After a Flash Marriage with a Professor - Chapter 82

Chapter 82: I Love You

Professor Shen had tricked her too many times, so Ming Shu no longer easily believed Professor Shen’s explanation, especially in this kind of situation.

Ming Shu twisted her body, maintaining a safe distance from Professor Shen, “Really?”

Looking at her wife’s suspicious gaze, Shen Junlan hesitated for a moment, but finally smiled and admitted, “I’m sorry, Wife, I was deliberate.”

Her little bunny wife was not as easily fooled as before. Perhaps being honest would be better.

Ming Shu was taken by surprise by the big bad wolf’s honesty. For a moment, she didn’t know how to react. It felt wrong to blame her, and wrong not to blame her.

Ming Shu’s mind was a mess. Shen Junlan seized the opportunity, took Ming Shu’s hand, “Wife, I’ll let you get your revenge.”

There was no reason not to retaliate, so Ming Shu, guided by Professor Shen, retaliated in kind, immediately feeling much happier. She even lingered a little longer in that warm area, and Professor Shen let her.

Ming Shu’s mood began to grow complicated again. Was Professor Shen atoning or enjoying this? She looked at Professor Shen’s chiseled yet extraordinarily soft face. Professor Shen’s eyes were closed, a trusting smile on her face, completely surrendering herself to Ming Shu.

Even though Professor Shen wasn’t looking at her now, Ming Shu shyly lowered her head. Professor Shen’s hand had left hers at some point. Ming Shu guessed that Professor Shen felt she had completed the role of “professor guiding the beginner,” and the rest was up to Ming Shu’s own practice.

Ming Shu rarely had the opportunity to take the lead. She was too clumsy in this area. Even when cooperating with Professor Shen, it took her a long time to learn. Professor Shen had made a lot of effort with her to unlock the shackles on her body and mind.

Now, was Professor Shen coming to check the phased results?

Ming Shu pursed her lips, thinking she must perform well. She was completely unaware of when she transitioned from the role of the accuser to that of the server, until everything returned to silence, and Professor Shen became weak but still used all her strength to hold her tightly.

Ming Shu felt like she had been tricked again. She was always falling for Professor Shen’s tricks, but today she seemed to have voluntarily fallen for a trick—a trick of her own mind.

Perhaps her heart leaned towards Professor Shen today. Ming Shu couldn’t be sure. She gently hugged Professor Shen. Professor Shen’s breath mingled with hers. She seemed to find a peculiar sensation in the air, in their embrace. Every invisible cell was wildly pulsating.

Ming Shu felt like she could hear those sounds, the cells buzzing, her eardrums stung by the clamor.

At this moment, Professor Shen said to her, “I love you, Wife.”

Amidst the noise, that one sentence was so graceful and clear. Professor Shen’s voice was softer than ever before, like a swallow’s whisper.

Ming Shu’s heart thumped madly, and all the previous analysis and calculations vanished into thin air.

She said to Professor Shen, “I think I’ve learned very well. Professor Shen can safely leave it to me in the future.”

Shen Junlan closed her eyes and smiled. Her little bunny wife’s desire to take the lead was persistent. It didn’t matter. She was willing to give the little bunny wife the control, just for a change of pace once in a while.

The next morning, Ming Shu woke up early. It had been a long time since she had woken up earlier than Professor Shen. Professor Shen woke up relatively late today, which meant Ming Shu’s performance yesterday was pretty good.

Ming Shu tilted her head slightly, wanting to see when Professor Shen would wake up. After watching for a while, Professor Shen suddenly opened her eyes and looked precisely at her.

Ming Shu was startled and jerked her head back.

“Professor Shen, you’re awake?”

“Mmm, I felt my wife summoning me.”

Ming Shu lowered her head, slightly embarrassed. Her gaze had been discovered by Professor Shen.

“Let’s get up together, Wife. We’re going swimming later.” Shen Junlan still remembered the schedule they set yesterday.

Ming Shu asked with some hesitation, “Professor Shen, can you swim?”

“Why couldn’t I?” Shen Junlan countered with a smile. Ming Shu’s face instantly turned red, “I thought you’d be like me.”

