After visiting the practical training area, Gu Jingrui scribbled a few lines in his notebook.
Anzi gathered the students together and said:
"You've all worked hard during this training period. Tonight, I'm treating everyone to dinner! The private room is already booked. Go get ready, we'll leave at 5:30!"
A cheer erupted from the group of students.
Coach Shen is usually stern and has very high expectations for them. In the first few days of training, some of the girls even cried.
Everyone was overjoyed to hear that Coach Shen was treating everyone to dinner out of his own pocket.
The students went to take showers and change clothes in twos and threes.
Cao Qingmo was the last to leave. She glanced at Gu Jingrui, who was walking down from the observation platform, and mustered up her courage to ask Anzi:
"Coach Shen, is Professor Gu going?"
Anzi raised an eyebrow and said, "What, you're not going just because he's not going?"
Cao Qingmo realized the words were teasing, and her face flushed slightly, but she wasn't the type of girl to get shy easily.
"Coach Shen, I think Professor Gu works very hard teaching us theoretical courses. With so many of us going out to eat together, it's not a problem if he has to take up one more seat, right?"
An Zi waved to Gu Jingrui, and when Gu Jingrui came over, he smiled and said:
"Xiao Gu, your students are worried that you're not eating, so they asked me to invite you to a meal together."
Gu Jingrui's scalp tingled.
He wants him to have dinner with 30 girls?
Help! Just thinking about that scene is terrifying.
"I think I'll pass..."
Cao Qingmo said, "Professor Gu, go ahead! Our entire flight class wants to thank you properly!"
Gu Jingrui narrowed his eyes and said, "Professor Gu has been teaching you for more than half a year. Have you thanked him?"
“We would like to express our gratitude, but Professor Gu won’t give us the chance. He’s so serious, we never see him smile. We’re all afraid of him, so we can’t bring ourselves to say thank you.”
That's the truth; Gu Jingrui understands this all too well.
His old father, except when he was with his mother, was as aloof and detached as a Taoist priest from Baiyun Temple who was detached from worldly affairs.
An Zi said, "The class monitor has already extended a warm invitation to you, so don't refuse. Besides, you're all the same age, so you'll have common topics to discuss when you're at the same dinner table."
Cao Qingmo tugged at Gu Jingrui's arm generously: "That's right, Professor Gu, you should go!"
Gu Jingrui wasn't as easily swayed as his father, so he agreed.
The dinner party wasn't as scary as he'd imagined. The female pilots were all very well-mannered and didn't chatter around him, making him feel awkward.
After five dishes were served, several girls who could drink alcohol came to toast Gu Jingrui.
Gu Jingrui drank a few glasses.
However, his alcohol tolerance was just as low as his father's. After a few drinks, the effects of the alcohol kicked in, and he became a little dizzy.
After dinner, it was already 9 p.m. Anzi was going to take the female students back to their dormitories in batches because he was worried about their safety on the way.
Gu Jingrui felt that as a man and a teacher, it was inappropriate to leave early, so he waited until the last batch of students were sent off before leaving.
He was quite drunk at the moment, and he was walking unsteadily.
At that moment, a pair of small hands supported his arm.
"Rui Rui, how are you going to walk like this? How about I take you back to your dorm?"
Gu Jingrui opened his eyes wide, staring at the girl in front of him in disbelief.
Cao Qingmo smiled broadly, without the slightest hint of embarrassment.
What did you call me?
"Rui Rui."
Gu Jingrui was a little angry: "I'm your teacher, you're not allowed to call me that!"
Cao Qingmo pouted dismissively.
“Rui Rui, you’re only four years older than me. This isn’t a class, so don’t act like a teacher all the time.”
In Cao Qingmo's eyes, Gu Jingrui now is just a drunken peer.
If we still address him formally as "Professor Gu," it would be too distant.
“I’m four years younger than you, but I’m still your teacher!” Gu Jingrui shook off Cao Qingmo’s hands.
As he was constantly being stared at by those clear, bright eyes, his heart pounded like a drum, almost out of control.
He didn't know what was wrong with him; he had never felt these feelings for other girls before.
He awkwardly turned his head away, refusing to look at Cao Qingmo.
He walked out, and Cao Qingmo followed behind.
Gu Jingrui found the bicycle parked in front of the restaurant and wanted to squat down to unlock it.
However, he was quite drunk, his vision was blurry, and he couldn't get the key into the lock cylinder for a long time.
"Let me do it."
Cao Qingmo took the key from his hand and unlocked the bicycle.
Then, she naturally picked up the bicycle, patted the back seat and said, "Sit down, I'll take you back to your dorm."
Gu Jingrui: "..."
"I can walk by myself."
"Rui Rui, you're so drunk, how can you even see where you're going? Don't push yourself."
Gu Jingrui: "I can push my bicycle back."
If a girl, or even his student, were to escort him back to his dorm, and his roommates saw it, wouldn't he be incredibly embarrassed?
Cao Qingmo's smile faded slightly, and his expression became serious.
"Professor Gu, do you look down on me?"
Gu Jingrui: "???"
"Do you feel uncomfortable that I, a girl, am taking a man home? Why is it normal for a man to take a woman home, but it makes a man feel uncomfortable when a girl takes a man home?"
Cao Qingmo said, "Just like when I applied to be a pilot, many people came to me and said that all pilots are men, and they had never heard of women piloting planes. Isn't that nonsense? I just don't understand why women can't do what men can do? Professor Gu, do you also believe from the bottom of your heart that I can't become an excellent female pilot?"
Gu Jingrui quickly said, "That's not what I meant!"
He also thought Cao Qingmo was a good candidate to become an astronaut.
Cao Qingmo smiled again: "That's good! Professor Gu's thinking isn't that outdated!"
As she spoke, she patted the back seat of the bicycle again.
"Let's go, Rui Rui, I'm a very steady rider."
Gu Jingrui, as if possessed, got onto the back seat of the bicycle.
Cao Qingmo escorted him to the teachers' apartment building.
Gu Jingrui stumbled as soon as his foot touched the ground, feeling lightheaded.
Cao Qingmo quickly helped him up.
Gu Jingrui lost his balance and fell face-first onto Cao Qingmo.
Cao Qingmo quickly used all her strength to steady Gu Jingrui.
She was quite strong, but Gu Jingrui was a burly man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall!
Suddenly, she felt a warm, wet sensation near her ear.
Gu Jingrui's lips brushed against Cao Qingmo's earlobe, leaving a hot, alcohol-scented kiss.
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