Just as everyone was guessing whether Gu Huai was there to substitute teach, they saw him stride past the lectern, heading straight towards the student seats...
A moment later, he stopped at a seat in the second row.
"Student, may I ask if this seat is taken?"
Qi Yue, who still had the Gu Huai from her morning dream in her mind, was suddenly confronted with Gu Huai standing next to her seat and speaking; she had a moment where she couldn't distinguish dream from reality.
So much so that it took her several seconds to come back to her senses, and she reflexively responded, "Uh, no... there's no one... feel free to sit..."
This class is so difficult to understand, hardly anyone attends regularly, and there are plenty of seats available; there's hardly ever a problem finding a place to sit.
Now, Qi Shuhang was seated to her right, He Ming to the right of Qi Shuhang, and the seat to her left by the aisle was vacant.