Chapter 21: The Secret Revealed
Good morning, 9:00 AM.
The office fluorescent lights work aimlessly, neither concerned with nor weary of anything, simply and mechanically fulfilling their duty of illumination.
Just like Lin Yi, whose mind was not at his workstation at this moment.
The scene from that morning kept replaying in his mind: on the balcony, Shen Beidao was facing away from the living room, his phone pressed to his ear, talking for almost half an hour.
The morning light outlined his straight shoulders and also revealed his slightly furrowed brows.
"Who can I talk to for so long?" Lin Yi muttered to himself, unconsciously twirling the pen in his hand.
Last night, I glimpsed Li Rui's caller ID on Shen Beidao's phone, and this question has lingered ever since.
If you're classmates, why say you don't know each other? If you really didn't know each other, how would you have each other's phone numbers?
His thoughts were interrupted by the vibration of his phone.
It was a message from the work group, but he didn't open it. Instead, he brought up Li Rui's chat window.
Lin Yi: [Are you free? I'd like to have dinner with you today.]
Messages are replied to instantly.
Li Rui: [Today is the school's centennial celebration, and I want to volunteer. I probably won't have time all day.]
Jiangzhou University's centennial celebration?
Lin Yi's eyes lit up immediately, which meant there were many students present.
Lin Yi: [Can I come along? I want to see what's going on.]
Li Rui: [Aren't you at work today? Can you come?]
Lin Yi [Okay]
Li Rui: ["Then come on over. My advisor asked me to arrange the seating. I'll just put you in a seat, and we can chat when we're free."]
Lin Yi immediately sent a leave request to his superior, Yu Feng, stating that there was an urgent matter at home that needed to be dealt with.
Soon, he arrived at the largest lecture hall at Jiangzhou University, where many people were already seated.
Lin Yi was seated in the second row by the aisle by Li Rui. The view was excellent, making it a great spot to watch the performance.
Wearing a volunteer's red vest, Li Rui busied himself coordinating seating and distributing materials until he finally sat down next to him, panting, five minutes before the celebration began.
The celebration began with a speech from the principal.
The background music was solemn and uplifting, and the principal's voice came through the microphone steadily:
Distinguished guests, dear alumni, teachers, and students: Good afternoon! ...With immense excitement, we gather to celebrate the historic moment of Jiangzhou University's centennial anniversary...
This was followed by a one-hour cultural performance.
On stage, lights and shadows danced, and performances from various colleges took the stage one after another. The chorus resounded, the dances were graceful, and applause rose and fell like waves in the audience...
But Lin Yi couldn't concentrate on anything.
His gaze darted among the bustling crowd, sweeping from the guest area on the left to the alumni seats on the right, and past the dense student contingent in the middle.
Amidst the interplay of lights, countless faces appeared and disappeared in the shifting light and shadow, but Lin Yi never saw that familiar face.
Lin Yi finally couldn't hold back any longer and turned to Li Rui in a low voice, "Do you know a classmate named Shen Beidao?"
The speakers in the lecture hall were too loud, and Li Rui didn't hear clearly: "What island? Are you going on a trip?"
"Is Shen Beidao your classmate?"
"Lin Yi, let's talk later. My mentor is about to give a speech, and I need to take some cool photos of him to post on our official WeChat account for promotion."
As he spoke, he picked up the camera from the table and quickly jogged to a corner of the stage.
Lin Yi: ...You should finish answering before you leave. If we run into each other later, I'd like to introduce you to your new identity.
Just then, the host on stage finished his announcement, and the hall fell silent for a moment...
"Now, let's welcome Professor Shen Beidao, Director of the School of Foreign Languages and Professor of the German Department, to the stage to deliver a speech!"
Applause and cheers erupted instantly, especially in the area where the girls were concentrated, where screams almost lifted the roof off.
Lin Yi suddenly froze for a moment.
……who?
He turned his gaze to the stage with a stiff, slow pace.
Spotlights shone down from above, creating a waterfall-like field of light at the left entrance.
A tall and upright figure steadily emerged from the depths of the halo. The person was of superior height, and the black suit outlined the shoulders and legs in a neat and noble manner.
His white shirt was crisp at the collar, his gray tie was tied in a neat Windsor knot, and his gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses calmly swept across the audience.
