The staff at the venue were dismantling the spacious platform, and the hanging banner stand loosened for a while, and with a bang, it hit Lin Mian's little heart.
Across the crowd, the man glanced over casually and paused for a while on Lin Mian.
Que Qingyan's expression at this moment is different from the gentleness he usually gets along with in private, with a bit more coldness and seriousness.
This scene was like a slow-motion projection. Lin Mian lifted his heart and held his breath. He always felt that there was a bit of penetrating probing in his gaze.
one second.
two seconds.
The person next to him was chatting excitedly, but Que Qingyan calmly closed his eyes and responded.
A group of people left the convention and exhibition center one after another.
In the infield, the assistant brought the bag over and was puzzled upon seeing this: "Teacher?"
Lin Mian recovered and responded.
She was wearing a mask, Que Qing said that he probably didn't notice just now... maybe.
"Xiaoting and I plan to go to dinner after we finish here. Will you go back to the hotel directly or come with us?"
"I won't be with you anymore, you have fun." Lin Mian almost curled up, and said after a while, "I'll catch the evening bus back to City B."
"Going back now? It's so late?" The assistant was surprised, didn't react, and confirmed the time, "It's late at night to catch the nearest one, and the hotel is still booked for tonight, so I won't be able to leave tomorrow morning if I stay another night OK. Teacher, is there anything urgent for you?"
Lin Mian had lingering fears and said, Que Qingyan is also in the city tonight, she...
She dared not run into him face to face now!
To confess at this time, the timing is wrong and the place is wrong. If some other law professor came over and asked Que Qingyan if she was his student...
What do you want him to do
I regard her as my student, but unfortunately she is not
Of course Que Qingyan wouldn't say such harsh words that would choke someone to death, but Lin Mian was so ashamed just thinking about it.
The next second, the assistant saw Lin Mian, who was already wearing a mask, fumbled in the bag for a while, took off a new mask and put it on, thinking it was not enough, so he put on another one.
Assistant: "Teacher, won't you suffocate like this?"
The other party's eyes were complicated: "Not boring, you will die..."
On the same day, Lin Mian booked a ticket immediately after greeting his assistant, then went to a hotel, packed his luggage and returned to City B.
It was already ten o'clock at night when we got back to the apartment.
Lin Mian finished tidying up her things and went into the bathroom to take a shower. In the milky white steaming bathroom, she was pulling the edge of the bathtub with both hands, her chin was on the cold porcelain rim, her heart was also cold.
During the day, she didn't notice the invitation list for the seminar, but she glanced at the time, and the meeting just ended on Sunday.
In other words, if nothing happened, Que Qingyan might be back tomorrow.
Lin Mian mentally simulated the situation after her showdown with him, pursing her lips and thinking, the worst thing is that he doesn't talk to her anymore.
From Que Qingyan's point of view, it was nothing more than his student finding someone to take the roll call, and the person who came to take the roll didn't do anything serious, and just fell asleep in every class.
And he won't know about her rich inner drama when facing him, and her little thoughts for many years.
The more Lin Mian thought about it, the more miserable she felt. Wrapped in a bath towel, she went out of the bathroom. Before she could catch her breath, she received a call from Lin's mother.
Since the death of Lin's father, several senior directors of the company re-divided the shareholding and removed the relatives in the company. The Lin family was defeated, and Lin's mother fought the lawsuit for nearly half a year, and finally won a place in the company, turning from a rich wife to a strong woman in the workplace.
Lin's mother graduated from a well-known overseas business school before marrying Lin's father, and became a full-time wife after marriage. After returning to the mall many years later, Mother Lin's business acumen is still there, but after all, she is starting from scratch, and there are many things that have hit a wall over the years.
In the car, Ruan Lishu had just finished a party, sat in the back seat with her temples pressed, finished processing work documents, and called Lin Mian.
"Mom," Lin Mian answered the phone while sitting by the bed, with a sweet voice, "I was just taking a shower, and I didn't receive the first few calls."
Ruan Lishu is in a good mood. Normally, the mother and daughter communicate frequently. She asked a few questions before she got to the point and asked:
"Mianmian, are you free tomorrow night?"
Tomorrow evening…
Lin Mian hesitated for a moment: "Yes."
"Tomorrow is your Auntie Song's birthday party. She has helped our family before, and she always goes on her birthday." Ruan Lishu smiled, "Mom wants to take you there."
Aunt Song. Lin Mian searched in his head, but couldn't remember anything.
