As Ji Yanzhi described what had happened, images gradually began to form in Ji Ting's mind.
Apparently, he had kept fretting over some regulations afterward, and had even wanted to write some sort of feasibility report to get through the university's ethics review.
What happened after that...
Watching the tips of his ears turn visibly red, Ji Yanzhi leaned closer at his leisure. "Well, Teacher Ji? Do you remember everything now?"
"Just a little." Ji Ting avoided his gaze and asked quietly, "That feasibility report at the end... did I write it?"
Ji Yanzhi finally burst out laughing. "You really do remember, huh? You said you needed to think through the report's structure first. Then you lay down while you were thinking, and before long, you were sound asleep."
Hearing that, Ji Ting's tense shoulders instantly relaxed, and he let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness his drunken antics had only been witnessed by Ji Yanzhi. If he had caused trouble for anyone else right after boarding, he would have felt terribly guilty.
Ji Yanzhi wasn't about to let him off yet and continued teasing him. "Teacher Ji, you still haven't given me a definite answer. Would you date a student like me or not?"
Ji Ting raised his eyes to glance at him, then quickly lowered them again, but his tone was unusually certain. "You wouldn't want to."
"Hm?" Ji Yanzhi paused. "Why wouldn't I? I couldn't ask for anything better."
At that, Ji Ting finally looked up and explained in all seriousness, "If you really were my student and we were dating, then to avoid any appearance of favoritism, and because I'd have higher expectations of you, I'd hold you to stricter academic standards than anyone else. Every day, you'd have endless data to organize, literature to