Chapter 213 A Middle-Aged Shura Field
Professor Xu has always had a good reputation among students. He is approachable and will answer any question that comes to him seriously. He is very polite to both colleagues and students.
However, when a smiling man extended his hand to greet him today, Professor Xu had no intention of shaking hands with him.
He looked at Lu Jin, "Are you his son?"
Lu Jin: "From a blood relationship perspective, yes."
Professor Xu's gaze shifted slightly.
Lu Qi wasn't embarrassed at being ignored. He withdrew his hand and smiled, "So you're my son's teacher. He told me that there's a teacher at school who takes good care of him. It must be you. My son has been well taken care of by you at school. Thank you."
Professor Xu's expression darkened slightly. "Stop with that pretentious act. It's disgusting."
Although Professor Xu is a cultured person, who can resist swearing when they see someone they dislike?
Xia Zhen pulled Lu Jin back three steps quietly.
Lu Jin looked down at her.
She whispered, "Don't let their elders' feud affect you."
Lu Jin agreed. It was normal for Lu Qi to be disliked anyway. Even if they had some grudges, Lu Qi would at most get a beating, but his life wouldn't be in danger.
So he could simply stand aside and see how things went, and if necessary, he could call an ambulance when he had some free time.
So Lu Jinxin held Xia Zhen's hand with a clear conscience and stood with her to the side to watch the show.
Lu Qi's strength lies in his thick skin. Even when others clearly dislike him, he can still greet them with a smile. "A smile is my way of being polite, especially when I meet an old acquaintance. On the contrary, Professor, after all these years, your temper is still as fiery as ever."
Professor Xu: "Politeness is not the same as insincerity. After all these years, you still think I have such a bad temper. That is obviously because in my eyes you are not someone who is worth treating with social courtesy. After all, you would not choose to talk nicely to poultry raised in a pen."
The implication was that Lu Qi was no different from those domestic fowl.
Lu Qi smiled and said, "Professor Xu, why are you so angry? Poultry raised in captivity will not think of themselves as poultry until they are sent to the slaughterhouse."
His implication was that although Professor Xu could speak so arrogantly about domestic animals, how could he know that he himself wasn't one of those domesticated animals?
These two have been at odds since their first meeting. However, Lu Qi is a businessman who has lived abroad for many years, while Professor Xu is a university professor who has been doing research and teaching. They are from completely different circles, so where did their feud originate?
Xia Zhen glanced at Lu Qi for a while, then at Professor Xu.
Regardless of the fact that Lu Qi is actually a refined scoundrel, in terms of appearance, he and Professor Xu are indeed high-quality men in the eyes of women—good-looking and reliable.
When two men like these have a conflict, it's easy to associate it with one particular thing.
Xia Zhen suddenly realized, and she couldn't help but look at Lu Jin with concern.
Lu Jin asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Xia Zhen stood on tiptoe, and he bent down so that she could whisper in his ear.
"Lu Jin, I suspect that Teacher Xu was your mother's first love back then."
Lu Jin's expression was a little strange.
Lu Jin naturally knew a little about what happened to the previous generation.
For example, how Lu Qi, this beast in human clothing, broke up a loving campus couple, and how he used his power to force the girl to break up with him and marry him.
Even more so, driven by his possessiveness, he never considered having children with Lin Ruo even after several years of marriage. The reason he finally decided to have a child was because he wanted to have an unbreakable and closer connection with Lin Ruo.
Since he couldn't get Lin Ruo to settle down, perhaps she would completely forget the past after having a child.
To be honest, a man like Lu Qi is fine if the woman he loves is in love with him, but if a woman who already has someone else in her heart falls in love with him, then she is really unlucky.
Xia Zhen tugged at Lu Jin's hand, her eyes filled with worry, "Do you think you'll be given a hard time in the future?"
It wasn't that Xia Zhen doubted Professor Xu's character; it was simply that any normal person would find it difficult to view the child of their enemy with a calm mind if they had been betrayed by their spouse.
In other words, it's not incomprehensible if Professor Xu wants to target Lu Jin; it's perfectly normal.
Lu Jin said softly, "Don't worry."
Everything is still in the speculation stage; it would be too early to draw conclusions.
Professor Xu said sarcastically, "In your eyes, who in this world isn't domesticated poultry?"
Lu Qi smiled slowly, "You overestimate me. In the face of time, all living beings are insignificant."
“You’re right.” The refined-looking man’s lips curled into a slight smile. “So you’ll never get what you want.”
Lu Qi smiled and said, "I have a wife and children, a successful career, and a decent amount of savings. I don't have any annoying relatives. What else could I possibly want that I can't have?"
Lu Qi was about to call the two young men watching the show away when he heard Professor Xu say:
"Why didn't she make her last phone call to you before the accident?"
Lu Qi's smile vanished, his face turned cold, and his dark eyes stared at the man, unfathomable, as if gathering a storm.
Lu Qi always seemed to be smiling. He treated everything with nonchalance, as if he were playing with life. Whether it was others' insults or others' flattery, the smile on his face would not change in the slightest.
He seemed to be wearing a mask, so no one could guess what his true expression was or what thoughts were hidden beneath it.
But one day, just one sentence from someone else tore off his mask.
Professor Xu's words alone confirmed his past relationship with Lin Ruo.
Xia Zhen felt the situation was not optimistic. Neither of the two men would give in, and she didn't know if they might do something drastic. She quietly asked Lu Jin, "Whom are you planning to side with?"
Lu Jin had no fatherly affection for Lu Qi. This father and son, who were related by blood, seemed to lack some kind of kinship. Their only connection was probably Lin Ruo.
But Lu Qi did spend money to train Lu Jin, and Lu Jin will inherit his estate in the future. Well, that can be considered a favor.
As for Professor Xu, Lu Jin respected him because Professor Xu had shared all his knowledge with him, and Professor Xu was the best professor in the field. Lu Jin would definitely continue to learn from him in the next few years.
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