Qi Gu closed his chat with Lin Hanzhi. Before leaving, he hesitated over Lin Hanzhi's profile picture for a few seconds, thinking that saving two pictures was no different from saving one, and simply saved Lin Hanzhi's profile picture too.
Mm, it really was a good shot. I'll just treat it as saving a picture off the internet.
Meanwhile, Mu Xingchen raced against the clock and finally remembered how to answer the question. Just as he was about to excitedly tell Qi Gu, he noticed that, on the video call, his master still wore the sort of smile he rarely showed him.
"...Master, I remember the answer now. Did something wonderful happen? You're smiling so happily." In the end, Mu Xingchen's curiosity got the better of him, and he could not help asking.
At the question, Qi Gu's smile stiffened a little, as though he had only just realized he was smiling. "Nothing. Since you remember, keep reciting."
Seeing his master turn stern again, the smile disappearing from his face, Mu Xingchen dared not say anything else. He obediently continued reciting, occasionally having to deal with his master's impromptu spot checks, and suffered terribly through it all.
Just as Mu Xingchen recited one particular sentence, Qi Gu corrected him in a cool voice that was enough to chill him to the bone. "When 柏 is used as a surname, it's pronounced Bai. Copy that sentence twenty times, with the pinyin, and send it to me when you're done."
After saying that, Qi Gu briefly felt like an elementary school language teacher.
Mu Xingchen fell silent, then flushed bright red. "..."
In the end, he had still suffered for his lack of education.
By the time Qi Gu ended the call with Mu Xingchen, it was past nine. His phone screen