He walked to the center of the stage, his steps carrying a steady and confident rhythm. When he stood still, a slight smile appeared on his lips, a smile that was both mature and aloof.
This person is Shen Beidao!?
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment.
No, this isn't the Shen Beidao he knows.
Shen Beidao finally stood on the podium under the spotlight, and at that moment, all the noise from the audience became the background.
Good afternoon, fellow students of Jiangzhou University.
Shen Beidao's voice, carried through the speakers, resonated throughout the venue with a clear, rhythmic quality characteristic of lecturing: "I am Shen Beidao, a teacher in the German Department of the School of Foreign Languages."
His profile appears on the screen at the appropriate time:
【Sinking North Island】
PhD in Linguistics from the University of Berlin
Professor and Head of the German Department, School of Foreign Languages, Jiangzhou University
Special Advisor to DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Ministry of Education's "Outstanding Talents Support Program" for Young Talents
Chief Expert of Provincial-level Major Youth Social Science Project
Lin Yi suddenly felt that his eyes had developed a problem. He grabbed the glasses that Li Rui had placed next to him on the table and put them on.
But it's even harder to see clearly now!
He suddenly remembered that he wasn't nearsighted.
Lin Yi stared blankly at the people on the stage, his mind completely blank.
In my ears, I hear Shen Beidao's fluent voice switching between Chinese and German; before my eyes, I see his academic achievements and awards scrolling across the screen…
But none of this matched the Shen Beidao he knew.
The Shen Beidao who would make him black tea, cook noodles for him, and whose ears would turn red all the way to his neck when kissing him... was that a fake?!
As soon as Shen Beidao finished speaking, applause and cheers erupted from below.
"Please be quiet for a moment," he said with a smile, raising his hand to signal, his gaze sweeping over the energetic faces in the audience. "Today, we also have a group of special friends sitting in our hall. They are exchange students who have come all the way from Munich. Perhaps soon, you will become partners."
He paused briefly to allow the simultaneous interpreter to translate, and then continued:
"And the project I'm announcing today is a bridge we've built with several German universities—the Industry 4.0 Interdisciplinary Master's Fast Track Program."
The screen behind me switched to a German-Chinese bilingual project introduction.
"This year's core topic is: sustainable urban circular systems based on artificial intelligence." Shen Beidao's voice was clear and firm. "This is not a hypothetical topic, but a real project that the German government is currently tendering for..."
Lin Yi stared at the people on the stage.
Shen Beidao was a completely different person on the podium, exuding confidence, professionalism, and ease.
He paused slightly, with a hint of encouraging smile in his voice: "Ihr akademischer Hintergrund kann im Ingenieurwesen, der Betriebswirtschaft oder im Design liegen, aber Ihr Denken muss über Fachgrenzen hinausgehen. Sie werden mit deutschen Kommilitonen zusammenarbeiten..."
(Your academic background can be engineering, business, or design, but your thinking needs to transcend boundaries. You will team up with German classmates to find the optimal solution that meets German industrial standards while embodying Eastern systems wisdom amidst the clash of two cultures. Next, I will explain this project to you...)
Enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience from time to time.
Lin Yi couldn't make a sound at all.
Looking at the radiant man on the stage, he felt a mix of emotions welling up inside him: shock, anger, resentment... and a slight flutter of excitement that he didn't want to admit.
So, Shen Beidao is really that powerful.
It turns out he had been living a lie all along.
......
After the celebration ended, the crowd began to leave in an orderly manner.
Shen Beidao's gaze seemed to sweep across the area where he was, but the venue was too large, and he might not have been looking at Lin Yi.
Shen Beidao calmly stepped off the stage, and Li Rui squeezed to the side of the stage and started snapping photos of Shen Beidao.
Lin Yi saw Shen Beidao turn his head and say something to Li Rui, and Li Rui nodded repeatedly.
Li Rui followed Shen Beidao backstage and handed him the camera screen: "Teacher, how do you think the photos I took of you are?"
Shen Beidao glanced at it, but didn't really look closely: "It's fine."
His voice was calm, revealing no emotion: "By the way, I saw a stranger sitting next to you just now. He's not a classmate of ours, is he?"
