Yan Qingcheng remembered that a few days ago, after Zhu Juntang had gone missing and Liu Chang'an found her, the first thing he did was rush to ask Yan Qingcheng to help Zhu Juntang make up the classes she had missed.
Liu Chang'an could not have cared more about Zhu Juntang's studies, and Professor Liu before her was the same.
When he heard that the Third Miss, already enrolled at Xiangnan University, had finally completed two chapters of seventh-grade coursework, the delight on his face was completely undisguised. It was like a landlord learning that his foolish son had finally stopped running off to the widow's house and was ready to find a wife to carry on the family line!
Although that delight immediately vanished, as though he had realized there was nothing to be happy about, it was precisely that instinctive flash of joy that revealed his truest feelings.
If Professor Liu had been Liu Chang'an, he would probably have reacted the same way upon hearing the news, wouldn't he?
This did not seem like mere closeness or friendship—would such relationships really lead to this level of concern? Qin Yanan and Zhu Juntang were also very close, yet as Zhu Juntang's counselor, Qin Yanan turned a blind eye to her studies... Qin Yanan's home was even one of Zhu Juntang's destinations whenever she skipped class.
Qin Yanan indulged her, while Liu Chang'an and Professor Liu kept her under strict control.
If it had only been Liu Chang'an, it could be explained as simply a difference in personality and attitude from Qin Yanan. But with Professor Liu added in... why did this father and son have exactly the same attitude toward Zhu Juntang, even speaking in exactly the same tone?
She could not be certain, since Professor Liu had only