Last night, Qin Sheng had picked Song Ruyu up and brought her back to Diaoyutai No.1 Courtyard. During this period, he had not seen Song Ruyu at all. He could see how busy Song Ruyu had been during this period. She had been studying, investigating, and doing research. This might be the busiest period since she started working.
As the wedding day approached, Qin Sheng and Song Ruyu didn't have to do anything. Most of the things were handled by the Qin and Song Families. Qin Ran, Qin Jing, and the two cousin-in-laws of the Zhu Family helped them with the rest. However, this was their wedding after all, and they still needed to decide some things.
For example, the wedding theme, and so on.
Qin Ran, Qin Jing, and the other cousin-in-laws wanted to discuss these trivial things with Qin Sheng and Song Ruyu. Unexpectedly, Song Ruyu told Qin Sheng about this last night, so he had to postpone other things.
When Qin Sheng got up and came back from jogging, Song Ruyu had already prepared breakfast. It was probably a lifelong dream of many men to have such a goddess as a good wife and mother, but Qin Sheng had realized it so easily.
When she was at work, Song Ruyu always dressed more formally. After all, in such an environment, she had to abide by some unwritten rules.
However, when she was at home or resting, Song Ruyu dressed more casually. She didn't have so many scruples, even when meeting her teacher today.
In contrast, Qin Sheng dressed more formally. After all, it was Song Ruyu's teacher, not his. He had to leave a good impression.
Moreover, he didn't know the teacher's attitude toward him. Maybe her attitude toward him was related to some overt or covert attitude toward the Qin Family. Qin Sheng dared not to be careless.
The meeting place was booked by the teacher. Song Ruyu and Qin Sheng set off in advance, because she knew how busy the teacher was. She couldn't let the teacher wait for them. Who knew whether there would be a traffic jam on the road?
They had met a long time ago, but the teacher was busy and couldn't confirm her schedule. That was why they had to meet today.
Qin Sheng didn't dare to drive a flashy car to meet Song Ruyu's teacher. He just drove Song Ruyu's ordinary Volkswagen, but there were many passes on the windshield, which might be more flashy than any other car.
Song Ruyu was wearing light makeup today. Maybe she only put on makeup every time she went out with Qin Sheng. She had worked in the company for so many years, but she almost never put on makeup. Maybe she didn't want others to pay more attention to her appearance. She hoped that people would pay more attention to her working ability.
Of course, she never denied that being beautiful would bring her a lot of convenience. This was true for anyone who was beautiful. Sometimes, being beautiful could also become a hindrance.
Qin Sheng drove steadily. They didn't buy anything. In fact, Qin Sheng asked politely, but Song Ruyu said that the teacher was strict in this aspect. No matter who they were, they were not allowed to bring anything home.
In the past, Song Ruyu had occasionally gone to her teacher's house to freeload meals, but she always ate empty-handed, which made her a little embarrassed.
"Ruyu, do I need to pay attention to anything?" Qin Sheng, who was driving, could not help but ask. Song Ruyu did not say anything, which made Qin Sheng somewhat uneasy, even though he was used to seeing the world.
Song Ruyu stared at Qin Sheng with a faint smile and said, "You're not afraid of anything. Do you still need to be careful?"
It was rare for Song Ruyu to make a joke, but unfortunately, Qin Sheng was a little overwhelmed.
"Don't make fun of me. That's your teacher, the big boss I admired when I was in school. How can I not be nervous?" Qin Sheng said, feeling like crying but having no tears.
Song Ruyu smiled and said, "You don't need to pay attention to anything. My teacher is easy to get along with. You just answer whatever he asks you. He didn't ask you about your work."
Qin Sheng thought about it and felt a little relieved.
They met in an alley on the right side of Fuyou Street. There was a reason why they chose this alley. After all, it was the safest place. There were police cars and plainclothes patrolling everywhere. They didn't need to muster so many people if they went to other places.
Their car was stopped at the entrance of the alley. After reporting to the police and checking their IDs, Song Ruyu and Qin Sheng walked over.
This was a very ordinary bookstore. Most of the books sold were old books. The owner was an old man who was over 70 years old. He used to be a staff member of the Ministry of Ministries and Commissions. After his retirement, he opened a bookstore here. He was an old acquaintance of Song Ruyu's teacher.
The bookstore did not sell any best-selling books and so on. Relatively speaking, there were very few literary works. Most of them were historical and philosophical ancient books and so on. They were also old books collected from other places. Business could only be considered average. Most of the customers who came were repeat customers, but the price of each book was not cheap.
The owner lived in a family compound nearby. Every month, he could earn a lot of retirement salary for his parents. So he didn't rely on this bookstore to support his family, but to kill time.
