novelraw Chapter 488 : Thesis in Progress
Chapter 488 : Thesis in Progress
Chapter 488: Thesis in Progress
In the following days, Chen Fan fully embraced his role as a brother-in-law, driving Su Ruochu and the Gao Xiaoxi siblings around to tour Yunhai thoroughly.
They bought a large assortment of big and small gifts, exciting the two children to the point where they were reluctant to leave.
Even Gao Xiaohu's gaze towards Chen Fan had lost its hostility, and he began to accept this brother-in-law.
By the time Gao Xiaoxi's art exam ended, university classes had already been in session for 4 days.
After personally sending the two children off on the bus home, Su Ruochu sincerely thanked Chen Fan on the way back.
"Thank you."
Chen Fan smiled.
"What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for everything you've done for them, thank you for being so good to them."
"They're my little sister-in-law and brother-in-law too, and they call me brother-in-law so sweetly. As their brother-in-law, I have to show my appreciation and prove that the kids' judgment wasn't wrong."
Su Ruochu gave Chen Fan a charming glare.
"Anyway... you can't treat them like this in the future. Always buying them this and that, and such expensive gifts, it will spoil them."
Chen Fan laughed.
"You sound just like my mom when you talk like that."
Seeing Su Ruochu's embarrassed expression, Chen Fan teased her further.
"When we get married and have kids in the future, you'll be in charge of the children's education."
Su Ruochu turned her head awkwardly to look out the window.
"Who says I'm having children with you?"
"If you won't have kids with me, should I find another woman to have them?"
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Haha..."
Seeing Chen Fan laugh so uninhibitedly, Su Ruochu irritatedly reached out and pinched his thigh.
"You're so annoying!"
...
Time moved to March, and senior year life seemed to suddenly enter the final graduation countdown.
The sounds of horsing around that could often be heard in the dormitory before all disappeared.
Those playing games, playing cards, listening to music... all seemed to vanish at once.
Every dormitory became quietly busy.
In dorm 519.
Ma Xiaoshuai uninstalled his games and started focusing on his thesis.
Besides accompanying his girlfriend Su Qing to prepare for her thesis, Wu Di often went to the administration building.
He wanted to try using the school's connections, in case he couldn't pass the civil service exam, to see if he could get in through the back door for a teaching position at the university.
Originally the dorm was missing one person, and with Chen Fan not coming back most of the time, and Han Xu and Sun Hao spending all day in the library... so much of the time dorm 519 was often empty, looking very desolate.
It had been a long time since dorm 519 had a meal together.
Chen Fan had been cooped up in the apartment working on his thesis these days.
Except for accompanying Su Ruochu to register for the provincial exam in mid-March, most of the time he was alone in the study, busy with his thesis.
Chen Fan seemed to have entered a state of selflessness this time, going crazy.
Su Ruochu was also organizing her thesis, but she had never been as busy as Chen Fan, who couldn't even eat.
A few times she brought back food from the cafeteria and called Chen Fan to eat, but often he would agree and then not come out even after the food had gotten cold.
Later, Su Ruochu felt really sorry for Chen Fan and simply brought the food directly to him in the study.
But when she entered the study, Su Ruochu was stunned.
She saw Chen Fan's completed thesis drafts scattered all over the bed and desk.
Chen Fan sat at the computer desk, his hair messy, but his eyes shining brightly.
Su Ruochu walked over and put the food on the desk.
"Eat first."
Chen Fan looked up.
"Just leave it there, I'll eat later."
But Su Ruochu wouldn't allow it and put her hand directly on the keyboard.
"Eat!"
"I won't let you write if you don't eat."
Chen Fan looked up at Su Ruochu and suddenly grinned.
"Okay. I'll eat first. Listen to my wife."
Seeing Chen Fan reach for a steamed bun, Su Ruochu raised her hand and slapped his arm.
"Wash your hands first."
"I'm hungry..."
Su Ruochu glared: "That doesn't matter. You must wash your hands first."
Chen Fan smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
At the door, Chen Fan turned his head again, "Wife, you're charming even when you're angry, I love you."
Su Ruochu was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After washing his hands and returning, Chen Fan sat at the desk eating while looking at the computer.
Su Ruochu sat on the edge of the bed, casually picking up a piece of Chen Fan's compiled information to read.
As she read, she really couldn't help herself.
"What topic did you choose? Why do you need to compile so much information, and all this data..."
Chen Fan turned his head with a bitter smile.
"Old Chen... ahem, Professor Chen has really done me in this time."
"My original plan was to just find some random topic, muddle through and be done with it. But Professor Chen wouldn't agree at all."
"He insisted on talking about 'drawing a perfect ending for university' or something."
"So I chose several topics, but he wasn't satisfied with any of them."
"Later he provoked my temper too. If he wants depth and content, fine, I'll give him something with depth this time. I want to see what else Professor Chen has to say."
Speaking to this point, Chen Fan revealed a bitter smile.
"But once I started, I realized I had trapped myself."
"There's just too much information to organize. I estimate that if it weren't for you keeping me company, Wife, forget about drawing a perfect ending for university, I'd be drawing an ending to my own life from exhaustion."
Su Ruochu stared at the data on the draft paper, but found she couldn't understand most of it.
In the end, she could only comfort him, "Professor Chen doing this also shows he values you. Since you've already decided, just write it well."
"Mm." Chen Fan said with his mouth full of steamed bun, smiling, "Don't worry, I've pretty much finished organizing everything. Now I just need to write out the thesis."
After wolfing down his meal, Su Ruochu got up with the bowls and chopsticks.
As she closed the study door, she secretly glanced at Chen Fan sitting in the chair.
He was already completely absorbed in his work again.
It must be said, a focused man is most charming.
Su Ruochu couldn't help but stare entranced.
She watched for about 10 seconds before quietly closing the door and tiptoeing into the kitchen.
Over the next few days, Su Ruochu voluntarily took on all the housework.
She even borrowed a cookbook from the library and started trying to learn to cook.
At first, the food she made was blackened, and Su Ruochu was too embarrassed to serve it, but Chen Fan ate it all without a word.
"My wife is so virtuous. But I have one small suggestion."
"Next time you cook, don't use sugar instead of salt. It's too sweet."
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Su Ruochu's face immediately turned bright red.
Fortunately, Chen Fan wasn't intentionally teasing her. After saying this, he focused on writing his thesis again.
Su Ruochu walked out of the study with her cheeks burning, clenching her little pink fists somewhat dejectedly.
"I'm so stupid!"
"I refuse to believe I can't learn."
In the days that followed, Chen Fan acted as Su Ruochu's guinea pig while focusing on writing his thesis.
By the end of March, Su Ruochu had finally managed to learn four home-style dishes, enough to make a full meal.
And Chen Fan also let out a long sigh of relief.
The thesis was finally done.