"Aren't you... leaving?"
The long-haired girl sitting behind Jin Wei was named Mi Yao. She didn't walk up to Jin Wei until the end of the class and mustered up the courage to talk to him again.
"..." Jin Wei remained silent and did not even raise his head. The conversation between Mi Yao and her friend had just made him unhappy.
Jin Wei's silence made Mi Yao quite embarrassed. The awkward atmosphere was as stagnant as Jin Wei's aura. Mi Yao raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Next time, will you still come to Teacher Pei's..."
Upon hearing Pei Wu's name, Jin Wei seemed to snap out of his daze and looked up at her. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Pei Wu slowly walking towards him, and their eyes met.
"I can go now."
Pei Wu's sudden approach, her gentle voice completely different from when she was lecturing, and the faint smile on her face... all attracted the attention of the entire room. She stopped in front of Jin Wei's desk.
Mi Yao politely greeted, "Teacher Pei... Teacher Pei."
Pei Wu responded with a slight smile and said, "Hello."
Jin Wei's eyelids fluttered slightly before he raised his eyelashes to answer the question Mi Yao had just asked him, "Judging from the current situation, I think I will attend every one of her lectures from now on."
"..." Mi Yao raised her eyebrows slightly upon hearing Jin Wei's words. "Does this mean... you know Teacher Pei?"
This time, Pei Wu spoke first, "Yes, he is my...boyfriend." As she spoke, Pei Wu still looked back at Mi Yao with a faint smile on her face.
Mi Yao was stunned for two seconds, but quickly realized the meaning behind Pei Wu's words. Her fair cheeks suddenly felt hot and flushed red. "Oh..." Mi Yao's friend, who was next to her, also widened her eyes instantly and muttered, "No wonder... she slipped away."
“...”
Upon hearing Pei Wu's reply, Jin Wei subconsciously straightened his back.
After Mi Yao and her friends left, Pei Wu reached out and took Jin Wei's hand, saying, "Let's go."
The boy named Yan Cheng was still sitting in his seat, his gaze following everyone as he looked towards Pei Wu. Because of the distance, he couldn't hear the conversation between Pei Wu and Mi Yao, but he did see Pei Wu and Jin Wei holding hands.
Then, watching the two of them leave the classroom together, his gaze followed Pei Wu's increasingly distant figure. He slowly stood up from his seat until she was out of sight, then adjusted his glasses before turning around to tidy up the documents on his desk, his movements hurried.
Only after Jin Wei and Pei Wu left the classroom did Jin Wei speak, "Teacher Pei, aren't you afraid this will have a bad influence?"
"What's wrong with it?" Pei Wu stopped and looked at Jin Wei. "It's a university campus. Neither of us is married, and it's not a teacher-student relationship. What's wrong with it?"
"..." Jin Wei was speechless at Pei Wu's words.
"Or do you not want others to know about our relationship? Are you enjoying the thrill of being hit on by others?" Pei Wu's tone was as usual, but Jin Wei felt the hand holding his tighten little by little.
"You..." Jin Wei's smile deepened. "Are you jealous?"
"..." This time, Pei Wu was speechless at Jin Wei's words. She touched the tip of her nose with her hand and remained silent for a moment.
Just then, Yan Cheng, who was not far away, shouted, "Teacher Pei!"
Pei Wu turned her head to look and saw Yan Cheng running over, carrying books and materials in his arms.
Yan Cheng was about fifty or sixty meters away from Pei Wu and Jin Wei. He seemed to think that Pei Wu would turn around and leave at any moment, so he ran quite fast.
"Teacher Pei..."
He had run so hard that fine beads of sweat of varying sizes appeared on the tip of Yan Cheng's nose.
"Yan Cheng, is there a problem?"
Yan Cheng's gaze first fell on Pei Wu's face, then on Pei Wu and Jin Wei's clasped hands. "There was a question I didn't understand earlier, and I'd like to ask you again."
Upon hearing this, Jin Wei wisely released Pei Wu's hand and walked a little further away.
Pei Wu watched Jin Wei's retreating figure until he stopped, then she glanced at the notebook Yan Cheng had handed her. She used this brief moment to calm her heart, which had been stirred by Jin Wei's words. Yan Cheng's notebook contained notes and drawings he had made.
The written record contains Pei Wu's blackboard writing and what she said in class. The girl's handwriting is delicate, and she uses different colored pens to mark the key points.
"Where did I not understand?"
"You spoke about this place too quickly just now..."
Pei Wu looked closely and then thought about how to explain it to the other person in a concise way.
Do you have a pen?
"have."
Yan Cheng took a pen out of his pocket and handed it to Pei Wu.
As Jin Wei walked a little further away, he saw Pei Wu holding a pen and writing something on a piece of paper. The bright sunlight shone on Pei Wu's face, as if gilding her with a golden edge.
The similar movements, along with the school environment that was so familiar yet so unfamiliar, made Jin Wei momentarily dazed.
Pei Wu's face was not much different from the boy Jin Wei remembered. In his eyes, Pei Wu had always been so radiant.
As a teenager, Jin Wei was stubborn and... taciturn. Like Yan Chengshi, his gaze would involuntarily fall on Pei Wu, following her every move. He would deliberately appear in places where Pei Wu would be, perhaps without speaking to her, just so he could catch a glimpse of her.
"Thank you for your explanation, Professor Pei." Yan Cheng took the pen that Pei Wu had handed back and continued, "Was what Professor Pei said just now taken seriously?"
"What?"
"It's about... me being qualified for an internship at 'Beishang'."
Pei Wu nodded.
"Am I qualified to study under Teacher Pei like Senior Brother Ji Jiang?"
"I'm sorry, my energy is limited," Pei Wu smiled slightly and continued, "I think I won't be bringing an assistant anymore."
'Especially the male assistant.' Pei Wu thought to herself while glancing in Jin Wei's direction.
As he looked away, he continued, "However, if you have this need, I will help you find a suitable teacher. But I think you... are actually more suited to academic research."
The disappointment on Yan Cheng's face was replaced by a glimmer of hope after hearing Pei Wu's last words.
"Have you noticed me...?"
"Hmm." Pei Wu nodded. "I've heard the dean mention your name more than once. Don't rush into deciding your future direction. Calm down and think it over carefully."
Having had a similar experience, Pei Wu could understand the other person's confusion.
"I see..." This simple sentence made Yan Cheng feel disappointed again.
"Any other questions?"
"No...that's all."
"good."
Having received an affirmative answer, Pei Wu then began to walk towards Jin Wei.
"I never expected that President Pei, who used to be so serious and unsmiling, would... change."
Jin Wei had just caught a glimpse of Pei Wu and Yan Cheng smiling at each other.
Did I laugh?
"He laughed."
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