Genius club

This extra chapter is the second half of the extra chapter "The Smiling Girl" updated on June 17. If you haven't read the first half, you can go back and read it. It's after Chapter 62 of Volume 5.

The following is the main text.

"Yaoyao, stop making trouble."

The flat-headed boy with a sunny smile rubbed Du Yao's hair and smiled:

"I'm not not coming back. Just think of me as going to teach in the countryside, isn't it?"

"You can really go to teach in the countryside! I can go with you!"

Du Yao really felt like she was about to explode.

She gritted her teeth and stared at the burly flat-headed boy in front of her.

This is her boyfriend.

The two of them had been secretly dating for three years in high school. They thought that they had finally graduated from high school and had good college entrance examination scores, and they could finally apply for a city and a university to achieve success.

As a result

This bastard!

He actually signed up as a UN peacekeeping volunteer to provide humanitarian assistance to the poorest and most war-torn small country in Africa!

It's unreasonable.

He's just a fool!

"You are so capable, does Longguo have no room for you?"

Du Yao scolded angrily:

"If you want to do good things and get aid, do you have to go abroad to Africa? There are so many people in need of help in the poor mountainous areas and mountains! What can you do here!"

"Don't say that, Yaoyao."

The flat-headed boy smiled:

"There are people in need of help everywhere. I have many friends who go to mountainous areas to teach, and my brother from my hometown is also supporting in border cities. No matter where you go, doing good things should be worthy of praise. Why do you have to label kindness?"

"In the past, when our country was in war and poverty, weren't there many kind international friends abroad who risked their lives to help us?"

"Which of the famous heroes such as Bethune, Rosenthal, and Bexiye is not worthy of our respect and learning?"

"You are also a smart person, Yaoyao. We can't say that we have difficulties and other foreigners can come to help us; and now that we are peaceful and strong, we can't go out to help others, right?"

"We can't be strict with others and lenient with ourselves."

Pah!

Du Yao suddenly opened the hand above her head:

"Do you need to go? You are only 18 years old! Can you do what you should do? Is this what you should do at your age now!"

Hahahaha.

The boy laughed heartily:

"Stop it, Yaoyao, don't worry, I will marry you when I come back."

"Marry a fart!"

Du Yao shouted:

"Who the hell wants to marry you, a fool! Do you think I can't find someone better than you? If you dare to leave, I will apply to go abroad! I will go abroad and find a boyfriend who is a thousand times or ten thousand times better than you!"

"Just watch me being so intimate with others! Die in Africa!"

Ah.

Johns Hopkins University, lecture hall.

Du Yao looked at Tang Xin who was refreshing the QQ group again and sighed:

"Don't refresh it, sister. No one will talk even if you refresh it all the time. Everyone has their own things to do. College is so exciting. Who would reminisce about the past in the high school class group every day?"

Said.

Tang Xin clicked on Lin Xian's avatar again.

Because they are not friends, I can't enter the QQ space.

Then I enlarged the avatar and took a look. It was still the anime character, and the avatar had not changed.

"Too humble!!"

Du Yao couldn't stand it anymore:

"If you really can't let go of Lin Xian, you can boldly apply to add him as a friend and chat with him! Every day there is no news in the QQ group, you can't enter the QQ space, and you just look at other people's avatars and don't guess their moods, big sister! Can you be a little ambitious?"

"Oh, why are you so angry?"

Tang Xin smiled slightly and smoothed Du Yao's hair:

"I'm looking at my QQ group, not yours. Look how excited you are."

Du Yao snorted:

"I just think you are too cowardly, shameful! You can't let go of a little thing!"

"Who is as cool as you, Miss?"

Tang Xin said sarcastically:

"Have you let it go?"

"Of course I have let it go."

Du Yao spread her hands:

"Have you ever seen me think about him?"

"Then why do you send him photos every day?" Tang Xin said.

"I did that to piss him off!"

Du Yao laughed and shook the colorful dreadlocks on the back of her head:

"Did you see that? Dyeing hair, dreadlocks, big earrings, miniskirts, and suspenders are the exaggerated outfits he hates the most. I take photos of him in different styles every day to let him see how free and easy I live."

