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The scholar in Tsing Yi is late——

Looking at the time flashing on the phone screen: 11:01, Xiaomeng's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Bai Qingyi, who had no idea that he had been overwhelmed by Xiaomeng with all kinds of thoughts, was standing on tiptoe on the bus, staring ahead with sweat on his brow.Ahead, there is an endless convoy of vehicles of various colors, large and small, blocking the way.

And this blocking situation has lasted for 10 minutes.

Glancing at the time, it's 10:30.If the bus doesn't start after 5 minutes, he's going to be late!Being late for the first meeting also left a bad impression.And... Thinking about the roaring style Xiaomeng likes to use when chatting, Bai Qingyi couldn't help but shudder.

If you can't be late, do everything possible to not be late!

However, determination is beautiful and reality is cruel.

The place where the bus was blocked was not convenient to get off at all, no matter what Ren Bai Qingyi said, the bus driver was unmoved at all, and there was no change in expression on his face from beginning to end.Helpless, Bai Qingyi had no choice but to take out his mobile phone, ready to call Xiaomeng to explain the situation.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xia Heng called.

After hesitating for a second, Bai Qingyi swiped to answer.

Xia Heng's voice swept away the exhaustion of the previous few days, and seemed to be in a good mood: "Are you free at noon?"

"I want to have lunch with you." Qingyue's male voice penetrated into his ears, like an invisible hand, vibrating the strings in his heart.

"Have you solved your troublesome matter?" Bai Qingyi asked, remembering Xia Heng's distressed expression a few days ago.

Xia Heng gave a soft "hmm".Knowing that it's all right, he was relieved, Bai Qingyi was about to continue to say that he already had an appointment at noon, when Xia Heng's voice sounded again: "Actually, you also know about that."

ah?Bai Qingyi was taken aback.Xia Heng said slowly: "I have a paper that was rejected when I submitted it to an academic journal."

Bai Qingyi was about to reassure that it was nothing, this one was just changing to another one, but recalling that Xia Heng said that he also knew about it, all he knew was a rumor, could it be that this paper was accused of plagiarism?

But since it was rejected, why did so many people know about it?

Bai Qingyi considered his words for a while, and implicitly expressed his guesses and doubts, Xia Heng's laughter rang out on the other end of the phone.

"Tsing Yi," Xia Heng called out, with a soft and ambiguous tone, as if calling his beloved lover, "You don't have to be so careful when talking to me. No matter what you say, I won't get angry."

"really?"

"of course."

"I made an appointment with my editor for dinner at noon today." Bai Qingyi quickly said the words that slipped around his lips a few times.

"Your editor is..." Xia Heng paused, "Male or female?"

"A little girl." Bai Qingyi replied.

About five seconds later, there was another voice on the phone: "Okay, then I'll pick you up after you finish eating. By the way, I'm being framed this time."

"Sure enough, you were framed. I knew Brother Xia that you wouldn't do such a thing." Bai Qingyi was sincerely happy for Xia Heng.Although he is only a freshman, he is also aware of the impact of a plagiarism scandal on a doctoral student in the academic world.At the least, the research content is replaced, starting from scratch, and the graduation time is extended, and at the worst, the reputation is ruined, and the future of this life is like this.

Fortunately, this matter is just a false accusation.

I don't know who is so bad, even pouring such dirty water.After rejoicing, Bai Qingyi felt indignant for Xia Heng again, and scolded those who framed her as despicable and shameless.Xia Heng was very comfortable when he heard that, Bai Qingyi's maintenance made him feel relieved from the depression of the past few days, even taking Bai Qingyi to have dinner with girls was not so unpleasant.

Holding the phone, he walked out while talking: "Where are you dating?"

Bai Qingyi reported the name of the place, he thought about it, and added: "If you haven't eaten yet, you can go together, Xiaomeng probably won't mind."

Xia Heng blinked unexpectedly: "Is this okay?"

"No problem, Xiaomengbian is very enthusiastic, I will call and talk to her later." Bai Qingyi's tone was very sincere, as if Xiaomengbian really welcomes him to bring more people.

Without hesitation, Xia Heng nodded readily and agreed: "Okay, I'll drive there now."

When the phone was hung up, Bai Qingyi's palms were already sweaty, and he didn't know if it was hot or nervous.Wiping the sweat from his palms against the hem of his clothes, Bai Qingyi found Xiaomeng's phone number and called, but to his surprise, no one answered the phone.

