Chapter 36 Secret Photography
◎Suddenly realized that I had become so abnormal and completely defenseless in front of him◎
Zhao Yan's face was as cold as frost, and he walked down with big strides. All the uneasy emotions in his heart subsided instantly.
"Classmate, what do you want to do?" Zhao Yan's voice was emotionless. The students around him noticed something was wrong, and they all quieted down and cast curious glances at him.
Being stared at by so many people, Xin Yun felt uneasy. But then he realized that Zhao Yan, as a teacher, couldn't interfere with the way students were playing around. He felt more confident and said with a smile, "I was just joking with Jiang Siyue."
Zhao Yan's eyes wandered, "Do you know each other?"
Xin Yun: "I know him."
Jiang Siyue: "I don't know him."
Xin Yun: "During my previous research, I added Jiang Siyue on WeChat, and that's how we got to know each other."
"Add WeChat." Zhao Yan glanced over coldly. Jiang Siyue suddenly felt guilty as if she had been caught cheating. She quickly explained, "This classmate asked me to take a photo at the time. I added WeChat so I could share it."
After the oppressive gaze disappeared, Jiang Siyue felt that her breathing became much smoother. What was going on? She secretly wiped away a tear for herself.
"I was just joking with Jiang Siyue. We are classmates, and I am an adult. Teacher Zhao, there is no need to make such a big deal out of it."
Xin Yun's words implied that Zhao Yan disrespected him. Jiang Siyue frowned, feeling unhappy. Before she could say anything, she heard Zhao Yan sneer, "Classmate? Jiang Siyue, deduct 30 points from his usual score."
Jiang Siyue immediately picked up the sign-in sheet, walked out from the other side, and continued, "Okay, Teacher Zhao."
Xin Yun looked left and right, his face full of confusion.
"Oh, let me introduce you." Zhao Yan's eyes were still cold. "This is your teaching assistant, Jiang Siyue." Zhao Yan paused and said to Xin Yun, "It's better to call her Teacher Jiang."
The bell rang, and Zhao Yan ignored the stunned Xin Yun and turned to walk towards the podium.
"Teacher Zhao!"
Zhao Yan turned around and said, "For harassing the teaching assistant, I'll only deduct 30 points from your usual score. Do you still want to bargain with me?"
The moment Zhao Yan turned around, Xin Yun regretted speaking out. Zhao Yan had been indifferent a moment ago, but beneath his composure now lay a glimmer of ruthlessness. He was like a reef on the sea, seemingly small but actually enormous.
He was timid and didn't say anything. Zhao Yan withdrew his gaze and turned to walk towards the podium. "Start the class."
Xin Yun stood stiffly, looked around, and signaled with his eyes that everyone should give him a way out, but no one paid any attention to him.
Xin Yun usually has no sense of boundaries and often touches girls in the class. He is usually disliked by everyone. Due to their status as classmates, others are reluctant to confront him. Now that he is treated like this by Zhao Yan, everyone is secretly happy and hopes that he will be embarrassed for a while longer.
No one cared, the class still had to go on. Xin Yun lowered his head and sat down dejectedly.
*
The afternoon is still full of classes, so there is no time to go out for dinner.
Zhao Yan: "Let's go to the cafeteria."
Jiang Siyue hesitated, "We go together?"
Zhao Yan sighed softly, "Being overly cautious makes it seem like there's something fishy going on."
Come to think of it, it was perfectly normal for teachers and students to eat in the same cafeteria. They had deliberately staggered their meal times, so the cafeteria wasn't crowded. After they had their food, they sat down in a corner.
Zhao Yan: "The new assistant coach will be here next week."
"So fast?" Jiang Siyue was surprised.
Zhao Yan glanced at her and asked, "Why, you can't bear to leave?"
"Not at all." Jiang Siyue shook her head like a rattle, "Early morning is not for human beings."
Zhao Yan put down his chopsticks, raised his eyes and stared at her quietly.
Jiang Siyue: "...You are a god."
The fast food in the cafeteria didn't require much taste, so the two of them quickly finished their meal and got up to leave.
Not far away, Lin Hui kept taking pictures of the two people's backs until they walked out of the cafeteria, then she put down her phone.
"What have you been doing secretly taking pictures of since a while ago instead of eating?" the friend next to him asked with a puzzled look.
"My advisor." Lin Hui scrolled through the photos on her phone. "And my senior from Hua University."
"What's so good about taking pictures of this?" The friend was speechless and ignored her.
Lin Hui sent the photos on her phone to the class group, and someone immediately asked what was going on. After more people asked, Lin Hui replied slowly:
Lin Hui: I think they're having an affair. Teacher Zhao never eats with her students, and now suddenly...
Lin Hui thought her ellipsis was very clever and would inspire people to think and discover the trick. Sure enough, the group message became 99+
Yue Huan had a rare day off today, and after a nap until noon, he opened WeChat in confusion. Seeing the rare 99+ posts, he thought there was some big gossip, but when he scrolled to the top, he was so angry that he woke up and sent a voice message with a hoarse voice.
"Lin Hui, are you free? What's wrong with this picture? You can tell something is wrong even when eating in the cafeteria. Why don't you go into criminal investigation? Jiang Siyue doesn't have a card from the University of Finance and Economics. Teacher Zhao won't take her to eat, so is she going out to drink? Also, Teacher Zhao is always eating with students. People with a bad heart think everything is dirty."
