After being reborn, my sister insisted on marrying me.

Yanjing.

The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, and the Affiliated University.

library.

Li Daiyuan entered from the main entrance of the library.

The old man was wearing a dark gray polo shirt today, with the collar turned up meticulously.

He paired it with navy blue trousers and polished leather shoes.

He looked like he had just stepped down from a formal occasion, or like he was rushing to attend some important meeting.

Wei Yi could see him from a distance, even though they were two tables apart.

That old man Deng is really too handsome, with a face that looks like a dog.

seriously.

Wei Yi really believes in the theory of external appearance.

This old man is absolutely top-notch.

Even if you are over fifty years old.

He's also a strikingly handsome old man; no wonder he attracted the attention of young ladies when he was young.

No wonder they've all become like sons-in-law.

He can still continue to flirt with other women outside.

If that young lady could have children, perhaps he wouldn't have suffered so much later on.

He saw Li Daiyuan, and Old Li obviously saw him too.

And Gao Mingyuan, who was sitting opposite him.

He paused, his expression shifting.

In less than a fraction of a second, he completed a brilliant switch from "Hey, what's that kid doing?" to "Holy crap, Old Gao is here too!" and then to "Quickly go over and say hello."

He strode over, bowed slightly to Gao Mingyuan, and spoke in a low, measured voice.

Respectful yet not out of place in the quiet library: "Professor Gao, you're here too. What a coincidence."

Gao Mingyuan raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and hummed in response.

That attitude was completely different from when he was chatting with Wei Yi earlier.

Wei Yi watched with amazement, thinking to himself that the old man was truly putting on airs.

However, considering his resume and teaching qualifications, it's quite normal for him to act this way.

Li Daiyuan didn't feel neglected at all. He straightened up and his gaze fell on Wei Yi and the book lying open beside him.

"Selected Works of Mao Zedong?"

Li Daiyuan was stunned for a moment, then leaned forward to see the words on the cover clearly. His face showed a look of disbelief: "Volume Six? Kid, you're looking at this?"

Before Wei Yi could speak, Li Daiyuan had already plopped down next to him, his voice full of disbelief:

"I was wondering why you've been going to Renmin University so much these past few days, especially the library. I was thinking, you're not here to see the pretty female students, are you? Our Renmin University library has the highest density of beautiful women in the country, bar none."

Even if what he said is true, there are indeed many beautiful women in the Renmin University Library.

Wei Yi was also speechless: "Old Deng, as the dean of a law school, is it reasonable for you to say something like that?"

"What happened to me?"

Li Daiyuan said matter-of-factly, "This is a reasonable deduction. Do you think I don't know your character? You won't get up early for anything but pretty girls. Besides pretty girls, what else could lure you to the library?"

After he finished speaking, he chuckled to himself, then looked at the book in front of Wei Yi, his brows furrowing.

"And you're telling me you're here reading Mao's Selected Works? Volume VI? You're a history student, what are you doing reading this? Do you even know how to understand it?"

Wei Yi ignored his question.

He closed the book, turned his head, and looked at Li Daiyuan with a half-smile:

"Old Deng, never mind what I'm looking at. I want to ask you, the dean of the law school, with the semester about to start, why aren't you busy with your own affairs? What are you doing in the library? You're not here to look at pretty female students, are you?"

Li Daiyuan was taken aback, then seemed to be reminded of something very important, and his whole body perked up.

He leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and a smug smile appeared on his handsome old face—a smile that Wei Yi knew all too well.

"Hey kid," he said in a low voice, his tone brimming with barely concealed smugness, "I, your teacher Li, am going abroad."

Wei Yi responded with an "Oh".

Li Daiyuan was dissatisfied: "Just an 'oh'? Do you even know what I'm supposed to be doing?"

Wei Yi: "Where are you going?"

"Next month, I'm going to the United States with a tour group."

Li Daiyuan held up one finger and pointed to the sky, his expression enigmatic. "As an academic and legal advisor. A delegation of several hundred people, from the education and legal sectors, that's a visit of what level."

Wei Yi said "Oh" again.

This time, he casually replied, "Oh, so that's what it is."

Li Daiyuan nodded smugly:

"What, envious? Let me tell you, this list was selected through multiple rounds of screening, the best of the best. So many people would kill for it..."

"I was selected too."

Li Daiyuan's words seemed to be stuck on something.

His mouth was agape, his smile frozen in mid-air. After several seconds, he slowly turned his head to look at Wei Yi.

"What did you say?"

"I said, I was selected too."

Wei Yi shrugged, his tone nonchalant, but you could tell he was just showing off.

Li Daiyuan frowned, stared at him for a full five seconds, and then burst out laughing.

"you?"

He waved his hand, giving me a "you're just bragging" look. "Don't be ridiculous. I've looked at that list very carefully. Hundreds of people, from ministries to companies, from scholars to journalists, every single one of them. Your name, Wei Yi, isn't on it."

He paused, then added, his tone slightly sarcastic:

"Unless you're going as a security guard or an intelligence agent. Those two types of people won't have their names on the list."

After saying that, he laughed first.

They seemed to have already concluded that Wei Yi was bragging, and were waiting to see how he would smooth things over.

Wei Yi remained silent.

He picked up the disposable paper cup beside him, took a sip of cool boiled water, and his expression was as calm as could be.

He didn't think the old man would lie to him.

If the old man says he wants to go by himself, then he definitely can.

after all……

That was the will of Heaven!

Just then.

Gao Mingyuan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Little Li, there's another type of person whose name won't even be on the list."

Li Daiyuan and Wei Yi both looked at him at the same time.

Gao Mingyuan, still with his eyes half-closed, slowly said:

"People with special status. For example, confidants. For example, relatives."

Li Daiyuan's expression froze instantly.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Wei Yi.

Wei Yi maintained his usual irritatingly calm demeanor.

Li Daiyuan opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again.

Finally, he lowered his voice, his tone carrying an inexplicable sourness, and squeezed out a sentence:

"No way...you're really going?"

Wei Yi shrugged and said, "Unless my father-in-law is lying to me, I'll probably go anyway."

"Which father-in-law?" Li Daiyuan blurted out.

Wei Yi glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Li Daiyuan was the first to realize it.

The father-in-law can add anyone to the delegation list at will, without even having to be on the list himself.

Which other could it be?

Anyway, it's not his.

Li Daiyuan remained silent.