Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 439 Zhichuang's Abnormality

On Double Eleven Day.

The morning light is breaking.

Tang Wan turned off the buzzing alarm on her cell phone and sat up sleepily.

"Xiao Ai, have you prepared breakfast over there?"

[Almost done, filtering the last portion of soy milk. ]

"There's still enough time. Take it easy. There's no rush."

【Oh, I see. 】

Tang Wan drew aside the bed curtains, and the bright light shone through, and she subconsciously closed her eyes.

After getting used to it, Tang Wan opened her eyes again and slowly climbed down the bed along the ladder.

Looking around the dormitory, except for Park Soo-young who was still sitting at the desk drawing her eyebrows in the mirror, Xiao Airen and Liu Qingmeng were nowhere to be seen.

“Everyone got up so early!”

"I have something to do. How can I not get up early?" Park Soo-young put away her eyebrow pencil and carefully checked her eyebrows. After confirming that they were correct, she asked, "When will your flowers be delivered?"

Tang Wan took the phone from the pillow, turned on the screen, checked the time, and replied, "The appointment is at 7:30, there's still half an hour."

"Follow the progress and report any problems in time."

"Ok."

Tang Wan put on her down jacket and walked out of the dormitory carrying a washbasin.

Ten minutes passed.

Tang Wan came back after washing up, and Park Soo-young had also put on her exquisite makeup.

The eyes are clearly outlined, the corners of the eyes are slightly raised, the eyebrows are thin and thick, the lips are bright red, and the skin blemishes are completely covered up. Compared with before makeup, she is like a completely different person.

Tang Wan had seen Park Soo-young's amazing face-changing skills several times, but she couldn't help but be shocked every time.

"Head of the dorm, when did you start learning how to put on makeup? You're so skilled!"

Park Soo-young took off her headband, and her bound blonde hair fell naturally.

"My mom taught me during the winter break after the high school entrance exam."

"You also wore makeup to school in high school?"

"Correct."

"Does your school allow it?"

Park Soo-young picked up a scarf beside her and wrapped it around her neck. She replied, "I don't wear heavy makeup. It won't affect my grades. I just put on some foundation and draw my eyebrows. The school won't bother to care."

Tang Wan walked to the closet, opened the door, and began to choose clothes.

"I don't know what you're thinking, but isn't it uncomfortable to put a bunch of chemicals on your face? And it's not good for your skin either."

Park Soo-young paused and stared at Tang Wan with deep eyes.

"Do you think I want to? If everyone is as naturally beautiful as you and Qingmeng, who would want to wear makeup? It's time-consuming, laborious and expensive."

Tang Wan realized that she had said the wrong thing, hid behind the cabinet door, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through."

Park Soo-young waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I'll leave first. You should hurry up and come to the gathering after you get the flowers."

Tang Wan nodded in agreement.

Seven forty.

Tang Wan arrived in front of the boys' dormitory building with three bouquets of flowers, one large and two small.

"Deputy class, where should I put the flowers?"

The deputy monitor of Tang Wan's class, whose full name is Luo Yuqing, wears a pair of thin-framed glasses, has a black ponytail that goes over her shoulders, no bangs on her forehead, has a delicate and gentle face, and a tall and slender figure.

He is kind to others in class, acts decisively and efficiently, and is highly recognized by his classmates.

"Give it to me!" Luo Yuqing walked up to Tang Wan, took the largest bouquet of flowers from her arms, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's your job."

Afterwards, the girl from the next dormitory who had asked Tang Wan to buy flowers and Liu Qingmeng also came over to take their flowers.

Looking at the flawless white rose with a few drops of water on its petals, Liu Qingmeng seemed to have thought of something and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"Wanwan, aren't you planning to give flowers to your boyfriend?" Liu Qingmeng asked.

Tang Wan was looking at the people coming in and out of the door. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "How do you know I didn't send you off?"

"what do you mean?"

"He went with me on the day I ordered the flowers."

