Chapter 326 Waiting for Li Yan
Ye Xin originally wanted to take the three children out for a meal, and was wavering between the question of "Is this too special treatment?" and "What's wrong with the special treatment of the students in my class?", when he suddenly heard Li Yan say:
"Teacher Ye, let's go have some noodles next to the school, Chen's Noodle House, I'll treat you."

"Okay, but it doesn't make sense for you to treat me."

"You've worked hard driving."

…That reason doesn’t sound very happy.

Then Ye Xin looked at the supreme deluxe lobster noodles brought by the waiter, and his smile became stiff.

"This restaurant is good. Come and have a meal, Mr. Ye."

Good boy...are you trying to rip off my wallet like this?

A bowl of noodles costs 168 yuan, which is even more expensive than the most expensive dish Ye Xin ordered on his wedding anniversary.

It is delicious, but I don’t know whether I am sweating because I am enjoying the meal or because I am nervous.

Ye Xin ate faster on purpose, then stood up to pay the bill, but was told that Li Yan had already paid the bill.

Then Chen Fan told him that each of Li Yan's paintings cost 150,000 yuan.

He had only heard that Li Yan was accepted as a disciple by Yang Chengzhang. Has it come to this?

Sweat broke out on his forehead again, and Ye Xin actually regretted for a moment that he did not savor this bowl of noodles properly.

As soon as they opened the dormitory door, the three heard Lin Heng's almost broken voice:
"Li Yan!"

The birds perched on the corridor railings were so scared that they flew away.

"Why are you in the dormitory?" Li Yan was very surprised.

Lin Heng slid all the way from the balcony to the door in an exaggerated manner, his eyes shining.

"To thank you!"

"Ok?"

"A music blogger I really like reviewed our album!" Lin Heng was very excited. "Unfortunately, I don't have a computer. It was my classmates in the computer class who told me about it."

Chen Fan understood what he meant and turned on the computer in seconds. Li Yan was too lazy to turn it on, so she also went over.

"Look, it's him. 'At first I thought it was a boring, formulaic work, but I didn't expect the quality to be so high. It was actually the work of two middle school students. It's incredible.'" Lin Heng said very quickly, "He also tagged me! Hey, is there another new Weibo post?"

Chen Fan read it out for him: "Some talents make people jealous. @李颜Y"

Lin Heng grabbed his hair, "That's too much, Lao Yan, how are you going to reply to him?"

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, but still asked the core question:
"Who is he?"

This question immediately brought the excited Lin Heng back to reality.

He introduced a lot of things, and in the end, Li Yan just heard that he was "a music critic with 15 Weibo fans."

I have no idea.

In her previous life, Li Yan never chased stars, and her attitude towards others was at most "admiration", let alone in this life.

Lin Heng realized that Li Yan was not on the same level as him, so he smiled and said:

"Anyway, with his comments and reposts, this record and our popularity have increased. I gained more than a thousand fans, which is unimaginable. What do you think of it?"

"You can see it here." Chen Fan clicked on Li Yan's homepage, and then they were both stunned.

More than 8 fans.

"Some things that you think are beyond your reach are actually easy for you." Lin Heng suddenly said in a serious tone, which made everyone a little uncomfortable.

"It's not easy. It's half of what others can do. I still need to work hard." Li Yan shrugged.

"Why don't you post something then? It's been a while since you last posted on Weibo after the last confrontation." Lin Heng's voice actually sounded a little anxious.

"Let's wait until after the annual meeting." Li Yan yawned, "I am prepared to operate it."

However, he still did not open his web page and ignored all the red dots that showed "99+".

So he actually missed a lot of courageous confessions and ignored many "invitations".

For example, the invitation from Lu Yuning, the current president of the New Taipei No. 1 High School Student Union.

"On March 3, the New Taipei First High School Student Union will hold an election. We sincerely invite Li Yan to come and give us guidance."

Fortunately, Li Yan didn’t see it, otherwise she would have been embarrassed and got goosebumps all over her body.

He was completely absorbed in the issue of mobile phones, and even the annual meeting of Qiyuan was treated as a small activity to combine work and rest.

Student Union... The only impression he had of the Student Union now was the funny Liu Zaishan from Rongxi, who seemed to be the president of the Student Union.

Although others changed their name to president, New Taipei First High School still retains the common title of "chairman".

In his previous life, Li Yan had joined the Student Union and served as the Minister of the Study Department. However, he found that he could do almost nothing and was essentially doing odd jobs for the Youth League Committee and some teachers. So, at the "Ministers' Duties Meeting", he told the newly joined students, "We are the odd jobs department," and this became a good story for a while.

Everyone said that Li Yan was so considerate of the younger generation that he was willing to blow himself up.

In fact, he just couldn't help but speak out.

