After stopping being a simp, the school heartthrob cried and begged to get back together.

Chapter 45 Where have you been for the past five years?

"No, not at all." The principal looked at me awkwardly. "Shall I send someone to take you to the laboratory?"

“No need for the principal, I know this place well,” Dai Chen’an said. “I’ve been handling the liaison between Professor Ming and Professor Shen and the university all these years, have you forgotten?”

"Haha, I haven't forgotten, look at my memory." The principal covered up his embarrassment with a smile: "If you need anything else, just tell my assistant."

"I understand." I nodded.

I came out of the principal's office.

"The principal is quite the old fox," Dai Chen'an said sarcastically. "He's pressuring us to produce some experimental results, otherwise he, as the principal, won't sit still. I don't know who it was, but he kept cutting our funding a few years ago!"

We will always remember this.

That was the most difficult time in the laboratory.

Fortunately, the problem was eventually resolved.

“We don’t need to worry about them. Although we’ve lost funding, we still have all the patents in our hands. Those people haven’t come up with any big projects in recent years, so we don’t need to be afraid of them. In any case, we have to rely on our real skills.” I didn’t care about any of that.

Dai Chen'an said in a low voice, "I heard that someone at the school is planning to shut down our lab."

I sneered, "Dream on. Go find out who came up with this idea."

“Okay.” Dai Chen’an nodded. “Let’s go to the lab first.”

A few minutes later.

We arrived at the laboratory.

The laboratory assigned by the school was the most dilapidated and run-down one on campus.

The team members who came early to pack their things were all very angry.

"We use the best in Kunming, so why is it like this here?"

"In my opinion, the school doesn't know what major discovery we've made yet. Let's see what they do when it's made public!"

"that is!"

When I heard what they were saying, I couldn't help but laugh: "What, you're already angry?"

They looked up: "Professor Shen."

Jiang Miao walked over and took my hand: "Look at these devices, they're all obsolete, and our lab is so far from the cafeteria."

"Putting aside the equipment, when it comes to the cafeteria, you're just lazy," Qi Zhao complained.

"Go away, what's it to you? I'm lazy, but I didn't ask you to do anything for me." Jiang Miao looked at me sweetly, "What do you think, Professor Shen?"

"I really can't solve the cafeteria problem." I smiled and said, "How about I buy you an electric scooter instead?"

Jiang Miao was both amused and exasperated: "I dare not ride it."

"You dare not do this or that, but you dare to catch a snake with your bare hands," Qi Zhao joked.

"If you dare say that again, I'll put a snake in your bed!" Jiang Miao said angrily.

Qi Zhao stuck out his tongue; he dared not say anything more.

"Bear with it for now, I'll definitely get the school to give you a bigger one later," I promised.

“Professor Shen, of course we believe what you say.” Jiang Miao let go of my hand: “I’m going to get back to work.”

"Go."

When Jiang Miao saw that Qi Zhao couldn't move the box, she went over and lifted it up herself.

Qi Zhao clapped: "Wow, that's awesome! You'll never find a boyfriend if you keep doing that."

"I didn't intend to look for anyone." Jiang Miao sneered, "If I can't find anyone, I'll reluctantly marry you. You'll be lucky."

Qi Zhao: "..."

He wouldn't dare marry her!

Seeing everyone working together, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, my phone rang.

I walked into the office.

"Mu Xi," I said slowly.

"Shen Yan, you finally decided to contact me!" Mu Xi said angrily. "Five years, a full five years! You sent one message and then completely disappeared. Do you know how worried and anxious I was?"

"Mu Xi, I'm sorry." I sincerely apologized, "I didn't want to either, but I really had no choice."

There was silence.

"I can really get angry with you," Mu Xi said, her voice trembling with a slight sob. "I'm just afraid I'll never see you again."

"I'm sorry to have worried you." I choked up a little too.

"Where's Auntie?" Mu Xi asked.

“She’s recovering very well; she was able to get out of bed last year,” I explained.

"That's good." Mu Xi breathed a sigh of relief: "Are you in Xinjing City?"

"Yes, I just arrived today," I said.

Mu Xi paused for a moment: "I ran into some classmates from my old class a few days ago. They're having a class reunion, not just with our class, but also with other classes."

"Is that so?" I said casually.

"I heard Huo Yubai will be going too." Mu Xi had always thought there was something between me and Huo Yubai.

When I hear the name Huo Yubai, I think of Huo Yushen.

Since then, I have never thought about him again.

But when I hear anything related to him, my heart still aches slightly.

"I'm not going," I said in a low voice. "I told you before that I wouldn't participate."

"I understand." Seeing that I wasn't interested, Mu Xi didn't bring it up again. "Let's meet tonight. I miss you a lot."

"Okay." I smiled faintly, "But this is also my first time in Xinjing City, so you can make the arrangements."

Although I lived here for many years in my past life.

"I'll arrange it. I'll send you the address in a bit." Mu Xi hung up the phone.

I put down my phone, my dark eyes growing deep.

-

evening.

I drove to the Rose Hotel.

This hotel is one of the brands operated by Mu Xi.

Today, the hotels managed by Muxi are among the leading chain hotels in China.

Everyone knows it.

"Wow!" Mu Xi walked out of the hotel entrance.

She wore a light purple silk blouse, a black pencil skirt, and black high heels with red soles. Her long, dark brown hair was styled in an updo, revealing two small, ingot-shaped ears adorned with lustrous pearl earrings.

"Are you still the Shen Yan I know?" Mu Xi circled around me. "This fitted gray suit and gold-rimmed glasses, that damn intellectual vibe, so cool."

I said helplessly, "It's just my everyday clothes."

"Hmph, you don't even bother to dress up properly before seeing me!" Mu Xi said coquettishly, "Look at me, I specially bought this outfit this afternoon."

"It's beautiful," I complimented.

Mu Xi pulled me into the hotel.

We never expected to run into Gu Heng right in front of us.

Long time no see.

The boyishness in Gu Heng has disappeared, replaced by a more mature and composed demeanor.

He wore a well-tailored black suit, and his eyes became increasingly sharp and cold.

"Shen Yan?" His voice was deep, and a sharp glint flashed in his dark eyes.

"Gu Heng, wait a minute!" Zhao Baixue followed closely behind.

She caught up with Gu Heng and looked in the direction he was looking.

"Shen Yan?!" She was even more surprised.

I glanced at Mu Xi.

Mu Xi gave me an awkward smile.

Gu Heng walked over: "Where have you been for the past five years?"

His eyes were red.

"Gu Heng, Mr. Gu, do you need to explain to me where Shen Yan went?" Mu Xi mocked, "Your girlfriend is right here. If you care so much about another woman, be careful she gets jealous."

"She's not my girlfriend," Gu Heng denied.

Zhao Baixue's face immediately darkened.