But whether it is Auntie Song or Auntie Zhang, the birthday party of a celebrity wife is a social feast where guests cling to each other, and the focus is often not on the party itself.
In the past, Lin Mian seldom attended such banquets, and after the Lin family fell out of the celebrity circle, she never went to them. Lin's mother will not force her daughter socially, so she never mentioned it.
Ruan Lishu actually knew that her daughter didn't want to go, but...
She sighed softly, and said softly: "I have already picked out the gift. I will ask the driver to pick you up tomorrow afternoon. Is it at the address near Tongtong's school?"
When Xu Tong was mentioned, Lin Mian was taken aback, and suddenly thought that Xu Xiaotong would return to China in two days.
It's time to confess to Que Qingyan tomorrow, but if he went to the banquet, he might not be able to come back.
Lin Mian struggled in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Can I not go?"
"It's only half a day, so I can't waste too much time." Ruan Lishu was tough on her daughter's coquetry, "There will be a lot of people coming, and it would be good to get to know a few more people."
Ruan Lishu also has her own plans.
No matter how many celebrities are invited to Que Tai's birthday party.
The daughter is no longer young, and has reached the age of marriage. No matter how difficult the Lin family is, Mother Lin is not willing to sacrifice her daughter to get married, but at least she must find a lover for her in the circle.
But it has to be Mianmian's favorite.
The next day, the birthday party was held at a villa in the middle of the mountain in the suburbs. When Lin Mian arrived, many luxury cars had already parked in front of the huge garden.
In the center of the garden is a fountain with white lacquer sculptures. A band was invited to play on the green grass. The guests walked through the hollow flower platform to the banquet hall, and the servants had already greeted them at the door.
"Just call Aunt Song for a while," Ruan Lishu got out of the car with a gift, and said with a smile, "How many times did you meet when you were young..."
Lin Mian responded, and didn't listen to Lin Mu's words very carefully, all she could do was go back and confess.
On the other side, Bai Jiayi was still in confinement, and sent her a text message to be her military adviser: [Mianbao, a person who is accustomed to storms like Que Qingyan, certainly doesn't hate others for lying to him, just tell him the truth , At worst, write another review.]
Lin Mian took the time to look at it, and replied: [No.]
If he knew she was not his student, why would he ask her to write a review...
Lin Mian cried and thought, he must have ignored her long ago.
…
In the magnificent banquet hall, the birthday party has not officially started yet.
The host did not appear, and the guests gathered in groups of three or four, drinking and drinking while talking. Ruan Lishu happened to meet an acquaintance in business, whispered some advice to Lin Mian, and went over to chat with him.
The lights in the hall were bright, and the champagne tower was set off by the sparkling light of wine. Lin Mian walked around the dining table and took a glass of soda from various wine glasses.
She took out her mobile phone to check the time, and mentally tug-of-war for ten minutes.
Otherwise, don't say it in person...
After thinking for a while, Lin Mian took out her mobile phone, opened WeChat, and looked at Que Qingyan's dialog box again and again, thinking to herself, I don't know if he deleted her or not...
Lin Mian: [Professor Que, hello.]
The message was sent out smoothly.
Lin Mian: [I've been hiding it from you, I'm really sorry, but I'm not your student, nor Xu Tong.]
Lin Mian's heart beat fast, he deleted and typed a sentence, and finally sent it.
Lin Mian: [My name is Lin Mian.]
After sending the message, Lin Mian finished a glass of soda water, stared at the unresponsive dialog box, took a light breath, and put the phone away.
The more anxious and thirsty she became, she turned around and wanted to get another glass of soda.
When he turned back, Lin Mian caught a glimpse of someone walking towards him from the corner of his eye.
Her gaze slowly moved up from the pair of shiny handmade leather shoes, up to the tailored trousers, and then to the man's face.
"..."
Not counting the stare at the exhibition in T city, Lin Mian hadn't seen Que Qingyan for several days.
Can…
But she never thought that they would meet on such an occasion! !
Lin Mian's mind went blank.
Dazed for a long time, with a pitiful expression of repentance, he whispered, "Que, Professor Que..."
She was wearing a floor-length dress, her long black hair was rolled up, revealing her fair and delicate neck, and her almond eyes were full of guilt.
Que Qingyan was standing here, and some famous ladies and ladies were gradually paying attention to him.
He looked down at Lin Mian, raised his hand to loosen his tie a little, bent down slightly, and put the wine glass in his hand on the long dining table behind her.
"..." After a while, Que Qingyan opened his mouth, with a deep voice: "Lin Mian?"