After waking up, Shen Shiyi couldn't sleep.
She sat up, leaned against the headboard, and quietly recalled her dream. To her surprise, the two children in the dream felt incredibly real, leaving her puzzled.
Why would she have such a dream? Dreams usually foreshadow something that will happen. Was her dream like that too?
Later, no matter what she did, Shen Shiyi fell asleep. Helpless, she had to find a pencil and an A4 sheet of paper and start drawing the two children based on their appearance in her dream.
An hour later, she picked up the two completed drafts on the table and couldn't help but examine them closely. The more she looked at them, the more she felt an indescribable sense of familiarity, and she couldn't help but wonder what was going on.
As dawn broke, Shen Shiyi had only slept for less than three hours. She walked into her office looking somewhat listless.
Nan Zhan and Xu Duoren, who had already arrived at the office, stepped forward to inquire about the situation.
"Professor Shen, are you alright?"
Shen Shiyi looked up at the two of them and smiled slightly.
"I'm fine, you don't need to worry."
After sitting in the office for an hour, she finally couldn't help but tell Qin Ziming about her strange dream.
"Honey, I had a really strange dream. In the dream, two teenage boys and girls were chasing after me, calling me 'Mom.' I don't know why, but when I saw their faces, I felt an indescribable sense of closeness."
Qin Ziming frowned after reading this passage.
Do you remember what they looked like?
Recalling this, Shen Shi picked up the painting tucked inside the book, took a picture of it, and sent it over.
"You drew this?"
"Yes, I was awakened by a dream last night and couldn't sleep. It took me an hour to finish this."
Qin Ziming thought of his wife's complaint about insomnia and couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"Let me check. You should take a longer nap during your lunch break, otherwise you won't have any energy for class this afternoon."
Seeing how considerate her husband was, Shen Shiyi sent him a cute smiley face and then replied "okay," before putting down her phone.
The two men from Nanzhan had been watching her closely. Seeing her unusually sentimental state, they exchanged puzzled glances and discussed it in hushed tones.
"What's wrong with her?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"
"This is the first time in years that I've seen worry on her face."
"Who can argue with that? We don't know what happened."
The two of them got along very well with Shen Shiyi over the past four years. They often met up for meals together, and sometimes they would run into Principal Wang and get together as well.
Not only Nan Zhan and the other two noticed that something was wrong with her, but Principal Wang, who was reporting to the office, also waited for her to finish her report before asking her questions out of concern for his subordinate and the connection between the two families.
Have you been under a lot of work pressure lately?
Shen Shiyi was taken aback and looked up. "No."
"So you and your husband had a fight?"
Shen Shiyi shook her head slightly, but Principal Wang found it even stranger.
"No, then why have you been so absent-minded lately?"
Shen Shiyi was speechless. It seemed inconvenient to talk about that with Principal Wang.
"I might be having insomnia for no reason, so I'll be mindful of my mental state. Well, Principal, I'll be going now if I have nothing else to do."
After exchanging salutes, Shen Shiyi turned and left, encountering colleagues from various disciplines along the way.
"Hello, Professor Shen."
"Hello, Professor Qi."
"Hello, Professor Shen."
"Hello, Professor Li."
Knowing she had a class at 11 o'clock, she walked towards her classroom. The students were surprised that Professor Shen would enter the classroom 20 minutes early.
A man who was looking at his notes at his desk looked up, glanced at the stage, and quietly looked at the professor who was writing.
Professor Shen's chic short hair, fair and delicate skin, beautiful appearance, and serious demeanor all drew attention.
Shen Shiyi felt a gaze on her. She looked up and scanned the students' seats, but didn't see anything amiss. She then continued to prepare her lesson.
The man had initially used a book to shield himself, but after a few minutes, he leaned over the table and glanced at the person on stage out of the corner of his eye. He noticed she was working with her head down, and he took a deep breath.
That was close; we almost got discovered.
When the students heard that Professor Shen had entered the classroom early, they all arrived at the classroom ahead of time.
When Shen Shiyi finished her work and looked up, she found that all the students were staring at her. For a moment, she was stunned.
"Is it time yet?"
One of the boys spoke up, "Teacher, there are still 5 minutes left before class starts."
Shen Shiyi nodded slightly. "Okay, then you can rest for a few minutes before class starts."
After receiving her permission, the students began to whisper among themselves.
"Our Professor Shen has such a refined air about him."
"Professor Shen is so beautiful."
“I think so too, and that kind of temperament is not something everyone can have.”
"Absolutely! She's gentle yet spirited, with a dashing and heroic air about her. I love her so much."
The boy who had been staring straight at her, after hearing the discussions among the other students, probably had a general idea of who she was.
A boy touched him, and when he looked at him in confusion, he whispered something.
"You must be a new transfer student. I haven't seen you before, and you probably don't know Professor Shen."
The boy shook his head. "I don't know him."
This prompted the boy to say, "Let me tell you, our Professor Shen is married."
The boy was taken aback. "Ah, she looks to be in her early twenties, maybe 24 or 25 at most. Why is she getting married so early?"
"Haha, Professor Shen not only got married, but also had a pair of adorable twins, a boy and a girl. I'm telling you, all the other male and female professors at the university are so envious."
Seeing the envious look on his face, the boy couldn't help but ask a question.
"Do you want to too?"
"Hehe, but not everyone can have this kind of good luck. Professor Shen's husband used to be a soldier, but he later returned home to inherit the family business."
After listening to his rambling, the boy looked up at the gentle and kind woman again.
"Hey, what's your name? My name is Qi Quan."
Upon hearing his name, the boy's expression changed; he was astonished that someone could name someone so casually.
"Ji Shuyu".
Upon hearing his name, Qi Quan sincerely praised him.
"Compared to mine, yours sounds pretty good."
Ji Shuyu raised an eyebrow. His name was carefully chosen by his parents, who had spent a lot of time and effort on it.
After class started, everyone changed from their previous nonchalant attitude, sat up straight, and looked seriously at the stage.
This was Ji Shuyu's first time attending Shen Shiyi's class. He was surprised that she could present psychology in such a humorous way.
From the moment the class ended, he began to look at her with new respect.
Shen Shiyi ate little for lunch, finishing quickly before returning to her dormitory for a nap.
She fell asleep the moment she lay down.
After finishing his work, Qin Ziming frowned when he saw the draft sent by his wife.
He always believed in cause and effect, and perhaps his wife had some kind of relationship with the two people in the manuscript. He decided to ask Lu Zhiyao to investigate.
"President, you wanted to see me?"
Qin Ziming looked up and gestured for him to sit down.
"I have something I need you to investigate, and it's absolutely confidential."
Lu Zhiyao nodded cautiously, then left the president's office.
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