“…” The old professor choked.
He could do nothing about this matter, and neither could he force Rong Si. “All right,” he said. “Then you’ll have to think about it before you ask anyone else’s opinion. We’ll wait for your good news.”
“All right. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”
After hanging up, Rong Si had a surreal feeling.
He could’ve never thought that the most qualified old professor in the school would personally call him and invite him to join his team. It was like a door had suddenly opened in his dark world. As long as he stepped through it, what awaited him was a bright future.
However, if he were to leave again, he did not know when he would return and what he would be like then.
Based on his experience, things might not go as smoothly as he imagined.
It was as if he were cursed. However, without trying, how would he know what the outcome would be?
Rong Si looked at the phone screen, and his eyes flashed with determination and stubbornness.
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During the weekend, Su Jiu woke up early in the morning. After having breakfast, she changed into a new set of clothes. She wore a white lotus-leafed dress with a pink knitted jacket. Then, she tied her hair into a bun with a strawberry hair clip. She looked very ladylike and cute.
The girl in the mirror had a small and exquisite face. Her skin was as fair as milk. Su Jiu looked at her reflection with satisfaction, then walked out of the room.
When she arrived downstairs, she immediately saw An Yuan, who was busy in the kitchen.
Her mother had finished her work in the past two days and could go home to rest for a while. However, Su Jiu’s father had taken on a project not long ago. Currently, he was filming in a movie studio. Her mother must have wanted to visit him at work and was preparing lunch for him.
Although Su Jiu’s parents had been married for many years, their relationship was still the same. Both of them were loyal to each other. This was very rare in the entertainment industry where many celebrities cheated on each other, broke up, and divorced, treating relationships as mere playthings.
Su Jiu excitedly walked into the kitchen and said, “Mom, do you think I look good in this?”
An Yuan turned around and looked at her daughter from head to toe. Smiling, she answered, “Yes, Little Jiu looks good in anything. But…”
Why did she ask that today? She has never asked that question before.
“But what?” Su Jiu thought that something was wrong and immediately looked at her mother.
An Yuan raised her eyebrows. “But where are you going after dressing up so nicely today?”
An Yuan’s intuition told her that Little Jiu was not going to visit the studio with her.
Besides, Su Shengjing did not want Little Jiu to go to the studio. Too many people would be present there, and he did not want his little girl to get exposed to the public. He just wanted her to grow up in peace, like she was now.
“I’m not going anywhere. I’m just going shopping with my classmates.” Su Jiu felt a little guilty when she said this, but… if I’m going to look at houses with the little villain, it can be considered shopping, right? “Shopping? With a boy or a girl?” An Yuan smiled meaningfully.
Su Jiu was instantly embarrassed. She tentatively asked, “Mom, if it were a boy, would you be angry?”
“Hm? A boy?”
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Since the girl did not say anything, it meant that she had agreed. An Yuan suddenly laughed out loud. “Is it really a boy?”
Su Jiu became even more embarrassed and blushed a little. “It’s a boy, but we are just ordinary friends.”
However, when she said those words, her voice was small and weak. No matter how one listened, she sounded a little guilty.