Chapter 23
Chapter 22
Jiang Xiaosi shrank his neck, feeling so cold, tilted his head to see if there was ice on the glass windows of the office. Shen Mo's whole body seemed to be emitting nuclear radiation, and within a hundred feet, all the plants and trees were withered.
However, the gray-haired old man in the white coat of the Taiji diagram has the ability to turn a deaf ear and sit there with a smile on his pipe. I don't know if it's because of the practice, or if the dementia is too slow.
"Tell me what's going on! Are you my kindergarten teacher?" Shen Mo slapped the table, and the whole teaching building trembled.
Jiang Xiaosi puffed up his cheeks indignantly.
What? Kindergarten? Thirty of you Shen Mo added together may not necessarily be as old as me! I am older than your ancestors in eight lifetimes!
The principal slowly slid the chair to the floor-to-ceiling windows, lazily basking in the sun, the folds and beard on his face showed his kindness and kindness to the fullest.
"Don't frighten new students, pay attention to maintaining a good teacher image. Xiaosi, because he admires your major and academics, refused the invitation of foreign universities and came to our school on purpose."
Jiang Xiaosi kept smiling and nodded frequently.
"I don't care where she wants to study or whose class she wants to take, but I refuse to be her tutor. Don't you think that I will help you take care of the children besides helping you clean up the mess!"
Jiang Xiaosi rubbed his eyes, she read it right, the principal, who was smiling just now, was already in tears, and his face was full of desolation, the bright and bright sunshine that shone on him was now covered with a trace of decadence , full of sadness.
"Xiao Shen, you know that I have always cherished talents the most. This is also to contribute to the archaeological cause of our country and cultivate successors! Xiao Si is a good seed. Although he is talented, he lacks systematic archaeological knowledge and theoretical education. At most, I can be a top-notch dealer of cultural relics, not an archaeologist. What a pity to be buried in Tuoguxiang for the rest of my life. I taught her to you because I hope you can guide her well. Besides, Xiao Si is smart and smart. Whether it is in life or academically, it can provide you with great help."
Shen Mo snorted coldly, she was originally a dealer in cultural relics. help? He would be thankful for not giving him trouble.
After all, his attitude softened a bit, knowing that there would be no result in arguing with the old fox.
"The equipment in the studio will be replaced with new ones before next month." He turned around and left.
Jiang Xiaosi looked at the principal who was smiling triumphantly, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Duan, to trouble you."
The principal smiled and waved his hands again and again: "Don't worry, it's not troublesome at all. Remember to ask your father to give you more discounts in the future."
"That's natural, you are a regular customer of our family. It's just that I didn't expect Professor Shen to be so angry. Why does he hate me so much?"
"This child Shen Mo has been like this since he was a child. He has a hard mouth and a soft heart. He doesn't like to have too much entanglement or involvement with anyone. Being so disgusted and repulsive can only show that you have too much contact with him, which has had some impact on his life and emotions. , has aroused his vigilance, but it does not mean that he hates you.
"Vigilant?" Jiang Xiaosi nodded suddenly.
Walking after dinner, Jiang Liu took Jiang Xiaosi to eat ice cream at the cold drink shop.
"How's the new school?"
"Very good. University is much more fun and free than middle school. If I knew it earlier, I would have skipped a grade earlier."
Jiang Liu shook his head. No one knows Xiao Si better than him. She is actually a very nostalgic person in her bones. It is difficult to get out of the past, so she rarely takes the initiative to try a new life. Letting her leave her current teachers and classmates, as well as the good friends like Li Yueyi she made with great difficulty, it is very difficult to adapt to everything. In the past, she would secretly hide in bed and cry every time she moved.
In the words of Xiao Si, her biggest dream is to have a big castle, where her lover, relatives and friends, and all the people she likes for thousands of years, even neighbors and passers-by, are all housed and never separated.
"Dad is very happy that you can take the initiative to change to a new environment, but have you forgotten what I said to you, less contact with Shen Mo."
"Dad, don't you think he is very interesting? Besides, you can associate with Shen Koudan, why don't you let me get in touch with Professor Shen?"
"That's different. Shen Mo has a very big prejudice against non-human beings. I'm worried about you."