This reminded Qin Sheng of his previous life in Chengdu. However, compared with that bookstore, this bookstore was more natural. The only similarity was that there were cats in this bookstore. The cat in this bookstore was a little tabby cat.
There were security guards near the entrance. Fortunately, Qin Sheng didn't ask Lao Chang to come with him today. Otherwise, he would have been stopped.
The owner was drinking tea and playing with the cat at the entrance. It seemed that this episode didn't disturb his daily life at all. He didn't deliberately change anything because of the identity of the man inside. It seemed that he had long been used to this kind of life.
Qin Sheng and Song Ruyu nodded to the old man politely. The old man just nodded back with a smile. Then he closed his eyes, basked in the sun, and played with the cat in his hand. He really looked like a master living in seclusion.
The bookstore was neither small nor large. Whether it was the hall outside or the two small halls inside, there were all kinds of books everywhere. The fragrance of the books was overwhelming.
As soon as Qin Sheng stepped into the bookstore, he saw a man holding a book in his hand in the small hall not far away. The man was a little thin, wearing glasses and a very simple gray coat, which seemed to be the standard for leaders. He was carefully reading the book in his hand.
Qin Sheng stopped in his tracks subconsciously. This was the man he admired quite a lot. He could be considered as his senior.
In terms of age, this senior was now over 60 years old. It was just that he was in a high position.
Song Ruyu held Qin Sheng's hand and smiled at him. Then she led Qin Sheng to the teacher unhurriedly.
When they were about to get close, Song Ruyu took the initiative to call out, "Teacher, are you looking for books here again?"
The man who was over 60 years old turned around. He looked at Song Ruyu and then Qin Sheng and said in a low voice, "You're here. Let's sit down and talk."
The man was very elegant and looked approachable. However, his superior aura could make people feel dignified without being angry. This kind of contradictory but reasonable feeling made Qin Sheng more and more nervous. After all, this teacher's life experience was unique.
There were only two desks in the bookstore. At this time, someone had already made tea. After the man sat down, Qin Sheng and Song Ruyu sat opposite to him.
After sitting down, the man looked at Qin Sheng and said with a smile, "Qin Sheng."
Qin Sheng replied in a hurry, "Hello, senior."
The man said half-jokingly, "Well, I heard from Ruyu that you graduated from the Department of Philosophy, so it's reasonable for you to call me senior. This is fate. I didn't expect that the one who took away my favorite student would be a junior of mine."
This made Qin Sheng a little less nervous. He replied with a smile, "You're already a legend in our school. I call you senior, which is a bit too close to you."
"Ruyu, I don't mind," the man said disapprovingly. Then he continued, "I wanted to see you for a long time, but I had no choice but to postpone it until today. Don't blame me for choosing this place. There are too many things to do today, and I don't want to be in trouble."
Song Ruyu smiled sweetly and said, "Teacher, your work is more important. It doesn't matter whether you see him or not."
"You're going to get married soon. As your teacher, I have to check on you." The man chuckled. It seemed that his attitude towards Song Ruyu was quite gentle, a bit like a senior to a junior.
The man looked at Song Ruyu thoughtfully and said, "But you're always a stubborn child. It's hard for others to change your mind. Even if I don't agree, you won't change your mind, right?"
This sentence directly made Qin Sheng nervous. Was Song Ruyu's teacher not satisfied with him?
Was she beating him up or testing him?
"Teacher, how could you not agree? You're going to be our witness, "Song Ruyu said with a smile, calmly resolving the problem.
"Witness?"
Song Ruyu hadn't told Qin Sheng about this. It was also the first time that Qin Sheng had heard about it, which somewhat surprised him.
However, to be able to have this man in front of her as a witness, she didn't know how many people dreamed of it.
The man chuckled and said, "Ruyu, I haven't agreed yet. Let's talk about it later."
The man didn't make a firm promise. He just made it up casually.
"Okay." Song Ruyu nodded. She didn't take her teacher's words seriously.
At this time, the man took a sip of tea, looked at Song Ruyu, and said, "Ruyu, last time I saw an annotated version of University Chapters. I don't know where Lao Zheng got it, but it seems that there are a lot of annotations. Can you help me find it?"
After hearing this, Song Ruyu stood up happily and then walked to the small room where there were ancient books. Many of her reading habits were learned from her teacher, which had benefited her for the rest of her life.
After Song Ruyu left, Qin Sheng immediately became nervous. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that the man had sent Song Ruyu away on purpose to have a formal talk with him. He couldn't help but become serious.
To be honest, Qin Sheng didn't have the slightest confidence to face this man.
However, he had to face him. There was no other way.
Moreover, he had already imagined all kinds of situations that might happen when he met this man, including what kind of topics they would talk about. Thinking of this, Qin Sheng also became calm.
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