Professor, your turtle!

Fu Mingyuan's tone was light, and the darkness in his eyes slowly disappeared, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Ji Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, and coughed lightly: "Then...do you want to go shopping again?"

"En." Fu Mingyuan raised one hand, pressed Ji Fan's shoulder in a vague way, and said naturally, "Let's go."

This is a very possessive action. Ji Fan is a little awkward, but he can't tell where it is weird.

He opened his mouth, caught a glimpse of the other party's indifferent expression, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Soon, more display cases of all kinds appeared in front of them.Immediately, Ji Fan's attention was diverted, and he quickly walked to the other side, bending over excitedly to observe the rare peach blossom jellyfish inside.

He was so absorbed in watching that he ignored the thoughtful eyes of the man behind him.

[Virtual Projection] The effect has a time limit, and when the two finally leave the dark jellyfish pavilion, Fu Mingyuan's image will almost disappear.

"There's always a chance to see you again." He raised his palm, rubbed Ji Fan's hair, and then slowly merged into the darkness of the corridor.

Ji Fan turned his head and looked at his empty shoulders. For some reason, a trace of indescribable loss filled his heart.

Walking out of the aquarium, it was almost six o'clock.They were the last guests to leave, and the staff had already begun cleaning up the venue.

The sun had completely sunk, and on the edge of the dark blue sky, the stars lit up one after another, twinkling shyly.

In the distance, a dark cumulonimbus cloud floats past from time to time, and occasionally a cloud floats closer, and the faint light is hidden.

Ji Fan sniffled his nose, and the end of his nose was filled with the smell of wet water—Geranium was right, it seemed that it was indeed going to rain.He stepped on his bicycle and rode quickly in the direction of home.

This bicycle belonged to Xu Haifan, so Ji Fan rode to Xu's house first.He pushed the car all the way into the garden full of vines, put down the kickstand, and locked it.

According to their agreement, Ji Fan will put the unplugged key in the mailbox.He opened his hand lightly, and the copper key hit the iron sheet, making a crisp sound. Who knew, the door was pushed open immediately after.

Warm lights illuminate the entrance, mixed with the aroma of food.

Ji Fan subconsciously blocked his eyes and squinted to see a woman in a floral print shirt and flared trousers standing against the light at the door.

She looks very young, with brown curly hair shaved very short, like a primary school boy, the curly hair is tightly attached to the scalp, and the clothes are boldly contrasting colors, which are very dazzling at first glance, but not tacky.

Ji Fan was stunned for a long time before hesitatingly asked, "Hai, Aunt Hai?"

Haixia pushed the oversized glasses, bent over and squinted, looked at him for a long time, and finally saw his appearance clearly: "Wow, Fanfan? Are you looking for Haifan?" She opened the screen door, " Come in and talk."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Ji Fan finally recognized the familiar tone, it really was Xu Haifan's mother.

"No, Auntie," he was a little embarrassed, "I'm just here to return the key."

"What's your name? Aunt Xia? Sister Xia!" Haixia glared at him, and the reflection of the lenses made those eyes startlingly big, "Come on, come in first." She turned her head and shouted while searching for slippers, "Husband— —”

No one answered, so she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Haifan's father is cooking, so he probably didn't hear it." She stood up, holding two cotton slippers of obviously different colors in her hand, and said sincerely, "You first put the Just wear it, I really can’t find a match.”

Ji Fan: "..." So calling Uncle Xu just now was just to get people to look for slippers?

Haixia clapped her hands, and threw the sundries all over the floor back into the cabinet, because her movements were too casual, and in the end she couldn't even close the cabinet door.

Ji Fan was wearing a rabbit slipper on one foot and a bear slipper on the other. He walked into the room with a helpless expression on his face: "Hai... Sister Xia, you can't close this by force, it will be pinched."

