Chapter 443 - The First Song of Qin (16) (1/2)
“C’mon, lemme stay for the night.” Shi Sheng sized him up with her gaze.
“Student Qiao Chu, you want to stay at a single man’s apartment in the middle of the night? Aren’t you afraid I’ll do anything to you?” Though Qin Ge had a proper expression on, his words were anything but.
“What do you want to do to me?”
“What else could a lone guy and girl do?”
“Actually, if Professor Qin is willing, I wouldn’t mind ah.” Shi Sheng had a ‘shy’ expression on, though her inner thoughts were filled with negativity. ‘If this guy dares to do anything to me, see if I’ll hack him to death!’
Qin Ge, “…” ‘You’re a girl! Don’t you know what being reserved is?’
He shook his head before tossing Shi Sheng’s jacket at her.
Pa.
Something fell out of it.
The two looked down at the same time.
Shi Sheng, “…”
Qin Ge, “…”
The atmosphere turned strangely awkward.
Qin Ge gave Shi Sheng a meaningful look while she maintained her composure.
Qin Ge bent over to pick the object up. He then leaned forward slightly to hand it over to Shi Sheng. “Student Qiao Chu.”
Shi Sheng took it from him, still calm. She didn’t forget to explain, “Got it from a lottery.”
“Lottery? Only one?” Qin Ge’s smile appeared a bit cold. He turned around and walked towards the door.
‘No wait, Prof, I can explain! I gave the rest away, but couldn’t find someone to give this last one to!!!’
Qin Ge had already opened the door. Shi Sheng grit her teeth, stuffed it back in her pocket, and calmly walked out like nothing happened.
‘We’re both adults, what’s there to be afraid of? Shameless people are invincible.’
Qin Ge rented a room from the hotel next to his apartment for Shi Sheng to stay in, while he went back home to sleep.
Shi Sheng was simply about to become a walking emoji at this point. ‘Don’t understand this professor at all. Though I guess beasts’ thoughts are supposed to be different.’
The next day, Shi Sheng decisively skipped class.
Qin Ge kept calling her, so she deftly placed him onto her blacklist.
Sometimes, people had to be firm. They had to say no to the things they didn’t like. Even if…it was the person they liked who wanted to do those things.
Shi Sheng was a principled human scum.
……
In an auditoria classroom, Qin Ge stood at the podium giving a lecture with a dark expression. The students took advantage of when he turned around to discuss.
“The Great Class Skipper didn’t come again?”
“Didn’t you see Professor Qin’s expression during rollcall just now? I almost thought he’d stab her if she was standing in front of him.”
“Weren’t there rumours before that he was chasing her?”
“You believed that? That OCD Professor Qin must’ve chased her only because he was unhappy someone skipped his class. Plus, she’s skipped more than a semester’s worth of classes. I reckon Professor Qin’s going mad.”
“Guess so… I had to do the assignment last week 5 times before passing. Already starting to doubt my life choices.”
“At least you only had to do 5. I had to do it 7 times…”
The group of students grieved silently. ‘Is it too late to change our major?’
When class ended, Qin Ge assigned the class this week’s homework amidst much groaning.
Qin Ge left the classroom and was greeted by the Vice Principal, causing him to frown.
“Xiao Qin.” The Vice Principal appeared older than 50. His hair was completely white and he appeared like Maitreya[1] when he smiled.
“Vice Principal.” Qin Ge greeted him without much emotion.
The Vice Principal chuckled, before pointing at a less populated area in the distance. “Let’s go there for a stroll.”