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Song Shixia followed the crowd into the open class classroom in a daze. Chai Shanjing had already taken a seat in the first row.

"Xia Xia, we are here!"

The classroom is a stepped classroom. The distance between the front row and the podium is exactly one meter, so you can see the teacher just by looking up.

The middle seat was empty, so Song Shixia ran over with her backpack and sat down among her roommates.

"Why so close?"

Ding Jiajia said hurriedly, "Xiao Jing came half an hour early to reserve a seat, just so that we can meet the youngest professor in the school. The seat facing the podium is reserved for you. Is that nice?"

Song Shixia looked around.

"This is too far forward. What if I ask questions during class?"

Ding Jiajia put her arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't worry. The more dangerous the place, the safer it is. We will definitely not be asked questions in this seat. The teacher always likes to ask the students in the back to answer questions."

Song Shixia thought that this was not necessarily the case. Professor Ji's wife was sitting between them, so it would be a problem if they were not questioned. She apologized silently in her heart and would definitely treat them to a meal in the cafeteria as compensation afterwards.

Ji Weiqing walked into the classroom as the bell rang. After finishing these two classes, he had to take the school bus to the College of Science. Originally, he did not have any classes this semester, but the teacher thought that with his qualifications, he could guide more young talents. The school would arrange a postgraduate quota for him next year, so if he met a suitable student, he could wait and see in advance.

He quickly glanced at the students in class. Generally, the attendance rate was over 90%, so he would not take attendance.

The moment he withdrew his gaze, his peripheral vision caught sight of several girls in the first row, and Ji Weiqing almost thought he had recognized the wrong people.

His wife, wearing a ponytail, held her face in her hands and looked at him innocently. He couldn't figure out which direction the sun rose from today, and why she would take the initiative to attend his class.

Ji Weiqing suppressed his thoughts, opened the textbook and talked about today's content.

Since it was the first advanced math class, no one noticed that Professor Ji was in a good mood today. The first half of the class was about teaching the content, and the second half was about randomly checking and asking questions.

“Who can solve this problem?”

The students in the front row were eager to try, but several girls in Song Shixia's dormitory buried their heads, fearing that their names would be called by Professor Ji.

Zheng Lingling lowered her voice and said, "Professor Ji is really young. I can't believe he is a professor!"

Ding Jiajia shared the news she got from her senior schoolmate: "Professor Ji is a returned overseas student, and he has a double doctorate! Didn't you see Professor Ji's introduction? It's a long list!"

Hao Guihua clenched her fingers and said, "I saw it, but Professor Ji was so serious in class, with such a blank expression on his face that it was a bit scary."

Chai Shanjing was the only student in the first row who didn't bury her head in confusion. She felt she could solve the problem.

She saw Professor Ji's gaze sweeping across her and then onto her roommate. Chai Shanjing's heartbeat began to accelerate. Xiao Xia couldn't be so unlucky, could she?

My senior said that everyone can listen to Professor Ji's class, and if you answer questions correctly, you will be praised. If you get your answers wrong, Professor Ji will always ignore you, and you will never be called on in class again. Although everyone is worried about being questioned, we come to this top university to become better, and it must be very uncomfortable to be ignored by the teacher.

Chai Shanjing thought that as long as she solved the problem seriously, she would not be criticized even if she made mistakes. She hoped that Xiaoxia would not be perfunctory with Professor Ji.

Professor Ji mentioned Ding Jiajia.

"Student, please answer the question on the blackboard."

Ding Jiajia stood up, at a loss as to what to do. She hadn't listened at all in class. What should she do?

Chai Shanjing wrote the answer on a piece of scratch paper. Hao Guihua tugged at Ding Jiajia's clothes, and she subconsciously looked down and saw the answer on the table.

“The answer to this question is 0.”

Several girls looked worried. Song Shixia glared at Professor Ji. Ji Weiqing held back her smile and raised her hand to her mouth and coughed.

"That's a good answer. Please take a seat."

Everyone was relieved for Ding Jiajia. Fortunately, Professor Ji did not ask about her solution to the problem.

Ding Jiajia couldn't help but complain about her bad luck. There were about 100 people in the classroom and she was the one called. She should have known not to sit in the first row!

Before everyone had time to comfort her, Chai Shanjing was called out again.

"Student, please tell me how to solve this problem."

Chai Shanjing understood that Professor Ji must have noticed their little action just now. Her impression of Professor Ji changed. Professor Ji was not as unkind as the senior students said.

"Yes, your idea is correct, but the method is too complicated. You can remove some unnecessary calculation items. This is advanced mathematics, not high school mathematics."

The classmates in the classroom burst into laughter, but Professor Ji remained expressionless.

"This female student doesn't have to do her homework today. This is her reward. You don't have to envy her. If you have the courage to answer questions in my class and can follow my thinking, I can give you a golden ticket to pass the exam."

The whole classroom was in shock. Does the golden medal of immunity mean that one can pass the exam even without taking it?