Haixia then gave up his seat and folded his arms to watch him tidy up the cabinet, while continuing to babble: "Have you eaten yet? Coincidentally, his father cooked a lot of delicious food today, but it's a pity that Xu Haifan's children's shoes just had their teeth pulled out, so they can't eat anything He's so angry that he's lying upstairs." She said, gloating, and burst out laughing.

Ji Fan broke out in sweat: Is it really my real mother? Hey!

"If he doesn't eat, why are we still here?" Haixia completely ignored her son's broken glass heart, hugged Ji Fan, and walked happily to the restaurant, "Fanfan, eat more, you don't grow long indivual!"

Ji Fan: "..." Why does everyone expose his faults!

He went upstairs and glanced at Xu Haifan, who was soundly asleep under the effect of the residual anesthetic.

The guy slept soundly, except for the swollen left side of his face, there was nothing unusual, so Ji Fan felt relieved, closed the door softly, and planned to get up and leave.

However, Aunt Hai always talked to herself and kept her word. She dragged him to the dining table and insisted that he eat dinner before leaving.

Ji Fan's head was full of black lines, and he tried to sneak away several times but failed. In the end, he had to make it clear that he really couldn't stay, and promised to come to her house as a guest in a few days before she gave up.

Aunt Haixia was full of regret, and told Ji Fan to wait for a while, then she went into the kitchen and asked Dad Xu to cut a large piece of freshly cooked stewed beef.

The hot and heavy five-spice beef was put into a sealed box, and Haixia stuffed it into Ji Fan's arms, standing by the door and waving.

"She's too enthusiastic." Fu Mingyuan commented.

The night breeze was cool, and Ji Fan's embrace was warmed by the beef, and he nodded with lingering fear.

"However, Uncle Xu's cooking is delicious. He rarely comes back a few times a year, it seems to be because of work..." Before he finished speaking, Ji Fan felt his face wet.

Rainy days in seaside cities always come unexpectedly. He raised his hand to wipe a drop first, thinking it was some air-conditioning water.

Followed by two drops and three drops, until he looked up, the beautiful starry sky was completely covered by clouds, and the spring rain was pattering, falling silently under the dizzy yellow street lamps.

"It's raining." Ji Fan said softly.

"Cold?"

"I don't feel anything."

The rain is as long as cow hair, and it looks like a mist from a distance. Occasionally, it sticks to the hair and forms tiny water droplets, without feeling the coolness at all.

"Spring is here." Ji Fan murmured.

——Spring in the northern hemisphere symbolizes autumn in the southern hemisphere, and the polar night and severe winter in Antarctica may soon come.Can Mr. Fu be successfully rescued before winter comes?He frowned while thinking.

"Don't worry." Seeing through his thoughts at a glance, Fu Mingyuan said calmly, "Let's go home."

"Yeah." Ji Fan took one last look at the black sky, hugged his lunch box and hurriedly quickened his pace.

When he opened the door and entered the house, Ji Fan saw a pair of familiar women's shoes at the entrance, his eyelids twitched suddenly, he was dazed for a while, and then slowly bent over to untie the shoelaces.

"Why so late?" A cold voice came from the living room.

Ji Fan bit the bullet and walked over: "I went to Xu Haifan's house." He handed over the half-cold safe box, "... Aunt Hai gave it to me."

Chen Youqing didn't answer, but raised his eyes, motioning for him to put it on the tea table.

"Next time, don't take other people's things casually."

"……Um."

Unexpectedly, Chen Youqing did not criticize him more for his late return.Tonight, she seemed to be much more silent than usual.

Ji Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and took a towel from the bathroom to wipe his hair. When he walked out, Chen Youqing still maintained his original posture, sitting on the sofa thinking about something, with a cup of cold coffee in hand.

"mom?"

As if waking up from a dream, she turned her head to look at him, paused for a moment and said, "I heard from Teacher Xu that you quit the physics competition group?"

Ji Fan shook his hand, and the towel fell limply on the ground.He picked up the towel, held it in his hand, and whispered, "Yes."

