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However, before that, sufficient preparations must be made, and the scene and necessary exercises must be arranged, so as to give Jiang Baiqian a feeling that "my daughter is really studious recently" and "Teacher Xiao Han really tries every possible way to teach her well", so that she can better accept the abrupt behavior of suddenly borrowing notes.
Of course, he had to demagnetize the access card after he got back. After all, he had used the access card to get in that morning. If he suddenly said that the access card was broken, it would definitely arouse suspicion. He would have to bring the broken access card tomorrow...
I feel the risk is still quite high.
After listening to Han Zhou's general plan, Mo Yixia was silent for a while and said, "You seem to be very experienced in making excuses."
"Who am I doing this for?"
Han Zhou was sweating profusely at this time, and said unhappily, "Anyway, if your mother gets angry, you must do everything you can to protect me."
"Is this your request?"
"It is your duty."
It was already four o'clock, Han Zhou's time to get off work. Not long ago, he went out to the gate of the community with the access card and pretended for a while. He just came back. If he was not in a "dying" state, he would probably be exhausted.
Mo Yixia is not allowed to use her cell phone at will, so there is no way to contact her through the phone. I can only use this stupid method.
The two performed under the surveillance camera and then prepared to go out.
Looking at Mo Yixia in the room, Han Zhou suddenly became curious. If he couldn't talk about her mother, he could talk about her father, right? So he asked, "By the way, why haven't I seen your father?"
Mo Yixia seemed a little absent-minded. She took out the access card from the drawer, and her voice was a little unclear under the mask.
"He went to study in Qi City."
Han Zhou was stunned.
What, died last year?
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 27 Do you think I have a chance?
The moment he stepped out of the community gate, Han Zhou was still a little nervous.
After all, this is Mo Yixia's neighborhood. He was afraid that there might be Jiang Baiqian's spies nearby, so he kept a serious expression and emphasized again: "Remember, if your mother is angry, you must find a way to protect me."
Although it was already past four in the afternoon, the sunlight was still glaring, the heat was rolling, and it was as hot as a red-hot stove. Because she was wearing a baseball cap, beads of sweat soon appeared on Mo Yixia's fair forehead.
She said calmly: "Don't worry, I will do whatever it takes."
Hearing this, Han Zhou was not moved at first. Instead, he smelled something bad and said anxiously, "Why do I feel like you are sure that your mother will be angry..."
Mo Yixia didn't say anything, and her almost tacit attitude made him feel even more uneasy.
The two of them took a taxi, and after getting in the car, Mo Yixia said, “My mother is a person who focuses on results. Even if she is dissatisfied, she may not fire you immediately. She will most likely wait until my test is over before making a judgment.”
Han Zhou's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "What test? How come I don't know about it?"
Mo Yixia gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, glanced at him, and said, “Do you really think she will let you keep teaching me just because you have good grades?”
"If you can't effectively improve my academic performance in a short period of time and turn your grades into my grades, then of course you will be replaced. The test is used to test my learning outcomes."
Han Zhou had actually anticipated this. Just like when an intern becomes a regular employee, he also has to go through an assessment. So he asked, "So what does 'in a short period of time' mean..."
"It's hard to be sure, but it will probably be about five days at most. After all, there are only more than 20 days left in the summer vacation. There is no time to waste."
Han Zhou looked bitter: "Is it too late for us to turn around and go back to study now?"
Although he thought he had not slacked off in his tutoring of Mo Yixia, five days was too short a time, and it was unrealistic to expect a significant improvement in her grades.
Mo Yixia looked at his expression and asked, "Are you so afraid of being fired?"
"Isn't this nonsense? I can't get paid, I can't eat a good meal, I can't use the free air conditioning, and..."
"And you won't be able to see me in the future?"
Mo Yixia interrupted, her tone was not doubtful, but affirmative like a rhetorical question.
Han Zhou was stunned. He thought to himself that what he said was correct. After all, he couldn't get any points if he didn't see this guy. But wasn't it a little too arrogant for you to say it in person?
"I've been thinking about the real reason why you approached me since last night."
"From all your actions, my initial judgment was wrong. You approached me not because you liked me, and we had no interactions before this, so I'm curious why you were so excited when you first saw me."
Mo Yixia looked at Han Zhou's profile. "The look in your eyes at that time showed what you wanted from me, but I spent the whole night trying to figure out what it was. But if I figure it out one day, I should be able to know the real reason why you approached me."
Han Zhou was stunned.
Isn't this girl a little too perceptive? Nothing special seemed to have happened last night, so why did she suddenly think of this?
He laughed and said with a stiff face, "It's not necessarily love, it's probably love at first sight."
Mo Yixia shook her head: “I don’t believe in love at first sight, and you can tell whether you like someone or not. This is definitely not the real reason why you approached me.”
The driver, who had been keeping his ears perked up, laughed heartily and took over the topic half-jokingly: "Haha, if it's not love at first sight, then it must be lust at first sight."
Mo Yixia thought for a long time, and actually nodded solemnly, and said thoughtfully: "Thank you for reminding me, it's not impossible."