"A broken African can really handle him. Come on, come on, take a look. I just like to see him get so angry."

As she said that, Du Yao took out her mobile phone, opened the chat software, and leaned over to let Tang Xin see the chat records between her and her ex-boyfriend.

"It was a very heated chat."

Tang Xin looked at the chat records that filled the screen, back and forth.

"It's not heated."

--\u003e\u003e

Du Yao corrected:

"It's intense! Look at him, he educates me every day, saying that I have learned bad things, and he still quarrels with me. What right does he have to quarrel with me?"

Haha.

Tang Xin glanced at him, smiled and shook her head:

"You are just being stubborn, you still haven't let it go."

"Which eye of yours can tell that I haven't let it go?"

"If you really let it go, you wouldn't send him messages every day."

"I'm just trying to piss him off!"

Du Yao slammed the table:

"Why can't you understand?"

"Then what?"

Tang Xin blinked and looked at Du Yao:

"What did you expect when you deliberately made him angry?"

"What a fuss to look forward to!"

Du Yao cursed hard, put on her cell phone, and stood up from her seat:

"I just want to make him angry! Make him so angry!"

"Thank you Professor Xu Yun!"

Tang Xin held the laboratory offer and clasped her hands together:

"Professor Xu Yun is truly the greatest person in the world!"

Du Yao made a sound and looked at this proud little man:

"Isn't it the hibernation cabin filling fluid published by Professor Xu Yun that accidentally turned your rubbish research results into delicious food? Look at you!"

"Hahaha, that's why I said it"

Tang Xin hugged Du Yao happily:

"If Professor Xu Yun hadn't published his results in time, I, this little academic trash, would have been expelled from the faculty! Who would have thought that the drug I was researching was obviously a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, but it could unexpectedly overcome the most deadly side effects of hibernation! "

"This is luck. I'm such a koi girl! Yaoyao, do you want to go back to China with me? This laboratory in Donghai is very powerful!"

"Ouch."

Du Yao started to get angry:

"Versailles has started, right? That's Ji Xinshui's laboratory. Do you think you can get in just because you want to? That means you, a blind cat, have run into a dead rat. That's why Ji Xinshui personally sent you an invitation and hired you to go to the East China Sea with a high salary. There’s no chance for me.”

"Not necessarily!"

Tang Xin took Du Yao's hand:

"Didn't our teacher say that your graduation thesis is very thoughtful and advanced? How about I show Mr. Ji Xinshui your graduation thesis after I meet him? Maybe he will also sign you with a high salary. "

"Come on."

Du Yao yawned and waved her hands, not caring:

"My graduation thesis was just made up. I finished it in half a morning. If you asked me to explain it, I really can't explain it. It can only be said that our teacher is blind, but he really believes that I can make a name for myself."

"I will definitely not go back to China. I will continue my graduate studies here. By the way, Xinxin, when will you return to China?"

"Let's wait until the Chinese New Year."

Tang Xin said:

"There are still a lot of procedures to be processed here. Mr. Ji Xinshui and I have also agreed to go to the East China Sea after the New Year."

"Why."

Du Yao sighed softly:

"Let's go, let's go, I'm alone here again."

"Xinxin is a bit ambitious, but don't be a licking dog and go looking for Lin Xian."

Tang Xin laughed:

"Still looking for him! I don't even know where he is now or what he is doing. We have lost contact with him for many years."

"Oh, don't be so lonely. I won't return to China for more than a month. Come on, come on, I'll treat you to a big dinner!"

Thump thump thump thump!

That night, while sleeping soundly, Du Yao suddenly climbed out of bed in a hurry, turned on the computer, and typed furiously.

The noise was so loud that it directly woke up Tang Xin who was in the same room.

She rubbed her eyes.

Also sitting up from the bed:

"What's wrong with Yaoyao?"

Du Yao's face turned pale and she said nothing. The fluorescent light from her laptop hit her face, as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

"what happened?"

Tang Xin realized something was wrong.

Get up, walk behind Du Yao, and look at the news on the screen with wide eyes:

War broke out in South Sudan and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

The United Nations peacekeeping force has lost contact and its status is unknown.