Someone in the back row bravely asked,

"Teacher, how many death-free gold medals can you give out in a year?"

The answer that came out of Professor Ji's mouth made everyone feel disappointed.

"Not yet. I hope the first one will emerge from among you."

Song Shixia couldn't help but burst out laughing. Professor Ji in the classroom was so different from the one at home that she almost didn't recognize him.

Is this still her husband? Why does he feel familiar yet strange? No, Ji Weiqing was unkind when she first came here, but he changed later.

Song Shixia's laughter scared the other girls in the dormitory, who were afraid that Professor Ji would notice them.

Fortunately, Professor Ji did not notice and left the classroom with the textbook after the class.

Finally, the class was over. Ding Jiajia raised four fingers and said, "I swear, this is my first and last time to take advanced mathematics classes in your department."

Zheng Lingling agreed: "Professor Ji's aura is too strong. Fortunately, he is not our department's advanced mathematics teacher."

Chai Shanjing shook her head helplessly: "You don't understand Professor Ji's ability. I don't think Professor Ji is that unkind. Such a great professor is teaching us advanced mathematics. I feel like I am waking up from laughing in my dreams recently."

Everyone looked at her in horror.

Hao Guihua said earnestly: "Xiao Jing, don't be fooled by the professor's sweet words. He doesn't look kind at all!"

Guo Qianlan, who had been silent the whole time, helped to explain.

"Professor Ji has already discovered your little trick. Don't you know? Otherwise, why would he suddenly ask Xiao Jing about it? I agree with Xiao Jing. Professor Ji is a person who looks cold but is actually warm-hearted."

Everyone turned their attention to Song Shixia.

"Xia Xia, what do you think?"

Song Shixia was in a dilemma. She couldn't say bad things about her man behind his back.

"I think we can't judge someone based on just one encounter. Professor Ji is just a little serious in class. Maybe he is particularly fond of the two children in private."

Chai Shanjing's face was filled with smiles. "It is said that Professor Ji's wife is very beautiful. If he is so unkind, how could anyone be willing to marry him?"

Ding Jiajia refuted her.

"You don't understand, do you? As long as a man has the ability, he will have no problem finding a wife. Even if he is unfriendly to his fellow women, there will be people rushing to marry him."

Guo Qianlan frowned.

"In my hometown, a man can only marry a wife if he loves her, otherwise his reputation will be ruined."

Hao Guihua's face showed envy: "Your hometown has such good customs. My mother and grandmother serve me, my father and my grandfather. They keep the house in order but they can't sit at the table to eat. When I was a child, I could eat and drink in my grandfather's arms. When I was admitted to university, my family invited relatives to dinner, but I could only eat with my mother and them in the kitchen."

Ding Jiajia couldn't help but sympathize: "Alas, who's hometown doesn't have some weird customs? My family can't cut hair in the first month of the year, saying that it will kill my uncle. If I encounter the situation in your family, I will definitely overturn the table. I was admitted to the university, so why can't I eat at the table?"

Hao Guihua sighed: "It's easy to say, the meals are cooked by my mother and grandmother, it's a waste of their hard work."

The good atmosphere suddenly turned into silence until two strange children ran over and broke the silence.

The two little boys came up and hugged Song Shixia's thighs, calling her "Mom", which startled several girls.

Zheng Lingling hurriedly helped to separate the child from Song Shixia.

"Little friends, you have mistaken me for your classmate."

Chai Shanjing saw the two children speaking in a gentle tone.

"Are you lost?"

Ji Yang and his brother looked at their mother, then at the strange sisters, and finally reacted.

Song Shixia was not in a hurry. She smiled and took out two candies from her pocket and gave them to the two brothers.

"I know them. They are children of teachers' families in our school."

Ji Yang followed suit.

"Yes, it's my sister. Let's ask her to take us to find our mother."

Ji Yuan shook his head and said, "We are looking for mom. We saw my sister and said hello."

Ding Jiajia couldn't help but squat down and secretly pinched Ji Yuan's chubby face.

"Little friends, you are so cute. You just scared us."

Hao Guihua couldn't help but feel scared: "Xia Xia is so young, and suddenly being called mom, I was scared to death."

Song Shixia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Did I ever tell you that I'm older than you?"

Guo Qianlan glanced at Song Shixia's small figure.

"How many months are you older than us?"

Song Shixia raised three fingers.

"I'm about three years older than you."

Ding Jiajia screamed: "How is this possible! You are three years older than us. I don't believe it."

"That's right. We discussed that you should be the youngest in the dormitory. Lingling looks small, but she is not young at all."

Song Shixia reported her age and was surprised to find that she was only two years older than them.

She was puzzled: "How come you are about the same age as me? I dropped out of school and took the college entrance examination directly."

Chai Shanjing sighed: "It's not easy for girls to study. I repeated junior high school once before I was admitted to high school, and repeated high school again."

Every girl in the dormitory was either repeating a grade or had dropped out of school due to family reasons. Originally, Song Shixia thought she was much older than them, but it turned out that the oldest age difference was only two years.

