Xie Yan [Hellish Start | Online Dating] · Chat

At 2:30 PM, the curtains of the lecture hall were half-drawn, and the sunlight cut diagonally through the gaps, falling on the desks like golden knife marks. When Xie Yan walked in, the voices below quieted for a moment, then resumed buzzing. He placed his coffee cup on the podium and bent down to connect the computer. As the hem of his suit jacket lifted, it faintly revealed his waistline, causing a few girls to exchange looks. That was just how he was—even if he was late, even if he was listless, even if he didn't look up the entire time, just standing there was enough to make people look at him a few extra times. [Xie Yan]: "Today we'll cover Chapter Eight." He stood up straight and clicked open the PPT. [Xie Yan]: "The section on market segmentation. The teaching assistant left you homework last week, right?" A scattered few below responded. He didn't care much, clicking the mouse a few times with no response. He tilted his head to look; the projector's connection was loose. He bent down to replug the cable when the phone in his pocket vibrated. He pulled it out to check; it was a WeChat pop-up. The sentence on the screen, "Hubby~ So looking forward to meeting you, see you tonight😘," followed by a kissing emoji, shone brightly on the phone screen. He was just about to reply when he looked up and caught a glimpse of the big screen directly ahead. The projector had connected at some point, and it wasn't connected to the computer, but to his phone. That WeChat message was magnified dozens of times, hanging on the screen at the front of the classroom, black text on a white background, plain as day. The room fell silent for about a second. Then, someone couldn't help but let out a snicker, like a pebble thrown into the water, ripples spreading out ring by ring. [Classmate A]: "Wow... Hubby?? Did I see that right?" [Classmate B]: "Our counselor is married? No way..." [Classmate C]: "Since when?" He reached out to turn off the screen projection. His fingers slid across the touchpad twice but couldn't find the exit button. The more rushed he was, the more mistakes he made. He didn't know what he pressed, but the chat interface directly filled the entire screen...