Song Yunshen did a great job on the memorization task.
On the one hand, Xia Jinshu's assignments for the first few days were relatively simple; on the other hand, it was because Song Yunshen wasn't really stupid, he just hadn't studied English seriously.
Once someone can provide him with systematic guidance, he adapts quite quickly.
Xia Jinshu was quite satisfied with his attitude towards learning, and her tone became much gentler after class.
The one-hour class ended quickly.
Song Yunshen became so engrossed in his studies that he didn't realize it was already 5 p. m. when he came to his senses.
One-on-one tutoring is indeed very effective if students are truly willing to listen attentively and ask questions face-to-face.
Song Yunshen stole a glance at Xia Jinshu's profile. The thought that the girl in front of him was the white moonlight in the hearts of many boys in the second year of high school, but now she was his home tutor and would even cook for him, made him feel a strange emotion.
Especially since the other person is the future girlfriend handpicked in the Future Diary, this feeling becomes even more intense.
"I'll go cook first," Xia Jinshu said, getting up. "I'll send you today's memorization assignment on WeChat; you can take a look now."
"Oh well."
Xia Jinshu left the study and went to the kitchen. She checked the pork marinating process, nodded slightly, and then began cooking. At that moment, she heard footsteps behind her. Xia Jinshu turned around and saw Song Yunshen coming out of the study and stopping at the kitchen door.
"What's wrong?" Xia Jinshu asked, puzzled.
"You didn't turn on the air conditioner." Song Yunshen walked into the kitchen and pressed a few buttons on the wall. "In this sweltering heat, cooking without the air conditioner will kill you."
With that said, Song Yunshen decided to stay in the kitchen.
Xia Jinshu felt the cool breeze blowing from the air conditioner vent and comfortably squinted her eyes.
She then realized that Song Yunshen's kitchen had air conditioning.
It seems to have opened yesterday, but she didn't notice.
Although they would turn on the air conditioner in the living room whenever Xia Kening was home, they would keep the kitchen door closed to minimize the impact on the cooling effect of the living room air conditioner.
So in the summer, after cooking in the kitchen, I'll be covered in sweat.
But there was no such problem when cooking at Song Yunshen's house.
Installing air conditioning in the kitchen... This was something Xia Jinshu had never even considered before.
"Thank you," Xia Jinshu said softly, then began to cook. Song Yunshen didn't leave; he simply assisted her, helping to carry the prepared ingredients and hand over the seasonings.
I also took a sneak peek at what Xia Jinshu looked like after putting on the apron.
Okay, the things mentioned earlier were secondary; the main purpose was the latter.
Xia Jinshu is very serious about her work, but her seriousness is different from Xia Yunuo's somewhat nitpicky kind. Xia Jinshu gives people a more meticulous feeling.
Everything is arranged meticulously and without error; there are high requirements for time management.
Song Yunshen was thinking about these things when he watched Xia Jinshu finish cooking a dish and start plating it.
The braised chicken wings smelled delicious.
Song Yunshen watched as she poured the chicken wings into the plate, even picking up her chopsticks to adjust the angle of the wings. Only after the eight wings were arranged in a symmetrical shape did he nod in satisfaction.
Is she still a perfectionist?
Song Yunshen chuckled inwardly.
"Take it out." Xia Jinshu pushed the braised chicken wings in front of Song Yunshen, noticing that he had been staring at her. She couldn't help but smooth her hair and turn her head away, pretending not to notice.
She recalled the diary entries she had read over the past two days, and the thought that Song Yunshen privately treated her like a mother stirred a strange emotion within her. It felt odd.
She never felt this way when cooking at home, but when she was instructing Song Yunshen to serve the dishes just now, she inexplicably had the feeling that a mother was telling her son what to do.
Thinking of this, Xia Jinshu quickly patted her face to clear her mind.
He's only a year younger than you, okay?
Xia Jinshu, Xia Jinshu, what are you thinking?!
