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Professor Ling felt a bit like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, growing more and more fond of him the more she looked. He was very An Nuan had found a capable, mature, and caring boyfriend.
Professor Ling was actually a little worried if it were just an ordinary young man. Even if he had a girlfriend or wife like An Nuan, it was quite possible that he would be tempted and unable to resist when faced with a beautiful mother-in-law like Liu Yuewang.
However, judging from Liu Chang'an's usual attitude towards Liu Yuewang, he really doesn't have any such evil thoughts, which is quite rare.
Character is of utmost importance.
Professor Ling thought of his daughter, Han Zhizhi, who had mentioned that a boy had come all the way to Junsha to pursue her. When Professor Ling heard his daughter mention it, Han Zhizhi was quite proud. It wasn't that she simply had a crush on the boy, but rather that she felt she was incredibly charming when someone traveled such a long distance to pursue her.
But what's the use? The guy saw a pretty girl walking a dog and tried to flirt with the dog, but he got bitten.
This shows a lack of character. What's the point of just doing superficial things to impress girls?
"Chang'an, Professor Liu is usually quite simple-minded. She thinks very simply and doesn't have any ulterior motives. She rarely suffers losses because she's lucky and her social circle is relatively simple. But she still needs someone to take care of her. If she encounters any problems in the future, you must help her if you can, and it's best to be gentle." Professor Ling patted Liu Chang'an's hand and gently instructed him.
"Alright, since you've said so, we'll skip the 20-kilometer run today." Liu Chang'an smiled.
Professor Ling touched his chest with relief. Thank goodness, even if Liu Yuewang couldn't escape the 20-kilometer run, she certainly wouldn't have to.
Liu Chang'an and Professor Ling chatted idly for a while, and then Liu Yuewang came out dressed.
"I went to bed too late last night. I just got up and came out," Liu Yuewang said, her cheeks flushed.
Liu Chang'an and Professor Ling nodded together, indicating that they had just noticed her.
Liu Yuewang felt much more relaxed and walked over while combing her hair.
"Don't leave hair everywhere when you comb it," Professor Ling reminded her. When Han Zhizhi was little, she had a habit of combing her hair while walking around, and her hair would fall everywhere, especially on a wet floor, which was difficult to clean up.
"I don't lose much hair," Liu Yuewang said nonchalantly, then glanced at Professor Ling before realizing what was happening and exclaimed, "Old Ling, you're alright?"
Professor Ling smiled slightly. She was a little envious that Liu Yuewang hadn't recovered yet. If she could recover anyway and maintain her youthful state for a few more days, it wouldn't be a big problem.
"No 20 kilometers today, just do sit-ups in your room, a thousand will do," Liu Chang'an said, pointing to Professor Ling, "Professor Ling's results are better because of his positive attitude and cooperation with the training."
"You're trying to fool me!" Liu Yuewang wasn't so easily fooled. "It's clearly because... because she eats less."
"Then go run twenty kilometers."
"I don't."
"Those thousand push-ups."
"I don't."
Liu Chang'an glanced at Professor Ling, as if to say, "Look at her personality; if she were gentler, she wouldn't have to do any work."
Professor Ling was also a bit helpless and advised, "Old Liu, are you still a child? I think you should choose 1,000 push-ups. It's not like you're asking me to do 1,000 at once, Chang'an, right?"
"Yes, you can do a thousand in one day. You can do a hundred or two hundred at a time, then rest for a while before continuing. A thousand is easy." Liu Chang'an was, after all, a gentle person.
"Can I make five at once?" Liu Yuewang thought that would be easier.
"No less than fifty each time." Liu Chang'an glared at Liu Yuewang. "Do you think this is a game? What's the point if it's not strenuous and doesn't expend energy?"
"You're being mean to me again!" Liu Yuewang glared at Liu Chang'an, but gave in after a few seconds, turning away and stammering, "Fine, I'll do it... I'll eat breakfast first."
"Once her health recovers, her personality should return to normal, right?" Professor Ling asked in a low voice, a little worried, as he watched Liu Yuewang the dining table to get the menu.
"Yes, she may not realize it yet, but she is unconsciously imitating An Nuan," Liu Chang'an analyzed.
"I see. Physiological conditions do indeed affect psychological conditions." Professor Ling agreed wholeheartedly, just as she herself had a few days each month when she was very irritable, completely different from her usual gentle nature.
"Once she recovers and looks back on her behavior these past few days, she'll probably feel quite shy, which will be a unique experience for her," Liu Chang'an nodded.
