intellectual norms

In the first half of the first semester of freshman year, Xia Xiaoli almost tore up the calendar to live, but no matter how difficult the time of separation was, the days still passed by like flowing water.

At the beginning, there were not many professional courses. Chen Ke was his main teacher. Now, Teacher Chen is Xia Xiaoli's brother-in-law-to-be, and the relationship with Xia Xiaocheng is very stable. Apart from busying himself with his job, he is supporting his girlfriend's live broadcasting business. And with the self-consciousness of being a son-in-law, Bai Zhu, who often went to Xia's house to stay alone at home, successfully replaced Qiao Yu, who was on a long business trip, and became Xia Yunhan's new chief consultant in this city.

Two months after the start of school, Xia Xiaoli learned that Chen Ke was recruiting a new assistant, so she went through the formal process to submit a cover letter. Chen Ke didn't want to agree to Xia Xiaoli's complicated identity. It was his prospective "sister-in-law", and Chen Ke looked at Xia Xiaoli's serious job application with mixed emotions and was embarrassed.

Xia Xiaoli didn't think too much about it, he was like a game player who just entered Novice Village, he just wanted to find every possible opportunity to complete tasks and upgrade, he couldn't let himself be idle when Qiao Yu was away.

For this reason, Chen Ke made a special phone call with Qiao Yu, and then recruited Xia Xiaoli, but Xia Xiaoli's current professional level is far from enough, so he can only be regarded as a second assistant, doing some auxiliary work with scraps, but he is already very happy.

Sometimes he talked to Qiao Yu on the phone, but Qiao Yu supported him and said to Xia Xiaoli: "Teacher Chen's professional level is comparable to mine, and you can learn a lot from him."

Xia Xiaoli knew that Chen Ke was very good, but she still felt regretful. He wanted to be Qiao Yu's student and Qiao Yu's assistant. Now that the other party has changed from her boyfriend to her real brother-in-law, what is the difference between her brother-in-law and her boyfriend? ?That's too big.

So he murmured to express his dissatisfaction, and there was a deep miss hidden in the small complaints.

Qiao Yu encouraged him: "Mr. Chen said that you are making rapid progress, you can master every point, and you are willing to work hard. Stay in the design building when you have time."

Xia Xiaoli curled her lips, but still smiled: "That's because my boyfriend gave me a good foundation, such a good piece of material to be an assistant, but the second brother-in-law took advantage of it."

Now he called Chen Ke's brother-in-law so smoothly that Xia Xiaocheng rolled his eyes at him. Thinking of Qiao Yu being his "brother-in-law" for a while, Xia Xiaoli felt that the world was very strange.

The winter vacation is approaching, and Xia Xiaoli had planned to go to Morocco to see her boyfriend as soon as the holiday was over. He had read the air ticket and the itinerary countless times. He felt that his family would not object, and even thought about staying in Morocco to celebrate the Spring Festival with Qiao Yu. , Come back before school starts.

The biggest advantage of college students is that they have long winter and summer vacations, which cannot be compared with senior high school students. Xia Xiaoli thought about it and felt that she could go there every few months, and finally the days of separation were not so difficult.

He didn't reveal to Qiao Yu the plan he had "conspired" for a long time, and wanted to tell him before departure, so as to give him a big surprise.

But the family members had to tell in advance, otherwise Baizhu and Xia Yunhan wouldn't be able to rest assured. Xia Xiaoli used half a year of practical actions to convince his parents that he was now an independent adult and could go out alone.

Boys aim everywhere, and there are many teenage boys who travel long distances alone. Xia Xiaoli felt that she was 18 years old after her 19th birthday, and it was the time when she went out to "travel".

In the past six months, he often went home when he was free. On the contrary, he spent more time with his family than in high school. When the holiday was less than half a month away, he first told Baizhu about going on a trip during the winter vacation.

There was still a strategy hidden in his little head, so he didn't want to talk about finding Qiao Yu in one step, but only about traveling, just in southern Europe and North Africa.

Bai Zhu didn't object directly, but she just didn't express what was in her heart uncharacteristically, and stared at Xia Xiaoli thoughtfully for a while, which made Xia Xiaoli feel guilty, and tried to explain: "We are in this line of work. I just want to go out and see more, how much experience I have, I have lived in our Denghong City for almost 20 years, it is very necessary to go out and see."

Bai Zhu said: "When you were young, you took you abroad a lot. Later, your father didn't have time, so I didn't take you out because I had to worry about your two older sisters. I went out by myself, booked air tickets, changed planes, booked hotels, exchanged money, etc. Can you know it? You have such a bewildered personality, you don’t know if you don’t get kidnapped..."

These nagging were all within Xia Xiaoli's expectation. He took out various strategies that he had prepared in advance and said, "I've been looking at it for a long time. I can book air tickets online. It's not expensive to book in advance. Mostly in the UAE, hotel booking is the same. Now you can book online. It is very convenient. Once you open it, there are countless hotels for you to choose from. As for the money, my dad gave me a VISA card when I started school, so I just use that. "

Baizhu didn't understand these online platforms, but seeing Xia Xiaoli's familiarity, she sighed: "The times are really different now, next time I go abroad with your dad, I will have to rely on you to take care of it."

