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Anyway, Gao Kui definitely likes her. Even if it doesn't reach the level of liking her the most, it will still be a thousand times or ten thousand times better than liking Chen Motong.
Gao Kui and Xia Mi always have endless things to talk about, anytime, anywhere, super detectives, seriously solving cases...
Hmm, it should be that any time and any place, one can talk for a long time about a random topic, guiding the conversation and the focus of everyone's attention in an unexpected direction.
This put Professor Guderian in a difficult position.
The research center is still under renovation, but the students' education cannot be neglected. Guderian, who has already completed the "Northern Qi Prince Training Program 1.0", will soon enter the practical stage.
In short, the plan is to find a small room to provide Gao Kui, Chu Zihang, and Chen Motong with preliminary training and popular science knowledge, allowing them to get a head start on some of the knowledge they would only learn after enrolling in school.
Then, Xia Mi, who was listening in, joined forces with Gao Kui to shatter all of Guderian's expectations and idealized notions about the Northern Qi prince.
They are utterly hopeless, truly hopeless.
If Finger is a German-made stupid donkey, then Gao Kui is a piece of jade from China that appears perfectly natural and vibrant green, but is actually full of cracks and unsuitable for carving.
His scattered thinking made it impossible for Gao Kui to concentrate on serious thinking for a long time. His free-flowing thoughts would always fly to another inexplicable point.
Even though Gao Kui forced himself to concentrate countless times, all he got in return was anxiety and unease caused by repeated failures and a vicious cycle.
Gao Kui is already so difficult to deal with, and then there's Xia Mi, whose mind is just as quick. She often finds herself thinking the same thing as Gao Kui when he's lost in thought, and then the two of them chat away, turning the topic of the class into a whole new world.
Even though Guderian was mentally prepared, after several days, he still hadn't even finished the first page of the textbook, and the teaching progress of Chu Zihang and Chen Motong was slowed down.
However, Guderian dared not use overly harsh criticism or words to reprimand Gao Kui, who was mentally ill, lest Gao Kui be stimulated and develop a stress reaction.
Guderian realized that he had underestimated the difficulty of polishing Gao Kui, a rough gem. The "Northern Qi Prince Cultivation Plan 1.0" that he had painstakingly compiled day and night was a complete mess and had no practical use whatsoever.
Even now, Guderian seems quite handsome to Fingel.
If a stupid donkey is beyond repair, you can just whip it. But what can you do with a large, round-headed old man like Gao Kui? A large, round-headed old man isn't a cat, but a lion or tiger, which is extremely dangerous and definitely can't be whipped.
Guderian vaguely realized that Gao Kui was a trap, but in order not to ruin his reputation in the education field, he did not completely give up on Gao Kui.
First, Guderian decisively separated Gao Kui and sent him out to play with Xia Mi.
Then, while teaching Chu Zihang and Chen Motong, he tore up "The Northern Qi Prince Training Plan 1.0", summarized the experiences and lessons learned from failures, and worked tirelessly to write version 2.0.
Chapter 45 The Promised Superman
Gao Kui and Xia Mi naturally started playing together.
Sunshine in the east, rain in the west; one side is sunny, the other is not.
Professor Guderian consoled himself, at least he solved the Northern Qi prince's emotional problem, didn't he? Xia Mi, that girl, seemed very affectionate towards Gao Kui, and Gao Kui seemed to like her quite a bit too.
Providing emotional comfort to mentally ill patients should be a higher priority than educating them. Perhaps with emotional support, Gao Kui's fragile spirit could be healed, and he would then make rapid progress in everything he learns.
win!
Then a bizarre scene unfolded.
Gao Kui, who was granted permission to skip classes and spend all his time playing with Xia Mi and exploring FZ City, suddenly began to neglect Xia Mi and started to have frequent contact with Chen Motong.
"I love you, brother! We don't have class today, do you want to go to the aquarium together? I heard there's a very jealous dolphin at the aquarium in FZ City."
"It sprays water at whoever gets too close to its trainer. Should we go see if it sprays water at us?"
"No, I don't have time."
……
"I love you, brother! Professor Guderian gave me two tickets to the amusement park. Do you want to go to the amusement park together? We can ride the pirate ship, the pendulum ride, the drop tower, and the Ferris wheel."
As night fell and the weather was perfect, the Ferris wheel on the Zuohai side completed a full rotation in exactly ten minutes. When the enclosed cabin reached its highest point, the panoramic view of the lake and the entire park was breathtaking. Plus, there was a light show at night, making it even more beautiful.
"I don't really want to go. If you really have to go, can you ask Nono to come along?"
"Why did you invite Senior Sister Nuonuo?"
“Someone told me that someone had tried to kill her in the past few days.”
Is the source of this information accurate?
“Absolutely accurate, Jesus told me.”
"Brother Ai, you really can't lie."
Actually, I didn't really want to go to the aquarium or ride the Ferris wheel with you, but you came up with such an absurd excuse. Brother Ai, you're really funny, haha.
"Really not going to the amusement park with me?" "No, okay, I was just asking. Don't get the wrong idea. I still have half a cup of instant noodles left from yesterday; I need to go back and put them in the fridge."
Xia Mi lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, gave an awkward laugh, found an even more outrageous reason, turned around and faced away from Gao Kui, her slender shoulders trembling slightly, her whole body swaying like a flower.
After taking a couple of slow steps without being stopped, he suddenly seemed to have made up his mind and swung his arms, running towards the dormitory.
If this were an idol drama, when she got back to her dorm, she would definitely bury her head in the blanket and cry loudly or silently, completely distraught.
"Ziwei".
