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Chen Jin saw Li Xingyi and Bai Ling sitting on the sofa. They were chatting enthusiastically with two other people and hadn't noticed her coming. She had some impression of the person she was chatting with. He had visited Professor Song before, but she had only met him before. She didn't know him. She thought he must be a student in the Department of Physics at Nanjing University. Judging from his age, he was probably a graduate student.
As soon as Daju entered the door, he ran straight to the backyard with familiarity, and she couldn't stop him even if she wanted to.
She looked inside and saw Shen Baichuan had just stopped fiddling with the coffee machine, waved at her, and subconsciously glanced at Li Xingyi and the others.
He pointed to the coffee machine and asked her, "Is it still the same?"
"Okay." In fact, she couldn't taste much difference, just a little bitter, and very bitter. Shen Baichuan had specially asked a friend to bring this coffee machine back from abroad, and she really couldn't drink it.
Zhang Sihua next to him was curious and found it interesting, so he quickly walked over to see how Shen Baichuan made it.
Their voices finally brought the people on the sofa back to their senses. They looked at Chen Jin and Zhang Sihua. The two unfamiliar boys called Zhang Sihua "Junior Sister" and introduced her to Li Xingyi and Bai Ling: "Zhang Sihua, my mentor's daughter. Junior Sister, this is Professor Cheng's student Bai Ling, and Professor Qin's student Li Xingyi."
Zhang Sihua took the time to look back and waved, then continued to stare at the coffee machine and asked a series of questions, only to find that Shen Baichuan looked indifferent and answered extremely perfunctorily. He smiled awkwardly, no longer wanting to embarrass himself, and went back to talk to Chen Jin.
"Is he also a student in the Department of Physics? I don't think I've ever seen him before."
"No, he's from the computer department. He's a teacher." Chen Jin looked up at Shen Baichuan. It was no wonder that Zhang Sihua mistook him for a student. Shen Baichuan was not much older than a graduate student, and even younger than the PhD students in the school. As long as he didn't go out in a suit and tie, and wore casual clothes like today, it was still in line with his actual age overall.
Zhang Sihua understood, "No wonder you look so serious, you are a teacher, then there is no problem."
"Junior sister, who is this?"
Chen Jin really couldn't help laughing. Hehehe, when Li Xingyi and Bai Ling saw her, they felt as if their throats were pinched. They couldn't maintain their good looks just now, and their faces even gradually turned ugly. I guess he's about to explode with anger, wondering why she is here. Haha, he must be worried that she will expose their secrets... Tsk tsk!
She said that today's excitement was just the right time.
Originally, if Professor Song had only invited her old friends and students to come, Chen Jin might not have thought about coming. After all, even Professor Song’s students were a generation older than her, and most of them studied physics, so it would be boring for her to come. Professor Song also brought her students here, and she might have been a little moved. But if Li Xingyi and Bai Ling are coming too, then she must be there!
Chen Jin took the initiative to speak, saying, "I live next door, Professor Song's neighbor. I graduated from the Chinese Department. Oh, yes, my name is Chen Jin. Professor Song asked me to come over and join in the fun."
"Oh, you're from the Chinese Department. Chinese departments are good..."
"Not bad." Chen Jin smiled and glanced at Li Xingyi and Bai Ling who remained silent. If they don't talk, then she won't talk either. Everyone will feel embarrassed and guilty and uncomfortable.
The other two people introduced themselves to each other. Chen Jin nodded, indicating that they were all acquainted. He and Zhang Sihua sat on the sofa at the side and watched them chat. The two people on the left side of the middle sofa began to fidget.
Li Xingyi glanced at Chen Jin with a complicated expression.
He didn't seem to be that surprised that Chen Jin appeared here. After all, he had heard Professor Song mention his next-door neighbor Chen Jin several times, which showed that Chen Jin had a good relationship with Professor Song's family. And Chen Jin must have come here at the invitation of Professor Song. They came here with their tutor and got acquainted with teachers and students in the physics circles of other schools and research institutes in Rong City.
Yes, Chen Jin lives in this community and is neighbors with many professors there. It is very convenient for him to establish good relationships with them. It seems that Chen Jin has a good relationship with Mr. Shen, the owner of this house.
I heard that Mr. Shen has an extraordinary family background and has a close relationship with the founder of Cheng Group.
These are all such good resources, and Chen Jin came across them all!
Noticing Li Xingyi's glance towards her, Chen Jin looked back at him openly, making him lower his head.
Chen Jin sighed inwardly: Two years have passed, and I'm still at the same level.
Shen Baichuan made the coffee and waved to Chen Jin, motioning her to come over.
Chen Jin walked over and picked up his own cup, then found that he had only made two cups and stopped. Stunned, "You drink and eat alone? You don't care about the guests at home?"
