Chapter 26 Coffee (Second Update) He also exuded that old-fashioned, stuffy air...
Ten minutes later, Liang Huaixu arrived with He Zongqin.
This happened so fast that Zhuang Fuyao was taken aback. "Didn't you say you were still eating?"
Liang Huaixu remained expressionless: "I've finished eating."
He Zongqin's stomach rumbled just then.
"..."
He stood next to Liang Huaixu with a smile throughout, politely observing the two men before him.
A high ponytail, a simple T-shirt and jeans, and a bare face, yet she possesses a clear and beautiful charm.
Moreover, both of them are beautiful in their own way, and they look quite young; they must both be Lao Liang's students.
Lao Liang usually gets along well with his students. If a student comes to him with a problem, he will help if he feels he can.
Changting even gave his students certain preferential treatment when hiring them.
So He Zongqin didn't think much about it at that time.
Liang Huaixu placed the food on the table. "I didn't add cilantro, so you can eat it in the car. It's too sunny here. What things do you need to move?"
Zhuang Fuyao pointed, "Then let's go."
Liang Huaixu: "Good."
Before leaving, Zhuang Fuyao also nodded politely to He Zongqin.
After they left, He Zongqin, starving and with his stomach sticking to his back, looked at the food with resentment, "They just left?"
"Can't even move this little thing?" Liang Huaixu patted him on the shoulder. "Old He, you need to exercise more."
“Hey—” He Zongqin protested, “I didn’t eat.”
He didn't mean for the two girls to stay and move with them.
I just find it strange that Lao Liang would give up his rest time to do such physical labor.
After all, helping students in the past was just a matter of a word for Lao Liang.
He sighed, wishing he hadn't come. Now he could only help finish moving things quickly before going to eat.
While moving things, he casually asked, "Are those two girls your students?"
Liang Huaixu's expression was somewhat subtle. "I suppose so."
He Zongqin: "Those two students are really inconsiderate. Don't they know to call their classmates? They even called you over. Only you would spoil your students. If it were me... well, my students are terrified of me, they wouldn't dare ask me for help."
Liang Huaixu glanced at him and said, "Hurry up and talk less."
"I can't walk fast, my old back is killing me." He Zongqin was thinking of looking for a student or teacher he knew on the road to help him when he spotted Qin Zhenglin.
"Old Qin—"
Qin Zhenglin also saw them, his expression changed, and he quickly turned and walked away.
"Hey, that old Qin is so unfair. I even introduced him to potential partners."
Liang Huaixu: "Introducing blind date candidates?"
“Yes,” He Zongqin said. “The blind date we ran into him last time seemed to have fallen through. I guess the other person didn’t like him. Old Qin was quite disappointed and couldn’t cheer up for a long time.”
"And then guess what? About a week later, when we were attending a city event together, he asked me if I had any eligible blind date recommendations."
"Just recently, an art school teacher also asked me about this, so I introduced the two of them together."
"..."
Although he knew from the moment he learned about Zhuang Fuyao's time travel, he knew that the two of them were misunderstandings.
Liang Huaixu said ambiguously, "You really have become a matchmaker."
He Zongqin smiled and said, "This is called effective use of resources. Everyone knows my reputation as a know-it-all, so of course they will come to me for matchmaking. Of course, I don't do it for free. If the introduction is successful, I will receive a matchmaker's bonus."
After helping to move the things, He Zongqin left.
Meanwhile, Song Qing, who was resting in the car, was gossiping curiously, "Was that your ex-husband who just came over?"
Zhuang Fuyao nodded.
Song Qing exclaimed, "That's wonderful! A beautiful woman paired with a handsome man!"
Zhuang Fuyao asked with amusement, "What do you mean?"
"Because there are many beautiful women in society, but men... well, you know. Anyway, most of them are not that great, so you often see beautiful women paired with ugly men. So every time I meet two people who are equally good-looking, I feel fortunate and gratified."
“However…” Song Qing laughed shyly, “Is this something I can say? Sister, the way you described your ex-husband before, Bagel and I both imagined him to be a refined, elegant, and cultured man, but not very good-looking.”
Zhuang Fuyao asked in surprise, "Did I describe it like that?"
“You didn’t say it directly.” Song Qing thought for a moment, “But it might be because you’ve never talked about your ex-husband’s appearance. Then when you meet other handsome men and beautiful women on the street, you often compliment them. In comparison, your ex-husband, whose appearance you’ve never discussed, easily gives people the impression that he’s not good-looking.”
Zhuang Fuyao smiled; she had always liked Liang Huaixu's appearance.
That was true before, and it is true now.
Especially after her soul transmigrated to sixteen years later, she discovered that Liang Huaixu not only hadn't become ugly, but had also gained a kind of old-fashioned, reserved, and mature charm...
She just doesn't have the habit of talking about it with others.
The two chatted for a while, then took a half-hour nap in the car before continuing on to the promotional point.
When they arrived, they saw Liang Huaixu still sitting there. Zhuang Fuyao asked in surprise, "Why are you still here?"
Liang Huaixu: "I thought you'd have to carry things back later, so I carried them over for you first. On the way back, I met a few students who offered to help me carry them, so it wasn't too much trouble."
