Que Qingyan's voice was low, like the slight clink of ice in a glass, to Lin Mian's ears, it sounded like a brewing calm before a storm.
This was the first time he had called her by her name since they had known each other for so long.
Lin Mian's heart almost stopped beating suddenly.
"Que..." As soon as the words came out, he choked back the address and didn't dare to call it again.
"You, don't be angry," Lin Mian thought for a long time, carefully passed the soda water in his hand forward, and asked softly, "Do you want some water? I haven't had any..."
Against the magnificent ceiling lights in the hall, Que Qingyan's eyes were extraordinarily deep. He looked at her intently, but neither took the water nor opened his mouth.
Normally, Lin Mian would push her nose and cheeks to get close to him, but in this situation, she has no idea at all.
Angry, must be angry.
Tonight is Que's mother's birthday party. Que Qingyan had just finished a seminar from the neighboring city the day before, and drove directly to Que's house after returning. He didn't go back to the apartment during this period, so he didn't further confirm whether the person he saw at the T City Convention and Exhibition Center yesterday was Xu Tong.
Que Qingyan narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
He was so self-restraining that he didn't force questions, and gave the other party enough time to explain. Lin Mian was holding the wine glass, her eyes were moist, and she organized her words. She felt like the defendant in the court trial. If she said a word, she would be sentenced, and if she didn't say it, she would be sentenced.
"Xu Tong is..."
Lin Mian didn't want to lie to Que Qingyan any more, he lingered for a second between moral condemnation and conscience condemnation, and made a vague move, not selling Xu Xiaotong too badly:
"Xu Tong is my cousin. Something happened to her and she didn't come to class, so I asked her to come to class for her—"
She originally wanted to talk about taking notes, but after thinking about her sleeping position in every class, she was really ashamed to say any more.
Que Qingyan couldn't see any emotion on his face, so he responded calmly and motioned her to continue.
"But... the midterm paper was written by Xu Tong."
Before he died, Lin Mian said something kind to others, saying that Xu Xiaotong couldn't protect himself, so he tried his best.
After talking about Xu Tong, let's talk about myself.
Lin Mian raised her eyes to observe the man's face, bit her lower lip, and said suddenly, "I am—"
"Mianmian, are you here tonight?"
The conversation was interrupted in the middle, Lin Mian followed the sound and looked over, a young woman was walking over with a glass of red wine, and greeted with a smile.
"Have we not seen each other for a long time? Last week I had tea with my friends at the Horse Club, and I wanted to ask you to come with me," the woman stroked her hair elegantly, "But before, Uncle Lin..."
"Sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up." She stopped abruptly, smiled apologetically, and continued, "So it's been a long time since I've contacted you, and I don't know if you're busy or not, and I'm afraid to disturb you."
The woman's makeup is exquisite, and the beautiful jewelry on her wrist is shining with tiny pieces of light, which looks familiar. Lin Mian couldn't make out her name, but she might have met several times before, and perhaps even said a few words, which eldest lady she should be.
The exchanges between the celebrity circles are complicated, and there are not a few people who step on the low and praise the high, and she rarely contacts them.
Lin Mian has been well protected since she was a child. Everyone is divided into two types, those who want to be close and those who don't.
Que Qingyan was placed on the top of the tower who wanted to get close, so she was more obedient and docile in front of him than anyone else, but to others...
There seemed to be a sense of superiority and pity in the woman's words, and Lin Mian responded to her earnest question in a nonchalant way. She was stunned, and naturally turned to the man at the side.
"Young Master Que," the woman greeted with a blushing face, "I heard from my uncle that he recently wanted to invest in a polo club in City S, and he happened to have a few internal cards. I heard that you played polo when you were in England." Well done, if you have time, my uncle and I would like to invite... "
Lin Mian also realized that the drunkard's intention was not to drink.
One second she was still training with guilt, and the next second she turned her head to peek at Que Qingyan's profile, and raised her ears.