Shen Baichuan didn't even raise his head, "Professor Song just borrowed the place from me, and didn't ask me to help entertain the guests. Professor Kong's aunt will come over to entertain people later, and the food and drinks are all prepared by Professor Song."
As he spoke, he smiled and said, "The people who are here now are all from the Department of Physics. I am not interested in their professional research."
"You're not entertaining guests, so you just sit here and watch them chat?"
"No, I thought that if you came over, you might take me to see the fun." Shen Baichuan did not miss the expression on her face when she glanced at the couple just now. It was exactly the same as her expression when she was about to roll up her sleeves and put her hands on her hips in Qiaoxi Village. It was obvious that she wanted to make a big scene.
He now also disliked the man sitting in the middle of the sofa.
Chen Jin held the cup with both hands and didn't drink. He glanced at him and said, "You think too much. I'm not the kind of person who causes trouble everywhere."
Shen Baichuan raised his eyebrows. Others might believe this, but he didn't.
Chen Jin felt that it was not nice to leave his new friend here to drink coffee and chat with Shen Baichuan, so he took the coffee and sat down.
Shen Baichuan also followed slowly, went to the closed room on the first floor, pulled out a chair, and sat next to Chen Jin. Seeing that the people from the Department of Physics had stopped talking, he said, "Don't worry about whether we can understand you or not, just continue chatting."
Just when things were awkward, Aunt Liu, Professor Kong's nanny, came over with some cut fruits, followed by three students, two boys and one girl. Among these three, only the girl studied physics, and the other two studied other majors, but all of them were chemistry-related majors.
A little later, three more people came. They were there for a while and then left again, saying that they were going to visit a teacher who lived in the same community.
Since everyone was in different majors, no one continued to talk about overly professional issues. Instead, they all talked about interesting things in their studies. Zhang Sihua was very interested in the chemistry laboratory and asked a lot of questions to the two chemistry students. So far, the atmosphere seems to be quite harmonious.
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan were like two invisible people. They listened to what others said, then took a sip of coffee and looked at the person speaking with the same smile. Inevitably, part of their sight was directed to Li Xingyi and Bai Ling.
The boy next to Li Xingyi, who was Zhang Sihua's senior, suddenly changed the topic to Chen Jin. "Student Chen, are you also a graduate student now? I have a friend who is a graduate student in the Chinese Department. His name is Mei Wang. Maybe you are classmates."
This world is so small, Chen Jin sighed in his heart.
"No, I didn't go to graduate school. I'm now a counselor at school."
"Ah? Oh, I think you still look like a student." The senior brother smiled and asked her if being a counselor meant dealing with a lot of trivial matters for students. He also laughed and said, "When we were studying, we even pulled wires privately just to cook noodles in the dormitory. We were almost caught by the teacher at that time, haha. Thinking about it now, it was still fun back then."
Chen Jin smiled: It’s interesting when you recall it. When something went wrong, it was the counselors who cleaned up the mess!
Ever since I became a counselor, I can’t bear to hear anything “interesting” like this.
"This is not fun. Last semester, a boy's dormitory in our college used electrical appliances indiscriminately and set the dormitory on fire. If it had been more severe, the fire would have spread to the upper floors."
"So it's your college. I was on my way to a cafeteria and saw black smoke coming out of the dormitory building when I passed by. The firefighters came." One of the boys who studied chemistry said with lingering fear, "You still have to pay attention to electrical safety. If it catches fire, it's not a big deal if things get damaged, but it's a big deal if someone dies."
"Yeah." Chen Jin pushed the fruit on her table towards him, "Eat more fruit."
I wish all students were as safety-conscious as this student.
The eldest brother scratched his head in embarrassment, "Yeah, now that I think about it, it's a good thing that I was lucky and nothing happened before."
The other two boys, one majoring in physics and the other in chemistry, who had been quite talkative just now, lost their enthusiasm when they heard that she was not a graduate student but a counselor.
Chen Jin found it funny that they felt superior just by studying for a master's degree. Everyone else is fine, they just want to feel a sense of existence.
Alas, it seems that this circle is not suitable for her.
"You two should eat too." The eldest senior brother greeted Li Xingyi and Bai Ling, and said with concern: "You are in the same class as Sihua and Chen, so you should have more topics to talk about. Everyone came here today to make friends, right? Get to know more people. Now that you two are married, don't exclude yourself from making friends with other people."
The others who didn't know the situation looked at Li Xingyi and Bai Ling curiously, and asked in surprise: "Are you two married?"
They saw the two people close to each other and thought they were just dating, but they didn't expect...
The eldest brother said, "Yes, they got married right after graduating from college. They are the golden couple of our Physics Department."
