Chapter 14 — After Kicking the Medical Professor

For example, one day I went to the office to find him, he was on the phone, I flipped through the documents on his desk while waiting. Flipping back and forth, he discovered that his drawer was not closed tightly, revealing a corner of a postcard inside. I pulled it out to see, on it was a misshapen cat that I sketched two months before the university entrance exam. At that time, I took a photo and sent it to him, saying, "I drew this and gave it to you." At that time he repped some memes haha. I thought you deleted it a long time ago. Unexpectedly, he had printed out that photo and stuck it in a drawer. The corner of the card was still slightly curled up, clearly showing signs of being taken out and looked at frequently. I stuffed the postcard back in its original place and pretended not to notice it. When he hung up the phone and turned around, I looked at him and suddenly spoke.

“Little Uncle Tham.”

“Yes?”

“Come here.”

He hesitantly took two steps closer. I stood on tiptoe and reached out to gently pinch his earlobe. He felt like he was being electrocuted. He took half a step back, his ears turned red and could be seen with the naked eye.

“I——”

“Test your reaction speed a bit.” I withdrew my hand without changing expression, "Not bad, quite fast."

He looked at my expression, both reluctant and amused: "To Van Le, if you keep going like this, I will end the survey time really early."

“You said it yourself, the survey period is decided by you.”

“…At that time I should have planned for three days.”

I burst out laughing, looking at his red-eared appearance but having no way with me, I felt extremely accomplished. It turns out that Professor Tham, arrogant and cold, was sometimes teased and made him feel helpless. This image cannot be bought for a thousand dollars. Day after day passed, from the initially cowardly girl who shrank her neck in fear, I gradually turned into a fox who relied on my brother not daring to do anything to me and started fires everywhere. Until the day the midterm exam ends. After finishing the final exam, my whole body was exhausted and I lay flat on the chair. The medical exam is truly not for humans. After taking the exam for two days in a row, my arms wanted to fall off. The phone vibrated once. Tham Khinh Chu: [Are you done with the exam?] Me: [Half my life is lost.] Tham Khinh Chu: [Then bring the remaining half of my life to you.] I thought you were joking. Who knows, as soon as he stepped out of the exam room, he saw him standing under the sycamore tree in front of the lecture hall. Fallen leaves in late autumn were scattered on his shoulders. He was wearing a dark blue overcoat, carrying a paper bag. When he saw me, he smiled.

“It's been hard.”

“Why did you come here?” I walked over and discovered that there were quite a few dry leaves on the shoulder of his coat. "How long have you been standing?"

“It wasn't long, ten minutes before I submitted my assignment.” He handed me the paper bag, "Hey, replenish your stamina."

I opened it and saw that it was a butter croissant from my favorite bakery, still warm.

“…Professor Tham, obviously a key lecturer like you, standing in front of the exam room door giving bread to students, what happens when other professors see it?”

“Then don't let other professors see it.” He naturally helped me brush the fallen leaves from my head, his movements were extremely gentle, "Go straight back to the dormitory, don't stay out here for too long."

This time he patted my head, I didn't dodge.

“Today's survey period is over, right?” he asked.

I took a bite croissants, hummed softly.

“So let me ask you something.”

“You ask.”

He leaned a little closer, looking at me seriously: "Can you tell me now? Why did you block me then?" My chewing movements slowed down. He had never asked this question before. He was clearly very concerned, but he was always stuck in his heart and refused to ask.