"What?! Teacher Yan likes Teacher Qin!?"
"Shh! Shh!"
Outside the Imperial Academy's Guard Teaching Building, Ming Shuiyun, who was walking beneath the afterglow of the setting sun, hurriedly looked around. She raised a finger to her lips. "Don't speak so loudly!"
Li Ying immediately covered her mouth. Kui Nianruo, who had hesitated for a second or two beside her, only then asked timidly, "Which Teacher Yan? Teacher Yan Yi?"
Ming Shuiyun nodded and pulled them into a tree-lined path nearby. She told them what she had seen on the sixth floor at noon, then urged them, "You absolutely can't spread this around! Seriously, don't!"
It wasn't that Ming Shuiyun cared particularly about privacy. If she really had, she wouldn't have told her close friends about this. It was just that, after personally experiencing the power of public opinion turning on a dime, she had gained a preliminary understanding of the might of hearsay—and she was certain that if the other students learned about this, it would inevitably lead to two outcomes:
First, they would egg them on, happily watch the relationship develop, and even take the initiative to set Qin Leyin and Yan Yi up;
Second, they would target Qin Leyin. Yan Yi's admirers would challenge him, but that would only give Qin Leyin a chance to display his strength to Yan Yi!
In other words, whether the effects of this incident were positive or negative, almost all of them would make the two seem even closer in the eyes of the public!
That was why Ming Shuiyun had held it in until evening, when classes ended and they left the teaching building, before telling them. She wanted to avoid having too many loose lips in the classroom.
"Teacher Yan..." Lin Xue thought for a moment before saying, "She really