Shen Junlan froze for a moment, then burst into laughter after realizing what she meant. She reached out and pulled Ming Shu into her arms, whispering near Ming Shu’s extremely sensitive ear, “Whether I can or not, Wife, why don’t you try and see?”

Ming Shu felt a burst of itchiness, and an electric current ran from her ear throughout her body. She tried to break free from Professor Shen’s embrace but failed.

It must be said that Professor Shen was a peculiar existence. Ming Shu couldn’t judge her by her own standards. Just because her own endurance was poor, she shouldn’t assume Professor Shen was the same. But Ming Shu also wondered, was her endurance truly poor? What was the average person’s endurance like? Ming Shu didn’t know. Her reference samples were only herself and Professor Shen, and the variable was different times.

Ming Shu felt that after being “tempered” by Professor Shen for this period, she had become much stronger, but Professor Shen was clearly stronger than her.

A Professor is a Professor. Ming Shu didn’t know when she could surpass Professor Shen.

Shen Junlan had no idea that her little bunny wife’s inner world was so rich, even developing a strange desire to win. At this moment, her mind was preoccupied with whether to have a morning exercise with her little bunny wife to prove that she was indeed still capable of teaching her how to swim.

Ming Shu panicked, “No need to try! I trust Professor Shen!”

Ming Shu shouted with a red face. She had never seen anyone with more energy than Professor Shen in her life.

“Alright.” Shen Junlan smiled and released Ming Shu.

After this little episode of getting up, Ming Shu and Professor Shen went downstairs and had breakfast together. They didn’t eat much, about six or seven-tenths full, in preparation for swimming. They took the swimsuits and goggles they had packed yesterday and drove off. They went to pick up Ling Yu first.

When they arrived at Yu Le’s house, Shen Junlan led Ming Shu and Ling Yu inside. Ming Shu and Ling Yu were both astonished. They saw a level of inhuman wealth that they had only seen on television. The outside of the house was relatively low-key, but the inside was overly luxurious. Upon entering, it gave a feeling of being splendid and magnificent. Ming Shu couldn’t describe it in words and could only use a metaphor: it was like mistakenly walking into a palace, albeit one with a more modern style.

A butler in a tuxedo showed them the way. The butler knew Shen Junlan, exchanged a few polite words with her, and then greeted Ming Shu and Ling Yu.

The indoor lighting was soft and warm, and the ceiling was high, which didn’t give a sense of oppression. However, Ling Yu felt an inexplicable coldness in her heart. She didn’t show it and smiled as she followed Ming Shu and Professor Shen to the pool.

The outdoor pool was also very large, no smaller than a city swimming center. The water was very clear, with the blue sky and white clouds reflected on the surface. A breeze created ripples, making it look like a moving painting of the blue sky and white clouds.

“Let’s go change into our swimsuits first. There are changing rooms over there.” Shen Junlan led Ming Shu and Ling Yu over.

Shen Junlan and Ming Shu changed in the same changing room. Ming Shu couldn’t help but say, “Miss Yu is even richer than I imagined.”

Before coming here, Ming Shu only thought Miss Yu was a wealthy second-generation who owned a high-end restaurant at a young age, but she didn’t expect her to be this rich.

“Mmm, Yu Le is indeed very rich, richer than I am.”

“I think having enough money is fine. Professor Shen is already very capable.”

Ming Shu’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

Shen Junlan raised her hand and gently touched Ming Shu’s wrinkled brow, “Wife, are you worried about Ling Yu?”

“Mmm,” Ming Shu nodded, “I feel the gap between Professor Shen and me is already big enough. I wasn’t very confident before, and I still feel a little bit now. Although Ling Yu’s family is better than mine, the difference between her and Miss Yu is ultimately too great. Ling Yu will feel insecure. Also, I don’t know if Miss Yu’s family members are easy to get along with. Being this wealthy, it must be a big family with complex interests. Can Miss Yu choose her own love?”

“Worrying about so much?” Shen Junlan smiled and ruffled Ming Shu’s hair, “Don’t overthink it. Let’s see if they have the fate. I don’t know much about Yu Le’s family’s specific situation, but I personally feel Yu Le isn’t too constrained by her family.”

In the end, the two didn’t reach a conclusion and decided to go out and swim first, so as not to bore Ling Yu by having her wait alone for too long. But when they came out of the changing room, they were both stunned.

