Together Forever

Chapter 1.3

The Pretty Lady's Bane in Our Faculty

Everybody was laughing. Gu Pingsheng, though, was not and simply calmly repeated her words. "Laws that are international, commercial, and about arbitration?" In that moment of such solemnity, Tong Yan was somewhat unable to make herself speak.

The person behind her raised a hand and lifted her head, asking, "Teacher, may I answer for her?" Shen Yao's conscience, at last, was feeling remorseful, and she decided to turn herself in.

Gu Pingsheng's lips were pressed together and turned up at the corner, but it was uncertain whether he was contemplating or smiling. In the end, he shook his head. "No, it's not necessary."

He walked back to the podium, opened the textbook, and began his lecture as if nothing had happened. However, when the bell rang signaling the end of class, he closed his book and stated, "Tong Yan, this afternoon, head over to Administration and come to my office."

She was done for.

The instant Gu Pingsheng left the classroom with books in hand, all eyes turned toward Tong Yan, and the expression in every one of them said only a single thing: You're done for.

"It's okay." Shen Yao patted her on the shoulder. "Pretty Lady's Bane is specifically a bane to pretty ladies, so that just goes to show that your looks are very fine."

Tong Yan ground her teeth together, wishing she could eat her alive.

The end result was, that afternoon when she arrived at the Law Building, every administrative teacher would grin at her and ask, "International Commercial Arbitration, huh? You know now what the consequences are for not studying?"

And all the teaching professors would tell her in a grave and meaningful tone, "Tong Yan, you seem quite smart. Why is it your grades always are not high, but not low either? If you try just a little harder, you'd be able to get one of the slots to be an exchange student."

Tong Yan either smiled or provided a respectful response. Only after she had stepped into his office did she finally realize that he wanted to see her not just for that stupid International Commercial Arbitration class but for another reason as well.

He had said before that he "had a friend" in this particular school, but she had not expected that it would be Zhao Yin, one of the female teachers in the Faculty of Science. This teacher was also the Goddess of Nightmares in her first and second years of university. As a pure liberal arts stream student who had not taken physics since her second year of high school but was required to take university level physics after entering post-secondary, what sort of fate did this mean for her?

The fate of having to retake physics over and over again.

"TK, I'm going now." Teacher Zhao, whose voice was smooth and tactful, smiled at Tong Yan. "Tong Yan, I had a look at your schedule just now. You didn't register for physics this semester. You're planning on taking it again next semester instead?"

In fact, this teacher was actually quite good, but Tong Yan just truly could not understand the things she lectured about.

With a very polite smile, Tong Yan answered, "I want to read up and study myself first during this semester. Next semester, I'll throw myself into the battle again."

Teacher Zhao did not say any more and left.

This was her first time in Gu Pingsheng's office. She was uncertain whether it was his personal preference or whether it was a particular fondness of one of the administrative teachers but the décor of the entire office tended towards the colour white. Even the fabric sofa was a milky white colour. Only a lush corn plant in a large plant pot gave off a green luster under the sunlight.