"That’s right. But Professor Luo is teaching a senior course, and it’s only once a week. Some people couldn’t get the course and were yelling outside the classroom."
Suddenly, a female classmate sitting behind the two girls talking said, "I’ve got a little scoop. Do you want to hear it?"
"Go on, spill it."
"Just say it, don’t keep us in suspense!"
The female classmate lowered her voice, "It’s said that Professor Luo and Professor Kang are a couple!"
"..."
"Are you sure?"
"Well! It’s just a rumor, I can’t be sure if it’s true. But given Professor Luo’s looks and Professor Kang’s looks, I think the chances of them being a couple are quite high!"
"Professor Luo looks like he’s in his twenties, and Professor Kang looks even younger; I feel like they’re both younger than me."
"Time is always kind to beauties!"
"To tell you something that might not be supposed to be said, Professor Luo is privately called ’Beauty Luo’ by the senior girls!"
Suddenly, another female voice chimed in, "Professor Kang and Professor Luo are indeed a couple. On the day I registered, I saw them walking together at school. Also, when I attended Professor Kang’s first class, I saw Professor Luo sitting in the classroom listening intently to Professor Kang’s lecture. That gaze was way too focused!
After Professor Kang finished the class, as soon as he stepped out of the teaching building, Professor Luo helped carry Professor Kang’s teaching materials. The two of them walking together looked like an immortal couple!"
"In my opinion, Professor Kang and Professor Luo are better looking than movie stars, better than those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they have exceptional charisma!"
"Lower your voice, lower your voice. Professor Kang is standing just outside the classroom door!"
...
As Kang Li stepped into the classroom, it instantly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone sat up straight and attentively watched the beige figure walk up to the podium.
"Good morning, students!"
Hearing a few classmates saying they were going home while some said they were going to class, Wang Tao chose to go home. He walked alongside Li Guochao and Wu Song, the three of them walked with their arms around each other’s shoulders, chatting while heading towards the bike shed.
"See you later."
At the school gate, Wang Tao got on his bicycle, waved at Li Guochao and Wu Song, and then rode away.
Actually, the high school is about five stops away from the research institute compound, not very far. Besides, a number of buses pass along the road from the compound to the high school, making the commute quite convenient by bus.
However, for those who had bicycles and knew how to ride, many chose to cycle to school.
But to ensure the safety of the three siblings of Min Rui, Kang Li didn’t agree with cycling to and from school. Thus, ever since middle school, the three Min Rui siblings have been using the bus to commute between school and home.
Back to Wang Tao, after parting ways with Li Guochao and Wu Song, he cycled for a while and couldn’t help but remember what Wu Song said about Ming Han looking like Han Qian’s dad.
In fact, he was wondering about this too, especially after hearing his mom talk about Professor Luo’s ex-wife who ’came back from the dead’ recently. Wang Tao couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to the story, and at that moment, he couldn’t help but entertain a thought: could they be...?

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