Chapter 232 Behave like a human being today!

Li Chen lowered his head and continued writing.

At three minutes to eleven, Yan Xi's message arrived precisely on time.

【schedule.】

Li Chen sent a screenshot of the document.

Yan Xi replied quickly.

[Delete the first paragraph. It reads too much like an assignment.]

Li Chen smiled.

【receive. 】

Yan Xi: [Puts down phone.]

Li Chen: [Almost there.]

Yan Xi: [I'll write again tomorrow morning.]

Li Chen stared at the screen, his fingers remaining motionless.

He really does want to write more.

It's not procrastination; it's wanting to make good use of what she gave him.

Yan Xi seemed to know what he was thinking.

What you write now, I'll make you delete tomorrow.

Li Chen remained silent for two seconds.

Turn off the computer.

I've let it go.

Yan Xi: [Scarf.]

Li Chen took the scarf off the back of the chair and folded it neatly.

Take a picture and send it over.

Yan Xi: [Sleep.]

Li Chen: [Good night.]

Yan Xi: [Goodnight.]

When he put down his phone, Wang Qiang was still memorizing vocabulary.

"Qiangzi," Li Chen reminded him, "he's asleep."

Wang Qiang looked up.

"I'll carry three more."

Zhao Zixuan looked shocked.

"You never had this awareness when you were reviewing advanced mathematics."

Wang Qiang whispered, "This is different."

These four words again.

After Li Chen lay down, he could still hear Wang Qiang reciting words in a low voice.

He read it haltingly.

But it didn't stop.

……

The next day at noon, in the cafeteria on the second floor.

Li Chen sat two tables away from Wang Qiang.

Zhao Zixuan and Chen Mo sat next to him.

Zhao Zixuan was about to turn around when Li Chen stopped him.

"Don't move."

Zhao Zixuan lowered his voice.

"I'll just take a look."

Yan Xi said, "Shut up and don't move."

Zhao Zixuan picked up the soup.

"Okay, I'll have the soup."

Chen Mo whispered, "Target spotted."

Li Chen didn't look up, only glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.

Lin Duo has arrived.

There were indeed two girls with her.

Li Chen didn't look at it for too long.

Yan Xi once said, "Don't put pressure on me."

Wang Qiang sat in the aisle seat with his meal in hand, his back straighter than during military training.

Lin Duo slowed her pace as she passed by.

Wang Qiang looked up.

He didn't stand up, nor did he wave exaggeratedly.

He simply nodded.

"good afternoon."

The sound wasn't loud.

Lin Duo nodded as well.

"good afternoon."

A girl next to her glanced at Wang Qiang, then at Lin Duo.

Lin Duo didn't explain, but simply sat down diagonally in front of her with her plate.

It's not far.

But we weren't deskmates.

Wang Qiang lowered his head and ate his food.

The movements were stiff, but not chaotic.

Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At least I passed the first level.

Zhao Zixuan lowered his voice.

"Qiangzi is acting like a normal person today."

Chen Mo: "His eating movements were less controlled than yesterday, and his chewing frequency was unusually slow."

Li Chen: "Shut up."

They both closed their eyes at the same time.

My phone vibrated.

Yan Xi: [Where is he sitting?]

Li Chen took pictures of the edge of his plate and a blurry spot in the distance and sent them to her.

Yan Xi: [Okay.]

Tell him not to watch too much.

Li Chen sent it to Wang Qiang.

When Wang Qiang saw the message, he immediately averted his gaze and became even more respectful.

Five minutes later, the girl next to Lin Duo got up to get some tissues.

Lin Duo remained seated, her fingers lightly touching the water glass.

Li Chen noticed it.

Wang Qiang noticed it too.

But he didn't move.

Li Chen's heart tightened.

This is a good thing.

Wang Qiang finally rushed in without seeing an opportunity.

Lin Duo looked up at Wang Qiang.

"Did you find the documents you borrowed yesterday?"

Wang Qiang put down his chopsticks.

"Found it."

He paused for a moment, then stopped talking.

"I'll send you a screenshot of the arrival reminder tonight."

Lin Duo nodded.

"Okay, thank you."

Wang Qiang said, "It's no trouble at all."

Then he lowered his head and continued eating.

That's the end of it.

It was so short that Zhao Zixuan was stunned.

"That's it?"

Li Chen said in a low voice, "It should be gone."

Chen Mo nodded.

"Short contact, low pressure, positive closed loop."

Li Chen glanced at Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang's ears turned red, but his hands remained steady.

He even picked up a piece of green vegetable.

Li Chen suddenly felt a sense of relief.

It's like seeing Wang Qiang transform from a wild, unruly dog ​​into a large dog that waits for commands.

Halfway through the meal, a very soft laugh suddenly came from Lin Duo's side.

Li Chen didn't look at it.

