Chapter 94 Romance
Youyou held the cat pendant with great care, holding Xiaoci in one hand, and raised her head and said, "Mom and brother like dogs, and dad and I like cats."
Xu Qingsong joked, "I'm sorry, Brother Shen, I bought too little. I didn't expect you and sister-in-law would like it too."
Shen Nianxian pretended to want it very much and said to the two children, "It's okay. I believe Jinghe and Youyou will take care of Daddy's feelings."
Jinghe was already a thirteen-year-old little adult. He knew that Shen Nian'an was just pretending, so he sighed, "Dad, you are so childish." Then he gave him the little parrot pendant.
Youyou held the cat pendant tightly in her arms: "Dad, Uncle Xu said he would give it to you next time."
"Well, you little grapefruit," Xu Qingsong pinched his face with his hands soaked in watermelon juice and said with a smile, "You are being generous to others, right?"
Youyou tried to hide with a smile, but half of her face was still painted. She ran to Shen Nian'an and said, "Dad, wipe it off."
Shen Nian'an: "No, without the cat, Daddy will be sad."
Youyou negotiated: "Then let you touch it."
Shen Nian'an: "I want it."
Youyou said coquettishly: "Just touch it."
Everyone was happy.
Gu Xuelan went to get a basin of water and brought it over. She wrung out a towel and handed it to Shen Nian'an: "Stop teasing. What if you make our little Youzi cry?"
Shen Nian'an thanked him and took the towel to wipe Youyou's face. Youyou imitated Jinghe and said, "Childish dad!"
"Yeah, a good dad, that's right." Shen Nian'an affirmed himself.
Du Yunkai asked Shen Nian'an: "I haven't asked what Brother Shen does yet?"
“As for me…”
"Dad is a teacher!" Youyou answered quickly.
"University teacher." Jing He added.
"Which university?" Liu Wangxue asked.
"Peking University." Shen Nian'an said.
Du Yunkai looked at Xu Qingsong immediately: "Isn't your father also a teacher at Beijing University?"
There are quite a few teachers at Beijing University with the surname Xu and the right age. Shen Nian'an asked, "I wonder who your father is..."
"Xu Chongshan." Xu Qingsong answered and walked over to wash his hands in the basin.
Shen Nian'an was surprised: "Xu Chongshan? Professor Xu from the History Department?"
Xu Qingsong nodded. His father was indeed quite famous. Whether it was a lecture or an academic forum, every one of them was packed. It was said that even students who couldn't get a place in the school's elective courses would go and listen, and there would often be people standing in the corridors.
Shen Nian'an was a little excited. He went up to shake Xu Qingsong's hand, which was wet with water. "I took Professor Xu's elective course when I was an undergraduate. I was lucky to get it." Then Shen Nian'an told everyone about the grand occasion of Professor Xu's class.
Du Yunkai was a little confused and asked Xu Qingsong: "Are we attending another Peking University?"
Xu Qingsong shook his head: "When we entered school, my father's teaching tasks were almost gone, and he focused on research."
Shen Nian'an nodded, and then he seemed to think of something, and smiled sweetly: "Another point, Professor Xu's class also covers matchmaking, although he himself may not know it."
Hmm? Everyone was instantly excited about this kind of thing, and looked at Shen Nian'an expectantly.
Shen Nian'an recalled: "Professor Xu raised the ceiling of the history department by himself. He was both erudite and elegant, and the girls on campus even set up a fan group for him. At that time, if boys who were not majoring in history wanted to pursue girls, taking Professor Xu's elective course was definitely a killer.
The specific reason is that it is difficult to get seats, so the competition to reserve seats before class is very fierce. Many students who have chosen the class are forced to stand in the corridor. After someone reported it to the department, Professor Xu made a rule that no matter how hard everyone tries, students who have chosen his class must have seats.
Once this rule was introduced, people who wanted to take the class for free were not so crazy about reserving seats in advance. It also made it easier for male students who had "resources". Professor Xu stipulated that there must be one seat for me, and I would give it up to anyone I wanted. "
Liu Wangxue asked: "So, you used this method to pursue my sister-in-law?"
Shen Nian'an smiled and said, "Not exactly. I was sitting there and she was squeezed next to me. As soon as I looked up, I was attracted by her eyes. But I was very timid at the time, so we only looked at each other for a second, maybe less than a second, and then I lowered my head."
Du Yunkai unconsciously touched another piece of watermelon and ate it: "Not like you, Brother Shen."
Youyou wanted to eat pineapple, so he ran over to ask Shen Nian'an to wipe his hands. Shen Nian'an smiled and said, "That's because you haven't seen me at that time. Just imagine, a poor boy who just came from the countryside to the big city would feel inferior when facing the colorful world, let alone facing a girl who looks extraordinary at first glance."
After wiping his hands, Youyou first took a piece of pineapple and fed it to Shen Nian'an. Shen Nian'an touched his little curly hair and ate it from his hand.
Youyou was happy and took another piece to feed her brother.
Xu Qingsong then asked: "Then how did you pursue that person?"
"Dad didn't chase her," Jing He interrupted, with an expression that looked like he was exposing his father's past, "Mom said that she was the one who chased Dad! Boys should chase girls, Dad, you're not a hero at all!"
Shen Nian'an dipped his hand in some water and smiled as he flicked towards Jing He: "You kid!"
Youyou disagreed, and immediately took back the pineapple that was passed to her brother's mouth, stamping her feet: "Dad is a hero! A superhero!"
"Oh, I'm not talking about that hero." Jinghe explained.
Youyou didn't listen: "Humph!" She turned around and lay on Shen Nian'an's legs, handing him the pineapple: "Dad, you eat it, don't give it to your brother!"
Shen Nian'an pinched his little face and let him eat by himself. Looking at the people who were laughing, he continued, "It's not a case of who's pursuing whom. Everything happened naturally. It's just that she confessed first.
The first time I saw her, I didn't dare to talk to her. The second time I saw her, I was a little late for class and there were no seats left, so I stood to listen, and then I was pushed forward by someone who came later, and I happened to stand next to her.
Since then, it seems that I can see her in every class. One time, I arrived early and there was just one seat left. After I sat down, I found that she was sitting next to me. We only started talking during the group discussion in class.
Then I found out that we both chose Professor Xu's class. Because we were embarrassed to argue with others, we just let things take their course. After we talked more, we found out that we were from the same class and the same major, but in different classes.
"Oh, I understand. It's a sweet campus romance." Liu Wangxue was envious.
"Yes," Shen Nian'an said, with a hint of barely perceptible relief in his smile, "After that, we attended classes together, hung out in the library together, ate together, went shopping together, and watched movies together. We also wrote papers together when the first snow fell in Beijing."
"Ahem!" Du Yunkai almost choked on a tomato. "Writing a paper? That's really a unique kind of romance."
I feel like there are more people who are curious about my mother than those who want to see her exposed, so I’ll first reveal a little bit of the romance between the Shens (小瓷嘻嘻.jpg)
(End of this chapter)
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