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However, a strange thing happened! Before Ye Wenyu could even go forward to comfort Cai Wenchuan, Lin Tingyue excitedly shouted, then, like a happy little bird, she darted to Cai Wenchuan and yelled, "Little Wenzi—"

"Xiao Wenzi?" Ye Wenyu stared in disbelief.

Cai Wenchuan suddenly raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him. In an instant, his face turned as white as a zombie, and even his lips lost their color. He stared blankly at Lin Tingyue, as if he had seen a ghost, with a look of horror and shock on his face.

His body suddenly began to tremble violently, as if he had suddenly fallen seriously ill.

He stared blankly at Lin Tingyue, his face devoid of any joy at the reunion, only overwhelming pain.

Lin Tingyue was still there, clapping her hands happily, jumping for joy, and smiling at Cai Wenchuan.

Ye Wenyu stood up in shock. What a small world! Lin Tingyue actually knew her Wen-gege, and what did she call him affectionately just now? Little Wenzi?

This is just too ridiculous.

Jiang Zhiming was also somewhat shocked. He gave Cai Wenchuan a strange look, and then glanced at Lin Tingyue, whose eyes were shining with excitement. He began to worry. His first love, whom he fell in love with at first sight, liked Professor Cai. Could it be that his current girlfriend also liked Professor Cai?

Jiang Zhiming took a step forward and walked to Lin Tingyue's side, standing shoulder to shoulder with his girlfriend like a jealous jar.

Lin Tingyue immediately said happily, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Jiang Zhiming, a student at your Q University. This is Xiao Wenzi, we've known each other for a long, long time."

Cai Wenchuan's face flushed red. His pained eyes had nowhere to go, so he could only lower his head and remain silent. Ye Wenyu noticed that his hand, which had been holding the lesson plan, was now tightly gripping it, as if he had a grudge against it. His nails were digging into the paper, and he was desperately trying to restrain himself.

A huge question mark rose in Ye Wenyu's mind.

Jiang Zhiming rubbed his forehead and coughed before reminding her, "Xiaoyue, this is Cai Wenchuan, a well-known professor at our Q University, not some Xiaowenzi you're talking about."

Lin Tingyue stomped her foot playfully, her face glowing like the moon, and giggled, "But he is Xiao Wenzi! I've called him Xiao Wenzi since I was little. In my heart, no matter how old he is, he will always be my Xiao Wenzi." Then she looked at Cai Wenchuan, jumped up and down in front of him, and said familiarly, "Right, Xiao Wenzi?"

Cai Wenchuan lowered his head, as if he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

At this moment, even his neck and shoulders felt hot. He truly both loved and hated Lin Tingyue.

Lin Tingyue was still chattering away like a lively sparrow, her voice crisp and clear: "Xiao Wenzi, so you're a professor at Q University! And you're so handsome too. Of course, you were always good-looking, but you're even more handsome now, hehe. I bet a lot of girls at Q University have a crush on you. Why didn't you come to visit me after you went to university? I've been missing you so much. I never imagined that after all these years, you'd become so amazing, a professor at a prestigious university. If I had known you were so good at studying, I should have asked my older brother to find you to tutor me during my high school years. Maybe I could have gotten into Q University too."

She clapped her hands and stomped her feet, looking utterly regretful.

Cai Wenchuan's body swayed, his face as white as marble. He seemed to see a demon, his eyes filled with fear and pain.

Standing not far away, Ye Wenyu became increasingly confused as she listened. In her previous life, she knew very little about Cai Wenzhong, only that she was with Lin Tingfeng. Three years later, she discovered his true colors and resolved to escape, at which point Cai Wenchuan appeared. At that time, she wanted to use the power of his love to escape, but Lin Tingfeng discovered her plan. Not only did she fail to escape, but it also led to Cai Wenchuan being killed by Lin Tingfeng.

Therefore, in her previous life, she knew nothing about what happened after the Cai family moved away.

How did Cai Wenchuan and Lin Tingyue meet? Why did she call him Xiao Wenzi? Xiao Wenzi sounds like a princess calling a eunuch, and she really disliked being called that.

In this life, seeing Lin Tingyue chattering endlessly in front of Cai Wenchuan, she gradually realized that Cai Wenchuan seemed to have an inextricable relationship with the Lin family. Perhaps he had come into contact with the Lin family earlier than she had, after all, in S City, when it comes to a large and powerful family, there is only one Lin family.

The bell rang, and Cai Wenchuan glanced at the time on his wrist. He said in a hoarse voice to Lin Tingyue and Jiang Zhiming, "Excuse me, I have to go to class now." His throat seemed to have suddenly developed a serious throat ailment. Without waiting for their reply, he strode heavily toward the podium, his legs feeling as if they were filled with lead.

Ye Wenyu also sat down to attend class, while Jiang Zhiming quietly pulled Lin Tingyue away.

Throughout the class, Cai Wenchuan acted out of character, becoming like a wind-up toy. He kept saying the wrong thing or turning to the wrong page. He was completely out of it. Several times, he even wrote on the blackboard with the eraser and tried to erase the blackboard repeatedly with the chalk. His erratic behavior drew laughter from the students.

When the students laughed, he blushed and tried to explain, but in the end, nothing he did worked.

What exactly happened to Cai Wenchuan?

Ye Wenyu sat in the classroom, watching him teach like this, filled with worry. Was it just because the principal refused to reinstate her status as a student from a poor family? If that was the reason, Cai Wenchuan's behavior in class was far too exaggerated.

Ye Wenyu was deeply confused.

Time moved at a snail's pace, seemingly stagnant. For Ye Wenyu, a single class period felt like an eternity. The bell finally rang, and Ye Wenyu immediately stood up, wanting to rush towards Cai Wenchuan. However, the girls sitting in the front rows were faster than her; they were dressed in their finest attire and had already surrounded Professor Cai completely.

Tall and slender Cai Wenchuan stood among a group of girls, like a star surrounded by the moon, but his face was pale, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal weariness and desolation.

This was the first time he had shown impatience in front of his students.

Ye Wenyu stared at Cai Wenchuan, frozen in place like a wooden pillar. What was wrong with Cai Wenchuan? Why did he seem to have suddenly fallen seriously ill? Was the school's decision to strip him of his status as a student from a poor family such a blow to him?

No, no, no, that's definitely not the real reason, because she clearly remembered that a few hours ago, the two of them were standing outside the Student Affairs Office building. He already knew that she had been stripped of her eligibility for the financial aid for impoverished students, but he was in high spirits and indignantly wanted to go to the principal to reason with her. She told him that it was a futile effort, and the intelligent man probably knew that it wouldn't end well. Nevertheless, he went like a warrior.