Li Rui was stunned for a moment, then realized: "Oh, that's my friend, his name is Lin Yi. He happened to be free today, so he came to visit."
"Lin Yi?" Shen Beidao repeated the name, a slight smile playing on his lips. He said considerately, "Since we're friends, let's invite him to the academy dinner later."
"Oh? Teacher Shen, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Li Rui hesitated. "The hotel made reservations based on the student list, and his name isn't on it..."
"It's okay." Shen Beidao took out a temporary volunteer tag from his pocket and handed it to Li Rui. "We reserve a few extra seats when making reservations. Give this to him and tell him that I asked him to add them."
Li Rui took the tag, his face full of surprise: "Thank you, teacher! By the way, teacher, did you find the phone you lost yesterday? I called it yesterday, but they hung up immediately. I thought the person who found it didn't want to return it."
A subtle smile flashed in Shen Beidao's eyes: "Found it."
His voice carried a rare ease: "The taxi driver brought it to me, thank you for your help."
"You're too kind, Professor Shen. I'll go and inform Lin Yi now."
"Okay, go ahead."
Watching Li Rui run away, Shen Beidao stood still and pushed up his glasses.
Thanks to Li Rui's phone call, the little rabbit at home discovered that his best friend was actually the "silly student" that his "boyfriend" had been educating for many years.
Thinking of this, Shen Beidao sighed softly.
What's meant to happen will happen.
However, things didn't seem as bad as he had imagined.
At least, the phone is quiet right now, with no new messages popping up.
It seems that someone who was sulking was still giving him a way out by not confronting him.
She really is a soft-hearted, cute, kind, and loving "little rabbit" who also dotes on her husband.
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the hotel banquet hall was filled with the clinking of glasses and lively conversation.
At the gatherings of students from various colleges, students sat at separate tables, with teachers at the main table and students scattered around the round tables.
Lin Yi sat among the students, but his gaze was fixed on a certain spot on the main table.
Shen Beidao was still wearing his suit, only he had loosened his tie and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt.
He was talking to the female teacher next to him, a smile on his lips that Lin Yi knew best and that made his heart flutter.
Lin Yi: Hehe, I didn't know you loved to laugh so much.
The female teacher, Fang Yu, was wearing a beige suit and had long hair that reached her waist. She looked like a sophisticated and intellectual woman.
As she spoke, she leaned slightly towards Shen Beidao, almost touching his shoulder. But Shen Beidao didn't move away; instead, he lowered his head to listen to her, and the distance between them grew closer and closer...
Lin Yi poked at the plate with his chopsticks for a long time, but didn't eat a single bite.
As the toasting ceremony began, Shen Beidao and Fang Yu stood up together and walked side by side to greet the students who were enthusiastically offering them toasts.
Fang Yu would occasionally reach out and lightly touch Shen Beidao's arm, gesturing for him to look at a particular student or teacher. Shen Beidao would nod, raise his glass, and smile politely, creating a scene of blinding harmony.
"What's the relationship between that woman and your advisor?" Lin Yi nudged Li Rui next to him with his elbow and asked.
Li Rui was eating when he looked up and mumbled, "Oh, Teacher Fang Yu... seems to be in a relationship."
"What?!" Lin Yi's heart felt like it had been stabbed by a black sea urchin, and it was gradually "darkening".
"Are you sure? They don't look like they're the same age..."
Li Rui swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at the female teacher, "Oh, right, Teacher Fang Yu seems to be a bit older, maybe five or six years older than my mentor."
However, classmates from the next class are saying they're dating, because many people often see them going to class together and leaving work together. I think they probably are.
Lin Yi put down his chopsticks.
The food on the plate had gone cold, just like his current mood.
"I need to use the restroom." He got up and left his seat, his steps a little unsteady.
Li Rui: "Lin Yi, you're going the wrong way, it's over by the restroom."
Lin Yi sent Shen Beidao his first message of the day: "Come out."
Lin Yi and the others stood at the entrance of the hotel conference hall, looking at their watches and counting the time. A full minute and fifty seconds passed before Shen Beidao finally glanced at his phone.
Reply to him: "Hmm, where are you?"
Lin Yi [at the entrance]
As soon as Shen Beidao stepped out of the hall, Lin Yi quickly reached out and grabbed the dark gray tie. The silky texture slid between Lin Yi's fingers before he gathered it up and held it tightly.