Chaos escalates in South Sudan.

"Yao Yao!"

Tang Xin immediately realized what happened.

Du Yao's breathing was a little rapid and trembling, and she turned on her mobile phone.

on chat software.

She still sends her ex-boyfriend photos every day in various hip-hop outfits and dancing in nightclubs.

But

There, there was no reply for many days.

Tang Xin heard Du Yao say that she often lost contact with her ex-boyfriend in the past, but not more than two or three days at most. After the communication signal was restored, she would send her messages and continue to harass her and educate her.

But this time it was too long.

There has been no news for seven days.

Reconnect with the shocking news on the computer screen

"I, let me help you contact my dad!"

Tang Xin took out her mobile phone and quickly started calling:

"He knows a lot of people and should be able to figure it out."

Du Yao panicked for a moment and held her head:

"no, I can not."

She continued to pick up her phone, send messages and make calls to her ex-boyfriend.

--\u003e\u003e

Always

Always

Always

Just like that, the conditioned reflex kept dialing the phone.

But there was still no response.

Du Yao's head was already covered with fine sweat, she was biting her lips and her pupils were trembling.

suddenly!

There was a beep.

The video call actually went through.

"Yao Yao, are you finally willing to call me?"

When Tang Xin and Du Yao heard the sound, their eyes widened immediately and they quickly leaned over!

only saw

Opposite the video was a gray-faced boy wearing a steel helmet. He wiped his face, which was all black and gray, and said with a smile:

"Finally we took the children to a safe place, and the signal has just been restored." "Go to hell!!!!"

Du Yao's roar almost made Tang Xin's ears ring.

"Why don't you die!!!"

Du Yao's tear glands collapsed instantly, and tears fell down:

"Dasha X!!!"

beep.

She pressed the hang up button and blocked her ex-boyfriend with a skillful operation, then sat there fuming.

"Pfft"

Tang Xin couldn't help laughing:

"Hahahahaha"

Holding my stomach, my stomach ached from laughing.

"What are you laughing at!"

Du Yao rushed over and covered her mouth.

"Hahahahaha"

However, Tang Xin couldn't help it and almost burst out laughing.

finally.

She coughed a few times, wiped the corners of her eyes where tears had burst from laughter, and joked:

"Oh, some people keep saying that they have turned the page, but they secretly fold the corners."

"Tang Xin! Who are you scolding?"

"I didn't scold you."

Tang Xin smiled and spread her hands:

"I'm telling the truth. Didn't you say you put it down? Where did you put it?"

"you!"

Du Yao suppressed her blush and quickly saved her respect:

"What shame do you have to talk about me? You are not the same! You saw Lin Xian saying that he was going to a class reunion, and you are so stupid here!"

"Did you think I didn't know there was a crumpled, expired Alpine lollipop hidden in the iron box on your bedside table?"

"That's the lollipop that Lin Xian gave you when he was wearing your school uniform, right? Not only did you not eat it, you also hid it for so many years! You looked at it secretly and turned it over and over! Did you put it down? Did you put it down!"

"I didn't say I gave up!"

Tang Xin stood up:

"Yao Yao, why are you shooting in the air? Your logic is confused."

"Shut up!" Du Yao directly silenced her.

Tang Xin has been ridiculed for so many years and finally found an opportunity to fight back. How could she let it go so easily?

She covered her hands like a trumpet and put it to her mouth, imitating Du Yao's heartbreaking look:

"Dasha X"

"Tang!! Xin!!"

Du Yao rushed over again and used her fighting skills.

\u0026\u0026

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A fight.

The two lay on the ground panting.

After her breathing calmed down, Tang Xin turned her head and looked at Du Yao, who was covering her eyes next to her:

"There's nothing to be ashamed of if you can't let it go."

She blinked:

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about if you like someone."

"He abandoned me." Du Yao sighed.

"Then why don't we go find him?"

Tang Xin said softly:

"Relationships are a matter of two people, and one person must take the initiative. If two people are so wasted and stubborn, won't they end up like this for the rest of their lives?"

"Then why should I take the initiative?"