"Well, you've still had a hard time!" Zhuang Fuyao handed over a glass of iced Americano.
"Okay." Liang Huaixu took the coffee and said gently, "I'm going to be busy at school for a while. Just call me when you leave this afternoon so I can help you move."
At the corner of the flower bed not far away, Chen Lian walked over with several female teachers. Her gaze swept over Liang Huaixu, and she suddenly became excited. Then, when she saw the girl standing opposite him, she frowned.
Immediately afterwards, she saw the girl hand her a cup of coffee, which Liang Huaixu accepted almost without hesitation.
Shen Lian knew that Liang Huaixu didn't like accepting things from students, even things like coffee or milk tea that only represented his feelings; he wouldn't accept them.
Even when she, his junior, sent him things, he would tell her not to send them anymore.
Left with no other choice, she had to use her teacher's title to send the students out.
She knew that her senior brother was born with this kind of personality; he seemed gentle and easy to get along with, but in fact, he had a kind of indifferent detachment.
Few people can truly get close to him and understand him.
So she no longer minds being rejected by him that time.
After all, she was twelve years younger than her senior brother, and age was a huge obstacle that was hard to overcome.
It's understandable that her senior brother, who was so self-disciplined and respectful of etiquette, couldn't accept it.
Even when she thought back on it, her admiration for her senior brother grew stronger, and his image in her mind became increasingly lofty. She felt that even if they couldn't be together, it would be good if they could be soulmates.
"Is that Professor Liang's student?" the teachers next to them asked.
"No way, I heard that the school has a collaboration with some kind of traditional Chinese restaurant. This brochure also mentions it. This must be one of their staff members."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lian asked, "What kind of cooperation?"
"You don't know either? Teacher Shen. Then I'll forward it to you."
Chen Lian glanced at it a few times, pursed her lips, and her face darkened.
After Liang Huaixu left, she went over to inquire, "Are you students at the school?"
Song Qing: "No, it's not."
She originally intended to promote their project, but seeing that these people didn't seem to be students from Jiangda University, she just smiled and moved on.
Zhuang Fuyao asked them, "Is there something you need?"
Just as Shen Lian was about to speak, the female teacher next to her suddenly interrupted her, her excitement tinged with nervousness, "Are you Song Qing from the Meet the Sunny Day Band?"
“Yes.” Song Qing smiled and tilted her head, saying to Zhuang Fuyao, “The first person to recognize me after I removed my makeup.”
"Ms. Song Qing, could you please sign your autograph?"
Another teacher said, "Me too, me too."
Chen Lian was immediately overlooked.
She didn't know the band Meet Sunny Day, nor did she know Song Qing. Finding it uninteresting, she greeted the teacher who had come with her and left.
On the way back, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her senior brother was acting strangely.
The other party is just a small organization that collaborates with the school. It's not really my place to entertain them, so the coffee delivery was just a personal gesture.
My senior colleague won't accept coffee from others, unless it's...
Although she didn't believe her senior was such a shallow person, she did see that he accepted the coffee.
Moreover, the girl was very beautiful. Because she wasn't wearing makeup, she could directly feel her unadorned beauty and her natural, lively, and playful charm.
That's why she had that slight uncertainty.
But how can that be?
That person looked so young. Judging from his clothes and demeanor, even if he wasn't a college student, he must have graduated from college a few years ago.
If the senior student really chooses someone that young, his reputation at school will be completely ruined.
She felt she needed to remind her senior brother. Her fingertip paused slightly on her phone. She didn't dare to call her senior brother directly, but instead called He Zongqin.
Professor He has the best relationship with his senior, so his words are bound to be useful.
He Zongqin was quite surprised when he received Shen Lian's call. "Yes, I'm in my office now. Come over."
When Shen Lian arrived, he opened the office door and poured her a cup of tea. "Teacher Shen, what is it?"
Chen Lian looked around and prepared to close the door.
He Zongqin politely reminded, "Teacher Shen, please leave the door open."
After all, it wouldn't be appropriate for a man and a woman to be alone in an office.
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Lian ignored the door issue and sat down opposite He Zongqin. Her tone was serious. "Professor He, I just encountered something... You and your senior brother have the best relationship at school, so it's better if you talk about this."
He Zongqin: "Tell me, what is it?"
Chen Lian: "Do you know that the school has a collaboration with some kind of traditional Chinese restaurant? The one that set up a promotional booth on campus today."
"It seems like that's true," he said suspiciously. "But weren't the people at the information booth students?"
Shen Lian said urgently, "They're not students. I asked around, and they're just staff members there. I think there's also someone from some band."
He Zongqin's mind was already churning with a storm of gossip and shock, but he maintained a calm facade. "So what?"
Shen Lian lowered her voice, "I saw that my senior brother was very intimate with one of the staff members. How could someone as upright and honest as my senior brother be with someone so much younger than him? Professor He, you should know without me saying it, if this is really the case, how much will it affect my senior brother's reputation?"
"Okay, I understand." He Zongqin concealed his emotions very well.
Although he was also surprised, he was inclined to believe that there was some misunderstanding.
After all, when he tested Lao Liang and Teacher Shen last time, Lao Liang personally said what it would be like if he found someone so much younger.
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