These words were meant to express reassurance, but Xia Xiaoli looked at Bai Zhu's appearance, and obviously still had something hidden in his heart, but he didn't know why he didn't say it. He thought about it for a while, and guessed whether the unspoken words might have something to do with Qiao Yu.

But her mother didn't say anything, and Xia Xiaoli was too guilty to dare to speak up, so she could only laugh a few times.

That night, Bai Zhu tossed and turned, the vague thought in her heart was lingering, and she still couldn't fall asleep after midnight, so she got up straight away when she couldn't take it anymore, and called her husband who started work in a neighboring city.

Xia Yunhan hadn't slept yet. He had just returned to his residence after a meeting in the project engineering department. He didn't show any surprise when his wife told him about his youngest son's winter vacation plans during the day. What do you know? Why aren't you surprised?"

Xia Yunhan comforted her: "I don't know what, it's not that you don't understand our son, Xiaoli just looks weak, but in fact he has big ideas, and most of the things he said are already made up and planned carefully. Speak."

This is true, Baizhu admits, how can she not know about her own son.

"And," Xia Yunhan said, "isn't his VISA card my supplementary card? Recently, he has made several payments in a row, all of which are still large amounts. I think they are all for international air tickets, so I guess he is preparing for winter vacation. go out."

Bai Zhu was taken aback, huh?Everything about the relationship has already been settled, and the money has been spent before it is a foregone conclusion, so I come to beg for consent softly, this guy!Sure enough, when I turned 18, my wings hardened.

She could only vent her anger on her husband: "You know all about it and don't remind me, but I'm still in the dark."

"Hey, Xiao Li is growing up too. It's just going on a trip. Don't be so nervous. It's good to let him go out and explore. Boys should learn more." Xia Yunhan was relieved.

Bai Zhu's anxiety was not because of this. She scratched her hair and said in a serious tone: "Lao Xia, let me tell you, it's okay if he wants to go out to play, the key is that you know where he is going? He is going to Africa, I looked at the map, isn't it the one where Mr. Qiao works? He thought I was a housewife and didn't know anything? How could I not see it, North Africa? Qiao Yu said clearly before where he went That's the area."

This Xia Yunhan was also silent. The text message from the bank card only indicated which payment platform it was for, so he knew it was an international air ticket, but he did not indicate the specific destination. Now it seems that this kid is really likely to go for Qiao Yu of.

Thinking of this, his heart became complicated. On the phone, Baizhu was still asking: "You said he was just looking for Qiao Yu? Although we all know that he admires Teacher Qiao, is this behavior...is it..." Baizhu couldn't think of a suitable word for a while, crossing the line?

Fans chasing stars is nothing more than that, Baizhu thought of an inappropriate metaphor, how fanatical they are, and they can chase them all the way whenever they have time.

Xia Yunhan thought more. He thought of the 30 sports car, Qiao Yu's understated attitude when he delivered the car, as if it was an unnatural thing, and the first thing Xia Xiaoli did as soon as he got his driver's license. The thing is to go on a short trip with Qiao Yu.

Everything shows that there is an unusual and natural intimacy between them, and they are still mutual, like two poles of a magnet, they will automatically attract together if they get closer.

He sighed silently in his heart, almost seeing a fact, but he didn't know how to tell his irritable and anxious wife.

What happened to Xia Xiaoberry was already a precedent, and the family had been flying around for almost half a year. Although Bai Zhu now admitted that he liked Lin Wu very much, Xia Yunhan really didn't want to go through this process a second time.

Xia Xiaoli is Bai Zhu's youngest son, and now he has fallen in love with a man. If Bai Zhu knows this fact, he has to faint, even if the man is Teacher Qiao, whom she has always liked and respected.

Xia Yunhan, who had been in a meeting all day, started to have a real headache at this moment.

Baizhu couldn't bear it any longer, and uttered the deepest guesses and anxieties that she was bored in her heart and had nowhere to resolve: "Lao Xia, tell me, our little Li likes Qiao Yu, right?"

Xia Yunhan's head hurt even more, he didn't want to lie, and he didn't want his wife's temper to explode, so he could only do Tai Chi to comfort him: "He is only a teenager, he knows what liking is, he just wants to go out on a whim, and he happens to be familiar with Teacher Qiao. , just go there to see, Morocco is also a very popular tourist destination, you can not only travel, but also see Teacher Qiao’s project, which kills two birds with one stone.”

After hearing this, Baizhu was silent for a long time, feeling that Xia Yunhan's words were far-fetched.

Xia Yunhan was also thinking about it, and felt that fooling around could only cure the symptoms, so he said, "My wife, just in case, I said just in case, Xiaoli, we are really in love with Mr. Qiao, why don't you look?"