my botanist

Shao Xi's cell phone is rarely used, especially when Xiao Ling is away these few days, so she has no need for daily communication.

When I came back from the mountains that day, I picked a lot of soft ground. I was thinking about whether to have cold salad or stir-fried leeks for lunch, when I was interrupted by a loud horn.

Shao Xi looked over, a little amazed that the car could drive over, half of the car was covered with mud, like a splashed ink painting.

The car window opened, revealing a head and waving vigorously at her, his face full of joy of harvest.

Shao Xi said: "Why did you come back so soon?"

Xiao Ling stretched his body and shouted: "What is so fast! Teacher Shao, I'm back two days later than the promised time!"

"Oh." Shao Xi looked down at the basket in his hand, frowning, "That dish may not be enough."

The car drove forward for a short distance, and stopped at the only flat place left at the entrance of the temporary research institute. Xiao Ling jumped out of the car, holding a stuffed bag in his hand.

"Teacher, don't worry about the food, we brought a lot of delicious food."

"You?" Shao Xi glanced at the driver's seat, feeling bad.

The car door opened, Ran Xingsu stepped into the puddle without blinking, and smiled like a flower at Shaoxi: "Hello, Teacher Shao, long time no see."

"Hello." Shao Xi looked at Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling almost raised his hands: "Sister Ran sent me back. She has helped me a lot recently. I sent you a message."

"I didn't see it." Shao Xi said.

Xiaoling muttered twice, Ran Xingsu slammed the car door, and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't see the news, as long as people see it."

Shao Xi didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and walked into the courtyard with the basket in his hand: "Go into the house."

Xiao Ling turned his back and stuck out his tongue at Ran Xingsu, and Ran Xingsu mouthed to her: It's okay.

The two opened the trunk and took out all the big and small bags. Xiao Ling whispered: "Sister, your shoes are dirty."

"I was looking at you Mr. Shao, and accidentally stepped on a pit." Ran Xingsu raised his chin, "Lead the way."

Xiao Ling walked in front: "Then be careful, it must have rained again on the mountain last night, just look at this kind of soil, step on it with certainty, water will come out."

Ran Xingsu avoided it, but Xiao Ling couldn't hold back when he turned around and said, "Your car is also dirty."

"I should listen to you." Ran Xingsu said, "Driving a cross-country car next time."

Xiao Ling was very happy: "You are welcome."

Ran Xingsu raised his eyebrows: "I hope there will be a next time."

The two entered the main house through the gate through the courtyard, and Shao Xi had already made tea.

When the teapot came over, Xiao Ling shouted excitedly: "Ah, sister, you are so lucky!"

Ran Xingsu smelled a different kind of fragrance, leaned over and stood beside Shao Xi without sitting down: "What kind of tea is this, it tastes so special."

"Ordinary mint tea." Shao Xi poured out a cup and handed it to her.

Xiao Ling immediately retorted: "It's not ordinary. Professor Zhang specializes in research, so he gave us a small can for Teacher Shao, who is usually reluctant to drink it."

Ran Xingsu stopped moving, staring at Shao Xi, her neck that was a little red from the sun, and her thin white wrist.

Shao Xi raised his head and glanced at her: "Aren't you thirsty?"

"Thirsty." Ran Xingsu took the teacup, and the two of them touched slightly with their fingertips, "I just didn't expect that Teacher Shao would still welcome me."

"Not at all." Shao Xi said, "Send my students all the way here, I can still take care of a meal."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, poured another cup for Xiao Ling, put down the teapot, and walked to the kitchen: "It's time, I'll cook, you sit down for a while."

Ran Xingsu held the teacup, took a sip, and stared at the figure until it was out of sight.

Xiao Ling whispered: "Do you think I will take you around the yard, or go to the kitchen to help Teacher Shao cook?"

"Do you usually help?" Ran Xingsu asked.

"No help."

"Then don't go." Ran Xingsu said, "Sit with me."

Xiao Ling rubbed his feet: "I'm a little nervous."

"What are you so nervous about? I am the one who comes uninvited, and I am the one who refuses to leave." Ran Xingsu paused, "I am the one who wants to give gifts."

"These are all related to me, I am an accomplice."

"How to speak?"

"I am..." Xiao Ling raised his head and thought for a while, but couldn't find a suitable word, feeling a little worried, "Turn your elbows out."

It's true that she turned out, but she can't be blamed.

This trip down the mountain, from the time Ran Xingsu picked her up, everything was almost done with the help of this fairy sister.

She was not confident in participating in the report meeting for Teacher Shao. Ran Xingsu listened patiently to her reading the manuscript over and over again. Although the audience did not understand the professional part at all, Ran Xingsu still gave many useful suggestions in terms of rhythm and wording .

She didn't have a good idea to organize a class meeting for Teacher Shao. Ran Xingsu contacted the club to give her many novel and fun projects, and took a class to go crazy for a day. Everyone was very happy.

She was a little scared about going to the dean's collection team for Teacher Shao. Ran Xingsu asked a lot about the collection team on the way with her to the office, which diverted her attention and allowed her to complete the task smoothly.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ling felt that although Sister Shenxian was trying to ease the relationship with Teacher Shao for the sake of her younger brother, she was absolutely, [-]% sincere.

She just wanted to send an apology gift to Teacher Shao, she had nothing to be afraid of, and there was no need for a trace of guilt that seemed to have betrayed Teacher Shao coming out of nowhere...

After the logic became self-consistent, Xiao Ling's brows relaxed a lot.

