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Xue Meng yawned incessantly. It wasn't because he was attending boring lectures, but because of dealing with his troublesome cousin at night, no less. He was going to yawn again when the professor scolded him, "Xue Meng, you dare yawn in my class?!"
This professor of his is the number one professor for mechanical engineering and college-level physics in the country, who even Xue Meng idolizes, Chu Wanning. And this professor is the youngest academic organization head to ever be in position, at the age of 27. He heads the school of engineering in the university and spends his free time either teaching college students or designing machines.
"S-sorry, Professor! I won't do it again!" Xue Meng apologized.
He immediately became the laughingstock of the entire lecture hall, and to think that the cause of it was his cousin, Xue Meng got very annoyed and looked to his right. Just one person was blocking him from his dog shit cousin, which was his best friend, Shi Mei. After Shi Mei is already Mo Ran, Xue Meng's older cousin. Mo Ran noticed Xue Meng's glare, so he asked while smirking, "What?"
"Y-you—!" Xue Meng was losing his composure when Shi Mei, who was in the middle, reminded him with concern, "Young master, we're still in the middle of classes!"
Xue Meng stood down upon Shi Mei's intervention, still sulking. He mumbled, "If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be sleepy in Prof's class, you piece of dog shit." And he couldn't stifle his yawn.
"One more time, Xue Ziming, and I will see you in my office even if your parents run this school I don't care!" The professor's voice rang throughout the lecture hall angrily, so Xue Meng looked for a way to keep himself awake i.e slapping his own face.
And yes, Xue Meng's parents run the university.
After the 2-hour long class had ended, Xue Meng, Shi Mei and Mo Ran exited together.
"Ahahaha, Xue Meng got scolded by the prof~" taunted Mo Ran.
"You dog! Whose fault was it that I'm sleepy— yawn~ huh?! If it wasn't for you messing around like an idiot late at night I wouldn't be picking you up at 2 am!" Xue Meng retorted angrily. "I even got my reputation in class destroyed because of you! Now Prof's got a bad impression of me!"
"I bet he doesn't even have good impressions of anyone at all," Mo Ran snorted. "He looks and acts so frigid I'm gonna freeze up even in the middle of summer. Brrrrr."
"H-how dare you say that about Prof! He's not frigid!"
"Now, now," Shi Mei tried to stop the two from bickering, laughing nervously. "A-Ran, please stop teasing the Young Master. He is very tired lately, so let him have some rest too." As Shi Mei spoke, he was smiling lightly, revealing a beautiful face.
"Oh yeah, Shi Mei, don't you have something to do today?" Xue Meng asked. "Today is Tuesday. I don't get why you still have to come to classes with us."
"Ah! Right, right, I actually have to head to the hospital for my internship by 2pm. It's alright, young master, I have some free time, so I'd like to accompany the two of you to ensure you both don't get into silly mischief," Shi Mei replied, sounding like a babysitter. "Let's see, we can still eat lunch. How about we grab something to eat first?"
"Don't make it sound like we're kids!" Xue Meng exclaimed. "Let's go to the cafeteria already, I'm hungry."
The three of them went to the university cafeteria, which was very spacious and designed to look as if it was open, the sunlight peeking from the glass roof and the birds banging their heads on the glass walls.
The air inside the cafeteria was full of the wafting aromas of various foods, each blending to form a mouthwatering scent, enticing every person to eat. The hungry trio each grabbed a food tray and went to the food servers.
"Auntie, what do we have today?" Xue Meng energetically asked.
"Young Master! Here as always! We have a lot of spicy food right now, just take your pick!" The cafeteria auntie energetically replied. Of course, if his parents run the school, then all of the staff also knows him.
"Then, I'll get some Mapo Tofu with rice and bottled water! How about you two? What are you going to get?" Xue Meng asked the two behind him.
Mo Ran, licking his lips, answered, "I like the Mapo Tofu here, so I'll get that too."
Shi Mei, who had been listening intently, replied, "Oh, then I'm getting the same thing as you two," while smiling sweetly.
They took their trays to a random table and settled down. The trio noticed that the usual rowdiness of the cafeteria was gone, so they took a look around. Professor Chu Wanning was there, sitting at the middle table alone with his food. That table was his usual table, so the cafeteria aunties made a label on the table voluntarily. Whenever the professor walks inside the cafeteria, everything becomes silent, as if the all the people inside have been Thanos'ed. Chu Wanning doesn't mind, either, so it was peaceful.
"Hey, hey, is it just me or the people inside here have been Thanos'ed?" Mo Ran broke the silence in whispers.
"'Thanos'ed,' A-Ran is so mischievous," Shi Mei chuckled lightly.
"It'd be nice to invite Prof over here with us," Xue Meng remarked.
"Meng Meng, you see prof over there?" Mo Ran grabbed Xue Meng's head and made him turn towards the professor, saying, "He's enjoying his solitude; leave him be. Besides, he might be thinking that being with students will make him partial haha. Anyway, I thought you were hungry?"
"Of course I am! I'm eating, I'm eating!" Xue Meng exclaimed, shoving his food into his mouth. "Aaah this tastes so good~"
After they finished eating, they went out of the cafeteria, getting ready to go home.
"See you later, Shi Mei," Xue Meng said to Shi Mei who was going to the hospital.
"Aaaaaaaaa why won't you let me go with you to the hospital, Shi Mei???" Mo Ran was pathetically crying, trying to act cute in front of Shi Mei.
"Now, now, A-Ran, you're a college student already, yet you're still such a baby," Shi Mei laughed sweetly, "Be a good boy now, Master isn't home yet. See you guys later, okay?"