Chapter 1292: Back to Campus
After having breakfast, he glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already 7:30, and the first class at Kanyue City Medical University begins at 8:10, meaning he’d be late in forty minutes.
Liou Zhengming originally wanted Lin Tian to say some good words to Yan Xinrou on his behalf. Through half a year of exercise and dietary recovery, Liou Zhengming’s high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol had greatly reduced, and he had lost a lot of weight. However, Yan Xinrou was still strict and hardly allowed him to eat meat, leaving his stomach almost devoid of any richness.
But before he could open his mouth, his daughter had already pulled Lin Tian out the door, shouting loudly before closing it, "Mom, Dad, I won’t be coming home with Lin Tian today."
Staring at the closed door, Liou Zhengming felt complex emotions. His precious daughter, raised for twenty years, was being duped away by Lin Tian, the rascal!
As they hurriedly got into the car, Lin Tian smiled and said, "No need to rush. There are still forty minutes until class, and it only takes fifteen minutes to drive to school, so we have plenty of time."
"The first class is Mr. Zhao’s. His class is very popular, and if you don’t go early, you won’t get a seat."
Lin Tian laughed silently, "His class has become popular? I remember at the beginning of last semester, the only people attending were just our class and the class next door."
Liou Qingcheng said, "You, you haven’t been at school for so long. You’re out of the loop."
"What do you mean?"
"Since the last Medical Summit, Liu Mang was dismissed and Mr. Zhao became the principal. He’s become more famous in our school. Also, remember a few months ago Xiaocheng beat Hua Dongxu and the teacher in three rounds on stage, raising his reputation even more. This attracted students from all over, not just our school, coming to listen to the lectures."
"Moreover, recently Mr. Zhao announced the establishment of a traditional Chinese medicine department, starting from our school to promote and popularize it nationwide. Many teachers participated, and the students are very enthusiastic."
Lin Tian nodded while listening. He heard about this when having dinner at Zhao Xuefeng’s house a few days ago. He even discussed it with Mr. Zhang, so he knew more than Liou Qingcheng.
"Before, students from our traditional Chinese medicine class would go to the Western medicine lectures to seize seats. Now it’s reversed. Don’t you think Mr. Zhao is amazing?"
Lin Tian checked the time again and said with a bitter smile, "Amazing indeed, but according to what you said, we’d better arrive at least ten minutes early to have a seat. We won’t make it now, right?"
Liou Qingcheng chuckled triumphantly and said, "I asked Qiu Wen (Liou Qingcheng’s roommate, Li Tian’s ex-girlfriend) to save us seats yesterday, but we should hurry. If she saved the seats but we got late, just imagine what others would think! It wouldn’t look good for Qiu Wen, right?"
Lin Tian nodded gently and laughed, "You’ve got a point. Tell me more about the school’s matters. I haven’t attended classes for ages."
"Sure."
...
It was the morning rush hour, and Lin Tian’s car was stuck on the road for five minutes. When they finally reached the school, it was almost 7:50. The two rushed towards the classroom.
Just as Liou Qingcheng said, Zhao Xuefeng’s class was exceptionally popular. Although class hadn’t started yet, the lecture hall was almost full, and many more stood at the door, looking in and sighing, "Full again... Let’s arrive ten minutes earlier next time."
Bear in mind this is the first class in the morning. College students’ late-sleeping habit is well-known nationwide, yet seizing a seat here shows remarkable perseverance that astonished Lin Tian.
Upon entering the classroom, Liou Qingcheng immediately saw Qiu Wen waving at her from a seat.
Lin Tian noticed the spot was quite decent—right in the middle of the third row, neither too far nor too close to the podium. If they hadn’t come early, securing such a ’prime spot’ wouldn’t be easy.
"Let’s go."
Liou Qingcheng naturally held Lin Tian’s hand and approached Qiu Wen, exchanging greetings with several friends familiar with Liou Qingcheng along the way.
Others also greeted Lin Tian, exclaiming how miraculous it was for such a busy and powerful man to attend class today.
But why add ’powerful’ in front of ’busy’?
The first reason is naturally because Lin Tian is famous, even a bit more than Zhao Xuefeng.
The second reason is that this guy hardly attends classes, yet no teacher seems to pursue him, even Mr. Zhao said, "If you master the professional knowledge like Lin Tian, you don’t need to attend class."
Such a statement practically gave Lin Tian an ’exemption medal’. No class attendance? So be it; the teacher said Lin Tian has fully mastered the knowledge points.
Lin Tian has only faint impressions of these classmates, knowing barely seventy to eighty percent by name, but those details don’t matter.
Some girls gave Lin Tian a few more glances, then teased Liou Qingcheng with a laugh, "Qingcheng seems really radiant today. Is Lin Tian’s hand warm? Hehe..."
Liou Qingcheng gracefully clung to Lin Tian’s arm and chuckled proudly, "Yeah, it’s super warm."
As they reached the seats Qiu Wen had saved, Qiu Wen smiled at Lin Tian and said, "Long time no see. You don’t seem to have changed at all."
Lin Tian looked at Qiu Wen, instantly recalling meeting her for the first time last September at the beginning of the school year during military training. She was called in front of the class by the instructor for making a mistake during an exercise and was asked to sing. Being too shy, she cried while singing—a very quiet girl.
The most memorable remark was made by Meng Nan beside Lin Tian, saying, "This girl is definitely Tian’s type. I think they could be a match. Tian used to date three girls, all of this kind."
Now, seeing Qiu Wen again, she seems quite different from when he first met her. Big glasses have turned into contacts, her bare face is now lightly made up, and she greets Lin Tian first, politely and well-mannered, a stark contrast to before.
She’s now broken up with Li Tian. Lin Tian asked why, but it was simply because Qiu Wen found a richer guy than Li Tian. It’s similar to the story with Li Li, so seeing Qiu Wen, Lin Tian also thought of Li Li. Naturally, the fondness wasn’t as strong as before.
Nevertheless, you can’t undermine someone’s face on such occasions. Lin Tian smiled, nodded at her, and said, "You’ve changed quite a bit, become prettier."
Though calling a woman pretty is cliché, it’s undoubtedly effective. Qiu Wen beamed and thanked him.