4-13: "Professor".
The classroom erupted in an instant.
The crowd whispered among themselves.
They looked at each other, their gazes all falling on the man without prior arrangement.
"What?! This is Professor Jin's class?"
"I haven't heard of that. What's going on? Isn't it Professor Zhang's class?"
"Is Professor Jin rushing to meet his KPIs? I've been seeing him every day lately."
"Hey, the God of Huai is here too?"
"Wow, this is a gossip session! Is Professor Jin watching Huai Shen?"
"Don't tell! You really shouldn't tell!"
"Professor Jin is watching Huai Shen?"
"They made eye contact! They made eye contact! This is my ship!"
Listening to the quiet discussions around him, Huaiyan's heart was pounding.
Although their story has been circulating on the forum for some time now.
But this was the first time Huaiyan had faced a man since that first meeting.
Jin Xiuchen.
Thump, thump, Huai Yan's heart was pounding so hard that he could barely hear anything else and could only feel his chest trembling.
It is the sound of a vibrant, powerful, and rhythmic heartbeat.
Jin Xiuchen.
Huaiyan silently repeated those three words in her heart once more.
It's a very nice-sounding name.
Even when reciting those three words, Huaiyan felt a strange flutter in her heart.
The man's cold, aloof eyes, with a hint of frost, swept over without any emotion.
Huaiyan's breath hitched, and she was somewhat at a loss.
He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but his throat tightened.
Huaiyan suddenly felt tinnitus and her brain was buzzing. She didn't know how to react.
Jin Xiuchen's gaze, like a frozen flame, fell upon him, as if nothing could escape his notice.
Huai Yan felt as if Jin Xiuchen had seen through him.
This feeling is wonderful.
The posts he had seen on the forum were now flashing through his mind like a floodgate opening.
Is the professor pursuing Huai Shen?
I saw the professor following behind Huai Shen earlier.
The professor always glances into Huai Shen's classroom whenever he passes by; he's bumped into him several times.
[Does Huai Shen know? I remember Huai Shen doesn't seem to read the forum much, right?]
[The professor likes to repeat Huai Shen's name when calling roll...so cute!]
The more Huaiyan thought about it, the redder the tips of her ears became.
"Huai Shen? What's wrong?"
Zhang Yaoyang's gaze darted back and forth between the two of them, and he asked in confusion, "Your ears are red?"
Zhang Yaoyang's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the group of people around him to hear.
Soon, the whispers among the crowd turned into exclamations of surprise.
Huaiyan: "..."
Huai Yan wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground and take Zhang Yaoyang with her.
"It's nothing." Huai Yan looked at Zhang Yaoyang expressionlessly and said stiffly, "I'm just... a little hot."
"Huh?" Zhang Yaoyang was taken aback and turned his head to look at the window.
Snow was falling heavily outside the window, but the air conditioning was on inside, and the heating was quite strong.
Zhang Yaoyang didn't think much of it and laughed, "I really thought you were shy... You and the professor are rumored to be a couple, right?"
"Why doesn't it count!" A girl in the front row suddenly shouted, arguing her case.
"I have a feeling that the two of them are together?"
"I don't think I've ever seen Huai Shen so shy before. It's quite a rare sight..."
"Looking at Huai Shen now, she actually seems quite cute?"
Finally, Huaiyan could no longer tolerate it.
He said coldly and stiffly to Zhang Yaoyang, "Shut up."
Huai Yan's voice was clear and cold, and the girls immediately fell silent.
Cheung Yiu-yeung chuckled, seemingly oblivious to the unreadable expression on his face.
He cautiously approached Huaiyan, looked straight ahead at Jin Xiuchen who was writing on the blackboard, and lowered his voice to say, "I understand, he's shy..."
Huaiyan didn't answer, but slammed the book shut and gave him a cold look.
This time, Zhang Yaoyang was really scared. He muttered to himself as he sat up straight.
“Strange,” Zhang Yaoyang muttered to himself, “Didn’t the professor introduce himself in the last class? Why does he have to do it again today?”
Huai Yan paused in his writing, his heart skipping a beat for a moment.
He raised his head and stared intently at Jin Xiuchen's back as he wrote on the blackboard, his gaze deep and thoughtful.
The man was wearing a black trench coat as usual today.
However, this one is a little different from the last one.
These two pieces of clothing have a subtle difference, but at first glance you can't really tell the difference.
But Huaiyan recognized it at a glance.
This time, the men's trench coat is longer and looks better than the last one.
Trench coats are very figure-dependent, at least that's what Huaiyan thinks.
He is very self-aware, so when choosing coats or clothes, he usually skips the trench coat option.
But on Jin Xiuchen, this black trench coat seemed to have become a blurry, insignificant background.
The man's broad shoulders and narrow waist, though hidden under the dark fabric, were still immediately apparent.
Moreover, the man was tall and had a strong presence.
Just by looking into each other's eyes, Huaiyan felt her whole body go weak and her heart race.
Even though Jin Xiuchen's face was extremely cold and stern, and he looked unapproachable when he wasn't smiling.
But Huaiyan still had a feeling that she couldn't help but want to get closer to the other person.
This thought reached its peak when Jin Xiuchen finished writing on the blackboard and turned around to look at him.
Huaiyan suddenly felt...
Jin Xiuchen's self-introduction just now seemed to be said specifically to him.
