Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 386 - 97: Soft and Hard Persistent_1

Chapter 386: Chapter 97: Soft and Hard Persistent_1

Upon hearing Professor He ask which year he was in, Yan Fei remained utterly calm.

Because just a moment ago, there were two male students discussing. One said, "That girl is so pretty, I’ve never seen her before. Do you know which class she’s from?"

The other replied, "She must be new, she hasn’t attended practical classes yet. If she were a senior, how could we not know such a beautiful girl?"

Therefore, Yan Fei answered without revealing anything, "We are freshmen in our first year, we haven’t had practical classes yet. Professor He, do you need anything else? If not, we were going to look around."

As soon as Professor He heard that they were going to leave, he panicked: "Oh, freshmen...No wonder I don’t recognize you. What are you going to see? Can I accompany you?"

When the old man came jogging over just now, wouldn’t the students nearby notice? Now that they heard him say this, they immediately became extremely curious: What’s so special about these two students that could make Professor He personally accompany them?

Yan Fei was left speechless, "We are just looking around, we won’t disturb you anymore, Professor He."

Saying this, he quickly left with Miss Xu Xiaoyan.

"Hey, don’t rush away, let’s talk some more." This old man really has no shame, as he shouted towards the distance, "Xiaowu, you guys continue to discuss, I’ll join you shortly."

Brushing aside the gathering crowd, he chased after them.

Yan Fei still had some understanding, he simply couldn’t ask him to leave. On his own turf, Yan Fei became quite curious: "Professor He, aren’t you in charge of postgraduate students? Why are you also in charge of undergraduates?"

Old He, having finally separated from the majority of the students, quickly exposed his intention: "Other teachers will come over to take charge of the undergraduate students, I usually guide the postgraduates here. By the way, I don’t know your name yet, can we discuss the matter of the gold coin?"

The situation rapidly changed, Yan Fei, who was listless just a moment ago, immediately straightened up upon hearing him mention the gold coin: "Why do you need to know my name? Do you want to fail me in the exam if I don’t sell you the gold coin?"

Old He was left speechless: "Would I do that? Aren’t I just working it out with you? Don’t rush away! Let’s talk."

Yan Fei didn’t give him a chance: "No need to discuss it, I will not sell it no matter what."

Old He was not flustered: "You’re not selling it, what about the girl? Are you willing to sell hers? Look, you two have two coins, right? I see you two are getting along so well, why do you need to keep one each? They’re not a pair, are they? You sell one to me, and you two still have one left, right?"

"Wrong." Yan Fei was beyond annoyed, "You’re a professor, do you really have to pester us over one gold coin?"

Old He let out a long sigh: "Sigh, it’s a long story! Originally, I too had a gold coin passed down from my ancestors, which I cherished. I even carried it with me when I was farming. Until that year, when I met that woman."

An extremely heartrending love story was narrated by Professor He. Basically, it was about an scholar sent to work in the countryside during a certain era, he was an idealist and was ignorant of the world, and experienced many hardships while working on the farm. At that time, a beautiful country girl with a big braid appeared, who took good care of him and helped him adapt to rural life and so on.

In the end, when he was about to return to the city, he gave the gold coin to the girl as a pledge of his love.

Who would have thought that after he settled in in the city and went back to find the girl, he discovered that the girl and her family were gone without a trace. Even after so many years of searching, there was no information about them.

Because of this, he always hoped that he could find another gold coin to cherish, to entrust his love for the girl. So for this gold coin, he is willing to pay any price.

When Miss Xu Xiaoyan heard this story, she was immediately moved: "Professor He, we didn’t know you had such a past, we’ve wronged you before. Yan Xiaofei, why don’t we sell one of the gold coins to Professor He?"

Yan Fei stared at Old He, looked him up and down, sizing him up three or four times. He chuckled, "Is your name Ah Zhi?"

Xu Xiaoyan tugged Yan Fei: "How can you talk to Professor He like that? I’m sorry, Professor He! He’s not good at communicating."

Who knew Old He chuckled a bit and said to Yan Fei, "You’ve read it as well?"

Yan Fei was speechless: "Aren’t you supposed to be a professor who mentors postgraduate students? Are you even too lazy to make up your own story? You tried to fool us with a story from ’Story Club’, a magazine read by middle school students?"

Xu Xiaoyan was confused after listening to the conversation between the two. She finally realized what was going on and whispered to Yan Fei: "Was the story just now fake?"

Even though she spoke softly, the three of them were standing so close, it would be strange if Old He couldn’t hear. His old face turned red: "I read that in a book my grandson was reading. How could I have known your friend here, already a college student, still likes to read ’Story Club’, a magazine for middle school students. I thought he was a diligent student!"

Xu Xiaoyan wasn’t stupid, she quickly understood what was going on.

This old man, in order to buy the gold coin, made up a story from ’Story Club’ to try and earn their sympathy, but unfortunately, he ran into a real middle school student, a middle school student with a photographic memory, that was well-versed in lies, so he was found out.

Looking at the young lady who was trying hard to hold back her laughter, Old He blushed: "If you want to laugh, just laugh! Why are you holding it back? Look at me, not even caring about the dignity of being a professor, in an attempt to buy your gold coin. Do you still have the heart not to sell it to me?"

Upon his frank admission, the two of them didn’t want to continue berating him for making up stories. However, Yan Fei, as persistent as ever, remained resolute: "I don’t lack money, whatever you say, I won’t sell it. Stop talking, all it does is waste time."

Old He wasn’t in a hurry, "It’s okay, I have patience. After all, you’ll still have classes here in the future, we can take our time discussing it. Maybe someday, you’ll change your minds!"

Yan Fei was nonchalant: "Then let’s wait until the next time we come for you to discuss it with us! We’re leaving!"

He had already made up his mind, he wouldn’t come anymore, let’s see how he’ll find us to bargain.

"Don’t be in such a hurry! Let’s not talk about the gold coin. Weren’t you interested in learning something? If you want to understand anything, just ask me! By the way, let me take you to try the watermelons we grow here." Old He wasn’t discouraged at all, he changed his strategy to cultivating goodwill instead. "Our watermelons are like nothing you’ve ever tasted before, they’re big and sweet!"