FIMA Ch142: Professor

Gu Siyuan replied casually, “Whatever.”

Tao Xiangwen sighed: “Siyuan, seriously, you were a scumbag Casanova before, and now you live like a monk.”

Just then, Tao Xiangwen received a message notification.

Zhu Fengqing: “Lao Tao, I saw you ran a dungeon with ‘Smurf’ again. Do you know him?”

Tao Xiangwen glanced at the ID, paused, and then replied with a frown, “God Xie, do you… need something?”

Zhu Fengqing: “The Heart of Ice and he has…”

Tao Xiangwen: “Hey, it’s been a while. Didn’t he give it to you yet?”

Xie Fengqing frowned in front of his computer and typed with long fingers, “Give it to me? Why would he give it to me?”

Tao Xiangwen, afraid of revealing too much, quickly asked Gu Siyuan: “Siyuan, didn’t you say you’d give God Xie the Heart of Ice and Snow you got last time?”

Gu Siyuan typed a few words: “He didn’t listen and even blocked me, so I haven’t given it to him.”

Tao Xiangwen rolled his eyes: “Siyuan, you really have a knack for offending people. Even your alt got blocked. And you still want to reconcile?”

Gu Siyuan: “I’m not trying to reconcile. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Tao Xiangwen pouted. Denial?

If he wasn’t interested, why did he reject Qi Yue before and stand up for Xie Fengqing at the dinner?

Forget it, I’ll help a brother out.

Tao Xiangwen opened the chat with Zhu Fengqing and replied: “God Xie, my friend has admired you for a long time. I thought he already gave you the item, but it seems you misunderstood his words last time and blocked him. Why don’t you unblock him first?”

Xie Fengqing squinted his eyes.

Admired him…

Could it be that the strange things that guy said last time, telling him to stay away from Ying Ning, weren’t because he liked Ying Ning, but because he liked him?

Just then, Tao Xiangwen sent another message: “How about I introduce you guys online? You could run dungeons together. He’s really handsome in real life, definitely the most handsome guy in ‘Great Wilderness.'”

Xie Fengqing’s gaze sharpened, and for some reason, Gu Siyuan’s face appeared in his mind.

Hmph…

The most handsome guy in ‘Great Wilderness’?

Gu Siyuan is very handsome too, and he fits his aesthetic perfectly.

Especially at the banquet hall, when he pinned that blond guy to the table, his sharp, cold profile and icy, piercing gaze…

Thinking about it, Xie Fengqing’s cheeks turned slightly red, and he pressed his palm against his cheek.

Immediately realizing something, he got angry.

Hmph, what’s the use of being handsome? He’s just a scumbag!

Even if he was handsome at the restaurant, he still went out and hooked up with someone right after…

With a cold expression, he replied to Tao Xiangwen: “No need, not interested, goodbye.”

Tao Xiangwen stared at the reply, realizing that Siyuan must have really offended him badly last time.

Sigh… the path to wooing back is long!

Gu Siyuan wandered around in the game, found no threats, and quickly logged off.

He picked up his phone and scrolled through his social media feed.

Besides a few new business partners, it was mostly classmates, including Xie Fengqing.

Moreover, Xie Fengqing’s posts appeared quite frequently.

The latest one was a few pictures of an alley in the rain, with the surrounding architecture suggesting it was some unknown ancient town in Jiangnan.

There were bright red lanterns under the eaves and light green buds peeking out from the cracks in the walls.

Gu Siyuan, being from Jiangnan himself in his previous life, felt a rare sense of nostalgia.

He casually liked the post and exited the app.

Almost instantly, the chat window lit up with a message from Xie Fengqing.

Just a “?”.

Quickly followed by another: “You liked my post.”

Gu Siyuan squinted, wondering if he had done something earth-shattering.

He replied: “Is there a problem? Do I need to undo it?”

He noticed that many classmates had liked Xie Fengqing’s post and didn’t find his behavior unusual.

On the other side, Xie Fengqing widened his eyes and sent an emoji expressing speechlessness, followed by: “No need.”

Gu Siyuan didn’t understand the mindset of these young people and simply commented: “The scenery is beautiful. You took great pictures.”

Xie Fengqing grinned sweetly: “I think so too.”

However, after sending that message, Xie Fengqing waited for a while, but there was no response from the other side.

Feeling a bit frustrated, he swiped his finger across the screen a few times and proactively started another topic: “Gu Siyuan, your final exam notes from last time were really useful. I checked my grades on the academic system a few days ago, and my GPA has improved a lot. It averaged 3.45.”

“…” Gu Siyuan squinted, puzzled by the number sent by the other person.

Why mention a GPA that didn’t even reach 4? 

Xie Fengqing actually had the nerve to say it was good. What a fallen academic slacker…

Xie Fengqing had no idea what the person on the other side of the phone was thinking.

He licked his lips and continued with a pretentious and proud tone: “Gu Siyuan, I sincerely thank you.”

Gu Siyuan immediately sent back a list of book titles.

Xie Fengqing frowned, wondering if this was a hint for him to buy those books.

