Cheng Shuo was quite dissatisfied with the shameless Lin Zhihua, but since Xue Jiao was happy, he didn’t say anything.

He just tried hard to ignore that shameless man.

Xue Jiao looked at everything before her with emotion, her eyes brimming with tears.

When she first came to this world, she was very unhappy, but because she had the opportunity to retake the college entrance exam and make up for the regrets of her previous life, she happily accepted it.

Later, facing the troubles left by Gu Xue Jiao, Li Sitong who had slapped her twice, the strange stepfather Cheng Shuo, and the original male protagonist Cheng Mingze…

Xue Jiao’s heart was in chaos.

But in just two years, with the harmony of the family during these two years, Xue Jiao became so happy that she had come to this world and met these people in front of her.

Xue Jiao stepped forward and hugged each of them.

“Thank you all.”

Her voice still had a choke in it. Cheng Mingze smiled and flicked her reddened nose.

“It’s just a birthday, and you’re already crying. You’re still a little girl who hasn’t grown up.”

“No way,” Xue Jiao pouted.

Her gaze noticed Lin Zhihua smiling at her from the side, and she took a step forward.

He opened his arms.

Xue Jiao moved forward and hugged him gently.

“Thank you too, really, thank you.”

It was as if heaven was making it up to her. Everything she lacked and missed in her previous life was all given to her at once.

Of course, there were still many disappointments in life, but no one can have a perfect life, no one can.

Our lives continue, and those who have made mistakes or made us sad, we should try to let go, be more tolerant, and suffer less.

What we don’t like, we avoid. What we can’t avoid, we face with an open heart.

Then, while we’re young, be a little braver, spread the wings we’ve inserted on ourselves, and soar.

Xue Jiao thanked her family and Lin Zhihua for giving her wings. She wanted to fly with both pairs of wings while she was young and in her prime.

After her eighteenth birthday, Xue Jiao became somewhat different from before.

It was hard to say exactly what was different, but she was just different.

“You—” Xu Jing opened her mouth, said one word, and then had nothing more to say.

“Yes, senior sister, is there something?” Xue Jiao picked up her book. She had just returned to Room 35 to get something and was about to go to Room 37.

“Have you been over there all this time?” Xu Jing finally asked.

Xue Jiao shook her head. “Just for this project. I might not be able to help with the next one.”

Xu Jing nodded and didn’t say anything more.

“I’ll head over first then.” Xue Jiao said goodbye and quickly left.

Xu Jing looked at the empty Room 35, somewhat dazed.

She had thought Xue Jiao would be like her, and she was even worried that Xue Jiao was brought in by Professor Tan to replace herself, after all, she was already a senior.

Who knew the other person would only stay in the office for a few days, and then, like Zheng Jiakun, take root in the graduate student office?

Xu Jing sighed. People are different. She lowered her head and began to read her book.

After leaving Room 35, Xue Jiao went straight through the door of Room 37, which was still as lively as ever.

“Little junior sister, come quickly, help calculate this part.”

“Coming!” Xue Jiao hurried over with her books.

Just as she sat down, Zheng Jiakun next to her looked up at her.

Xue Jiao was puzzled. “Senior brother, what is it?”

“You seem to be in a good mood,” Zheng Jiakun asked.

“Ah?”

Senior Bai suddenly interjected, “I also think our little junior sister seems different after coming back from two days off.”

Xue Jiao scratched her head a bit embarrassedly and smiled. “Oh, is that so?”

Senior Niu leaned over, putting her arm around Xue Jiao’s neck. “Little junior sister smiles more now. Did something good happen during those two days off? Are you dating someone?”

“Absolutely not!” Senior Bai suddenly shouted.

Immediately, everyone looked at him.

Senior Bai explained, “Our office finally has a flower, and we’re going to use her to attract resources to help in the future. How can she be taken so early? Little junior sister, you’re still young, don’t be impulsive.”

Xue Jiao laughed. “No such thing. Senior Bai, don’t make things up.”

“That’s good. Our office has only you as the flower to maintain our image.” Senior Bai patted his chest.

“Then what about me?” Senior Niu asked ominously.

Senior Bai turned around, frowning. “You’re still a girl?”

“Bai Zhenping!” Senior Niu shouted and chased after him to hit him.

“You can’t catch me, you can’t catch me, hahaha!”

