Chapter 11 Returning Home
◎Law of Conservation of Energy◎
Meng Ran had seen Jiang Siyue's photo before. He had secretly seen it from Zhao Yan's mobile phone.
He had heard about Zhao Yan's marriage. Meng Ran looked down on Jiang Siyue's family, thinking they were taking advantage of him, but Zhao Yan still got married despite his dissuasion. Seeing Jiang Siyue now, he couldn't wait to vent his dissatisfaction.
After sending the message with a gloating look on his face, Meng Ran found a nearby seat and prepared to watch the show for a while longer.
After a while, the security guard came over and the matter was quickly handled. It was not a big deal. A senior student was drunk and walked unsteadily, and his hand swept over the bottle on the table, which triggered a series of commotions.
It was a big fuss, but the incident was small.
Jiang Siyue's cell phone on the table vibrated.
Yue Huan sat down before her. After hearing the noise, he called her, "Siyue, there's news."
Jiang Siyue rushed over immediately and picked it up.
【Zhao Yan: At home?】
Jiang Siyue turned sideways and replied quietly.
[Jiang Siyue: No, I'm having dinner with everyone. It's almost over. Are you back?]
Zhao Yan: Yeah, I just got home. Where are you?
"Siyue, let's go to KTV in the second half, let's go!" Yue Huan came over and pulled her arm, "Let me show you my beautiful singing voice!"
"Next time." Jiang Siyue declined. She felt it was not good for Zhao Yan to sit at home while she was out having fun. Just as she finished speaking, her palm shook again.
【Zhao Yan: I've sent you the location. I'll pick you up.】
【Zhao Yan: It’s raining.】
Jiang Siyue stood on tiptoe and looked outside. Indeed, the pedestrians on the road were holding umbrellas.
Yue Huan pushed Li Chuan with his hand, and Li Chuan said quickly: "It's dark and raining, it's not safe for you to go alone, I'll take you there."
"Yes, yes." Yue Huan also agreed, "It's safer this way."
"No need." Jiang Siyue refused flatly, and gave Zhao Yanfa the location. Without even looking up, she said, "I've called a taxi. It's safe. You guys go quickly."
"I'll wait with you." Li Chuan sat down next to her. "It just so happens that I don't want to go singing either." Before he finished speaking, Yue Huan immediately gave him a look of approval.
Jiang Siyue was so engrossed in chatting with Zhao Yan that she didn't hear what Li Chuan said at all. She just gave a perfunctory "hmm". After Yue Huan left, she finally realized what was going on and asked, "Aren't you going to sing?"
"I don't really like that kind of occasion." Li Chuan said softly. Jiang Siyue nodded, thinking that he was just waiting for the bus. Without saying anything more, she opened the vocabulary app and started to memorize.
As the group left, the bustling restaurant immediately became quiet. The light fell on Jiang Siyue, making her look quiet and serene. The loose hair by her ears fell casually, casting a faint shadow on her face.
Li Chuan couldn't help but stare blankly. The next second Jiang Siyue looked up. Li Chuan didn't have time to retract his panicked gaze and spoke awkwardly, "Is your car here yet?"
Jiang Siyue was confused and shook her head. It had only been ten minutes, and it would have taken at least 15 minutes to get here from home.
"Is your car here? Then you go first." Jiang Siyue continued to focus her gaze on the words.
"No." Li Chuan blushed slightly, racking his brains to come up with a topic. "There were only five or six people in our class who got into Yunjing, right?"
Jiang Siyue nodded.
Their undergraduate studies weren't in Yunjing, but at Jiang University, thousands of kilometers away. Besides those two, there were three others besides Meng Zhuqing: two women studying finance at the University of Finance and Economics, and a man at Huazhong University, who had taken the cross-examination to study education. I wondered why he asked this.
Li Chuan thought for a while before saying, "Let's get together when we have time. We can look after each other in the future."
Jiang Siyue was even more confused. She had already been in graduate school for a year, so why did they suddenly contact her? Moreover, she was not sociable during her undergraduate studies and barely spoke to anyone.
"Let's talk about it later."
Jiang Siyue's phone vibrated and she diverted her attention.
Zhao Yan: I'm here. The one with the hazard lights flashing at the door is me.
Jiang Siyue glanced and saw that there was indeed a black car at the door with its hazard lights on. She widened her eyes and took a deep breath. This was too conspicuous! After coming back to her senses, she quickly picked up her bag and coat in her hand, and ran out in a hurry, "My car is here, bye!"
Li Chuan stood up and looked at the black car with its hazard lights flashing outside the door. He muttered, "Now 911s are also using online ride-hailing services? It's worthy of Yunjing."
Jiang Siyue rushed all the way without caring about anything. As soon as she went out, she shivered because of the air conditioning. A sour feeling came over her nose. Without caring about anything else, she quickly opened the car door and got into the driver's seat.
"Ah-cut! Ah-cut! Ah-cut!"
She was wearing a half-high collared white wool sweater today, revealing part of her fair neck. When she covered her mouth and sneezed, the fine loose hairs on the sweater trembled.
Jiang Siyue's appearance wasn't glamorous; she had an oval face, almond-shaped eyes, a small, delicate nose, and lips that were neither too big nor too small. Her features were delicate and unobtrusive. Her skin was delicate and fair, and when she was under the light, she seemed to glow.
The photo sent by Meng Ran appeared in Zhao Yan's mind, and he agreed with Meng Ran's words in his heart.
We are indeed hiring.
Zhao Yan looked away, reached out to turn up the temperature of the air conditioner, and lightly stepped on the accelerator. "Why did you come out without a coat?"
Jiang Siyue hadn't recovered yet, staring blankly ahead, and said, "I was so anxious I forgot. Li Chuan hasn't left yet, and I'm afraid if I stay too long he'll realize it's you."