Liu Qingmeng understood instantly, and then asked: "Is your boyfriend happy to receive your flowers?"

"I don't know. My boyfriend expresses his emotions directly. But I said I wanted to have a barbecue buffet for dinner, and he agreed immediately."

“That should be fun.”

At this time, Luo Yuqing clapped her hands to attract the attention of the girls.

"The monitor is taking the boys downstairs, everyone get ready!"

Tang Wan's mission was completed the moment she handed over the flowers, and then she just had to stand aside and act as a vase.

Soon, the class monitor led a dozen boys to join the group, and the scene immediately became lively.

"Oh, there really is breakfast?"

"We have flowers and gifts, but the monitor has no water for us!"

"I am in tears. This is the first time I have received a gift from a girl."

One of the experts in social activities approached the foam box containing breakfast and looked in.

"Wow, where did you buy this sandwich? It's too simple! Did you make it yourself?"

The girl in charge of making sandwiches immediately frowned and retorted.

"I made it for free and you're still picking on it? If you don't like it, don't eat it. No one's forcing you."

"Can't even say a few words?"

"Sure, of course! It's your freedom to be picky, but it's also my freedom not to share your breakfast."

Tang Wan had not participated in class activities for a long time since the global tour in her senior year of high school. Seeing this noisy scene, she felt it was quite interesting and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Fuck, look, the goddess is smiling at me!"

"What the hell are you talking about? You were smiling at me!"

Tang Wan's smile faded and she silently took two steps back.

"Damn, the goddess isn't smiling anymore, it's all your fault!"

"Don't blame me, I was scared by you!"

Tang Wan looked up at the sky.

It seems that whether a person is humble or not has little to do with his IQ.

……

the other side.

As usual, Lu You and Bi Yangde ran ten laps around the sports field and also finished the last two kilometers of the Sports World campus. Then they sat on the sidelines to rest and headed back to the dormitory.

Passing by the cafeteria door, Bi Yangde stopped and asked, "Would you like to have breakfast?"

Lu You wanted to agree, but when he turned around and saw the crowded scene in the cafeteria, he immediately changed his mind.

"There are too many people. I'll eat later."

"Row."

The two separated.

Bi Yangde walked into the cafeteria and became part of the crowd, while Lu You continued walking along the school road towards the dormitory.

Close to the dormitory building.

From afar, Lu You saw more than thirty people gathered near the dormitory gate, and one of them was very familiar to everyone.

Lu You said nothing and quickened his pace as he approached.

"Are you waiting for me?"

Tang Wan turned around, her surprise beyond words.

"How did you get in from the back? Is there a back door to the boys' dormitory?"

"I just came back from running." Lu You raised his hand and touched Tang Wan's face, which was smooth, delicate, and a little cool.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Lu You vaguely heard the sound of glass breaking.

"By the way, have you had breakfast?"

"Not yet." Lu You shook his head. He caught a glimpse of the soy milk and sandwiches in the hands of the boys around him, and smiled, "Did you prepare it for me?"

"No, but I can treat you to a meal, do you want to go?"

"Let's take a detour. The cafeteria next to the dormitory is too crowded at this time."

"No problem, let's go!"

Tang Wan said hello to Luo Yuqing, turned around and hugged Lu You's arm. Under the gaze of everyone with different emotions, the two left hand in hand.

"The goddess actually has a boyfriend, my first love is over!"

"Not necessarily. What if they are brother and sister?"

"That's incredible! You can even say such self-deceiving words. Don't tell anyone else that we live in the same dormitory."

"Can't you tell I'm just talking nonsense?"

"You don't seem to be talking big, you seem to be being stubborn."

Luo Yuqing took a step to Park Xiuying's side and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Park, Tang Wan's boyfriend is quite handsome! Do you know his background?"

Park Soo-young folded her arms and replied coldly: "I don't know. Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. Go ask me."

"Tsk, boring."

……

Lu You and Tang Wan walked about a hundred meters and came to another dining hall.