Du Yao turned her head and asked:

"Why should I always go to him? Why can't he abandon his funny ideals and come to me?"

"Is it necessary to calculate it so clearly?"

Tang Xin sat up and raised the chair she bumped into:

"Relationships are not a turn-based game, nor are they settling accounts in business. If you really like someone, why do you need to be so clear about all your comings and goings?"

"Just like Lin Xian and I, is it fair that I also require Lin Xian to think about me, look at my QQ profile picture, and try his best to pay attention to everything about me in the past few years?"

"If you really want to be equal in everything and compare your feelings with each other, then there is no way to talk about this relationship. In fact, I think there is no need to consider so many Yaoyao. Because"

She scratched her short, messy hair and smiled sweetly:

"because"

"You are very lucky to have someone in this world who breaks into your life and makes you like them for so many years."

"Many people never meet someone they truly like or someone they have missed for so many years. We are lucky enough. Why should we expect more?"

Du Yao didn't speak.

He silently sat up from the ground, crossed his legs, and rubbed his arms.

"cut."

She turned her head and snorted:

"Actually, you are also a theoretical person, you just say it nicely."

She turned back and looked at Tang Xin provocatively:

"Do you dare to tell Lin Xian what you are thinking? Do you dare to confess to Lin Xian? Dare you not --\u003e\u003e

Dare to take a gamble? "

"I won't bet you on this." Tang Xin immediately refused.

"hehe."

Du Yao sneered:

"Look, you just don't dare."

"I don't dare."

Tang Xin shook his head and turned around:

"I won't make these bets with you, because the reason why I like Lin Xian is because I simply like him, not because I bet with you."

"Similarly, the same goes for confession."

Her eyes were serious:

"If Lin Xian doesn't have a girlfriend and I really confess to him one day, it won't be because I made a bet with you but because I really like him."

"But if you simply ask me if I dare."

Tang Xin stood up straight and looked down at Du Yao:

"I dare."

There was a pause.

She asked rhetorically:

"What about you? Yaoyao, do you dare to go to Africa to find him?"

actually

It is no longer necessary to ask this question. The answer has been revealed in Du Yao's tears and heartbreak just now.

only.

Tang Xin knew Du Yao very well. She knew that this seemingly strong and frivolous girl actually had a soft heart.

What the other party needs now

Nothing more.

It's just a step to cover up a tough talk.

As long as you give her a step, she will definitely come down.

Faced with Tang Xin's rhetorical question.

Du Yao stood up from the floor and looked directly into Tang Xin's eyes:

"What's there to be afraid of?"

She crossed her arms and smiled:

"You dare, I dare too!"

Baltimore International Airport, United States.

The plane flying to the Dragon Kingdom's imperial capital is about to take off.

At the boarding gate, Du Yao, who had taken off her earrings, dyed her hair black, and was wearing ordinary casual clothes, hugged Tang Xin:

"You have to contact me every day after you go back."

"That's for sure."

Tang Xin patted Du Yao on the back:

"You too, are working hard to apply for a spot as a peacekeeping volunteer from the United Nations. I hope to hear your good news soon."

"Hey, that's early."

Du Yao let go of Tang Xin and sighed:

“There are many requirements for applying as a volunteer, not only in terms of cultural knowledge, but also in terms of physical fitness and other aspects. However,”

She smiled and smoothed her hair:

"I will work hard. I made an agreement with him. After I apply, I will go to South Sudan to find him immediately."

"On your side, I would rather hear your good news as soon as possible. When are you planning to get married?"

Poof

Tang Xin was amused, covered her mouth and joked:

"You can give me as many gifts as you like! If it's more, I can consider it earlier."

"I'll give you an African coconut."

"Then you'd better not come!"

"Hey, I'm going even if you don't let me go!"

Du Yao pushed Tang Xin:

"I'm still waiting to be your bridesmaid and steal the bouquet from you!"

Ding dong

The final announcement urging passengers to board the plane sounded.

Tang Xin knows.

She's really leaving.

She will transfer from the Imperial Airport to Hangzhou to attend the high school reunion on the fifth day of the new year, and then go to Donghai City to report at Ji Xinshui's research institute.