Zheng Jiakun shrugged helplessly, with a look of resignation. “Let’s get to work.”

“Okay.” Xue Jiao responded and opened her book to look at it first.

Afterward, until school started, Xue Jiao helped in the office. As Senior Bai put it:

With a calculator that can compute, who would still calculate with a pen?

Xue Jiao was that calculator.

Two days before the official start of school, the project work in Professor Tan’s hands officially ended.

So, Professor Tan let Xue Jiao go back and rest for two days, to prepare for the start of school.

August 15th was the official registration day.

On this day, Tsinghua University was extremely lively, with people coming and going into the school, mainly new students reporting in, and many senior students helping out.

Teachers, students, parents, people coming and going.

In a certain building in Zijing, third floor, Room 31.

When Shu Lan entered Room 31, two roommates had already arrived. One was sitting below, with a parent upstairs making her bed.

The other had already made her bed and was sitting alone at the desk below.

The senior student who brought Shu Lan helped her put down her things and then smiled and said goodbye. Shu Lan thanked her repeatedly and saw her off.

When she came back, the girl sitting below greeted her.

“Hello, roommate, I’m Mai Jiajia.”

This girl looked very cute, wearing a baseball cap and overalls, with a pen clipped to her side, and holding another pen and a black notebook in her hand.

Shu Lan hurriedly smiled and said, “Hello, I’m Shu Lan.”

Beside them, the parent who was making the bed upstairs straightened up. “Oh, hello classmate. This is my child below, she’s quite introverted. Her name is Ding Qi. Please be understanding with her.”

“Hello, auntie.” Shu Lan greeted, then looked at the girl who hadn’t spoken. “Hello.”

“Hello.” Ding Qi raised an eyebrow.

Shu Lan was secretly surprised; this girl didn’t seem introverted at all.

Mai Jiajia was sucking on a lollipop and smiled, saying, “Our dormitory is complete now.”

Shu Lan was stunned for a moment, looking at the empty bed across. How was it complete?

Ding Qi was also surprised and said, “Isn’t there still one person who hasn’t arrived?”

Mai Jiajia smacked her lollipop a couple of times, her round face looking very cute, and her big eyes making her look extremely innocent.

“It is complete. You don’t know who our other roommate is yet, do you?”

“Who?” Shu Lan couldn’t help asking.

Ding Qi, who had been sitting, stood up and walked over to the empty bed. There was a name stuck to the head of the bed.

After a moment, Ding Qi’s voice was slightly surprised. “Gu Xue Jiao.”

Gu Xue Jiao?

Shu Lan was also stunned for a moment. Even though she wasn’t much of a gossip, she knew that this year their mathematics department had a college entrance exam top scorer with 731 points.

“Oh my, Qiqi, you’re roommates with Gu Xue Jiao. You should learn from her.” The auntie upstairs finished making the bed and came down while speaking.

Ding Qi rolled her eyes. “Mom, we’re in college now. Do you think it’s still like high school? College isn’t just about studying. If she’s just a bookworm, what can I learn from her?”

She paused, looking at Mai Jiajia. “Isn’t she coming? Otherwise, why did you say we’re already complete?”

Shu Lan also couldn’t help stopping what she was doing and looked at Mai Jiajia.

Mai Jiajia blinked her eyes, eating her lollipop while saying, “Because she’s kind of gone.”

“She can leave?” Ding Qi and her mother were surprised together.

Mai Jiajia smiled. “Not normally, but special circumstances get special treatment. Her family lives nearby, so she goes home every day. It seems like it was arranged with the admissions office before registration.”

Can it be done like this?

“So is this bed going to be empty?” Ding Qi’s mother had a thought.

Mai Jiajia smiled, with a somewhat ambiguous smile. “No, this is still her bed, assigned by the school, so she can stay at school when she’s busy with projects.”

Shu Lan clicked her tongue. “The treatment is really good.”

“Of course, this is a student they fought to get.” Mai Jiajia continued eating her lollipop, sitting on the table, flipping open her notebook, and writing something unknown.

Ding Qi said somewhat sourly, “Isn’t it just because she has high scores? What use is that in college? Bookworm.”

Shu Lan looked at her in surprise, feeling that this roommate might not be so friendly.

Mai Jiajia stopped eating her candy, then jumped down and closed her notebook.

