Free Web Novel"Excuse me, is Lu Yibei in?"
Hearing Li Xuan's voice outside the door, Lu Yibei's heart instantly leaped into her throat; she swallowed, looked at Professor Ma who was looking bewildered next to her, and shook her head vigorously.
Lu Yibei was certain that Li Xuan hadn't seen her in her current appearance that day at the Hua Yu Sunshine Resort Hotel, but Jiang Li and An Qing had, so the Night Watch definitely had a file on her appearance.
If Li Xuan were to enter the seminar room at this moment, it would inevitably trigger a fight; the outcome of the fight was secondary, the important thing was that Lu Yibei didn't want to conflict with the Night Watch.
So far, the guidance given to her by the mysterious girl who appeared in her dreams had never been wrong, so she believed it was very necessary to do as she said and not conflict with the Night Watch.
Professor Ma stared at the girl in front of him, unsure if she was Lu Yibei, his brows furrowed, his mood complex.
There was no expression on her face, but the pleading look in her eyes, the small hands clutching her collar tightly due to nervousness, and the pearly teeth gently biting her lip, all spoke of the anxiety in her heart.
Professor Ma turned his head and glanced towards the main door of the research room, instantly understanding the girl's fear of the person outside the door, a look of realization appearing on his face.
She didn't want the person outside to know she was here? Why was that?
"Professor..." Lu Yibei was just about to say something to Professor Ma when, at that moment, the knocking sound rang out again.
"Knock knock knock—knock knock knock—!"
"Professor Ma, is Lu Yibei in there? I have something important to discuss with him."
Professor Ma, "..."
What should I do now? Should I help her hide?
Just now she had a high fever all over, and she transformed from a male into a girl; it's very likely she's something like a Strange Tale.
But if she is Lu Yibei, then she is my student, and as her Teacher, I have a responsibility to help her.
How about... trusting the copper coin one more time?
Professor Ma thought, silently picked up the copper coin on the table, and tossed it into the air.
He watched the trajectory of the copper coin in the air, thinking to himself, heads and I'll help her hide, tails and I'll let the person outside in.
"Clink—!" The copper coin landed on the white round table, spun a few times, and came to a steady stop heads up; seeing this, Professor Ma secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a relieved smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
There's a saying that goes, when faced with a difficult decision, tossing a coin is the best choice, not because the coin helps decide anything, but because the moment the coin is tossed, the answer appears in your heart.
Although Professor Ma had always been reluctant to admit it, every time he tossed the copper coin, the answer was already in his heart; the copper coin merely helped him become more resolute.
But deep down, this time, deep down, he wanted to help the girl in front of him.
A Miss about the same age as his grandson, soaking wet, dishevelled, looking pitiful, opening a pair of watery big eyes and casting a pleading gaze, who could resist that?
In fact, Professor Ma had always wanted a granddaughter; how cute girls are, quiet and obedient.
Unfortunately, his son wasn't up to par and had two troublesome boys in one go; because those two troublesome boys pulled his beard every day, he couldn't stand it anymore and had to painfully shave off the beard he had grown for over twenty years.
What's more, this girl might also be Lu Yibei, his student!
Lu Yibei has helped me so much, what's the problem with me helping her with a small favour now? Professor Ma thought.
Even if this favour is wrong, as her Teacher, I am confident I can help her get back on the right track.
Finally, taking ten thousand steps back, if someone saw a Little Girl with nothing on appear in my Old man's research room, wouldn't my reputation be ruined if word got out?
After several considerations, Professor Ma composed himself, stood up, and strode towards the main door of the research room, clearing his throat as he walked.
"Ahem, who is it? Don't you know that I don't receive visitors between ten in the morning and four-thirty in the afternoon every day?"
Professor Ma said in a deep voice, with a hint of anger in his tone.
"Professor Ma, I am..."
Just as Li Xuan was about to say something, he was sharply interrupted by Professor Ma.
"Are you my student? If you are my student, you should know even better that I don't receive visitors at this time. If you have any questions, ask them during class tomorrow!"
"Professor Ma, I am not your student, I am here to find Lu Yibei."
"Not my student? If you're not my student, why should I see you? And why are you disturbing my research?" Professor Ma roared from outside the door with a stern face, "You're looking for Lu Yibei? He left a long time ago, go look elsewhere!"
"No, Professor Ma, I..."
"What 'you'?" Professor Ma interrupted sharply again, "If you don't leave now, I'll call security. And Lu Yibei, if you see him, pass on a message for me."
"As a student, the most important task is studying. Spend less time outside making strange friends like you. I can't deal with you, but can't I deal with him?"
"This time, this time I'll just deduct some of his usual grades. If there's a next time, he can forget about passing this course! Hmph!"
Professor Ma said with full anger, and at the same time, Lu Yibei poked half of her head out from the seminar room, leaning against the wall, and was momentarily speechless as she watched Professor Ma perfectly portray what it means to be a strange, strict, and petty Old man.
What should I say? Forget it, let's just applaud! Let's give applause for Professor Ma's outstanding acting skills! Lu Yibei thought.
But, are those usual grades really going to be deducted?
...
Outside the research room.
Perhaps due to Professor Ma's continuous retorts, or perhaps because he sustained a slight injury from using runes to peek at that powerful existence just now, Li Xuan always felt a tightness in his chest, as if he had a mouthful of old blood stuck there.
Is this Professor's temper so strange? Or is he deliberately hiding something?
If I were to break in now, and it turns out, as he said, that Lu Yibei has already left and I find nothing, things would become troublesome.
