TPH Chapter 27.2

The Protagonist’s Halo [Arc 2] Chapter 27.2: True Love In Period Literature (4)

“Why is a kid making a phone call? Can you just call the military?”

Not only Father Lin, but even Mother Lin, who always doted on her daughter, frowned. Even in some rural areas, Lin Yun could be married at her age, but in the Lin family, she was just a little kid who hadn’t even finished her studies.

The army has strict phone censorship. Xiao Han figured that even if she found an opportunity to contact Lin Hua, her elder brother would probably call Father and Mother Lin first.

Xiao Han shrugged and decided not to ask for trouble.

Within two days, Mother Lin noticed that her daughter had changed. She actually went to Jingcheng University every other day and said that she wanted to study hard. Mother Lin felt strange and suspicious, but she couldn’t stop her child from studying.

She wasn’t worried about Lin Yun’s safety. Didn’t her daughter-in-law work as a teacher there? She could always take care of her.

Xiao Han’s promise to study hard wasn’t entirely deceptive. She couldn’t possibly be watching Qin Qiu every day at Jingcheng University, spending most of her time in the library. Her original self wasn’t much better than a poor student, and high school textbooks were too simple for Xiao Han, offering little in the way of information. She hadn’t yet decided what she wanted to do in this world, but she knew the current pace of knowledge was advancing, and it was always a good idea to study more.

The collection of the Jingcheng University Library is even richer than the largest library in the capital, and the knowledge in various subjects is also more profound. After all, most of the students who can enter are the top students in the country.

However, during the few days she was at Jingcheng University, she didn’t hear any discussion about Qin Qiu.

You know, the last time she went to see Qin Qiu, many people knew that Qin Qiu was married, but it seemed that it had not spread, so naturally it did not cause any waves.

In fact, it’s not that no one was talking about it, but due to Qin Qiu’s background, they naturally didn’t dare to spread it everywhere. You know, even the principal was very caring towards Qin Qiu. Moreover, Qin Qiu’s innocence made those gossipers even more nervous.

Even though Lin Yun came here frequently recently, it didn’t bother Qin Qiu at all.

At the same time, her pursuit of Chen Xi has been vague during this period. She did not refuse when Chen Xi invited her to dance, watch movies and eat.

She knew it was wrong, but she found real pleasure in it.

In fact, Qin Qiu was confident in her heart. She felt a little guilty towards Lin Hua and the Lin family, but she was not afraid of the Lin family.

The only person she was somewhat afraid of was Father Qin. The worst possible outcome was divorce.

Even though the thought only flashed through her mind, it was the first time Qin Qiu thought of divorce.

Marriage should be equal and full of love, but she didn’t feel any love in this marriage. The husband her parents chose for her was indeed very good. If she hadn’t met Chen Xi, perhaps she could have lived a comfortable and ordinary life as a military officer’s wife. Qin Qiu sighed.

…

Although the library of Jingcheng University was open to the public on weekdays, it was impossible to enter it every day and stay there for a long time without someone from the school as a guarantor. Students at the school often saw a little girl reading there, and she read quite a lot.

After asking out of curiosity, they found out that she was Teacher Qin’s sister-in-law.

Chen Xi was one of the first people to know about it, and he also recognized that the girl next to Qin Qiu when he avoided him and got into another teacher’s car that day was Xiao Han.

It turned out to be her husband’s sister. Chen Xi couldn’t help feeling jealous. At this time, his brothers and friends gave him a way. Know yourself and know your enemy. Since he was trying to poach someone, he had to understand the other party’s situation clearly.

Chen Xi raised his eyebrows. He liked Qin Qiu and didn’t care whether she was single or married, and he cared even less about Qin Qiu’s husband who was far away in the army.

But if he could find out what flaws or bad habits the other person had, wouldn’t he be more confident in pursuing Qin Qiu? Maybe he could even make the other person give up.

Chen Xi is very active, but he is also smart. He cannot get close to Qin Qiu’s sister-in-law. What Chen Xi lacks the least is brothers and friends.

But when Chen Xi asked, everyone made excuses, even the one who came up with the idea. “The girl is also wary. If she sees a stranger approaching her, it would be embarrassing if she asks the security guard to kick us out.”

