Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting

"Come on, Xiao Chi, come in quickly."

The visitor was around 1.78 meters tall, which seemed quite tall to Xiao Meng.

"Professor, am I late?"

The man glanced at Qi Jun and Su Xiaomeng sitting together having tea, and couldn’t help but look at his watch, then hurriedly asked.

With that said...

Su Xiaomeng figured out who this person was.

On his high nose bridge sat a pair of small gold-rimmed round glasses; his long hair... neatly tied at the back, he wore a white T-shirt and... knee-length wide-leg shorts, and held two English dictionaries.

Elegant in some way, yet a bit unconventional; unconventional in some way, yet his face was clear and youthful, accompanied by a smile, nodding slightly in greeting, leaving an impression of someone very well-mannered.

"No, Xiao Meng came early. Xiao Meng, this is..."

"I know, it’s Professor Chi Lun. Hello."

The man looked young. If she hadn’t known the professor’s age in advance, she might have thought he was around her age.

At just thirty-three, he was already an associate professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

"Guan."

The man slightly curled his lips and uttered a single sound with a friendly expression.

Su Xiaomeng’s outstretched hand was gently grasped, and then she saw him bow his head, seemingly about to kiss the back of her hand, but his lips touched his own hand instead.

A very polite and gentlemanly act...

This one gesture was enough for Su Xiaomeng to feel a polite fondness for him.

But...

She still didn’t understand what the word Chi Lun had just mouthed meant, showing a puzzled expression.

Chi Lun, still polite, took a pen from the dictionary in his hand and wrote a character in his palm, then showed it to Su Xiaomeng,

"This character is pronounced ’guan’. "

"..."

Su Xiaomeng blinked, looking at this familiar yet strange character, suddenly realizing... it is indeed pronounced "guan".

Her face turned red instantly; despite being Chinese, she studied abroad for a few years, and now back, she forgot even the characters she learned.

Elsewhere, she hadn’t encountered this character; it was in "The Red Cliff", a required and tested term in school, which Professor Qi had just shown to her.

"It’s normal to mispronounce, mainly because our country’s Chinese character culture is too tricky. Pictographic characters, phono-semantic characters—suddenly encountering one that seems pictographic yet phono-semantic but doesn’t follow common sense, it’s perfectly normal to mispronounce or even not recognize it."

Xiao Meng hadn’t said anything yet, but Chi Lun had already given her an excuse.

This instead made Xiao Meng feel even more embarrassed, thinking she had wasted years studying and was just a clueless bumpkin!

"Actually... I do know this character... it’s just..."

Su Xiaomeng didn’t want to give this young professor she would be working with, or the older Professor Qi Jun, an uneducated, illiterate impression, so she quietly defended herself,

"I didn’t look carefully at the moment, so..."

"Alright, alright, it’s a minor issue. Xiao Chi, this is your teaching assistant; I’ve discussed the specifics with you. She has no teaching experience; you need to guide her well."

"Hmm... originally, I had no questions, but seeing Teacher Su is so young and beautiful... I wanted to double-check, Professor, are you really comfortable having me mentor her? What if I..."

"Seriously, in front of your assistant, don’t be improper. Xiao Meng has seen it all; she won’t be led astray by you."

"Professor... you’re really putting down your student, aren’t you?"

Xiao Meng observed the mentor-student, rather friendly relationship between Qi Jun and Chi Lun and felt quite envious.

"Well then, Teacher Su, looking forward to working with you."

Su Xiaomeng nodded.

"Alright, now that Xiao Chi is here, you should take Teacher Su to the campus, show her around to see her office, to get familiar with the environment."

"Professor... I haven’t had my tea yet."

Chi Lun hurriedly said.

By now, Qi Jun had already stood up, hands behind his back, looking complexly at Chi Lun as if saying, at this time, what tea are you drinking!

Chi Lun ignored Qi Jun’s disdainful gaze, picked up the small teapot with a small cup and, without rinsing with hot water, directly poured a cup of tea and drank it up.

"You rascal!"

Qi Jun muttered, while Chi Lun had already set the teapot and cup neatly, with smooth yet unhurried movements.

"Alright, Teacher Su, let’s go, I’ll take you around the campus."

Chi Lun adjusted the glasses on his nose and smiled at her.

Su Xiaomeng responded, inadvertently swallowing, "Okay."

Chi Lun stood up, and Su Xiaomeng followed suit, not immediately leaving the office with Chi Lun but rather walking to Professor Qi Jun’s desk,

"Professor, this line ’Recalling Gongjin at that time, Xiao Qiao just married’, I looked at your different translations a bit and it’s really about expressing different focal points. Some words aim to highlight Zhou Yu’s vigorous spirit at that time, some to subtly reflect the author’s dissatisfaction... This poem is like tea, viewed differently by different people, it evokes different emotions."

"I have a little nephew who specializes in poetry culture; I’ll consult him on this line and see what he thinks, and then I’ll let you know, offering some reference, how about it?"

Qi Jun said promptly, "Good, very good indeed! More references are always beneficial."

"Well then... I’ll familiarize myself with the campus and then head back."

"Good."

Xiao Meng said goodbye to Professor Qi and then left the office together with Chi Lun.

Though it was the first meeting for them both, Xiao Meng initially thought it would be awkward, but Chi Lun proved to be quite conversant.

He led her to the office.

The office had two desks, one piled with a mess of books and papers; the other was larger and tidy, with two pots of succulents on top.

Su Xiaomeng felt happy, walking to the larger, clean desk, supporting herself against it, looking at the pleasing succulents, glancing at Chi Lun,

"Are these... for me? They’re growing well."

Chi Lun was a bit taken aback; Su Xiaomeng didn’t notice his slightly awkward expression and continued looking at the desk and chair, saying,

"You’re the professor, and I’m just a teaching assistant. This spot is quite good, with a big desk and chair that seems comfortable to sit in—it’s probably not suitable for me to use, right?"

"Cough cough..."

Chi Lun licked his lips and softly coughed twice.

Su Xiaomeng turned to look at him, blinking her large eyes...

"Teacher Su... your desk is over there."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng followed Chi Lun’s finger, looking towards the messy desk like a second-hand stall... the smile on her face just couldn’t hold anymore,

"Over there?"

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