Chapter 128 - Here, I’ll Hold an Umbrella for You！
Chapter 128: Here, I’ll Hold an Umbrella for You！
“Tan Mo, I know that you are young, proud, and competitive. These are inevitable qualities. You may feel that the situation doesn’t allow you to back down.” Qin Murong looked empathetic as she said, “But pride is only on the surface. What you could learn beside this professor is what truly matters.
“Besides, I’m going to treat you as a younger sister. You can call me older sister, so naturally I will help you if I can help. It’s not like you’re knuckling under me.” Qin Murong smiled and said, “Even if you really were knuckling under, no one would laugh at you for knuckling under an older sister like me.
“You have to take advantage of such a good opportunity,” Qin Murong continued to try to persuade her.
Watching from the sidelines, even Lin Fuxi couldn’t bear it anymore.
She couldn’t help but think of herself on that first day.
Had she also been as pathetic as Qin Murong was being at this moment?
She couldn’t bear to watch Qin Murong like this, and she had the urge to tell Qin Murong the truth.
“Tan Mo!” Suddenly, a male voice sounded out.
Qin Murong was taken aback.
Suddenly they saw a thin, refined-looking boy running over while holding an umbrella in his hand.
“Why are you standing under the sun? Come here, I’ll give you an umbrella.” His appearance gave people the impression that he was refined and bookish, but when he opened his mouth, he sounded very nervous. It was in stark contrast to how he looked.
He held an umbrella over Tan Mo’s head.
Tan Mo: “…”
Where had he come from?
“Brother Wu?” Qin Murong looked at the person in front of her in surprise.
He was Professor Tang’s favorite pupil.
He was a doctoral student who was being mentored by Professor Tang himself.
He was a PhD student, but he was actually only 23 years old.
It had already been decided that he would conduct academic research alongside Professor Tang.
Although academic scholars like him seemed to have no connections with business tycoons like the Qin family, when academic expertise reaches a certain level, one’s network of connections expand as well.
One’s social status would also be very high.
These things couldn’t be measured in monetary terms.
No one dared to underestimate him, even Qin Murong dared not to.
Wu Xiaoye was also a genius who had enrolled at the university at the age of 15.
He’d started studying with Professor Tang in his sophomore year, so he could be regarded as Professor Tang’s personal disciple.
Many people had their sights set on the position of Professor Tang’s disciple. Even if not a personal disciple like Wu Xiaoye, but just an ordinary disciple would be enough. When they go out in the world and say that they are Professor Tang’s disciple, they will immediately be held in high regard.
Wu Xiaoye has attracted much attention since he enrolled in university when he was 15 years old and he’s been Professor Tang’s personal disciple.
Even at Beijing University, there actually weren’t that many geniuses admitted each year.
Every time a genius enrolled in Beijing University, much attention would be given, like this year’s Tan Mo and Ming Yeqing.
In Beijing University, Wu Xiaoye had a highly esteemed reputation over these past few years.
Even if they had no personal interaction with him, the students of Beijing University could still recognize him when they saw his face.
Moreover, Wu Xiaoye was also like Professor Tang’s spokesperson.
For small matters, Professor Tang usually didn’t come out in person.
Usually, Wu Xiaoye came forward to deliver the message.
If someone wanted to contact Professor Tang, if it wasn’t a big matter, most of the things were done through Wu Xiaoye.
Seeing Wu Xiaoye was almost like meeting Professor Tang.
“Brother Wu?” Tan Mo blinked. She didn’t know him.
However, him holding the umbrella to provide shade for her was very comfortable.
“Tan Mo.” Wu Xiaoye smiled and stretched out his right hand toward Tan Mo.
His left hand was still holding the umbrella over Tan Mo.
“Hello, I am Wu Xiaoye, a disciple of Professor Tang,” Wu Xiaoye said.
Realization dawned upon Tan Mo after she heard this.
He had probably been sent by Professor Tang.
“Hello, older brother.” Tan Mo reached out and shook Wu Xiaoye’s hand. “Brother, you are here…”
Although she could guess why, she refrained from mentioning Professor Tang directly.
That would be a little thick-skinned.
“I came to ask you to have a meal together,” Wu Xiaoye said enthusiastically. “In our Department of History, some of the upperclassmen have also come back to school early, so we should all get to know each other.”
“History department?” Qin Murong was also a little baffled by the situation in front of her and asked, “Tan Mo, have you changed majors?”
As a personal disciple of Professor Tang, why was Wu Xiaoye so enthusiastic about Tan Mo?
However, even if Tan Mo had changed her major, it wouldn’t be enough for a doctoral student like Wu Xiaoye to personally come and talk to her.
Although they were both in the Department of History, the gap between an undergraduate student and a PhD student was too large.
“No! Who said she transferred?” At this time, another voice could be heard.
It was a girl with a crisp, firm voice.
Just hearing her voice gave people an impression of her forthrightness.
Everyone heard the voice and looked over. They saw a girl approaching.
Her short hair was cut chin-length. Because of the heat, her hair was up in a bun.
She looked especially refreshing on this hot day.
The girl strode over and said, “Wu Xiaoye, don’t try to take advantage of her. As you try to smooth talk and tell her about your history department, do you really think Tan Mo will become a member of your history department?”
Trying to use sweet words to snatch her away from the Chinese department?
They’re no match against them…
“Tan Mo, hello.” The girl smiled kindly and said, “My name is Wang Yuemu. I am a PhD student in the Chinese Department and a disciple of Professor Wu. He hasn’t introduced himself yet, right?”
Tan Mo nodded and said, “I only know that Brother Wu is from the Department of History.”
He’d just said it himself.
“That’s just how he is. He’s very unreliable.” Wang Yuemu took the opportunity to throw shade at Wu Xiaoye. “He is also a doctoral student, and, like you, he was admitted to Beijing University at the age of 15. I am in the same grade as he is, but one year older than him. He is regarded as Professor Tang’s personal disciple, while I am Professor Wu’s personal disciple.”
Tan Mo understood the situation now.
“I came here to invite you to a meal.” Wang Yuemu smiled and held Tan Mo’s hand in her own. “Knowing that you are a girl, I only called over your female upperclassmen in the department this time. I will introduce them to you later. After you get familiar with them, I will introduce you to the male upperclassmen in the department. It’s just we girls today so you can feel more at ease.”
With that said, Wang Yuemu looked at Qin Murong vigilantly. “This is?”
Is it possible that other departments are competing for Tan Mo?
She didn’t know the person in front of her.
Although everyone had different majors, since there were only a few students who did research alongside a professor, they all knew each other.
Even if they weren’t that familiar, they were at least at the level where they would greet each other if they saw each other around campus.
But as for Qin Murong, she really didn’t know her.
As for Qin Murong’s status as the school’s most beautiful girl, they were preoccupied with doing research alongside professors, so they didn’t have the time or the desire to pay attention to this kind of trivial gossip.
Moreover, when Qin Murong was in graduate school, Wang Yuemu and Wu Xiaoye were already getting their PhDs.
The two of them were several grades above Qin Murong, so they didn’t pay attention to the gossip among younger students.