C11 (1/2)

”It's a big risk!”

Li Youlan giggled. ”Oh, you're quite humorous.” Call me tomorrow night. If you're free, come and find me. ”

”Where do you live?”

Li Youlan paused for a moment, then said, ”That's right, you might not be able to find my place, because I'm renting at the South Pavilion. We'll talk about it when the time comes. I might not have the time, so I'll be leaving.”

I secretly rejoiced in my heart. It seemed that Li Youlan also had a good impression of me. Damn, I must get hold of Li Youlan!

I opened the umbrella that Li Youlan had lent me and prepared to go back to my dorm. At this moment, the weather suddenly cleared up. The rain had stopped, and a sliver of gold leaked through the cracks in the clouds.

”Good weather!” But I have to thank you for the rain. If it hadn't been for the rain, I wouldn't have been able to make an appointment with Li Youlan.

Returning to the dormitory, I hung Li Youlan's umbrella behind the balcony window. Looking at the time, I found that it was not even 1: 30 yet and class would not start until 2: 30, so I decided to take a nap.

Today, I had a good nap and didn't wake up until the old Taoist knocked on my door.

When I opened the door, the old Daoist looked at me, who was still sleeping soundly, and suddenly his long eyebrows twitched.

The old Daoist said flatly, ”You've run into a ghost again.”

I exclaimed, ”How did you know?”

The old Daoist said, ”I'll know when I see it.”

But I did run into a ghost.

Thus, I told the old Taoist about the matter of me looking into the rear mirror of the motorcycle while I was still at the laboratory in the morning. I also boasted about my appointment with Li Youlan.

After the old Daoist heard that I had finished speaking, he nodded thoughtfully. After a while, he said, ”It wasn't raining in the morning at all. Although it was a cloudy day, there wasn't a single drop of rain.”

”What? That's impossible! It was clearly a storm, but the rain stopped in less than ten minutes?” I said, surprised.

At this time, the old Daoist seriously said, ”I suspect that you've encountered more than one ghost.”

I was stunned. What did the old Daoist mean?

”Are you saying that you suspect Li Youlan of being a ghost as well?” I was surprised.

The old Daoist added, ”And Wu Xiaoli.”

”That's impossible!” I thought, Li Youlan and Wu Xiaoli are so pretty, how could they be ghosts?

However, in reality, whether it was a ghost or not had nothing to do with how pretty she was …

”You will know in a while. Let's go.”

”Where to?”

”The class reunion is really stupid. It's almost half past two!”

I realized that we were going to be teaching the 1-101 meeting later. I quickly washed my face, dressed, and fixed my hair in the mirror before heading to the teaching area with the old Taoist.

Arriving at the teaching area, the old Taoist said to me, ”Do you think it's raining here?”

”It doesn't look like it. The ground is very dry.” I replied.

”Then, you said that it rained heavily here this morning?”

”That's right, it was raining.”

The old Daoist didn't argue with me, he only said, ”It's almost time. Hurry up.” Then he quickened his pace. He still seemed to be walking, but I had to run to keep up with him.

The old Daoist's footsteps were ridiculously fast.

Soon, we arrived at Teach 1-101.

Since it was the first floor, and the window was in a dense forest, the classroom appeared very dim.

There were about 30 people in the classroom and these should be my future classmates. However, with a quick glance, I only saw 6 girls. The ratio of males to females is seriously out of whack, but I heard before I went to college that girls in engineering schools, such as at the national level to protect animals, are very rare. Having six girls in our class is already considered a lot, like other electromechanical or automation colleges, it's already good enough for a class to have three girls.

Everyone turned to look at us when they saw me and the old Taoist running in through the back door. I glanced at it and immediately felt a little uncomfortable. The way these students looked at me made me feel uncomfortable all over. Moreover, their faces looked a little dull and strange.

I whispered to the old Daoist, ”Old Daoist, don't you feel that there's something strange about this?”

The old Daoist replied with an ”En” and seemed to agree with my point of view. He didn't express any more opinions.

An Gui had arrived a long time ago. At a table near the window, he saw us enter and gestured for us to sit beside him.

The old Daoist and I sat next to An Gui. ”Why did you guys arrive so late? It'd be better to leave a good impression on others during this first class reunion.”

The old Daoist ignored him, as if he didn't hear his words. He only looked around, as if he was looking for something in the classroom.

Instead, I complained to An Gui, ”I slept late, and you didn't come to get me. You really have no sense of loyalty.”

An Gui smiled in embarrassment and didn't say anything else.

Wang Hong, the assistant teacher on the podium, began to speak, but I didn't listen because I had been paying attention to the old Taoist.

The old Daoist came in to look for something, and now his eyebrows twitched, and his forehead began to drip with sweat. I know if this is a good omen or not.

Wang Hong soon finished his speech. In the end, I didn't even hear a single word of his. When everyone applauded, I followed suit. As for the old Taoist, he didn't even bother to clap. He really didn't give Wang Hong any face.

”What are you doing?” I lowered my head and asked the old man in a low voice. His mysterious appearance made my heart itch. I'm a very curious person.