Rebirth at the Start: This Fate is Too Explosive!

Chapter 166 Du Jingxing, Dean of the Department of Industrial Management

As for why I like Du Guoguo so much?

Hmm...it's definitely because this girl is so clever and adorable.

Well, it really has nothing to do with her gentle and charming mother.

It's probably because I didn't get married or have children in my previous life.

Yes, that must be it.

Ye Fan found a "reasonable" explanation for himself.

Du Wan led Ye Fan, who was carrying Du Guoguo, into her own courtyard.

Inside the house, the aroma of food was already wafting out.

The old lady sitting at the dining table looked up and froze.

An elderly man who had just come out of the kitchen carrying a plate of food was also stunned.

The elderly couple's gaze swept back and forth between Ye Fan and Du Wan, finally settling on the young couple who looked exceptionally well-matched, holding their granddaughter.

The old lady's eyes lit up, her face instantly spreading into a surprised and gossipy smile. She slapped her thigh: "Oh my! Wan'er! You brought your boyfriend home without even telling me and your dad beforehand! We weren't prepared at all, we didn't even buy enough good food!"

She stood up and warmly greeted Ye Fan, "Please sit down! You look very handsome, young man! What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from?"

It looked exactly like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

Du Wan blushed slightly and quickly explained, "Mom! Don't talk nonsense! We met on the plane from Fujian Province back to Nanjing. We bumped into each other again today, and Guoguo wouldn't let us get off..."

She spoke rapidly, trying to clarify this huge misunderstanding.

However, the elderly couple exchanged a knowing look and didn't believe their daughter's story of a chance encounter at all.

The old lady waved her hand dismissively: "Come on! Keep making things up! What a coincidence! Everyone living around here is an old colleague from school. We know every young man in their family. How could such a handsome guy just appear out of nowhere and get stuck with by our Guoguo?"

She directly labeled Du Wan's explanation as "I'm sorry"—after all, Ye Fan looked too young, and her daughter might feel embarrassed to have a "young boyfriend."

The more the old lady thought about it, the more convinced she became. She decided to ignore Du Wan and became even more enthusiastic towards Ye Fan, launching into a full-on interrogation: "Young man, ignore her, sit down! Tell me, what's your name? How old are you? Where are you from?"

Ye Fan suppressed a laugh and answered generously, "Hello, Auntie, my name is Ye Fan. I just turned eighteen a few months ago. My hometown is Nanzhou, Fujian Province."

He emphasized the words "eighteen years old".

"Eighteen years old?" The old lady thought she had misheard and glanced at her husband beside her, while the old man gave her a confirming look.

Countless thoughts flashed through the old lady's mind in an instant. First, she secretly gave her daughter a big thumbs up. "Wan'er is amazing! She found such a handsome young man without making a sound!"

She blurted out, with the astonishment of discovering a new continent, pointing at Du Wan, "Oh my god! Wan'er, I really didn't expect you to be so capable! You found a boyfriend almost ten years younger than you, and he's so handsome! You're just as good as those bald old men who find beautiful female college students!"

Du Wan: "..."

She was practically petrified! Her inner monologue screamed: "Mom! Are you even my real mother?! In your eyes, your beautiful daughter is already equated with a bald old man? Where's your manners?"

The elderly man standing nearby was also stunned by his wife's outrageous analogy, three black lines sliding down his forehead. He quickly pulled his wife aside and whispered, "Old woman! What...what nonsense are you spouting!"

He quickly turned to Ye Fan, his eyes filled with scrutiny and a hint of uncertainty: "You are Ye Fan?" This time, he heard the name clearly and made a connection to it.

"Yes, I am Ye Fan." Ye Fan nodded.

The old lady then belatedly realized that she had made a huge blunder! When Ye Fan introduced himself, she was so focused on "examining her son-in-law" that she hadn't paid any attention to his name!

Now that her husband specifically asked again, she finally realized that the handsome and composed young man holding Guoguo was Ye Fan, the top scorer who caused a sensation across the country this year, who rejected Tsinghua and Peking Universities and chose their Nanjing University's Department of Industrial Management!

"Oh dear! This...this..." The old lady was at a loss for words, her face flushing.

However, Professor Du's reaction was completely different!

He slammed his hand on the table with a loud "bang," then burst into a hearty laugh: "Hahaha! Good! Good! Hahaha! So it's you, kid! Ye Fan! I knew it! Hahaha!"

Ye Fan felt a sense of helplessness; this old couple was truly extraordinary.

He walked up to Ye Fan in a few steps, patted him hard on the shoulder, and his eyes were full of undisguised admiration and pride: "Good lad! You have good taste! Choosing our Nanjing University's Industrial Management Department! Great choice! Hahaha!"

He was as happy as a child who had just received a beloved toy.

After laughing for a while, he realized he hadn't formally introduced himself. He cleared his throat, but couldn't stop smiling: "Oh, right, look at my memory! Let me formally introduce myself. This old man's name is Du Jingxing."

Du Jingxing!

Ye Fan understood immediately; it was indeed him! The pillar of Nanjing University's Department of Industrial Management, the dean, an academician, a true academic giant.

Du Wan's father was actually Du Jingxing.

This surprised Ye Fan.

In terms of seniority and academic standing, there are absolutely no more than five people in the domestic business administration field who can be considered his equal.

No wonder this courtyard has a scholarly atmosphere.

Professor Du warmly pulled Ye Fan to sit down, eagerly sharing his "masterpiece": "Little Ye, you have no idea! Ever since I found out you chose our Nanjing University's Industrial Management program, I've been so incredibly happy!"

He beamed, "Our Industrial Management department got an A+ this year, that's true! We're on par with Tsinghua and Peking University now! But those old guys from Tsinghua and Peking University, just because of their prestigious names, they act all high and mighty in front of me all the time! Humph!"

He got more and more excited as he spoke, as if he were back in the scene: "This time it's great! All the top scorers are coming to our Nanjing University! I called them one by one, one a day, for a whole week! Hahaha! You couldn't have heard their sour, helpless tone! In the end, they got so angry that they blocked me! Hahaha! What a triumphant moment! Tsk tsk, this feeling is better than eating ginseng!"

Seeing the respected professor in the academic world, who was usually serious and composed, now beaming with pride and showing off his "victories" like a child who had won a fight, Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh along.