Another boy next to the senior brother suddenly thought of something, glanced at Chen Jin quietly, pursed his lips, then quietly tugged at the corner of his senior brother's clothes, and whispered: "Senior brother, stop talking."
The senior brother didn't understand the situation and continued to be nonchalant, "Why can't you tell me? Everyone in our college knows about it." He patted Li Xingyi on the shoulder and said, "It's not shameful to get married during graduate school. It's so good. Look at me, I'm 27 or 28 years old, and my teacher is still worried about my family and urges me to find a partner. So, it's perfect for you two. You two are both engaged in physics research. You don't have to worry about finding a partner when you continue your studies in the future."
Zhang Sihua also agreed, "Yes, yes, it's great to be able to get together with classmates in the same major as me. We have the same interests and it saves me the trouble of finding a partner in the future."
She was too embarrassed to say it, she felt that her mother had to drag her out this time just to let her meet more people, and it would be best if she could fall in love with the people present and then start dating...
These elders, although they are conservative, can say something that allows her to talk more. But even if they say they are open-minded, they still force her to find a partner and get married as soon as she reaches the right age. In short, you can be more free and easy when you are young and date more people, but when you reach a certain age, you have to get married. It is not right not to get married, and it is wrong not to get married.
The boys next to the eldest senior brother didn't dare to look at Chen Jin's expression. The eldest senior brother is about to graduate with a doctorate and is not familiar with the gossip and rumors in the academy, but he is one year older than Li Xingyi and Bai Ling and has heard a lot of news.
It is said that Li Xingyi was dating a girl from the Chinese Department, and got together with Bai Ling before they broke up. The two were beaten up by their ex-girlfriends, and Bai Ling even went to the other girl's college to make a scene, and was scolded again. I heard that Li Xingyi’s ex-girlfriend cursed him so harshly that the news spread quite widely.
He just suddenly remembered what someone else said casually, that Li Xingyi's ex-girlfriend stayed at school as a counselor, and that his ex-girlfriend's family was a big business and very rich...
I am from the Chinese Department. I graduated last year and stayed on campus as a counselor. I am quite rich... I can buy a small western-style house here and be neighbors with Professor Song. It is certain that I am rich.
Taking all the circumstances into consideration, he guessed the relationship between Chen Jin and Li Xingyi.
No wonder! He said why Chen Jin kept looking at them, and the eldest senior brother was still talking to Chen Jin with a smile. The eldest senior brother wouldn't think that people were looking at him, so he had a chance, right?
It’s really killing me!
The eldest senior brother had been in the lab for a long time, and he finally met a girl he could talk to, but he behaved like a peacock. Don't even look at him! People are not even looking at him!
Don't mention it, he also wanted to meet Chen Jin just now. I dare not think about it now. But eldest brother...he can't stop him!
Everyone praised them so much that they almost put Li Xingyi and Bai Ling on the stage.
After a brief moment of embarrassment, the two of them accepted everyone's compliments.
Bai Ling thought to himself: What senior brother said is right, they are together because they share the same interests.
"Student Chen, do you have a partner now?" The eldest senior brother looked at Chen Jin expectantly.
Next to him, Shen Baichuan sat up straight silently and glanced at the person who was speaking indifferently, which made the eldest senior brother puzzled and asked blankly: "Teacher Shen, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." Shen Baichuan's expression was also very "confused", as if he didn't understand why people suddenly asked him this.
"Oh." The eldest brother scratched his head and asked Chen Jin if he had a partner.
Li Xingyi and Bai Ling beside her also looked over, and they also wanted to know if she had a partner. But I don't know if the purpose is the same.
"I'm not considering dating for now." Chen Jin smiled and suddenly changed the subject to Li Xingyi and Bai Ling. "I heard that the couple living upstairs from you go to your house to cause trouble every day? Is your house still habitable?"
Bai Ling frowned, his tone was very unfriendly, "How did you know?"
Chen Jin had a gentle smile on his face. "Why are you panicking? I don't have time to watch you guys every day. I heard what the teacher who lives in the family quarters said. What's wrong with you? That couple picked on you instead of someone else? You need to reflect on yourselves."
"Just because they come to cause trouble, do we have to reflect on ourselves?" Bai Ling was about to sneer back when his face suddenly turned pale.
If you change the words of this sentence, isn't this what she said to Chen Jin before?
"Why didn't Li Xingyi continue dating you, but dated me instead? You should reflect on yourself."
Seeing her expression, Chen Jin snorted, raised his chin, and looked at her with his nose up. "Now it's your turn, and you don't look for the reason in your own body? It shows that you can't learn to behave yourself until the knife cuts you."
After two and a half years, it was finally her turn to vent her anger. She said that things change and it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Sooner or later, she would have to choose the most appropriate time to deal with these two people.