"I've been busy recently. If I'm free another day, I'll contact Cheng Ze in person. Don't bother. If there's nothing wrong," Que Qingyan glanced at the woman, paused, and said, "I still have something to talk to my friend. "
His tone was calm, but he spoke mercilessly, bypassing the woman directly between the lines.
The woman just came over to strike up a conversation, partly because she saw Lin Mian's shy expression and thought she and Que Qingyan had some trouble, and she was here to see a joke.
But what the woman didn't expect was that young master Que scolded others behind his back, but protected them well in front of others.
"I didn't expect you to know Mianmian," the woman couldn't hold back her smile when she heard the word "friend", and looked at Lin Mian with concern, "Since it's inconvenient now, I can only make an appointment next time, Young Master Que, please go ahead." Chat, I won't bother you."
After the woman left, Lin Mian looked at Que Qingyan and thought to himself that he must already vaguely know who she was.
I just don't know if he remembers the time when she chased him many years ago...
The clothes on the banquet were fragrant, and people around were casting their eyes frequently.
It was no longer possible to call "Professor Que", Lin Mian stretched out his hand little by little, and gently pulled off the suit jacket that Que Qingyan was wearing on his arm.
Que Qingyan looked down at her.
"You... can you..." The words were a bit difficult to say, Lin Mian's eyes were wet, and he asked for advice in a low voice, "Go out and train me..."
She unconsciously scraped the glass with her fingertips, looked up and explained: "There are too many people here, I will explain it clearly to you when I go out." After a pause, "OK?"
As soon as the words came out, Lin Mian slandered himself first.
I was punished for doing something wrong and asked for so much...
What Lin Mian didn't say was that she was not afraid of being ashamed in public.
She just didn't want other people of the opposite sex to take a look at Que Qingyan here from time to time, and if they took another look, they would almost come to strike up a conversation.
Hearing this, the man's expression moved slightly.
Que Qingyan couldn't hide this careful thought.
He usually leaves room for his words, won't poke at them, and refuses to the point where he can, but now it's different.
She was not his student, she came to tease him at the door, like a little hamster who didn't know how to advance or retreat, took the cheetah's politeness as connivance, and repeatedly stretched out her fluffy paws to scratch him.
There is no reason for disrespect.
Que Shao's sharp eloquence came in handy in the court debate, and he asked casually, "Do you not want me to be seen?"
"..."
Lin Mianqi looked back at his dark and deep eyes.
I was stunned for a moment.
I couldn't say a word.
She blushed completely.
In the end, Lin Mian was taken to the garden of the front house by Que Qingyan, and explained the matter word by word with his head down, and finally his voice was as thin as a mosquito:
"Que..." She lowered her head, "I was wrong, I kept it from you for so long, and I still haven't told you clearly..."
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Lin Mian learned from the pain and hurriedly said, "Punish me, write a self-criticism and sign a letter of guarantee...anything will do."
After a while, Que Qingyan's voice sounded on the top of her head, and she replied calmly: "I don't have a habit of punishing students physically, and besides, you are not my student now, and I will not punish you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mian's ears trembled, and he raised his head to look at him.
Que Qingyan narrowed his eyes and looked at her.
She looked at him with a sincere and repentant expression, her eyes were slightly red, and she looked really pitiful.
Originally, from her standpoint, it was reasonable and reasonable to help her cousin take a substitute class without telling the professor.
Moreover, her apology is sincere, her attitude of admitting her mistakes is very good, and she still doesn't forget to say a word for her cousin when she is exposed, she is not in a bad mood.
Que Qingyan bent down, leaned over, and thought about it calmly.
So lying to him a few words... is not incomprehensible.
A servant pushed a dining cart through the front yard, and nodded to Que Qingyan to greet him. He paused for a moment before continuing: "It's normal for you to help your cousin take over the class and hide a few words from the professor."