Ding Jiajia looked at Song Shixia carefully: "I can't tell you're already 24 years old. We still think we're 22 years old."

Hao Guihua was full of curiosity: "I'm curious whether you are married or not?"

Song Shixia told them openly: "I have been married for more than a year. When the time is right, I will take you to my house for dinner."

Everyone kindly refused. After Song Shixia got married, she would definitely live with her in-laws. If she brought them over for dinner, her in-laws might think too much.

"I can't believe it at all. Xia Xia is the first married person in our dormitory, and we didn't even give her any wedding gifts."

Song Shixia quickly refused: "No, I've never invited guests to my wedding, I don't accept any money, it would be awkward if you guys gave me money."

Everyone felt more sympathetic towards Song Shixia. She didn't even have guests at her wedding. It seemed like it wasn't easy at all living in her husband's house.

Ding Jiajia was worried about her: "Will your in-laws approve of your admission to university?"

Song Shixia smiled and comforted them: "Why don't you agree? My mother-in-law even specially held a graduation banquet for me and my sister-in-law at the Capital Hotel."

Several girls felt even more sympathetic, thinking that maybe Song Shixia was just a bystander, and the mother-in-law might have specially organized a graduation banquet for her sister-in-law and specially charged for two portions.

Looking at Song Shixia's sweet smile, everyone felt bad for her.

Chai Shanjing comforted her: "If you feel bad in the future, just go back to the dormitory."

Song Shixia was slightly surprised. Why did she always feel that these roommates seemed to sympathize with her? Was it because she didn't explain it in detail enough?

In order to avoid hurting Song Shixia, Ding Jiajia quickly changed the subject: "Let's send these two little fat kids back quickly, so that their mother won't worry."

Ji Yuan puffed up his face and said, "You are the fat kid!"

Ji Yang was very unhappy, his mother said they were strong, not fat!

Song Shixia hurriedly coaxed the cubs: "You are not fat at all, this is called strong. The stronger the boys are, the taller they will grow in the future."

Everyone was stunned. Wasn't Song Shixia lying with his eyes open? These two little fat kids were as round as New Year dolls.

Song Shixia has a hard time speaking out. The body shapes of her two children will be normal in 30 years. However, most children nowadays are thin, so her two children look like fat. But they are not fat! This is strength!

I still need to explain: "Children need to keep up with nutrition in order to grow taller. Their family conditions are better, and they have meat, eggs and milk all the time, so they are taller than their peers."

Ding Jiajia bent over to tease the child.

"Children, how old are you?"

Ji Yuan refused to communicate, and the bad aunt said he was a fat boy.

Song Shixia signaled Ji Yang with her eyes, and the big cub angrily replied to the bad aunt,

"My brother and I are five years old and in the first grade."

Zheng Lingling was amazed: "Five years old? You can grow so tall at the age of five!"

Song Shixia: "So this kid's body shape is really not fat. He has good nutrition and loves sports. He will definitely be 1.8 meters tall in the future."

Although I don’t know how tall the two little guys will be when they grow up, according to the logic in the novel, unless they are villains, all men are 1.8 meters tall.

Ding Jiajia was filled with emotion. "It would be amazing if I could grow to 1.8 meters tall. But their family is different from ours. They eat meat, eggs and milk every day. What kind of family is this?"

Ji Yuan wanted to scare his aunt: "My father is Ji... umm..." Before he could finish his words, his brother's chubby hand covered his mouth.

Ji Yang thought a lot. Since his mother didn’t want to reveal her identity, he certainly couldn’t reveal his father’s identity either.

However, the cub's words were still heard by several older sisters.

Hao Guihua: "Let me guess, your father is Professor Ji, right?"

Ding Jiajia clapped her hands: "Wow! That's right, Professor Ji has two sons, they are just perfect!"

Everyone turned their attention to Song Shixia.

Zheng Lingling asked, "Haven't you met Professor Ji before? How did you get to know these two children?"

Song Shixia laughed helplessly: "I know the child's mother and child, and I have never been to their home."

Ding Jiajia figured it out: "If Xiao Xia knew Professor Ji, she wouldn't have taken classes with us. Xiao Xia, you are such a pity. You don't even know Professor Ji even though we live in the same community!"

Song Shixia had no choice but to explain: "Professor Ji's family quarters are single-family homes. Ordinary family quarters are similar to dormitory buildings, and their conditions are not as good as our dormitories."

Guo Qianlan was envious.

"It's great to be a professor. No wonder you can raise two strong children."

Upon learning that the two children were Professor Ji's family, everyone urged Song Shixia to send the children back. They did not dare to face Professor Ji.

Song Shixia laughed at them for being too hypocritical. They all praised Professor Ji for being a good person, but they were afraid to let them meet him in person.

Anyone with enough courage would know that she is Professor Ji's wife. Alas, when can I tell them the truth in a peaceful manner?

I owe 1600 for this chapter, I will make up for it.