Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 746 You'll definitely choose me, right?

The following Thursday morning.

Li Luo accompanied Xu Youyu to the online literature elective course again.

Xu Youyu, who had just gotten out of bed, rushed to the classroom after washing up in the dormitory. As soon as she sat down, she felt sleepy and dozed off on Li Luo's shoulder.

"Did BMW call you?" Li Luo lowered his shoulders slightly and turned to Xu Youyu.

"Mmm." Xu Youyu closed her eyes and leaned on his shoulder, nodding gently in response. "Let's go this afternoon."

"Should I have Butler Liu drive us there this afternoon?" Li Luo asked. "Then I'll ride back in your new car."

“No need to trouble Butler Liu.” Xu Youyu yawned. “I’ve already told Xixi. She just picked up her new car yesterday and wants to drive it more. She’ll drive us there today.”

"...So whose car should I ride back with?"

“That depends on who someone loves more.” Xu Youyu said, then suddenly woke up, looked up at him with a smile, put her arms around his neck, and said affectionately, “You’ll definitely choose me, right?”

Li Luo broke out in a cold sweat: "What about Xixi?"

"Let her drive it back by herself," Xu Youyu teased with a smile. "You already spent time with her yesterday, so it's only natural for you to spend time with me today, right? It's perfectly reasonable."

"If that's what you mean, then that makes sense..."

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore." Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him. "Xixi was going to the city center anyway, probably to talk to Douyin about something. She has to go there this afternoon."

"Xinyan will be going to study with us too, so she'll just be giving us a ride on her way."

"Look at that troubled look on someone's face. Are you worried about Xixi? Why don't you worry about me?"

“Sister Yu…” Li Luo took Xu Youyu’s hand and was about to say something when Xu Youyu raised her finger and covered his mouth.

"I'm just teasing you." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "I'm not as petty as Xixi. As long as we're happy together, other things aren't that important, right?"

After speaking, Xu Youyu leaned on Li Luo's shoulder again, yawned, and closed his eyes to rest.

She didn't open her eyes again until the school bell rang.

Then, the next second, both Li Luo and Xu Youyu instinctively widened their eyes.

Hmm... At this moment, besides Teacher Si Huanian, there was another figure following behind Teacher Si as they walked into the classroom.

The students in the classroom all fell silent, whether it was simply because the bell rang, because an unfamiliar teacher followed them into the classroom, or because they recognized the teacher's identity.

Li Luo and Xu Youyu exchanged a glance, then composed themselves, pretending not to recognize the new teacher on the stage.

At this moment, Si Huanian had already brought the teacher to the front of the classroom and introduced him to the students with a smile: "This is the teacher I introduced to you on the first day of class."

"Professor Xu Rongsheng of our School of Literature is also the Vice Dean of our School of Literature."

"Nowadays, Professor Xu is basically in charge of leading the research on online literature-related topics in the School of Humanities."

"Professor Xu happened to have some free time this time, so I invited him to sit in on the class."

"If Professor Xu has any thoughts later, we hope you can offer your opinions."

"Oh, by the way, you said before..."

"Okay." Xu Rongsheng nodded with a smile. "You can go to class first. He will arrive later."

"Okay, okay." Si Huanian nodded with a smile, then looked at the students below the stage and winked, "Professor Xu has also prepared a surprise for everyone, especially for the two groups of students who will be giving presentations today. Be prepared for that."

Upon hearing this, the students who were to give their presentations today immediately looked distressed, thinking that Professor Xu had prepared some difficult questions to challenge them during their presentations.

"Then let's invite the first group of students to come up to the stage." After saying that, Si Huanian led Xu Rongsheng to sit down in two empty seats in the first row.

The student in charge of the group presentation immediately stood up, went on stage to prepare the PPT, and began the presentation.

The topic displayed above is none other than "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division".

Hmm... Only two groups are allowed to work on the same book at most, and this time it's the second group's turn to work on "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division".

Li Luo looked at the words displayed on the PPT and couldn't help but twitch his lips. He had a bad feeling inexplicably in his heart.

As the first group of students finished their presentations, the second group of students took to the stage. The book title displayed on their PPT was "A Little Reunion".

