C3 Fortuitous Encounter

(3) Encounter

Before the plane took off, Lyi Qingqing still considered sending a text message to Lu Xinpei: "Professor Lu, for next week's class and next week's class, I would like to request a leave of absence from you in advance."

After clicking send, she quickly switched off her phone!

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In the entire construction department of Z University, there was probably no one who dared to leave Lu Xinpei's class at an early age. The way he punished his students was also very simple. In Shu Lan's words, it was direct and brutal. It was to stand and write a review.

There was no point in standing. Even if an adult senior stood in the corridor outside the classroom for 45 or 90 minutes, he would still be embarrassed for a while. Later on, some of the girls even purposely slept late in class because Lu Xinpei could call them out by themselves. Then, under his gaze, they walked out of the classroom and stood in the corridor. They could even find a seat near the window and peek at him as if no one else was there.

The worst thing was still the writing review. No one could understand why a master of architecture would have his students write a review in all kinds of characters at the very start. Electronic version is not good, printing out is also not good, do not look for gunners, do not substitute pen, must personally pen or brush handwritten. And the difficulty of fonts, excluding Professor Lu's personal preferences, basically depends on the bad nature of the mistakes made by the parties involved.

One time, Shu Lan brought food to Qin Changjun, and the bus broke down on the way back, causing her to be 15 minutes late for class. At that time, Shu Lan was standing at the entrance of the classroom, out of breath. She mustered up her courage to shout out a report, but when Lu Xinpei heard the sound, he didn't even bat an eyelid.

Lyi Qingqing still remembers that the major lesson Lu Xinpei was about the American Chicago School and Knight's Prairie House. She sat in the fifth row of the classroom. The seat beside her was empty. She looked up at the podium and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for Shu Lan.

Usually, in this kind of situation, Lu Xinpei would stop on the spot, look down at his wristwatch, and accurately report the number of minutes the other party was late, before saying "Please enter" in an amiable tone. As the other party entered the classroom under the gaze of everyone, Lu Xinpei would sit down, and the moment he heard Lu Xinpei's voice, which was very low, he would announce the number and font of the review.

Shu Lan stood at the door of the classroom for 15 minutes, not waiting for him to speak. The few bold students began exchanging glances with each other. They were all guessing how badly Shu Lan would be punished this time since Professor Lu was not playing according to common sense.

Unexpectedly, Lu Xinpei suddenly said: "Go back to your seat!"

Not only was it sudden, she had only said this from the beginning. Shu Lan walked in with her head lowered and sat down beside her cautiously. She narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth as she prepared to listen to his sentence … In the end, he didn't hear anything.

After about a minute, Lu Xinpei started his lecture again.

Later on, Shu Lan kept asking her if Lu Xinpei had let her off because she knew that the two of them were especially close to each other, so he was extra generous to her!

Of course not!

At that time, Lu Xinpei had only been their visiting professor for only three months. Including Lyi Maoxun, they had only met once. In total, they had only met three times.

The first time was before Lyi Qingqing knew his identity. Since school hadn't officially started yet and she had to report to school the next day, she decided to stay there one day ahead of time. After the college entrance exam was over, Lyi Maoxun bought her a commercial apartment near the school. He said it was because the dormitory was inconvenient and it was too far away from home.

That day, her auntie came to clean up the house for her. She had dinner early and it was a rare day for her to have good spring weather. She changed into a sports outfit and put on her earphones before jogging to school. She hadn't even run more than a lap down the field when a shadow seemed to be moving in the stands. She hadn't paid much attention to that at first, but a cat suddenly jumped out of one of the runways, scaring her. She couldn't stop her inertia.

When Lyi Qingqing was very young, she was chased by her neighbor's dog once. From then on, she kept her distance from all kinds of small animals like cats and dogs!

Last summer, she had read in the morning newspaper about a family in a small town that had kept a big wolfdog for many years. Because of the hot and dry weather, they had actually killed a three-year-old girl. The little girl's grandma came back from washing clothes in the pond and immediately fainted in fright. After being rescued, she felt guilty and didn't know how to face her son and daughter-in-law. She actually jumped into the river in the middle of the night and committed suicide.

One dog, two lives, one family's eternal misery and pain.

After that, she became even more afraid. When she saw people sneaking pets on the road, she would subconsciously walk further away. It wasn't that she didn't have love, but that she was truly afraid from the bottom of her heart and couldn't get close to them!

The cat seemed to be alarmed and ran away in the blink of an eye.

She sat there, dusting her hands, and was about to get up when she realized she had sprained her foot.