East China Sea.

She has already chatted with monitor Gao Yang on WeChat.

Lin Xian works at MX Company in Donghai, and he doesn't have a girlfriend yet and is single.

Perhaps, the story will begin in the East China Sea.

"I'm leaving, Yaoyao."

Tang Xin pulled her suitcase and walked to the boarding gate. She turned back and waved to Du Yao:

"We all want to be happy!"

Du Yao also smiled and waved:

"It's up to you, Xinxin"

"come on!"

At the end of February 2023, Donghai City, a high-end French restaurant.

Tang Xin put her handbag on the seat next to her and looked at Zhou Duanyun, who was sitting opposite and smiling:

"I didn't expect you to invite me to dinner."

"We are all classmates, let's deepen our relationship." Zhou Duanyun called the waiter and asked them to start serving appetizers.

"You said you want to talk to me about Lin Xian?" Tang Xin looked at Zhou Duanyun.

some days ago.

She had just had dinner with Zhou Duanyun.

It was with Lin Xian and Gao Yang, a group of four. Afterwards, when she got into the taxi, Lin Xian tugged her and almost pulled her into his arms; she jumped wildly and turned red in the face.

Then this afternoon, Zhou Duanyun sent her a message, saying that he wanted to have a dinner with her that evening.

She didn't have much impression of Zhou Duanyun, neither good nor bad, but it seemed a bit inappropriate for just the two of them to have dinner together, so she refused.

But then.

Zhou Duanyun said mysteriously that he wanted to talk to her about something very important about Lin Xian.

This made her very curious.

Think about it.

Finally, I came to a French restaurant for an appointment.

"I have a plan that can help you capture Lin Xian for 100 yuan."

The man opposite --\u003e\u003e

Looking at her with a smile:

"Are you interested in listening?"

Return home in the evening.

I discovered that Du Yao was actually online!

She quickly called and dialed through.

Du Yao successfully applied for a volunteer spot, and also went to South Sudan, where she met her boyfriend and the two participated in peacekeeping volunteer activities together.

Although they have been separated for many years, the relationship between the two has not diminished, and Tang Xin is very happy for them.

However, there are constant wars there and contact is often lost.

This time the two had not contacted each other for 10 days, and Tang Xin was worried for a time.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Yao Yao!"

Tang Xin breathed a sigh of relief:

"Great. You haven't replied to me in the past 10 days. I'm almost worried about you!"

"Haha, the situation is unstable right now, and I'm very busy too!"

In the video, the disgraced Du Yao smiled, her teeth as white as crystal:

"Now I am also a little expert in rescue! But I still often feel a sense of powerlessness. It is really uncomfortable to see each living life dying in the ruins."

“I really didn’t know before that the people here really lived a life like hell. It was completely different from the impoverished mountainous areas I thought of before. People here really starved to death, bombed to death, and suffered all kinds of unimaginable tragedies. "

"Hey, let's not talk about this kind of thing. What about you? How is the progress?"

Tang Xin chuckled and shook her head:

"An old classmate in our class who has a good relationship with Lin Xian said he wanted to help me confess my love! He seems to be a master at falling in love and has designed a series of plans for me."

"Didn't I tell you last time? Because of Mr. Ji Xinshui's recommendation, I don't know why, but I was successfully admitted to the Donghai Symphony Orchestra as a violinist."

"But it's hard to get VIP tickets for the report performance. They are not for sale. I searched for them for a long time and couldn't find them as gifts to the big shots. But Zhou Duanyun is very capable. He got me a VIP seat ticket. I give this ticket to Lin Xian."

"What a good man!"

Du Yao smiled and said:

"This guy is great, he is so enthusiastic about assisting you."

"not only that."

Tang Xin continued:

"He also helped me analyze Lin Xian and said that the best plan is to express love to Lin Xian in a romantic way and at the right time."

