They all watched as Chen Xiting unloaded the things he had brought from home, one by one onto the table. As expected, not a single item wasn’t food!
He Zhilan turned to Jiang Biyun after everyone had finished teasing Chen Xiting, and asked, "Lin Deng is due to graduate this year, right? What military unit is he assigned to?"
"The troops are stationed in the capital, but it’s quite far from the city. However, I think we should be able to see each other at least once a month?" Jiang Biyun sighed, "Ah, it’s such a shame that we can’t meet up every weekend as we used to."
"Did he come to see you during the summer holiday?" Chen Xiting asked curiously, "You guys are lovers in the heat of a relationship, right? Otherwise, not seeing each other for two months would be like a fish dying of thirst in the desert, wouldn’t it?"
"Where did you get that analogy?" He Zhilan laughed, "Are there fish in the desert? They’d die of roasting, not thirst. Just like you’d like, we’d have roasted fish to eat!"
"I saw it in a novel! The female lead and the male lead were in a long-distance relationship as they were in love. The female lead described her feelings ." Chen Xiting asked, "Is that not accurate?"
After a pause, Chen Xiting added, "Doesn’t the fish in the desert get any seasoning? It must be incredibly fishy."
After that comment, everyone in the dorm went silent, packing up their own things with expressions that showed they found Chen Xiting beyond help.
After tidying up, He Zhilan, Jiang Biyun, and Chen Xiting went out together to eat with Tan Heqian. Whenever the four of them gathered, hilarity ensued. Especially when Tan Heqian commented that Chen Xiting had put on some weight, Chen Xiting wished he could devour Tan Heqian like a bowl of rice.
The courses in sophomore year were easier than freshman year, and there were also scholarships available, so He Zhilan was even more dedicated to her studies. Her goal was to win a scholarship, to ease the financial burden on her family.
Over summer vacation, He Zhilan had no idea what Lin Chan had been up to, but this term she no longer saw people pointing at her and talking behind her back. And most importantly, Gu En, whom she detested, wasn’t at the university, so Capital University seemed like a completely fresh place for He Zhilan.
Because He Dongxue studied at the Military Medical University, which was also a military school, entry and exit were strictly controlled. After the busiest month of school, He Zhilan was planning to bring He Dongxue to visit the troops on a new weekend. However, He Dongxue couldn’t leave, so He Zhilan thought to go by herself. But on the evening of that Friday, while she was preparing for the next day’s visit to the troops, He Teng called her and said that he had a mission the next day and didn’t want her to cause trouble for others in the troops.
So, He Zhilan found herself with a free weekend. She decided to stay in her dorm and chat with her close friends while making her hair accessories.
"Zhilan, have you noticed that the scars on your hands have faded a lot since the start of the school year?" Chen Xiting pointed out the scars on the back of He Zhilan’s hand and then her forehead, "You see, the scars on my head have also faded a lot. The stuff your friend gave you is really miraculous."
"Is it? I’ve noticed it too!" He Zhilan got excited when this topic came up and said, "Huang Cai’s ointment is effective on newly formed scars, but this essential oil, Lihua said it’s good for scars that have been there for years. It can repair and fade them. What if I brought this magical stuff back to our country? Do you think I could become a millionaire?"