Chapter 156 I had wicked thoughts about you
When Yu Yan returned on Monday, she had a ton of work to do.
After finishing her classes in the teaching building and setting the dissertation directions for the doctoral students she was supervising, Yu Yan went straight to the experimental center and plunged into the laboratory until late at night. She didn't feel hungry while working, but as soon as she came out, she was starving.
Shao Muyan was even busier than her.
When Yu Yan brought a late-night snack to Shao Muyan's place, he hadn't finished his meeting with his students yet.
The moment I stepped inside, I could feel the tension in the atmosphere.
"What's wrong?"
An intern took the things from Yu Yan's hands and whispered about the situation, "A piece of equipment in the lab malfunctioned a few days after Professor Shao left, which caused all the data we'd done to be messed up and we have to start over. Unfortunately, Senior Si didn't inform Professor Shao about this in time, thinking he could handle it himself, and as a result, he wasted several days and is getting scolded now."
Shao Muyan rarely gets angry, but when he does, his aura is overwhelming, making the students afraid to even breathe.
When they came out, everyone's eyes were red.
Several people who were easily embarrassed even started wiping away tears.
Yu Yan sighed inwardly, but didn't say anything.
If it were an accidental mistake, that would be one thing, but if it was a human error, she would be furious too.
The losses incurred are one thing, but the main problem is the time wasted.
Yu Yan ordered a lot of late-night snacks and urged everyone to eat, but Shao Muyan and Si Nan had not yet come out.
"Senior Brother Si is in deep trouble now, he's going to get a beating, isn't he..."
"Shh, keep quiet."
Yu Yan was secretly worried for Nan Ge.
Uncle Yan's style of training apprentices is just like his grandfather's: the closer the relationship, the stricter the discipline.
Shao Muyan had many students, but only Si Nan truly entered the Yu family. There was a clear difference between direct disciples and students. He taught them the same things as usual, but if a student made a mistake, he would at most scold him a couple of times, while it was different for a disciple.
A short while later, Shao Muyan and Si Nan came out one after the other.
Shao Muyan's stern face relaxed when he saw Yu Yan, and a slight smile appeared on his face. "Why are you here?"
"I've come to bring you some food."
Yu Yan smiled. Usually, Shao Muyan does this kind of thing more often, and she really doesn't come here very often.
You can come here often in the future.
"Noodles or wontons?" Yu Yan opened a set of tableware for Shao Muyan.
Shao Muyan came over after washing his hands. "Wontons, please."
Yu Yan looked at Si Nan again. Si Nan was chatting and joking with everyone as if nothing was wrong, but the redness in the corners of his eyes was heartbreaking to see. He picked up a bowl of mixed noodles but didn't sit down to eat. He ate it standing up and even mixed a bowl for Shao Muyan.
"Teacher, please try this noodle dish, it's very flavorful."
Shao Muyan grunted in agreement and took the noodles. Si Nan then took the wontons that Shao Muyan hadn't finished and poured them into his own bowl.
The teacher and student were close, and neither of them looked down on the other.
Yu Yan handed the packet of chili peppers to Si Nan and quietly asked him, "How are you?"
Si Nan looked like he was about to cry but had no tears, saying, "I endured thirty, it hurts so much."
His thighs were throbbing with pain, making it impossible for him to sit down.
"I have some ointment, I'll get it for you in a bit."
Yu Yan took the chili packet back. "Don't eat spicy food, it'll make you feel hot again."
Si Nan could only drink a little bit of bland wonton soup.
"Thank goodness you came."
Si Nan thanked Yu Yan, saying, "Since you came, the teacher's mood has improved a lot. He even responded to me when I talked to him just now. Otherwise, he would have ignored me for at least three days. That would have been real torture. Please, I'm begging you, just get back together with the teacher soon."
He seemed to be deliberately egging her on with the last sentence, expecting Yu Yan to say, "Don't talk nonsense."
Unexpectedly, Yu Yan nodded seriously after listening: "Okay, I'll do it."
Si Nan's hand holding the wontons trembled, and he stared wide-eyed at his junior sister.
I mentally shouted: Wow!
Spring is coming for teachers!
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When the event ended, Yu Yan handed Si Nan a tube of ointment, without hiding it from Shao Muyan.
Si Nan thanked him, but then looked at Shao Muyan.
He really wouldn't dare use it if the teacher didn't give the order.
"Dr. Su's ointment is extremely expensive; it's a waste for him to use it," Shao Muyan said calmly.
Si Nan returned it with a feeling of grievance.
Yu Yan replied, "Brother Nan has helped me so much before, it's only right. Anyway, you still have some, I'll just use yours."
oh?
Shao Muyan found the following sentence very pleasing.
Finally, we became inseparable.
"Just take it if I give it to you."
Shao Muyan's expression changed quickly. He said to Si Nan, who had accepted the ointment, "Don't apply it tonight. Let it hurt for a while and teach him a lesson."
Si Nan blushed and replied, "Yes, yes."
Si Nan returned to the family compound, while Yu Yan and Shao Muyan went to the teachers' apartment building to formally pick him up!
They lived very close by, but because he was moving, Shao Muyan still drove.
"Did I scare you today?" Shao Muyan belatedly realized that he was indeed very angry today.
He wasn't afraid of scaring those kids, but he didn't want Yu Yan to have any opinion of him.
"No."
Yu Yan smiled lightly, "I also mentor students. You didn't see how scary I can be when I get angry."
Shao Muyan smiled and nodded, "I believe that."
Yu Yan gently pushed him.
The two people laughed.
"Actually, I was just anxious, but students are bound to make mistakes."
Yu Yan’s words sounded just like her grandmother used to advise her grandfather. She laughed and sighed, “I always remember hearing my grandfather scolding his students in his room when I was little. It was like thunder. But as soon as he came out of his study, he would be all smiles at me. So I never understood why my uncles and aunts were so afraid of him.”
Shao Muyan also remembered clearly that the teacher who was kicking people in the study and wielding the board with great force just a second ago, turned into a kind and gentle grandfather the next second after leaving the study, taking his granddaughter out to look at the flowers and plants, and shooing the students away with his hands behind his back.
—Get out of here right now! Don't scare my precious granddaughter!
"But I understood it when I grew up."
Yu Yan said, "Especially after I decided to pursue scientific research, my grandfather's attitude towards me changed. Before I went abroad, he called me into his study and talked to me for a long time, and half of that time was spent talking about you."
Shao Muyan was taken aback. "Me?"
"right."
Yu Yan glanced at him. "Grandpa said that you are the most intelligent, talented, and diligent among his disciples. You don't need much pressure; you put enough pressure on yourself. But even so, you will still experience many failures and hardships on the path of scientific research. He told me to be prepared. It is a lonely journey, and if you want to go on, you will have to give up a lot of things. For example, family. And emotions."
Shao Muyan's heart skipped a beat.
The car stopped in front of the apartment building.
"Uncle Yan."
Yu Yan clenched her hands, her palms slightly damp. "Three years ago, I went abroad, got divorced, and decided to spend the rest of my life alone. I'm not suited for marriage, nor do I have the ability to run a family. I... did have impure thoughts about you, but what I can give you is too limited. If you come back with me, my feelings for you will be different from before."
Shao Muyan's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.
He stared at her, his mind filled with her words, "I did have wicked thoughts about you."
His throat tightened, and he asked, "How is it different?"
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