Chapter 109: 81, _3
The Spicy Girl made faces beside her, and Shi Nian nodded shyly, "Um, yes. It was actually an accident too."
Everyone found their seats and sat down. Mark also walked to his seat, which was the second seat on the left. As Shi Nian arrived later, she patiently stood aside, waiting for the seat to be vacated.
Everyone sat down, tacitly leaving one seat open.
It was the one closest to the podium on the left, right next to Mark, precisely to Mark’s left.
Once everyone was seated, they all raised their eyes, silently observing Shi Nian’s reaction. Queen S, having been the one to reveal the secret, did not look over and instead lowered her head to whisper something to Zhong Kui.
Shi Nian took a deep breath, hugged her backpack, and walked over, then quietly sat down.
Seeing her so calm, the other 19 people resumed their activities, softly chatting or preparing their notebooks.
Mark asked softly, "Nian, are you okay?"
Shi Nian shook her head with a smile, quietly observing the entire classroom from this perspective.
If facing the blackboard, the window would be on the left and the door on the right. Her position was right by the window, far from the door, requiring her to walk past half the seats when entering; however, from this spot, she could observe all positions and everyone’s facial expressions.
In other words, this position’s observation angle was second only to the professor’s seat. It was on par with the rightmost position on the opposite side, making it the second-best observation angle in the classroom.
Shi Nian silently concluded: It seems Zhou Guanghan is someone who likes to observe coolly.
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Class time arrived, and footsteps were heard from outside the door.
The school building and the dormitory had both been around for a century. To maintain tradition, apart from the necessary modern educational equipment, the classroom retained its original architectural style. The floor was still the old floor from a hundred years ago.
Such a floor would echo footsteps.
Yet the footsteps outside were not rushing as she imagined, rather they were unhurried, leisurely stepping closer step by step.
Shi Nian etched an impression in her mind: Extremely confident, extremely calm, and adept at measuring the appropriate degree.
The door opened, and Shi Nian simultaneously lowered her head to look at her watch—sure enough, it was exactly class time, not early nor late.
After checking her watch, she heard Queen S gasp. Queen S’s seat was directly facing the professor’s seat, meaning she was seated exactly half a semicircle away from Shi Nian. Shi Nian could easily see the expression on her face.
Shi Nian raised her gaze from her watch, inadvertently glancing at her face.
The girl, changing from her queenly arrogance, now had her eyes wide open, staring at the door, filled with humility and distress.
—She was genuinely moved.
Shi Nian took a round of observations, then leisurely lifted her eyes to see Professor T.
After all, she was interested in the course itself, not the person.
Slowly lifting her gaze, her eyes focused on the door—
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In reality, she was not the only one looking toward the door; everyone in the classroom had lifted their eyes to gaze at the door.
But the person at the door did not move because of the attention from the other 19 people; he still held the doorknob, standing stable in the doorway. His eyes were fixed only on her.
So when she finally snapped out of her daze and lifted her eyes to look over—her gaze collided with his mid-air.
At that moment, she almost stood up from her seat!
The person standing at the door, though he was no longer in his crisp police uniform and was only wearing a cream-colored V-neck sweater with khaki trousers; even with a pair of black-framed glasses on his nose—
She recognized him at once. It was none other than Tang Yanqing, who had disappeared from her life for a month!
The cream-colored V-neck sweater he was wearing was the same one he wore the night he gave her the bra!
That night was the first time she saw him without a police uniform, without his sunglasses.
That night his eyes were like springs, dazzlingly astonished her eyes.
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As if satisfied with enjoying Shi Nian’s shock and delight at this moment, he slightly raised his eyebrows, walked in, and turned to close the door.
Perhaps it was because the two of them stared at each other for too long, or maybe the professor looked at only one person for too long, or perhaps the new student’s reaction was a bit too intense... Regardless, the eyes of the remaining 19 people shifted away from the professor and instantly focused entirely on Shi Nian’s face.