"He said that I should prepare a gift for Lin Xian. It should be simple and express my feelings. Then in order to surprise Lin Xian, he first asked me to put the gift in his car. After the music performance, he would Drive the car to the entrance of the auditorium, and I will take out the gift and give it to Lin Xian at this time, the effect will be best! "

Du Yao sincerely hoped that Tang Xin would also get what she wanted, and said curiously:

"So, what gift did you prepare? It can't be flowers, right? Forget it if it's flowers, the boys will only feel embarrassed when they receive them."

"Then what are you giving? A razor? A belt? Well, it doesn't feel right either. It's okay as a daily gift. Is it weird to give a razor to express your love?"

Du Yao couldn't guess it after guessing for a long time.

But Tang Xin smiled very confidently:

"Hehe, I am very confident about this gift!"

"You still remember, I told you before that Lin Xian didn't remember at all what happened when he tied up my school uniform and helped me out. In fact, I was embarrassed to tell him about the lollipops. Because our relationship at that time was just ordinary. Classmates, people say they don’t remember it, so I can’t force them to remember it. It makes me so anxious.”

"But! I think Lin Xian will be able to remember that Alpine lollipop when he saw it! Even if he can't remember it, it doesn't matter, I can tell him about it!"

"He should remember it, hmm, because the lollipop seemed to have been spent on our monitor's money, and was finally given to me without the monitor's share. The monitor chased him for a long time. So, he should have an impression. "

Ah ha ha ha ha

Over the video call, Du Yao was amused:

"Forget it, sister, it's the crumpled expired lollipop you kept in the iron box that you always peeked at, right?"

"Are you embarrassed to give that thing away? When you were in the United States, you would take it out and plate it when you had nothing to do. The coating on the wrapping paper was worn off by you. It would be too shabby to give this away!"

Tang Xin listened.

He smiled mysteriously and shook his index finger:

"NONONO, of course I knew I couldn't handle that crumpled lollipop, so I made a special gift!"

Said.

She bent down from the table

Huh?

wrong!

Du Yao opened her eyes wide and saw clearly.

That's not a bouquet

Although the outer packaging is indeed colored paper, ribbons, and glitter paper used to wrap bouquets.

But the middle should be where the big bouquet of flowers should be

It’s filled with colorful Alpine lollipops!

This is a bunch of flower lollipops! A beautiful bouquet with lollipops instead of flowers!

"Amazing!"

Du Yao exclaimed:

"you made it yourself?"

"Yes!"

Tang Xin smiled:

"I went to the flower shop to buy outer packaging, and went to the supermarket to buy a lot of Alpine lollipops. When I got home, I glued them one by one. Oh, this is a big project! In order to make the lollipops look better instead of flowers, I glued it very carefully and thought a lot about the color matching. ”

"How is it? Isn't it beautiful--\u003e\u003e

Bright? And look at the lollipop in the middle."

Tang Xin brought the lollipop bouquet closer to the mobile phone camera so that Du Yao could see it more clearly:

"Look, all the other Alpine lollipops are new, except the one in the middle, which is the one he gave to me on the playground in the fall of 2017."

"Although among these lollipops, this one that has expired for several years is the oldest, but it is the most meaningful and the one I cherish the most. Lin Xian will definitely notice this detail. By then He must have remembered everything."

"Can."

In the video, Du Yao gave a thumbs up to the camera:

"Then I'm looking forward to your good news! Come back tomorrow night, haha, or if you can't come back, be sure to tell me the result! I believe you will be fine, and I can't wait to be your bridesmaid!"

"Hehe, don't worry, I've reserved a place for you. I won't disturb your rest. Yaoyao, I see you're quite tired, so go to bed early."

"Yeah, bye Xinxin, I wish you success! Come on!"

beep

The video call hangs up.

Tang Xin looked at the bouquet of lollipops placed vertically on the table, a smile crept onto her lips, and she couldn't help but start imagining the scene of giving this gift to Lin Xian tomorrow.

Will he accept it?

Will he remember it?

Will he agree?

"it's okay."

Tang Xin comforted herself and encouraged herself:

"Yeah, you have to give it a try, so you don't have any regrets."

Said.

She checked the time and saw that it wasn't too late.

So I opened WeChat.

Click on the pinned chat window, type and send it:

"Good night, Lin Xian."

"See you tomorrow"

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