"Since you are no longer my student," Lin Mian blinked, and heard him say again, "I don't need to write the 1,000-word review last time." After a pause, "I won't use my classes in the future. gone."
Xu Zhu's words flashed like lightning in Lin Mian's mind:
My boss is not a grudge.
He is not human when he holds a grudge.
"..." As expected, he still remembered the fact that she lied to her! Lin Mian wanted to cry, "You, you should punish me..."
The voices of people in the garden are silent, and the European-style carved garden lamps emit dim light in the shade of trees. The two were standing by the swimming pool, and under the refraction of the light, Que Qingyan's erect body reflected sparkling light.
Lin Mian's eyes were really red this time.
She was afraid that he would ignore her.
Que Qingyan didn't answer, Lin Mian's heart sank to the bottom, and just about to say something, he saw him approaching.
A shadow suddenly fell, and after a short distance, the man raised his slender hand, and the snow-white shirt cuffs flashed in front of his eyes. His thumb brushed her wet eyelashes, and the warmth in the corners of his eyes disappeared instantly. .
he…
Lin Mian held his breath and opened his eyes in bewilderment.
After wiping away tears, Que Qingyan withdrew her hand.
The admonition has also been given, and a stick is given to a sweet date. Seeing his dark eyes, Lin Mian smiled slightly on his indifferent expression.
Her eyes are black, and when she looks at people, she looks like a small animal with soft fingers and claws. Que Qingyan laughed: "There will be no next time."
He said this to her twice.
It's the second time tonight, Mr. Mu Mian, a veteran in the love field of vertical and horizontal comics for many years, doesn't know where to put his hands.
After finally cooling down in the icy night wind, his face blushed again.
Fifteen minutes later, Mother Que's birthday party began in the banquet hall. After cutting more than 20 layers of cake, everyone took their seats on the table.
Que Min was coaxing his little daughter in his arms, when he caught a glimpse of his younger brother sitting down beside him, he asked in a low voice: "I heard that, you just went on a secret date with a little girl in the garden, but more than one person saw it. What, finally got a girlfriend?"
Que Qingyan's dark eyes were still full of smiles, and he replied, "One of my students."
"student?"
Of course Xue Min didn't believe it, it was just his student, how did he come in on such an occasion
Unless he invited it.
She just glanced at the little girl in the hall, she looked very cute, but she looked too young.
Xue Min teased: "Where did you pick up this baby?"
At this moment, Que Qingyan's cell phone vibrated and received a WeChat message.
Lin Mian: [I didn't ask just now... Can I still come to your class in the future?]
Another one.
Lin Mian: [I promise not to make noise or sleep, and I will never lie to you again!]
Lin Mian: [Really, really.]
The banquet had already started, Que Qingyan read the message, lowered his eyes and smiled, and said nothing.
... I bumped into it myself.
In the middle of the banquet that night, Lin Mian was very rude and left in a hurry.
There are many celebrities coming to the banquet, one less and one more, no one will pay attention.
Before leaving, Lin Mian sent a text message to Lin's mother. Ruan Lishu thought that her daughter was not suitable for this kind of occasion, so she didn't say much, just gave a few gentle words, and asked the driver to take her back.
After Lin Mian returned to the apartment, he ran downstairs three times, rubbing his red face, and went upstairs step by step.
Ever since the showdown to Que Qingyan, something seemed to be different.
Although Que Qingyan's attitude towards her is still indifferent now, other emotions that are occasionally revealed no longer have the gentleness of a professor towards a student. If I have to say something more specific, it is...he no longer restrains and is polite to her.
In the past, when Lin Mian tried to get close to him without fear of death, she was always refused back or warned quietly, but now he returned it to her in a back and forth manner.
and…
Lin Mian came out of the shower, kicked off the slippers by the bed, buried her whole body in the bed while thinking, hugged the soft quilt, rolled into a shrimp ball, exposed her head for a while, and bit the corner of the quilt.
Moreover, the lethality is huge...
