Chapter 67 Compensation
◎Reality is different from TV dramas. There is no such thing as reunion after a long separation or reconciliation. You can only choose someone else and be powerless◎
Since there was no progress on the article, Jiang Siyue couldn't ask too many questions. She quickly changed the subject and conveyed Yue Huan's message to Zhao Yan. Finally, she asked, "Are any of your students among the informants?"
After finishing the interrogation, she went online to look at the list of whistleblowers. She didn't recognize most of them, but after looking, she didn't see Lin Hui's name.
Zhao Yan wanted to tell her not to worry about it, but then changed his mind and said, "There are no students of mine. It may be that the report mentioned a certain Zhao, so all the teachers with the surname Zhao in the school are included in the investigation."
"Oh, that's good." Jiang Siyue's heart was relieved. Time was urgent at that time, and she did not read the letter of complaint carefully and did not understand the content.
"Are you worried about me?" Zhao Yan let go of her legs and put on her slippers. He said helplessly but lovingly, "Don't run away even if you're worried. You're always vulnerable. I'm not a human radar that can always appear by your side."
The words "humanoid radar" successfully brought back Jiang Siyue's memories of that day on the rooftop. It seemed she and Zhao Yan had quite a bit of this kind of "useless" tacit understanding. Her mood improved, and her tone rose unconsciously. "Then why don't you pretend to have one?"
Jiang Siyue looked at herself, and finally raised her hand in front of Zhao Yan and said, "Just put it on the ring."
"No." Zhao Yan took her hand and pulled her into his arms, sitting her down. "I'm afraid you'll end up at the bar again one day and order a few male models. I might get a heart attack."
Jiang Siyue blushed as the old story came up. She glared at his smiling eyes and wanted to retort, but something else came to her mind. She smiled softly, tapped his chest twice with her fingers, and said, "Teacher Zhao, are you afraid you can't compare to the male model?"
"Yes," Zhao Yan admitted calmly, "With age comes fading beauty, and with fading beauty comes fading love, so—" Zhao Yan leaned closer and whispered in her ear in a low, ambiguous voice, "Why don't you enjoy me first, in my prime? I'll take care of you if you're not satisfied."
"Zhao Yan, you..." Jiang Siyue blushed completely from face to toe. He was becoming more and more proficient in the skill of saying dirty words seriously.
"What's wrong with me?" Zhao Yan said innocently, "Classmate, I'm doing this for your own good."
After listening to this, Jiang Siyue felt like she was about to combust. She stammered, "My knee is injured. I can't."
"It's okay, I'll just kiss you." Zhao Yan's voice drifted past like a white veil, and the next second, his kiss fell. It wasn't fierce, but rather like iced whiskey, gentle on the throat. The strong and spicy taste of alcohol disappeared, leaving only a mellow and smooth taste, making people unconsciously intoxicated and wanting more.
Perhaps Zhao Yan himself was like this. Initially, they seemed to have nothing in common, their aloof exterior even making one not even consider a future together. But what happened later? They slowly grew closer in a seemingly unchanging relationship, and by the time they realized they were different, they were already so tightly intertwined that they couldn't let go.
She couldn't abandon the person in front of her, either physically or mentally.
This made her both grateful and anxious. She was grateful that she didn't really break up with him, but anxious that they would break up next time.
The earlobe was bitten lightly, and there was a slight pain. Zhao Yan's cold and hoarse voice rang out, "Focus."
…
My knee injury is quite serious. I can't even bend it, let alone other more strenuous exercises.
When he finally let go, Jiang Siyue heard Zhao Yan's sigh full of regret.
"..." She needed to be rational and take good care of her injuries. She couldn't hurt herself for a moment of pleasure. While she was brainwashing herself, Zhao Yan suddenly came over from behind, hugged her gently, and his hot breath sprayed on the back of her neck. Jiang Siyue, who thought he had changed his mind, hurriedly reminded her, "Leg..."
"Hold me for a while." Zhao Yan's voice was hoarse, and his head rested on her shoulder. The two of them were tightly pressed together, and Zhao Yan held her in his arms. Through the thin clothes, Jiang Siyue could feel his heartbeat, which was completely opposite to the expression on his face.
So fast——
Jiang Siyue wanted to call an ambulance.
He sighed softly. He could say those shameless words to her, but if she really didn't want to come back and was determined to divorce, nothing he did would be of any use.
"Fortunately, you're back."
His tone was full of relief, as if he had survived a disaster. Jiang Siyue's heart trembled, her nasal tone became heavier, and she responded softly: "Well, Teacher Zhao, I still have to graduate."
Zhao Yan smiled, "You are quite calculating."
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Siyue was almost asleep when she suddenly heard Zhao Yan's voice in her ears, which sounded like a dream.
"From now on, you can be yourself without worry."
*
The next morning, Meng Zhuqing called. Jiang Siyue was halfway through wiping her face and asked Zhao Yan to answer the phone. But a few minutes later, Zhao Yan came in with the phone and considerately closed the door for her.
"Sure enough, you forgot about me now that you have a husband!" Meng Zhuqing teased carelessly, "You actually let your husband answer my call. You don't value me. I'm a little upset."
"Oh, no." Jiang Siyue coaxed with a smile, "I fell yesterday and couldn't move. I was afraid that you had something urgent to talk to me about, so I asked him to take over."
"Where did you fall?" Meng Zhuqing put away her playful smile and asked nervously, "Is it serious? Can I come over to take care of you?"
