Chapter 30: Freshman Enrollment Day
Early the next morning, warm sunlight quietly bathed the campus.
As the alarm clock rang, Cao Guangyu, Zhou Chao, and Ren Ziqiang suddenly sat up from their beds, bursting out of their blankets as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They began washing their hair, shaving, fixing their hairstyles, changing into new clothes, making themselves look as if they were going on a blind date.
Today was a proper freshman enrollment day, and everyone in the class would gather in the classroom. These three guys couldn't wait to show off in front of their classmates, planning to make a big impression and capture the hearts of the girls in the class. No one but them would do.
At this moment, Jiang Qin also jumped out of bed.
Perhaps because his soul was too mature, he didn't care much about his appearance. He simply put on a pair of brown shorts and a white shirt.
"Shall we go, guys?"
"Let's go!"
Cao Guangyu responded and was about to leave, but his gaze froze when it fell on Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin, with his height of one meter eighty and this casual attire, looked clean and sunny. He might not be extraordinarily handsome, but he definitely had that comfortable aura.
Cao Guangyu felt a bit frustrated. He had spent an extra half an hour grooming himself, yet he still couldn't match someone who dressed casually.
"I really don't like you, Old Jiang."
"?????"
After a while, the four of them left together and arrived at the front square of the teaching building.
Under the brilliant sunlight, the entire campus was filled with beautiful long legs and shapely figures, which excited Cao Guangyu and his friends.
However, these three were masters at bragging, but when it came to taking action, they were timid. They had the courage to sneak a peek but lacked the courage to approach.
Jiang Qin glanced at them with a smirk, thinking, "Is this all you've got?"
They claimed to have had five girlfriends, dumped their first love for the sake of studying, and rejected two pursuers before graduation. Nobody would believe such stories.
After completing the registration at the School of Finance, the four of them easily found the assembly classroom for Finance Class Three.
Although Cao Guangyu claimed that women were uninteresting, as soon as he heard the voices of girls in the classroom, his legs instantly turned weak, and he hesitated to go inside.
"Old Jiang, you go in first."
"Why?"
"No reason, I just told you to go in first."
Jiang Qin sensed his mixed feelings but didn't say anything more. He entered the classroom and immediately attracted the attention of many girls.
In the hushed whispers around him, Cao Guangyu keenly caught the words "handsome guy" from a girl's conversation. His spine straightened unconsciously, and he even took out his new phone, pretending to check messages.
Zhou Chao and Ren Ziqiang followed suit. While they didn't dare to turn their heads to look at the girls, they felt incredibly handsome as they walked forward. Especially when they thought that the girls might be glancing at them, their spines practically tingled with excitement.
Jiang Qin, being the first to arrive, took a seat in the back row by the window and watched as his three roommates approached, looking like a bunch of peacocks. He couldn't help but find it amusing.
It turns out that regardless of the era, university students have a lot of drama in their hearts.
"Hey, Old Cao, your phone is pretty good, huh? How much did it cost? The latest model, right?"
"Huh...?" Cao Guangyu was momentarily taken aback by Jiang Qin's question but quickly regained his composure. His whole demeanor suddenly brightened. "Yeah, it's brand new, cost over 3,000 yuan. My dad got it for me through an internal channel, and it hasn't even been released in China yet."
Jiang Qin widened his eyes instantly. "3,000 yuan? Damn, isn't that almost as much as the tuition?"
"Pocket change. My dad runs a company, and he makes tens of thousands just from his monthly salary."
Listening to their conversation, all the girls in the class turned their attention to them, then lowered their heads, exchanging hushed laughter and whispers.
Jiang Qin patted Cao Guangyu on the shoulder and raised an eyebrow. "So, how's it feel? This is your chance to show off, right?"
Cao Guangyu was absolutely thrilled, replaying the shining moment from a second ago. "Old Jiang, you're really something. Later, I'll help you show off too!"
"No thanks, I'm good."
"Why?"
Jiang Qin chuckled. "I don't even bother with dating, but I do have some advice for you guys. I hope you'll listen."
Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao, who had taken their seats by now, leaned in curiously. "What advice?"
"It's best not to date anyone in our class to avoid future awkwardness."
"In the future? Meh, we'll cross that bridge when we get there," Cao Guangyu said nonchalantly.
"Who said 'in the future'? I'm talking about the verb."
"??????"
"Forget it, if you can't even understand that, you probably won't find girlfriends either."
After Jiang Qin finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and got up, quickly heading to the neighboring Finance Class Four.
He glanced inside through the back door, and his gaze immediately locked onto Feng Nanshu, who was sitting toward the back on the right side. She wasn't alone; there were four or five other girls around her, and they all had cups of bubble tea from the same shop in front of them.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Qin felt relieved. He was about to leave when he didn't expect Feng Nanshu to turn her head as if she had sensed something.
She still had that clear and somewhat silly expression. Then, without any emotion on her face, she raised her right hand and made a scissor gesture by her left cheek.
Jiang Qin raised his mouth and also made a scissor gesture.
Feng Nanshu wrinkled her nose, seemingly dissatisfied, and raised her other hand, making two scissor gestures.
"Nanshu, what are you doing?"
Sitting next to Feng Nanshu, Gao Wenhui keenly noticed her actions and looked at Feng Nanshu. Following Feng Nanshu's gaze, she saw Jiang Qin.
After hesitating for a fraction of a second, Gao Wenhui widened her eyes in surprise, as if she had just won the jackpot, and excitedly slapped her sisters around her.
"Look quickly, Feng Nanshu's boyfriend!"
"Where? Where's her boyfriend?"
"Behind us, at the classroom back door!"
Upon hearing this, the girls from Class 503 all turned their heads, but Jiang Qin had already returned to his classroom, not giving them a chance.
As Jiang Qin entered the classroom, the counselor for Finance Class Four also arrived.
He was probably in his forties, wearing black-framed glasses and had a typical square face. After stepping onto the stage, he wrote his name on the blackboard – Lü Guangrong.
"I think Song Qingqing looks the best."
"I'm Lü Guangrong, you can call me Teacher Lü. Unless there are any surprises, I will be with you for the next four years."
Teacher Lü began with some warm welcoming remarks to the class, then went on to explain the school rules and guidelines for military training.
These were all standard topics, discussed every time new students entered, so he went through them quickly without any unnecessary chatter.
After covering these topics, Lü Guangrong gave the floor to the students, allowing them to introduce themselves one by one.
During this time, Jiang Qin had been contemplating his website project and wasn't paying close attention.
He wasn't a computer science major, and while he had ideas, he lacked the technical skills, so he planned to outsource the web development work.
Fortunately, being on a university campus meant there were plenty of people who could create websites, and college students usually charged very reasonable rates for part-time work, keeping the costs extremely low.
"That girl named Jiang Tian seems nice, with long and fair legs."
"I think Song Qingqing looks the best."
"What do you know? Song Qingqing clearly has makeup on. Without makeup, she's definitely not as good as Jiang Tian. What do you think, Ren?"
"I also think Song Qingqing looks good."
"Damn, so you all like these flashy and cheap-looking girls. You really have no taste!"
"Be sure to keep reading! The critical moments in this book are coming up. I just want to get a recommendation boost. If you don't follow the story, it's like a death sentence. Please, dear readers, have mercy!"