"Don't worry, I've never done anything bad. Even if Professor Shen finds out that I'm not human, he won't do anything to me. He's actually a very nice person. You're so busy with work that you don't have time to accompany me. , I go to school every day and stay at the store by myself, it’s so boring. I finally found someone who is more fun and has fun things to do..."
Jiang Xiaosi put his arms around his neck pitifully and acted like a baby.
Jiang Liu nodded, he just knew that his reasons were not sufficient, so he didn't stop her. But deep down in his heart, he was still vaguely afraid of Shen Mo. This is something that has never happened in thousands of years, and he trusts his intuition.
"Xiao Si, if you don't like it, I'll quit my job and stay with you at home like before, okay?"
"No need, Dad, although I'm retarded, I've grown up and I can't cling to you all the time. Besides, I didn't transfer all because of Professor Shen. After what happened to Ye Miao and Li Yueyi, I suddenly felt very sad. I have the urge to fall in love. I have lived for a thousand years. If I die suddenly and have never been in love, how pitiful it is. The boys in college are more mature and handsome. Hehe, maybe I can find one. "
Jiang Liu smiled helplessly and patted her head. Sometimes he wondered if Jiang Xiaosi really fell in love with someone, would he turn that person into a zombie at any cost. Because no matter what the circumstances, he would never let her suffer.
The bell for the end of get out of class rang, and Jiang Xiaosi picked up his book and sneaked into the crowd, planning to sneak out.
"Jiang Xiaosi, come to my office later." A cold voice sounded from the podium, and Jiang Xiaosi wanted to cry without tears in the jealous, envious or sympathetic eyes of his surroundings.
She didn't know whether she should feel lucky or sad for herself. Originally thought that since Shen Mo disliked her, he must have adopted an attitude of indifference and indifference. But he didn't expect it to be the complete opposite, and he didn't know if he had listened to the words of the principal, and started to "cultivate" her vigorously.
In addition to the few courses she chose that she was interested in, she also helped her choose twice the number of courses on her own initiative. In the morning, noon and evening, she had to take eleven classes at most, and seven at least. She also gave her a small book, except for Shen Mo's own class, other teachers or professors' classes must be taken after class for the teacher to sign, and write down the evaluation of each of her classes. If there are skipping classes, being late, leaving early, or falling asleep in class, the homework will be doubled.
Then every day after school, I have to go to Shen Mo's office to report on my progress and learning experience, and then ask a lot of questions, so I can go back to check the information. Arrange a bunch of papers, and submit them in a limited time and limited number of words. List a lot of reference books to read, and also have to write reading notes.
Professor Devil! No wonder the students he leads call him Professor Devil in private! Jiang Xiaosi finally knew why. In real life, he is stern and rigid, and academically rigorous and perverted. It would be a waste for him not to teach kindergarten!
Jiang Xiaosi, who has always been at ease, has been tortured inhumanly in the past two weeks. If it weren't for Shen Mo's seriousness every time he corrected her thesis and guided her, she would really feel that Shen Mo was deliberately retaliating and making her retreat.
Finally know what it means to have a way to heaven. If you don't go, there is no way to hell. She deserved it at all, jumping into the fire pit by herself.
Jiang Xiaosi walked miserably to Shen Mo's office. As soon as she entered, Chen Anyuan and Hu Hui gave her sympathetic looks.
Shen Mo threw her two thick atlases of bronze and lacquerware: "After copying these two books, hand them over to me before next Monday."
Jiang Xiaosi's eyes were burning, she came to study archaeology, not art!
"Any objections?" Seeing that she was motionless, Shen Mo raised his eyes and crossed his chest and looked at her coldly.
Jiang Xiaosi immediately acted like a deflated ball: "No, sir."
"Very good, don't forget that the investigation report I asked you to write last time is due tomorrow."
Jiang Xiaosi was about to go crazy, and before she could tear Shen Mo in half, she rushed out of the office angrily.
"Little Junior Sister, wait!"
Chen Anyuan called her to stop, and followed her out with a stack of books in his arms.
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"Professor Shen asked you to return these books to the library for him by the way, and borrow these books back. This is the book list and library card."
Jiang Xiaosi was about to cry.
Chen Anyuan saw that she was so cute with her small stature and bulging cheeks, so she couldn't help stroking her head.
