Back in the dormitory, Qin Tian naturally received curious stares from his roommates.
On his way back, he had already seen the chat records in the class group, so he knew why they were looking at him with expressions that seemed to hold back words.
Qin Tian had no intention of explaining anything. He walked to his closet, opened it, and found a clean set of clothes to change into, then went to the bathroom to shower.
After the bathroom door closed, Chen Zhuang and the other two began to whisper among themselves.
"Cao Mingliang, do you think Brother Tian is in a good or bad mood?"
"How can I tell?"
"Ah Zhe, what do you think?"
The two turned their gaze towards Zhuang Zhe, who was leaning against his bed reading.
Zhuang Zhe looked up at the two of them and said blankly, "I didn't notice!"
He hadn't paid any attention to the matter at all. He had just glanced at Qin Tian and then lowered his head to continue reading.
"Alright, shouldn't have asked you, wasted our breath!"
Chen Zhuang waved his hand speechlessly.
"Indeed!"
Cao Mingliang nodded in agreement.
"You told everyone in the group not to gossip too much, and now you want to ask yourselves. Aren't you just bored?"
Zhuang Zhe said with a calm expression.
Chen Zhuang and Cao Mingliang exchanged a glance upon hearing this, both momentarily speechless.
"Damn it, you silent type, it's better if you don't talk from now on. Why does it sound so awkward!"
"Agreed."
"You guys were the ones who asked me."
Zhuang Zhe couldn't be bothered with them anymore and lowered his head to continue reading.
Chen Zhuang and Cao Mingliang also lost their interest in further discussion. One continued playing games, while the other quickly typed on his phone to flirt with girls.
A moment later, Qin Tian came out after his shower.
"Brother Tian, you're done showering? Want to log in and play a couple of rounds?"
Chen Zhuang glanced at him and asked with a smile.
Zhuang Zhe's sharp, albeit truthful, remark had made him abandon his curiosity.
"Sure. Are you done?"
Qin Tian nodded in agreement.
It was still early, and he wasn't sleepy, so playing a couple of games together wouldn't be bad.
"Wait a moment, almost there. Damn it, this AD carry is too bad, otherwise, the enemy would have surrendered earlier."
Chen Zhuang stared at the computer screen, blaming his teammates while focusing on his operations.
Qin Tian walked over to his computer and sat down. He powered it on and logged into his account, waiting for Chen Zhuang to finish.
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The next day, news spread across the campus.
A doctoral supervisor from the prestigious Tsinghua University in the capital, and a researcher of the second tier at a national-level research institute, would be giving a lecture at 3:30 PM in the tiered lecture hall on the fourth floor of the school's Teaching Building No. 8.
Originally, this news would not have attracted much attention.
Although Qin Hongwen held a high position in his professional field, he was always a person who worked quietly. In terms of fame, he might not even compare to an obscure celebrity.
After the lecture was announced in the morning, only a small number of students whose majors were related paid attention.
Regardless of Qin Hongwen's name recognition, the titles of Tsinghua University doctoral supervisor and national second-tier researcher carried significant weight.
After all, researchers were divided into four levels, from first tier to fourth tier, from highest to lowest.
First-tier researchers were generally academicians of the National Academy of Sciences or Engineering, or scholars who had made significant contributions to the nation in the social sciences, representing the nation's top talent.
As for second-tier researchers, they were the elites and leaders in their respective professional fields, possessing high authority within their industries.
Jiangcheng University was one of the top universities in the country, and it hosted many industry elites and big names for lectures.
Therefore, people were accustomed to such events. Apart from lectures directly related to their majors, they generally didn't pay attention to others and were too lazy to waste their time.
After the lecture information was posted in the class group by the counselors, it did not create much of a stir.
Except for Economics Class One!
"Nuannuan, quickly look at the group chat! The counselor posted a notice, is it Qin Tian's dad's lecture?"
Shen Siqi was the first to see the notice in the group chat and said to Xia Nuannuan somewhat excitedly.
Her voice was a bit loud, and many students nearby heard it, becoming a little confused.
Xia Nuannuan took out her phone, looked at the notice, and then smiled sweetly, nodding, "It's Uncle Qin. I just received his text message."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding students hurriedly took out their phones to check the notice in the group chat.
Connecting it with the discussion in the group chat yesterday, everyone was shocked.
"Is this the class monitor's dad?"
"Oh my god, is the class monitor's dad this amazing? A doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, a second-tier researcher, my goodness, what a super scholar!"
"No wonder. I said the person in the photo yesterday had such a good temperament. How could he not have a good temperament?"
"What do you say, what do you say, should we all go and watch this lecture?"
"Does that even need to be asked? We absolutely must go!"
"..."
Like a stone dropped into a calm lake, ripples spread outwards, and the entire classroom soon became abuzz.
Qin Tian listened to the constant exclamations of "Class monitor's dad" and "Brother Tian's old man." His eyes twitched slightly. He tried his best to block out the sounds, propping his chin with one hand and looking down at his book.
Xia Nuannuan glanced at him, put her right index finger to her lips, and made a shushing gesture to Zhang Lang, who was trying to ask something in front of them.
She could empathize with Qin Tian's feelings but also felt proud of him.
With everyone carrying their phones, the news spread to students in both classes, and the matter naturally couldn't be kept secret.
By lunchtime, more than half of the students on campus knew that the Professor Qin giving a lecture that afternoon was Qin Tian's father.
As a result, the lecture suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.
That afternoon, there was only one major class.
After the instructor announced the end of the class, the classroom immediately became noisy.
Many students from both economics classes were calling out to their friends, preparing to go and attend the lecture together.
Among them, girls were naturally in the majority, with almost all the girls from both classes looking expectant.
Qin Tian noticed the gazes falling on him and felt quite speechless, feeling a bit reluctant to join the excitement.
"Nuannuan, let's go quickly. We need to hurry, or there won't be any seats at this rate,"
Cheng Meng urged with a smile.
"Mhm, mhm!"
Xia Nuannuan nodded repeatedly, then looked at Qin Tian with a smile and said, "Brother, let's go!"
"Perhaps you should go with Cheng Meng and the others. I..."
"Brother!"
Before Qin Tian could finish speaking, Xia Nuannuan interrupted him with a frown.
She didn't care that many people were watching and directly unleashed her usual cute and coquettish tactics that she used to deal with her father and mother.
She suddenly wrapped her arms around Qin Tian's arm, gently shaking it, and pouted her small lips, pleading,
"Just come with me, please. Uncle Qin will definitely want you to go."
The surrounding students were stunned, and many boys felt their hearts melt.
Who could resist this? Forget going to a lecture together, they would even go through fire and water!