“Ling Yu, why didn’t you change your swimsuit?” Ming Shu asked in surprise.

“I…” Ling Yu lowered her head, looking embarrassed to speak. Shen Junlan had a guess in her mind and asked Ming Shu to go and check on Ling Yu. When she asked, it turned out to be consistent with her guess: perhaps due to nervousness and excessive psychological burden, Ling Yu’s period had started early. Naturally, she couldn’t go swimming. Shen Junlan asked Ming Shu to stay with Ling Yu and sought the butler’s help herself.

Soon, the butler had a female maid send over a clean and comfortable long dress and several different types of menstrual products for Ling Yu to choose from, and took Ling Yu to the guest bedroom to take a hot shower. The series of care was very thorough, but Ling Yu was still very uncomfortable. During this time, Ming Shu stayed with her.

When Ling Yu came out after her shower, Yu Le, who had been out, returned. Ling Yu didn’t dare to look into Yu Le’s eyes, secretly庆幸ing that she had found out early, not after getting into the water. It would have been bad to stain Miss Yu’s magnificent swimming pool.

“I had the auntie at home make brown sugar ginger tea. I’ll take you to have some.”

Ling Yu didn’t say anything. She was in an internal struggle. At this moment, Ming Shu said, “I’ll go with you.”

“No.” Ling Yu immediately shook her head. She had already delayed Ming Shu and Professor Shen for too long. “I’ll just go with Miss Yu. Ming Shu, you go and learn to swim with Professor Shen. When you learn, you can find time to teach me.”

Ming Shu thought for a moment and said, “That works too.”

In this situation, Ling Yu must have something she wanted to say to Miss Yu, and they needed time alone. However, Ming Shu was still a little worried and pleaded, “Miss Yu, please help take care of Ling Yu.”

“No problem. I would do it even if you didn’t ask. Hurry back to the pool. Junlan is waiting for you.”

Ling Yu followed Yu Le to drink brown sugar ginger tea, or perhaps not just to drink brown sugar ginger tea. Ming Shu returned to the pool to find Professor Shen.

“Professor Shen.” Ming Shu looked around but didn’t see Professor Shen, so she called out.

No response.

“Professor Shen, where are you?” Ming Shu called again, wondering if Professor Shen was angry because she had gone to accompany Ling Yu and neglected her.

Still no response.

“I’m back, I’m sorry.” Ming Shu looked around the unfamiliar environment with a bit of grievance. The empty, person-less pool made her feel a little afraid.

With a “splash,” Professor Shen broke through the water and appeared in front of her, holding out her hand, “Wife, come down quickly.”

Ming Shu blinked her slightly moist eyes, squatted down, and said, “I’m a little afraid of the water.”

“It’s okay. I’m right by your side. You are safe, Wife.”

Ming Shu hesitated before giving her hand to Professor Shen. Unexpectedly, she was pulled into the water by Professor Shen. She fell onto Professor Shen’s body and sank with her, feeling extreme panic. But soon, Professor Shen brought her back to the surface.

“It’s okay, Wife. The water is only 1.4 meters deep. It won’t drown you. Try to put your feet on the pool floor.”

Ming Shu shook her head. She was afraid. She felt as if she wasn’t in a 1.4-meter-deep pool but in a vast ocean. For someone who couldn’t swim, water that reached above her heart was no different from the ocean.

In this vast ocean, her only safe support was Professor Shen. Professor Shen, at this moment, was a life-saving piece of driftwood in the ocean, and she had to hold on tight.

So, she clung tightly to Professor Shen like a vine, using all her limbs.

Shen Junlan stood steadily in the ocean of Ming Shu’s world, allowing Ming Shu to cling tightly with her hands and feet, and gently patted her back to comfort her, “Wife, you really look like a cute koala right now.”

Ming Shu was in no mood to hear what new animal analogy Professor Shen was using for her. She begged charmingly, “Professor Shen, can you take me to the shore? I don’t want to learn how to swim anymore.”

Shen Junlan said, “No.”

Ming Shu’s hand, which was tightly gripping Professor Shen’s neck, moved up, cupped her cheeks, and kissed her on the lips, “Professor Shen, I want to go up.”

Shen Junlan smiled, “Still no, unless…”

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