I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

“Ai’ai, you are definitely in love without a doubt,” Yan Yiting said. “All these feelings you have are because you like that person.”

“But I clearly don’t want to like him.” Lu Ai’ai looked at Yan Yiting with her clear eyes. “I have no reason to like him. Everything about him is so different from my life…”

Yan Yiting said, "But, Ai Ai, you have to understand, love is sometimes like this! Even if the other person is from a completely different world, you can still fall in love. It's irrational!"

Lu Aiai frowned, her expression bitter: "I don't want to be in a relationship anymore. Love is a painful thing, full of irrationality and uncertainty, and it is the enemy of science."

She grabbed Yan Yiting's hand: "How can we stop this situation? This situation is not good for the research."

Yan Yiting said with difficulty, "There's no way to stop this state. You either fall in love with someone else, or you actually fall in love and then break up. Once you like someone, it's like being poisoned; it's very difficult to get over it on your own..."

“This is unscientific. If there’s a formation mechanism, there must also be an exit mechanism,” Lu Aiai said thoughtfully. “Humans have evolved for hundreds of millions of years, and these mental traits are all beneficial for survival during the evolutionary process. Now that this emotion is affecting survival, there must be another way to deal with it…”

Yan Yiting stared in disbelief as Lu Aiai stood up, raised her head, and said:

"I've come up with a new research topic: studying love."

Yan Yiting's facial muscles twitched: "Huh?"

“It’s perfect to conduct scientific research on love now that I seem to have these feelings,” Lu Aiai said, “to conduct scientific qualitative and quantitative analysis to guide how to eliminate romantic feelings.”

Yan Yiting said helplessly, "The purpose was wrong from the beginning... Also, didn't you research room temperature superconductivity before? What about your previous research?"

“Our previous research had just hit a bottleneck,” Lu Aiai said. “Now is the best time to study love.”

Yan Yiting covered her face.

She felt that if Yang Changshuo found out about Lu Aiai's decision, and also knew that she was involved, he would definitely scold her.

Lu Aiai was the most promising person to make progress on the groundbreaking research topic of room temperature superconductivity, but now she's abandoned this great research and gone off to study something like romance...

If this was something she orchestrated herself, then it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Yan Yiting a sinner in history.

"Oh, you're all here."

A voice came from the doorway, and Yan Yiting jumped in surprise.

Just what I feared most has come to pass; I had barely mentioned Yang Changshuo when he arrived.

"Professor Yang..." Yan Yiting quickly stood up to greet this senior colleague.

"Sit down, sit down, don't be so formal."

Yang Changshuo appeared at the door, smiled at Lu Aiai, and said, "Aiai, do you remember? A few days ago, didn't I mention to you about meeting Bai Yujing?"

Lu Aiai's mind seemed to still be on the great topic she had just thought of, and she hadn't quite come to her senses yet: "Hmm?"

“Bai Yujing is a bit busy lately and we may not be able to meet for the time being,” Yang Changshuo said. “However, I have already made an appointment with him. At most, we can meet in a month and discuss some academic issues together.”

Lu Aiai said, "Regarding academic matters, my current interests have changed somewhat, and I plan to..."

Just as Lu Aiai was about to present her idea, Yan Yiting covered her mouth.

"Ok?"

Yan Yiting, covered in sweat, said, "Professor Yang, Ai'ai knows. I also think it's good for her to meet more different people now."

"What did she just say? Has her interest shifted?"

"Uh, she hasn't decided yet. I think it would be better if she came to talk to you again after she has a specific research direction. Yes, that's right. I answered for her." Yan Yiting pretended to be calm.

Yang Changshuo smiled, waved, and left the classroom.

Lu Aiai was slightly unhappy that she had been stopped, and her little brows furrowed.

"Why won't you let me tell Professor Yang? I'd like to ask him about the specifics of the research and get some advice on his experience."