Later, when I was giving a speech for the presidential election, I drew the simple question "What is your ideal?", but I failed to answer it and unfortunately lost the election.

He joined the student union in college and high school, and talked about management and organization every day. But when he finally ran for the position of department head in college, he gave up.

If you really want to train, at least you need some environment and conditions. Unfortunately, none of the three student unions that Li Yan joined could provide such conditions.

In the end, it's just the kids playing house while providing labor for the school.

The student union of New Taipei No. 1 High School is naturally much better than that of Lincheng. They can even organize their own book fair. Under the leadership of the Youth League Committee teachers, they have indeed worked together to accomplish a lot.

However, as a "prominent figure", Lu Yuning does have a lot of arrogance.

He likes people to call him Chairman Lu and is extremely keen on speaking in official language.

During the past year as the chairman, he had sat next to the vice president at meetings several times, which gradually formed a perception in him:
The Student Union is the most influential among students at New Taipei City No. 1 High School.

So he invited Li Yan to the event without caring about what the student union's change of leadership had to do with Li Yan...

But he also envied and even admired Li Yan, because he knew that Li Yan could chat privately with the principal, had been cordially received by the director of the Education Bureau, the president of the Art Association, and even the vice president of Hua University had contact with him... In his eyes, these were the greatest honors of being a student.

If he knew the true situation of Li Yan's contact with these leaders, he would probably go crazy.

Lu Yuning pays close attention to Li Yan’s Weibo. When he sees Li Yan appear in the text of various official Weibo posts, he always fantasizes about putting himself in her shoes.

It feels so good.

But why didn’t Li Yan reply?
The student union is holding an election, but only the ministerial members of the student union and the class leaders can participate, and many outstanding students are not eligible to participate.

He even used the expression "guidance", thinking that he was being humble and polite enough.

But what if after coming here... Li Yan runs for student union president?
Thinking of this, Lu Yuning was suddenly stunned.

Under normal circumstances, in order not to affect the studies of the third year of junior high school, if the student union president is a third year of junior high school, he or she will be required to step down at the end of the first semester of the third year of junior high school by default.

The official change of term is basically scheduled for March of the next semester. In previous years, the student union president usually joined the student union in the first year of junior high school, became a department head in the next semester, and then became the president in the second year of junior high school.

With his explosive enthusiasm and eloquence, Lu Yuning became the president of the student union in the first year of junior high school, despite the fact that the previous student union collectively gave up and did not want to run for president. He also became one of the influential figures of New Taipei No. 1 Middle School - if Li Yan is not included in the discussion.

There is no comparison if you compare them together.

Given Li Yan's current popularity, if he suddenly asked to run for election, I'm afraid there would be no way to stop him with the rules.

Wouldn't my re-election be in vain? Although he also knew that Li Yan would go directly to the Excellence Class in the third year of junior high school, who knows, maybe he wants to be the president of the Student Union before leaving this semester?
I should have known I shouldn't have invited her...but I really hope to get Li Yan's attention and recognition.

The result he hoped to see was that Li Yan would readily agree, and then come to the scene and say, "I didn't expect the students in the Student Union to be so outstanding."

But Li Yan didn't reply, so all he could do was prepare everything he needed to.

At the campaign site, which was the large conference room on the second floor of the comprehensive building, Lu Yuning closed his eyes and silently recited his manuscript. He wanted to amaze the student leaders present with his fluent impromptu speech and let them know the chairman's ability.

Unfortunately, Li Yan did not show up.

Teachers do not participate in the student union's term change, as it is fully handed over to the students. Only after the new presidium is confirmed will a handover meeting be held with the school leaders.

The voting rights naturally belong to the ministers, deputy ministers and class leaders.

Essentially, this is a little game where whoever has the best relationship with the squad leaders gets to be the chairman.

"Next, please invite Chairman Lu Yuning to come to the stage to deliver her campaign speech. Please welcome her with applause." The vice chairman is a very energetic girl with a not-so-standard broadcasting accent.

Lu Yuning walked onto the stage with an upright posture, took a deep breath, and looked at the audience below.

There was no stage fright. He organized his thoughts and began to deliver a passionate campaign speech.

It’s a pity that such a wonderful performance lacks a strong witness like Li Yan.

Well, let's just take it as a sample and a demonstration for the ministers.

He had just finished his opening remarks when he heard some noise in the corridor, mixed with a few laughs.

The door was suddenly opened, and it was Principal Tan who was smiling. But the moment he saw someone sitting in the room, his smile froze.

This attracted everyone's attention, and Lu Yuning was naturally stuck.

There were a few people behind Principal Tan, and the one surrounded in the middle was Li Yan.

Well, the wait paid off.

But something doesn’t seem right?

