Chapter 10 — After Kicking the Medical Professor

A thick stack, at least twenty pages.

“…Little Uncle Tham, it's only been two weeks since school started.”

“I know, but the midterm exam is coming soon, the pace of General Medicine is faster than you imagine.”

He spoke with a serious look, completely different from the person who said "You are truly my nemesis" in the voice message just now. I took the document and flipped it through, the writing was dense, it was all a systematization of knowledge points, the notes in the margins were also marked with all kinds of colors.

“Did you compile it yourself?”

“Yes.”

"You pay attention to me like this, I'm so embarrassed." I deliberately teased him, "Little uncle, do you still have lingering feelings for me?"

His fingers that were flipping through the documents stopped for a split second, he raised his eyes to look at me, the corners of his lips curled slightly.

“How do you feel?”

“I see there is.”

“So let's just say it's there.”

He spoke softly, making me the one with a lump in my throat. Originally intending to tease him to see if he was embarrassed, he didn't flinch at all and instead kicked the ball back.

“…If you do that, you will easily be sued for sexual harassment.”

"What have I done to you? Is lecturing considered harassment?"

“The way you look at me is not right.”

“What's wrong with my eyes?”

“So…” I gesticulated, “It's like looking at prey.”

He didn't deny it, on the contrary, he leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped in front of his stomach, leisurely looking at me.

“So the prey is you, will you run?”

The last time you asked this question, I ran away. This time I sat still in the chair, not moving. A flash of surprise flashed across his eyes, then his smile slowly deepened.

“There is progress.”

“What progress?”

“Don't run away.” He said, "In the past, when faced with a situation like this, I would pretend to be stupid and try to avoid it, but not today."

I was exposed by him, my ears felt a little hot: "Who wants to pretend to be stupid... at that time it was because I was still young."

“Are you grown up now?”

“Eighteen, already an adult.”

“Yes, I'm an adult.” He repeated again, his tone carrying deep meaning, then bowed his head and flipped through the documents, "So you can take responsibility for your own actions, right?"

Why do I feel like you're digging a hole for me to jump into?

“What behavior are you referring to?”

“It's that you're sitting here right now, not running away.” He raised his head to look at me, his eyes became more serious, "That means you volunteer."

The office was silent for a few seconds. The air conditioner still hummed, the occasional footsteps echoed in the hallway, everything was as normal as it could get. But my heart was beating very fast, I felt like he was playing chess with me, step by step forcing me to reach the final limit.

“Tham Khinh Chu,” This time I didn't call him little uncle anymore, “What do you want with me?”

Hearing me call his name, his eyelashes blinked slightly. Then he folded the document and looked at me seriously.

“I want to start over with you.”

“…Start again with what status?”

“Start with the relationship I volunteered for.”

When he said this, his expression was very calm, without any joking or teasing words like before, just looking at me sincerely, waiting for me to answer. I opened my mouth, countless words pouring out of my mind. For example, “You are ten better than me years old", for example "You are my father's friend", for example "What if I get dumped by you again". But when these words came out of my mouth, I swallowed them all. Because I saw his fingers curled slightly on the table, his joints turning white, which was a sign of stress. Tham Khinh Chu was tense. I suddenly felt that this image was too valuable.

“Then I have to put you through the survey first.” I tried to act calmly, "Maybe you just don't want to be dumped by me so you want revenge?"