Chapter 14: Something’s Off, Is Professor Qin Cold on the Outside but Warm on the Inside?

The next day.

Jiang Yichen felt as if he had just woken from a long dream.

In the dream, he encountered Qin Ling.

In his dream, Qin Ling was a bloodthirsty demon. Just as she was about to sink her fangs into him, he began reciting an exorcism spell.

Then he pulled out a holy sword and swung it down.

But Qin Ling was quite elusive, managing to dodge his attack.

In the end, he transformed into a mighty emperor and kicked her, causing her to bleed from her seven orifices.

To be fair, it seemed like Qin Ling’s blood was a bit hot underfoot…

After defeating Qin Ling, Jiang Yichen met his mother, who had left when he was just seven years old…

He hugged her and cried like a child, while his mother gently listened to him…

Slap—

“Stop messing around.”

Jiang Yichen mumbled, realizing it was probably Shen An trying to wake him up.

The cool hand on his face carried a faint, pleasant scent.

Just let him sleep for another five minutes. After all, now that he was in university, there was no early morning class; he just needed to be in the classroom by eight for roll call.

He could wash his face and brush his teeth in under a minute, so waking up at seven-fifty would be fine.

Hmm… was it just his imagination, or did the blanket feel particularly comfortable today?

And wasn’t he still in his clothes? It seemed like he hadn’t even taken off his shoes, and his head felt a bit dizzy.

“……” Qin Ling had a headache.

Look at this kid sleeping so comfortably.

While she had struggled with insomnia last night, he appeared to have had a wonderful dream, drooling all over his pillow…

With that thought in mind, she yanked the pillow away and gave Jiang Yichen a solid whack on the forehead.

Jiang Yichen instantly woke up, cursing in a daze, “Hey, who the hell! Zhang Dapao!”

Woken up violently from his sweet dream, anyone would be a bit grumpy.

This kind of aggressive wake-up call was something only Zhang Wei would do!

Jiang Yichen irritatedly raked a hand through his hair. His head felt a bit foggy, but that didn’t stop him from clearing his throat and rubbing his eyes, ready to politely greet whoever had woken him. But when he caught a glance to the side…

That perfectly fitted white shirt… Jiang Yichen’s blurry vision moved up to see a stunningly beautiful yet extremely grim face…

After confirming who stood by his bed, Jiang Yichen rubbed his eyes vigorously. He must be dreaming, right?

Otherwise, why would Qin Ling be in his dorm room so early in the morning?

Tentatively, he reached out to pinch Qin Ling’s ample thigh…

But before he could touch her, another pillow flew straight at his face.

At that moment, memories from last night flooded back to him.

Last night…

He seemed to have mistaken his umbrella for a holy sword…

And then shouted some cringeworthy lines before kicking over Qin Ling’s foot bath…

Finally… Jiang Yichen looked down at the sofa cushion beside his pillow…

Damn!

What a disaster!

His memories from last night were a bit hazy, but he could definitely remember some key moments.

Qin Ling wouldn’t kill him, would she!?

“Professor Qin…” Jiang Yichen managed to muster a smile that looked more like a grimace. “Could you leave me with a whole corpse?”

“Three minutes.”

“If I don’t get up, will you make sure I’m buried without a trace?”

Qin Ling turned to leave.

Before she could step out of the secondary bedroom, a loud crash came from behind her.

Jiang Yichen hadn’t even taken off his clothes or shoes last night, so getting out of bed took him just a second.

“Wait for me in the parking lot.”

“Professor Qin…”

“I said wait for me downstairs.”

“Yes!”

Jiang Yichen quickly responded, and as soon as he finished speaking, he hurried down the stairs, practically racing.

“Wait.” Qin Ling turned back to look at the messy bed.

“Professor Qin.” Jiang Yichen froze in place. If a military training instructor saw him like this, they’d give him a big thumbs-up for following orders.

“Make the bed for me.” Qin Ling pointed at the disarray. “And bring the pillowcase back to wash.”

“Got it.” Jiang Yichen immediately went to tidy up the bed.

At that moment, the benefits of military training became evident.

He folded the blanket into a neat square.

“Professor Qin, is this okay?” Jiang Yichen asked.

“Ugly.” Qin Ling leaned against the door.

Jiang Yichen’s mouth twitched.

Ugly?

What’s ugly about it? He was a model student in military training!

He had even been praised by the instructor before.

“Take off the pillowcase.” Qin Ling continued, “Forget it, just take the pillow away. And also, take your mother back with you.”

Jiang Yichen: “…….”

…..

Ten minutes later.

Jiang Yichen sat in the passenger seat, holding a pillow and a cushion from the sofa, staring out the window.

Today was overcast, matching his gloomy mood.

He had just checked his phone and saw a bunch of missed calls and messages from his older sister.

She explained that her phone had died last night, which was why she hadn’t returned his call, and asked what had happened.