The others didn't understand why, but they could tell that the atmosphere was not right. The eldest brother looked at Chen Jin, who was about to attack after putting the coffee on the table, and then looked at Li Xingyi and Bai Ling, who had ugly faces, and scratched his head, "Do you know this person?"
Seeing that Chen Jin didn't say anything, Li Xingyi curled his lips and said, "High school classmate."
"Are you high school classmates? You didn't even tell me? It's really... your relationship as classmates is really not that good." The eldest senior brother said, and secretly punched Li Xingyi, accusing him with his eyes: You little bastard, Chen Jin is your high school classmate, why don't you introduce him to me? Can’t you see I’m trying hard to find topics to talk about?
Chen Jin placed the cup in his hand on the glass coffee table. He didn't use much force, but the cup and the glass still made a crisp sound when they hit each other. It immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Shen Baichuan's breathing tightened, and he felt inexplicably nervous. He slowly put the cup in his hand on the table, but his movements were very light and there was no sound.
He didn't dare to steal Chen Jin's limelight at this time.
There was suddenly some movement at his feet. He looked down and saw that the big orange cat had approached his feet without him knowing when, and one of its paws was on the upper of his shoe.
Chen Jin's bright eyes locked onto Li Xingyi and Bai Ling. The two men felt guilty for a moment, then looked back at each other with frowns. It seems quite justified.
At this moment, Chen Jin felt that his mood couldn't be calmer.
After a moment of silence, when everyone was about to stand the awkward silence, Chen Jin spoke up, "I heard that you two are very famous in your college? A perfect match? Like-minded? Li Xingyi, when you were dating me and cheating on me, you were not such a quiet person. And Bai Ling, when you came to our classroom to block me and accused me of clinging to Li Xingyi, weren't you quite talkative? After two years, you two must have found your conscience and finally realized how disgusting you are, right?"
Others who didn't know the truth were so shocked that their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide. They didn't know what to say for a moment. Only they knew that they were frantically asking in their hearts: "Oh my god, is this true?", "This is too exciting", "They actually went together"......
Li Xingyi's face turned pale and blue. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence, "What happened in the past is in the past. We did something wrong back then..."
"You went over there, but I didn't. Do you think I'm afraid of you because I didn't settle with you?" Chen Jin stood up and looked down at them. He was in a good mood. "I don't need to tell you how disgusting you two are. If you can't continue the relationship, you can just talk it out. But you insist on having your cake and eat it too. And you too, you know what you did, right? You got a piece of garbage and you're so proud of it, aren't you? And you're picking on me."
Bai Ling clenched his fists, unclenched them, and clenched them again. He stood up and said, "Didn't you curse back at me at that time? We were even now. Why are you bringing it up again? What do you mean? Can't you see us getting any better?"
As he spoke, his voice choked with sobs.
Here, all the people are students of her and her mentor Li Xingyi's friends. What's the difference between Chen Jin making a scene here and in front of their mentor and his friends? No one tacitly mentioned what happened two years ago, and they all treated it as a thing of the past. Chen Jin was dug up again. How could she and Li Xingyi continue to be together in the academy...
"Tsk! Why are you crying again?" Chen Jin rolled his eyes in disdain, grinning, "You spread rumors about me in your college, didn't you? You even went to my class and said those things in front of my classmates and teachers, causing people to say a lot of bad things about me in private. I'm going to tear your faces in front of your fellow students, so I guess we're even. Don't worry, I've let out my anger today, and as far as I'm concerned, what happened between us is over. In the future, as long as you don't throw dirty water on me, I won't tear you apart. If I hear anything unpleasant, "
Chen Jin snorted, "I work to kill time, and you guys are also studying for a master's degree to kill time."
"Don't act so dead in front of me. You cried when someone stole my partner's girlfriend, and you cried when someone came to my house to throw dirty water on me. Now you cry when I tell you the truth. I don't understand how people like you can conduct research."
"You, you, you, what do you mean by you? I didn't go to your college to hand out flyers to you because I was too kind. People say that you two are a perfect match, and they're not wrong. You're a crazy husband and she's a crazy wife, you two psychos! You deserve to be a couple!"
Glancing at the reactions of the people present, Chen Jin heaved a sigh of relief and said happily, "I always say that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. This finally lets me vent my anger."
"Teacher Shen, I'm not having lunch here, I'll be back first. Oh, by the way, you guys continue chatting, I won't disturb you." Chen Jin was in a good mood. Even though it was the gloomy weather outside, which she hated the most, it couldn't stop her excitement.
He took two steps forward, then stopped, turned around and looked back.
The people inside also held their breath and looked at Chen Jin.
Chen Jin took two steps forward and grabbed the big orange dog lying at Shen Baichuan's feet, saying, "You're in a good mood today. I'll go home and make you a big meal."
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