He pulled on his tie and walked towards the next private room without saying a word, but the force was surprisingly strong.
Shen Beidao stumbled forward half a step as he was pulled, his leather shoes making a dull thud on the carpet, but he obediently followed.
The tie stretched diagonally between the two men, like a symbol of subjugation, or a string that might snap at any moment.
Lin Yi pushed the door of the private room open with his shoulder, and darkness rushed in.
As he locked the door behind him and pinned Shen Beidao against it, the tie was still wrapped around his fingers, having circled twice and left a slight indentation.
Lin Yi's voice was very low, his breath brushing against the exposed skin at Shen Beidao's collar.
He didn't let go, but instead shortened the tie by an inch, forcing the other person to lower his head. From this angle, one could see Shen Beidao's Adam's apple bobbing slightly, and a slight ripple finally appearing in his calm eyes.
The only sounds in the air were the soft rustling of fabric and the intermingling breaths of the two people.
"Professor Shen, shouldn't you explain this?"
Shen Beidao did not answer immediately. He looked down at the outline of Lin Yi's hand, which was tightly gripping his tie, and felt that he seemed to be trembling slightly.
The darkness, like a thin, ambiguous veil, blurred the boundaries. Almost instinctively, Shen Beidao reached out, wanting to touch Lin Yi's cheek.
Lin Yi abruptly turned his head to dodge, slapped him on the chest, stepped back, and said, "Professor Shen, you acted really well."
Shen Beidao's hand froze in mid-air.
The dim light seeped in through the crack in the door, casting interplay of light and shadow on his face.
He was silent for a few seconds before speaking in a low voice: "What do you want to ask?"
Lin Yi was clearly angered by those words. He took a deep breath and took another step forward: "What do I want to ask?"
"Okay—then let me ask you, what exactly is your relationship with that teacher Fang Yu?!"
Shen Beidao was slightly taken aback; he hadn't expected Lin Yi to ask that first.
It wasn't about questioning his identity or investigating the deceptions, but about the distance between him and another person.
This realization made Shen Beidao's heart skip a beat, not from pain, but from a strange, exciting warmth that slowly spread from his heart, almost breaking through the calm he was trying so hard to maintain.
“Colleague.” He answered quickly, but this time each word sounded like a careful reassurance, “Just a colleague.”
"Who would believe that?!" Lin Yi's voice rose, but worried that passersby outside the door would hear, he lowered his voice again, "The way you two were acting just now... it was like a wedding toast! Your students are all saying that your relationship is ambiguous!"
Shen Beidao frowned slightly: "It's just for work. I was just reporting on the project progress to the dean, and Professor Fang is in charge of coordinating some of the work..."
"Does work require such close proximity?" Lin Yi's voice choked with emotion. "Does it require walking side by side? Touching arms? It requires..."
He paused, his eyes instantly reddening. "You need to lean down like that to listen to her while she's speaking? They were practically kissing!"
Every question was like a pebble hitting Shen Beidao's heart.
He suddenly realized just how meticulous Lin Yi was in his observations. So meticulous that he even remembered Lin Yi's habitual gestures when listening to people speak.
He never imagined that the seemingly docile and gentle "little rabbit" harbored such a strong possessiveness.
Even after knowing all his secrets and pretenses, her face still bore the stubborn declaration that "you are mine."
Shen Beidao felt as if his heart was being soaked in warm water, and a corner of it was silently melting away.
So this is what it feels like to be cared for and loved. His little rabbit must love him so much.
Shen Beidao's voice softened, "It's not what you think."
"What is it?" Lin Yi took another step forward, almost touching his chest. "Shen Beidao, what do you take me for? A fool you can easily fool?"
Shen Beidao pressed his back against the cold door panel. He reached out to pull Lin Yi, but his hand was slapped away.
"First, explain yourself clearly. Who are you? How old are you? What's your relationship with Li Rui? From beginning to end, how much have you fucking lied to me?"
The dark private room was silent for a few seconds.
Shen Beidao closed his eyes, then raised his hand and touched the light switch on the wall.
"Snap!" A warm yellow spotlight shone on, and the soft halo instantly filled the small space between the two people.