"Hey, why are you looking for him?" Yan Yiting exclaimed anxiously. "Old Yang has only ever been in love once and gotten married once in his life. What good advice could he possibly have? You need to find a professional!"

Lu Aiai fell into thought: "That seems to make sense..."

“It’s not just reasonable,” Yan Yiting said. “If you really want to study love, you need to think about how to conduct the research, how to design the experiments, and what kind of research team to assemble. You need to figure everything out before you talk to him. No, it’s not too late to talk to him after you have research results…”

“You’re right.” Lu Aiai nodded firmly. “I haven’t thought about anything else besides my research partner yet.”

Who is your research partner?

“You,” Lu Aiai said, “and Chen Ya.”

"Who is Chen Ya? Could he be the person you like?"

"um, yes."

"..."

……

……

Gu Yuqing lay on the bed, wrapped in a bathrobe, her chest heaving.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom next door; Chen Ya was taking a shower.

This hourly room is a double room, and the room and bathroom are separated only by a frosted glass panel.

In other words, she can now see the shadowy bodies of people taking a bath inside with just a slight tilt of her head.

Gu Yuqing swallowed hard.

Just taking a quick look shouldn't be a problem, right...?

She tilted her head slightly...

"Squeak-"

The sound of water stopped, and the figure inside the glass turned off the water and took a bath towel from the shelf.

Gu Yuqing felt her heart beating faster and faster.

Chen Ya was inside wiping himself down. Gu Yuqing panicked. She didn't know how to face him when he came out.

She took out her phone and opened Wu Qiutong's chat window:

What should I do? I've booked a room with Chen Ya. What if I get taken advantage of?

A while later, the other side sent back a message:

【Ah Qing, are you serious?】

A while later, another message came through:

Eat up, add plenty of seasoning. I'll offer incense for you every year.

[Could you keep the voice call on while we eat? I'd like to feel more involved.]

Gu Yuqing edited a text message and sent it: 【Go to hell.】

Wu Qiutong is just a silly online friend; there's no benefit in consulting her.

Then, Gu Yuqing frowned.

Should I let things slide a little later... and just let myself be eaten?

She was caught in a dilemma.

Chapter 331 Hourly Rooms, Infidelity, and Divorce Agreements

"squeak--"

The bathroom door was opened, and hot, humid steam drifted out and floated onto the ceiling.

With the fastest speed she could muster, Gu Yuqing shoved her phone under her pillow, tilted her head to the side, closed her eyes, and lay on the bed as if she were dead, pretending to be asleep.

In the darkness, she heard Chen Ya come out of the bathroom, stand at the foot of the bed for a while, and then walk to the other side of the bed and sit down.

Gu Yuqing felt the whole bed shake, and her heart was pounding wildly as if her left and right atria were having a party at the same time.

I just told Wu Qiutong that I was going to be eaten, which was mostly a joke with only 3% of the truth. It was just me joking around with my best friend, and I listened to Wu Qiutong's wailing.

Damn it, she wouldn't want to lose her virginity in a budget hotel that costs 500 yuan a night. If word got out, how could she be a good daughter of a good family?

What's giving her a headache right now is how to refuse Chen Ya if he really wants to take advantage of her later, so as not to hurt his self-esteem, dampen his future enthusiasm, or backfire and arouse his lust even more.

Because she was so nervous, Gu Yuqing's mind began to replay various fantasy scenes from youth movies: things like accidentally going off, being roughly ripped open, crying while getting an abortion, arguing with her parents, running into the street and being hit by a car and dying... and so on.

The short film played for over 20 episodes before Gu Yuqing came to her senses and realized something: Chen Ya hadn't attacked her yet.

She secretly opened her eyes a crack and glanced at Chen Ya from the corner of her eye at the most extreme angle.

Chen Ya was wearing a white tank top, sitting on the edge of the bed with his back to her, fiddling with his phone.

