He was close by, so it was unknown if it was intentional or not, but when he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, carrying a faint sense of oppression.

Su Qiuge discovered that the distance between the two of them was decreasing. She raised her eyes and bumped into his gaze. She felt her breathing hitched.

This clearly already exceeded the minimum distance she felt safe with.

She was somewhat nervous and retreated a few steps, but as a result, the back of her foot stepped on the edge of the stair and she subconsciously leaned backwards.

She didn’t even have time to scream.

Her body fell back halfway before Xie Xinglin suddenly supported her at the waist. From a distance, this posture seemed as if in the next second, he was going to lift her up by the waist.

He lowered his eyes and stared at her for a long time. Then, he revealed a casual smile and said with a relatively deep and magnetic voice, “What, you can’t stand steadily after seeing a little white face?”

His hand stayed on her waist for only a moment, but she didn’t know if it was an illusion or not.

She unexpectedly felt that the hand on her waist had faintly drew her in.

After Su Qiuge reacted and stood firmly, with her right hand supported by the handrail next to them, he withdrew his hand and conveniently tucked it into his jacket, his expression mild.

Su Qiuge took a few breaths as she held the handrail. Then, she looked at him full of doubt, “Are you a ghost? You suddenly walked behind me and didn’t even say anything? D*mn it, wait, what’s the matter with you, why is there no sound when you walk!”

Xie Xinglin smoothly responded, “Really?”

Then he said neither fast nor slow, “I thought you would be more careful around a scumbag.”

Xie Xinglin turned sideways and fixedly stared at her. Then, he slowly said in a soft voice, “Am I going to eat you?”

When he said this, the lights in the hallway fell on his face and the other side sank into the shadows. It appeared somewhat ambiguous and dark.

It was unknown if it was Su Qiuge’s misperception, but the moment a flash of light passed by and his voice fell, he seemed to have faintly licked his lips.

Su Qiuge’s heart jumped and she quickly moved her line of sight away. In her heart, she felt that she probably saw wrongly.

Although she thought that way, her sense of vigilance still increased as a result. She also sped up her pace, believing that the person would return to normal once they arrived in class.

She moved in a hurry, only thinking about hurrying back to class, so she didn’t think about why the class that was always filled with topic discussions and casual conversations was unexpectedly so dreadfully quiet at this moment. When she walked to the doorway and clearly saw what was going on inside, she abruptly stopped.

And then......

And then she met the gaze of the dean who seemed to have been standing on the podium for a long time, patiently awaiting something.

Su Qiuge stared at him, a pair of large eyes meeting a pair of small ones. The more she looked at him, the more familiar he seemed. Then, she suddenly remembered that this teacher was the Director Xu that was incredibly committed to catching young lovers and sweethearts. Last time, he had chased after Xie Xinglin and her throughout the teaching building with a flashlight.

Unexpectedly, they would have such a coincidental meeting. They had ran around in circles to avoid him, yet in the end, they still met.

It was simply like a predestined arrangement.

Great.

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