Li Xuan stared at the closed research room door, hesitating, looked around a few times, and like he had compromised, he silently sighed.
"Since Professor Ma has said so, I won't disturb you further. As for your message to Lu Yibei, I will..."
"Get lost, get lost, stop disturbing my research!"
Li Xuan, "..."
He seems convincing, but whether he's genuinely strange-tempered or hiding something will be clear with a little investigation at the school.
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The informants at Huacheng Institute of Technology will also continue to keep an eye on Lu Yibei.
Thinking this, Li Xuan turned and left the Special Text Content Research Room, and quickly found someone to investigate Professor Ma's reputation among students.
The investigation results were beyond his expectation.
Almost everyone insisted that Professor Ma was a strict and eccentric Teacher, and even his habit of deducting students' grades at the drop of a hat was his usual style.
After hearing the report from the Special Operations Team member, Li Xuan fell into contemplation and silent mourning for Lu Yibei for a moment. freēwēbnovel.com
It seems this kid Lu Yibei, having such a Teacher...
Is quite pitiful?
...
Professor Ma leaned against the door, quietly listening to Li Xuan's footsteps fade away. Not until there was no more sound from the corridor did he unclench his fists and let out a long breath.
As a law-abiding citizen, to say that he wasn't nervous about helping the girl deceive someone who was likely a police officer would be an absolute lie.
When he was shouting those words at Li Xuan just now, he felt like his high blood pressure was about to act up. Now that he had come back to his senses, his head was still spinning.
Leaning against the door for a moment, Professor Ma took a deep breath and returned to the seminar room.
In the seminar room, Lu Yibei had already sat back down in her seat, looking obedient and charming.
Seeing Professor Ma return, she immediately stood up, and was just about to open her mouth to thank him, but Professor Ma suddenly trembled as if he had been electrocuted, ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) jumped back a step, and shouted.
"You, sit down! Don't come over!"
Although Professor Ma had helped the girl, the thought that she could be both Lu Yibei and a Strange Tale, or even both, terrified him.
Lu Yibei tilted her head, "???"
Am I that scary?
Although after each Strange Tale transformation, I immediately encountered many things and didn't have time to properly examine this body, I feel like I should be quite attractive!
"Professor, don't be scared! I won't hurt you..."
Before Lu Yibei could finish speaking, a drop of water landed on her slender fingertip, and with a "Sizzle!", a wisp of green smoke shot up, and faintly, a flicker of flame flashed by.
Professor Ma, "..."
How can anyone believe that?
Lu Yibei, "..."
What's going on? Is this a side effect of performing the Spell just now?
Thinking this, Lu Yibei silently sat back down in her seat. Seeing this, Professor Ma slightly relaxed, cleared his throat, and said seriously, "Ahem, explain yourself! Explain who you are and why you are here. If your explanation isn't reasonable enough, I can call that person back at any time."
"Professor, actually I..." Lu Yibei hesitated, bit her lip several times, and finally made up her mind to tell Professor Ma her secret.
"I am actually Lu Yibei."
Anyway, he saw it just now, hiding it is useless.
What's more, although he said he would report me, judging from how he helped me hide just now, as long as my explanation is acceptable to him, it will be fine. Lu Yibei thought.
"You say you're Lu Yibei? Then how..." Professor Ma pointed at Lu Yibei, his eyes scanning her with uncertainty and surprise.
Although he had already guessed in his heart, hearing Lu Yibei say the result herself still surprised him.
"This is..." Lu Yibei's mind raced, and a lie immediately slipped out, "This is black night disease, I originally didn't want anyone to know."
"black night disease?" Professor Ma was startled for a moment, thinking, I have heard that people who contract black night disease develop strange and unexplainable symptoms.
But...
black night disease, how can it be like this?
"Yes, black night disease."
Lu Yibei said, lowering her head. Although there was no expression on her face, her slightly furrowed brows and her sad, melancholic eyes perfectly displayed the complex emotions in the heart of a young person (girl) burdened with a secret before Professor Ma.
"I've had this illness for almost two years. As long as I come into contact with mysterious items that have relatively strong power, I turn into this. I've never told anyone, I didn't expect you to see it today."
"Because of this illness, my godfather's colleague has always suspected I'm a Strange Tale, which is why I didn't want him to see me like this."
Professor Ma listened to Lu Yibei's explanation, his brows furrowed in thought.
He had some understanding of Lu Yibei; in fact, based on the principle of teaching according to aptitude, he had carefully researched the information of every student in his class.
From the information he had, Lu Yibei did indeed take time off from school for over a year due to illness, which matched what she was saying now and didn't seem like a lie.
What a poor child! Professor Ma sighed inwardly.
However...
"You should know that black night disease patients cannot return to school before they recover. If I help you hide..."
"This, this... this is a bit embarrassing to talk about," Lu Yibei stammered, "I'm afraid you'll laugh at me if I say it."
"What's there to laugh about? Just say it boldly."
"Because, I love studying!" Lu Yibei raised her head, looking at Professor Ma with burning eyes. On her expressionless face, it seemed as if a blush appeared due to excitement.
She did blush; saying things like 'I love studying' repeatedly, how could she not blush?
"So, Professor, in order to be able to continue staying at school, I have a request. I hope you won't tell anyone my secret!"
"Can you? Please, please!" Lu Yibei said in a pleading tone.
Professor Ma rubbed his forehead, secretly observing Lu Yibei through his fingers.
This, how should I answer her?