Turning her head to look at Song Yunshen, who had just placed the braised chicken wings on the table, Xia Jinshu felt her face getting hot, and her mind was filled with random thoughts.
It must be said that Xiao Nuo has a pretty good eye.
Song Yunshen is handsome, has a good personality, is sensible, and his learning ability is actually not bad. It can be seen that he just didn't study seriously before, and his natural talent for English is not a big problem.
Moreover, his family is well-off, and it's obvious he's not short of money.
Although Xia Jinshu has never met Song Yunshen's father, she can tell from her two conversations with him through the surveillance camera that Uncle Song is definitely a very well-mannered person.
Song Yunshen also used his uncle's connections to find Xiao Nuo a tutoring job, which shows that their relatives are all well-off.
I wonder how Xiao Nuo and Song Yunshen's relationship is progressing? What if they have a conflict in the future, or even break up?
Should I try to persuade Xiao Nuo?
It's said that many relationships that start in high school don't last. What if they don't end up getting married? Wouldn't Xiao Nuo be at a huge loss?
Or maybe I'm not incapable? After all, I'm only a year older than Song Yunshen, and he probably has some feelings for me too, right?
No, no!
Xia Jinshu's mind went blank for a moment, and these thoughts inexplicably startled her. She quickly shook her head a few times to shake off the terrible idea.
What am I even thinking?!
The thoughts in my head are getting way too scattered.
You said you were just here to help Xiao Nuo with her selections?
We can't let our own staff steal!
Xia Jinshu tried hard to concentrate and finally managed to focus all her energy on cooking.
After the three dishes were successfully prepared, she and Song Yunshen sat down at the dining table. At this moment, Song Yunshen held chopsticks in his hand, looking at her without saying a word or touching his chopsticks.
Xia Jinshu paused, wondering why they weren't eating now that they were sitting down.
It wasn't until she seemed to remember something that she looked up in realization, then a little embarrassed, she scratched her ear, and whispered, "Dinner's ready."
Upon hearing this, Song Yunshen, sitting opposite him, finally picked up his chopsticks and began to eat his dinner.
Watching Song Yunshen down across from her, Xia Jinshu felt a pang of tenderness in her heart, and couldn't help but think that she was acting a bit like a puppy.
No, no!
That's incredibly disrespectful.
At this moment, Xia Jinshu remembered what she had been thinking about earlier and couldn't help but steal a glance at Song Yunshen Song Yunshen, only to find that their eyes met.
Both of them looked away guiltily and continued eating in silence.
After finishing dinner and cleaning up the dishes, Xia Jinshu was about to say goodbye and go home, but Song Yunshen stopped her.
"You said you wouldn't eat snacks in class because they would interrupt your train of thought, so let's pick some to take home and eat," Song Yunshen said to Xia Jinshu, carrying over two large bags of snacks.
Xia Jinshu hesitated for a moment, originally intending to politely decline, but seeing the snacks her younger sisters liked in the bag, she nodded gently and took some: a bag of instant noodles, a bag of Nut, a bag of potato chips, and a piece of chocolate.
"Isn't this a bit too much?" Xia Jinshu asked, a little embarrassed.
"It's alright, take as much as you want, I can't finish it all by myself," Song Yunshen said with a smile. "Let me get you a bag."
"No, no need." Xia Jinshu shook her head repeatedly, put the snacks she had just taken into her schoolbag, and then hurriedly said goodbye, "I'll go home now, see you tomorrow."
"Okay, bye-bye."
Song Yunshen escorted her into the elevator, and only after the elevator doors closed did he turn around and go back into the room to send a message to Xia Kening.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Same time as always, are you coming again today?
[ Xia Kening ]: I'll definitely be there on time at 7 o'clock!
[ Song Yunshen ]: OK.
It was not yet six o'clock in the evening when Song Yunshen returned to his study, turned on his computer, and continued editing videos.
The first video for getting started is almost finished, just needs some finishing touches.
