You are my proper foothold

Chapter 23

Drinking too much the night before is a sure sign of a bad day the next day.

Hui Xiaoyou was sitting in the office rubbing his temples while reading documents, but the words were doubled, jumping up and down on the paper like fleas, making people dizzy and nauseated.

"Damn it..." Hui Xiaoyou complained silently to himself, picked up the literature and put it aside, and started massaging his temples with all his heart.

But before he could press twice more, he heard a knock on the door. Hui Xiaoyou raised his head and saw Pei Ran standing at the door, looking at him worriedly, "Teacher, are you free now?"

"Well, come in." Hui Xiaoyou refreshed himself after sitting upright, and asked Pei Ran, "What do you want from me?"

"I have finished reading the few articles you asked me to read before, and I wrote a summary and sent it to your mailbox. I would like you to read it for me." Pei Ran stared at him and said quite intently.

Hui Xiao nodded his head, logged into his mailbox, and boasted: "Not bad, I didn't ask for it, and I wrote a summary myself, it's pretty good."

Pei Ran smiled lightly and stopped quickly, standing behind Hui Yue and said: "The main reason is that I have some thoughts after reading it, and I'm afraid I won't write them down and forget them after a while."

"I appreciate your attitude." Hui Xiaoyou said half-jokingly, then opened the email Pei Ran sent him, downloaded the attachment to the computer, clicked it and asked him: "Do you want me to watch it with you now, or do you want to watch it with me?" Can I discuss it with you after I finish reading alone?"

"I want to watch it with you." Pei Ran quickly replied, and added: "If it's convenient for you."

"It's convenient for me, I'm fine now. Then sit down, don't stand up." Hui Xiaoyou pointed to the chair next to him. Pei Ran took a look but didn't sit down. Instead, he turned around and asked him: "Teacher, are you Headache?"

Hui Xiaoyou thought that the child was quite careful, probably because he saw that he was pressing his temples just now, so he smiled at him and said: "It's okay, hangover is a common symptom, it will be fine in a while."

Pei Ran nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Wait for me a moment, I'll be back soon."

Hui Xiaoyou: "Eh? Why are you going?"

"Come back soon!" Pei Ran promised again and ran out, Hui Xiaoyou looked at the empty door inexplicably, wondering what he was up to.

But since Pei Ran was not there, Hui Xiaoyou took the opportunity to close his eyes and rest for a while, his head was still uncomfortable, he didn't want his brain to be muddy when he read the article to the students later.

Hui Xiaoyou waited for about 15 minutes with his eyes closed, and Pei Ran finally walked in cautiously with a cup.

"What is this?" Hui Xiao had an intuition that it must be for himself.

Pei Ran put the cup firmly on the table, "Honey water is very helpful for relieving hangovers, you should drink some first."

"Huh?" Hui Yue looked at him and then at the cup in a daze, "Where did you get the honey?"

"It's not mine, it's Xiao He's." Pei Ran explained to him, "Every time I drink too much wine at night, he will make me drink honey water the next day, so he always has it there, so I just bring it Used it. By the way, this cup is new, I have cleaned it thoroughly, you can use it with confidence."

"This..." Hui Xiaoyou was warmed by his considerate behavior as a graduate student, and thought that he really didn't lead them in vain. After hesitating for a while, he picked up his cup and said, "Then I won't be polite, thank you."

Pei Ran seemed to be very happy and smiled, "You're welcome, as long as you drink it, it will work."

"It will definitely work." Hui Xiaoyou drank a few sips and felt warm and comfortable in his stomach, then he put down the cup, took a pen and pointed at the computer screen and said, "Let's get down to business, let's see what your summary is about." how."

"Yeah." Pei Ran's expression also turned serious, and she pulled up a chair and sat beside Hui Xiaoyou to listen attentively to his feedback.

Hui Xiaoyou read it in detail, and explained it to Pei Ran in more detail. Naturally, he has read much more literature than Pei Ran, so he can make inferences about every point of view listed by Pei Ran. Lots of supporting and counterarguments.

The two of them discussed while reading. If they needed more details, they had to dig out the original documents to find relevant content. They did this for a whole morning, and even missed lunch time.