As they were talking, Liu Yuewang, who had just ordered, came over again and said to Liu Chang'an, "Then I'd like to do some push-ups, and you can take some more photos for me. Last night, An Nuan had Bai Hui take photos of me first, but the ones she took for me weren't very good; her technique isn't good."
"Are you a child? Do you need to negotiate things?" Liu Chang'an refused.
Liu Yuewang was about to glare, but recalling the information she had gathered from her secret observations, she realized that Liu Chang'an was the kind of person who responded better to gentle persuasion than force, and sometimes even that. It was better to reason with him.
So Liu Yuewang sat down, looking at Liu Chang'an with gentle eyes, adjusting her tone and adopting a painstakingly earnest manner, "Chang'an, think about how rare this experience is for me? Approaching... approaching middle age, to have such an opportunity to experience youth, wanting to leave a memento, will there be another chance like this in the future? If not, I can't possibly go back to eating face cream."
"Oh, right, there's something I must warn you about." Liu Chang'an suddenly remembered he should scare them a little. "If you keep consuming those face creams, the next thing you might experience is accelerated cell activity depletion and rapid aging. I won't be able to help you then."
Compared to the allure of becoming younger, the fear of growing old is far greater. After all, if these two middle-aged women take good care of themselves, they still have a long way to go before they look old and frail.
Liu Yuewang and Professor Ling quickly nodded, indicating they would never go there again. Although they were somewhat suspicious that Liu Chang'an was just bluffing, who would dare take such a risk?
"Then will you take my picture?" Liu Yuewang felt that what she said made a lot of sense, Liu Chang'an had no reason to refuse.
"What's so interesting about filming push-ups?" Liu Chang'an shook his head.
"It's not a push-up photo shoot, it's one of those artistic portraits," Professor Ling explained.
"An Nuan asked me to see Bai Hui off last night, which meant she wanted me to leave and not stay to take pictures of you." Liu Chang'an didn't see taking pictures as complicatedly as An Nuan; it was just about composing and pressing the shutter. But since An Nuan had driven him away yesterday, it was unacceptable for him to come and take pictures of Liu Yuewang today while she was away.
Liu Yuewang gritted her teeth in anger. At first yesterday, she hadn't realized what was going on, but it was only when An Nuan picked up the camera to take pictures of her that Liu Yuewang the problem.
"Actually, you don't need to worry about it. An Nuan mostly uses automatic mode. As long as you take a lot of photos, some will eventually turn out well. Many photos that you think look good on the camera screen may not look so good when enlarged. And many photos that you think are hard to capture might look better after some post-processing," Liu Chang'an comforted her. "The original photo and the finished product are two different things."
"Then can you take a look and see if the ones she took are good?" Liu Yuewang had no choice but to go get the camera.
"Once you recover, I'll take photos of you and An Nuan together. Wouldn't it be even more beautiful if you were photographed as mother and daughter?" Liu Chang'an took the camera from Liu Yuewang and prepared to look at the photos. "Actually, if you put the photos I took of you now next to An Nuan's photos, you wouldn't be able to tell whether these photos are yours or An Nuan's."
Liu Chang'an's words made sense, and Liu Yuewang much better. Actually, the main reason was that Liu Yuewang felt that An Nuan's technique was not good enough and wanted to take the photos again. To be honest, there were a few photos taken last night that Liu Yuewang thought were beautiful.
"That's right, there's no need to take another one. I think the photos An Nuan took of you last night were quite nice, and you took a lot of selfies. There's no need to make things difficult for Chang'an anymore," Professor Ling comforted her. Actually, what she couldn't say was that she felt An Nuan's jealousy was somewhat justified.
"Okay, then you'll have to take the photos when An Nuan and I take pictures together in the future." Liu Yuewang thought about the scene of appearing in photos with An Nuan on the Xiangtan University campus in the future, and it felt pretty good.
Last night, Liu Yuewang also took many photos with An Nuan, which is more than enough to commemorate the occasion.
Thinking of the photos from last night, Liu Yuewang panicked and quickly reached out to grab the camera.
Liu Chang'an had already turned off the camera, removed the battery, and said calmly, "It's out of power. I'll charge it first."
"The power's out... it's good that the power's out." Liu Yuewang was startled and patted her chest.
Professor Ling then remembered some photos he had taken haphazardly the night before, which he had forgotten to delete. However... Liu Chang'an was still quick-witted, and Old Liu was as easy to fool as ever.
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