“First, don’t be sour. We were all outstanding in high school. Who hasn’t enjoyed special treatment? People earn it with their abilities, don’t be sour.”

She spoke until Ding Qi’s face was red, and as the other was about to say something, Mai Jiajia continued:

“Second, don’t you look at the school’s official website? The latest project completion status of the mathematics department, the most recently completed project led by Professor Tan, list of participants, the last name is Gu Xue Jiao.”

Shu Lan and Ding Qi were stunned.

Mai Jiajia revealed a smile, her dimples obvious. “So, while we were enjoying our carefree vacation, our roommate Gu Xue Jiao was already working on projects with professors and played an important role in them. Do you still think she’s a bookworm?”

Ding Qi’s mother also clicked her tongue. “So impressive.”

She looked at Ding Qi again. “Qiqi, now that school has started, you should also do more projects with the teachers.”

“Wait,” Mai Jiajia interrupted, telling the truth. “Auntie, we undergraduates, unless exceptionally gifted, can’t possibly work on such big projects with professors. Maybe do some odd jobs, but without our names on it. Of course, you can also apply to the school yourself to do your project.”

“Then she—”

“So Gu Xue Jiao is not a bookworm, and is very likely exceptionally gifted in some area.” Mai Jiajia smiled.

Mai Jiajia spoke too directly, not saving face at all. Ding Qi didn’t speak, her expression not looking good.

But Shu Lan curiously asked, “Then won’t we see her?”

“Not necessarily. Military training starts the day after tomorrow. We’ll see her during military training. If she doesn’t participate in military training, then it will be at the opening ceremony. She’s the new student representative this year.” Mai Jiajia closed her pen and tucked away her notebook.

“How do you know so much?” After Shu Lan asked, Ding Qi also looked over.

Mai Jiajia patted the notebook in her pocket. “This is probably my talent, being good at finding things out. This is all that I’ve discovered in these two days.”

“You’re amazing.” Shu Lan said admiringly. This was indeed her skill.

Mai Jiajia was probably in a good mood today. She walked over to Shu Lan’s side, leaned against the bed, and said, “You unpack first, and I’ll continue to tell you about what I found out today.”

“Okay.” Shu Lan smiled, unpacking while listening.

“You know, there are so many talented people at our school. First, let’s talk about the previous year’s freshmen and last year’s newcomers. There were six especially awesome ones. One started a company with a team half a year after entering school, and the profit situation is quite good. Another one was also doing projects before entering school. Now in sophomore year, he’s almost the same as the senior graduate brothers. He’s from the Computer Science Department, super awesome. They say two professors almost got into a fight over him.”

“So impressive?” Shu Lan was surprised.

“Yes, very impressive.” Mai Jiajia’s eyes flashed with gossip. “As soon as he entered school, he became the campus heartthrob, called Cheng Mingze. Our Mathematics Department also has a big shot, sophomore Zheng Jiakun.”

After mentioning sophomores, Mai Jiajia also finished her lollipop, threw the trash into the bin, and continued, “Our year also has quite a few talented people, but they haven’t made much noise yet. Gu Xue Jiao is one of them, Physics Department’s Chu Sheng is another. He also worked on projects with teachers in advance. There are three more famous ones, but I haven’t found out their specific achievements yet.”

Shu Lan admired, “You’re amazing, knowing so much so quickly.”

Ding Qi interjected, “What’s the use of knowing all this?”

“No use.” Mai Jiajia put her hands in her pockets and swaggered out. “Just a hobby.”

Ding Qi: “…”

Shu Lan: “…”

Shu Lan also thought she would only see Gu Xue Jiao during military training, but when she returned to the dormitory at noon the next day, she noticed a girl making a bed on the opposite bed.

Shu Lan was stunned.

Is this Gu Xue Jiao?

The girl heard the movement and turned around.

What kind of face was that? Shu Lan found it hard to describe. Beautiful, very beautiful. That was the only thought.

But quickly, she realized that she had seen her before.

“Hello, I’m Gu Xue Jiao.” Xue Jiao smiled at the girl who was staring at her blankly from across.

The girl opposite was stunned, then hurriedly said, “Hello, hello, I’m Shu Lan.”

“Shu Lan.” Xue Jiao repeated it once, smiling faintly.

