Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

Chapter 18

Ji Rong didn't stay in the dessert shop for long that day, and after eating with Wang Linhao, he got up and went to the cashier to check out. Wang Linhao also packed several desserts to take home.

Tang Xu was busy with them, and Ji Rong was watching the action of packing in his hands. Tang Xu's hands were quite slender, although they were white, it could be seen that they had been working all year round, and the dry nails on the fingers were peeling. In Ji Rong's eyes, the obviously rough hands are dexterous and beautiful, especially the knotting movement, the delicate friction of the ribbon running through the fingertips makes people unable to take their eyes off for a moment.

Tang Xu first packed the cake bought by Wang Linhao and handed it to him, and then started to pack the cake he bought for Ji Rong. It was the same cake that Qian Yue gave to Ji Rong just now. It tasted similar and was not greasy.

"Senior, I will trouble you starting tomorrow." Tang Xu put the package in front of Ji Rong. He knew that this kind of thing could not offset the favor he owed Ji Rong, but if he gave him anything I will feel even worse.

Ji Rong looked at the beautifully packaged cake, and took it lightly: "It's okay." His fingers seemed to rub against Tang Xu's fingers, and the touch of the fingertips was not so smooth and tender, and it was a bit frosty as imagined.

"Ah!! Tang Xu is biased! Why didn't I!" Wang Linhao complained unwillingly, looking at the things in Ji Rong's hands greedily, Tang Xu withdrew his hand and scratched his head in embarrassment, Ji Rong gave Wang Linhao a cold look : "Want to eat? Then you teach."

Wang Linhao dropped it immediately: "All right, all right, yours, I have more anyway!" There is a big difference between buying by oneself and giving away from others. Although Wang Linhao is not the kind of person who likes to be greedy for others' petty gains, but in his heart Extremely unbalanced, why Tang Xu treats Ji Rong so well, he refuses to accept it!

After the two of them left the store, Tang Xu was inexplicably pulled aside by Qian Yue: "So you and Ji Rong know each other very well! I just said why he comes every day, so he is really a friend."

Having said that, Tang Xu was stunned for a moment. He and Ji Rong were really not familiar with each other. He and Ji Rong could count the things they said together except for the ten fingers that usually order food. Afraid that Qian Yue might misunderstand, Tang Xu quickly waved his hands: "No, I and Ji Rong The senior is not very familiar."

"Really... I always saw him looking at you, and I thought you were friends before... Today you gave him a cake, so I dared to ask you, if you don't know me well, why are you spending the money?" Qian Yue didn't know. Understood, she often sees Ji Rong looking at Tang Xu in a daze from time to time, and Tang Xu is not a child who spends money casually.

The amount of information is a bit large. Thinking about it, Tang Xu felt that Qian Yue was mistaken or that Ji Rong was just in a daze. He smiled and answered her last sentence: "The senior is very good at English, so I asked him for help. I don’t know how to thank him for my sophomore textbook, so today I’m just giving him some cake... I’m still thinking about what to give him as a thank you gift.”

"Then I have to thank you very much. Some people don't give what they know to others. It's bad. I think Ji Rong is not bad." Qian Yue continued to work after getting the answer.

Tang Xu didn't know why he had to explain it so clearly, but he always felt that unfamiliarity meant unfamiliarity. Although Tang Xu wanted to be friends with Ji Rong, he obviously didn't belong to the same world as Ji Rong, and he had already met enough. If there are too many, after Ji Rong graduates, he may never see him again for the rest of his life.

Ji Rong was willing to teach him English. Tang Xu was very happy at first, but when he calmed down, Tang Xu felt that something was wrong. But both of them had already agreed to train his oral English tomorrow, and there was really no reason for him to go back on his word.

Tang Xu made a fuss helplessly. Since Ji Rong is willing to teach him, there is no reason not to learn. Ji Rong's English is so good that he has to study hard.

The next day Tang Xu finished his morning class and went to the library that he had an appointment with Ji Rong. As soon as he entered the library, Tang Xu saw Ji Rong sitting by the window covered with a layer of white light by the sunlight outside. He was amazed for a moment. The sharp eyes on Ji Rong almost choked himself.

Ji Rong is wearing the most common summer school uniform, but he is extremely handsome compared to others. In addition, his handsome face was obviously softened for a moment when he saw Tang Xu just now, and the slightly curved corners of his mouth seemed to declare his current status. I'm in a good mood.

This is not the first time for Tang Xu to be amazed by Ji Rong's aura. He looked away awkwardly and walked over to sit opposite Ji Rong: "Senior..."

There are not many people in the library, which is usually not crowded. Most of them gathered near Ji Rong. Since Ji Rong chose the location by the window, there were also many girls watching outside, whispering. Tang Xu could hear clearly after a while.

"Senior Ji Rong is actually waiting for Tang Xu?"

"That person is Tang Xu? How do they know each other?"

"I haven't heard of it. Sure enough, Xueba's friends are all Xueba!!"

"Then we may be out of play forever..."

"Don't tell me, the more I look at Tang Xu, the more I think his little face looks good, but he's too tender and short."