Under the light, the tear tracks on Lin Yi's face were clearly visible, and the corners of his eyes were red, making him look even more like a bullied little rabbit.
Shen Beidao took off his glasses and casually placed them on the low cabinet beside him. He rubbed his temples, his fingertips lingering on the bridge of his nose for a moment, as if considering the most appropriate words.
How can I say this without making the child so sad?
He raised his eyes, looked at Lin Yi gently, and spoke in a calm voice:
"I am Shen Beidao, a teacher in the German Department of the School of Foreign Languages at Jiangzhou University."
Born in 1995, I am thirty years and three months old this year.
"Before coming to Jiangzhou, I lived in Berlin, where I studied for my undergraduate and master's degrees, and then obtained my doctorate from the University of Berlin."
“My parents are both doctors who work in Berlin. They wanted me to study medicine, but I chose linguistics.”
He paused, his gaze lingering on Lin Yi's face as he observed his reaction: "Li Rui is a student I've mentored since freshman year, and he's also a member of the undergraduate research project team I'm currently supervising."
He paused, then lowered his voice further: "I didn't mean to lie to you..."
Lin Yi: ...Why did he register his household registration? It's like he's about to propose.
Ah... How could I even think about getting married after he deceived me like this!
Lin Yi was even more annoyed, annoyed at his own weak-willed soft heart, and even more annoyed that the other party had laid out his tender feelings so inappropriately.
He deliberately continued to be angry, sneering, "So you kept this from me for so long? Did you find it particularly amusing to see me acting like a fool, running around after you every day?"
"No." Shen Beidao grabbed his wrist. "Lin Yi, let me finish."
His thumb rubbed against the inside of Lin Yi's wrist, where the pulse was pounding wildly, just like his own.
"The first time I saw you was at the coffee shop. I was waiting for a collaborator, but he had something come up and couldn't show up. I was just about to leave when you appeared."
Shen Beidao's voice was very soft, "You came over and kissed me... I was very surprised and delighted at the time."
Lin Yi tried to pull his hand away, but it was gripped even tighter.
Lin Yi questioned, "So it's my fault? My fault for mistaking someone for someone else, for taking the initiative, for being so stupid as to not see through Professor Shen's disguise?"
"No." Shen Beidao immediately shook his head, trying to pull him closer, but felt a silent resistance from his body. He only loosened the distance a little, but his gaze never left him. "Lin Yi, although all of this was my deception, my feelings for you are real."
Shen Beidao's fingertips were hot, calloused, as he gently brushed against Lin Yi's moist eyes: "To put it solemnly, it was a rare 'love at first sight' that one dares not even dream of in life; to put it more bluntly..."
A gentle, candid look appeared in his eyes: "From the first moment I saw you, my gaze has followed you. I think this is probably a kind of willing, yet inconvenient, attraction... lust at first sight."
Shen Beidao's breath gently brushed against Lin Yi's earlobe, warm with a faint tremor: "I also wish we were the same age, so...would it be easier for you to accept me, and less resistant to me?"
"So you've been lying to me all this time? Wearing a school uniform, using a student meal card, and dating me as someone my age? But you could have confessed to me anytime these past two months, but you didn't!"
Shen Beidao: "Yes, we have it now."
"Heh. So I should thank Teacher Shen for his frankness?" Lin Yi was amused by his calm demeanor: "Shen Beidao, do you know what I hate most?"
He completely shook off his pull, "I hate it when people hide things from me! If there's no trust, what kind of relationship is that?!"
“I know.” Shen Beidao looked at Lin Yi honestly and sincerely, thought for a while, and then a calm resignation appeared in his eyes. “If you really can’t accept it… I will withdraw and never bother you again.”
These words were like a thorn lurking somewhere, unexpectedly piercing Lin Yi's most vulnerable spot.
Two tears streamed down his face uncontrollably: "Shen Beidao, do you think I'm that weak? Do you think it's impossible for me to like someone older? Do you think I only like your student persona?!"
He was crying, but he was crying for himself.
If it were anyone else, and they dared to lie to him, he would definitely punch them.
But this man in front of me looks so sincere. I was scared by him a couple of times and he even put me on the household registration. If I don't forgive him, it would be like he's being insensitive.