The way she smiled, Shu Lan was stunned again, looking at her in amazement.

Xue Jiao lowered her head and continued to tidy up.

After a moment, Shu Lan suddenly said, “We’ve met before.”

Xue Jiao paused, then raised her head, puzzled. “Ah?”

Shu Lan smiled and shook her head, then said, “Early last year, on the Great Wall.”

Early last year?

Xue Jiao recalled a bit. Early last year, she was in Beijing for a competition, and the teacher from the Seventh Middle School did indeed take them to visit the Great Wall, and then…

Then they met a very annoying girl.

Well, Xue Jiao remembered now.

That day she only remembered that annoying girl, and couldn’t recall observing Shu Lan.

“Well, that’s a coincidence.”

Shu Lan also smiled shyly. “I think it’s quite a coincidence too.”

Xue Jiao finished making her bed, then asked her, “By the way, that girl…”

She didn’t know the girl’s name.

Shu Lan knew. She was talking about Lin Yinyin. Back then, they had eaten together, and Lin Yinyin and her group insisted on waiting to see the man who was eating with Xue Jiao.

In the end, Lin Yinyin was so scared she fled in panic, not saying anything.

“She’s at Beijing Institute of Technology.” Shu Lan smiled.

Xue Jiao also smiled. “That’s good. Fortunately, I don’t have to be classmates with her.”

At this moment, another girl came back, cute in appearance, with eyes that rolled around, making her look very spirited.

That girl stood at the doorway in surprise for a moment, then rushed over.

“Ah, big shot, you’re here! I’m Mai Jiajia, I like you!” Mai Jiajia rushed over, excitedly hanging on the bed frame.

Xue Jiao was stunned for a long time, then awkwardly scratched her head. “Um, hello, I’m Gu Xue Jiao.”

“Jiaojiao, you can call me Jiajia. I think we’re quite a match, the sounds of our names are quite similar.” Mai Jiajia blinked her eyes continuously.

Xue Jiao looked at Shu Lan in confusion, then somewhat embarrassedly looked at Mai Jiajia.

“Um, okay.”

“I’ll help you tidy up,” Mai Jiajia volunteered.

“I’ve already tidied up.” Xue Jiao shook her head and got off the bed.

This was the first time in their life that she had come to a dormitory, and it felt very nice.

Shu Lan and Mai Jiajia both gave her a good impression.

“Then let’s go eat together?” Mai Jiajia blinked her eyes.

“Sure.” Xue Jiao agreed.

She hadn’t planned to come today. She had planned to review the mathematical model again, but Cheng Shuo said that since it was the beginning of the school year, she should come to school to get to know her roommates and make some friends.

College shouldn’t be like high school, with barely two friends.

So Xue Jiao came.

Hmm, it feels good.

Shu Lan and Mai Jiajia each walked on one side of Xue Jiao. Mai Jiajia held her arm tightly. As the three were leaving, they met another girl entering the living room.

That person saw the three and was also stunned. The two groups met in the living room.

“Ding Qi, also our roommate.” Mai Jiajia explained to Xue Jiao.

Xue Jiao nodded and smiled, saying, “Hello, Ding Qi, I’m Gu Xue Jiao.”

Ding Qi froze for a moment. She hadn’t expected Gu Xue Jiao to be so beautiful.

“Hello, I’m Ding Qi.” She forced a smile.

“We’re going to eat now. Qiqi, want to join us?” Shu Lan asked.

“Sure.” Ding Qi agreed.

She was indeed a person with an odd personality, but not truly bad, and she didn’t want to be alienated from the dormitory.

Therefore, when Shu Lan extended the invitation to eat together, she accepted.

The four people from this dormitory went out to eat together.

Xue Jiao’s impression of all three roommates was quite good. Mai Jiajia, although quite boisterous, had a very good and cute personality, and was a “know-it-all” – there was almost nothing she didn’t know.

Shu Lan had a very gentle personality and was also easy to get along with.

The last one, Ding Qi, although somewhat spoiled and often sarcastic, didn’t have any substantially bad behavior. After experiencing Gu Shiyu, Xue Jiao felt that anyone who didn’t cause trouble was quite good.

The first hurdle of entering university was the thirty-day military training, which counted for credits. Even if you took leave, you would still owe the credits and would have to make them up when the next batch of military training came around the following year.

