Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 481 - 357: Han Tan

After the start of school at Bath, for Su Xiaomeng, time became incredibly fast, and the sense of pressure also grew with each passing day.

Half a month seemed like the blink of an eye.

She personally experienced the differences in educational systems between universities at home and abroad.

Domestic universities emphasize basic theoretical knowledge, while abroad the priority is practice, and students are often required to summarize theories themselves.

Students from various countries gather together, mostly communicating in English, unlike other classmates, Xiao Meng didn’t live in the school dormitory.

Her routine of coming to class and leaving immediately after also led to her lack of communication with most classmates.

Not to mention the whole grade, even in her own class, she only knows a few names.

During lunch breaks, Qin Hui often came to find her to eat together, as for class breaks, Xiao Meng mostly stayed at her seat organizing her class notes.

Balancing school and home, she seemed to be used to it.

It was the same at A University, but at Bath, the pace was quicker, requiring more time and effort for studies.

Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were still little, Meng Meng didn’t want the kids to feel like she was always unwilling to spend time with them... so the time in transit between classes was basically used for pre-study and review.

After returning home she would have a proper dinner and take the two kids out for a walk in the evening.

Whenever Yin Shixiu wasn’t busy, he would basically join them.

Soon, this family of four became familiar faces in the community.

Royal Wharf was actually already a top residential community in London, mostly inhabited by various industry elites.

Unfamiliar with other fields, but those in commerce and politics basically knew Yin Shixiu.

So there were enthusiastic people who greeted them, and whenever his name was mentioned, those hearing it always had a look of being flattered.

Then, Xiao Meng and the kids would be thoroughly scrutinized.

As if to say, ah, so this is Arthur Yin’s wife and kids...

Autumn in London carried a unique bleakness, the high-bridged Londoners were all wearing trench coats and hats.

The campus at Bath had piles of fallen leaves, with groups of students on duty helping sweep and burn them.

"Tap tap tap..."

The sound of stepping on fallen leaves was a sound that Xiao Meng couldn’t forget for a long time afterward.

The morning class was at half-past nine, the afternoon class at two.

After lunch, Xiao Meng went to the library, returned a book, and borrowed two more.

Sitting alone on a bench by the lawn.

Far away, on another bench, there was a couple passionately kissing, each wearing one earphone, listening to the same song...

The autumn sun was bright, and such warm sunshine always made her think of first meeting Yin Shixiu.

Just that autumn in Beijing is very short, very short...

"Tap tap..."

This place was quite empty, especially during class time, the approaching footsteps made Xiao Meng instinctively turn her head...

A tall and skinny boy wearing thin-framed metal glasses walked towards a bench further away from her.

Su Xiaomeng had an impression of this boy; Qin Hui had pointed him out and said this boy was the top of class A, a Chinese.

He seemed thin to the point of excess, as if the autumn wind could blow his frame away.

When Qin Hui mentioned this person, he jokingly added to Su Xiaomeng,

"Don’t think you’re the most unsociable one, there’s always someone out there!"

This boy was named Han Tan, an absolute iceberg, seen during class, vanished afterward.

Not particularly handsome, but with hard lines on his face giving off a masculine spirit!

His magnetic voice speaking English became the topic of frenzy among the girls during break time.

Because Qin Hui had described him vividly, Xiao Meng couldn’t help but look twice, didn’t find he had an extra eye or nose...

Just when she was about to withdraw her gaze, it seemed like he noticed, slightly lifted his eyes, shooting a glance over...

Very, very, very unfriendly!!

Xiao Meng hurriedly withdrew her gaze, just like a thief caught red-handed!

Just this one look, Xiao Meng knew Qin Hui wasn’t exaggerating!

He’s more unsociable than her!

But her unsociability was mainly due to life circumstances, this boy’s was likely due to his personality!

How could it be, she Su Xiaomeng was someone everyone liked, how could someone look at her with such cold and even slightly disdainful expression...

Actually, the distance was far, Xiao Meng didn’t see clearly, but she felt this person emitted a "keep your distance" aura from head to toe!

Xiao Meng wasn’t in the same class as him, despite having an impression of him, she definitely wouldn’t actively try to get to know him.

She sat cross-legged on the bench, flipping through a book on interpreting on her lap, just about to read when a shadow loomed over, blocking most of her light.

Looking up—

Xiao Meng was startled, her body started to tilt, Han Tan was already in front of her, stepping on leaves without the friction sound of "tap tap"!

The startled person had her eyes wide open, staring straight at him, stuttering out,

"Cla-classmate, is there something you need?"

"Are you Su Xiaomeng?"

"Uh... Yes."

Xiao Meng nodded.

The lenses gleaming with white light had a pair of concentrated eyes, slightly narrowed at her, truly creepy.

This description wasn’t an exaggeration, it was just that feeling of being watched by something.

Very uncomfortable.

Han Tan’s gaze didn’t linger on Xiao Meng but shifted to the book on her lap.

Picked it up casually,

"Confereting Interpreting Explained."

Admittedly, his English pronunciation was truly pleasant!

"Did you say Chinese..."

Han Tan glanced at her, closing the book,

"The last place, reading this book doesn’t seem meaningful, I’ll use it first."

He didn’t answer her question, just took her book...

"What?! He took your borrowed book? You just let him go?"

After the weekend, on Monday, Xiao Meng told Qin Hui about this, Qin Hui looked at her with a face of disbelief.

Su Xiaomeng quickly said,

"Have you ever talked to him?!"

"Not yet..."

"So!! You don’t understand!! When he took the book, it felt like it was his!!"

Xiao Meng, at that time, took quite a while to react, once she realized, she scratched the wall furiously!

Qin Hui found her explanation mysterious, not believing it at all.

"You’ll understand once you interact with him yourself! I felt if I shook my head and said ’no,’ he would definitely beat me up!"

"..."

Qin Hui blinked, finding her words even more mysterious.

Su Xiaomeng knew Qin Hui wouldn’t believe her, thinking she probably seemed cowardly not daring to speak up, but she wasn’t in a hurry to argue.

Anyway, there’s plenty of time, once Qin Hui interacts with Han Tan, he’ll understand!

Then after they finished eating, on their way back to the teaching building, they ran into Han Tan.

Xiao Meng spotted him from afar and quickly tugged at Qin Hui,

"Here he comes! You think I exaggerated, now, go help me get my book back!"

"..."

Qin Hui was actually quite brave, but getting startled again by Su Xiaomeng...

"I’ll get it... Isn’t he holding your conference interpreting book?"

"Seems like it..."

Qin Hui puffed up his chest and strode over.

Behind him, Su Xiaomeng muttered, "Don’t get hit..."

Qin Hui vaguely heard, feeling embarrassed for a good while.

Han Tan saw Su Xiaomeng from afar, being the infamous last place person, hard not to recognize.

As for the woman rushing toward him...

"That’s you! Just because you’re lucky and topped the exam, doesn’t mean you can randomly take others’ books! Quickly return the book—"

"Get out of the way!"

"..." So fierce!

Qin Hui’s eyes widened, unable to believe Han Tan was this fierce!

His tone fierce, his gaze fierce.

"You, how can you be so—"

"Vicious" hadn’t even come out when Han Tan snapped again,

"Good dogs don’t block the road, heard of it?"

"..."

Wow! Damn!