C16 The Public Enemy of Archaeology

"Hi, Zhongyuan. When did you arrive?" Zhao Ying greeted Wu Zhongyuan warmly.

"It's been a while." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"How was your sleep last night?" Zhao Ying took her bag from her shoulder and looked for a hole in the desk. However, there was no hole in the desk in the classroom. In the end, she could only hang it on the back of the chair.

"It was alright." Wu Zhongyuan replied casually.

After Zhao Ying sat down, she tilted her head and looked at Wang Xinran, who was on Wu Zhongyuan's left. "This is?"

"This is..."

While Wu Zhongyuan was hesitating on how to introduce her, Zhao Ying had already reached out her hand to him. "Hello, my name is Zhao Ying."

Wang Xinran tilted her head and looked at Zhao Ying. After a short hesitation, she politely shook hands with her. "Wang Xinran."

"Why does it look so familiar?" Zhao Ying acted as if she was thinking, "Oh, I remember. I met Zhongyuan on the way when we went out for dinner last night."

Wang Xinran smiled politely.

It was 7: 50 p.m. and there were still ten minutes before class. Wu Zhongyuan looked back. He saw more than twenty students sitting behind him, but the classroom door was filled with people. There were dozens of people outside the door, including Li Jianjun, who was in charge of the reception yesterday. Needless to say, these were senior students who came to see the beautiful junior sisters.

If looks could be used as bullets, Wu Zhongyuan would have been riddled with holes by now. Everyone, including the senior students and classmates at the door, were glaring at him with obvious hatred. They were fiercely staring at him without hiding anything.

Wu Zhongyuan was not a fool. He naturally knew why he was being hated. He endured it like sitting on pins and needles for a few minutes, but in the end, he could not sit still. He stood up with his schoolbag and said, "It's a little hot here. I'll change seats."

"I'll go with you." Zhao Ying also stood up.

Wu Zhongyuan naturally could not say no. He quickly walked to the corner and sat down. Zhao Ying also really followed and sat beside him.

Wang Xinran turned around to look and did not move.

Once Wu Zhongyuan left, a classmate immediately went to Wang Xinran's side. Just as she wanted to sit down and chat with him, Wang Xinran slowly turned her head and coldly looked at the person who came. The latter hesitated for a while and finally did not have the courage to sit beside her. She could only move to the side and awkwardly sit down.

Fortunately, not long after the form teacher came, the seniors gathered at the door dispersed. The form teacher closed the door and began to call out names.

The enrollment of the archaeology department had never been ideal and there were no changes this year. The plan was to enroll 80 students from two classes but in the end, there were only 30 students who came and barely managed to fill up one class. There were only two girls, Zhao Ying and Wang Xinran.

The first day was also not a proper lesson and it was mainly some preparatory work before the start of the lesson. First, the form teacher introduced the school's situation and school's discipline, correcting the freshmen's misunderstanding of archaeology. The so-called misunderstanding came from one sentence: archaeology was not digging graves and stealing treasures.

Next was Mao Suitao recommending the class cadres. A few people who liked to show off enthusiastically signed up. Wu Zhongyuan sat there without moving. He had never been a class cadre since he was young. In his opinion, this matter was meaningless.

After that, teachers from various subjects came to meet the new students. archaeology was a small classification under the history major departments. The main thing was to study the history of the country and the archaeological knowledge of various eras. Of course, politics had to be learned as well. To study archaeology, one must first be patriotism, and also have to pass moral standards. At least they couldn't steal national relics at the excavation site.

The teacher was on stage, and everyone was listening from below the stage. Wu Zhongyuan was no exception. However, he did not listen to what the teacher said. Zhao Ying might have used some kind of perfume. It was faintly discernible and refreshing. With a beauty by her side, it would be strange if she could concentrate.

"Are you very hot?" Zhao Ying looked at Wu Zhongyuan in puzzlement.

"A little." Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand to wipe his sweat. He naturally would not tell Zhao Ying the real reason why he was sweating.

He did not expect Zhao Ying to stand up as soon as Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking. She walked to the window and opened it.

At this time, the teacher was talking on the stage. Zhao Ying's actions stunned all the students present, including the teacher, who also frowned at her.

"Are you a little better?" Zhao Ying returned to her seat and asked Wu Zhongyuan.

"Much better, much better." Wu Zhongyuan was extremely embarrassed. Everyone was looking at the two of them. He wanted to find a hole to hide in.

Just when everyone thought that Zhao Ying's boldness had stopped, Zhao Ying took out a tissue from her bag to help Wu Zhongyuan wipe his sweat. "Is it a fever? Maybe he was hit by the wind on the way back."

Zhao Ying's voice was not loud, but the classroom was very quiet. Almost everyone heard it. Wu Zhongyuan had the heart to die. Zhao Ying could easily make people misunderstand.

Wu Zhongyuan did not know what the students' reactions were, because he did not even have the courage to raise his head now. Even the teacher on the stage could not watch it anymore. He coughed twice and said, "Some students, please pay attention to the rules of the class."

It was not easy for them to get to the end of the class. Wu Zhongyuan stood up as if his butt was on fire. He ran away as if he was running away from the eyes of his classmates who were filled with jealousy and intense hatred.

He originally thought that it would be easier to leave the classroom, but he did not expect that there would be a group of seniors gathered outside the door. This group of people didn't just use their eyes to express their dissatisfaction, they also mocked and ridiculed. He pointed at the mulberry tree and scolded it, Oh my, the real version of the Western Prefectural Records. Hehe, what a good Sima Xiangru. He's quite fast.

