The school beauty is aloof? Whatever, she has a younger sister.

Chapter 140 The Jealous Baby's Gaze

The meeting lasted all day.

Several more speakers took the stage in the afternoon, delivering a dense stream of content. Zhang Muchen's mind was racing.

Finally, the meeting came to an end in the evening.

As soon as he left the meeting room, he immediately took out his phone. Professor Li had sent him a message on WeChat:

"Hey Zhang, you asked me out to dinner?"

Several professors invited me to dinner earlier, but I declined. Why don't you invite Xiaoliu and your classmates over tonight? I'll treat you all to dinner.

Tsk.

Professor Li is a person I can get along with.

He actually turned down a dinner invitation to eat with someone as small as himself.

Zhang Muchen sighed at the screen, "I really feel at ease leaving Sister Yang in your lab."

However, when Zhang Muchen saw Professor Li's message that he was going to treat everyone, he frowned slightly.

Professor, I should be the one inviting you to dinner.

If you ask me to do it, the system might flag it as an incomplete task.
He pondered for a few seconds, then began typing a reply: "Professor, it's Sister Yang treating. My classmate and I are all ready for a big meal, so please don't stand on ceremony with her~"

Li Changqing, on the other end, couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the message.

Okay, send me your location.

Upon seeing Professor Li's reply, Zhang Muchen's lips curled up, and his eyes brightened slightly.

Plan passes.

As night falls, the neon lights on both sides of the road flicker and illuminate the sleepless city.

Zhang Muchen slightly opened the window, and the cool night breeze blew into the air-conditioned private room, dispelling the slightly stuffy atmosphere of the dinner party.

After getting some fresh air, he slowly closed the window.

Sitting at the back of the private room, Li Changqing looked around at the girls sitting around him and couldn't help but praise, "Xiao Liu, your school really produces beauties..."

Liu Wuyang smiled faintly: "Professor, appearance is only one aspect; their grades are also quite good."

Li Changqing nodded, then turned his gaze to Zhang Muchen, who was pouring him sweet tea.

"Xiao Zhang, are you dating any of the female classmates here?"

?

Zhang Muchen was startled, and almost spilled the teapot in his hand.

Holy crap, professor, that was such a direct question...

He quietly approached Li Changqing and whispered, "As you wish."

This time, it was Li Changqing's turn to be taken aback.

He paused for two seconds, then chuckled, "You silly child..."

Liu Wuyang quietly stopped smiling and turned her gaze to Zhang Muchen, who was whispering to Li Changqing.

Her expression turned slightly somber.

Professor Li's seemingly joking remark just now inexplicably made my heart tremble.

"Zhang Muchen is too popular with the opposite sex."

She took a small sip of the sweet tea; the aroma was soothing, yet it failed to calm the slight turmoil in her heart.

Once New Year's Day is over, I will leave the quiet little county town and head to the capital.

Who knows how many tricks Zhang Muchen will pull off at school after this separation?

Her gaze secretly swept over the girls on the table.

Chu Jiuli and Chu Youting sat quietly, their eyes and brows radiating the purity and spirit unique to young girls.

"Young, beautiful, well-behaved, and adorable," Liu Wuyang silently commented in her heart.

Her gaze then fell on Wang Shishi. The girl had a bright smile and graceful demeanor.

"Little rich woman."

A concise and precise comment flashed through my mind.

Liu Wuyang withdrew her gaze, her face remaining calm and her lips not moving.

Not worth it, not worth it.
Why should I, an adult, argue with a bunch of high school students? She picked up her teacup again and took a small sip. Her movements were as elegant as ever, but she unconsciously took a tiny extra sip.

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

Zhang Muchen suddenly spoke up, breaking the brief silence: "Professor, do you know any experts in neurology?"

"Neurology? I do know a few."

"What? Xiao Zhang, are you interested in neurology?" A probing look flashed in Li Changqing's eyes.

“It wasn’t me,” Zhang Muchen shook his head with a smile, then turned his head and gestured to the side with his chin. “It was her.”

Chu Jiuli was wiping her hands when she was suddenly called upon, and she was a little stunned. She looked up and met Li Changqing's gaze, then nodded to him somewhat awkwardly.

Li Changqing took a sip of tea to moisten his throat: "Neurology is a very complex discipline. You can only learn the core things at the graduate level."

Chu Jiuli was silent for a moment, as if weighing her options, before finally mustering the courage to ask, "Does pursuing a master's degree... require a lot of money?"

Li Changqing smiled upon hearing this and reassured him, "If your grades are good, the national scholarship each year can completely cover your tuition. Moreover, there are many projects and research topics that graduate students can participate in, and it's common to earn more than you spend. To be honest, the expenses for graduate studies are much lower than those for undergraduate studies."

Chu Jiuli's eyes flickered slightly, a glint of light flashing within them.

Li Changqing continued, "Several professors I know teach at medical schools in the capital."

"Professor Wang Yingyuan is at the Third Medical University."

"Professor Chen Feihong is at the Second Medical University."

"And my wife, Chen Yu, is a professor at Tsinghua or Peking University."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Muchen was taken aback: "Professor...you have a wife?"

"?"

"No, no, what I mean is, you have a wife who is a professor at Tsinghua or Peking University?"

“Yes.” Li Changqing nodded. “My wife is a very nice person. If Xiao Chu can get into Tsinghua or Peking University and is interested in neuroscience, I can have my wife give her extra tutoring.”

Tsk.

That's quite an insightful statement, Professor.

Okay, okay, from now on, your deskmate will follow your wife around.

And you, Professor, don't be so polite. A future Nobel laureate came from your family's private tutoring, so you have good foresight and haven't lost out.

You can also benefit from it.

He raised his glass: "Come on, Professor, let me toast you on behalf of my deskmate."

Li Changqing smiled and raised his cup. The two clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Chu Jiuli sat in her seat, her expression calm, quietly watching the young man and the professor chatting and laughing.

Without saying a word, he was already connecting me with future resources and making connections.

It's like planning a future for yourself that hasn't been spoken yet.

Her gaze softened.

"Jiuli, isn't this guy super reliable?"

Wang Shishi suddenly leaned over and interrupted her thoughts with a grin.

Chu Jiuli paused for a moment: "Hmm..."

She couldn't help but glance at Zhang Muchen a few more times.

But in that very glance, she suddenly noticed a slightly subtle gaze—Liu Wuyang.

Liu Wuyang leaned back in her chair, arms crossed, her eyes indifferent.

She didn't speak, but just looked at Chu Jiuli, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye standing out clearly under the light.

The two stared at each other for a brief second.

Liu Wuyang slowly shifted her gaze, picked up her teacup, and lowered her head to drink the tea.

Chu Jiuli also lowered her head, her lips slightly pursed.

She couldn't understand what Liu Wuyang meant by that glance.

It seems to carry a hint of dissatisfaction? Or perhaps some kind of... subtle tension?
A slight sense of confusion arose in Chu Jiuli's heart.

What happened to Teacher Liu?
That one glance just now.
What means?
(End of this chapter)