Chapter 25

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The lab was dead silent.

Tan Yunchang, who had already expected this before the door opened, reacted the fastest.

He took a large stride forward, as if he teleported to the middle-aged teacher. Then, his whole face full of flattering, blocked in front of the teacher—

“Oh, hey Teacher Liu! Who did you hear that from, Brother Zhan didn’t come to the lab today!”

Tan Yunchang held the teacher’s arm like they were good brothers, pulled him to turn around and said, “What do you want to ask? The robotics competition, right? No problem, there are other people in our lab who know about it. We don’t need Brother Zhan to come in to tell you.”

The teacher was dragged out a few steps before he reacted, craning his neck to look back, “Huh? But I see that Luo Zhan’s already here-“

“No, you saw wrong!” Tan Yunchang hastily cut in and gave a meaningful look at the boy who was standing foolishly by the door, “What a coincidence! He’s in charge of the robotics competition! Just ask him, teacher!”

“……Ah, right! I’m in charge of it.” The boy next to the door responded and cooperated with Tan Yunchang to pull the teacher outside the lab.

It took only half a minute from beginning to end.

Looking at the once-again closed door in front of his eyes, Tan Yunchang felt as if he’d been stripped of a layer of skin. He let out a long breath, reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and cautiously turned back.

The INT lab members were quiet as chickens.

All their gazes were focused on the girl in the center who had just softly repeated the two words “Luo Zhan” and stood frozen in place.

The white and delicate face was quiet and serene. Her eyelashes were like small fans on her eyelids, giving off a slight shadow.

From when the curtains opened in Tan Yunchang’s play to when it fell, she only stood with eyes closed, standing like a silent audience, not speaking or moving.

—If it weren’t for the “Luo Zhan” that still seemed to linger in his ears, Tan Yunchang would’ve thought that the little girl hadn’t heard the male teacher at all.

Confused by the situation, Tan Yunchang had to look behind the girl for help.

But he saw Luo Zhan, who was clearly the most implicated in the situation, look more calm than anyone else at this moment. His cold, white, and disastrous face displayed no emotion. Only his dark eyes looked at Tang Ran from behind.

The two people were staying silent—Tan Yunchang was quickly going crazy.

In this silence, Tang Ran finally moved.

She wasn’t unresponsive, but this sudden overload of scenes and sounds in her mind was too much, making her momentarily overwhelmed.

Tang Ran slowly grasped the blind cane in her hand and asked softly: “That person just now, was he looking for you?”

There was no need to point. Everyone in the laboratory who heard her words also knew who this question was directed towards.

The emotions in Luo Zhan’s eyes moved slightly.

Before he opened his mouth, Tan Yunchang smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to ease the situation, “How could that be? You misunderstood, Sister Tang. That…… Luo Zhan sometimes comes to our lab, too. The teacher came to find him.”

The girl was silent for a few seconds, “Mm.” She lightly responded. Her emotions were faint, and they couldn’t tell whether she really believed.

“And this matter. This matter, Luo Xiu also knows—right, Luo Xiu?” Tan Yunchang was vainly looking for a solution while giving Luo Zhan a desperate look, imploring him to explain and strike while the iron was hot.

But Luo Zhan acted like he didn’t hear.

He didn’t cooperate, neither talking nor moving. The teenager only stood to the side, as lazily as usual. He looked at the girl with lowered eyes without a word.

The emotions in those dark eyes were deep then shallow, ebbing and flowing.

Tan Yunchang’s head was all over the place.

Luo Zhan’s silence made his explanation look like an attempt to cover up. Even a fool would’ve found something seemed fishy.

Tan Yunchang lost all hope and waited for the young girl to expose them, and then considered what to do in case she got angry or cried or made a scene.

However, before the first set of reactions came to Tan Yunchang’s head, he heard Tang Ran speak.

Her voice was quiet and calm.

“This robot has many internal motors. Won’t its battery life be affected?”

Tan Yunchang: “……?”

He was unable to keep up with her change in subject. Tan Yunchang was struck dumb for a good while and was jolted out of his thoughts after Luo Zhan gave a low cough. “Ba-battery life? That’s not my area of expertise—Lin Qianhua, you come and explain the battery life to Sister Tang Ran.”

“Ah, okay, coming.”

Someone in the corner of the quiet laboratory answered, ran quickly to them, and explained to Tang Ran.

Taking advantage of this time, Tan Yunchang hurriedly pulled Luo Zhan aside: “What’s the situation? Is she believing this?”

Luo Zhan lazily lowered his eyes and leaned on the long table in the lab. Folding his long legs, he raised his eyes and looked in the girl’s direction, still not saying anything.

Tan Yunchang was anxious, keeping his voice down: “Ancestor, hello? What’s up with you today? We’re covering for you, why are you suddenly not cooperating at all—it’s killing me!”

“If I cooperate, I’ll only be exposed more quickly.” Luo Zhan finally answered.

Tan Yunchang: “Then you’re saying that Sister Tang believed my bullshit?”

“…… How would I know.” Luo Zhan replied in a lazy voice, “I can’t read minds.”

Tan Yunchang: “Don’t be modest. You don’t know how to, ancestor? Even if you couldn’t before, you can develop it on the spot—try it out?”

“……”

Luo Zhan didn’t bother to pay attention to him.

Tan Yunchang ran his hand through his hair: “Okay. Since you don’t care, then if you’re exposed, you’re exposed…… but, in case Sister Tang gets angry with our laboratory, what’ll we do if she never goes to our INT store?”

“Will something happen if she won’t go?”

“What else?” Tan Yunchang sighed: “I’m afraid that Junior Meng will cut off relations with me.”

“……”

The emotions in Luo Zhan’s eyes wavered.

A few seconds later, the teenager straightened up with one hand propped up on the edge of the table and gazed back coolly, “Does this matter have something to do with him?”

Tan Yunchang was stunned, “You don’t know that Meng Xueyu likes Sister Tang? That’s unlikely. Who in our lab doesn’t know?”

Luo Zhan’s eyes moved slightly, then he indifferently scoffed, “Did he confess, or did he already succeed?”

Tan Yunchang: “Not yet. He never dared to.”

Luo Zhan curved the corner of his lips, his eyes cold: “Then whether Tang Ran goes to the store or not, it’s none of his business.”

Tan Yunchang was struck dumb by his words.

After thinking for a moment, Tan Yunchang finally felt something was unusual.

He turned his head to look at Luo Zhan, his expression a little tense, “No, ancestor, what did you mean by that just now?”

Luo Zhan raised his eyes to look at him.

Tan Yunchang was so nervous that he stammered, “This, this, this. No matter how I mulled it over, this isn’t right, ah. You can’t really be interested in our Sister Tang, right?”

“……”

Luo Zhan was silent for two seconds. The corners of his mouth hooked up indifferently and he scoffed lowly, “Her 16th birthday hasn’t even passed. Do I look like I’d be interested in her?”

Tan Yunchang nodded his head with difficulty, “You do.”

Luo Zhan’s smile was cold: “Am I a pervert?”

Tan Yunchang: “……”

Tan Yunchang relaxed and smiled awkwardly, “Then I was overthinking. But, there’s no need to be so fierce. After all, our little Meng likes Sister Tang.”

Luo Zhan snorted coldly and leaned back against the table, “Let him dream.”

Tan Yunchang’s just-recovered smile froze again. This time, he was silent for an extraordinarily long time: “You know, generally this reaction of yours is only reflected when you’re one of two identities.”

Luo Zhan glanced at him coldly: “?”

Tan Yunchang: “Dad or boyfriend.”

Luo Zhan: “……”

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