After hanging up the phone, Tang Shu headed straight for the family residential buildings and deftly entered the fenced small courtyard.
As soon as she pushed the door open, she encountered a familiar figure.
"Professor Cao, what brings you here?"
Sitting in the courtyard having tea and chatting with Old Madam Yu was none other than Professor Cao from the archeology team, and by his side was Fang Yining, whom she hadn’t seen for several days.
The other person greeted her cheerfully, "Junior Sister Tang, long time no see!"
A few days and it’s considered a long time?
Tang Shu nodded, called out to Senior Fang, and seeing everyone chatting happily, turned around to brew a pot of tea in the kitchen.
Professor Cao watched her enter, then continued chatting with Old Professor Yu.
"Master Yu, please consider it? It would be really helpful for her future development!"
"What’s there for me to consider? This is Tang Shu’s own matter. Go ask her—if she agrees, everything can be discussed."
Old Madam Yu waved her hand, indicating she wouldn’t meddle in the younger generation’s decisions, but her lips curled up in a very contented smile, clearly in a very good mood.
"Alright then, I’ll go ask Xiao Tang!"
Just as Tang Shu placed the brewed tea down, she was stunned by Professor Cao’s question.
"You want me to intern in the cultural relics restoration department?"
"Yes! The artifacts unearthed at West Market last time were all restored by you, and I have great confidence in your skills."
To say he had confidence was an understatement; in fact, Professor Cao had never seen any student who understood antique restoration as well as she did.
After spending a few days together last time, although Tang Shu only worked on porcelain, Professor Cao discussed with her the techniques of painting restoration and mounting, and discovered she was incredibly knowledgeable on every topic.
This is a promising prospect!
Professor Cao’s eyes shone with excitement, naturally he wouldn’t miss out on such an excellent candidate, and he hurried over as soon as he had finished dealing with things at the archeological team.
Old Madam Yu sat beside them with a look of pride, smiling and watching the interaction.
Tang Shu glanced at her, saw the encouragement in her eyes, and hesitated for a moment.
"If Professor Cao invites me, it’s certainly a great honor, but I’m only a freshman this year and have quite a heavy course load..."
"Don’t worry, I’ve already confirmed with your department head; you don’t have classes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Just come straight over then. The department of cultural relics restoration isn’t far from Medical University, and you’re welcome to come over the weekends as well."
Tang Shu paused, somewhat helpless.
Well, he had already inquired very thoroughly, coming well-prepared. And "You Smile" had just concluded with a grand finale, she was finally going to have some free time over the weekend, and now it looked like that was going to be taken up, too.
"Since Professor Cao doesn’t disdain a dull student, I gladly accept."
"Good, good! I’ll be waiting then."
Professor Cao, getting a definite response, showed a big smile on his face, already cheering jubilantly in his heart.
Another main force was about to join the team, making work go even smoother.
Tang Shu finished the steamed buns prepared by Yang Tiantian and boarded the public bus, covering her face to yawn sleepily.
"Tiantian, let me know when we get to the film set; I’ll catch some sleep first."
"Okay, no problem. But boss... why are you so tired?"
It was as if she hadn’t slept all night.
In the morning, Yang Tiantian had clearly noticed the dark circles under her boss’s eyes, and just before leaving, she realized that Tang Shu had unusually used some concealer.
"I was staring at the computer until 12 o’clock last night. Don’t mention it now."