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The entire venue fell silent.

Everyone looked dumbfounded, exchanging glances with each other in confusion.

Russell frowned and said, “Huh? Do my words no longer carry authority?”

Everyone fell silent.

Two seconds later, all the men in the room acted in unison, extinguishing their cigarettes.

Natalie blinked.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Russell walked towards them with a walking stick, steady and

unhurried.

However, after what had happened, Natalie could no longer look directly at this seemingly upright and respectable principal now.

Russell finally stopped in front of the two, speaking gently and politely, “Sir, please feel free, If there’s anything you want, you can tell me.”

Josh nodded slightly.

Russell, with a kind and gentle smile, looked at Natalie again and said, “Natalie is a diligent and hardworking good girl. She’s so lucky to meet you.

Josh hooked his lips, his voice clear and melodious. ‘No, I’m so lucky to meet her.”

He glanced at the quiet and composed young girl.

No one knew how many years he had spent planning for the encounter outside the Sophie Castle.

Natalie also looked at him with a gentle smile.

What a gentleman and sweet talker.

Such a man was probably irresistible to any woman in this world.

Russell laughed and continued to chat with them, discussing how the alumni gathering was going, whether they should take a walk on the campus later, and so on.

Josh politely declined.

The other people in the auditorium also resumed their conversations, occasionally glancing over at

them.

Natalie excused herself and went to the restroom.

Russell watched her departing figure, and in his aged voice, he smiled and said, “How did you and

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Natalie get to know each other? Mr. President, are you serious about my student?”

Russell had practically witnessed Josh’s growth.

It never occurred to him that a person like Josh would like a girl like Natalie.

Well….

He believed that Josh would inevitably be drawn to women who were as talented and accomplished as Josh himself.

Natalie was too gentle and resilient but not aggressive.

He never thought that these two people would unexpectedly cross paths.

Actually

they had crossed paths at some point.

He remembered that Josh had come to Gobis University’s Art Department to give lectures several times before.

Wait!

Visual communication belonged to the Art Department.

Russell seemed to understand something in an instant. He looked at Josh in disbelief and said, “You came to the Art Department to give lectures before. Was it because…”

Josh smiled, his eyes crinkling. “Mr. Walter, please keep this matter confidential.”

Russell was dumbfounded at this discovery.

He had always thought that Josh came to Gobis University to give

nurture these young people.

He didn’t expect it was all for Natalie….

Josh’s eyes were dark and unfathomable.

lectures because he wanted to

In the four years of her university life, he managed to find time to visit her three times.

She sat in the second–to–last row of the auditorium that could accommodate nearly a thousand people. Hidden among the crowds, her face could not be seen.

He could only steal a glance at her when going off the podium to interact with other students.

But she didn’t look at him.

Natalie kept her head down, her gaze fixed on the books. With a pair of framed glasses on her face, she exuded a quiet and gentle aura, obedient and giving off a feeling that she was well–educated.

The second time, on that day, after checking the attendance list, he was informed that she was

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absent due to illness. After completing his lecture, he strode directly to the campus clinic. Upon inquiring about her ward number from the school nurse, he walked straight to her door.

Standing at the entrance, he pondered over what to say when he entered.

‘I’m sorry, Miss. I must have entered the wrong room.

‘Miss, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Do you want me to inform the nurse?

‘Miss, I’m lost, can I ask you for directions?”