Li Chenyu's words finally made He Guizhong and Lu Lei stop, and they turned their gaze back to Ge Dongxu, a sleazy smile reappearing on their faces.
"Ge Dongxu, who would have guessed, huh? Always so quiet, but it turns out you're a hidden master! Even Professor Wu recognizes you," He Guizhong said.
"Exactly, Sun Wenjun thought he was all that just because he had a al with Professor Wu, but our Master Ge had already made the first move, and his relationship with Professor Wu is way closer than his. You have no idea how green Sun Wenjun's face turned when he saw you go out with Professor Wu. That was a satisfying slap in the face!" Li Chenyu nodded.
"Satisfying!" Lu Lei slapped Ge Dongxu's shoulder hard, his face beaming with delight.
Seeing Sun Wenjun get slapped in the face made Lu Lei feel vindictively pleased.
"So, tell us, how did you and Professor Wu et?" He Guizhong asked.
Upon hearing this, Li Chenyu and Lu Lei imdiately stared intently at Ge Dongxu, their ears perking up.
"et, my foot! That's a teacher!" Ge Dongxu glared at He Guizhong and said.
"Alright then, how did you get to know Professor Wu?" He Guizhong corrected himself.
"You guys know I'm from Changxi County, and there's a mountain called Baiyun Mountain in Changxi County. Three years ago, they wanted to develop tourism there, and Professor Wu was invited to conduct an environntal assessnt on Baiyun Mountain. My family lives at the foot of the mountain, and I guided her, and that's how we got acquainted," replied Ge Dongxu.
This was the story he and Professor Wu had agreed upon during their al.
"That's it? Just like that?" The three of them, He Guizhong, sounded sowhat disappointed.
"What else do you guys want?" Ge Dongxu replied irritably.
"Well, that's true," He Guizhong and Li Chenyu thought about it, then nodded in agreent.
"Wait a minute! You've been drinking!" However, Lu Lei suddenly leaned towards Ge Dongxu, sniffed, and his eyes imdiately lit up.
"Holy shit, you really have been drinking. Oh my God, does that an you've been with Professor Wu since this afternoon, and you even had dinner and drinks with her?" He Guizhong and Li Chenyu also leaned in to sll, and upon doing so, the previously disappointed duo suddenly beca as excited as if they had discovered a new continent, exclaiming in disbelief.
"Is there a problem with that?" Ge Dongxu asked with a mix of laughter and tears.
"A problem? A man and a woman dining and drinking together, and that woman is none other than Professor Wu, who's always been free of any scandal. Tell , there's no problem?" He Guizhong and Li Chenyu pointed their fingers at Ge Dongxu, looking righteously indignant as if he had committed so unspeakable atrocity.
"There's even a scent of perfu!" Lu Lei wrinkled his nose again, blurting out his discovery.
"My God! There really is a scent of perfu! It has to be Professor Wu's, subtle and very pleasant. I slled it during class today, exactly the sa. You, you, you beast, what exactly did you do to Professor Wu?" He Guizhong and Li Chenyu turned green with envy.
"It might be because we shared a car ride together, you know how the backseat is…," Ge Dongxu also slled a faint whiff of perfu at this point, secretly expressing a wry smile, but trying to keep his composure as he explained.
"Ride together in a car? And sit in the backseat? God, are you saying you left the campus with Professor Wu? Where to?" Ge Dongxu didn't realize it until he ntioned it, but once he did, the envy in He Guizhong and the others' eyes turned even greener.
Only then did Ge Dongxu realize he had spoken too freely, but it was already too late to backtrack, so he frankly confessed, "Mingyue Lake!"
"Mingyue Lake! Mingyue Lake, wow, what a romantic place! Ge Dongxu, no, no, Big Brother Ge, from now on you are the boss of our dorm! Anyone who disobeys..." The three of them were stunned for a good while before He Guizhong suddenly exclaid.
In terms of actual age, He Guizhong was the oldest in the dorm, Ge Dongxu was the third, and Lu Lei was the youngest.
"Out of the way, Dongxu bro, help yourself to so water, and please take care of us in the future!" Li Chenyu pushed He Guizhong aside and picked up the cup of water on the table, fawning with a bootlicker's grin.
"Dongxu bro, I've realized I'm totally outclassed by you! I'm convinced!" Always confident in his handso looks, Lu Lei, upon hearing that Ge Dongxu had actually strolled around Mingyue Lake with Professor Wu, imdiately expressed his admiration both in heart and words.
Ge Dongxu looked at the three of them with their faces full of "admiration" and found himself at a loss for words.
Wednesday was just like Tuesday, with classes in both the morning and afternoon.
Because of yesterday's incident with Professor Wu naming Ge Dongxu, students from the two environntal chemistry freshman classes looked at him sowhat differently, especially Sun Wenjun, whose gaze held a trace of resentnt, as if Ge Dongxu had intentionally caused him to lose face.
"Ge Dongxu, I've already invited Zhou Pujun, the senior, to be the referee. Tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock, on the basketball court, don't be a no-show!" Sun Wenjun specially called out to Ge Dongxu after class.
"Ge Dongxu, you better be ready to treat!" Zheng Yun and others laughed.
Ge Dongxu just smiled ambiguously, while He Guizhong and the others were naturally a bit miffed, saying, "Cut it out, don't be too confident. You might be the ones apologizing!"
But when they said this, it was clear they lacked confidence.
"Haha, maybe? Seems like you don't have much confidence! How about we forget the match and you treat us right now? In view of your proactive forfeit, we'll definitely be a bit gentler when ordering," Sun Wenjun said with a smug smile on his face.
"I can still afford a al at Crystal Hall, but that's only if you have the skills!" Ge Dongxu, seeing Sun Wenjun's smug laughter, tossed out a casual remark, and then walked away with He Guizhong and the others.
"Damn it! Just a guy from a small county, what's there to be arrogant about? Let's see what he does after he loses tomorrow!" Watching Ge Dongxu act so cool and seeing their receding figures, Sun Wenjun's face darkened considerably.
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Hmph, achieving a bit of success and getting too big for his boots, not even giving face. Who does he think he is, Wu Longcai?
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