Red Bean Lives in the Republic of China - Chapter 15.1

Chapter 15.1
Since today was colder than previous days, Duan Mingyi didn’t wear a short-sleeved Cheongsam, like last time. She wore a western-style frock and a beige-grey foreign-style trench coat.
The neckline of the frock was tied with a large bow of the same colour, and the style was extremely unique.
Yu Hongdou’s eyes stayed on Duan Mingyi’s body, and they eventually fell on the lady’s full chest.
At the same time, she did not forget to take a look at the size of the coat in her mind and still maintained her original judgement: the coat did not belong to Duan Mingyi either.
Students greeted Duan Mingyi.
Duan Mingyi’s beautiful eyes ran over each corner of the classroom, and she said with a grin, “During the summer vacation, I was honoured to accept the appointment letter from St. John’s. This semester, I will teach music theory. Today Since it is the first class, before the official lecture, I will introduce myself to the students. My surname is Duan, and my husband’s surname is He. When I was in college, I did not major in music, but English literature…” She seemed to be a little confused in her speech.
After some time, she hurriedly got on the right track, and the lecture went on smoothly.
When the lecture was over, He Zhuyun went to the podium to have a conversation with her sister-in-law.
Everyone knew that they were sisters-in-law, and it was not shocking to see that the two were chatting happily.
Gu Yun had to rush to the next class, so she got up and sorted out the textbooks hurriedly. Seeing Yu Hongdou was still sitting upright, she asked in a confused tone, “What are you doing sitting still after class is over?”
Yu Hongdou tapped a few times on the table impatiently. She held her forehead while secretly glancing at the two people on the podium.
Yu Hongdou refused to leave class because she was afraid of being caught. The coat was given by He Yunqin, and who knew it was from the He family or not? If Duan Mingyi recognised it, it would cause misunderstanding. So Yu Hongdou had to wait until Duan Mingyi left the class.
“My stomach is a little uncomfortable,” she said to Gu Yun.
“Why is your stomach uncomfortable?”
“I ate hurriedly in the morning. Maybe because of that… You go first; I’ll come later. Oh, by the way, remember to choose the seat at the back.”
Fortunately, not long after Gu Yun left, Duan Mingyi and He Zhuyun also walked out of the classroom together.
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After the last class, Hongdou remembered her mother’s words in the morning, so she pushed her bicycle out and waited under the shade of trees at the school gate for her brother.
While she was waiting for her brother, several passerby classmates inquired about the coat in the basket of the bicycle. This annoyed Yu Hongdou. When she was thinking about whether to move somewhere or not, she heard her brother’s voice.
“Hongdou.”
Yu Hongdou felt relieved, and she walked towards the man with a smile. “Brother.”
She saw that her brother’s shirt sleeves were rolled up high, and there was fine sweat on his forehead. ‘It seems that he travelled a lot in the morning.’
Seeing the coat was still with his sister, Yu Chongyi asked while pointing at the coat, “Hey, why is this still with you? Isn’t this your classmate, Ms. Gu’s?”
Yu Hongdou hesitated and said, “Well, I have to return it later.”
Yu Chongyi’s mind was full of cases he was following, so he didn’t want to inquire about such a trivial matter. “Brother will take you to eat; do you have classes in the afternoon?”
“No classes. Brother, what about my cousin?”
“I’ll tell you in detail; by the way, Mr. He will have dinner with us later.”
Yu Hongdou was surprised. ‘It seems this man really took this case seriously.’
The brother and sister went out of the school gate.
A foreign car was parked near the gate.
He Zhuyun and Duan Mingyi were talking in front of the car, while He Yunqin stood behind the car as if to avoid suspicion.
He had a cigarette in his mouth, but his eyes were looking at the other side.
Have a nice day!