After a Flash Marriage with a Professor - Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Lucky Wolf

“Wife?”

Shen Junlan’s heart stopped for a moment when her hand was suddenly grabbed.

She lowered her body and turned her head to look at Ming Shu’s face. Ming Shu’s eyes were still closed.

Was it her hallucination? Shen Junlan blinked and looked again. Ming Shu’s eyes were still closed.

Ming Shu, who was still pretending to be unconscious, was extremely nervous. Professor Shen’s call had completely startled her awake, but she didn’t open her eyes. She knew she wasn’t good at lying, but could she hide it from Professor Shen if she remained silent?

Ming Shu was very nervous but still wanted to try. The plan just now hadn’t worked, so she would try again.

Shen Junlan didn’t suspect that her simple little rabbit wife would ever try to deceive her in this manner. Concerned that Ming Shu might catch a cold, she quickly rinsed the soap off both of them, then wrapped Ming Shu in a clean bath towel. As for herself, she simply threw one on.

Ming Shu felt her hand had accidentally landed somewhere it shouldn’t, but she didn’t dare to move it, so she let it rest there stiffly.

And since it failed just now, she would try again when they got back to bed. Ming Shu was determined to help the big bad wolf.

Shen Junlan didn’t notice Ming Shu’s hidden thoughts. She only focused on getting Ming Shu onto the comfortable bed so she could quickly get a good night’s sleep, successfully complete her business trip tomorrow morning, and return home together in the afternoon.

After carefully tucking the thin blanket around Ming Shu, Shen Junlan finally wrapped herself securely in the white bathrobe she hadn’t properly tied earlier.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

Someone was knocking on the door. Shen Junlan quietly walked to the door, opened it, and saw Tian Tian, the leader of the student team.

“Is something wrong?” Shen Junlan asked.

Tian Tian didn’t dare to look at her. She blushed and shook her head, then quickly lowered her head. “Professor Shen, you already took a shower so quickly?”

“Mhm, keep your voice down. Your Shiniang is already asleep.”

“Oh…” Tian Tian covered her mouth, then uncovered it after a few seconds, lowering her voice. “Nothing’s wrong. We’re playing a game, and some of the students are drunk, just like Shiniang. We don’t have enough people, so I came to ask if Professor Shen would like to join.”

Shen Junlan looked back. Ming Shu was sleeping peacefully on the bed. She turned back and asked Tian Tian, “What game?”

“Werewolf.”

Shen Junlan was a little sensitive to the word “wolf.” Since reuniting with Ming Shu, she had been a wolf constantly eyeing her prey.

“Professor Shen, since Shiniang is already asleep, please come.” Tian Tian blinked pleadingly, her facial muscles practically screaming, “Please, please.”

“…”

After half a minute of deliberation, Shen Junlan finally nodded. “You go back first. I’ll change my clothes and come find you.”

Professor Shen actually agreed!

Tian Tian was so excited that she almost jumped. She had been sent to ask Professor Shen to join because she had lost the game too badly.

She had thought it would be a difficult task, as Professor Shen was with Shiniang, and with a soft, warm beauty in her arms, who would be willing to come out and play a game?

Furthermore, they had witnessed firsthand that Professor Shen had not only truly married a wife, but had married such a stunning beauty, and they quickly abandoned their previous opinion that Professor Shen was likely to remain lonely in old age.

They even concluded privately that outwardly abstinent people were also normal people, and some students even cited psychology as a theoretical basis, saying that such people would demand more in private, calling it compensation.

Tian Tian didn’t think it was as complicated as the students were discussing. The principle was simply the four words left by their ancestors: ‘Food and sex are human nature,’ and Professor Shen was no exception.

Shen Junlan had anticipated that her public relationship with Ming Shu would be widely discussed, both at H University and at Ming Shu’s company. But this was a necessary step. If they wanted to walk openly in the sunshine like a normal couple, they had to go through this.

This step was even initiated by Ming Shu herself.

Shen Junlan changed her clothes by the bed, gazing tenderly at Ming Shu, who was peacefully asleep in her eyes. After changing, she walked over, leaned down, and kissed Ming Shu’s cheek.

“Wife, I’m going out for a bit. You go back to sleep.”

Shen Junlan left the room. After two more minutes, Ming Shu was certain that Professor Shen wouldn’t suddenly return, so she sat up and pushed the thin blanket aside.

It was hot. She felt very hot.

She had underestimated Professor Shen. Having endured for so many years, how could Professor Shen not have the ability to control herself?

Ultimately, she herself wanted it, too.

Ming Shu sat cross-legged, elbows resting on her knees, her hands cupping her face, contemplating this point with a troubled mind.

She had learned knowledge from Professor Shen’s teaching. She had been guided. She had been opened up from a closed state.

She could never return to her previous state of chaos, ignorance, and innocence.

This was actually a good thing, but it somewhat overturned her understanding. Admitting that she also possessed the primitive instincts and urges of a human being was still something shameful for her.

She was afraid of this instinct. When it suddenly arrived, how should she deal with it?

Deal with it herself? That was also very shameful.

After being physically cooled down by the air conditioning, Ming Shu lay down again, pulled the blanket over her head, and continued to ponder the problem of the little rabbit also wanting meat after the big bad wolf had left.

On the other side, Shen Junlan had already joined the students’ game. She was indeed very suited to playing this game. Whenever she drew the Werewolf card, she was able to survive until the end and achieve victory.

The students were all dumbfounded, exclaiming their heartache and saying that Professor Shen was too good at disguising herself.