This canteen is located in the opposite direction of the dormitory and the teaching building, so not many people eat there.

It didn't take the two of them much time to respectively order a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, a fried dough stick, and a basket of steamed pork and green onion dumplings, then they found a seat and sat side by side.

Tang Wan took a spoon in her hand and slowly stirred it into the thick porridge, wisps of hot steam rising.

"Honey, don't you have classes this morning?"

"Can I still sit here and have breakfast with you when I have classes?" Lu You said with a smile.

"Makes sense."

Tang Wan scooped up a spoonful of porridge, blew on it a few times, and then opened her mouth to eat. A warm current rose from her stomach and quickly spread throughout her body.

"By the way, husband, do you go jogging every morning?"

"Almost." Lu You tore off a piece of fried dough stick and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "As long as I live in school, I will basically run unless it rains."

"So how much do you run on campus?"

“I just finished running 80 kilometers this morning.”

Tang Wan was delighted and picked up a steamed dumpling and put it into Lu You's bowl, saying flatteringly, "Um...husband, I have an immature idea..."

Before Tang Wan could finish, Lu You interrupted her and said, "No way, just run away by yourself, I won't help you."

"Why? You won't even help me with such a small matter. Can we still sleep together in the future?"

Lu You ignored Tang Wan's expression of pretending to be wronged and said calmly: "You said it was a small matter yourself, why do you need my help?"

"I'll wear black stockings for you to see."

"No, I'm tired of it."

"I'll play games with you on the weekend."

"You are too weak. I can't take care of you."

"If you help me run two kilometers, I won't disturb you from studying for a day."

"Hey!" Lu You's eyes lit up and he said, "That's good. I agree."

Tang Wan clenched her fists. She wanted to punch Lu You to death regardless of the consequences.

"You dislike me so much?"

"I don't dislike it, it's mainly because I love studying too much." Lu You said seriously.

"Believe it or not!"

"How many kilometers do you have left to run?"

Tang Wan thought about it and said uncertainly: "It seems to be ten kilometers."

"Ten kilometers equals five days of free study time, what a steal!

Snapped!

Tang Wan waved her right hand and slapped Lu You's thigh hard, smiling and said, "Don't push your luck, or I'll bite your dick off!"

Lu You's whole body tensed up and he felt an inexplicable pain in his phantom limb.

"You're a little scary."

"You were the one who provoked me first, so you can't blame me."

After eating the dumplings Tang Wan picked for him and taking a sip of porridge, Lu You continued, "When do you plan to start running? Tonight?"

"Not tonight. There's a party in class and everyone has to attend. We don't have time. Let's go tomorrow night."

"Oh, what time does it end?"

"A little after nine, no later than ten."

"Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No, I'm not going home to live, so there's no need to pick me up. Besides, there are more than 30 people, and I'm the only one who needs to be picked up. How embarrassing."

"Okay, it's up to you."

……

eight pm.

Lu You pressed the Ctrl+S keys, then let out a long breath, as if everything was burned out, and collapsed into the chair.

After more than a month, the thesis defense PPT was finally completed.

Although Xiao Liang said that the defense was informal and the PPT could be written freely, Lu You also thought so at first.

But when it came to actually doing it, Lu You's instinctive pursuit of perfection began to operate silently.

The PPT template is not good, it needs to be improved; the fonts of the title and text need to be standardized, they need to be improved; the citations in the paper need to be clear, they need to be improved.

With changes here and there, the workload immediately increased several times.

Of course, high efforts bring high rewards. The final PPT product won Lu You's heart, and it would be absolutely fine even if it was used in the formal defense.

"Let's send it to Professor Xiao for review!"

Lu You held the mouse again, put the PPT and thesis into a compressed package, backed them up locally, on mobile phone, and in the cloud, and then sent it to Xiao Liang via email.

After finishing, Lu You took the cup and prepared to get some water.

When he turned around, he saw Bi Yangde sitting behind him with a box of dried sweet potatoes in his hand.