He couldn't help it; he felt wronged and couldn't hold back his tears.
Ah, my useless tear ducts.
Shen Beidao's eyes lit up slightly: "Then... do you like an old man like me?"
"I don't like it!" Lin Yi shouted, but his voice was so soft it had no power whatsoever. "I hate you so much!"
—Idiot! Can't you tell this is sarcasm? Besides, who calls themselves an old man at thirty?!
—I don't care if you look young or old, what I like is you as a person.
Shen Beidao's eyes darkened: As expected, I guessed right. Age is the biggest obstacle between us.
Just then, Shen Beidao's phone vibrated twice.
The shrill ringtone echoed in the narrow cubicle. Shen Beidao took out his phone, and the screen lit up with the words "Fang Yu".
Lin Yi could see it clearly.
“It’s probably something to do with the school,” Shen Beidao said, his finger hovering over the hang-up button. “I’ll go out and answer it.”
"You'll answer it here!" Lin Yi grabbed his wrist, preventing him from leaving. "Shen Beidao, if you go out now, we'll..."
He choked up; the word hovered on his tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Shen Beidao looked at him, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Lin Yi, stop messing around."
"I'm not making a fuss!" Lin Yi snatched his phone and, before Shen Beidao could react, pressed the answer button and put it on speakerphone.
Fang Yu's gentle voice came through the receiver: "Bei Dao, where are you? The dean was looking for you... Shall we go for a walk downstairs after this is over?"
Fang Yu's voice even carried a hint of shyness at the end: "I happen to have something to tell you."
Lin Yi looked up, his eyes narrowing slightly, and stared angrily at Shen Beidao.
In the dim light, you could see Shen Beidao's Adam's apple bob.
He looked at Lin Yi's red eyes, at the tears that were about to overflow from them, remained silent for two seconds, and then said into the phone, "...Okay."
Simple syllables and a light tone somehow easily shattered Lin Yi's last line of defense.
He pressed the hang-up button.
The phone screen went dark, and the private room fell silent once again.
“Shen Beidao,” Lin Yi’s voice was as soft as a feather, “what do you mean?”
Shen Beidao opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
"I took the day off to come!" Lin Yi bit his lip. "What if I hadn't come? You would have been spending the night with this female teacher, wouldn't you?"
"Didn't you say yesterday...you'd pick me up from get off work today?"
"Plop," a tear, uncooperatively, dripped onto the ground.
When Shen Beidao saw him cry, his heart ached terribly. But if they didn't put an end to the matter of "deception," this "crack of distrust" would eventually devour all possibilities between them.
Forgiveness is easy, but rebuilding trust is extremely difficult.
Forgiveness is loosening your grip on someone's hand. Trust, on the other hand, is gently placing that loosened hand back into the other person's palm.
Moreover, he was unaware of Du Xiaoman's situation.
He was the person in the photo, and Lin Yi will find out the whole story sooner or later.
By then, the layers of deception will snowball and completely crush their already fragile foundation of trust.
Rather than waiting for the truth to be revealed and facing an even more devastating collapse, it's better to shatter this crumbling illusion now.
Shen Beidao hardened his heart and deliberately made his voice cold: "The company is close to home, you can walk back."
"What?" Lin Yi's lips trembled. "So you planned this all along? You didn't pick me up, but went on a date with her?"
"I..." Shen Beidao wanted to explain, to tell him that it wasn't like that, and to pull him into his arms to wipe away his tears.
Lin Yi took a step back, looking like a wife who had discovered her husband's secret—disappointed, helpless, and heartbroken.
But he didn't even have the right to cry and make a scene. There was no marriage contract between them, but they still had to maintain their dignity.
She's only his sixty-sixth boyfriend. He didn't break up with the previous sixty-five, so he won't fall for his sixty-sixth.
"Forget it." Lin Yi sneered, his smile faint but filled with endless weariness. "Just consider it a sign from Buddha, knowing we're not meant to be, and advising us to break it off sooner rather than later."
He took a deep breath, looked at Shen Beidao, and said calmly, "Shen Beidao, let's end this here."
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Author's Note: Teacher Shen uses montage techniques. Shen Laosi's key words: cunning (some of which are dark later on).
He's faking it, faking it... Don't scold him yet, let's see what happens next~
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