Just as he was feeling depressed, a man's voice rang out, "Student, are you alright?"

Lyi Qingqing raised her head to take a look. Her first reaction was to be high, and she had to completely raise her head to see the man's face. Her second reaction was to look good.

She probably looked at him for a long time because she heard the hesitant voice above her head call out to her again: "Buddy, are you alright?"

She embarrassedly looked away. Thankfully, she did not see her face blushing at night. "My foot … I think I sprained it."

Actually, even she didn't know why she said that. In this situation, shouldn't she say, "Oh, there's no problem, thank you!"

The man then squatted down and said, "The school hasn't started yet, and the infirmary is probably not open yet either. If you don't mind, I'll help you stand, and you can try walking around. OK?"

She remained reserved for a moment before saying, "Then, I'll have to trouble you!"

The honorifics were used because she was able to look him in the eye at close range when he squatted down. Although the lights were not very bright and the moonlight wasn't bright enough in the early spring, she still thought about it in her heart. Hmm, she should be around 35 or 36 years old.

She pulled herself up by the strength of his arm and tried to walk two steps herself. It hurt a little.

Lu Xinpei was a gentleman. He watched on the side for a while and made sure that there was nothing wrong with her, then said: "Sorry, I still have some matters to attend to. I'm in a hurry, it looks like I won't be able to see you off. "Then, goodbye!"

Lyi Qingqing saw him look down at his watch, which flashed. If she was not mistaken, it was the limited edition of the Jiang Shi Dan Paterie's legacy.

She had one, too, in platinum, with a blue Mississippi alligator strap.

She quickly said, "It's because I'm embarrassed! I'm so sorry to have delayed you for so long! Please take care! "

Before leaving, Lu Xinpei smiled at her and said: "Sorry, goodbye!"

At that time, there was a popular saying on campus: "Spring water is rising. Spring forest is blooming. Spring wind is ten miles away from you."

That night, Lyi Qingqing patiently and patiently walked back home, humming a small tune as she thought over and over again about what she had said.

Afterwards, intentionally or not, she had gone to that field several times at the same time, but she never saw him again. Perhaps he was just passing by the school that day and had come in for a stroll out of boredom. His usual daily activities were not around here at all. However, he said he had something to do and was in a hurry to leave. Since he had something to do, he shouldn't have purposely come around.

The school hadn't started yet, so he couldn't be here to handle matters. Judging from his appearance, he didn't seem like a teacher at school at all. For a week, she couldn't help but think about it. She felt a sense of melancholy. After all, she couldn't casually ask for his name, much less contact him …

On the second Saturday after school started, Lyi Maoxun called to take her out for dinner. He said that he was an old acquaintance of his, and from next month on, he was going to be a visiting professor at her school for a year.

Lyi Qingqing didn't really want to go. After accompanying Shu Lan to the school cafeteria for dinner, she rushed off to work as a home tutor. She didn't really have much work to do at the beginning of the term.

This was, after all, a meal for the elders, so she purposely went home to change.

They arrived first, and about three or five minutes later the butler knocked on the door and came in with his guests. The first to walk in front of them was the man who had held her hand on the playground the night before school started.

That night, he wore a beige windbreaker, curry corduroy trousers, and apricot-colored moccasins as clean as new.

He seemed to recognize her at once!

After they sat down, Lyi Maoxun introduced them one by one. It turned out that he was the visiting professor that his father had spoken of. In the following year, he taught a major course in modern architecture in a foreign country.

However, that night, not only did they invite him, but they also invited his wife and sister's family, Mr. and Mrs. Mu, as well as their only son, Mu Shaoqi.

From the first moment Mu Shaoqi looked at her, she understood the true meaning of this meal.

The meal was boring. From beginning to end, she wore a polite smile, picking up the food elegantly and sipping on the freshly squeezed fruit juice in front of her.

Mu Shaoqi was very attentive. When he saw that her cup was almost empty, he immediately stood up and filled it up for her. Throughout the evening, Mrs. Mu's eyes drifted to her from time to time, always with a gentle, satisfied smile.

Maybe it was because she drank too much juice, she left her seat and went to the bathroom. In fact, there was a private bathroom in the private room, but she still didn't feel used to it, so she took the opportunity to take a breath.

When he returned to the room, Lu Xinpei was on the phone in the hallway. It was unknown if he saw her coming over, so he quickly closed the line.

Lyi Qingqing gave him a polite smile. She was about to push the door open and enter first when she heard him ask, "Are your feet ready?"

She paused in her steps, turned around and smiled naturally: "Alright! "Thank you, Professor Lu!"