"What are you doing?"

“Observe the daily behavior of the big guys.”

Lu You was a little speechless. He reached out and pulled out a dried sweet potato, bit off a third of it, and said, "Aren't you playing games tonight?"

"I don't play every day. I need to learn."

Lu You didn't comment, and asked, "How is your female online friend?"

"What happened?" Bi Yangde asked innocently.

Lu You kicked the chair under Bi Yangde and said, "Don't play dumb, you know what I mean."

"Just an ordinary netizen, what can I expect?"

"If you don't want to say it, forget it."

Lu You was too lazy to investigate further, so he turned around and left the dormitory with a dried sweet potato in his mouth.

five minutes later.

Lu You returned with the cup of water. Bi Yangde was still sitting in the same position, holding the dried sweet potatoes in his hand, without moving at all.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm curious." Bi Yangde pointed at Lu You's computer and asked, "How did you manage to write more than a hundred pages of PPT?"

"You will understand once you experience the thesis defense yourself." Lu You did not explain because it didn't make sense.

"I don't think I'll be able to write a 100-page PPT by the time I defend my dissertation."

"That depends on the depth of your paper. If your paper is truly your own and groundbreaking, a hundred pages of PPT is nothing."

"Hey, it's groundbreaking. It's a great success if the tutor doesn't regard me as academic garbage!" Bi Yangde laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Let's not talk about this. Don't you have to accompany Tang Wan tonight?"

"Her class is having a Boys' Day party, and everyone in the class has to attend."

"What the fuck? There is a party on Boys' Day? Why isn't there one in our class?" Bi Yangde said in shock.

Lu You sat back in his seat, put down his water cup, and replied, "The ratio of male to female in their class is 1:1, while in our class it's 7:1. There are only four girls in total. How can it be the same?"

"Fuck!" Bi Yangde grabbed a piece of dried sweet potato and threw it into his mouth, chewing it vigorously. "I should have chosen this crappy major. There are too many courses, the exams are difficult, and there are not many female students."

Lu You sneered and said, "What's the point of having so many girls? Your girlfriend isn't in there."

"Master, you shouldn't hurt others like this." Bi Yangde said resentfully.

"I'm just telling the truth. A mountain is not famous for its height, but for the immortals living there. A river is not famous for its depth, but for the dragons living there. A woman is not famous for her number, but for her choice of one. A man who can't find a girlfriend can still find one even if he is thrown into a pile of women."

"If you can speak, then speak more."

Click.

The sound of a door opening interrupted their conversation.

"I am back."

Zhang Zhichuang appeared in front of the two people holding a box half the size of a person.

"It's a big cardboard box. What did you buy?" Bi Yangde asked curiously.

"They are all snacks." Zhang Zhichuang bent down, put the box on the ground and opened it, saying proudly: "Double Eleven is a benefit, take whatever you like!"

"Is this true? Would you be so generous?" Bi Yangde's words were full of doubt.

"I remember that you like to eat nuts." Zhang Zhichuang squatted down, took out a box of mixed nuts from a pile of snacks and stuffed it into Bi Yangde's pocket, saying, "This is a reward for you. Don't be too grateful to me!"

"And Brother Lu, you seem to like sweets." Zhang Zhichuang took out two more bags of mochi and placed them on Lu You's desk. He then picked up the box again and said, "If you want anything else, feel free to contact me. I have beef jerky, squid strips, chicken wings, and more!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhichuang returned to his seat carrying the box.

Bi Yangde stared at Zhang Zhichuang's back and said, "Something is wrong, very wrong!"

Lu You had the same idea, but was not in a hurry to show it.

"What's wrong?"

Bi Yangde retracted his gaze, turned to look at Lu You, and said, "Hemorrhoids is usually so frugal that he doesn't even want to add eggs to fried noodles, but he is willing to buy snacks worth hundreds of dollars? Not to mention, he doesn't have the habit of eating snacks."

"There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Let's observe for a while before making any decisions."

(End of this chapter)