"Why hahaha, don't poke someone's flaws, he is still young, he will grow up, and after looking at his facial features, he will be at the same level as Senior Ji Rong."

"How can it be a level, at most it is delicate, my senior Ji Rong can't be compared to anyone!"

"Now you say that, next year Tang Xu will start to grow up, let me see what you call it."

Tang Xu's ears turned red when he heard it, and his face started to heat up. Girls these days talk about it with gusto, and they don't feel shy at all.

Ji Rong naturally heard those words, frowned slightly, and said to Tang Xu coldly: "Come with me." He got up and walked deep into the library.

Hearing the indifference in Ji Rong's words, Tang Xu was taken aback, but got up and walked behind him, Ji Rong's face changed so quickly that he was really at a loss.

Ji Rong took Tang Xu to the librarian's office inside, closed the door, unlocked it, and pointed to the sofa over there for Tang Xu to sit down: "I told them that in the future, there will be more than an hour of rest at noon every day. Lend us this office, we will meet here tomorrow, no one will disturb us."

Only then did Tang Xu understand why Ji Rong chose such a conspicuous position just now. It turned out that it was to lead him the way. He smiled at Ji Rong and sat obediently in the place he ordered: "Okay, thank you senior."

The office space is not big, there are only two tables, and a lot of small potted plants are placed to purify the air, because the two of them seem to be very quiet now.

"Well, let's start with the simple pronunciation first." Ji Rong didn't pause after finishing speaking, and took out his notes to Tang Xu: "You read this paragraph to me first, I see See what's wrong with you."

Tang Xu looked at the beautiful handwriting on the notebook and blinked, and began to read word by word. His voice was not loud, with his unique softness, but it would not make people feel too vain. Ji Rong listened carefully, without looking away from He turned his face away. If you want to evaluate, Tang Xu's oral English is much better than that of ordinary children, and it is not as bad as he thinks.

Although there will be the awkward accent that Chinese people are used to, but at least his pronunciation can be regarded as standard.

After Tang Xu finished reading, he looked at Ji Rong, looking like a good-natured baby asking for advice. Ji Rong opened his mouth and recited the passage he had just read, with a very mellow tone and a magnetic tone that was deliberately lowered.

"Like this, don't be too rigid. I don't think you have a big problem. I guess you just want to read well so you can't let it go. You don't have to be too careful about your articulation. Not only will this not reflect how accurate your pronunciation is, but it will make people feel strange and coherent. It will also be weakened by this, if you use such colloquialism to directly talk to gringos, you will definitely be laughed at."

Tang Xu was not ashamed after being criticized by Ji Rong. Instead, he nodded earnestly and humbly learned. Ji Rong was right. He felt these problems vaguely, but he didn't know how to fix them, and he was very afraid of himself. Once you get used to speaking English like this, it will be difficult to change in the future.

"It's okay, you don't have to be nervous, let's talk one by one, and try to speak longer when you get used to this tone."

I have to say that Ji Rong is a very patient and responsible person. Tang Xu followed him and repeated a passage over and over again, watching his honey-colored lips open and speak perfect English from his throat. For the first time, I felt that Ji Rong and What he thought was different.

The lunch break was quickly spent in such a time. Tang Xu heard a melodious music before he could react, and looked at Ji Rong in a daze, took out his mobile phone and pressed the alarm clock.

"It's almost time for class, let's continue tomorrow." Ji Rong set the alarm clock because he was afraid that he would forget the time when he stayed with Tang Xu, and even he didn't realize that an hour passed so quickly.

Tang Xu nodded and put away the notebook and textbooks on the table, and then took out a pen from his pocket. Because he had no pen case in his pocket for a long time, Tang Xu felt that the pen was hot when he took it out. Feeling embarrassed, whether to give or not to give or not, I took them all out, and Ji Rong obviously saw it.

"Senior, this is for you..." Tang Xu finally handed the pen to Ji Rong with a sullen face. He got off work early last night to buy this pen. He had seen Ji Rong's handwriting before and knew that Ji Rong's handwriting was special. Looks good, later I heard that Ji Rong likes to write with a pen, so he ran to buy a pen.

Tang Xu fell in love with this pen at the first sight. It is elegant and elegant. There are faint rattan patterns on the silver surface, with slight silver highlights, and the writing is very smooth and comfortable. After Tang Xu tried it, he used it without much hesitation. I bought it for a hundred yuan, and this pen cost him a week's wages.

Originally, he wanted to buy gifts for Bai Liangshu and the others, but now Ji Rong is willing to teach him English, and he is not very familiar with Ji Rong, so after thinking about it, he decided to buy it for Ji Rong first, and save it later. Give some money to Bai Liangshu and the others to buy it.

Ji Rong looked at the pen and didn't take it for a while. He knew that Tang Xu gave him things because he felt troublesome. He accepted the cake yesterday to show consideration for Tang Xu, but today it was obviously bought by Tang Xu. And from the looks of the pen it cost a fortune.

Ji Rong really likes to write with a fountain pen. There are many good fountain pens at home, some of which are brand-name pens given by relatives and elders, and he has never touched them. Rong didn't know whether to be happy or angry.

"I teach you because I want to be friends with you, not because I want you to give me these things."