“So you and Su Yan were high school classmates!”
“Right, about what Su Yan said earlier, was it because of them?”
“If nothing unexpected happened, it should be!”
“Stop talking, I’m so envious, how can there be such handsome guys, it’s a pity he already has a girlfriend, otherwise I would have made a move.”
“Go for it, what are you afraid of? There are plenty of people who get married and divorced now, let alone dating.”
“That’s right, as long as you hoe well, there’s no wall you can’t break down?”
“Please, open your eyes and look at that girl’s appearance and figure, are you sure?”
“……”
The girls in the second class of the English department, gathered in twos and threes, whispered amongst themselves, their moods quite complicated.
Just as Cheng Meng had predicted, the girls’ attention had clearly shifted away from Li Xun.
In contrast to Qin Tian, this ‘Prince of Love Songs’ whom they had found very charming before, seemed to have lost his appeal.
“Su Yan, Su Yan, what you said earlier about seeing what it’s like to truly like someone, were you talking about them?”
A girl sitting to Su Yan’s left suddenly asked.
The surrounding girls’ gazes all focused on Su Yan.
Su Yan turned her head to look at her and nodded gently.
“Were they together in high school?”
A girl behind her, also her roommate, followed up with the question.
“No, they got together after the college entrance examination. But they were desk mates in their third year of high school and had a very good relationship.”
“Wow…”
The girls’ eyes lit up as they heard this.
This was precisely the kind of romance they had fantasized about during their high school days, and it was no wonder Su Yan had said such a thing.
“Su Yan…”
The girls became even more curious and began to ask Su Yan about the two of them one after another.
Su Yan was a bit reserved by nature, but not unapproachable. She patiently answered the girls’ questions.
As they interacted, their relationship unconsciously grew closer.
The girls gradually discovered that Su Yan wasn’t as cold as they had imagined, and some even started to think that her direct rejection of Li Xun was very characteristic.
Xia Nuannuan, who had returned to her seat, saw Su Yan chatting with the surrounding girls and a bright smile bloomed on her face.
“How was it? Is my brilliant plan working?”
Cheng Meng nudged her with her elbow, smiling and raising an eyebrow.
Xia Nuannuan nodded with a smile and praised, “Cheng Meng, you’re so smart!”
“Oh, oh, don’t praise me like that, I’ll get a big head.”
Cheng Meng said modestly, but her face was filled with a proud and radiant smile.
After that, a few more students from the two classes went on stage to perform their talents.
However, with Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan setting such a high bar, the subsequent talent shows seemed a bit ordinary.
As time reached nine o’clock, the two instructors came back on stage and led the two classes in learning two military songs. They then announced the dissolution of the formation, telling everyone to return to their dorms to rest.
Overall, apart from a few individuals led by Li Xun, most of the students had a rather enjoyable time during the first day’s military training singing activity.
After the formation was dismissed, Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan called Su Yan and went to the school cafeteria for a late-night snack.
With crayfish and some grilled skewers, the three of them ate and chatted, and Su Yan’s mood improved considerably.
After leaving the cafeteria, Qin Tian escorted the two girls to the dormitory building for girls. After bidding them farewell, he returned to his dorm to shower and rest.
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A mixture of fatigue and happiness – this was the common feeling for the vast majority of freshmen regarding military training.
Initially, the fatigue might have been more prevalent, but as the days passed with the busy and fulfilling training, the freshmen gradually adapted to the rhythm of military training and began to enjoy it.
Regardless of gender, almost everyone had gotten significantly tanned.
This was unavoidable. In Jiangcheng in September, the sun was still too fierce, and even the most high-end sunscreen was not very effective.
The boys naturally didn’t mind; some even thought it was a good thing, feeling more masculine when tanned.
The girls, however, were a bit distressed. After all, there was the saying that “a fair complexion covers a multitude of flaws.”
After getting tanned, many girls started experiencing appearance anxiety.
This also made Xia Nuannuan a skincare guru in the eyes of the girls, who pestered her for advice.
Xia Nuannuan’s skin was naturally good and fair. Coupled with her being influenced by her well-maintained mother since childhood, she used less makeup but had always done an excellent job with skincare.
She had also gotten a bit tanned in the past few days. However, due to her excellent skin maintenance, her appearance had not diminished. In fact, her exposed tanned skin made her look more youthful and vibrant.
At this moment, during a break, Xia Nuannuan was imparting her skincare secrets to the girls around her.
The girls sitting cross-legged around her listened more attentively than they had to teachers in their third year of high school. Some even brought small notebooks and pens, rapidly jotting down the key points from Teacher Xia.
Not far away, Qin Tian and some of the boys he was close to in class were drinking water, watching this scene and laughing.
“Brother Tian, doesn’t Xia Nuannuan’s family own a high-end beauty salon?”
Cao Mingliang asked with a smile.
Everyone present was taken aback. Chen Zhuang and a few others instinctively felt it was indeed possible.
Because Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan occasionally treated them to snacks and drinks, everyone now knew that the two class leaders were quite well-off, considered the two little rich second-generation students in the class, apart from Cao Mingliang.
Cao Mingliang, this guy, had no habit of being low-key. The classmates in the class already knew his background and knew he was a super rich second-generation from a family that truly owned mines.
This matter dated back to a few days ago when Cao Mingliang treated everyone.
That afternoon, a few senior students came again with fruit teas and ice cream to watch their training.
Cao Mingliang seized the opportunity, and with the instructor’s permission, he took Chen Zhuang and a few other boys to the campus supermarket.
Good heavens, he almost emptied half the supermarket for them, leaving the students from surrounding class formations and those senior students dumbfounded.
Afterward, a girl, while eating snacks, curiously asked Chen Zhuang what Cao Mingliang’s family did.
Chen Zhuang casually replied that his family owned a mine.
The surrounding classmates were full of questions, and just as they were about to press further, Chen Zhuang, chewing on beef jerky, added two more words: coal mine!
Thus, the classmates all knew Cao Mingliang’s identity as the foolish son of a coal boss.
After this identity was revealed, Lü Yanran clearly became more proactive towards Cao Mingliang.
One morning, she even came to the male dormitory building to deliver a heartfelt breakfast to Cao Mingliang, making the first-year male students upstairs who were washing their faces and brushing their teeth intensely envious and jealous.
Chen Zhuang noticed some issues and discussed them privately with Qin Tian and Zhuang Zhe.
The general idea was that Lü Yanran was too goal-oriented and clearly wasn’t going for Cao Mingliang as a person, worrying that the “scoundrel” Cao would be tricked and suffer a big loss in the end.
After listening, Qin Tian smiled and said it was no big deal.
Everyone called Cao Mingliang the foolish son of a coal boss, but was he really foolish?
If he wasn’t mentally sharp, could he have been admitted to Jiang University?
Moreover, Qin Tian also saw that Cao Mingliang didn’t have too much genuine affection for Lü Yanran. It was uncertain who would ultimately suffer.
Of course, since one was willing to strike and the other willing to be hit, he wouldn’t be bored enough to meddle unnecessarily.