Chapter 29 [No One Can Stop!]
Lu Sisi recognized that this Professor Zhao was a teacher from the school, who even taught a compulsory course for her class.
From Lu Sisi’s perspective, this teacher was extremely impressive. A professor, a graduate advisor, and also held the title of Vice Dean of the branch campus.
Since the office building was on the way to the cafeteria, Lu Sisi decided to walk that way.
Once she reached the office building, she went up to the second floor, found the office, and knocked before entering.
Inside the office, Professor Zhao was sitting behind her desk, engrossed in a book with a beautifully crafted lunchbox in front of her. Her silver hair was neatly combed, and she held chopsticks in one hand and the book in the other, in an elegant posture, absorbed in her reading.
Hearing the knock, Professor Zhao looked up and saw a delicate girl walk in.
Hmm? Why is there gauze on her forehead?
Lu Sisi, being shy, swallowed her saliva, quickly stepped forward, placed the wallet on the desk, and said softly, "I found this wallet on the road, it should be yours, so..."
Professor Zhao was stunned, then subconsciously touched her pocket, her expression changed, and she quickly took the wallet from the desk and opened it to check.
"Oh my! It’s indeed mine!" Professor Zhao said with a big smile, standing up and walking to Lu Sisi: "Thank you, student. If you hadn’t found it, I wouldn’t even realize I lost it—by the time I did, it would be hard to get it back.
Though there’s no money in the wallet, it’s troublesome to replace the IDs and bank cards.
You’ve really helped me a lot."
Lu Sisi, a bit nervous, watched as Professor Zhao reached out her hand, and only then, somewhat bewildered, shook it.
"Thank you!" Professor Zhao pondered for a moment: "At this time, did I delay your lunch?"
"No, no... I was just heading to the cafeteria."
"Alright then, hurry up and go eat! Although you’re young, you still need to take care of your health!"
Lu Sisi quickly bowed, turned around to leave, and had just taken two steps when Professor Zhao suddenly called out again.
Student, you look familiar, are you one of my students?"
Lu Sisi quickly replied: "Yes, I’m from 24th level, Management and Economics class 2."
"Hmm, that’s a lovely name." Professor Zhao smiled, nodding: "Go ahead, hurry and eat."
Somewhat confused, Lu Sisi bid farewell and quickly headed to the cafeteria.
In the office, Professor Zhao watched Lu Sisi leave, took the wallet, and put it back in her bag.
Returning to the desk, she suddenly had an idea, pushed the book aside, and took out a sheet of paper from the drawer.
It was a grade report—for the exam of the compulsory course she taught a few days ago.
Given her status, grading exams was something she naturally didn’t do herself; it was all done by the graduate students she supervised, and then handed to her for review.
The report had just been delivered that morning.
Professor Zhao quickly found Lu Sisi’s name in the report and glanced at her grade.
"Hmm, such a pretty girl, but the grades are quite average." Looking at her usual scores and attendance, they were all complete.
Professor Zhao pondered for a while, casually picking up a pen from the desk, crossing out the score next to Lu Sisi’s name,
and wrote a new number.
Well, the new score was a few points higher than the previous one.
Lu Sisi didn’t know that her recent experience had unknowingly spared her from a retake.
As she ate in the cafeteria, Lu Sisi had just one thought.
The cafeteria lady’s hand didn’t shake today!
She got two more pieces of meat than usual.
Gu Girl sat at the entrance of Extreme Internet Cafe, under her perched was a small stool.
With her hands propping up her cheek, she watched the bustling street.
The door opened from inside, and the landlady peeked her head out, took a cold breath, and shivered: "Xiaogu, aren’t you cold? It’s zero degrees today, you’ve been sitting at the entrance all morning!
Come inside! If you stay out any longer, you’ll get sick!"
Gu Girl looked back at the landlady, smiled faintly: "I’m fine, landlady, I’m used to the cold."
Her tone was sincere, and she wasn’t lying.
Zero degrees... cold?
Compared to the gale atop the Prison Suppression Platform that could flay one’s skin and flesh, the wind here, was warm and intoxicating...
The landlady thought for a moment, then decided to open the door and came out, holding a hand warmer, huddled: "I’ve noticed you haven’t left during the day these past two days, just sitting at my shop entrance, are you pretending to be a lucky cat?"
Gu Girl shook her head, thought for a moment: "I just feel stuffy inside the shop, so I sit at the entrance for some fresh air."
The landlady looked at the girl, whispered: "Having trouble finding the person? Still no luck?"
"Yes, but I’m getting close." A flash of determination appeared in the girl’s eyes.
The landlady sighed, and then stared at Gu Girl’s face and hair for a moment.
"Xiaogu... how many days has it been since you took a bath?"
Gu Girl’s fair face blushed slightly.
The landlady thought for a moment, took a key from her pocket, and put it in Gu Girl’s hand.
"Go to the third floor, the room at the end is mine, there’s a bathroom inside.
Take a bath in my room. There’s a set of new underwear hanging on the balcony, they’ve been washed once, I haven’t worn them yet.