“In any event, if I was a man, I wouldn’t marry.” The long-haired girl touched the back of her hand as she said, “Teacher Fang asked for it. Boyfriends are meant to be taken care of and loved, not to be her maid. She’s not a queen.”
“Mmhmm, mmhmm.” The short-haired girl nodded fervently in agreement.
Initially, she had wanted to give her opinion but as the lighting in front of her flickered, her body tensed up on instinct. Could it be that that Abbess had turned back?
“Hello, I was wondering…”
A pleasant voice sounded in their ears and the short-haired girl finally heaved a big sigh of relief.
Dear God, she had been scared to death. That was why it was better to not do things like gossip behind someone’s back.
The short-haired girl looked up to see a very pretty lady smiling at them. She too, was wearing spectacles but her eyes were extremely beautiful and clear as if there was a stream of water that ran through them. It reminded them of her voice that rang clear like springwater rushing and flowing wherever it went.
“You’re… you’re…” The long-haired girl suddenly covered her mouth as her tears threatened to flow out.
However, the lady put her finger to her lips.
“Shh… Let’s keep this a secret.”
“Yes, yes.” The long-haired girl kept rubbing her hands on her body before holding out her hand, “Erm… Can I shake your hand?”
“Alright.” The pretty lady shook her hand and as the long-haired girl let go, she felt as if she never wanted to wash her hands ever again.
“Well, I was wondering if you all have seen a man wearing a black windbreaker?” The pretty lady was still smiling amicably.
“Do you mean Mr Lu?” The long-haired girl caught her point immediately. In fact, as soon as she mentioned the black windbreaker, she already knew what the lady was asking about.
“Mmhmm, yes.” The lady smiled prettily, so much so that her beauty almost melted them. This smile worked on both males and females.
“Mr Lu went to the Academic Affairs Office and will be giving a talk at the Grand Auditorium. Oh right, to get to the Grand Auditorium, just turn left at the right in front and it’ll be where there’s the most people.”
The long-haired girl fumbled to explain as she pointed in the direction of the auditorium.
“Thank you.” As the pretty lady was about to leave, she thought of something and took out two quaint little keychains from her handbag.
“This is for you all, study hard.” There was a keychain for each of them and on them was a picture of the cartoon version of Yan Huan that was so realistic that it was easily recognizable who it was on the keychain.
“Thank you,” the long-haired girl stuttered. She wanted so badly to scream and shout.
Oh God, she met Yan Huan! The short-haired girl was obviously still in shock and the only thing she could comprehend was that the keychain in her hand was quite nice, it even had a signature on it.
“Yan Huan?”
“Yan Huan!” She returned to her senses suddenly, “The lady that talked to us was Yan Huan.”
“Yes.” The long-haired girl brought the keychain in front of her eyes, “I even touched my idol’s hand. Gosh, she’s so pretty and that was without makeup. She can demolish our Teacher Fang even without makeup. If I were a man, I’d be blind to like Teacher Fang.”
The short-haired girl felt crushed, she did not even touch her idol’s hand and when she went to find her idol again, she had already disappeared.
At this moment, Yan Huan pulled the cap on her head lower, relieved that since this was a university, no one had noticed her. She did not know influential she was but it was better for her to keep a low profile. She was just here to see her handsome husband and of course, she was afraid that certain women would take advantage of the situation.
She could not feel much of a grudge towards Miao Xinyuan but towards Fang Zhu, she felt two lifetimes of dislike for her.
Who let Fang Zhu take up years of Lu Yi’s time in the past life and even let her get married to Lu Yi? Even if Lu Yi could endure it, Yan Huan could not.
She had come over by herself without telling anyone and of course, Lu Yi did the same.
Walking into the Grand Auditorium, Yan Huan picked the last seat at the back. At this time, there were not a lot of people in the auditorium. Those scattered around were just students who were either chatting or looking at their phones.
She took out her phone as well and began playing a little game, the type that had recently been trending but Yan Huan felt a little dumb because she did not really know how to play.
Her level in the game now was very high, but that was all courtesy of the high-scoring Department of Mathematics student, Prosecutor Lu who had been playing. Where Prosecutor Lu could kill the enemies within seconds in the game, she could only play at turtle speed once the game was in her hands.
She was a bad player, a rotten player in fact, but she just could not help her liking for the game. At most, she would just get trashed in the game but her husband would help her get her points back and teach those bullies a lesson.
Game after game she played but she lost continuously. There was never a round where she won.
At the same time, there were more and more people who had entered the auditorium that could house up to thousands of people. Lu Yi’s talk this time was regarding matters of the law which the university placed much importance on and as such, the university did not allow most of the students to be absent. They were of the mindset that merely memorising and studying from books blindly in the process of learning was a regression in itself and was a mistake that students made.
Thus, it was said that only wholesome progression from all aspects of intellect and art would shape ideal futuristic leaders but within all of this, the knowledge of the law was a branch that required a lifetime’s worth of remembrance.
As the audience increased, it began to get noisy and even the air was invaded by various smells. There were smells of girls’ perfume, some pleasant and some less so, and smells of different skin care products, smells of sweat from boys and smells of detergent on clothes.
The combination of the various smells were actually not unpleasant but rather, gave off the feeling of youth that emanated from the students. It was proof of a long journey of youth once taken.
Under the dim lighting, no one could notice her and as the number of people in the auditorium increased, everyone here was merely a drop of water in the ocean, insignificant and negligible.
Only at this moment did she feel the insignificance of a human’s existence.
Thus, it was important to live a life worth living for herself and for others.
She laughed and held up her face, looking towards the eye-catching man who was already standing on stage.
Yes, her husband was really handsome.
Indeed, Lu Yi was very handsome and also radiated a terrifying aura. Maybe it was because he was used to holding someone’s life and fate in his hands, as such, in moments like this, his aura would always radiate a type of lethality. He would just sit there and look in front indifferently while you would feel as if he was looking at you, making you feel as if your everything was nothing in his eyes.