This made it a bit difficult for Li Luo to keep a straight face.

"Reigniting is really popular~" Xu Youyu couldn't help but lean close to Li Luo's ear and tease him softly with a grin.

"Stop messing around." Li Luo rolled her eyes at her, then said in a low voice, "Your dad's right up ahead, aren't you going to behave yourself?"

"Isn't this even more exciting?" Xu Youyu glanced around, and upon hearing Li Luo's words, he actually reached out his hand.

"What are you doing?" Li Luo was startled and quickly pressed down on the little hand that was causing trouble. "What if someone sees us?"

"The last row is fine," Xu Youyu replied softly.

"What a big dummy." Li Luo pulled her little hand into his palm to stop her from moving around, then raised his other hand and gently tapped Xu Youyu's head. "You better behave yourself."

"Hmph~" Xu Youyu withdrew her hand and stopped causing trouble.

The two quieted down and listened to the group presentation of "A Little Reunion".

After the students on the podium returned to their seats, Si Huanian also returned to the podium and opened the PPT he had prepared.

As per the usual course schedule, today Si Huanian will use "The Great Qian Night Patrol" and "A Little Reunion" as examples to conduct some specific analysis and research on online novels.

Only by conducting research based on such practical content can students truly learn relevant information, rather than just superficially acquiring a bunch of theoretical knowledge.

However, this is rather difficult for Li Luo.

Even a professional teacher like Si Huanian can arrive at conclusions that are particularly difficult for the original author to grasp when faced with text analysis.

Of course, if the conversation turned to plot points that Li Luo had carefully considered and laid out, and Si Huanian specifically pointed them out, Li Luo felt quite comfortable.

Just like a couple of years ago when Li Luo commented on Xu Youyu's "Literary Era" in the comments section, he made Xu Youyu feel comfortable.

But today is different from usual.

Because Xu Rongsheng also came.

Si Huanian had originally planned to divide the remaining time into two parts according to his own ideas, and first go through "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division" as soon as possible, since he had already talked about this book before.

Then let's focus on the realistic short story "A Little Reunion".

But just as she finished discussing "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division" and was about to move on to the "Little Joy" part, Si Huanian was still thinking about what Xu Rongsheng had promised her, so she couldn't help but ask, "Professor Xu, what you said before..." "Do you want to see him now?" Xu Rongsheng said with a smile, "He's already here and can be there at any time."

“That would be perfect,” Si Huanian said with a smile. “I’m going to talk about ‘A Little Reunion’ next, and I’m really looking forward to his comments.”

"Then I'll invite him over?" Xu Rongsheng stood up and said to Si Huanian with a smile.

"Thank you for your help, Professor Xu."

"Hmm." Xu Rongsheng nodded, but instead of heading towards the classroom door, he walked along the aisle to the back of the classroom.

Sitting in the corner, Li Luo watched Xu Rongsheng approach step by step, and when he connected the two's conversation earlier, his expression changed drastically.

At this moment, Xu Rongsheng had already arrived at the corner, patted Li Luo on the shoulder, and chuckled, "Li Luo, Teacher Si has been looking forward to this for a long time. Why don't you give a few comments later?"

Upon hearing this, the classroom fell completely silent.

All eyes were focused on Li Luo's head. For a moment, many people were puzzled, wondering what Professor Xu was up to.

When Si Huanian saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was going on, and an embarrassed expression immediately appeared on his face.

"Ahem... Let me introduce myself to everyone." Xu Rongsheng patted Li Luo on the shoulder again, gesturing for him to stand up.

Li Luo stood up with a helpless expression, cooperating with his father-in-law, and then Xu Rongsheng introduced, "This is Chongran, the author of 'The Great Qian Night Patrol' and 'A Little Reunion'."

"You may not have read many online novels before, or you may not have paid much attention to the authors themselves, so it's normal that you don't recognize them."

"Chongran is also a student at Qianjiang University. He also took this course privately, so he can share some content related to online novels with everyone."

At this moment, Xu Youyu, who was standing to the side, covered her mouth and tried her best to suppress her laughter.

But his shoulders were still trembling.

