[This chapter is dedicated to Annich_Tsuma for the nice comnts that he/she has been leaving in my stories for the month of June and for being a silent reader who suddenly comnted! Thank you so much for the support! I hope to continue reading your comnts in the near future! :D]
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"Hurry up! Zhang Ren and I are going to have classes soon!"
With Shi Lian reminding them of the ti and that in ten minutes classes would start, even Pan An who was so engrossed with planning widened his eyes when he realized the ti.
"I have to conduct my classes, too. If Zhang Ren and Shi Lian are late, she might suspect sothing," Pan An said, Zhang Ren, chiming in to the conversation.
"Don't worry, Professor Pan An! Shi Lian and I will just tell her that we were flirting—"
"Flirting?" Wang Lei interrupted, Cai Li and Ru Shi, giggling. "You were flirting with my sister even though this is a lie?"
"'Erm…"
Zhang Ren almost forgot that Wang Lei is around, making him scratch his head as the others were still connected in the video call.
"Sorry. I'll just tell Shu Xian that we were talking," Zhang Ren apologized and said, a soft blush appearing on Shi Lian's face.
"Geez, Zhang Ren…" she mumbled, still enough for the others to hear. "Control your shalessness!"
With a sigh coming from Pan An, he reminded everyone what to do before ending the call.
"Rember what to do, yes? Mother, Ru Shi, I gave you the address of the house and then the spare key—the spare is with the head house helper."
"Yes, yes, don't worry," Cai Li said, giving him a thumbs up. "Your sister and I will prepare the place and will cook!"
"I'll make sure that after classes, I'll go directly to help, don't worry," Shi Lian chid in, Zhang Ren, stating his task.
"I'll distract Shu Xian while I get the signal that I'll go ahead and wait with you guys at the house."
As Pan An now looked at her sister on the screen, she arched a brow at her, making her roll her eyes at him as she heard what her little brother had told her.
"Rember that Shu Xian will be eting you for the first ti. Don't scare her, please."
"Geez, is that how you look at your sister?" Ru Shi scoffed, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Mother's here! With her doting on her too much, how could I dare act differently?"
As they let out a chuckle, Pan An then looked at Wang Lei in the video call, reminding him of his task.
"Rember the design I gave you for the jeweler to do. If he has it, please reserve it for . I'll pay you ASAP—regardless of the price."
"Yeah, yeah," Wang Lei started, scratching the back of his head. "With you busy as a professor, why can't you do it in your free ti? I'm busy as a CEO, too!"
Pan An rolled his eyes at him.
"Co on. You agreed to help on this one—I rarely ask for help. You can leave your work anyti since you're the boss."
"Alright!"
With the school bell suddenly ringing and heard in the faculty room as it indicated that there are five minutes left before the class would start, Pan An widened his eyes, already saying goodbye.
"Let's end the call. You guys already know what to do, alright?"
"Copy!"
With that, the call already ended. With Pan An abruptly standing up from his seat, he surprised so of the faculty mbers beside him, the other arching a brow at the panicking professor.
"What's wrong, Professor Pan An? You seem jittery today. It's like you're a new professor," one comnted, a small smile appearing on his face as he reasoned out.
"Oh, nothing… it's just that sothing big is coming up after work—I wouldn't want to ss up."
Not bothering to hear a reply, he waved the teachers goodbye as he walked to his class, the professors wondering about what he ant.
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"Gaaah! Safe!"
Shi Lian exclaid, getting the attention of the birthday girl. With Zhang Ren and Shi Lian surprising Shu Xian with how they arrived in class, she widened her eyes at them, blinking her eyes a few tis.
"Zhang Ren! Shi Lian! Where were you two? You were almost late for class," she comnted, Shu Xian scooting over for them to sit beside her.
"Sorry," Zhang Ren apologized, a foolish grin appearing on his face as he forgot what Wang Lei had scolded him for earlier. "Shi Lian and I were flirting and we lost track of ti."
Shi Lian widened her eyes at Zhang Ren. With a scoff coming from Shu Xian, she playfully rolled her eyes at her friends, comnting on what she heard.
"You two… I thought you're taking things slow and now you're flirting and leaving your other friend alone? Don't tell I'd be third-wheeling from now on!"
With Shi Lian elbowing Zhang Ren, the boy couldn't help but chuckle, the second bell already ringing as it indicated the official start of classes this morning.
"By the way, Shu Xian, happy birthday," Zhang Ren greeted her, him and Shi Lian smiling at her with excitent etched on their faces.
"Thanks, guys! Will we be having sothing nice for lunch later?" she asked, the two nodding as they gestured to their bag.
"We brought extra food for today! Let's eat a lot before duty starts, yes?"
With excitent also on Shu Xian's face, she was already happy to know that she will spend her birthday with her friends even though it's just lunch.
Even though Pan An rejected Shu Xian's idea earlier this morning, Shu Xian didn't dwell too long about it as she thought that it's enough to be with her friends who did small efforts into making her day special.
Little did Shu Xian know, however…
That they were all preparing sothing that she requested beforehand—wanting to surprise her since she never celebrated her birthday with a lot of people before.
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