Song Yunshen rushed around and finally finished the video for this episode by 7 PM. However, he didn't upload it right away. At 7 PM, he heard the sound of the front door being opened.
Song Yunshen turned on the living room camera on his phone and saw Xia Kening casually change into those orange slippers. After entering the house, she didn't rush to the study, but instead went into the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of yogurt, and then came over.
As I passed the living room sofa, I saw two large bags of snacks on it. Without being polite, I reached out and grabbed a bag of potato chips, a bag of chicken feet, and two pieces of chocolate, then happily went into the study.
"Do you want some snacks?" Xia Kening asked Song Yunshen as soon as she walked in.
Song Yunshen waved his hand, making way for him. "I just finished dinner not long ago, didn't you eat dinner?"
"I've eaten." Xia Kening patted her stomach and plopped down in front of the computer. "But don't you know that a girl's stomach for meals and her stomach for snacks are separate?"
"You're pretty impressive." Song Yunshen casually ruffled her hair. "Aren't you afraid of gaining weight? I bet you weigh over 100 pounds."
"You only weigh a little over 100 pounds!" Xia Kening snorted, pushing his hand away with her head, puffing out her chest and raising her chin proudly, "I only weigh 98 pounds, okay?"
"For your height, you can't really be considered thin," Song Yunshen said, stroking his chin as he looked you over.
As expected, Xia Yunuo had the advantage of her figure. Although Xia Kening was a few centimeters shorter than Xia Yunuo, she was a little heavier.
"You're so talkative." Xia Kening touched the mouse, eager to open the game.
But Song Yunshen stopped her, saying, "Wait a minute, take a look at the video I just edited. See if there are any problems. If not, I'll upload it." "Let me see," Xia Kening said curiously, clicking to open it. She was shocked to see it was over thirty minutes long. "Are you crazy?! Thirty minutes! I still need to play games!"
"You're the main character. I can't upload it directly without your permission," Song Yunshen said irritably.
"Oh, just send it directly, I trust you all the time." Xia Kening waved her hand. "Don't waste my time playing games."
"Alright." Song Yunshen nodded. Seeing that she had no objections, he simply uploaded it. "I've uploaded it to Bilibili and Douyin. If it's well-received, I'll start editing the second episode."
"Mmm." Xia Kening quickly opened the game after he finished uploading, seemingly not caring at all about the video's score.
"You're hopeless," Song Yunshen shook his head helplessly. "If you continue like this, forget about being in the top fifty of the grade; you'll be lucky if you don't fall too far behind."
"Who are you talking about?" Xia Kening retorted, "I study very hard, okay? I go to the library in the morning and have math class in the afternoon. I only have an hour to play games in the evening. Don't make it sound like I'm lazy."
"Isn't this decadent?" Song Yunshen poked Xia Kening, who had her feet propped up on the chair, and then pointed to the snacks and yogurt on the table. "Don't turn into a fat, lazy bum in the future."
"You're so annoying." Xia Kening lightly kicked him in the stomach with her foot. "If you have time to bother me, you might as well open the potato chips for me."
"Do you expect me to feed you?"
"It's not impossible."
"You think you're so clever?" Song Yunshen chuckled coldly. "I see your feet are quite nimble, why don't you just use them to pick up the chips?" "Get lost! I'd rather feed you chips with my feet!"
That's not impossible... Song Yunshen looked down at her pair of fair and delicate little feet with a strange expression, and couldn't help but think to himself.
However, he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. He coughed twice and still reached out to open the potato chips for her.
"Look, open your mouth."
"Awoo~"
"My good daughter is so obedient."
"Pah! I haven't failed my exam yet, so don't call me 'daughter'!"
"The ending was already decided; I'm just taking a cut in advance."
"Wait until I call you 'Mom'!"
"You can call me 'Dad' first to preview the lesson."
"Roll!"
"Say 'get lost' again, and you won't be able to play on the computer anymore." "... Brother~"
"Hmm~ Let me hear it a few more times."
"... Don't go too far!"