As soon as this voice message was sent out, all the second and third year graduates came out to agree, and the original gossip atmosphere disappeared.
*
Zhao Yan only had one class in the afternoon, so Jiang Siyue's teaching assistant work was temporarily over, but she still couldn't go home. She had to be on duty in Zhao Yan's office. As soon as she entered the door, she heard Yue Huan let out a long sigh.
"Hey - Teacher Zhao's office, there's no Teacher Zhao in there, only us three silly kids." Yue Huan cried, hugging Jiang Siyue and nuzzling her, "I suddenly envy Li Chuan."
Li Chuan wasn't a doctoral student and wasn't on duty. Jiang Siyue was thankful for that. Although Li Chuan didn't do anything else afterwards, they still felt awkward when they met and talked.
Jiang Siyue patted her head, took out a bottle of juice from her bag and handed it to her, "Drink it and you won't feel tired anymore."
"You're just so good to me." Yue Huan took it and his eyes lit up when he saw the diamond ring on her hand. "Is this a gift from your husband? It suits you so well!"
Jiang Siyue glanced at the ring and hesitated, "Is this suitable?"
"Yes!" Yue Huan argued confidently, "Even if you don't wear this ring on your hand, I still feel it belongs to you. You and the ring are like lotus flowers emerging from clear water, naturally without any decoration."
Jiang Siyue's mouth twitched, and she chose to hand the drink to Li Rongbo.
"It really suits you." Li Rongbo interrupted, "It's a good idea for you to wear this diamond ring, so that no one will spread rumors about you."
"ah?"
Li Rongbo briefly told Jiang Siyue what happened. Looking at the secretly taken photos, Jiang Siyue's expression was solemn.
"It's okay." Yue Huan took the phone away, "We've explained everything to you."
The more Yue Huan said this, the heavier Jiang Siyue felt. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Isn't it too much for a graduate student and his supervisor to be together?"
"Yes!" Yue Huan nodded heavily. "My friend is from the school next door, and her advisor found someone from the same class. She told me that she wants to fuck those two people every day!"
Jiang Siyue swallowed, put down her bag, sat down at her seat, turned on her computer and typed on her paper. "How's the progress on your paper?"
"Done." Li Rongbo said in a relaxed tone, then complained after a moment: "Last time, the editor asked me why the period was divided into 2015-2020. I was completely confused. The period is divided like this in China! Publishing foreign publications is troublesome."
The problem of cultural differences is quite common when publishing papers. Jiang Siyue herself has heard of many similar arguments. Both parties are confused, one doesn't know how to explain, and the other can't understand.
"I'm almost done here too. I'll just hand in the final version and it'll be done." Yue Huan said with a sympathetic heart, "I feel a sense of relief."
"I'm so envious." Jiang Siyue said sincerely, "I haven't even seen it yet." The impact of what Zhang Min'an had done to her could not be healed in a short time.
"It's okay." Yue Huan comforted him, "Teacher Zhao is very capable. Even if we only pick up bone scraps to eat, we can still die of fullness."
She knew how capable Zhao Yan was. His brilliant resume and rich research results were not exaggerated at all.
Apart from fitness, he doesn't have much entertainment activities on a daily basis. He works all day long, and the key is that he is very efficient. He can solve problems that have troubled him for a long time in a few steps.
Sure enough, other people’s brains are just useful.
"Okay!" Jiang Siyue agreed readily and continued to open the document and work hard. She felt that her inspiration was flowing. After writing two thousand words, she looked up. Night fell and she felt a little hungry.
Yue Huan and the others had just finished eating and were not hungry at all.
"Order takeout." Yue Huan came over. "The big plate chicken at the East Gate restaurant is especially delicious. You must get a serving of chive noodles."
"Okay!" Jiang Siyue accepted her recommendation. As soon as she picked up the phone, the word "Zhao Yan" flashed on the screen. She was startled and hurriedly picked it up and went outside to answer it.
"Why are you calling me?" Jiang Siyue covered her phone and looked around carefully.
Listening to her deliberately lowered voice, Zhao Yan understood that she was still in school. "I'm on my way back and will pass by the University of Finance and Economics later. What do you want to eat? Sweet or spicy?"
"You haven't gone home yet?" Jiang Siyue was a little surprised.
"Yeah." Zhao Yan opened the car window, and the whirring wind blew out, making his dizzy head feel a little better. "Let's go to the Meng family to attend Mr. Meng's birthday."
Jiang Siyue thought for a while and felt that he was talking about Meng Ran. Xie Xishu's charming face inevitably emerged in her mind, and her mood inexplicably dropped a degree.
"What a boring dinner, quite uninteresting." Zhao Yan signaled the driver to pull over.
Jiang Siyue unconsciously looked at the portrait of Keynes on the wall and said in a flat tone, "Oh."
"Xie Xishu is not here."
Jiang Siyue's eyes froze, she bit her lip and said defensively, "I didn't ask her."
"Yeah." Zhao Yan suppressed his smile and said seriously, "I'll report it."
Keynes on the wall looked at her like a torch. Jiang Siyue turned around silently, pretending not to care, "Oh!"
"Wait for me half an hour." Zhao Yan hung up the phone. After thinking for a while, he remembered that he had said he would bring him food. As they chatted, the topic seemed to have strayed into outer space, and he was unaware of it...
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