Chen Youqing pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she held back and said calmly without looking away: "Then focus on the college entrance examination."

"No, Mom..." Ji Fan opened his mouth, but he didn't know where he got the courage to tell the truth, "Actually, I joined the biological group."

Her slender eyebrows immediately frowned: "Didn't I mention it to you? That's a waste of time. The biology competition is to learn college knowledge in advance, which is completely useless and useless..."

Ji Fan has heard these clichés countless times.

Perhaps, from the teacher's point of view, what she said is not unreasonable, but... But, he is also an independent person, and he also has his own ideas!

Ji Fan took a deep breath and slowly clenched his fists.

He could feel that there was someone watching him quietly from behind. It was the person who said to stick to his ideals, and it was the same person who told him to be brave.

The invisible gaze seemed to be the most gentle encouragement, Ji Fan said softly: "Mom, can you listen to me?"

Ji Fan has always been taciturn, Chen Youqing had never heard him make such a request, and was stunned for a moment: "What?"

"I have something to say." Ji Fan's tone was calm, and even his nervously beating heart slowly calmed down.

"I like creatures very much. I have liked them since before." The first sentence came out, and the rest seemed to become easier, and he even showed a little relaxed smile, "This is not a temporary idea. I have thought about it for a long time, or Decided to switch teams because..."

The speed of speech is not fast, and the pitch is not high, but his thoughts are becoming clearer and clearer.

[For a person like her, it may be much easier to put everything on the negotiating table with a clear price tag. 】

Ji Fan paused for a moment, then added: "It won't affect the college entrance examination. The April exam will come soon, and I will prove myself."

Chen Youqing's expression was always calm. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows: "How do you say?"

"Entered in the top 100." Ji Fan looked directly at her, pursed his lips and said, "If I don't make it, I will take the initiative to quit."

Chen Youqing stared at him fixedly, a trace of complicated struggle flashed in his eyes.After a long time, she turned her face away: "Okay, then it's settled."

Unexpectedly, it was so easy for her to agree. Ji Fan couldn't recover, and stood there at a loss.

Taking off his glasses, Chen Youqing rubbed the center of his brows wearily, and said, "What are you still standing for?"

Ji Fan came to his senses: "Then, then I'll go have dinner first..."

"Take the beef and warm it up." Chen Youqing walked towards the corner of the stairs with a coffee cup in hand, "Also, I won't be living in City H anytime soon..."

She stopped, as if hesitating for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You have to take care of your own affairs. Mom can't take care of you forever."

"Mom?" Ji Fan was a little confused.

In my impression, Chen Youqing's energy always seems to be inexhaustible. When she was researching key problems in the laboratory, she was able to work with energy for more than [-] hours. It is rare to see her showing such fatigue.

But she didn't answer, and went upstairs. After waiting for a while, she heard the sound of the bedroom door closing in the distance.

Ji Fan steamed a bowl of cold rice, fried a simple mushroom cabbage, cut out a few slices of stewed beef and heated it up, and sat alone at the table to eat.

"Tell me, she..." Ji Fan was confused, thinking and thinking, "Is she sick?"

"No. She looks good physically, but not mentally well," Fu Mingyuan said, "Maybe she encountered some problems at work."

"Work?" Ji Fan didn't understand this at all, he scratched his head, "Then...then let me ask my sister."

"By the way, your mother..." Fu Mingyuan paused, "What exactly does she do?"

"In terms of physics, I don't know the details." Ji Fan took the last bite of rice and walked into the kitchen with a bowl in his hand. "It seems that there is some principle of confidentiality. She never mentioned it at home."

Fu Mingyuan gave a faint "hmm" and changed the subject: "By the way, you can get 100 in the monthly exam, are you sure?"

Ji Fan paused. To be honest, he was quite guilty, but he let the words out, not to mention that the system task also requires no more than 100 people. No matter what, he must fight for it!

Fu Mingyuan smiled meaningfully: "Call me teacher, can I help you make up lessons?"