<aside> 🔑 Key: 🦌: Lu Chen/Alkaid 🖌️: MC 🔭: Astronomy students ⭐: Professor Chen 🎒: High school students
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Following where the high school students glances went, only to see a group of students in gradational robes from the astronomy department to come out. That’s right, today as it turns out is also the astronomy department graduation photo day. Everyone from the astrology department had other concerns compared to the attention they are receiving from the high school students. 🔭: The clothes has static… I should have put “God of Thunder” on that career survey. 🔭: This weather is unbearable in synthetic clothes, it wrinkles and has static. 🔭: Are we still all together? It seems Lu Chen is missing — Hey don’t touch me! The newly arrived graduate students bustled pass us. I glance over the crowd, I still don’t see Lu Chen’s shadow within the crowd. Did he work on his thesis till very late last night? He won’t miss today’s graduation photo because of that, will he?
= flashback =
During late spring early summer, after Lu Chen finished his thesis paper, he received an invitation to a certain research intuition. The college also said because of some important academic contacts, outstanding graduate students’ return and graduation photo will be delayed until summer. After that, Lu Chen was busy with many things, he cares about the research intuition and “My secret”… But expectedly graduation he placed graduation, which is a big life achievement, as a lower priority than “My Secret”.
= end of flashback =
Even if so, his name is still written on the list of outstanding graduate students, and furthermore he is continuing to study in St Shelters. Maybe because of this, from the beginning I did not feel the reality towards his graduation.
= next scene=
The college lecture was divided into two parts, the first part was about a campus tour and after that finish, the second part is approaching to the Q&A panel. The students freely moved about in the classroom, there were some chit chat while doing things slowly, the big part was to surround the astronomy department’s Professor Chen with questions. I hid in the corner of the classroom, to give Lu Chen a call. Before it was answered, the slide door of the classroom on the other wide of the flight of stairs opened with a “creak” The next second, my phone rang.
Lu Chen’s footsteps hurriedly entered the classroom, he still has not put on his graduation gown as it was hanging on his arm, the dark blue necktie is also only hanging casually.
The classroom is suddenly quiet, Lu Chen was also stunned when he walked in. Everyday he is always neat and tidy, it is rare to see him like this.
After he calmly straighten his clothes, he faced towards the classroom and apologetically nod, and noticed I was standing at the back of the classroom.
Lu Chen took out his phone and looked at it — Despite hanging up unconsciously the moment I saw him — and immediately he smiled understandably.
Professor Chen gave a chuckle as he draws him in the crowd, with somewhat teasing mischievously
⭐: Your girlfriend is calling? Lu Chen somewhat helplessly cut off his conversation.
🦌: Professor Chen, you don’t need to gossip — The graduate school’s project had a small problem, but it already been settled. Compared to Professor Chen, the mild and young Lu Chen received more of a welcome from the high school students. After a simple self introduction, Lu Chen begins to be surrounded by the students. I took a glass of water from the dispenser besides and gave it to Lu Chen, I had thought that since he came in a hurry, he is most likely thirsty, but when I approached the crowd I had realised —
In the middle of the crowd there was a crack, Lu Chen absorbed listening to a student’s question, from time to time nodding his head. His slightly long blonde hair shines under the bright light, at the tip of his hair pricked his neckline pressing into an arch, and next time it bounced off again as he turned his head. Not knowingly, I suddenly can’t help but laugh. Luckily no one noticed my laugh, because the subject there were at the moment was much more interesting.
🎒: Senior Lu Chen can you say, what is the the biggest advantage to study in St.Shelters? Before Lu Chen is able to answer, and already someone had to step in to his response. 🎒:It is certainly that he found his girlfriend here. A wave of laughter, Lu Chen’s voice as if a creek of melted snow unrestrained from the crowd. 🦌: I was truly lucky to come to St Shelters. I raised my head, and my smile that I had jot being able to stop was caught by him in the crowd. It is as though a wave of warm blend of spring breeze brushed over me, my cheeks suddenly got hotter. The conversation topic returned to Professor Chen’s hands, Lu Chen took a step back and I stood next to him, carrying the cup in a low voice he told me. 🦌: Just now you were looking for me, what’s the matter? 🖌️: … I was a bit worried you missed your graduation photo. 🦌: Oh, I went to the laboratory at the last minute. The class photo is in the afternoon, don’t worry. He took a sip of water, his hand hung beside his body moved, holding my hand gently. Warm palms touched, made me feel kind of sneaky. — But, compared to becoming the focus of these high school students, we were better of being sneaky. I finally held onto his hand that had loosen, finger tips on his finger pads quietly caress upwards. Up and down — 🦌: But I'm scared a certain someone is worried. In an instant I released my hand.