When the mouse slid down on the document and finally appeared the words "References", Hui Xiaoyou felt relieved, and his stomach started to growl at this time.

In fact, he should have been hungry by now.

He didn't eat much from yesterday's dinner, he was too busy drinking, and then he even vomited out what he ate.I didn’t have an appetite earlier, and my stomach was always empty. I was too focused on reading the article just now so I didn’t realize it. Now I feel hungry and have a stomachache after reading it.

Hui Xiaoyou felt a little cold sweat on his head, he didn't want Pei Ran to notice the abnormality, so he took a few mouthfuls of cold water at hand, suppressing the emptiness in his stomach, then turned his head and asked Him: "Any other questions?"

"No more for now." After Pei Ran finished speaking, he glanced at the time on the computer, it was almost two o'clock, and he was too hungry, so he installed the notebooks and asked Hui Xiaoyou: "Teacher, let's have dinner together." ?”

Hui Xiaoyou really wanted to eat, but right now his stomach hurts so much that he doesn't want to move, so he pretended not to care and said, "I'm not very hungry, go and eat by yourself, I'll go later."

"It's already two o'clock. If you wait any longer, it's time for dinner." Pei Ran looked at him, "Go with me."

But Hui Xiaoyou shook his head resolutely, "It's really not necessary, you can go and leave me alone."

Seeing that he was so sure, Pei Ran had no choice but to leave with his schoolbag.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Hui Xiaoyou couldn't hold himself back and collapsed on the table. The twitching pain made his whole body get goosebumps, as if he was chilling, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead layer after layer. layer.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die..." Hui Xiaoyou murmured silently, hoping that this "labor pain" would pass quickly so that he could find something to eat to cushion him off.

But the stomachache is really tormenting.

Hui Xiaoyou had already lost the concept of time, and he felt that the seconds seemed like years. He didn't know if it was a few years or hundreds of years, but Pei Ran's voice appeared at the door again.

"teacher?"

As soon as Hui Xiao heard his voice, he thought badly. He couldn't sit up now, so he wanted to lie on his stomach and pretend to sleep, but he didn't expect Pei Ran to walk in. When he got behind his desk, he saw that he was pressing tightly with one hand. On the stomach, the other hand is placed on the table in a clenched fist.

Pei Ran became nervous all of a sudden, he stretched out his hand to help Hui Xiaoyou up, but now Hui Xiaoyou's whole back was bowed into a tight string, he couldn't support him at all, so he could only ask anxiously: "Teacher, What's wrong with you? Is it a stomachache?"

Hui Xiaoyou nodded his head after a few seconds, Pei Ran stood up again and said, "Persist a little longer, I'll be right back."

Hui Yue: ...Where are you going?

But for the time being, he couldn't ask what was in his heart, and Pei Ran had already disappeared.

Hui Xiaoyou continued to lie on his stomach with nothing to love, waiting for the annoying little fairy in his stomach to stop being a monster, and it took almost a long time before he felt that the convulsions gradually eased, allowing him to finally sit down slowly. He got up, leaned back in the chair and panted.

At this time Pei Ran also came back, he was carrying a bag in his hand, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Hui Xiaoyou was no longer lying on his stomach, put the bag on the table, walked around to look at him and asked, "Teacher, how are you?" Yet?"

"Well, it's okay." Hui Xiaoyou was still not used to showing weakness in front of the students, pretending to wave his hand freely and said: "It's an old problem, just get used to it."

Pei Ran's eyes were still full of worry, he opened the bag on the table, took out the packed porridge and buns, handed them to Hui Xiaoyou and said, "Hurry up and eat something, the ones I bought are all relatively light , I should feel better after taking it. I still have medicine for stomach problems here, so I put it here with you, just in case."

Hui Xiaoyou looked at Pei Ran in front of him, and felt for a moment that he was possessed by Jiang Xin, but he quickly chased away this strange thought in his mind, and said with a serious expression: "Thank you, thank you, I have my own graduate student That's right. How much are these things in total? I'll pay you back, and I'll treat you and Xiao He to dinner next time."

