Xiu Ju quietly followed behind Shen Qiang and the beautiful teacher Ju Yang, maintaining a distance of about two meters, accompanying them as they strolled through the campus. This made Xiu Ju feel somewhat uneasy.

But Shen Qiang and the beautiful teacher Ju Yang, chatting and laughing together, both seemed to be in a good mood.

Between them, they didn't mention the health supplement company or Ji Liangchuan at all.

When they passed by the cold drinks shop, Shen Qiang stopped in his tracks and said to the beautiful teacher Ju Yang, "Let's go in and have a drink."

The beautiful teacher Ju Yang was taken aback and then hesitated before saying, "Shen Qiang, there are a lot of people coming and going here. Sitting here doesn't seem quite appropriate."

Seeing Shen Qiang's slight surprise, the beautiful teacher Ju Yang quickly explained, "The thing is, there's a lot of gossip on the college forum lately. If we were to have cold drinks here, they would gossip even more. After all, this cold drinks shop has always been recognized as a lovers' spot by the college. If we were to sit here, they would use it to mock Ji Liangchuan."

After hearing her words, Shen Qiang smiled and then said, "Thank you for your honesty. I was actually planning to have lunch in the city after having cold drinks. In that case, let's just go directly."

The beautiful teacher Ju Yang's eyes lit up instantly, "You're not angry?"

Shen Qiang smiled, "What's there to be angry about? You've known Ji Liangchuan for so long. If you were aware that our sitting here for cold drinks could hurt him and yet you chose to stay, then I would think you were using me to provoke him."

"But you didn't do that, which makes me think you're a good person. At least your frankness doesn't cause harm to anyone."

Beautiful teacher Ju Yang said with sparkling eyes, "You really understand?"

Shen Qiang laughed, "Do you really think I only know how to get angry, curse, and fight? I'm a researcher, I can be elegant if needed."

The beautiful teacher Ju Yang nodded with a smile, "Hmm, what you just said was very gentlemanly."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow, "Well then, beautiful Miss Ju Yang, would you care to join the gentleman beside you for lunch in the city?"

The beautiful teacher's eyes curved into a smile, "Okay."

Driving a new car, Shen Qiang took the beautiful teacher Ju Yang straight to the city, with Xiu Ju following closely behind in her own car.

But this time,

Shen Qiang did not take Ju Yang to Datong River.

Even though Shen Qiang was the boss and indeed it was his family's shop,

after eating the same thing too many times, it no longer seems delicious.

So Shen Qiang took the beautiful teacher and Xiu Ju to another Chinese restaurant instead.

They ordered a whole table full of dishes.

After the meal, since there were no classes in the afternoon, Shen Qiang specifically took the beautiful teacher and Xiu Ju to have fun in the city.

Not only did he take the beautiful teacher and Xiu Ju to the museum, visit the underwater world, and feed monkeys at the zoo, but he also simply rented a small yacht and cruised the river that ran through the city, though it didn't feel quite as wonderful.

Fortunately, dinner was more lively.

Shen Qiang called Su Xiaonuan, and not only did she come by herself, she also brought Ding Yuhuan, the pretty chubby girl who had been arranged to work at Bikang by Shen Qiang. Moreover, Shen Qiang also called the Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing and introduced each of them to the beautiful teacher Ju Yang one by one.

Ding Yuhuan and the beautiful teacher Ju Yang didn't understand why Shen Qiang was doing this.

However, Shen Qiang's earnest introduction of the beautiful teacher Ju Yang to Su Xiaonuan and Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing, of course, let them know what Shen Qiang was thinking.

In addition, the beautiful teacher Ju Yang was not only pretty and smart, with deep knowledge in microbiology and pharmaceutical chemistry, which also greatly impressed Su Xiaonuan, Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing, the pretty chubby girl Ding Yuhuan, and even Xiu Ju.

So when Shen Qiang suggested they go sing karaoke after dinner,

everyone was in high spirits.

Once at the KTV, Shen Qiang made a special call to bring Wu Zhaoyang and Lan Yong, who also brought their girlfriends.

Without a car, the two men sat and competed in drinking, while Shen Qiang just chatted with them.

The women formed their own groups.

Wu Zhaoyang's girlfriend and Lan Yong's girlfriend made up one circle, while Xiu Ju and Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing sat together whispering, and even though Shen Qiang didn't know exactly what they were talking about, he guessed that they were discussing cultivation or something about the Cultivation World.

Apart from these two small circles,

Another group of people was considerably livelier.

That was the circle gathered around Su Xiaonuan.

Su Xiaonuan was the hospital director's assistant. She had to do basically everything the director needed to do, so even though she wasn't trained in medicine, she knew the hospital inside and out— which departments did what, which ailments had the highest complaint rates, and she was clearer on the possibilities of misdiagnosis than the doctors were.

And Ding Yuhuan was an orthopedic doctor.

The beautiful teacher Ju Yang was a Medical University lecturer.

These three sitting together naturally resulted in the beautiful teacher curiously listening to the other two discussing various hospital matters.

Beyond that,

in KTV, the most important activity, of course, was singing.

When many beautiful women sang, Shen Qiang realized that among these beauties, the one who sang the worst was actually Xiu Ju. After she sang a song, Shen Qiang immediately understood what was meant by noise, what shredding was, and what piercing sounded like.

Apart from Xiu Ju,

the other beauties, although not comparable to real singers or graduates from music academies, all passed the acceptable line. At least when they sang, even if they occasionally went off-key, it wasn't noticeable.

But when everyone became thoroughly familiar with each other and truly let loose to sing,

to Shen Qiang's surprise, it was the beautiful teacher Ju Yang and the pretty plump Ding Yuhuan who stood out.

Their singing voices were absolutely of the caliber to participate in "The Voice."

The plump Ding Yuhuan had a high and clear voice, and her rendition of the female version of "My Sky" made everyone scream.

Following her, beautiful teacher Ju Yang sang a famous Adele song, Chasing Pavements. When her slightly raspy voice belted out the first line, almost everyone looked at her with eyes full of amazement.

In the eyes of Wu Zhaoyang, Ding Yuhuan, Lan Yong, and their girlfriends, they were simply cheering for the emotions conveyed in the beautiful teacher's voice and the heart-stirring melody as they immersed themselves in the song.

However, when the beautiful teacher looked at Shen Qiang, fully engaged as she sang those English lyrics, Shen Qiang's gaze became incredibly tender. Although he wasn't good at speaking, he could understand what beautiful teacher Ju Yang was singing.

I've already made up my mind

There's no need to think it over again

Whether it's right or wrong

There's no need to think about it further

This isn't desire

But I know this is love

If I tell the whole world

I'll never finish saying it

Because I haven't told you

Spending the rest of my life with you is what I truly want to do

Should I give up?

Or should I keep following this path?

Even if there's no end in sight

Or is this just wasting time?

If I knew where I belonged, should I let go?

Should I give up?

Or should I keep following this path?

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