Together Forever

Chapter 16.1

My Mister Gu

When the very long summer vacation came to an end, she began the true lifestyle of an intern student.

It was not as she had imagined. It was not very busy, but she would always have opportunities to see various defendants and plaintiffs as well as their legal representatives.

Gu Pingsheng's new students were all very delightful.

The first time she went to his school to wait for him to finish his lectures, they ended up causing her face to flush a brilliant shade of red and her ears to turn crimson. That afternoon, after the bell signaling the end of class rung out, a crowd of students soon stepped out with him enclosed in the middle, like the multitudes of stars surrounding the lone moon.

Leaning against a railing, she stood not far away and watched him until he noticed her, and then she immediately made an impish face at him.

"Teacher Gu, is that our esteemed shimu [teacher-mother]?" a female student inquired of him.

After he directly affirmed this, teasing heckles began to rise up from all those students who were two or three years younger than her. In their voices which he could not hear and from angles which he could not see, there were endless cries of "Esteemed Shimu, hello," or "Esteemed Shimu is really pretty," or other similar things ... She was reminded of how, in the past, at her school, her own classmates had also did the same, always using voices that he could not hear to tease her below the podium.

In terms of time, it was now more than a year removed, and in terms of location, they were more than 1400 kilometres away.

But he was still Teacher Gu, that same Teacher Gu who wore button-up shirts and enthralled everyone.

"I remember someone once cautioned me that university teachers and doctors are the professions that most easily give in to temptation. You say, in the next thirty-odd years of your future, you will always be looking at seventeen, eighteen year old students. So, when you go home to see me and I'm looking more and more like a worn housewife, will you even be just a tiny bit swayed?" She was sitting on the couch, her legs resting on top of his thighs. "Plus, men don't age easily ..."

When Gu Pingsheng finished watching this long babble of hers, he raised his brows in a smile, then lowered his head to resume flipping through his book.

He was not even paying attention to her idle worries.

She had initially only said those words in jest, but seeing him now being so uncooperative to indulge her, she continued in great displeasure to rub her foot against his leg. Only after he at last raised his head and looked toward her did she set down the National Judicial Examination practice exam paper and sidle herself from her side over to his. "What if a girl student falls for you like I did?"

His expression seemed to grow serious, and he contemplated for a while before suddenly sighing, "That is indeed very highly possible."

"Very highly possible?" Tong Yan silently fixed her eyes on him.

"This university has a relatively large law school. From the looks of it now, I will be coming in contact with the students of nine different classes. If we estimate the probability based on Mrs. Gu's success rate, then indeed, the situation is very dangerous."

"Yes, yes! You only taught one class and you were already able to nab a girl ..."

"But for every class, before I begin teaching them, I will let them know that I'm already 'not available.'"

Not available.

That was a good way of saying it. She smiled in satisfaction. "Mr. Gu, what would you like to eat tomorrow? Please, go ahead to make your requests. No need to be shy."