Ren Qingzhou's alma mater was indeed quite petite compared to ordinary universities. Its location was not in a bustling area, and its campus area was rather small. When you stood there, it was hard to imagine that such a small school had produced so many well - known figures in the entertainment industry.
They strolled along the main road on campus, where two rows of plane trees were planted. It was the season when the trees were in full leaf. The sun shone through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground. It was the hottest time of the day, and there were few people on campus. Fortunately, Ren Qingzhou had an umbrella in his car, so they didn't have to be exposed to the sun.
He opened the umbrella and sheltered Su Tang under it. "You might get heatstroke in a while."
The umbrella was really good at blocking the sun, but it was rather small. When Su Tang looked up, she could see a small black top. He had tilted most of the umbrella towards her.
Su Tang knew why he always had an umbrella with him. Generally, few boys carried umbrellas in summer because this behavior was often considered effeminate.
But Ren Qingzhou, probably because of his fair skin, was very prone to allergies from long - term sun exposure, so he couldn't do without an umbrella all summer.
Su Tang nudged his arm, signaling him to move the umbrella a bit towards himself. "You should also block the sun."
Ren Qingzhou didn't reply. He just moved a bit towards himself for a while. When she wasn't paying attention, he moved it back again.
It was the time between classes, and the campus suddenly became lively. Students were walking in a hurry everywhere. They mingled among the students and didn't seem out of place at all. They looked just like a college couple.
Su Tang suddenly asked Ren Qingzhou, "Did you also stroll on campus with your girlfriends like this when you were in college?"
She just asked casually, but Ren Qingzhou suddenly felt a bit nervous.
In fact, he did. His second relationship was in college. The girl was a broadcasting major, and they were in the same department. She fell in love with Ren Qingzhou during the military training.
It was always easy for a girl to pursue a boy, especially for a pretty girl. After the military training, they naturally became a couple.
They did have a sweet time, but they were just too young and impetuous then and didn't really understand love. They broke up in their sophomore year. Now he didn't know how the girl was doing.
"Yes." Although he knew this might be a dangerous question, Ren Qingzhou still chose to answer honestly. "I had a girlfriend in my freshman year."
"Do you think college relationships are always so innocent and beautiful? It's a pity I didn't get to experience it."
Su Tang sounded a bit regretful.
Ren Qingzhou really wanted to tell his wife that the word "innocent" was no longer suitable for college relationships. Innocent relationships usually happened much earlier.
But this was obviously a self - defeating act.
Moreover, it touched on the knowledge blind spot of a top - student like Su Tang, who only knew to study hard under the supervision of all kinds of relatives.
"Come on. I'll take you to experience a college relationship and make up for this lesson."
Ren Qingzhou took Su Tang into the teaching building. He checked the display screen at the entrance to confirm the courses in each classroom. "Let's go to the Art Introduction class."
This kind of basic professional course might have a large number of students, so it would be easier for them to sneak in.
The corridor was crowded at the moment, and the classroom was on the fourth floor. Ren Qingzhou held the umbrella in one hand and pulled Su Tang with the other. It took them a great effort to climb up.
Sure enough, it was a large classroom. Except for the last row, the back few rows were all full.
It seemed that everyone didn't like studying very much.
Su Tang stuck out her tongue. "There's a high chance that the last row is not for students to sit on."
That's why they all started sitting from the second - last row.
"Just sit down. It's okay." Ren Qingzhou pulled her and sat down in the corner of the classroom.
Except for the last row, only the first row had empty seats. Did they have to sit in the first row...
They had just sat down when the teacher of this class came in.
The teacher who taught this course was actually a very young one, who looked not much different from Ren Qingzhou in age.
But he had a bit more of an air of a scholar. He looked like a teacher with a rigorous academic style.
The teacher scanned the classroom. For some reason, Su Tang always felt that his eyes stayed a bit longer in the direction of her and Ren Qingzhou.
But he didn't say anything and had already opened his book and teaching materials, ready to start the class.
Everything seemed to be just her illusion.
Su Tang couldn't help asking Ren Qingzhou, "Is your school so lenient about auditors?"
"Our school has always had a lot of auditors. Generally, teachers won't care. Of course, there are also individual teachers who don't like having strange students around, but this teacher doesn't mind." Ren Qingzhou whispered to answer her question.
This school was very famous nationwide, and indeed many people came here admiringly. Its openness and inclusiveness really showed the style of a great institution.
"Did this teacher teach you before?"
"No, he didn't."
"I knew it. He looks so young. He doesn't seem to be old enough to have taught you."