He smirked. Gu Siyuan, even when asking for a thank-you gift, is so pretentious.

Just then, Gu Siyuan sent over the names of a few public courses and the professors’ names, along with a cold reminder: “These books and courses align with our professional curriculum. Make good use of the holiday and go through them all.”

“…” Xie Fengqing.

What did he mean by this?

“When the new semester starts, write a paper as your thank-you.” Another message quickly followed from Gu Siyuan, his words as harsh and cold as his demeanor.

“…” Xie Fengqing.

Since they started chatting again, this was the first time Gu Siyuan had replied with so many words, yet…

Ha!

Was he sending these messages expecting to be tortured?

During the beautiful winter break, right at the Spring Festival.

Shouldn’t he be waking up naturally every day and then playing games non-stop?

As Xie Fengqing internally complained about Gu Siyuan a hundred times and decided to ignore his stupid idea, his phone screen suddenly lit up again.

It was a voice message from Gu Siyuan.

Xie Fengqing’s eyes widened instantly, and he carefully tapped on it.

The background was very quiet, and though it was only two short words, it was extraordinarily clear, as if spoken directly into his ear, the voice low and crisp, even evoking the clean scent of someone fresh out of the shower.

“Good night.”

Xie Fengqing clutched his phone and rolled around on the bed.

Finally, he lay flat on the bed in a star shape.

Gu Siyuan was being polite. He was growing up.

Hmph, maybe asking him to write a paper was for his own good.

Character is character, feelings are feelings, and academics are academics. He should consider them separately.

Actually, writing it isn’t a big deal, anyway. After all, in another year, he would have to write his graduation thesis, so this could be early practice…

Yes, exactly!

He wasn’t being seduced by his looks.

On the other side.

Gu Siyuan turned off his phone and smirked, feeling his method was quite reasonable. Not only could it help the mission target improve, but if he got immersed in studying, he would naturally have less time to spend in the game and wouldn’t develop any emotional entanglements with the protagonist, Ying Ning.

Two birds with one stone.

Studying saves the world.

…

For the entire winter break, Gu Siyuan was busy.

Even on New Year’s Eve, he was fully occupied with work.

Of course, during his occasional free time, Gu Siyuan would still check his social media, noticing that Xie Fengqing’s posting frequency seemed higher than before, sometimes several times a day.

However, to avoid causing any more trouble, he refrained from liking any posts.

Time flew by.

The month-long winter break ended.

Living off-campus, Gu Siyuan only saw his classmates and Xie Fengqing again on the first day of professional courses.

The class was in the afternoon, and Gu Siyuan had just come back from a meeting at a tech company in the morning, not even having time to change his clothes before arriving at the classroom.

At that moment, Xie Fengqing was lying on his desk, listlessly chatting with Qiu Yu about his trip back home during the break. He looked up inadvertently and froze.

The light was great today, and Gu Siyuan, dressed in a long black trench coat, walked in from outside. Underneath the coat was a well-fitted, elegant suit, highlighting his chiseled, handsome features and cold, composed demeanor. He looked nothing like a college student their age, instead exuding the allure of a mature man.

His steps were steady, his posture upright, his gaze indifferent to everyone, yet it made hearts skip a beat.

Xie Fengqing couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Qiu Yu, following his gaze, gaped as well, finally finding his voice after a while: “Damn, this scumbag’s looks and demeanor are top-notch. Who knows how many more suckers he’ll deceive like you. Even I’m a bit tempted…”

Xie Fengqing shot him a glare.

Qiu Yu winked mischievously: “Just kidding.”

Under Tao Xiangwen’s call, Gu Siyuan walked over and sat next to him.

Whether intentionally or not, Tao Xiangwen chose the seat in front of Xie Fengqing, just like when Gu Siyuan first arrived in this world.

As he sat down, Xie Fengqing caught a whiff of his cologne, crisp as ice, fragrant as fresh tea.

He pouted.

Wondering what brand it was.

Tao Xiangwen, looking at Gu Siyuan, curiously asked: “Siyuan, what were you doing, dressed so formally? Attending a wedding as a groomsman? The groom must be feeling overshadowed.”

Xie Fengqing blinked and strained his ears to listen.

Gu Siyuan placed his textbook down. “Work meeting.”

After those simple words, he no longer paid attention to him. Turning around, he tapped lightly on Xie Fengqing’s desk with his knuckles. “The paper.”

“Ah…” Xie Fengqing snapped out of his sneaky state of mind.

“What were you doing?” Gu Siyuan raised an eyebrow. “Or… is your paper not finished?”

Xie Fengqing felt that his stance was more professorial than the professor’s. He quickly shook his head. “No, it’s finished.”

He pulled out a stack of printed A4 papers from his desk and handed them over.

Gu Siyuan nodded and immediately began flipping through them.

Qiu Yu, watching their interaction, leaned closer to Xie Fengqing and said, “You two are really getting into it, huh? From jerk seme and dumb uke to professor seme and student uke, how romantic. Are you planning to go home and cosplay?”

“…” Xie Fengqing.

Such a lewd friend is not suitable for close association.