Han Zhou's face darkened.
Before he could speak, he heard the other party continue: "I know you won't tell me the reason, but one day I will know what the reason is. Before that, I will protect you. After all, you are helping me this time."
Han Zhou showed a happy expression: "What happens after this?"
"Bless yourself."
Mo Yixia turned her head to look out the window and stopped talking.
Summer vacation is less than a month away, so where is the after?
Linshui Bridge is about a twenty-minute drive from Yunhuan Community, and we arrived there quickly.
Mo Yixia gave a detailed address, and Han Zhou understood what she meant. He took out his mobile phone and searched on the mobile map.
While navigating, he asked the other party how she knew the address. The latter replied that she had a chance to look at her mobile phone for a while when she went to a birthday party last night, and a friend told her the news.
Han Zhou's expression was very surprised.
Mo Yixia’s voice was slightly cold: “Your expression now seems to be saying, it’s unbelievable that such a person actually has friends.”
"How could it happen?"
Han Zhou quickly denied it, laughed dryly, and asked tentatively, "Do you think I have a chance to be your friend?"
Mo Yixia looked at him carefully for a moment and shook her head firmly.
"You do not deserve."
The two walked for a while following the guidance of the map and soon came to a square of neither size. The place was quite remote and there was no place to provide shade. No idea why they had to choose this kind of place for an open-air concert.
There were a few girls standing under the scorching sun in the distance. I guess they were the members who were going to perform this time. They were holding their instruments and singing with sweat pouring down their cheeks.
However, there were hardly any people around. Even if someone passed by, they would only stop for a short while and then quickly leave, with no intention of staying to watch.
It’s not because these girls sing badly, but because it’s too hot now and they have to endure the scorching sun. They are willing to sing under the scorching sun, but no one is willing to stand under the sun to support them.
If it were a different time and place, a group of young and energetic girls like this might attract a considerable crowd of onlookers.
I don’t know why, but Han Zhou always felt that the song the girls were singing sounded familiar.
But this is not surprising. Now is an era of information explosion. We hear at least eight songs every day. You never know when you will be impressed by a song, so it is normal to feel familiar with it.
He was about to continue walking forward, but was stopped by Mo Yixia: "No need to go over there, just take a look here."
Han Zhou looked at her strangely and said, "But this place is too far away."
"My eyesight is very good. Do I need a pair of binoculars for you?"
"My eyesight isn't bad, okay?"
Han Zhou glanced at her unhappily, then suddenly realized something, "Wait, are you worried that they will see you if you get too close?"
He remembered that Mo Yixia said that she knew these people, so there was no need to stay so far away.
Mo Yixia remained silent.
Han Zhou wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered Gu Zheng's analysis last night, so he stopped guessing and stood there with her, looking into the distance silently.
Enduring such scorching sun was undoubtedly a torture. He soon became sweaty and said, "Why don't we find a cooler place?"
"no need."
Mo Yixia looked quietly at the girls in the distance. Their faces were all covered in sweat, and even their masks were wet. But she didn't seem to care. "That's good."
"What's good about that? You're not even afraid of getting a heat stroke."
Han Zhou wiped the sweat off his face, muttered something and ran away, and no one knew who he was talking about.
He searched for a long time and finally saw a convenience store a few hundred meters away. After buying a few bottles of water, he hurried back and handed one of the bottles to Mo Yixia.
"Thank you."
The latter took the water bottle and subconsciously turned his head to take a look. Seeing Han Zhou holding a large plastic bag, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Why do you want to buy so much water?"
Han Zhou gulped down half a bottle of water and said unhappily, "Of course I sent it to your friends. They all have masochistic tendencies... They are all your friends, right?"
Anyway, he thought that he would not endure the scorching sun for a group of irrelevant people. Only his relatives and friends could make him do so.
And on the way to the convenience store just now, he suddenly remembered where he had heard this song.
At that time, the two went to a food street. Mo Yixia went alone. When they met again, she stopped in front of a flower shop playing music. At that time, Han Zhou thought that she liked flowers, but now he thinks that she cares about the song.
Mo Yixia didn’t deny the “friend” thing, but just said lightly: “I won’t go.”
"I didn't expect you to go."
Han Zhou sighed, took out a large newspaper from somewhere, and covered the girl's head with it. "If you get a heat stroke, your mother will probably kill me. Wait here. I'll be back as soon as I deliver the water. Then it's time to leave."
Mo Yixia hesitated for a moment, held up the newspaper with both hands to block the scorching sun, and the shadow under her feet became blurred.
"Thank you."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 28 Big loss
Han Zhou was quite curious about what Mo Yixia's friends were like. If he could summarize the common points among them, maybe he could make that girl stop hating him.
However, as it stands now, the biggest commonality among these girls is that they have a tendency towards self-abuse, otherwise they would not be so desperate as to perform outdoors under the scorching sun.
To say that they were singing outdoors was an exaggeration. There wasn't even a single audience member around, and no one knew what they were doing. So one could definitely add the prefix "self-abuse".