"Don't be afraid, Professor Shen didn't mean to embarrass you. You missed too many classes and didn't even learn high school history. Even if you are extremely talented in certain subjects, archaeology involves a very wide range of fields. It must be very difficult to get started with postgraduate courses, and Professor Shen is helping you lay a solid foundation. The intensity may be a little higher, but you have to work hard to persevere!"
It was only then that Jiang Xiaosi felt a little more balanced. Chen Anyuan was indeed right. Taking history as an example, Jiang Xiaosi after the Song Dynasty is like a treasure, and he is extremely clear. very familiar. Many of the things she knows, either because of interest or for the business of the store, have not been studied systematically.
"Were you also like this at the beginning?"
"Yes, Professor Shen is a very strict person. Since you want to be his student, you must sit down and prepare yourself. He is very responsible. Even if you don't want to move, he will whip you away with a whip."
"I've already discovered it." Jiang Xiaosi's face was distorted. It's really too late to regret. He originally wanted to live a free and casual college life, see the handsome guy, Professor Bubble, but he didn't expect to spend a lot of time in class and in the library.
Late at night, when Jiang Liu came back from get off work, Jiang Xiaosi was still sitting in front of the computer.
"Xiao Si, are you still playing games? No class tomorrow?"
"I want to go, I'm rushing to write a thesis, alas, the junior middle school composition only needs to write 800 words, and now a random essay costs three to four thousand, isn't this killing me!"
Jiang Liu couldn't help laughing: "Is the course difficult?"
"Some are very simple, such as identification of cultural relics, making old cultural relics, restoration of cultural relics, and some are more difficult, such as Neolithic Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Archaeological Mapping, Archaeological Surveying, etc. I am so annoying. I hate endorsements."
Jiang Liu walked over and hugged her who was sitting in his arms: "Don't force yourself, if you don't like it, don't learn it, Shen Mo can do anything to you."
Jiang Xiaosi wrapped his arms around his waist, put his face on his lower abdomen and rubbed gently, like a pudding.
"I don't like it. It's the first time I've made up my mind to learn something when I grow up. I used to think that the future will be long, and I was never in a hurry to learn anything. So my magic power is not enough, and everything is half a bucket of water. I feel a little bit Annoyed myself, because in fact, I was never a genius, even more stupid than ordinary children. I have to recite things that others can memorize two or three times.
The only advantage is that there is plenty of time. Others memorize it for a week, and I can memorize it for a year. When others study a problem, decades or nearly a hundred years will come to an end, but I can study it for a thousand years. In other words, if this is still not done well by others, I really can only hit the wall.
Another reason why I work so hard is because Shen Mo is really serious about teaching me. I don't want to disappoint him, let alone make him look down on me. He reads my homework and my thesis, knows what I am good at and what needs to be learned, so he focuses on which part of me to train, and even in class, he can't help but focus on it. If I keep frowning and don't understand Or if in doubt, he will repeat it twice. When I asked questions and argued with him, he never categorically denied that I was wrong, but guided me step by step, gave me a bibliography, and let me study to find the final answer. "
Jiang Liu couldn't help being a little dazed when he heard her say so much in one breath, and wanted to give her comforting and encouraging smiles as usual, but he didn't know why some of them couldn't laugh.
"From what you've said, he's really a good teacher."
"Yeah, although he is a bit difficult to get along with, he is actually very careful in his bones." Jiang Xiaosi couldn't help being happy when he thought of Shen Mo's indifferent eyes and his face that was often distorted by her anger. I like him more and more.
"What about the other students? How do you get along?"
"It's pretty good, because I'm the youngest, and everyone was a little curious about me at first, but I'm smart and sweet-mouthed. Of course, all the "brothers and sisters" like me. When Professor Shen made things difficult for me , They will help me. If I can't bear to see you every day, I really want to move to the school and experience dormitory life."
Jiang Liu was sitting on the sofa, and Jiang Xiaosi curled up into his arms, excitedly telling her every detail of her time at T University, including her joining the animation club, roller skating club, and cheerleading team. For the performance, she will be on stage to COS Head Suzumiya, Kuchiki Rukia and so on.
While talking, she fell asleep in Jiang Liu's arms without knowing it. Jiang Liu didn't take her back to her room, but sat on the sofa and hugged her all night. I don't know why, but I just feel that Xiao Si seems to be getting farther and farther away from him.
(end of this chapter)