The yellow light ahead turned red. Zhao Yan stepped on the brakes, took the time to hand her a tissue, and asked, "How was your day?"
Jiang Siyue thanked them softly and said, "It's fine. My brothers and sisters are taking good care of me."
Zhao Yan said "hmm" lightly and walked along the green light.
Having just drunk some wine, Jiang Siyue began to feel drowsy under the scorching heat of the air conditioner. Fifteen minutes later, the car stopped and Zhao Yan woke her up.
After unbuckling her seatbelt, Jiang Siyue pushed open the car door and climbed out. Zhao Yan came around and saw her coat dropped to the ground and shivering with cold. Her eyes were hazy, and her face was flushed unnaturally.
Zhao Yan frowned slightly.
The underground garage was very dry. The pink coat fell to the ground, only stained with a little dust. Jiang Siyue hissed and lowered her head to pick it up, but another pair of hands got there first.
There was no emotion in Zhao Yan's dark eyes. He raised his hand and put his coat on her shoulders. "If you can't drink, drink less."
Jiang Siyue opened her mouth, wanting to say that she wasn't drunk, but she felt unconvincing and looked down at her toes: "Okay."
The coat was very large, so Zhao Yan buttoned up the top button and wore it as a cloak. When he buttoned up the last button, Jiang Siyue felt a little itchy on her neck. She moved her neck uncomfortably and said, "Something is pricking me."
"Where?" Zhao Yan unbuttoned the first button of his coat again.
Jiang Siyue felt dizzy and gave up the idea of doing it herself. She said, "The edge of the collar."
Zhao Yan lowered his eyes, moved slightly closer to her, and traced her sweater collar along with his hand, his cool fingers brushing against her skin from time to time.
The parking lot was dimly lit, and everything around her was only a blurry outline. Jiang Siyue's senses were infinitely magnified, and after a while, she even forgot where she was itching, "How about..."
"Is this the place?"
Jiang Siyue calmed down, felt it for a moment, and said as expressionlessly as possible, "That seems to be my collarbone."
Zhao Yan: “…”
He carefully took out the small plastic square hidden in her sweater and placed it in front of her. The silvery-white plastic piece successfully silenced Jiang Siyue.
Zhao Yan looked at her quietly, and his frank expression successfully made Jiang Siyue embarrassed.
Zhao Yan pretended not to notice, put his hands in his pockets, and asked cheerfully, "Have you heard of the law of conservation of energy?"
"The one about physics?" Jiang Siyue looked embarrassed.
"He's barely rigorous in academics, but always fails in life."
After he turned around, Jiang Siyue's expression immediately fell. She clenched her fists and stomped her feet on the ground a few times.
I thought Zhao Yan was a fool, but unexpectedly I was the fool!
Zhao Yan walked slowly in front of her, looking at her "lively" shadow, and couldn't help but smile.
Until bedtime, Jiang Siyue was too embarrassed to talk to Zhao Yan. She took a copy of Varian's Microcosm from his bedside table and read it as a secluded reading material. But she underestimated the hypnotic power of the book. Before she had turned ten pages, she had already fallen asleep.
When Zhao Yan came in after taking a shower, he saw her leaning on the bed, holding the book "Chicken Pecking Rice". Zhao Yan stood at the door, admiring her for a while, walked over, took the book away, picked her up, and laid her flat. When he pulled his hand away, he met her big, blinking eyes.
Zhao Yan showed no emotion. He pulled his hand away and turned off the bedside lamp for her.
The scene in front of her suddenly became dark. Jiang Siyue placed her hand on her chest, feeling the wantonness there.
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In addition to supervising graduate students, Zhao Yan also taught two courses at the School of Economics: Linear Algebra and Derivatives. His class schedule was packed, and every time Jiang Siyue woke up, the other bed was empty.
Yawning again, Jiang Siyue woke up and reached for her phone, but her hand touched another hard object. She sat up and saw that it was a black velvet box.
Most of her sleepiness disappeared, Jiang Siyue opened the buttons of her clothes, and the pearl earrings emitted a warm glow in the sunlight.
The pearls pinned on her ears were small yet delicate, perfectly matching her temperament. Jiang Siyue sent a WeChat message to Zhao Yan to express her gratitude and got up in a very good mood.
Jiang Siyue didn't go to Hua University because she had no classes today. Yue Huan asked her to go to the library of the University of Finance and Economics. Jiang Siyue happily went there. Li Chuan was also with Yue Huan. Jiang Siyue was not surprised, and the three of them went to the library together.
As she swiped her card, Zhao Yan just came out. Their eyes met, and Jiang Siyue froze for a moment, sighing inwardly what a coincidence. Before coming, she had looked at the floor space of the University of Finance and Economics; it was quite large, and now she ran into him.
"Hello, Teacher Zhao." Jiang Siyue followed behind Yue Huan and greeted him obediently.
Zhao Yan nodded, his eyes briefly paused on her earrings, then quickly moved away and walked out.
"Siyue, there's an event at the amusement park this Saturday. Do you have time?" Yue Huan said, nudging Li Chuan with his elbow. Li Chuan immediately understood and continued haltingly, "Let's go and see it together. It's said to be very interesting."
Zhao Yan walked two or three meters out and stopped, and glanced at Li Chuan with an indifferent look.
After Li Chuan finished speaking, he brought up the corresponding interface and handed it to Jiang Siyue. His other hand, which was hanging at his waist, was trembling with nervousness.
Jiang Siyue was not interested in the amusement park, but seeing Li Chuan like this, she felt embarrassed not to look, so she tilted her head slightly.
"What do you want to eat for lunch?"
The three people who were concentrating on looking at the poster looked up at the same time, looking at Zhao Yan who had returned, with different expressions.
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