After this battle, Lin Mian finally knew how polite and tolerant Que Qingyan was to her before.
In the middle of the night, Mr. Mu Mian, who has a habit of procrastinating, watched a horror movie full of energy. He didn't feel sleepy at all. Finished the line.
After drawing the draft, Lin Mian put down the pressure-sensitive pen, poked open the WeChat dialog box and read it again.
She asked Que Qingyan if she could go to his class again, but he didn't say yes or no.
Does this mean that she can continue to chase... No, go to his class
Two days later, Xu Tong returned home from Canada. The first time he landed at the terminal, Xu Tong ran directly to Lin Mian's apartment without even putting his luggage away.
Lin Mian helped Xu Tong cover in professional classes for more than two months. The latter was so moved that he couldn't say a word, and held Lin Mian's hand and pressed it to his heart.
"Sister Mianmian, I brought you a gift." Xu Tong recalled sweetly, full of gratitude, "I chose it with Ethan, you can open it later and see if you like it, Ethan also said to thank you, yes You saved a timeless exotic relationship."
Lin Mian couldn't bear to hit her, so he endured it and replied softly, "Xu Xiaotong."
"Um?"
"I was discovered." Lin Mian's eyes were full of reassurance, and he even gently touched Xu Tong to express his apology, "You teach him... he knows that I am not Xu Tong, and that I am here to call your name of."
"..." Xu Tong's smile froze, and he said "hmm" uncertainly for a while, "Sister Mian Mian, are you kidding me again?"
Xu Tong and Lin Mian grew up together and were often deceived by the latter.
The point is, every time after being cheated, the other party still has a pure, harmless and docile appearance, which is impossible to believe, and sometimes I have to blame myself for my doubts, thinking how can I even doubt a pure girl? All kinds of things can be done.
But it used to be a harmless little joke, and now this joke is a bit big.
Xu Tong felt that he might not be able to bear it.
Five minutes later, Xu Tong, who had realized the truth, collapsed.
Lin Mian went to the kitchen to heat up the milk. The small milk pot poured out enough for two cups, put it in a thick glass, and gave one cup to Xu Tong who hadn't recovered yet.
She lowered her eyes and thought, thinking that it is better not to tell Xu Xiaotong the fact that "Professor Que happens to be still in this apartment".
Xu Tong has been busy with dating for the past few months, and only now did he know that this class has been temporarily replaced in the new semester.
It turned out that the old professor of international economic law was famous for being fierce and murderous, but now he has a new professor and was arrested for taking the roll call. Xu Tong asked a question about life and death: "Sister Mian Mian, will the new professor be killed or not?"
The new professor...
Que Qingyan's appearance by the swimming pool in Que's house came back to Lin Mian's mind. After he wiped her tears, she blushed so badly that she had never reacted so badly in the shameful scene of drawing girls' manga before.
So Lin Mian made an exaggerated request with her cooked face. She asked him, "You, can you stop laughing?"
In fact, he didn't smile much at first, and the corners of his lips didn't even curl up, but Lin Mian could tell that he was in a good mood because his beautiful narrow eyes were slightly narrowed.
"...you don't have to worry," Que Qingyan glanced at her with narrowed eyes, and said lightly, "I'm not laughing at your blushing."
Lin Mian: "..."
The face is more, red, ah!
…
Lin Mian recalled it for a while, and replied firmly, "Killed."
Xu Tong looked at each other's red ears: "..."
Why do I feel that what we said did not mean the same thing
Xu Tong came to Lin Mian as soon as he got off the plane. After a while, he was going back to the school dormitory to pack his luggage. Before leaving, he checked with Lin Mian again.
"Sister Mianmian, do you really want to go to class with me?"
Lin Mian stuck his head out of the sketch and nodded.
Didn't you say that the professor is very murderous? Or-
"Could it be that you recently opened a comic on the subject of law?"
Shake your head.
After a few days, Xu Tong finally learned what Lin Mian meant by "kill".