At this moment, Zhao Ying also came out. When she saw a group of people blocking Wu Zhongyuan's path, she got angry and went up to them, pushed them away, and pulled Wu Zhongyuan away with big steps," Ignore them, a bunch of toads. "

At this point, Wu Zhongyuan wanted to cry but had no tears, "I have a premonition."

"What?" Zhao Ying asked.

"My college life these few years might not be very pleasant." Wu Zhongyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Why care about them?" Zhao Ying turned her head in disgust. "You are so good at fighting, why are you afraid of them? If you continue to gossip, teach them a lesson."

"Don't speak nonsense." Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly stopped him.

"What are you afraid of?" Zhao Ying was depressed.

Wu Zhongyuan was too lazy to explain. He walked a few steps and found Zhao Ying still holding his hand. He hurriedly waved his hand to break free and lowered his head to leave quickly.

"Why are you walking so fast?" Zhao Ying quickly followed him. "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

Wu Zhongyuan helplessly stopped. "Can you not follow me? Didn't you see? They all want to beat me to death."

Zhao Ying did not get angry, but laughed instead, "Why did they want to beat you to death?"

"A man is not guilty. Having a treasure is a crime." Wu Zhongyuan sighed and shook his head.

Zhao Ying stopped smiling when she heard him. "If you don't like me, I will stay away from you in the future."

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer immediately. The people of China were particular about the pause in their words. Zhao Ying finished speaking in one breath and did not stop in the middle. He could not be sure that Zhao Ying said, If you don't like me, I will stay away from you in the future. Or, if you don't like me, I will stay away from you in the future. "

"Answer me." Zhao Ying urged him seriously.

Wu Zhongyuan still did not answer. If he thought about it carefully, there was not much difference between these two sentences. Just based on his own feelings, he did not want Zhao Ying to be estranged from him. He just did not want Zhao Ying to be so obvious in public. This caused hatred. She had offended all her classmates and seniors in the morning.

Although Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, it was the same as an answer. If he didn't answer, it meant that he didn't want her to leave.

Zhao Ying was still very satisfied with this silent answer. She waved at Wu Zhongyuan and said, "Come, let's go eat."

Wu Zhongyuan sighed helplessly and followed her.

"Why are you not happy to be my friend?" Zhao Ying curled her lips.

"I am happy to be my friend, but it feels a little weird." Things had happened too suddenly. He was not prepared at all.

"Wang Xinran seems to be interested in you," Wang Xinran said. Zhao Ying smiled.

"Why didn't I notice?" Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

"There are many things you haven't found out." Zhao Ying turned her head and looked back as she spoke.

Wu Zhongyuan saw this and also turned his head. He saw Wang Xinran standing in front of the window with a cigarette in her left hand. She was looking at the two of them with a frown.

"This person doesn't look like a student." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Hmm?" Zhao Ying seemed a little surprised.

"Look at the cigarette in her hand." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"What are you thinking? This is a university, not a high school. There are a lot of cigarettes." Zhao Ying shook her head and said.

Wu Zhongyuan did not say anything. He did not know why he felt that Wang Xinran did not look like a student and did not have any specific basis. It was just a feeling.

At that moment, his phone vibrated.

Wu Zhongyuan took out his phone and pressed the button to answer. It was Lin Qingming. He had accompanied his boss to the provincial capital for a business trip. When he had time, he came over to see him.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Zhongyuan quickly went downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Zhao Ying followed behind him.

"My brother came to see me. He's outside the school." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"I'll go with you." Zhao Ying said.

"No need. I have to go back to the dormitory. You can do your thing," ___ said. Wu Zhongyuan refused.

He went back to the dormitory and took the two cigarettes that were given to him at the hospital. He sped away and headed towards the school entrance. Lin Qingming took the time to come over during the time when the boss was eating. He didn't stay long and had to leave immediately.

Outside the door, he saw Lin Qingming holding a bag of things and standing under a tree by the road. He came by himself and didn't go with the driver.

Lin Qingming knew how to smoke early in the morning. The reason he didn't smoke before was because he earned money and couldn't bear to use them. Wu Zhongyuan had kept these two cigarettes for him.

The bag Lin Qingming brought was a bag of pancakes that Huang Ping asked him to bring.

"When did you go back to the county?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. Lin Qingming had been with his boss on a business trip earlier.

"Yesterday afternoon." Lin Qingming raised his hand to look at his watch. "Do you have enough money?"

"It's enough. I earned some money from working during the summer vacation. I haven't touched the ten thousand you gave me." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Don't work anymore. Focus on your studies," Lin Qingming took out his wallet, took out a bank card, and handed it to Wu Zhongyuan. "The compensation for the house has been paid. Sixty thousand yuan. The password is still the same."

"I don't want it. You keep it." Wu Zhongyuan did not accept it.

"I have 10,000 yuan a month. I don't need this money." Lin Qingming handed it over again.

Wu Zhongyuan took the bank card and put it back into Lin Qingming's wallet. "I will save it for you to buy a house and get married."

Lin Qingming looked at Wu Zhongyuan and put the wallet back into his pocket. A taxi happened to pass by. Lin Qingming raised his hand to call the taxi. "I have to go. Call me if anything happens."

"Brother, you have to be careful." Wu Zhongyuan reminded him with concern. Being a bodyguard was definitely very dangerous. Otherwise, he would not have such a high salary.

Lin Qingming nodded and opened the car door.

"Well, how are you and Huang Ping?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"Don't get involved in the affairs of adults." Lin Qingming was about to get into the car when he tilted his head and his gaze suddenly stopped at the school entrance.

Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and saw Zhao Ying standing at the school entrance, smiling and waving at him.

"You know this person?" Lin Qingming asked in a low voice.

"Yes, he is my classmate." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Lin Qingming retracted his gaze and got into the car with a frown.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan asked curiously.

"There's something wrong with her eyes..."