You Sound Sleepy - Chapter 16

Translator: BipBop

Everyone on the K University forum knew that Professor Que had transferred from the Law Research Department to teach undergraduates in International Economic Law. 

It was heard that he was extremely handsome. All his lessons were logical and clear. He was a beautiful flower on a peak, unstained, cool, and perfect. 

In the back seat, Xu Tong, holding her phone, flipped through the forum posts. She missed all this gossip. She sighed for the third time in class. “If only I had known! If I knew that I had such a professor before, I wouldn’t have missed a single minute of his class!”

Lin Mian was at the side of her. She took out a notebook from her handbag and spread a piece of paper on the table. 

She carefully examined the piece of paper for three seconds. Then, she put down the notebook and sat upright. She looked attentive.

Xu Tong, her heart bleeding with regret, took a couple of pictures from a distance of the man on the podium. She did it secretly. Mourning, she looked at Lin Mian’s notebook.

It said in two big red words

Can’t Sleep

Xu Tong: “…”

A few days ago, Lin Mian had made a promise to Que Qingyan that she would come to his class without causing trouble or sleeping. 

In the past, whether it was intentional or not, Lin Mian had deceived him many times in the past. Lin Mian believed it was necessary to restore his trust in her.

However, after an hour, Lin Mian really really wanted to break that promise. 

Very…. sleepy.

The surging urges of sleepiness couldn’t be suppressed by Lin Mian any longer. Lin Mian, holding her head, rubbed her temples and closed her eyes, her long hair drooping, her dangling eyelashes casting a shadow due to the sun.

“…” Lin Mian was getting deja vu. She had made the same mistake before many times. She wanted to bit her notebook and cry. “Don’t cause trouble, don’t cause trouble, don’t sleep…”

I’m not causing trouble, right? I’m just sleeping.

On the teaching podium, Que Qingyan turned a page from his teaching material. He raised his gaze, his line of sight dropping to the back of the lecture theatre. 

Lin Mian was sooo sleepy. A red mark was on the side of her face from pressing on her palm. She occasionally regained her senses. It was difficult to stay awake.

Que Qingyan’s eyes darkened. He took the remote pen.

He had never seen anything like this. She was frustrated, aggrieved, desperately trying not to sleep in fear of angering him. 

When she confessed the truth to her him that day, she had panicked. She dared not to call him Professor Que.

After a bit, Que Qingyan put down the remote pen. His slender hands reached for a sheet with a list of the classes’ names that was at the corner of the table.

He was going to start calling on people to answer questions. 

The projector screen showed an analysis of contract cases. The class was silent. Nobody wanted to be the unlucky one who got called on. They waited.

Que Qingyan began turning the pages on his booklet. He calmly said, “Sophomore No.3.”

Lin Mian, still in a daze, heard Xu Tong gasp. In a trembling voice, she asked, “It’s not me, right?”

“Lin Mian.”

The words were clearly spoken by Que Qingyan.

Xu Tong was stunned. “There’s a Lin Mian in our class?”

At the same time, Lin Mian, her forehead about to slam into the table, suddenly sparked up. She was more than half-awake after suddenly hearing her name.

She stood up, her eyes still buried, confused. 

Que Qingyan clasped the attendance sheets together, his fingers tapping. He steadily said, “Explain the origins of the conditions of liability.” 

His expression was normal. This was just an ordinary class question.

Lin Mian had been coldly called out. After a few seconds of silence, she lowered her head guiltily. “Sorry, I…”

I simply, simply don’t understand…

“Do you know the provision of detention?” 

“…” Lin Mian struggled to read the textbook. It was in vain. She gave up and replied in a shaky tone, “I don’t know…”

Lin Mian was filled with sorrow. I guess he won’t be seeing me fall asleep…

Que Qingyan’s expression was indifferent. As if he didn’t are, he casually asked, “Do you know what my name is?”

Compared to the last two questions, this question was shockingly simple. Lin Mian was shocked and glance at him. “Que… Que Qingyan.”

Lin Mian, her seat far from the front row, thought that Que Qingyan couldn’t hear her clearly. She repeated his name.

The ending of the word was slightly raised, and the tone was sleepy.

Que Qingyan glanced at her. “Mmhm, sit down.”

The class continued. After sitting back down, Lin Mian thought it over and felt that something felt off. Something was wrong. 

Que Qingyan already knew that she wasn’t his student. He also knew she couldn’t answer any of those law questions. 

In addition, he didn’t seem like the type of person to embarrass someone intentionally in public… so why…

After thinking for a while, Lin Mian recalled what he had just asked her. Her face began heating up.

She looked at him from a distance, thought for while, and lowered her head to her phone. 

She tapped on WeChat and opened up the chat.

Lin Mian: [If you]

She wasn’t finished. Trembling, she typed.

Taking deep breaths and suppressing her rapidly beating heart, she typed the rest out [If you want to hear me say your name, I can say it directly.]

TL/N: I will be dropping this novel due to other translation commitments. This novel is honestly not that fun to translate…