Ren Qingzhou just smiled and didn't reply.
Su Tang noticed that some students in the back rows were also distracted, but hardly anyone was chatting. Everyone was looking at their own phones. If she and Ren Qingzhou continued to whisper, they might be kicked out by the teacher. So she obediently looked at the teacher on the podium.
This class was about the art system. This kind of basic course was actually very boring. The content was obscure, and there was a lot to memorize. It was one of the least popular courses in college.
But this teacher taught the class very vividly, and there were actually quite a lot of students listening in class.
Su Tang couldn't help but listen to the whole class. It was not until the end of the class that she was surprised to find that time had passed so quickly.
Ren Qingzhou saw her eager - to - take - notes look. "So my wife is really a top - student. She can listen attentively anywhere."
Su Tang just took it as a compliment and didn't argue with him.
The students around quickly left, leaving only the two of them and the teacher on the stage.
Su Tang was a bit confused when she saw that neither of them seemed to be leaving.
The teacher walked towards them. Then Su Tang saw the teacher standing beside Ren Qingzhou and gave him a hard pat. "Why did you come? You didn't even tell me in advance."
Ren Qingzhou replied, "I wanted to see if you could still recognize me."
"Don't say you're wearing a mask. Even if you covered yourself with a cloak, I could still recognize you."
This teacher was not as gentle as Su Tang had imagined...
"Who is this? Why don't you introduce her to me?"
"This is your sister - in - law."
"This is Teacher Song, my good friend from college." Ren Qingzhou introduced the two of them to each other.
"Hello." Su Tang took the initiative to shake hands with Teacher Song. She was in awe of teachers and seemed a bit reserved.
"Don't be so polite. Just call me Song Yun. I'm his college roommate. Hello, sister - in - law." Song Yun was a bit startled by Su Tang's politeness.
"Did you come here for something?"
"No. We just came to have a look. It's been years since I last came back."
"Alright. Since you're here, I'll treat you to dinner."
"We've been waiting for you to say this. Without you, we really couldn't get into the teachers' cafeteria."
"Okay. Then let's meet at the door. I have to go back to my office first."
After briefly separating from Song Yun, Ren Qingzhou took Su Tang across the campus to the teachers' cafeteria.
"Like you, Song Yun's parents are both teachers. His mother is a professor in our school. So in college, he always took us to the teachers' cafeteria to mooch off food."
"As you can see, our school is very small. Before, the dormitories were six - person rooms. Because there were more girls, the girls' dormitories had eight people. And there was no private bathroom. I really couldn't stand the public bathhouse, so I moved out in my sophomore year. But our dormitory has always had a very good relationship."
"Song Yun is the youngest among us. He seems to have skipped a grade. After graduating from college, he went on to do his master's and doctorate degrees and then stayed on as a teacher in the school."
"Was he strictly controlled by his mother in college?"
"Not really. His mother didn't teach our courses. But he was taken to school by his mother since he was a child, so many teachers knew him. I remember that in sophomore year, someone was chasing him, but he didn't know. His mother found out first."
"It scared the girls so much that he didn't have a relationship during his four - year college life."
There were far fewer people in the teachers' cafeteria than in the students' cafeteria. When they got there, Song Yun was already waiting.
"Let's go. Is it still the one you used to like?"
When they walked in, they found that the seats in the teachers' cafeteria were separated from each other, and there were also relatively private private rooms.
Considering that Ren Qingzhou was a public figure, Song Yun took them to a private room to sit down. "Our school is quite special. There are many well - known students or teachers, so the cafeteria also has private rooms."
"You guys sit here. I'll go and get the food for you."
After he said that, he went out. Su Tang thought it would be inconvenient for him to do it alone, so she said to Ren Qingzhou, "I'll go with him to get the food. You wait for us here."
I have to say that the cooks in this cafeteria were much better than those in Su Tang's school. The food in her school was notoriously unpalatable.
"This was what I often ate in the cafeteria when I was in college, although I didn't eat in the cafeteria very often."
"You just ordered takeout." Su Tang teased him.
"Not really. Our school didn't allow freshmen and sophomores to act in dramas. He got into the entertainment industry officially after filming that online drama in his junior year. He didn't come back much except for classes. At that time, he was so popular that there were girls blocking him everywhere on campus. It's not like that anymore." Song Yun objectively described the grand occasion at that time.
Su Tang fell in love with Ren Qingzhou at that time. She was one of his earliest fans.
Hearing his description, she felt that if she hadn't been so busy, she would definitely have been one of the crowd at that time.
There was no need to disrupt his life. Just a glance from afar would have been enough.