When Xu Youyu saw Li Luo looking in her direction with resentment in his eyes, she quickly waved her hand vigorously at him, signaling him not to sell her out.

It's not good to die together.

Li Luo had no choice but to follow Xu Rongsheng toward the podium.

Surrounded by the shocked gazes of all the students in the classroom, Li Luo walked to the podium.

Si Huanian looked at the students in front of her, her lips twitching slightly. She never expected that the author of the novel she had been lecturing on had actually been in her class all along.

The thought that she had specifically discussed Li Luo's driving topics made her, as a teacher, feel somewhat ashamed.

As the saying goes, shame and social death are relative.

As long as you don't feel embarrassed, no one can beat you.

At this moment, Li Luo smiled at Si Huanian and said, "Professor Si, what you said before was great. I think it was very well said. You obviously have a deep understanding of online novels."

These words, coming from the author himself, should have been a great compliment.

But Si Huanian only felt more embarrassed.

Even the content of "A Little Reunion" that followed seemed a bit embarrassing to continue.

Then, on a whim, she said, "Since the original author of 'A Little Reunion' is here, why don't you share with everyone the creative process behind this book?"

Seeing that Teacher Si was trying to escape, Li Luo chuckled and said, "Teacher Si's lesson plan and PPT are already prepared. I'm quite looking forward to seeing what angle you'll be analyzing this book from."

"After all, in terms of content, 'A Little Reunion' is quite different from normal online novels."

"I'm quite curious about what aspects the teacher can focus on in their targeted analysis of online articles."

“Okay, then that’s settled.” Xu Rongsheng said from the side, “You continue with the class, and Li Luo and I will listen in from the side. We can occasionally chime in and participate in the discussion.”

"Well, that's fine too..." Si Huanian forced a smile. Since Xu Rongsheng had spoken, she had no choice but to accept the arrangement.

……

The long ordeal is finally over.

Around noon, Li Luo finally escaped from the classroom.

But a dozen minutes later, Li Luo and Xu Youyu sat down at the same table with Xu Rongsheng and Si Huanian and had lunch together in the school cafeteria.

"Teacher, you're so mean..." Si Huanian sighed helplessly, "Chongran is in my class, and you didn't even tell me beforehand."

"I just think it would be really interesting," Xu Rongsheng chuckled. "What does Li Luo think?"

"Thank you so much." Li Luo sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I didn't want to reveal it; it's better to keep a low profile at school."

“That makes sense,” Xu Rongsheng nodded in agreement. “It’s just an elective course, so it’s alright.”

“Hmm.” Since his father-in-law had said so, Li Luo naturally wouldn’t refute it.

Xu Youyu acted like a good girl, not even calling Xu Rongsheng "Dad" to avoid Si Huanian finding out about their relationship. She simply remained silent and acted like Li Luo's girlfriend.

After lunch, Si Huanian added Li Luo on WeChat, expressing his gratitude to Teacher Chongran for his continued support during future classes.

Li Luo repeatedly said he dared not, stating that Teacher Si was the most professional, and that he was just a lousy online novelist.

After Si Huanian left, Xu Youyu finally took Xu Rongsheng's arm and said affectionately, "Dad~"

"I thought you didn't recognize me anymore," Xu Rongsheng said teasingly, glancing at his daughter.

"No way~"

"She's afraid you'll betray her too," Li Luo added from the side.

"Get out." Xu Youyu kicked him. "Would it kill you to say less?"

"Then introduce yourself to your classmates next time?" Xu Rongsheng said, raising an eyebrow.

"No!" Xu Youyu pleaded quickly, "Dad~ you can't do this to me! I want to live a few more years!"

"Just saying." Xu Rongsheng waved his hand. "You guys go ahead with your work, I'm going back to my office first."

“Okay.” Li Luo nodded and was about to take Xu Youyu to pick up the car when he suddenly remembered something and turned to call out to Xu Rongsheng, “Uncle Xu, there’s something I’d like to ask you.”

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xu Rongsheng asked, puzzled.

"I was thinking of asking this before," Li Luo said with a smile. "If I want to sponsor a financial aid grant for a student from a poor family in the School of Humanities, what's the best way to apply?"

(End of this chapter)