Zhao Zixuan was feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Chen Mo said in a low voice, "Lin Duo's roommate was probably teasing her, but Lin Duo didn't seem to be avoiding it."

Li Chen's phone vibrated again.

Yan Xi: [She smiled?]

Li Chen paused.

How did you know?

Yan Xi: [Wang Qiang hasn't replied to my monitoring message to him in ten seconds.]

Li Chen looked at Wang Qiang.

Sure enough, Wang Qiang's phone was lit up, but he didn't dare to take it.

Li Chen was convinced.

Yan Xiren was eating in the architecture department area, but it felt like she was sitting on the ceiling of the second-floor cafeteria.

After finishing her meal, Lin Duo picked up her plate.

She paused as she passed by Wang Qiang.

"I have class this afternoon, so I might get back to you later tonight."

Wang Qiang looked up.

"Hmm, no rush."

After he finished speaking, he added another sentence.

"You go ahead and get busy."

Lin Duo glanced at him.

"it is good."

she left.

Wang Qiang sat still for three seconds.

Zhao Zixuan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Qiangzi, you were really good just now."

Wang Qiang slowly turned his head.

My legs are numb.

Li Chen: "..."

Chen Mo lowered his head to take notes.

"Outwardly stable, inwardly under immense pressure."

Wang Qiang covered his face.

"I almost said I'd wait for you."

Zhao Zixuan gasped.

"Luckily you didn't say that."

Li Chen also felt fortunate.

News has arrived regarding Yan Xi.

That's all for today.

[Have him send the screenshot tonight, and don't chat for more than eight minutes.]

Li Chen forwarded it.

Wang Qiang nodded immediately.

"Eight minutes is enough."

Zhao Zixuan looked at him.

Are you sure?

Wang Qiang looked down at his vocabulary book.

"I still need to memorize vocabulary."

Zhao Zixuan remained silent.

"You've really changed."

After finishing his classes in the afternoon, Li Chen returned to his dormitory to continue revising the initial draft of the project.

Yan Xi didn't help him change it immediately, but told him to delete it himself first.

She put it very simply.

Don't use me as a crutch.

Li Chen looked at the sentence and deleted three paragraphs of nonsense.

He understood what Yan Xi meant.

She would support him, but she wouldn't walk for him.

At 7:52 PM, Wang Qiang sent the screenshot to Li Chen.

He and Lin Duo had a very short conversation.

Lin Duo sent a thank you message for reminding her to come to the library, and also mentioned that she had a lot of dictation practice in the afternoon.

Wang Qiang responded with restraint.

I didn't drink much hot water.

There was no forced comfort.

He only said one sentence—

【Then get some rest early tonight. Don't force yourself to finish memorizing tomorrow.】

Lin Duo replied.

You seem to be speaking more steadily now than you did a few days ago.

Wang Qiang panicked.

"Brother Chen, she's found out."

Just as Li Chen was about to look for Yan Xi, Yan Xi's message popped up first.

[Make him tell half the truth.]

Li Chen was stunned for a moment.

Half the truth.

He relayed this sentence to Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang thought for a long time before typing.

Because I'm afraid that saying too much will bother you, I've been trying to talk less lately.

Li Chen read it but didn't make any changes.

Wang Qiang sent it out.

Lin Duo replied after half a minute.

Don't be too nervous.

【You're fine the way you are.】

Wang Qiang stood up directly from his chair.

Zhao Zixuan grabbed him and pressed him down.

"Don't spin around."

Wang Qiang's voice was weak and unsteady.

"She said it was fine."

Chen Mo: "The key positive feedback has emerged."

Li Chen looked down at his phone.

Yan Xi sent a message.

Let him accept it.

Li Chen: "Qiangzi, the phone."

This time, Wang Qiang handed over his phone without hesitation.

"I'll accept it."

He sat back down, clutching his vocabulary book, looking like he'd won the lottery but was now being asked to write a self-criticism.

Li Chen wanted to laugh.

He sent the initial draft of the project to Yan Xi.

Please take a look.

Yan Xi didn't reply for two minutes.

[Open the door.]

Li Chen was taken aback.

Before he could react, there was a knock on the door of room 302.

Wang Qiang looked up while holding his vocabulary book.

Zhao Zixuan took off his headphones.

Chen Mo's hands stopped on the keyboard.

Li Chen went over and opened the door.

Yan Xi stood outside the door, holding a stack of printing papers in her hand.

She glanced at the dormitory.

My gaze first fell on the vocabulary book on Wang Qiang's desk, and then on Li Chen's computer screen.

"I've printed the first draft."

Li Chen took it.

The paper was covered with dense red markings.

He looked down at the first line.

Yan Xi wrote four words next to the title.

[A new version.]

Li Chen looked up.

Yan Xi spoke calmly.

"Not sleeping tonight?"