In fact, he was afraid of leaving behind a dark history of deceiving young girls.

Chen Xi looked around and thought it made sense. Birds of a feather flock together. All his friends and brothers were just like him. To put it nicely, they were unruly and unruly. To put it bluntly, they looked like troublemakers. Helping in a fight was easy, but tricking people wasn’t. What if the girl was shy?

Chen Xi thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a candidate, his third uncle’s youngest son Chen Zhan.

Chen Zhan has a clear and handsome appearance and good academic performance. He is now in the second year of high school at the Affiliated High School of Beijing University and can find common language with the little girl.

He is also one of the few people in the Chen family who knows that Chen Xi is pursuing Teacher Qin.

Chen Xi is not only popular among his brothers and friends, but he is also a notorious troublemaker among the younger generation of the Chen family. Young boys and girls are immature, and younger brothers and sisters like Chen Zhan still have some admiration and affection for this rebellious cousin. Otherwise, they would agree to help keep it a secret from their family after knowing the truth.

It was just a small favor that his cousin asked for, so Chen Zhan agreed without giving it much thought.

Chen Xi knew that Chen Zhan was very popular in school, so he was not worried about whether it would work out. He thought it would be easy to just ask a little girl some questions.

…

Library reading room,

“Hello, my name is Chen Zhan, and I’m a sophomore at the Beijing University Affiliated High School.”

Xiao Han looked up when she heard the voice. The young man sitting opposite her was looking at her with a smile. He was wearing a dark blue and white school uniform and had a handsome face that was easy to attract people.

The other party greeted him in a friendly tone. Actually, because Xiao Han was so engrossed in watching, he hadn’t caught her attention for a long time, so he had to speak first.

Xiao Han nodded slightly, “Hello, my name is Lin Yun.”

Apart from this, no other information is revealed, it is concise and clear.

As there were so many empty seats in the library reading room, Xiao Han didn’t care and continued to read her book with her head down.

Seeing Xiao Han ignore him, Chen Zhan couldn’t help but sigh in frustration again. Isn’t it just talking? Why is it so difficult?

But he couldn’t just give up when he had a mission to accomplish, so he continued to show his kindness, “I’m learning too. Is there anything you don’t understand? Perhaps I can teach you.”

Xiao Han looked up, stared at him, and then smiled, “Okay, then tell me about this.”

Chen Zhan had a polite and calm smile on his face. Even in school, his grades were among the best, and he was more than capable of teaching a girl who was a grade younger than him.

But when Chen Zhan saw the open book that Xiao Han handed him, his smile froze.

What string theorem, what integral formula, when Chen Zhan saw the advanced mathematics of university, he was completely confused by these strange numerical symbols and formulas.

Chen Zhan couldn’t help but turn to the cover of the book. It was a course on linear algebra and mathematical statistics for university advanced mathematics, co-authored by professors from Peking University and Zhejiang University.

When he came in just now, he went to look for someone first and didn’t notice what book she was reading. Then he looked at the pile of books next to Xiao Han, which included physical chemistry, introduction to materials science, computational materials science, etc., almost all of which were university subject knowledge.

The young man, whose face flushed slightly, said, “…”

It’s never been so embarrassing.

Xiao Han didn’t make things difficult for him. She just smiled and took the book back to continue reading.

Seeing this, Chen Zhan couldn’t help but feel curious, and for a moment he even forgot the task his cousin had given him. “Can you understand all of this?”

Xiao Han smiled and said, “I just took a look. If I don’t understand something, I’ll ask some teachers. They are all very patient.”

Of course, she couldn’t say that this knowledge was even simple for her. A girl who had been a poor student just a few days ago suddenly had more knowledge than university professors and doctors. She would only be regarded as a monster. The latter statement was also true. In this era in China, teachers and professors would not hesitate to answer questions even for a little girl. This was undoubtedly respectable.

Chen Zhan nodded, but he still retained a hint of wonder and curiosity about Xiao Han’s ability to focus on these books for most of the day.