"No need." Jiang Siyue took a little lotion and wiped it on her face bit by bit. "Zhao Yan... took a long vacation. He is here."
Meng Zhuqing was relieved. "Hey, we're finally reconciled. I couldn't say anything before when you were in the cold war. In fact, I think you worry too much. If it's not suitable in the future, you can divorce later. It's not like we're bound for life. Why make it so miserable?"
Jiang Siyue was stunned when she looked at herself in the mirror, then she pushed away the lotion on her cheeks and said, "Why didn't you tell me before?"
Meng Zhuqing chuckled and said, "Because I like to talk after the fact."
“…”
This investigation was different from the last one reported by Lin Hui. It lasted for a longer time, so Jiang Siyue said it was a long holiday.
It’s not that Zhao Yan really committed academic fraud. In fact, the day after Jiang Siyue returned, she received a phone call saying that Zhao Yan was not involved.
However, due to the whistleblower incident, all faculty members at the college are under investigation, and higher-ups are drafting new regulations for graduate student management. After all, graduate students are the reserve force of academia, and if problems arise at this stage, it will affect the development of the entire academic community.
Jiang Siyue listened to Zhao Yan's analysis and speculation, and nodded repeatedly in agreement with Zhao Yan's statement.
"Teachers like Zhang Min'an, who are incompetent at research and solely focused on administration, treating their students like animals, are the cancer of the scientific research community and should be eradicated." Jiang Siyue gritted her teeth and pulled out her phone to touch it. "Although I don't have the courage to report them, I can help them gain more publicity."
"Yeah." Zhao Yan nodded, and when she reached out her hand, he handed her his cell phone.
"Not unlocked." Jiang Siyue returned it.
Zhao Yan stared at the tablet without looking up. "The password is your birthday plus 520."
Her fingertips paused, her face flushed. Jiang Siyue silently entered the password and muttered, "Teacher Zhao, you actually use this kind of homophonic number. How childish!"
Zhao Yan turned his eyes away from the tablet and tilted his head to look at her profile. "Classmate Jiang, this is my first time having a wife. What's wrong with being a little childish?"
This was the nth time that Jiang Siyue's cheeks had turned red. Ever since she came back, the two of them had been working on their conference papers at home every day, and Zhao Yan would say something like this from time to time.
In just these few days, Jiang Siyue couldn’t count how many times this had happened, and every time, her face would turn red, and she would... feel secretly happy.
Zhao Yan: "You gave that paper to Zhang Min'an's daughter, right?"
"Yeah!" Jiang Siyue nodded heavily, puffing up her lips, and said, "Yeah, you brag to us every day about how great you are, but in the end, it's just like that."
"Okay, I understand." Zhao Yan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Jiang Siyue, however, found it amusing and leaned over to say, "Teacher Zhao, isn't this the same as 'Tian Liang Wang Po'?"
Zhao Yan didn't understand the abbreviation and said a faint "Hmm?" Jiang Siyue explained excitedly, "It's like in novels, when a tyrant would say, 'The weather's cold, it's time to bankrupt the Wang family.' I think your expression just now is very similar to that."
Zhao Yan understood and frowned, "Am I that unsophisticated?"
"Hey! I'm not saying you're unsophisticated, it's just..." Jiang Siyue was at a loss for words, feeling that the generation gap was concrete at this moment, "I'm just praising you for being a domineering CEO, no, you're a domineering mentor."
Zhao Yan stared at her for a long time and finally fell silent.
He will chat with students more during class in the future.
…
Even though it took a long time, Jiang Siyue's article was submitted to the organizer before the deadline under Zhao Yan's personal guidance.
The deadline for Zhao Yan's long vacation was finally determined. Since the last few days were during the exam month and there were no classes, it was set after the New Year's Day holiday.
Her knee injury had completely healed. Min Sui's wedding was in two days, to be held in New Zealand, and she hadn't picked out her dress yet. Jiang Siyue couldn't bear to part with her new TV series, so she raised her neck and said, "Teacher Zhao, how about you arrange a few outfits?"
Zhao Yan placed some fruit on the table in front of her, stuffed a strawberry into her mouth, and said, "The sun is shining brightly outside. Let's go for a walk and take a look at some clothes."
Since the beginning of winter, it has been windy and rainy every day in Yunjing, and there have been several snowfalls. The sun today is very rare. Jiang Siyue touched the sunlight and looked at the tablet again. The confusion in her eyes was obvious.
Zhao Yan made the decision for her first. He walked over and opened all the curtains to let the sunlight pour in. At the same time, he turned back and took the tablet from her hand.
"Student Jiang, I've been tutoring you for so long, shouldn't I be compensated?"
Jiang Siyue was stunned, her eyes widened in shame and anger, "Zhao Yan, why do you always use this excuse for everything? I'm with you every night...isn't that enough for you?"
Zhao Yan looked calm, with a smile on his face, and said slowly, "I've been serving you all night, but of course it's not enough."
Jiang Siyue pursed her lips, clenched and unclenched her fists, and stood up angrily, "Then from tonight on, we will sleep separately!" Jiang Siyue closed the curtains, stood in front of the closet and rummaged through clothes, and her mind automatically listed ways to make Zhao Yan "behave" at night.
Zhao Yan sat in her original position, watching her take off her loose and baggy Donald Duck pajamas, revealing her smooth and delicate back. A faint light and shadow draped over her back, as if a layer of light halo had been coated on the white porcelain, making it particularly holy. Her black hair casually hanging down her back shattered this holiness, making her look seductive and alluring.
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