Gao Kui watched Xia Mi's retreating figure, raised his hand in the same pose Er Kang used to persuade her to stay, and tried to keep his expression straight by flaring his nostrils as wide as possible.
Xia Mi suddenly turned around, put her hands behind her back, and laughed so hard she bent over: "How was it? Did I look like I was acting out an idol drama just now?"
"It's far from it. Your expressions are artificial and exaggerated. When I talk to you, I don't feel like I'm communicating with you at all. In short, you don't know how to act."
"Idol dramas don't require acting skills. Which audience watches idol dramas because they like the actors' acting skills? They're all just chasing stars and looking at handsome men and beautiful women."
A girl as pretty as me only needs to be beautiful.
Xia Mi muttered to herself, making excuses for her poor acting skills.
"Next time."
Gao Kui suddenly changed his tone: "Next time for sure."
"Brother Ai, is your promise of 'next time' really, really true?"
"Of course, I never joke about making promises to others. Even if I do joke, when it comes time to keep the promise, I will grit my teeth and fulfill it."
Gao Kui's expression was extremely serious; in his view, the agreement was a sacred thing.
In the Bible, God made the Old Covenant with Abraham and his descendants, and Immanuel made the New Covenant with the world. These covenants reflect the deep relationship between the two sides.
God loves the world, which is why He made a covenant with them, one that will last forever. The world trusts Immanuel, which is why they keep their covenant with him and will never betray him.
This applies to the relationship between humans and gods, and also to the relationship between humans themselves.
Even if the two parties had no prior contact, from the moment they made the agreement, they were connected and bound together, and one party would inevitably develop expectations and trust in the other.
The basis for an agreement is the trust between the two parties.
This expectation and trust is the most precious thing between people, and it is even more precious to a mental patient like Gao Kui who is already alienated from the world.
Gao Kui's dissatisfaction with Chen Motong began when Chen Motong broke her promise: she had agreed to wait for someone to pick her up at the airport, but she changed her mind and drove to the base instead, only calling Gao Kui after she arrived.
This is a de facto breach of contract. If they hadn't accepted Fingel's offer, Gao Kui and Chu Zihang would have made a wasted trip.
Gao Kui dislikes people who break their promises. If it were him, even if it were raining knives and no one answered the phone, he would wait at the airport until it got dark.
Therefore, Gao Kui never broke his promise.
Even when he fell ill on the overpass and casually told the Chu father and son, "I will try my best to save you," when it came time to fulfill his promise, Gao Kui would not hesitate to draw his knife and commit suicide in order to find the only way to achieve salvation.
“Then let’s pinky swear.” Xia Mi raised her right little finger.
"Hook."
Gao Kui also raised his little finger and hooked it with Xia Mi's: "In a few days, when I'm free, I'll definitely go to the aquarium and the amusement park with you."
"You can play whenever you want, for as long as you want, and if you get tired, just sleep...it's okay if you sleep on the street."
"A liar must swallow a thousand needles." Xia Mi's expression was extremely serious, as if she were doing something very sacred. Or rather, the agreement itself was a very sacred thing.
"Can you please stop making the dialogue so formulaic? The whole 'a thousand needles' thing reminds me of the Japanese light novels I read last month. Every light novel has this kind of thing."
Even if you said, "Pinky promise, for a hundred years, never to change," that would be fine too.
Gao Kui then changed the subject and started criticizing those Japanese light novel authors, saying that their writing was all the same and that they couldn't come up with something new.
"Gao Kui!"
Professor Guderian called out to Gao Kui from a distance. As he approached, he saw Xia Mi and a warm smile spread across his weathered face. "Xia Mi, you're here too! Perfect timing. I just happened to have something to discuss with you, so you won't have to make another trip."
Professor Guderian was quite pleased to see Gao Kui and Xia Mi together again.
In recent days, Gao Kui has been keeping his distance from Xia Mi while showing considerable interest in Chen Motong. This behavior has left Guderian extremely frustrated. "This isn't right," Guderian thought. "Even if you want to build a harem, this isn't the way to do it."
Chapter 46 Escorting Documents
In novels and harem anime, how do the main characters build their harems?
The basic approach is to win over one girl before moving on to another. While all the girls will appear in a particular episode, viewers can clearly tell which girl is the main character of that storyline.
This is the proper way to establish a harem.
On the other hand, what about Gao Kui?
He's doing things haphazardly, never taking control of one area before already eyeing the other. It's enough to send your blood pressure soaring; he seems like a madman.
Oh, he seems to have been mentally ill all along.
Thinking about Gao Kui's mental state, Guderian found some solace in the situation; this kind of mentally challenged fighting style, caused by high blood pressure, didn't seem out of place on Gao Kui.
"Dean, what do you want with me?" Gao Kui, who had just complained that Xia Mi's dialogue was too formulaic, turned around and recited formulaic lines to Guderian.
"Talking as we walk."
Professor Guderian led the two towards the dean's office: "Didn't I say a few days ago that Yanjing would send over all the preparatory students' documents for me to review and screen?"
The documents have arrived in FZ City. You and Xia Mi can go and retrieve them.
All the preparatory students' files and archives, Xia Mi's eyes flickered.
Gao Kui was somewhat puzzled: "Paper documents? We have to go and get them. Can't we just send them to the base via the post office?"
Even if we take a step back and say fax or email, that would be fine too. What era are we living in? Still using paper documents?
"Those things are not trustworthy, whether it's the post office, express delivery, or the internet."
Of course, China Post is indeed a very good company, with unparalleled reliability worldwide, but its reliability is only relative to the average person.
Professor Guderian explained: "Furthermore, paper documents possess a level of reliability and confidentiality that electronic documents cannot match."
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