Chen Zhan deliberately took the initiative to test the waters. “I heard that you know Teacher Qin?”

Xiao Han’s eyes moved slightly. This was getting to the point. He also had the surname Chen, was interested in getting to know her, and was even asking about Lin Hua. If she said she had nothing to do with the male protagonist Chen Xi, then she would be a fool.

This was still a beauty trap. Xiao Han looked at Chen Zhan. His red lips and white teeth were quite attractive to young girls.

If it was really the original sixteen-year-old girl, she would really have been tricked.

But in front of Xiao Han, Chen Zhan’s little disguise could not be hidden at all, and was seen through at once. He just wanted to get some information from her.

Since Chen Xi wanted to know so much, she agreed.

Xiao Han closed the book and gave Chen Zhan a pure and bright smile, “Yes, Teacher Qin is my sister-in-law.”

Chen Zhan was startled by this sudden smile, and the next moment he heard Xiao Han flattering Lin Hua, “You also know Teacher Qin, right? To be able to marry a woman as good as my sister-in-law, my eldest brother must be very outstanding. He was admitted to the military academy at the age of fifteen…”

Xiao Han did this on purpose. Didn’t they want to know Lin Hua’s weaknesses? But she praised Lin Hua for being so outstanding. It’s easy to imagine how angry Chen Xi, a young and hot-headed man who stubbornly pursued Qin Qiu, would be when she heard this.

As she wished, Chen Xi was indeed stimulated, but Chen Zhan had a good memory and wrote down everything Xiao Han said just by listening.

Then he told his cousin everything afterwards. Every time he heard a word praising Lin Hua, Chen Xi would become jealous and his heart would be burning with anger.

Chen Xi’s brothers and friends also heard about it. Putting aside their family background, if they really compared them, Lin Hua seemed to be better than Chen Zhan.

At such a young age, he was already the commander of a regiment in the army, and he was also clean and without any stain.

Chen Xi kicked the table and said, “It’s just a regimental commander. If I want to join the army, it’s easy for me to be promoted to company commander or regimental commander.”

Then the Chen family might have more face, his brothers and friends thought to themselves. It’s not that they don’t think highly of Chen Xi, but Chen Xi really hasn’t done anything serious so far and has caused a lot of trouble.

At this age, Lin Hua had become a company commander because of his many achievements.

They also didn’t think that Lin Hua’s sister would tell any lies. Even if she exaggerated, the achievements were always true. After hearing it, they became somewhat pessimistic about Chen Xi. After all, Qin Qiu’s husband was so outstanding that Chen Xi’s pursuit was probably hopeless. In comparison, everyone knew what choice would be made.

“Chen Xi, why don’t you give up before the old man at home finds out about this.” Some brothers have already started to persuade him.

Chen Xi directly shook off the man’s hand, his temper rising, “Get lost, are you still my brother? You don’t help me and you make me admit defeat.”

How could he be expected to give up on someone he had never met? Other people’s persuasion only aroused Chen Xi’s rebellious mentality.

“There’s no reason for me, Chen Xi, to give up on the person I like.”

Cousin Chen Zhan nodded beside him. He had just been listening for so long and had a general understanding of what was going on. He was more familiar with Chen Xi’s temperament. Stubbornness was his style. Chen Zhan had seen a lot and didn’t think it was a big deal. He just remembered Lin Yun, whom he met in the library today.

The young and handsome boy’s heart moved slightly, and he suddenly said, “Cousin, maybe if I get to know Lin Yun better and chat with him for a few more days, I can ask him more about Lin Hua.”

Amidst a crowd of people who were pessimistic and even advised him to give up, Chen Zhan’s words undoubtedly touched Chen Xi even more. True to form, they were like brothers. He patted Chen Zhan on the shoulder. Chen Zhan’s thinking was correct. No matter how many people tried to persuade him, once he’d made up his mind, he wouldn’t change, let alone give up. This stubbornness had always been a source of both admiration and a headache for his father.

The next day in the library reading room, Xiao Han saw Chen Zhan, who was sitting next to her, greeting her with a smile. She raised her eyebrows. In that case, she would continue to praise him and make Chen Xi angry for as many days as possible.