He simply brushed it off with a casual explanation.

As long as nothing happened, it was fine…

“Professor Qin… where are we going?” Jiang Yichen asked.

Qin Ling didn’t respond.

Jiang Yichen’s heart sank. Could it be that she was planning to bury him somewhere?

“Professor Qin, I was wrong last night. I shouldn’t have used the umbrella to hit your picture frame or kicked over your foot bath… It was all my fault. Please don’t take it to heart.”

Qin Ling still didn’t respond.

“Professor Qin…”

“Shut up!”

“Oh…” Jiang Yichen jumped in surprise. Qin Ling’s cold demeanor was a bit intimidating.

Soon, Qin Ling parked the car at a bun shop by the roadside.

She got out and bought a steamer of soup dumplings and two cups of soy milk…

After packaging them up, she returned to the car, handing him a cup of soy milk and four dumplings. “Eat.”

“Professor Qin…” Jiang Yichen was pleasantly surprised to receive this unexpected breakfast.

His head felt a bit foggy, but his thoughts were oddly clear.

It was completely different.

This didn’t seem to follow the plot of the novel he had read at all.

Based on his actions last night, Qin Ling’s second personality should have come out to teach him a lesson by now…

Because according to the original text, whenever Qin Ling got angry or saw blood, her second personality would emerge.

But last night, she simply kicked him out of the room…

Not to mention that afterward, she brought him back into the room. Although her method of waking him up this morning was a bit aggressive, she still bought him a warm breakfast.

Jiang Yichen pondered.

It seemed he had been stuck in a misconception.

Believing everything he read was worse than not reading at all.

Perhaps Qin Ling really didn’t have a second personality?

He realized he shouldn’t approach Professor Qin with his previous understanding.

“Eat quickly.”

Qin Ling frowned.

Why was this kid suddenly getting teary-eyed again? It was just a meal, after all.

She really felt there was a generational gap with today’s youth.

“Okay, thank you, Professor Qin.” After coming to this realization, Jiang Yichen felt much more relaxed. Professor Qin might not be a psychotic princess but rather a warm-hearted older sister, kind and gentle…

“Oh, by the way.” Qin Ling pulled out her phone, opened a specific video from her album, and placed it between her and Jiang Yichen.

Jiang Yichen was confused, but soon he heard a familiar voice from the speaker.

Before long, the quiet car was filled with a dialogue.

“Jiang Yichen, what are you holding in your arms?”

“My mom.”

“……”

“How old are you? How can you still sleep with your mom? Isn’t that embarrassing?”

“I’m only seven! I want to sleep with my mom!”

“……”

Jiang Yichen quickly reached out, but Qin Ling anticipated his move and snatched the phone away first.

“Professor Qin, what are you doing…” Jiang Yichen felt a wave of embarrassment wash over him.

“It’s nothing. I just want you to learn your lesson.” Qin Ling replied. “Things like being late or leaving early, I don’t want to see them happen again. And you need to practice your piano well. If you score over eighty on the final exam, I’ll delete the video.”

“……” Jiang Yichen forced a polite smile.

He wanted to take back his earlier praise of Professor Qin being a warm older sister.

Eighty on the final exam?

If he could score sixty, he’d consider himself lucky.

Wasn’t university supposed to be about having fun?

After twelve years of hard study, he just wanted to take a break and enjoy a couple of semesters.

“Professor Qin, don’t do this.”

“Pull your hand back.”

“No, Professor Qin, please listen to me…”

“Pull it back.”

“Qin…”

“Hmm?”

“Never mind, I just wanted to say that you’re a responsible and great teacher!”

“Thank you.”

“…….”

Jiang Yichen had a thousand words he wanted to say but could only swallow them back.

After finishing breakfast, Qin Ling drove them toward the school.

On the way, Jiang Yichen found Shen An’s WeChat and asked her to help him answer a question.

Besides being a cross-dressing master, Shen An was also a voice actor with various vocal ranges.

With her innate talent for cross-dressing, she was perfect for helping her roommate with questions.

His head still felt a bit fuzzy, so he needed to sleep a little more when he got back.

[Jiang Yichen: Shen Jie, help me out.]

[Shen An: No money.]

[Jiang Yichen: No, Shen Jie, do I look like someone who borrows money?]

[Shen An: Then what do you want?]

[Jiang Yichen: Can you help me answer a question in class later?]

[Shen An: Call me Dad.]

“I call you…” Jiang Yichen truly didn’t understand why everyone nowadays wanted to be called “Dad”…

[Jiang Yichen: Dad.]

[Shen An: Oh… but I’m outside right now, so I can’t help you with the question.]

[Jiang Yichen: Shen Jie, you better be careful tonight.]

[Shen An: Why? You want to do something to me?]

[Shen An: Hehe, come on then.]

So bold…

Jiang Yichen’s face twitched.

The little boys he saw online were all shy and timid.

But Shen An… was even bolder than most women.