"You don't have to pay me back, I bought these at the cafeteria, they're very cheap." Pei Ran said with some embarrassment.

But Hui Xiaoyou insisted on giving him the money, "Students don't make money, how can you let me eat for free as a salaryman?"

Pei Ran looked at him, and finally accepted the money.

At this moment, Hui Xiaoyou picked up the cup of honey water that Pei Ran gave him in the morning, "I'll give you the money for this too, it's not good to return it to you after I've used up the cup, how much is it?"

When Pei Ran heard that he wanted to pay back the money, he shook his head repeatedly, and refused with a very clear attitude: "I don't want it! This cup was originally bought for you! Please don't give me the money!"

"Bought it for me?" Hui Yue was amused once he heard it. He saw that the pattern on the cup was rather cartoony and felt that it didn't match his own style of painting, so he said to Pei Ran, "Why did you suddenly think of giving this to me?" ? It’s not a birthday or a holiday, you don’t get paid for nothing.”

"I want to thank you for your guidance..." Pei Ran blushed a little, paused and said, "It was very cheap, and Xiao He and I bought it together..."

"That's it," Hui Xiaoyou held up the glass and looked at it again. He felt that although he was a little younger, he was quite cute overall. Thinking that this was the wish of the two children after all, it wouldn't be good if he insisted on refusing, why not? Take it first, and it would be nice to give them both a present as compensation when I go back to Christmas or something, so I put the cup back on the table and said, "Then I'll keep it, and give it to me." Say thank you to Xiao He."

"Definitely!" Pei Ran readily agreed, but a strange look flashed in his eyes, but Hui Yue didn't notice it.

***

When he got home at night, Hui Xiaoyou couldn't help showing off when he saw Jiang Xin: "Let me tell you, the two graduate students I brought were very caring, and even gave me a gift together!"

Jiang Xin couldn't help laughing at his complacent look: "What gift?"

"A cup!" Hui Xiaoyou raised his chin and put his hands behind his back, walking back and forth in front of Jiang Xin, "The cartoon one, very cute! Like me!"

"Cup?" Jiang Xin's smile deepened, "You said it was given by the two of them together?"

Hui Xiaoyou felt that his focus was not right. He obviously put the emphasis on "cute" and "like me" in what he said just now, but Jiang Xin didn't understand his deep meaning. Instead, he asked such an inexplicable question. He curled his lips and replied: "It was given by one person, but it was bought by two people together."

"The student who gave you the cup told you it was a joint purchase?" Jiang Xin asked again.

"That's right." Hui Xiaoyou looked at him strangely, "Is there any problem?"

Big problem.Jiang Xin thought silently.

Giving a cup usually represents a lifetime, no matter whether the sender knows the meaning or has the intention, he does not want the person he likes to receive a gift with this meaning from others.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xin raised her head and looked at Hui Xiaoyou with pure eyes, and asked with a docile look: "Senior brother, can you give me this cup? It just so happens that the cup I used in the office these two days broke , if you give it to me, I won't have to buy a new one."

Hui Xiaoyou was even more baffled, "Mr. Xin, you don't need this little money, right? I've already used that cup, it's not new, and it's not good to give away what was given to me."

"It's fine not to let them know. And since it's already a gift for you, you have the final say on how to control it, so don't worry about it." Jiang Xin's eyes were shining brightly, looking at Hui Xiaoyou full of expectation, The words "Send me, send me, send me..." seem to be rolling across the face.

Hui Xiaoyou felt helpless towards him, and said with a grumpy smile, "You really want it so much?"

Jiang Xin nodded obediently.

Hui Xiaoyou: "I used it before, you don't dislike it?"

Jiang Xin shook her head adoringly.

Hui Xiaoyou couldn't help laughing, "I really lost to you, well, I'll get it back for you tomorrow."

"Thank you, senior!" Jiang Xin played the role of a pure and innocent little junior so vividly that Hui Yue couldn't stop laughing for a long time.

Forget it, juniors and students can't have both, and those who give up students and take juniors are also.

Hui Xiaoyou suddenly thought of this sentence, and felt that he was too unlike a professor.