Chapter 271 Thoughts
Chapter 271 Thoughts
At noon, Xiao Yangzhi called.
"elder brother."
"Ah."
Hearing Xiao Yangzhi's clear voice, Xu Mingyuan responded.
"I, I miss you..."
The sound of the little willow branch is very small, just like a mosquito buzzing around your ear, barely audible, but deafening.
When Xu Mingyuan heard these words, he felt an indescribable heartache.
"Okay, I understand." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"That, that..."
Yang Zhi wanted to ask Xu Mingyuan, but was too embarrassed to say it out loud. After hesitating for a long time, he finally shut up.
"Have you eaten?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
"Not yet." Yang Zhi replied.
"If you don't have any, go quickly." Xu Mingyuan urged again.
"Oh……"
"I missed you, too. Okay, let's have something good for lunch. If you can't finish it yourself, you can treat your classmates to some."
Xu Mingyuan reminded casually.
"Ah."
Yang Zhi smiled, but no one could appreciate it as she was covering the receiver. All they could see was her eyes narrowed into crescents.
Hearing his deskmate calling him, Yang Zhi quickly put the phone in his pocket and followed him out.
She did not go out to eat at noon, because the time was too short and it would delay her rest time. It was more convenient to eat in the cafeteria. She usually went out to eat a meal in the afternoon to meet Xu Mingyuan's request.
After all, it’s my brother’s advice, so I have to deal with it…
On Xu Mingyuan's side, he glanced at Ye Yining who had just walked over and was standing beside him.
Seeing her strange expression, he casually explained: "Don't get me wrong, she's my sister."
It’s not that Xiao Yangzhi stopped calling Xu Mingyuan at night, but she stopped calling when she learned that Tao Shuxin was with him.
Because Xu Mingyuan couldn't refuse the call, Xiao Yangzhi felt distressed when she heard it.
But the frequency of phone calls increased. During one physical exercise, Xiao Yangzhi found an opportunity to send a text message to Xu Mingyuan, asking if she could call him. After he said no once, she finally calmed down.
"I won't interfere with students' private lives."
Ye Yining was afraid that he would misunderstand, so she calmed down and explained suddenly.
"Teacher Ye, if you really have nothing to do, just go play."
Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to pay attention to her and called Tao Shuxin again.
But before I could pick her up, I saw the little girl coming out of the second teaching building with her classmates. She said a few words to her classmates and then ran over to me.
Xu Mingyuan also greeted her classmates and hugged the little girl who ran over.
Tao Shuxin didn't care about the hug in front of her classmates, but she didn't want to be too intimate. She said, then pushed him away and asked, "Why couldn't you get through on the phone just now?"
"Why are there so many things? How about I buy a mobile phone just to answer your calls?" Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"Huh." Tao Shuxin rolled her eyes and finally noticed Ye Yining next to Xu Mingyuan. "Hello, Teacher Ye. You're here too."
"Well, I have something to discuss with Xu Mingyuan." Ye Yining said.
"What's the matter? Teacher Ye, just tell me." Xu Mingyuan said.
"The legal department's expenditures have been prepared. I'm here for you to review."
Ye Yining took out a document from her bag and handed it to Xu Mingyuan.
Xu Mingyuan took it and glanced at it. It was the daily consumption of law students who were responsible for plagiarizing the classmates' website.
Each person's salary was not much, so they were given a symbolic amount of more than 600 yuan. The rest of the expenses, such as travel expenses, meal allowance, and litigation fees, were all listed out one by one.
Not only that, even the paper and pens used as office supplies are accurate to the millimeter.
Xu Mingyuan felt a bit of a headache after watching this. It seemed like this was a complete attempt to take advantage of the situation. The department wasn't going to pay a penny?
All in all, this month's expenses are close to 30,000 yuan, and there is a trend of growth. Xu Mingyuan's money did not come from the wind, so he would not be willing to waste it.
"Teacher Ye, are there any results?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
However, Xu Mingyuan did not care about this little thing. Anyway, he had agreed in advance that he would only invest for half a year, simply to give Classmates.com a legitimate reason.
Otherwise, everyone would think that the classmates website was a soft persimmon, and everyone would want to learn from and plagiarize, which made him very annoyed.
Of course, it seems that someone from Facebook also filed a complaint, saying that Classmates.com was copied from Facebook.
Xu Mingyuan ignored this matter. Even if the foreign companies wanted to sue China for ten years, it would be useless. They are purely here to increase the GDP of China.
"Uh, not yet." Ye Yining said after hesitating.
"Forget it." Xu Mingyuan didn't care, but still reminded him: "Teacher Ye, please pay attention next time and make this report simpler. How much did the office supplies cost in total, how much did the travel expenses cost in total, can't you even integrate them? You have to list each pen separately, how can I read these things? Just give a specific number, you are doing a terrible job."
"Okay, I'll pay attention next time." Ye Yining nodded.
"Making reports is not as simple as inputting receipts into the computer and then printing them out. Haven't you learned Excel? It's very useful. You graduated too early, so it's normal that you haven't learned it. Don't always use other people's spreadsheets, learn it yourself." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Okay, I'll go ask other teachers."
Ye Yining frowned and took the document back.
"Teacher Ye, go ahead and do your work. I'll ask the finance department to make up the difference."
Xu Mingyuan waved his hand and didn't even bother to ask Ye Yining to go to the cafeteria to eat with him. He just sent her away.
