Chapter 25: Following the imperial edict to enter the palace, the emperor dwells in my heart

The student standing on the podium finished speaking.

Someone immediately asked, "Really?"

"Are you sure Professor Su will attend our team-building activity?"

"Brothers, I also got the news—Professor Su seems to have really said she'll join!"

"Damn, I'm not attending the next classes—you guys keep going; I'm going to buy new clothes to prepare for the team-building!"

"Wait for me, I'm going too!"

…

Upon hearing that Su Manyao would join the team-building activity,

the forty-something students in the classroom instantly went wild!

In a classroom already skewed toward more boys than girls, the twelve girls' negligible number was simply overlooked in this situation.

They no longer cared about their image in front of the girls; a girl grabbed the boy beside her and demanded, "You just said I'm the prettiest in your heart—so why are you getting all excited hearing Professor Su is going?"

The boy shook off her hand without thinking: "Sorry, I just didn't know Professor Su would also be going!"

"You loser, I hope you never find a girlfriend for the rest of your life!"

Jiang Cheng sat there watching the excited classmates, also puzzled—logically, a woman like Su Manyao should be like him and not enjoy such activities.

Just like now, although the whole classroom's students are excited, most are just following the hype, enjoying the atmosphere.

Who would truly hear that a certain person is going together and become unable to contain themselves—it's not that exaggerated.

Su Peng, who had just been sighing and complaining, had no time to verify with his sister; he stood up and shouted loudly, "Old Jiang, hurry up and sign up—Liu Tao, Deng Qi, all of us together, let's go!"

He had wanted to hold back a bit, but hearing his sister was going and seeing the excited beasts in the full classroom, Su Peng couldn't keep up the act.

Jiang Cheng said, "Okay."

He picked up a pen and signed his name on the notebook Zhouzixin had passed to him.

Zhouzixin:???

Su Peng:??? "You said you weren't going, right?" Su Peng asked.

Jiang Cheng said, "You said we should all go together, didn't you?"

Su Peng gave Jiang Cheng a strange look.

"From last night until today you kept saying you weren't going, but as soon as you heard my sister would also go, you immediately signed up?"

Liu Tao sat beside Deng Qi, witnessing this scene and holding back, afraid to speak.

He could have said Jiang Cheng was probably already involved with Professor Su, but of course he couldn't—because the news that Su Manyao would also join the team-building activity had been confirmed.

Thus, this joint mixer of the two classes actually achieved full sign‑up.

The time was set for the afternoon of the next day, departing after class ended! …

In the blink of an eye, the day of the team-building activity arrived.

"No, you two are dressed so flashy—do you think you'll actually find a partner this time?"

In Jiang Cheng's dorm, Su Peng looked at Deng Qi and Liu Tao, frowned, and retorted,

Deng Qi stood before the mirror, arranging his hair with the Orchid Finger, saying, "Su's goddess is also going—I've got to leave a good impression on my goddess, right?"

"What the hell, I've told you countless times—that's my sister!"

"Alright, alright." Deng Qi shoved Su Peng away and said, "Our class has more boys than girls, but this time, with the Music Department we're mixing with, it's different—they can't even find a sprout, basically all girls!"

"Out of the three thousand weak waters, I only take one ladle—scooping one isn't too much, is it?"

Su Peng: "If you can relieve yourself on the ground and hold up a mirror to your face, your confusion will dissolve on its own."

"Come on, brother, who hits people this hard?" Deng Qi complained.

Su Peng urged, "Hurry up—departure time is almost here!"

"What about Old Jiang?" Liu Tao asked.

Su Peng said, "I don't know—he said he wants to eat first." "Aren't we eating?" Liu Tao asked.

Su Peng said, "Didn't the class monitor say? After we get there we'll eat barbecue first."

The three tossed around in the dorm a while, then rushed to the assembly point outside the school.

There were two big buses parked there.

By the time they arrived, the site already had a lot of people.

"The Music Department girls are indeed numerous!"

As soon as they reached the scene, Deng Qi's eyes lit up, so dazzled he felt drool about to spill.

Liu Tao and Su Peng weren't much better off!

Perhaps because there are few girls in our class and we're used to it, to us the scene looks like a sea of girls at a glance! It's deep autumn now, and clothing is at its most disordered.

Some wear short skirts, some wear long pants.

Some go bare-legged, some wear black stockings!

The three squeezed into their class's crowd and began hearing their classmates, one by one, gazing at the girls beside the other bus and chatting.

"Let me say it—the class monitor's work is still lacking; this is our first mixer with the Music Department this year, right?"

"With so many girls in the Music Department, we should do this more often!"

"Quick, quick—did you see the girl in the pink skirt? She's looking at me!"

"Whoa, she seems to be waving at me!"

"You didn't notice her mouth shape? She's saying you're a loser!"

"Where's Professor Su? Why haven't I seen Professor Su?"

"Come on, you still think Professor Su will really come? That's just a mobilization tactic, a pretense to get everyone to join the team-building activity."

The classmate's words quickly drew attention from those nearby; everyone who heard it changed expression.

Yeah, that's right—I actually thought Professor Su was really coming, got me excited for nothing.

All right, I guessed this was a tactic to mobilize us, but I still held a sliver of hope, hoping that when we gathered, I could actually see Professor Su also go.

These people's discussion.

Liu Tao and Deng Qi also heard it, and the two immediately looked toward Su Peng!

What they said can't be true, right? Isn't our Su goddess going?

Before Shu Chang could even speak, someone nearby immediately shouted:

Damn, class monitor, you're being so underhanded—how could you toy with my feelings!

Class monitor, are you saying this is a mobilization tactic you all coordinated ahead of time!

No need—even if the Su girl doesn't go, I'll still sign up!

Miss Zhouzixin, I hate you to death!

Zhouzixin heard the classmates' complaints, feeling wronged and unable to speak: 'When did I say the news that Professor Su would participate in the team-building activity?'

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd immediately stirred! Everyone looked in the same direction.

Quick, look—Professor Su is coming!

Not far away at the corner, Su Manyao walked over wearing a light green dress, her hair tied up high in a little bun, wearing sunglasses.

She held a bag in her hand, her skin white as if it would glow!

Those who had just been shouting loudly fell silent at once, all eyes turning toward her—even the girls were no exception, their gazes full of astonishment and envy.

This is too beautiful!

Every time I see Professor Su, I feel that no man in this world deserves to have her.

(End of chapter)