"Very good, everyone is here this time," Jin Xiuchen chuckled softly, picked up his phone and glanced at it, "No one has missed checking in."
Bold girls in the audience started to chime in, and the classroom became noisy.
“Some students didn’t come last time.” Jin Xiuchen’s gaze swept across the audience, finally settling on a certain spot.
His voice was deep and husky, with a hint of laughter, tender and gentle, "Then this time, let me reintroduce myself."
Jin Xiuchen is very popular.
The moment the man spoke, Huaiyan quickly confirmed it.
Whenever a man speaks, a woman will quickly respond with a joke, showing her boldness and outgoing nature.
In the classroom, everyone's eyes were following Jin Xiuchen as he walked.
After hearing Jin Xiuchen's words, everyone turned their attention to Huai Yan.
Most of the people in the classroom had already read the forum posts.
The school forum has a considerable number of active users; any post can easily get tens of thousands of views after being refreshed.
It's no wonder Huaiyan chose to stir up trouble for Jiang Feng on the forum; the main reason is that the students at University A are all too idle.
This kind of "amusement to death" mentality tends to be especially prevalent during class time.
Especially now.
Huai Yan could almost imagine that someone would take a picture of him and Jin Xiuchen and post it on the forum.
...How embarrassing.
Fortunately, Jin Xiuchen's gaze only lingered on him for a few seconds.
The man quickly looked away, his voice cold and sexy: "Jin Xiuchen, professor of finance, your new teacher."
As soon as he finished speaking, the girls took the lead in applauding.
The classroom erupted in waves of excitement, with boys whistling and jeering.
Jin Xiuchen is actually quite famous.
Most people in the finance department know him.
The man had once appeared on the financial channel of City A. It is said that he was invited to be interviewed by the main station of City A, and he had been waiting for several months for the interview to happen.
There are many specific details; if you search for them online, it would probably take at least an hour to read them all.
But just understand one thing: those who are so outstanding that they are beyond the reach of ordinary people and become professors at a young age are extremely rare, even in City A and the entire country.
Huaiyan stopped listening to the lessons after that.
He sat in the classroom, his eyes fixed on Jin Xiuchen, his mind racing.
Only now did Huaiyan have the real feeling that the other person was her rumored boyfriend.
But he also felt it wasn't real.
I had seen Huaiyan on the forum before; someone introduced Jin Xiuchen.
Admittedly, Huai Yan is a genius boy, but he doesn't believe that Jin Xiuchen would be interested in him.
Because what he has is really not enough compared to Jin Xiuchen's experience of becoming famous at a young age.
If Jin Xiuchen was also seventeen or eighteen years old, the same age as him.
Huaiyan might still fantasize about turning her rumored relationship with Jin Xiuchen from an online forum into a real-life romance.
It must be said that Jin Xiuchen suited his taste very well.
From any point that is known so far, there is nothing wrong with Huaiyan.
But he is now the original owner of this body, and Jin Xiuchen is already 25, almost 26 years old.
Huaiyan has a mission; she also has to face the evil spirits in the villa who could attack at any moment.
Jin Xiuchen was born into a wealthy family, and his status is self-evident. The power behind him is deeply entrenched and far beyond Huai Yan's reach.
so.
None of them are capable of playing the moth-to-a-flame game.
Huaiyan shouldn't provoke Jin Xiuchen. Jiang Feng alone is enough trouble for him, not to mention the Ghost King.
Thinking of this, Huaiyan sighed deeply in his heart, regretting that he had to let go of this good opportunity.
Even if Jin Xiuchen provoked him first.
Before Huaiyan could figure it out, the bell rang suddenly.
He was startled, but when he came to his senses, he found that Jin Xiuchen had already closed the textbook.
After receiving the man's permission, many people gradually left the classroom.
Some girls remained seated, holding books, perhaps wanting to ask Jin Xiuchen questions.
Huaiyan guessed, then simply opened the book she had closed again, sat down, and remained motionless.
He watched expressionlessly as a group of girls escorted Jin Xiuchen out of the classroom.
Before that, Jin Xiuchen seemed to have raised his head slightly.
But before Huaiyan could even make eye contact with the man, the girls swarmed around him, chattering excitedly.
Among the group of people, there were even a few boys.
Huai Yan felt inexplicably irritated, staring coldly at the classroom door, lost in thought.
After sitting for about ten minutes, guessing that the group of people should have left, Huaiyan prepared to pack her things.
He didn't have many things, just one or two books and an iPad for taking notes.
After tidying up his things, Huaiyan stood up from his seat, carrying his schoolbag over one shoulder.
His seat wasn't far from the podium, just a few rows away.
Huaiyan glanced at the podium one last time, then closed the classroom door behind her.
It's almost lunchtime now, and most of the people in the teaching building have left.
All around was the sound of snowflakes being swirled up by the cold wind and dancing in the air.
Huaiyan didn't want to look any longer. She walked through the corridor, turned a corner, and wanted to go downstairs.
When he reached the corner, he stopped in his tracks.
He saw a person leaning against the wall at the corner, with downcast eyes, his emotions unreadable.
The man held a cigarette between his fingers, the crimson glowing between his long, slender fingers. His tall figure contrasted sharply with the snow-white wall.
Huaiyan's mind went blank, and she managed to squeeze out a few syllables from her throat.
"……professor."
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