the alma mater of Sheng Chuyi and Shen Zhaozhao.
Sheng Ning’an stood at the classroom door, glancing towards the school entrance from time to time.
The class meeting was about to start, and her Young Uncle was still nowhere to be seen.
Just as she was about to call Sheng Yeli, she caught sight of a surprising yet familiar figure.
"Why are you here? How did you end up at our school? Have you seen my Young Uncle?" Sheng Ning’an asked as she looked behind him.
Unfortunately, there was not a soul following him.
Xu Weiran, with his hands in his pockets, spoke leisurely, "Stop looking; your Young Uncle had something come up and asked me to attend the parent-teacher meeting on your behalf."
"Fine, hurry up! It doesn’t matter who it is, as long as someone shows up," she thought.
Sheng Ning’an pulled him quickly into the classroom.
As soon as they entered the classroom, they attracted quite a few gazes. Sheng Ning’an directly pulled him to sit at her own desk and said, "Just sit here, oh, and don’t mess with my stuff. The teacher might want to talk to you later; whatever she says, just nod along. Thanks, I’ll buy you a drink later." After that, Sheng Ning’an walked toward the classroom door.
Once outside, her deskmate grabbed her, excitement pulling at her sleeve, "An’an, who is that? Didn’t you say your Young Uncle was coming to the parent-teacher meeting for you? I remember your Young Uncle doesn’t look like that?"
Sheng Ning’an: "He’s a friend and colleague of my Young Uncle’s."
The deskmate click her tongue and her eyes shone with a lovesick expression, "Is it that handsome guys like to hang out with other handsome guys? I thought your Young Uncle was already quite dashing, but his friend is also so good-looking."
Sheng Ning’an glanced in Xu Weiran’s direction and said, "He’s alright! Still falls a bit short of my Young Uncle, though."
In her eyes, her Young Uncle was the most handsome man in the world.
The deskmate covered her face with her hands and said, "I think they’re both equally handsome; it’s just that they have different styles. Your Young Uncle is cool-handsome, like an icy cool guy, while this one is rakishly handsome, with a robust allure, sure to be popular with girls. Does he have a girlfriend?"
"I wouldn’t know about that." Sheng Ning’an would occasionally go to see Sheng Yeli, and she knew all the ones who attended the Youth Class with him.
But because there was a significant age difference, they just treated her like a little sister, and wouldn’t discuss topics like girlfriends in front of her.
And she wasn’t inclined to ask.
She did know that in her Young Uncle’s heart, there were only experiments and no girlfriends.
As for the others, she really had no idea.
The parent-teacher meeting lasted about an hour, and Xu Weiran, indeed, ended up being kept behind as Sheng Ning’an’s ’parent.’
In the office, Sheng Ning’an didn’t know what they talked about, but she could guess the gist.
After about fifteen minutes, she saw Xu Weiran exit the teacher’s office.
"Here you go, thank you for today." Sheng Ning’an handed him a chilled soda.
She herself opened another bottle and was about to drink when Xu Weiran took it from her, pulled out a bottle of Yakult from his pocket, and handed it to her, "Girls should drink less cold stuff, have this instead."
Sheng Ning’an looked at the Yakult in her hand, somewhat amused: Did he still see her as a child?
But if it was Yakult, then Yakult it was!
After tearing open the top, Sheng Ning’an took a sip and asked, "What did the head teacher say to you?"
"What do you think?" Xu Weiran looked at her with a teasing smile.