Gu Yuqing suddenly felt a bit annoyed. If it weren't for the ladylike restraint she should have, she would have stuck her bare legs out from under her bathrobe and kicked him on the back of the head.

Playing on your phone at a time like this is truly inhuman.

Gu Yuqing cursed inwardly for a long time, but she still had to keep up the act.

With her most languid and alluring voice, she let out a soft cry, like a child who had just woken up. She turned over with her eyes closed, lying on her side on the bed, facing Chen Ya. One of her bare legs unconsciously stretched out of her bathrobe and lay across the white sheets.

Even so, Chen Ya remained unmoved, sitting there motionless like a stone Buddha.

Gu Yuqing was furious. Even if he wanted to eat her, she was destined to refuse. But he didn't even ask, which was very rude of him.

"cough."

"Cough cough..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Gu Yuqing's cough grew louder and louder, finally attracting Chen Ya's attention. He turned around and glanced at her.

"Did you catch a cold from being caught in the rain?"

Gu Yuqing squinted, raised her arm and gently rubbed her forehead, revealing a small patch of her soft, voluptuous chest, and said in a languid voice, "It seems a little."

"Who told you not to cover yourself with a blanket?"

Chen Ya got up, pulled the blanket over her completely, and wrapped Gu Yuqing up like a chicken roll, then sat down and continued looking at his phone.

Gu Yuqing finally couldn't take it anymore. With a powerful kick, she stretched her leg out from under the covers and gave him a kick in the back.

Chen Ya turned around and looked at her in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Gu Yuqing said angrily, "Why are you asking me? I hate it when I'm talking to someone and they're playing on their phone."

"But I didn't talk to you!"

"Can I talk to you?"

“Okay…” Chen Ya broke out in a cold sweat.

"What are you looking at?" Gu Yuqing looked up at his phone, but Chen Ya's face flashed past her, and she only saw him sending messages on WeChat.

"Who are you talking to that you shouldn't be talking to?" Gu Yuqing asked.

"That's so rude of you. Even if someone is ashamed to be seen in public, it's not like they are ashamed to be seen in public."

Gu Yuqing blinked: "Then what shady things were you saying to people?"

Chen Ya reluctantly handed her the phone: "I'm chatting with a senior colleague."

Gu Yuqing glanced at his phone and exclaimed in surprise, "Yang Changshuo? Is this Yang Changshuo the same Yang Changshuo from Peking University?"

"You know him?" Chen Ya looked at him curiously.

“How could I not know him?” Gu Yuqing said, looking shocked. “He is a leading figure in physics in China, and a direct disciple of Qian Zhenmin. How could you talk to him?”

She casually took the phone from Chen Ya's hand, frowned as she examined his chat history, and said, "Could he be lying to me?"

"I'm not lying to you, it's Yang Changshuo from Peking University. I'm on good terms with him." Chen Ya took the phone back from Gu Yuqing and found that the phone screen had become the main page of WeChat chat.

Chen Ya knew perfectly well that she was taking the opportunity to check up on how many men were in Chen Ya's social circle. Ha, women.

"How come you have a good relationship with Yang Changshuo? Who exactly are you?" Gu Yuqing rolled over and asked while lying on the bed.

"Didn't I tell you? My hobby is doing some academic research," Chen Ya said with a smile.

Gu Yuqing shook her head: "You didn't tell me that. What you told me was that you dropped out of school after finishing junior high."

She propped herself up with her hands and looked him in the eye: "You're a really strange person, you've kept so many things from me."

"I didn't deliberately hide it from you, I just didn't bring it up. Wouldn't it seem like I was trying to raise my own value if I brought it up intentionally?"

Gu Yuqing stroked her chin and nodded: "That makes some sense. Okay, I understand."

Chen Ya wanted to ask her what she understood, but she pulled him onto the bed, pressed her body against his, and stared at him intently, asking, "You said today that you want to be friends with me, right?"