Some also said that Professor Shen benefited from her gentle and respectable appearance, which made people subconsciously willing to trust her.

“Amazing, Professor Shen.”

After being completely defeated by Professor Shen ten times, the students couldn’t help themselves. Someone joked, “It’s a good thing Professor Shen isn’t a heartbreaker, or she would be spot on every time.”

Someone asked for the secrets of love. “Professor Shen, we’ll take a short break and play again later. Could you tell us the story of you and Shiniang during this time?”

Shen Junlan suddenly realized that this was the real reason the students had come to ask her to play the game. Otherwise, without her, the number of people playing the game should have been sufficient, or they could have at least asked Professor Zhang, whose spouse wasn’t with him.

“Professor Shen, who pursued whom between you and Shiniang?”

“I guess Professor Shen.”

“I guess so too. Shiniang looks very socially anxious, not like someone who would actively approach Professor Shen.”

Shen Junlan smiled. “You make it sound like I had ill intentions towards your Shiniang.”

“You are a wolf!” a girl who had lost several rounds to Shen Junlan in the game grabbed a Werewolf card, held it up to her face, and said excitedly.

“Yes, compared to you, Shiniang is like a simple little rabbit,” another male student chimed in.

Shen Junlan: “…”

The analogy she and Ming Shu used privately was being said by the students. Was their animalistic nature so obvious?

“Oh, don’t interrupt. I want to hear how Professor Shen tricked… no, how she captured Shiniang’s heart,” Tian Tian said with a look of anticipation.

Shen Junlan felt that the details were unmentionable, so she could only give a simple answer to satisfy the students’ curiosity.

“Blind date.”

“Blind date???”

All the students present were astonished. With such good conditions, did Professor Shen and Shiniang need to go on a blind date?

“Where did Professor Shen go on a blind date? Which matchmaker? I’ll go there as soon as I return home!” Tian Tian said excitedly. Perhaps times had changed, and blind dates weren’t as rigid as before.

Shen Junlan chuckled twice. “You are all still young. Isn’t campus dating better?”

“No,” a girl who had just broken up before going abroad said, then burst into sobs. She hadn’t been drunk during dinner, and her repressed emotions exploded at this moment.

This was the first time in Shen Junlan’s teaching career that she had encountered such a scene: a young student in pain for love. She didn’t know how to console her. The other students reacted more quickly, comforting their companion. Tian Tian, the team leader, directly hugged the girl to comfort her.

“It’s okay. The next one will be better.”

“It’s a blessing for you to be away from the wrong person.”

“Don’t dwell on the past. The right person is waiting for you ahead.”

Shen Junlan watched from the side. At this point, another student asked her, “Professor Shen, which relationship was it for you and Shiniang that led to marriage?”

“Your Shiniang and I are each other’s first love.”

The girl who was crying started crying even louder when she heard this.

After comforting the girl and watching them all return to their respective rooms, Shen Junlan finally felt relieved and returned to her own room.

On her way back, Shen Junlan thought that she was very lucky. Although she wasn’t young, she had instantly met the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with after their reunion and successfully married her.

All the injustices she used to feel that fate had dealt her seemed to vanish at this moment.

Returning to the room, Shen Junlan saw Ming Shu lying on the bed. She quietly got into bed. Afraid of waking Ming Shu, she didn’t lie close to her but just slightly turned her head to watch her.

Ming Shu had a very safe night. The big bad wolf didn’t hunt for food, but she felt a slight restlessness in her heart, actually wishing to become the big bad wolf’s meal. However, she was too embarrassed to show it, so she obediently fell asleep and drifted into a sweet dreamland.

In the morning, Shen Junlan, mindful of Ming Shu’s work time, got up first. After washing up, she finally brought herself to wake Ming Shu.

“Wife, time to get up.”

Ming Shu didn’t hear her. She was still immersed in her dream.

Her fair and delicate fingers pinched the blanket. Her head moved irregularly from side to side, her cheeks were slightly flushed, similar to when she was drunk last night, and her lower lip was caught between her pearly white teeth, glistening with moisture.

Shen Junlan watched, taking a deep breath.

She didn’t call Ming Shu again. Instead, she used her phone to contact the congee shop and ordered two portions of congee to save time.

Only the dim, warm yellow overhead light was on in the room, not too harsh. The curtains were tightly drawn, blocking out the vibrant daylight outside, but Shen Junlan still sensed that something had been awakened.

The little rabbit in her sleep was shyly yet reluctantly indulging in it, and the big bad wolf’s animal nature was about to be unleashed.

The little rabbit was resting, having a sweet yet awkward dream. She could give the little rabbit a hand.

At this moment, the knowledgeable Shen Junlan transformed from a professor of English to a professor of geology. Professor Shen didn’t go to the deep mountains and jungles. Today, she was studying the splendid architecture of human civilization and the treasures beneath the structures.

Sitting in the human-built greenhouse, her clean hand reached into the secret palace shrouded by warmth. In the obscure palace, she found a spring that was dry but slightly clear.

The spring was often lacking in water due to long periods of neglect. Professor Shen knew very well that this spring was fine. The water was not buried deep. She only needed simple tools to stir the spring’s eye. She hadn’t brought any tools, so she directly used herself. Her slender, long fingers could substitute for a stick or a branch, gently pressing and stirring.

Before long, the spring water gushed out like a trickling stream. This spring was successfully awakened by the knowledgeable and talented Professor Shen.

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