Shen Beitang blocked the hand that was blocking his face and took out his phone.
"Why not just use a mobile phone? It's the 21st century, who would still use such an old-fashioned way of writing?"
Shen Beitang's fingers flew across the keyboard.
"jingle--"
Su Yi'an took out her phone, which displayed an unfamiliar number.
"Here, this is my phone number."
Su Yi'an glanced at her hand that had been pushed back, then at her phone.
"My sister is really smart."
"Of course, you should hurry up and go to class, aren't you going to be late?" Shen Beitang glanced at his watch.
"I'll be going now, I'll contact you later." Su Yi'an looked back several times with reluctance as she left.
...
Music and sports classroom
"Where's Shen Beitang? Why isn't he here!"
Professor Li paced back and forth in the classroom, so angry he felt like he was about to fly to heaven.
"I've said it so many times in the group chat: today's meeting is very important, very important, because it concerns your future papers."
They ignored them completely, not taking them to heart at all.
Zhou Yuan smiled and poured a cup of hot tea, placing it in the professor's hand, and said indignantly.
"I made a point of adding Shen Beitang to the group chat before you sent out the notification today. And just in case she didn't take it seriously, I told her again to her separately before I left."
"Yes, yes, it's because Shen Beitang herself doesn't care."
Shen Beitang made her lose face, so how could he let go of any opportunity to put her down? He wished Professor Li would expel her from school immediately.
“When Zhou Yuan spoke to her, Shen Beitang argued back, saying that Professor Li was nothing, and that her family had plenty of money.”
"Did she really say that?"
Professor Li thought he had reached his limit of anger in the morning, but the real blow came in the afternoon.
His lifelong passion was academics, and Zhou Man, who used to be in the same group as him, was his best partner.
He originally thought the two of them could continue like this forever, but unexpectedly, Zhou Man abandoned her academic path and chose to go into business.
Shen Beitang was the top student in his major that year; he used connections to snatch the person away from him.
Sigh, she's only been in class for a few days, and she's already completely infatuated with men, not to mention saying such disrespectful things about academia.
That's a complete slap in the face to him!
Li Huai was tormented by Zhou Man in the first half of his life, and just when things were about to get better in the second half, Shen Beitang came along and made a fool of him.
"Zhang Shuo, tell Shen Beitang that if she doesn't get here within 10 minutes, she should apply to withdraw from school!"
"Okay, Professor, I'll go tell them right now."
Zhang Shuo jogged out the door, pretending to make a phone call, but actually he was hiding in the stairwell.
He lit a cigarette, viciously bit the menthol capsule inside, and took a deep breath.
"Hmph, Shen Beitang, you don't know what's good for you. So what if you're first in your major? I'll still make you drop out of school."
Zhang Shuo returned home just in time, only to bump into the person he hated most at the door.
"Senior Zhang Shuo, don't you know what Professor Li hates the most?"
Su Yi'an pinched her nose and frowned, saying, "What would the professor think if he knew you smoke?"
"Hehe, Junior Su, I'm just sleepy. You know I've never smoked before."
Li Huai has an unwritten rule: no matter how good your academic performance is, anyone who smokes will not be admitted.
One senior from the previous class broke this rule and was immediately kicked out by Li Huai. No school or teacher dared to accept him after that.
This ended his path to graduate studies.
"Really? I understand. As long as you give me a cigarette, I won't tell Professor Li."
Su Yi'an made a smoking gesture with her lips, looking at the cigarette in Zhang Shuo's arms with an ambiguous gaze.
"Oh—" Zhang Shuo looked at Su Yi'an meaningfully and reached out to hand him the cigarette case from his pocket.
"You should have said so earlier, junior. So you like this too. It must have been hard for you to hold back."
Su Yi'an put the cigarette pack in his pocket, put his arm around Zhang Shuo's shoulder, and looked like they were good buddies.
"Senior understands me best. Let's go back first, or the professor will get suspicious."
"Not at all. We'll make appointments together from now on, so that Professor Li, that old stubborn man, won't find out."
...
Zhang Shuo adjusted his expression at the classroom door, then entered the classroom and began to complain as soon as he saw Professor Li.
"Teacher, Shen Beitang completely disregards you. She actually said, said..."
Zhang Shuo's eyes darted around, and he stammered, not daring to make a sound.
Li Huai's previously calmed emotions surged again, and he said in a trembling voice.
"Speak! I want to see what else this rebellious disciple has to say!"
She said, "Li Huai is nobody. Let him call me personally."
These are all Shen Beitang's exact words; you can ask Su Yi'an if you don't believe me.
Su Yi'an, whose name was called, didn't say anything, just smiled and found the best spot to sit down.
After learning that Su Yi'an smoked, Zhang Shuo had already categorized him as one of his own.
We're all in this together; we can't betray each other, or we'd both be expelled.
“Teacher, Shen Beitang is so arrogant. He not only skips classes, but now he also shows contempt for you. He should be expelled.”
Zhang Shuo gave Zhou Yuan a wink, and Zhou Yuan immediately chimed in, their cooperation seamless.
Li Huai took a deep breath. He had originally wanted to save face for Zhou Man, but now there was no need.
"Okay, very good. I think we don't need to wait anymore. I'll go to the academic affairs office today and have Shen Beitang withdraw directly..."
"Professor Li, I've arrived."
Shen Beitang appeared naturally at the door of the music and physical education room. When he came in, he even glanced at Zhou Man and Zhang Shuo.
"Zhang Shuo, did you secretly tell Shen Beitang?"
Zhou Yuan pinched Zhang Shuo, afraid that he would become a sycophant again.
"How could that be? Don't frame me. I suspect it was you." Zhang Shuo immediately retorted.
When Shen Beitang finished class, he saw that Zhou Yuan and Zhang Shuo and the others had stayed in the classroom, pretending to be reading books.
After she left, they immediately gathered together again, so they became more cautious and lingered outside the classroom door for a few more minutes.
"Professor Li said in the group chat that we should gather in the music and physical education room at one point because a business tycoon is coming to visit the school, which is very important."
The teacher actually asked me to inform Shen Beitang? Dream on!
...
"It's exactly one o'clock now, it seems I've arrived just in time."
Shen Beitang glanced at the time; it was exactly one o'clock. She could have arrived earlier.
But I just wanted to see what kind of trouble those two would cause.
Although the person had arrived, Li Huai felt that Shen Beitang had come on purpose to provoke him.
“I told you in the group chat to arrive 15 minutes early so we could prepare for group work, but you arrived right on time.”
Shen Beitang opened her phone in surprise, anxiously switched to WeChat, and handed it to Li Huai.
"Professor Li, what group is this? Why am I not in it? Did I miss something?"
Li Huai glanced at the group chat interface with some skepticism, and indeed there was no study and discussion group for them.
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