Chapter 57 Confession to the Heroine
"You two are destined to be together." Chen Fu Ji straightened his clothes and left Teng Zhi's wedding banquet in a decent manner.
A wedding allowed Xiaotao to witness the extravagance and debauchery of the upper class.
On the way back, several colleagues excitedly chatted about Teng Zhi's million-dollar wedding dress. Xiao Tao quietly glanced at Mu Jia and whispered, "That handsome guy and boyfriend we had dinner with last time, how are you two doing?"
When this topic was brought up, Mu Jia didn't know how to start.
She didn't have much romantic experience. When she was with Cheng Yu'an, her colleagues vaguely knew him, but had never seen him in person.
This was the first time they had dinner together. Mu Jia thought for a moment, rewinding the timeline, and truthfully stated, "I went back to see my parents during the Spring Festival."
However, the two broke up during the meeting with the parents.
Xiaotao was slightly surprised and said "hmm" without saying anything more.
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After the first month of the year, the spring chill gradually disappears.
The magnolias on the Kyoto University campus are quietly blooming.
Lin Nuo's days in Lu Wenxu's research group are getting on track.
He completed all the data processing tasks assigned to him by Lu Wenxu ahead of schedule, and also proactively optimized the module algorithm to improve operational efficiency.
At the group meeting, when Lin Nuo projected the improved results onto the screen, Lu Wenxu nodded rarely, and a hint of approval flashed in his eyes behind the glasses.
"Lin Nuo's code is clean and logical." Senior Feng from the same group patted him on the shoulder and praised him. "It's much better than what we did back then."
After the group meeting, Wang Haiyao asked Feng Cheng curiously, "Why did you break your usual habit and praise your junior so highly?"
Feng Cheng smiled mysteriously, "You probably don't know where my junior brother came from."
Liao Sixue passed by them without saying a word and walked quietly towards the water dispenser at the end of the corridor.
Lin Nuo stared at the other person's back. After a moment, he packed up his bag and left the meeting room.
That night, he stayed in the laboratory until midnight again.
The lights in the laboratory were as bright as day. Lin Nuo rubbed the back of his sore neck, his eyes unconsciously drifting to the workstation across from him.
Liao Sixue was staring at the screen intently, her fingers tapping on the keyboard, making crisp sounds.
During the day, Senior Feng spoke highly of him, but his classmate, Senior Liao, remained silent and watched the PPT carefully, as if she had some reservations.
He stood up, went out to get a glass of water, and when he came back he pretended to walk behind her casually.
"Senior, are you still catching up on data so late?"
Liao Sixue tilted her head slightly, and a few strands of hair fell behind her ears.
She didn't stop what she was doing, but just said "hmm" lightly.
No answer.
"I just finished the part I'm working on," Lin Nuo shook the USB drive in his hand again, "Do you want me to help you with some of it?"
Only then did Liao Sixue turn around.
She looked at him calmly, "You like to stay up all night? I thought senior undergraduates all wanted to take advantage of this time to relax."
Lin Nuo smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "After all, Senior helped me adjust the code last time, so it's only right to return the favor."
Liao Sixue stared at him for a few seconds. When Lin Nuo thought she was not going to say anything more, a stack of documents was suddenly pushed in front of him.
"Then the cross-validation of these reports will be left to you."
"no problem."
He took the document and raised the corners of his mouth.
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Cousin Lu Simiao returned to China and brought some cosmetics for Mu Jia. Lu Wenxu called her to pick them up.
Mu Jia is planning to go to Peking University this weekend.
When Xie Siyan heard this, he volunteered, "Drive you."
Mu Jia did not refuse.
After returning to Beijing, work got back on track, and the time they spent together actually decreased. Aside from him occasionally showing up in the middle of the night, they had only met once during the day, at Teng Zhi's wedding.
Mu Jia even felt that his previous concerns were excessive.
She had no chance to integrate into his circle of friends, let alone meet Cheng Yu'an's ex.
The low-profile SUV stopped at the gate of Peking University. Xie Siyan said to her, "Do you want me to go in and say hello to Professor Lu?"
Mu Jia, "No... no need."
She hadn't figured out how to explain her breakup with Lin Nuo to Lu Wenxu yet. If she went there now, she was afraid of scaring Lu Wenxu and Chen Lixiu.
After getting off the bus, Mu Jia walked to the Finance Department professor's office building. On the way, she met a boy who kept looking back at her.
"Senior, have we met before?"
Mu Jia looked at him, recalled something, and still shook his head.
"I'm Zhuang Yan, and I'm here to see Professor Lu from the Finance Department."
Mu Jia looked at the floor and asked, "Going to 301 as well?"
Zhuang Yan nodded.
The two walked to the end of the corridor together. When they reached the office door, Mu Jia knocked first.
"Come in."
Mu Jia and Zhuang Yan walked into the office one after the other.
Lu Wenxu was the only one in the office. When he saw her coming, he waved and took out a gift box with a handle from under the table.
"Miaomiao missed her excellent cousin and kept talking about you while she was abroad. She wanted to study finance like you and join a securities firm after graduation. Before returning home this time, she went to Macy's and picked out several cosmetics for you. Mu Jia, take a look and see if there are any you're used to."
Mu Jia took the gift box and said, "Thank you."
After Lu Wenxu finished speaking, he looked at Zhuang Yan and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhuang Yan shook his head. "Talk to Senior Sister first."
Lu Wenxu turned his head again and looked at Mu Jia, "Is everything okay recently?"
Mu Jia knew in her heart that he was probably asking about the relationship between Lin Nuo and her. At the moment, there were outsiders present, and she hadn't figured out how to tell the elders, so she could only say carelessly, "Everything is fine."
"Okay," Lu Wenxu said, and then he said to her, "I'm on a business trip this month and have to leave this afternoon. When I come back, let's have dinner together and invite that person along."
Mu Jia nodded, turned and walked out.
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After leaving Lu Wenxu's office, Zhuang Yan started a video call with Lin Nuo from a distance.
"Guess who I met in Professor Lu's office at our college?"
Lin Nuo was printing some documents. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly, "Who?"
"A senior student named Mu, a relative of Professor Lu, came to his office to pick up something. I sent her a photo. Take a look. Does she look like the girlfriend of the China Construction prince who was mentioned in the gossip? Oh, and she works at KIC, a top international investment bank. That's impressive."
As he was speaking, Lin Nuo's phone vibrated.
A picture came in, and it was indeed Mu Jia.
He clicked it open, closed it again, and said, "Hmm," "It's a bit like that."
"Guess what her name is? Mu Jia! The name of the heroine on the day when the drone confessed its love on Financial Street—"
"Did you remember anything?"
Lin Nuo was in a lukewarm mood. A rather cold female voice called out to him, "Lin Nuo, come and look at the data." He turned to Zhuang Yan and said, "I have something to do. I'll be busy now."
Zhuang Yan was still immersed in the afterglow of discovering the big gossip, with a lot of things to say, and watched Lin Nuo hang up the video call.
He thought for a while and opened the campus forum.
[Big gossip! Guess who I saw in Professor Lu's office at the School of Finance?]
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