Lu Yuning quickly scanned the area and searched the brain simultaneously. The middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses was the Director of Education, Wang Peihua. The skinny old man behind Director Wang was the principal of Xinbei Middle School, Lu Qinghe. The long-haired boy next to Li Yan was Chen Fan. And there was Director Guo standing at the back.

He didn't recognize the person who was talking to Li Yan... a man in a white shirt who looked to be in his forties but had gray hair.

"Mr. Guo, what's going on?" Tan Li called out to Director Guo in a low voice.

"My problem, my problem. I just checked the teachers' use of the conference room and forgot that the student union was changing terms today."

"You!" Tan Li's face trembled with anger.

"Hey, Old Tan, you're anxious again. It's just right for Professor Lu and us to see the outstanding students of New Taipei No. 1 High School." Director Wang said with a smile, "Can we go in and sit down?"

"Of course, of course." Principal Tan gestured for everyone to sit in the front row.

"No need, kids, you guys continue, we'll just pass by and take a look." Director Wang waved his hand and sat in the back row.

Director Guo was already running off in a hurry to find another meeting room.

"Go on." Principal Tan also waved at the stage.

Lu Yuning's forehead was covered with sweat. He adjusted his breathing for a long time and finally started again:
"In the past year, as the student union president, I..."

"I asked Director Guo to find a meeting room. We need a computer, right?" Tan Li whispered to Li Yan.

"No need for a computer. I just came up with this idea today and I communicated with Professor Lu in advance. As long as there is a place to sit, it will be fine." Li Yan shook her head.

The sound was actually very small, but it was enough to divert Lu Yuning's attention. He was already nervous because of the interruption, and this time he stuttered.

"I would...I would...I should..."

There was some commotion in the audience.

Tan Li glanced at the people next to him and found that no one, including Li Yan, was interested.

Wang Peihua probably just found an excuse to sit down.

"Ahem." Lu Yuning interrupted himself and closed his eyes for three seconds, but he couldn't remember what he was going to say.

Seeing that Tan Li frowned again, Li Yan smiled and stood up, "Let's go, our sudden appearance here will affect others' performance. Professor Lu, in fact, as long as there is a place where we can sit down and chat, it will be fine, right?"

"I can do both. It's up to you." The man with gray hair and white shirt smiled.

Then several people left the meeting room in a hurry.

Lu Yuning was having trouble getting his speech back, and the ministers and squad leaders in the audience didn't seem to want to listen anymore, so the discussion suddenly exploded.

Even the Dean of Studies, Lu Yuning, was proud to be able to discuss work with him.

But now he's in charge of running errands?

Not to mention other big guys.

Is the level difference so high?

Lu Yuning's heart was broken.

Fortunately, in the final voting stage, he was re-elected with an absolute advantage. It seems that the impact of the speech was not as great as he imagined.

He was originally worried that his speech would be interrupted and become a laughing stock, but when everyone talked about the student union general meeting, the focus of the discussion was basically -

"I met Li Yan!"

As for Li Yan, he didn't pay much attention to the change of leadership at all.

He is now communicating with Meng Changge in another conference room.

Meng Changge is a teacher of computer-related courses in the Youth Excellence Class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a professor in the Department of Computer Science of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

He has a prominent background. Three years ago, he won the title of Outstanding Young Scholar of China, and last year he was selected as a Heilongjiang Scholar.

The reason for his visit to Linjiang was Li Yan. He was extremely interested in this junior high school student who had set a new record in the national competition and won first place in the international competition.

He left a group of talented people from Huazhong University of Science and Technology behind and volunteered to teach in the Excellence Class.

Principal Lu Qinghe of Xinbei Middle School made a big fuss to welcome this big shot, but Professor Meng was a bit more assertive and said there was no need for all that nonsense and directly stated why he wanted to meet Li Yan.

Lu Qinghe contacted Wang Peihua, who then contacted Tan Li. Then Professor Meng said, "The child is still in school, let's find him ourselves."

So Li Yan received Tan Li’s invitation to “come out and meet your future teacher” without knowing what was going on.

He wanted to refuse, but when he saw the title, his eyes lit up and he immediately pulled Chen Fan out the door.

But he didn't expect that something went wrong with the management of New Taipei First Middle School, which he hadn't had any contact with for a while.

Although this is nothing, Tan Li was giving Director Guo a death stare from time to time.

Principal Tan is still too sensitive.

Blame Li, blame Li.

Meng Changge also listened to a lot of Li Yan's popular science along the way and knew that this was an extremely special child. Now that he finally sat down and talked to her face to face, he was fully prepared for Li Yan to say something shocking.

"Hello, Professor Meng. I would like to ask if you have any research on smartphone systems?"

Still shocked.

(End of this chapter)