Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
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Chapter 188: Chapter 185: Fertile Water Does Not Flow into Outsiders’ Fields Chapter 188: Chapter 185: Fertile Water Does Not Flow into Outsiders’ Fields “Jiajia, is… is Professor Yu really your brother?”

From a distance, Liang Yujun and the others hurriedly surrounded Song Jiawen and started chattering away with questions.

Ding Yuanyuan said, “I mentioned before that Jiajia and Professor Yu look quite alike. What did you say again, Yali? All good-looking people resemble each other, isn’t that what you said?”

“Well, I wasn’t wrong,” Sha Yali declared with conviction. “Look, don’t both siblings look good?”

Liang Yujun pushed her glasses up her nose and solemnly said, “Jiajia, well, you know, fortune comes to those close to the water. Since we’re so close, do you think I could be your sister-in-law?”

Song Jiawen: ….

Ding Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, “Who was it who swore just yesterday that they’re not dating in college?”

Sha Yali chimed in, “Exactly! Jiajia, I think I’m more suitable than her. How about it, why don’t you call me sister-in-law and see how it sounds?”

Ding Yuanyuan pinched her neck, “You’re suitable? In what way are you suitable? I’m way more suitable than you!”

Song Jiawen looked at the three with a headache, considered for a moment, and then said, “Teacher Luo likes my brother, the two of them….”

“Teacher Luo?”

Liang Yujun sighed, “I actually quite like Teacher Luo. Never mind, I’ll give up my spot for her.”

Ding Yuanyuan also let go of Sha Yali, nodding, “Yeah, as students, we shouldn’t compete with a teacher.”

“Teacher Luo is already at that age without a boyfriend, let’s make the painful sacrifice and give her a chance,” they said.

Song Jiawen: “…”

She wiped her face, “Hungry, let’s go eat.”

As for Xia Shi and his mom, they were already forgotten by the group.

….

On the other side, after Song Jiawen and the others left, Xia Shi, who had been standing there dumbfounded, finally came back to his senses.

She looked incredulously at Yu Heng, “Professor Yu, you came to help Song Jiawen, right? My mom just wanted to talk to her, she wouldn’t hurt her, you all…”

She said this and then turned to look at Luo Xiao.

Yu Heng was speechless. He pointed to his own face and asked, “Can’t you tell we siblings look alike? Or do you need me to bring the family registration book to prove it?”

“But…”

Xia Shi wanted to say more, but her mom abruptly grabbed her arm, gave her a look, and then led her away.

“So ridiculous!”

Watching mother and daughter leave, Yu Heng turned to Luo Xiao and asked, “Teacher Luo, what exactly is going on here?”

He was held up by students asking questions after class and hadn’t finished answering when he got Tang An’s call, and rushed over in a hurry, only to arrive and hear that woman saying she wanted to talk to Xiaosi alone.

Although he was unclear on the specifics, if a parent of a student who had issues with his sister wanted to meet her, it couldn’t be good news.

Luo Xiao looked at Yu Heng with a complex expression and asked, “First, tell me, is Song Jiawen really your sister?”

Yu Heng nodded, “Guaranteed genuine!”

Luo Xiao fell into silence momentarily.

Yu Heng thought she was still skeptical about Xiaosi’s identity, but this was not something that could be clarified in a few words, and furthermore, he didn’t want to casually disclose that his sister had been lost as a child.

So, he just picked what he wanted to ask and said, “Teacher Luo, what’s that girl’s name?”

“Xia Shi.”

“Does she have a problem with my sister?”

“…you should ask Tang An, I’m not very clear on this.”

After speaking, Luo Xiao started walking away, but after a few steps, she stopped and turned back to look at Yu Heng, asking, “Professor Yu, why… why don’t you have a girlfriend?”

Yu Heng: “…”

He suddenly remembered that the day before yesterday, when he was on a blind date, he had used Luo Xiao as an excuse to fend off his mother’s probing, and his mother had even asked about her in detail.

So how should he respond to her now?

Seeing that Yu Heng wasn’t making a sound, Luo Xiao gritted her teeth and asked again, “Is it because you already have a boyfriend, right?”

Yu Heng: “???”

“What are you talking about? Who has a boyfriend? I’m perfectly normal, okay?”

After saying this, Luo Xiao didn’t feel embarrassed anymore. Instead, she turned to face Yu Heng and solemnly said, “Professor Yu, there’s really nothing embarrassing about it. Matters of the heart can sometimes be hard to control, I understand. Don’t worry, I’ll keep this a secret and won’t tell anyone.”

You understand…

Yu Heng bit back the urge to curse inwardly and squinted at Luo Xiao, then suddenly flashed a smile. In the light of the deep autumn sun, his smile dazzled Luo Xiao.

“Teacher Luo, I actually also have a pretty good impression of you. Since you’ve confessed, alright, let’s give it a try.”

As he spoke, Yu Heng stepped forward and took Luo Xiao’s hand.

“Oh? Professor Yu and Teacher Luo?”

Two senior professors from the physics department had just turned the corner from the first floor corridor and both laughed upon hearing Yu Heng’s words.

“I was just thinking of introducing my niece to Professor Yu. I didn’t expect Teacher Luo to beat me to it.”

“Our Teacher Luo is also quite outstanding. It’s great that the ‘water’ doesn’t flow to outsiders’ fields.”

Yu Heng politely greeted the two senior professors and walked leisurely toward the cafeteria, holding Luo Xiao’s hand.

When they reached a deserted area, Yu Heng let go of Luo Xiao’s hand, then waved at her and said, “I need to go home for a bit. I’ll see you this afternoon.”

It wasn’t until Yu Heng was out of sight that Luo Xiao came back to her senses. She abruptly became alert and, raising her left hand that had been held, she looked at it over and over again…

…

After lunch, just as Tang An was thinking about going back to the dormitory for a quick nap, his phone rang.

Looking at the number, he frowned.

To be honest, if a parent came to visit and talked to him about their child’s studies and behavior at school, he was actually quite willing to engage.

But if it wasn’t about those topics, and instead was about some conflict between their child and someone else… as a counselor, he found it quite annoying.

But he had to answer the call, after all, since the parents had come from a long way. As a counselor, he couldn’t just refuse to meet them, could he?

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Tang An received Xia Shi’s mother in his office.

“Teacher Tang, sorry for taking up your time.”

Tang An smiled and said, “You don’t need to be so formal. It’s my duty as a counselor to cooperate with parents who want to understand the real situation of their children. As for these… please take them back. Our school has regulations against accepting any gifts from students or their parents, and you wouldn’t want me to make a mistake because of it, would you?”

As he said this, Tang An pushed back a black paper bag that Xia Shi’s mother had just placed in the corner of his desk.

No matter what was inside, he didn’t want it.

“Teacher Tang, this is just some local produce from our hometown, hardly what you’d call a gift.”

Xia Shi’s mother ignored the black paper bag and continued with pleasantries, “It’s been half a semester since school started, and every time Xia Shi calls, she says that the counselor takes good care of her. Her father and I are reassured by that. This child, being the only girl among our families, has been quite competitive since she was young. She’s performed well academically and has been a class representative. Not just her father and I, but also her grandparents, uncles, and aunts dote on her. So her temper has become… a bit flawed, but I am clearly aware of that.”

Tang An politely responded, “She’s actually quite alright. Overall, Xia Shi is cheerful and lively, proactive and eager in her undertakings, and very active. However, it would be better if she could spend a bit more time on her studies.”

Since it came to reflecting the real situation of the student, Teacher Tang had to be honest.