Even Xue Jiao, who considered herself quite capable of enduring hardship, was exhausted.

Every night when Uncle Xing picked her up to go home, Xue Jiao would collapse and could barely move.

Her nightly chats with Lin Zhihua also began to be interrupted. He understood her situation and just sent her a goodnight message each night without sending more messages.

From August 18 to September 18, the military training lasted a full thirty-one days before it ended.

“We’re unlucky. Thirty-one days of military training, and it only rained one day. Who could be more unlucky than us?” Mai Jiajia collapsed on the table.

Xue Jiao also wiped her sweat. They had just finished the performance.

“No matter what, it’s finally over.”

Ding Qi collapsed on the bed. “I’m dead, I’m dead. I don’t want to move anymore. This afternoon I’m going to sleep the whole afternoon.”

Xue Jiao opened the wardrobe and found the clothes she had brought in the morning. “I’ll go change first, and then I’ll head back.”

Mai Jiajia sat up. “You’re going back already?”

Xue Jiao nodded and smiled. “Going back to rest a bit, preparing for tomorrow’s opening ceremony.”

“Oh, that’s right. You’re going to speak as the new student representative. Then see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow.”

Xue Jiao smiled, changed her clothes, and left the dormitory with her backpack.

She looked at the time, feeling a bit anxious, and hurried her steps.

She had arranged to have lunch with Lin Zhihua. He said it was to celebrate her liberation, and they would go to Wu Liu Lane to eat.

Xue Jiao’s heart immediately stirred.

After being tired for thirty days, it seemed like she could indeed reward herself.

That was Wu Liu Lane!

Thinking about the taste, Xue Jiao quickened her steps even more.

Just as Xue Jiao walked out of the school gate, not far away, someone called her gently.

“Jiaojiao.”

Xue Jiao’s eyes brightened, and she quickly walked towards Lin Zhihua. “Have you been waiting long? It’s almost one o’clock already.”

“I haven’t been waiting long, but the stewed black chicken has been waiting for quite some time,” Lin Zhihua said with a smile.

“Pfft.” Xue Jiao couldn’t help but laugh. “Then let’s not keep it waiting. Let’s go quickly.”

Lin Zhihua’s lips curled upward slightly. He hadn’t seen her for thirty days, and he missed her desperately. Right now, he wanted to pull her into his arms and hold her tight.

His gaze was too intense and focused, and Xue Jiao touched her face. “Is there something on my face?”

Lin Zhihua withdrew his gaze and calmly said, “You’ve gotten tanned.”

“Ah ah ah!” Xue Jiao exclaimed. No girl likes to hear that she’s gotten fatter or darker.

“I’m just kidding.” Lin Zhihua quickly walked ahead.

Xue Jiao was stunned for a moment, then caught up. “You’re too much!”

The two laughed and joked until they reached where Lin Zhihua had parked. Xue Jiao was still pouting. “I have gotten darker.”

“No, really, you haven’t. I was just kidding earlier.”

Xue Jiao looked disbelieving.

“You’re still fair. Get in the car, the chicken is getting impatient.” Lin Zhihua smiled helplessly, his eyes indulgent, the curve of his lips never dropping.

Over the past thirty days, he didn’t know what kind of numb life he was living, but as soon as he saw her, he suddenly felt only happiness.

“Alright,” Xue Jiao said, preparing to get in the car.

At this moment, a car on the road next to them was moving very fast, coming straight towards them.

“Watch out!” Lin Zhihua’s pupils contracted, and he quickly pulled her into his arms, taking a step back.

That car wasn’t intentional. It brushed past them and hurriedly drove away.

Lin Zhihua narrowed his eyes, carefully memorizing the license plate number.

Xue Jiao was already stunned. Lin Zhihua had moved too quickly and held her too tightly.

Her forehead hit his chest, and she was surrounded by his scent.

For a moment, Xue Jiao felt her heart skip a beat, and she instinctively looked up at Lin Zhihua.

But soon, this feeling disappeared.

This simple embracing action also made Lin Zhihua freeze. His hand was still around her waist, feeling a different temperature.

He looked down and met her dazed eyes.

This posture was strange and very ambiguous.

Lin Zhihua looked at her upturned face, with the distance between them at its minimum.

His eyes began to blur as he lowered his head.