mesbooks Chapter 1250 Yun Rui's sincerity: luxurious style
Chapter 1250 Yun Rui's sincerity: luxurious style
"That's right. The principal went to Gu Yunxi's house to apologize in person. I heard that he stood at the door for two hours and almost got pancreatitis!" Amid the discussion, someone caught a glimpse of the Chemistry Department team walking by the window, chatting and laughing. The sunlight fell on them, casting a layer of dazzling halo...
The crystal chandelier was dazzling. The principal personally stood at the door to greet Gu Yunxi and his party. His face was full of smiles, and there was no trace of the sickly appearance as rumored.
He shook Gu Yunxi's hand enthusiastically: "Professor Gu, this seminar is all thanks to you." Then he turned to Lin Xu, his eyes full of admiration: "Student Xiaolin, you are a rising star in the academic field. You must bring honor to the school in the future!"
Faced with the crowd, the few of them just looked at each other silently. It turned out that this world could really be so realistic.
Seeing the principal nodding and bowing, the previous haze also dissipated a lot.
The crystal chandeliers in the Xiangtan University International Banquet Hall make the gilded dome sparkle. On the twelve-meter-long banquet table, Bordeaux red wine and champagne towers complement each other. The dark pattern on the customized tablecloth is an interweaving of the school emblem and academic symbols.
Waiters carried gold-rimmed plates around the table, and the air was filled with the aroma of truffled foie gras and aged whiskey.
The celebration banquet was so grand that even off-campus media received special invitations, and cameras had already been set up in the corner of the banquet hall.
Gu Yunxi's fingers holding the champagne glass turned slightly white, and the water droplets condensed on the wall of the glass slid down her fingertips.
She watched the president giving a passionate speech on the stage. The flattering words such as "academic backbone" and "pride of Hunan University" expanded like bubbles, but they could not hide the meaningful giggles of some department leaders below the stage.
Lin Xu stood half a step behind her, the collar of his white shirt was slightly soaked by sweat. He lowered his voice and said, "Professor, if this continues, I will be burnt to a crisp."
Wang Lei's knuckles turned white as he held the wine glass. His eyes swept across the huge photos hanging high around the banquet hall - they were the scenes of his team's speeches at the seminar, and each photo was photoshopped with a shining golden frame. "Too ostentatious." He said softly, "When has our college ever had such a grand ceremony?"
Li Wen turned the thin chain on her wrist, and the ginkgo leaf pendant on the chain swayed gently. It was a souvenir for the team given by Gu Yunxi: "Once the news comes out tomorrow, I'm afraid the hats of 'extravagant celebration' and 'self-conceit' will be taken down."
Before he finished speaking, the principal had already walked down from the podium in a hurry, holding a specially made Fenjiu vessel in his hand. The amber liquor in the glass cup shone with an alluring luster.
"Professor Gu!" His voice was a little drunken, but he couldn't hide the calculation in his eyes. "I'll use this glass of wine to apologize to you on behalf of the school! You've done so much for the school, but in the end you've suffered so much injustice!" As he said that, he was about to pass the glass to Gu Yunxi's lips.
The banquet hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on this scene. Gu Yunxi took a half step back, and caught a glimpse of the flashing camera lens in the corner.
She was about to refuse, but Lin Xu grabbed the glass with a smile: "What are you talking about, President? I heard that you are not in good health, how can you drink strong liquor?" He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass. The spicy wine slid down his jaw and left a dark mark on the front of his white shirt. "Didn't you work so hard on the project a few days ago that you almost got pancreatitis? We, the students, will drink this glass of wine for you and Professor Gu!"
A low gasp was heard in the banquet hall.
The principal's smile froze on his face, and the veins on his forehead throbbed slightly - the rumor that he almost had pancreatitis was a self-torture trick he staged, but now it was exposed in public.
Lin Xu seemed oblivious and filled his glass again: "Come on, Senior Brother Wang, Senior Sister Li, let's toast to the principal! If the principal hadn't supported us so much, how could I have entered the door of this provincial seminar?"
Wang Lei and Li Wen understood immediately, and the three of them raised their glasses and walked to the principal. Li Wen blinked her smart eyes and said, "Principal, you have been running around for the project and you don't even care about your health. We, as students, will share your burden no matter what!"
Wang Lei scratched his head in a simple and honest manner: "That's right, I hope you can give me more guidance in the future!"
The principal looked at the three people's sincere smiles, listened to the repeated comments of "The principal is wise", and swallowed the reprimand that was about to come out of his mouth.
He laughed and patted Lin Xu's shoulder: "Good! Good! You are worthy of being a student of your associate professor!" The atmosphere in the banquet hall instantly warmed up, and the sound of clinking glasses rang out again, as if the tension just now was just an illusion.
Gu Yunxi stood at the intersection of light and shadow, watching Lin Xu moving among the crowd and directing the topic of toasts to the display of academic achievements.
The warm yellow light fell on the young man's angular profile. His posture when raising the glass was elegant and calm, and his words showed the humility of a junior yet the confidence of a scholar.
She suddenly remembered the light that flashed in Lin Xu's eyes when he was giving a lecture at the seminar. At this moment, he was just as dazzling on the battlefield of human relationships, making people unable to take their eyes off him.
Outside the French window of the banquet hall, the night deepened. Gu Yun looked at his reflection on the glass, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.
When the gilded carved door was pushed open, a cold night wind rushed in, carrying the breath of late autumn.
Gu Yunqian was wearing a custom-made dark gray suit, and his silver-gray tie clip shone coldly under the light. He stood at the door and scanned the entire room, his gaze finally falling on his sister Gu Yunxi, and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"My great scientist, you have made Xiang proud this time." Gu Yunqian walked to Gu Yunxi, reached out and gently flicked the non-existent dust on her shoulder, with a tone of teasing unique to an elder brother.
Gu Yunxi rolled her eyes at him and handed the champagne glass to him: "Don't give me that, I don't know you. Are you here to check on me?"
"No one knows me better than my little sister." Gu Yunqian took the wine glass and took a sip. His eyes swept over the principal who was surrounded by people not far away. "But I just went to the front desk to pay the bill, and they said Professor Gu had already paid?"
Gu Yunxi sneered, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the wall of the cup: "I don't want to be a scapegoat for 'extravagant style'. After Zhou Zhengming's celebration banquet last time, weren't there enough rumors?"
Gu Yunqian looked at his sister lovingly, lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, no one can let you take the blame this time."
I thought I would see my sister's surprised expression, but I saw that Gu Yunxi looked normal, and there was even a hint of understanding in his eyes.
He smiled secretly in his heart, they were indeed brother and sister who grew up together, and this tacit understanding had never changed.
Thinking of what happened before, a hint of sarcasm flashed in Gu Yunqian's eyes.
Zhou Zhengming's incompetence, the former dean's calculations, the principal's confusion... They thought they could suppress Gu Yunxi by using the rumors of a teacher-student romance, but they didn't expect to shoot themselves in the foot.
Now that he has the initiative in his hands, how could he let go of this opportunity easily?
"The media is already waiting at the door." Gu Yunqian said softly, "There will be a good show to watch soon."
Gu Yunxi raised an eyebrow, but before he could ask, he saw Gu Yunqian gesture slightly towards the corner.
The next second, the door of the banquet hall was pushed open, and more than a dozen reporters carrying cameras and microphones swarmed in, and the flash lights instantly illuminated the entire hall.