She looked at Ran Xingsu, and found that Sister Shenxian had almost finished her cup of tea, and she was a little lost.

"Sister, are you sleepy?" Xiao Ling asked her.

Ran Xingsu raised his head, his beautiful peach blossom eyes came back to his senses: "How is that possible."

"Then are you hungry?" Xiao Ling continued to ask.

"Not hungry, didn't we both eat quite full in the morning?"

"That……"

"I'm nervous." Ran Xingsu interrupted her and lay down on the table.

With one more person, Shao Xi added two dishes and one soup to her usual appetite with Xiao Ling.

It doesn't matter if you finish your meal or not, you have to have a table in front of this guest with obvious intentions.

Arranging noodles means politeness, and politeness means unfamiliarity.

Essentially a rejection.

Of course, if you really can't finish eating, the leftovers are Xiaoling's dinner.

This child was hooked up casually, and he was punished.

Four dishes and one soup came to the table, and the three of them sat down around the Eight Immortals table, and Xiao Ling made some opening remarks first.

The general idea is to thank the teacher for his hard work in cooking, to express his miss for the teacher, and by the way, to welcome the guest who came to the temporary institute for the first time, Ran Xingsu.

Ran Xingsu clapped his hands twice.

"After going down the mountain, I grew up a lot." Shao Xi teased her.

Xiao Ling climbed along the pole and reported the completion of the mission back to school here, emphasizing the achievements of victory and Ran Xingsu's contribution to these achievements as an outsider.

Shao Xi was a little surprised, and glanced at Ran Xingsu: "You are quite deep."

These words had a different meaning, and Ran Xingsu paused with a cowpea chopstick between his fingers: "It happens to be here."

Shao Xi smiled and continued to eat.

Xiaoling said another balabala, and Ran Xingsu regretted his answer just now, after all, he and Shaoxi didn't have many conversations.

So this time when Xiao Ling stopped, she began to explain her intentions on her own: "I have been poor in my studies since I was a child. I can't guarantee that I will be the bottom one, but it is absolutely fine to be in the bottom ten, so for Xueba life, full of longing."

Shao Xi raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

Ran Xingsu added another sentence: "Especially for Teacher Shao."

Xiaoling began to wink at Ran Xingsu desperately. Ran Xingsu put down his bowl and chopsticks and cleared his throat: "Because I didn't know each other well before, I caused trouble for Teacher Shao and made Teacher Shao unhappy. I came here today mainly to make amends. I apologize, I hope Teacher Shao can forgive me."

Shao Xi stopped eating and looked at her.

Ran Xingsu sat upright all of a sudden: "I have been running with Xiao Ling in Lian Da for a few days, I think this gift should be something you like."

The box that had been placed by the side was brought over. It was the size Shaoxi was familiar with, but the packaging was very exquisite, wrapped in blue velvet and tied with satin.

The table that is usually used for eating is not big, and there is no time to open the box for Ran Xingsu. Ran Xingsu simply stood up, walked to Shaoxi with the box in his arms, and untied the ribbon like a attentive attendant.

Inside the box are plant specimens mounted in ornate frames, hybrids of carnations and carnations, the flowers and leaves have long lost their original color, and the yellowed paper is inscribed with Latin species names.

Shao Xi stood up all of a sudden, took two or three steps back, and then shifted his gaze from the specimen to Ran Xingsu's face.

Ran Xingsu pursed her lips, her arms holding the box were stiff, but her chest heaved, obviously suppressing her nervousness.She was waiting for Shaoxi to be ecstatic, waiting for Shaoxi to cry with joy, waiting for her exclamation, hug, and even the love she planted from it.

But Shao Xi frowned, her anger was so clear for a moment, and all the tenderness was burned away in an instant.

Before that, Ran Xingsu felt that Shaoxi was water, gentle and tolerant, but at this moment, before the person in front of her opened her mouth, she knew that Shaoxi could also be ice, sharp and sharp, piercing her chest.

When Shaoxi raised her hand, it was trembling. She didn't look at Ran Xingsu anymore, but turned to Xiaoling: "You let her..."

Ran Xingsu interrupted her: "It's none of Xiaoling's business, I thought of it myself."

Shao Xi twitched the corner of his mouth, not smiling: "You are really good, if you want to please a historian, why don't you just move Simu Wuding to his house?"

"That can't be moved..." Ran Xingsu said.

"Is this enough?" Shao Xi pointed to the specimen, "The first batch of hybrid plants, it is a milestone in the history of botany, it is a witness in the museum, and it is an inheritance in the book. Here, it is just a dead plant. 300 years of..."

Shao Xi lowered his voice: "Trash."

Xiao Ling was so anxious that he almost cried: "Teacher, we plan to return it in two days..."

"You go out first." Shao Xi said to her, "I have something to say to Miss Ran."

The door was closed, half of the largest light source in the room was gone, and it was suddenly much darker.

Ran Xingsu covered the box carefully and tied it up, carefully placed it on the table beside him, and then said to Shao Xi: "Tell me."

Shao Xi walked up to her, exceeding the safe distance, and they could stick together with only a few centimeters.

It was the first time they were so close, Ran Xingsu's heart beat against his chest, the frequency made people even feel a little painful.

"Miss Ran," Shaoxi looked up at her, and his tone returned to his previous gentle and calm tone, "let's make it clear. First of all, I don't feel happy about your pursuit. Secondly, such pursuit will never Get the result you want. Finally, and most importantly, do you think it is necessary to stand here and suffer this kind of grievance for a person who doesn't care about you?"