beautiful tail.But he does have the capital to be proud of.
Formal suits are originally designed according to the physique of Westerners. Generally, Asian men will look short and thin when they wear them.And Gu Tao, regardless of his height, his thick chest, and his strong arms, perfectly controlled the well-made and expensive formal suit he was wearing.
Xu Jinghan couldn't help but take a second look, and then pretended to be calm and said: "The insurance sellers on the street can't afford such expensive suits, and your tie is probably enough for their monthly salary."
Although Xu Jinghan didn't get a positive compliment, Gu Tao discovered something gratifying.Just now he inadvertently noticed Xu Jinghan's small movements when he looked at him, he was very familiar with that.
In the past, many girls were interested in him, but shy and embarrassed to speak out, they would show this expression in front of him.First, the eyes will sneak a glance at him unconsciously, and once they meet his eyes, they will look like a child who has done something wrong, and shift their eyes to other places with a guilty conscience.
Could it be that Jing Han is also interested in me?It can't be such a coincidence!Even if the gay scene in Yuzhou is well-known throughout the country, it is not to the extent that the streets are full of homosexuals, not to mention that Jing Han is so serious on weekdays.
But if Jing Han is not gay, why has he never had a girlfriend?When he doesn't wear glasses, his looks will never lose to the popular little fresh meat, his temperament is clean and gentle, and his knowledge is profound... Even if Jing Han is reserved and doesn't take the initiative to pursue girls, there should be girls chasing after him.
"Brother Tao... Brother Tao, come and let's start."
"Huh? Oh, okay."
Cheng Xi's call interrupted the battle between heaven and man in Gu Tao's heart.
This interview simulation is completely in accordance with the actual combat process, starting from knocking on the door and entering the venue, including greetings, self-introduction, answering questions, and finally getting up and going out.
Gu Tao sat in the middle and faced the candidates, acting as the chief examiner to ask questions.Cheng Xi sat on Gu Tao's left and took a camera with his mobile phone, while Qin Siyu sat on Gu Tao's right and was in charge of timing.
Xu Jinghan and Dai Min took turns to answer the questions. It took about 25 minutes for each person to go through a set of procedures.
Xu Jinghan made great progress in this simulation. Although Gu Tao could still hear a little nervousness in his voice, his thinking in answering was still clear, and the tension and pressure did not affect his thinking.
Xu Jinghan still sat upright, but this time he held the pen in his right hand and pressed the manuscript paper on the table with his left hand, which was more natural and relaxed than the previous elementary school students' posture with their hands flat.
In contrast, Dai Min was slightly inferior in the content of his answers.As a professional woman, wearing black high-heeled shoes of 5 cm in size, Dai Min was full of aura as soon as she entered the venue, which made people's eyes shine.
In the subsequent answering process, Dai Min's thinking was obviously limited, and the content was relatively thin. When he couldn't think of what to say, he said some clichés to delay time.
Xu Jinghan and Dai Min each conducted two interviews, and then everyone sat around to watch the video and make comments.
After all the tossing, it was almost time for dinner.
"Let's go, what do you want to eat tonight?" Gu Tao moved the classroom tables and chairs back to their original positions while asking everyone for their opinions.
The weather was too cold, and the ladies stopped arguing about going on a diet to lose weight, and unanimously asked to eat hot pot.
Ladies first, Gu Tao and Xu Jinghan naturally have no objections.
In the lobby of Hongmanyuan Hot Pot Restaurant.
"Excuse me sir, what kind of pot do you want to eat?" The waiter skillfully began to order for Gu Tao and others.
"Mandarin duck pot." Gu Tao said in one go.
"Brother Tao, didn't you say that slightly spicy is the last compromise mom, when are you going to eat clear soup?" Qin Siyu said softly.
"Jing Han and Miss Dai Min have been practicing interviews for the past few days. Talking too much makes their throats easy to get angry, and those who eat spicy food are not adding fuel to the fire."
It was Xu Jinghan again, Qin Siyu clenched his palms slightly, but said with a sweet smile on his face: "Brother Tao is still careful, we didn't even think about it."
After ordering, the waiter took the menu that Gu Tao had returned, turned around and left.
"Let's go to the movies after dinner. Recently, several Hollywood blockbusters have been released."
Cheng Xi is at the age of carefree, eating, drinking and having fun, so it is unreasonable not to ask someone out on weekends to have a good time.
"Okay, let's combine work and rest, everyone should relax after studying all afternoon." Qin Siyu naturally didn't want to let go of any chance to stay with Gu Tao.
Xu Jinghan unwrapped the wet towel and carefully wiped his index finger that was stained with ink in the afternoon: "I won't—"
"Let's go together, we've known each other for so long, and every gathering is learning. Today's gathering is to wish you and Sister Dai a smooth interview, and it's also appropriate for everyone to go out and relax together." Gu Tao blocked Xu Jinghan's words of refusal. in the mouth.
Dai Min said: "Since everyone says so, let's give ourselves a night off."
The minority obeys the majority, and Xu Jinghan didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he nodded and said, "That's good."
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