"Oh." Ye Yining suddenly realized that this student was also difficult to talk to. But there was nothing she could do. With the director above her and Xu Mingyuan below her, it was the most difficult thing for her to do as a middleman.
Moreover, Xu Mingyuan was usually elusive and was not in school most of the time, making him harder to find than himself as a counselor.
Looking at Ye Yining's receding back, Tao Shuxin pouted and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are really rude to the counselor."
"Let's put things in order. Work and identity should be separated. I have no achievements, but I have to spend so much money to support a group of interns every month. Am I doing charity? Let Ye Yining put some pressure on me. She is responsible for communication on this matter."
Xu Mingyuan has things to deal with every day at the company. He also has to accompany the little girl to class and comfort Xiao Yangzhi. How can he have the mood to care about Ye Yining's affairs?
"Aren't you afraid that your counselor will make things difficult for you?" Tao Shuxin asked.
"What is there to be afraid of? She is just a counselor who hasn't been hired as a full-time teacher yet. It's good enough that she is not afraid of me making things difficult for her." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Tsk, I'm almost ruining you."
Tao Shuxin pouted her lips and moved her chin in a sarcastic manner.
"Haha, here's a little gift for you."
Xu Mingyuan took out an MP4 from his pocket and put it in her hand.
"What? MP4?" Tao Shuxin saw the logo on it and flipped through it. "Is there a switch on the side? Is this a new model?"
"Well, one of the main products in the second half of the year has been put into production," said Xu Mingyuan.
"It looks so weird. Why aren't the buttons on the side?"
Tao Shuxin fiddled with the MP4, not quite understanding how to use it.
"Let's play later."
Xu Mingyuan watched her walk with her head down and snatched it away.
"Give it to me first. How can you take it away from someone who is giving it to you?"
Tao Shu took a look and, before the novelty had worn off, he reached out to grab it.
However, Xu Mingyuan raised his hand high, and she couldn't grab it.
In fact, Tao Shuxin was not after the MP4 in his hand, she just wanted to have some fun. It was fun to play with the little girl, and Xu Mingyuan also enjoyed it.
The time for flowers to bloom again is very short. After a few years, even if there are such small interactions again, the mood will rarely be the same as it is now.
When he met his classmates on the road, Xu Mingyuan greeted them politely as usual.
Tao Shuxin took this opportunity to snatch the MP4 back, put her arm around Xu Mingyuan, and asked him to pull her along.
"Holy crap, so many games, is this a game console?"
Tao Shuxin opened the game interface and saw hundreds of mini-games, and her eyes widened immediately.
"That's about right. It's made specifically for games."
Xu Mingyuan clicked on Super Mario in the game interface. This classic red and white console game is a game that almost everyone born in the 1980s and 1990s has played, and it accompanied them throughout their childhood.
In the game bar, classic games like Contra, Bomb Man, Snow Brothers, etc. are all downloaded to the MP4, and some unpopular games can also be found.
Last year, some manufacturers had already moved the Famicom to mobile phones.
There should be manufacturers making MP4s, but Fanchuan Technology started planning and laying out its strategy last year, and it is definitely the first MP4 manufacturer to seize the market for mini-games for the Famicom.
MP4 will still have a large market in the next few years, mainly because of its entertainment attributes, which cannot be replaced by mobile phones for the time being.
Once smartphones appear, countless fun games will immediately replace the MP4's ecological niche.
Tao Shuxin controlled the little man to step on the chestnuts with great interest. She also played the Subor game console when she was a child.
But little girls generally don't like playing video games. Tao Shuxin just wanted to try something new and have some childhood fun. She also helped Xu Mingyuan analyze the game and tell him what could be improved.
Although Tao Shuxin's suggestions were completely useless, Xu Mingyuan still nodded from time to time, listened to her immature ideas, and perfunctorily gave her the emotional value she deserved.
But Xu Mingyuan's eyes had already glanced to the other side.
The most outstanding thing about Jiangnan University's College of Arts is definitely not its academics. In Xu Mingyuan's eyes, the young girls in the College of Arts are the most pleasing to the eye. The College of Arts has a large number of female students, and there are many beautiful girls.
And as the weather gets warmer, the clothes become cooler.
Especially the girls majoring in media in the Third Teaching Building, they dress very fashionably.
The thick-soled black shoes and over-the-knee socks give the legs a slight tightness that is just right, making them look plump and graceful, outlining the curves of the legs beautifully.
Xu Mingyuan raised his head, and then lowered it.
What a pity, such fashionable outfit is far beyond the aesthetic standards of 05, but her face is just average.
However, the one with the most beautiful legs is not the girls in Jiangnan University’s College of Arts, but the little Yangzhi hiding at home.
Xu Mingyuan wondered whether he should signal Xiao Yangzhi to try it on, but he felt that the idea was too dangerous and he would easily fail if he got carried away.
"What are you looking at?"
Tao Shuxin frowned when she saw that his eyes were not on her.
"Look at the legs."
"Huzzah! You bastard!"
Tao Shuxin immediately threw down the MP4 in her hand, and was so angry that she wanted to settle the score with him.
"She's not as pretty as you. I just looked at her outfit and thought you would look better in it. How come you don't understand my good intentions? Is it wrong for me to want you to dress more beautifully?"
Xu Mingyuan simply turned the tables and blamed her for the mistake.
"Tsk, you're still blaming me, right..."
Tao Shuxin would never be fooled. She knows everything in her mind. Whatever you want me to wear, isn't it what you want to see?
(End of this chapter)