Chapter 20 - She Hated It And She Loved It.

It is often said that there are two things in this life that cannot be looked at directly; one is the sun and the other is the human heart. The human heart is also known as human nature, which equates to emotions plus gains. Whenever Lu Jia’er saw through the hearts of everyone around her—she yearned, even more strongly, for the world of ordinary people.

While Lu Jia’er was thinking of these matters, Jin Xiangdong’s figure emerged in her mind. So far he was the only man whose heart she had failed to see through.

Li Lin saw that she was absent-minded. “What were you thinking?”

Lu Jia’er terminated that line of thought and stopped her mind from wandering. “Nothing. Get back to your work!”

Li Lin bowed her head and went on with her own business. Lu Jia’er did the same. But she was wondering whether she should pay Jin Shengping a visit as she had hit his car.

So Lu Jia’er took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Jin Xiangdong. “Ace, which hotel is Academician Jin staying at. I want to visit him!”

But even after a few minutes passed she didn’t get a reply, so she had to focus her attention back on her work.

An hour later during her lecture, Jia’er’s mobile phone, which was resting on the desk, received a WeChat message replying to her question.

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At 3:30 p.m., the heat from the sun made it hot enough to cook an egg on the ground. Lu Jia’er got out of a taxi. As her shoes pressed against the pavement, she could clearly feel the heat radiating from the ground.

With a bunch of flowers in hand, she quickly adjusted her hair, and then walked into the hotel lobby.

Two minutes later, Lu Jia’er came to the door of Room 1808.

It would be her second time meeting Jin Shengping. Lu Jia’er still couldn’t tame her nervousness. She took out a mirror from her bag, checked her makeup, lowered her head to check her dress before she finally took a deep breath as she reached out for the doorbell.

After a few seconds, the door opened.

What appeared in front of Lu Jia’er was not Xiao Shengping’s assistant Xiao Dong, but a cute Amy-like robot, who stared at her with blinking eyes.

For a split second, Lu Jia’er thought that she had knocked on the wrong door, but she quickly ascertained that the robot in front of her was definitely produced by BUA Technology.

“Excuse me, is Academician Jin Shengping in?” Lu Jia’er politely asked Ike.

“Yes, please come in!” Ike said with an after-you gesture.

Lu Jia’er went into the room and saw Jin Shengping seated on the sofa in the living room, still wearing a cervical collar.

“Hello, Mr. Jin!” Lu Jia’er smiled.

Jin Sheng Ping gazed at Lu Jia’er cheerfully. “Professor Lu, here you are!”

The fact that she was addressed as Professor Lu by Jin Shengping made Lu Jia’er ill at ease. So she gave a quick response, “Mr. Jin, please just call me Xiao Lu!”

Jin Shengping glanced at her and said in a friendly manner, “Please sit down!” Then he told Ike, “Ike, go make a cup of tea for Sister Xiao Lu.”

Sister Xiao Lu! What a great appellation!!

Ike happily rolled away to make the tea. After putting down the flowers and fruits she brought, she sat down. Although she was somewhat restrained, she still tried to keep her composure. “Mr. Jin, is your neck feeling any better?” Lu Jia’er’s face showed a guilty expression.

“Much better! Ike says that I look like an Mecha Hero now!” Jin Shengping said with a smile.

Lu Jia’er was amused by Jin Shengping’s word choice. She did not expect him to be so easy going and approachable since he was so prestigious in the scientific world.

“I am really sorry!” Lu Jia’er apologized again.

“If you came to apologize, I don’t want to hear it, Xiao Lu!” Jin Shengping said.

Hearing those words, Lu Jia’er became at a loss of what to say, but as she had already heard the inner voice of Jin Shengping and she knew that he had a good impression of her.

Seeing the table with chess pieces on a chessboard, Lu Jia’er chanced upon an idea. “I will accompany you for a round of chess!”

Jin Shengping felt a little surprised, but he said delightedly, “Let’s play and exchange pointers!”

Lu Jia’er nodded with a smile. It seemed that she had expected the outcome.

In fact, she was not very good at playing chess, but she has a “natural talent” that gave her an advantage, which others did not possess. She could listen to and hear anyone’s thoughts. So regardless of what she ended up doing, the winning rate was extremely high.

Therefore, having an extraordinary talent was extremely contradictory. She hated it and she loved it.

It went as expected. Lu Jia’er managed to carve out a way to victory only two moves into the game despite her poor chess skill.

After two consecutive losses against the younger generation, Jin Shengping couldn’t help but sigh. “My chess skill has not been perfected! I don’t dare to play chess randomly with anyone else!”

“Mr. Jin, you deliberately let me win because you love the younger generations!” Lu Jia’er referenced the conversation they had outside the hospital last time.

Jin Shengping heard her words and couldn’t help but smile. Then he said to Ike, “Ike, isn’t this Sister Xiao Lu very cute!”

Ike looked at Lu Jia’er with lovely eyes and then nodded. “Yes!”

On hearing the exchange, a feminine and innocent sense of shyness began to bloom on Lu Jia’er’s face. She didn’t know how long ago it had been since she was last described as cute, she was usually deemed aloof and detached, it was a pleasant change of pace.