He called twice more in a row, but still no one answered, so Bai Qingyi had no choice but to send a text message to explain the situation.

When he finally arrived at his destination by bus, it was already twelve noon, a whole hour later than the time they agreed on.

I'm afraid Xiaomeng is already on the verge of going berserk, right?

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Bai Qingyi's heart beat, he walked into the private restaurant, and before he could look around, he saw Xia Heng smiling and raising his hand to signal him.Bai Qingyi walked straight to Xia Heng's place, and after the two greeted briefly, Bai Qingyi began to search for Xiaomengbian's figure, and none of the guests present in the private restaurant fit Xiaomengbian's image.

No girl took the initiative to say hello to him.

Could it be that Xiaomeng has not arrived yet?

Remembering that most girls have the habit of being late, Bai Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he is in front of Xiaomengbian.I think no one answered the phone call before I came, probably because the Xiaomeng editor saw that the time was late, and was afraid that I was urging her, so I didn't answer it on purpose.

Thinking about it this way, Bai Qingyi felt that it was reasonable, so he sat down next to Xia Heng, first asked the waiter to bring over the menu, and was going to browse the menu while waiting for Xiaomeng to make it up.

Bai Qingyi had never been to this small private restaurant before, looking at the beautifully printed dishes on the menu, he murmured in his heart, wondering how different the actual dishes were from the pictures.

I have had the experience of looking at pictures to order food, but the waiter did not introduce the name of the item and did not know what it was on the menu. Bai Qingyi was always extra vigilant when faced with beautiful pictures.

After looking at it for a while, he didn't see anything he wanted to eat, so Bai Qingyi couldn't help pushing all the menus to Xia Heng's side.If someone has to take the blame for the wrong order, let Brother Xia do it.

Bai Qingyi pursed her lips and smirked, and dialed Xiaomeng's number again.Someone picked it up this time.

"Have you arrived?" Xiaomeng made up the iconic baby voice.

"Well, how long do you have?"

"I've already arrived."

"Ah?" Bai Qingyi looked around in surprise, wanting to see where Xiaomeng was standing.

"But I'm leaving again."

Bai Qingyi: "..."

"The website was maliciously attacked today, and I was called back to the office to work overtime. Unfortunately, I can't have dinner with you today. However, before I left, I ordered a table for you, and you reported my mobile phone number to the waiter. They'll know how to serve it. Enjoy your meal, bye."

"Bye." I don't know why, when Bai Qingyi hung up the phone, he felt a chill from the soles of his feet.

The waiter who had already glanced at them several times couldn't help but came over at this moment: "Excuse me, do you two want to order?"

The business of this small private restaurant is very hot, and twelve o'clock is the peak time for eating, and there are already many people waiting for a seat outside.Bai Qingyi and Xia Heng took their seats and ordered a glass of water each. They didn't order food for half a day, and the waiter's eyes flicked back and forth between them and the guests waiting outside for several times.

Hearing the waiter's question, Bai Qingyi blushed and told about the fact that someone had already ordered food, and then reported Xiaomeng's phone number.The waiter said to wait a moment, and went to check at the counter. When he came back, his whole expression was a bit wrong, especially when he looked at Bai Qingyi.

Just when Bai Qingyi was worried and thought that Xiaomeng didn't order at all, so it was just a prank, the waiter confirmed that there was indeed such a table of dishes, and promised to serve them as soon as possible.

"Do you feel..." Bai Qingyi couldn't help but leaned towards Xia Heng.

"What do you think?" Xia Heng's beautiful eyes looked at Bai Qingyi tenderly, as if there was no part of his body that was not beautiful, no part was not cute, and no part was not attractive.

Bai Qingyi's heart was frightened by this look, he swallowed what he hadn't finished speaking, and moved his butt back to its previous position little by little.

The waiter was indeed a man of his word. After he promised to serve all the dishes as soon as possible, within 5 minutes, all kinds of dishes were neatly arranged on the rectangular table where Bai Qingyi and Xia Heng were sitting.

Seeing the appearance of those dishes, Bai Qingyi finally understood why the waiter had such a strange expression after confirming.

Ordering such things to eat...it's really easy to make people think it's a pervert!

The author has something to say: It's scary for Xiaomeng to get angry seriously, so don't annoy Xiaomeng.