When they arrived at the classroom, most of the seats in the hundred - capacity classroom were already occupied.
The two of them chose a seat in a corner and sat down.
People around were all talking about the professor who would be teaching today.
"Have you heard? This Professor Zhou is only 30 years old. He's extremely handsome. After graduating from our school, he got into a professional university abroad for postgraduate study and has published quite a few papers in foreign journals."
"Yeah, yeah. Although I don't know much about archaeology and such, as soon as I heard his name, I came right away. I heard he's still single. Who wouldn't love a mature, single and wealthy man?"
"Come on, you guys. For a young and talented person like Professor Zhou, there must be a whole bunch of people who like him. It's not certain that we can catch his eye."
"Hey, so what? If we can't have him, can't we just admire him from afar? We can just enjoy looking at him."
Hearing these discussions, Lu Fenglin glanced at Xu Qingqing and teased her, "As experts in this field, it seems this Professor Zhou is more popular among girls than you."
Xu Qingqing looked at him and said, "If you were to study this, I'm sure you'd be more popular with girls than Professor Zhou. After all, in terms of looks, none of you Lu brothers has ever lost to anyone."
Even though he knew Xu Qingqing was just teasing him, Lu Fenglin still half - jokingly picked up the conversation, "Then I'll take it as Miss Xu's compliment."
In a place where the two of them didn't notice, some girls and boys were secretly observing Lu Fenglin and Xu Qingqing and whispering about them.
"Wow, look over there. There's a couple sitting there. The guy is handsome and the girl is beautiful. They're such a perfect match. Quick, take a secret photo. Later, ask if they're a couple. Maybe they're siblings."
"I think that guy looks quite mature. He doesn't seem like a college student. Could he be a senior or a postgraduate from another school who came here to attend the class?" a boy analyzed.
Although they weren't as good - looking as that handsome guy, they still remained rational.
The girls completely didn't care about this. "Hey, so what? Don't even mention a postgraduate. Even if he's ten years older than me, I'd still accept him. As long as he's good - looking, it's okay."
The boy rolled his eyes at the girl speechlessly.
"You girls are really incredibly infatuated."
"What if he's already graduated and is working, and his job isn't that great?"
A short - haired girl around them heard their discussion and also glanced at the two of them.
"No need to guess. Neither of them is a student. The clothes they're wearing are all custom - made. And that girl was interviewed online not long ago. She won first place in the ancient painting copying competition."
"And the guy sitting next to her must be something like a big CEO, or at least a rich second - generation."
Hearing what the short - haired girl said, the boy and the girl who had been observing Xu Qingqing and Lu Fenglin were quite shocked.
"Sister Ran, how do you know so much? Don't you usually just stay in the library and go back to the dormitory to watch dramas? How do you know so much?"
The girl named Lin Ran said indifferently, "It's nothing. I just happened to be pushed a video interview about Xu Qingqing when I was looking up information online. If you're curious, you can just search for the name Xu Qingqing on the Internet."
"Oh right, Wang Pan, the talented girl from our school's archaeology department, also lost face in this copying competition. Didn't you notice that Wang Pan's influence in school has declined a lot since she came back, and there aren't so many crazy fans following her anymore?"
"We're from the computer major, so we don't care much about things in the archaeology major. It's normal that you don't know. As for why I know, it's because I have a friend in the archaeology department."
After hearing Lin Ran's analysis, the girl quickly looked up information about Xu Qingqing, the copying competition and Wang Pan on the Internet.
"Damn it, how can Wang Pan be so shameless? She lost the competition but still suspected others. How can she be so unable to accept defeat!"
Although the girl usually loved gossiping and chattered on about having a dream of dating a CEO, her values and principles were still right. She couldn't help but scold Wang Pan.
Seeing Li Ya's indignant look, Lin Ran rarely took the initiative to tease her, "Since you think it's so unfair, why don't you go talk to Wang Pan and tell her not to disgrace our school anymore."
Hearing this, Li Ya immediately cowered.
"Cough, cough. Although Wang Pan did something shameless, she still has influence in school. How can I compare with her in terms of fan influence?"
"If I dared to scold Wang Pan to her face, do you believe that I'd be cyber - bullied the next day?"
Having been stared at by these three people for a long time, Lu Fenglin keenly sensed something. He whispered in Xu Qingqing's ear, "See, because of our good looks, there are still people noticing us. Those two girls and one boy have been staring at us for a long time."
"Guess if they've recognized you?"
Xu Qingqing also glanced in that direction.
Then she found that Lin Ran looked a bit familiar.
"There's a girl over there whom I met when I attended Old Master Yang's banquet. She should also be from a well - known family."
Hearing what Xu Qingqing said, Lu Fenglin raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
Actually, he had recognized Lin Ran as the granddaughter of the Lin family in this city right from the start.
The Lin family had many businesses in this city and even had some overseas businesses.
Seeing how the granddaughter of the Lin family was dressed at school today, Lu Fenglin found that this was also a girl who liked to play the role of the underdog.
The clothes she was wearing cost no more than a few hundred yuan. With her short hair and glasses, she concealed a lot of her good looks.
Lu Fenglin praised, "She's deliberately making herself look ugly, but you still recognized her. She shouldn't have been dressed like this when you attended Old Master Yang's banquet."
"Miss Xu really has an extraordinary memory."
Xu Qingqing ignored Lu Fenglin's praise and just analyzed, "I didn't recognize her at first. It's just that I happened to catch the look in her eyes when she looked at us. There was a hint of familiarity in that look, so I tried hard to search my memory and found that there was a girl whose aura matched hers."
"Mr. Lu, isn't Miss Lin's family background qualified enough for a marriage alliance with your Lu family?"
Xu Qingqing thought to herself that it would be best if Lin Ran could catch Lu Fenglin's interest so that he wouldn't always come up with bad ideas around her.