During the lecture, she occasionally glanced toward the back row. Pei Mingze stared at her intently the entire time, lowering his head to take notes from time to time, looking every bit the diligent student. Gu Tingchuan, however, remained expressionless throughout; only when she reached a key point would his brows twitch slightly and his fingertips tap gently on the tabletop, as if pondering something.
After class, as the students left one by one, Pei Mingze walked briskly up to the podium and said excitedly, "Comrade Shen, your lecture was wonderful! I never thought an ideological and political class could be so interesting."
Shen Niantang smiled. "Thank you for the compliment, but this is just the basics."
Chapter 20